The night before the game I stayed at a hotel down the street from Memorial. The Sox were staying there too – next thing I know, Boggs, Greenwell, and Stanley are buying me beers trying to get me drunk. I suspected that they were doing that just so they could destroy me the next day."
Fortunately for Schilling, he either exhibited sufficient restraint or had a high tolerance for alcohol. He was a bit wild in his debut, walking five and striking out only two, but he gave up just three runs in seven innings. He left trailing 3-2, but escaped with a no-decision when the Orioles rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth against Bob Stanley. The Boston reliever blew the save by allowing a bases-loaded single to Billy Ripken and a run-scoring groundout by Cal Ripken, Jr. Maybe Stanley's the one who should have stayed in his hotel room on Tuesday night.
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And then we traded him and all was lost. But at least we found some pitching in 2012
H-Man - Yep. You generally hope it doesn't take decades, but the Rangers were more or less in the same boat until recently and they're doing fine now.
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