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June 20, 2007
Curt Schilling spoke this morning with WEEI's John Dennis, the day after an MRI found no structural damage to his shoulder.
Dennis asked about seemingly conflicting reports on whether Schilling had felt pain on Monday, when he was battered by the Atlanta Braves. Schilling said he was "not discomfort-free," and added that "pain is a relative term."
He was more direct when asked to compare the feeling Monday with what he encountered in 1995, as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, when Schilling needed surgery for a torn labrum.
Schilling said that, in 1995, he was throwing in the mid 90s one moment, and then he was suddenly throwing in the low 80s. He said that he did not feel any pain on that occasion until the next morning. The feeling on Monday night was eerily similar, said Schilling: he simply could not summon the velocity that he had been able to get on his pitches earlier in the season. But unlike in 1995, he did not feel in pain on Tuesday morning, he said.
After Monday's game, Atlanta's Chipper Jones said it was the worst he had ever seen Schilling throw. Schilling said that Jones should know, since they have faced each other often over the years.
Schilling said that no determination had been made about his next scheduled start, which is Sunday in San Diego. But he added that he will not be picking up a baseball until Friday, making it unlikely that he would make the start.
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