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Curt Schilling this morning returned to WEEI's Dennis and Callahan show for his first radio interview since announcing his retirement. Click here to listen to the full audio, which runs close to a half-hour.

Some highlights:

-Schilling said his decision to retire had nothing to do with whether he could still play, but was simply a product of his wanting to do other things: "The ability to play baseball was not the issue and was not even a factor in the decision."

-He said clubhouse issues late in his career in Boston, including the controversies surrounding Manny Ramirez, may have contributed to his desire to leave the game.

-He said he is not dwelling on the strength of his Hall of Fame candidacy: "When that voting happens, I wont be in the kitchen waiting for the call."

-He reiterated that he never used steroids: "It's one of the things that I can sit in front of the children [and say] ... I played my entire career, I never took steroids, I never took HGH. Didn't do it. And I'm proud of it."

-He predicted that, if there is a significant difference, the A.L. East race will be decided by whichever team's starting pitching remains healthiest: the Red Sox', the Yankees' or the Rays'. "Whose ever rotation is the healthiest, I think will run away with this division."

-He vowed not to go to any games at Fenway Park this season: "I will not be the seventh-inning, stand-up and wave former Red Sox guy, because I used to make fun of [those guys] every night."

 Tags  Curt Schilling WEEI

Comments

Sean said:

Thanks for two titles, Schill. The Sox would not have done it in '04 without him.

Link | April 2, 2009 12:48 PM
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