A Tale of Two Cities: Schilling's shocking discovery of New York-Boston animosity

By YankTank, Section NFL
Posted on Thu Sep 11 2008 at 2:38 AM EST
More on: Brady, Curt Schilling, Patriots, Boston, New England, New York, Yankees, Red Sox (all tags)

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." -Plato

Curt Schilling reminds me of the generic and requisite Real World stock character: the cantankerous jackass who falsely assumes his "candor" is anything more than pathetic and offensive white noise. The guy whose audition tape sounds something like, "I dont give a $%^& what people think. I just keep it real and say what no one else will say. I'm not afraid to go there." And while he's initially embraced by the other housemates, he ultimately alienates himself from the group, leaving him with nothing left to do but self-indulgent confessionals.

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