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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Schilling's swipe at Theo

Sean McAdam joins Art Martone from Seattle for today's edition of projo SoxTalk. Click here to listen to the full audio file. Today, they discuss Curt Schilling's surprising comments about Theo Epstein. Also on the agenda: the continuing troubles of Mike Timlin, the latest Red Sox trade rumor (involving Colorado's Brian Fuentes), and Jon Lester's demonstration of why he should not have been called up to start tonight's game against the Mariners.

Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:

On the Fuentes story: "I don't think there's any question that their number-one priority ... is to improve the bullpen. Not a closer, obviously, and Okajima has emerged as a terrific setup man, but I think they realize they need some additional late-inning help. My only surprise is that Fuentes is left-handed, as Okajima is, and you would think they'd be looking more for a righty setup man. But I think they're looking for people that can get big outs late in the game and, you know, they'll sort it out later."

Was Schilling throwing Theo under the bus? "I think some forethought went into that remark. I'm not saying [Schilling] had it drawn up on the playboard and was ready to unleash it at any moment, but you could see that he had thought about this, given the question was fairly, you know, innocuous, and he seemed pretty poised to make his point. And it'll be interesting to see what the reaction is from the front office and Theo Epstein, and how this impacts the rest of, you know, their relationship the rest of the way, because it certainly did seem a little over the top."

On Lester: "You talk to people in the Red Sox organization, and while I think there was public sentiment to bring up Lester because of, you know, everything he's been through and what a terrific story it's going to be when he does finally rejoin the major league team, the fact of the matter was that [Kason] Gabbard had pitched better and deserved it."

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