Sox Drawer: Schill spouts off again; Wiggy to Boston?

Curt Schilling lambastes Bonds, Canseco and other noted juicers--again
Despite a blast of Barry Bonds and other reported steroid users a few months ago that brought a lot of heat & criticism on Schill's shoulders, eventually causing him to backpedal faster than a Tour cyclist away from a doping test, the garrulous one is at it again.

On the latest installment of the HBO series "Costas Now", Curt targeted Bonds, Jose Canseco, Raffy Palmeiro and other suspected juicers when he got off a few 'roid-related rants.

Regarding the allegations leveled at Bonds, Curt said:

"If someone wrote that stuff about me and I didn't sue their [butt] off, am I not admitting that there's some legitimacy to it?"

On Canseco admitting he used steroids for his whole career, Schill pulled no punches:

"Jose Canseco admitted he cheated his entire career. Everything he ever did should be wiped clean. I think his MVP should go back and should go to the runner-up."

Ah, that runner-up just happens to be Boston's own Gator Greenwell, but that's besides the point I guess.

And finally, Schill had this gem in response to Mark McGwire's infamous Capitol Hill testimony:

"It goes to the Mark McGwire thing in Congress. I mean, I'm a huge Mark McGwire fan. But I just always thought it was very simple: If you did something and someone asks you if you did it and you didn't do it, you say no. Any other answer than no is some form of yes, isn't it?"

Please Curt, for everyone's sake, just close your mouth and do what you do best--throw a baseball. There will be plenty enough time to speak your mind and put your foot in your mouth when your career is over and you enter the next phase of your life--politician.

Thank You.

Say it ain't so: Rays might get Wiggy with it
You would think they learned their lesson about acquiring former Devil Rays infielders.

Not content to call the Lugo experiment a potential disaster, the Sox are reportedly in talks with the Rays to acquire mediocre infielder Ty Wigginton.

Living here in the (other) Bay area, I can say that the few who follow the Rays love this guy for his work ethic, attitude, hustle and versatility. He surprised everyone associated with the team when he made the club following a spectacular spring last year, and to his credit he turned that opportunity into a solid season (.275, 24HRs, 74RBI.)

Also to his credit he is having another solid season, batting .273 with 15 homers and 48 ribbies in 97 games, but my question is, who is he going to replace in Boston, and would he be a better fit than what they've already got?

I guess that would be a pair of questions.

Although he has played mainly at second base this season he is considered more of a corner infielder, so that would mean he would be replacing Youk or Lowell. Make that Lowell.

To paraphrase John McEnroe, "Theo, you can't be serious!?"

I'm not even going to get into all the reasons why this would be a horrid move, number one being that this guy looks strictly like a career utility player who is perfect for a shitty team like the Rays but a mismatch on a pennant contending club like the Sox.

But the bigger picture is what troubles me. With rumours abounding that the Sox are interested in Mark Teixeira, Todd Helton and Dodger's Andy LaRoche, it seems like the Boston brass has its mind made up that now is the time to dump Mike Lowell while his bat is hot and the interest is high.

And I guess in the long run if you can replace an again and error prone fielder with a young and explosive hitter like Big Tex or Todd Helton, the deal has to be made.

But to bring in a guy like Ty frigging Wigginton in place of a Mike Lowell?

All I can say is if that happens Theo better dust off the monkey suit!