Curt Schilling Announces Retirement (Image: Newscom)

The 42-year-old who broke into Major League Baseball in 1988 played for five teams. He began his career with the Baltimore Orioles before moving on to the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks and ultimately the Red Sox. He won a total of three World Series championships while with the Diamondbacks (1) and the Red Sox (2).

A pitcher who was known for his clutch ability and toughness in big games, Schilling finished his career with a record of 216-146 and an ERA of 3.46. The best season of his career was arguably in 2001 when he led the Diamondbacks to a World Series title with a record of 22-6 and a 2.98 ERA.

The final pitches of his career came in the 2007 World Series in the eventual Red Sox sweep. Last season, Schilling was technically a member of the Red Sox but a shoulder injury forced him to miss the entire season.

Instead of trying to rehab his shoulder to make a comeback to professional baseball, Schilling said on his blog that he will spend more time with his family and concentrate on his business.

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Curt Schilling Announces Retirement on Blog

It’s hardly a boxing match, more like playground name calling really. Schilling took a few stabs at Kobe after game two of the Finals. He was sitting courtside with his Larry Bird jersey and his gawdy championship ring. And he was paying attention, but not to the game, to Kobe’s antics.

Being the famous blogger that he is, Schilling wrote about it on his website, 38 Pitches:

Kobe. This one stunned me a little bit. Who doesn’t know Kobe Bryant right? I only know what I have heard, starting awhile back with the entire Shaq debacle. I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other on or about him other than to know that people feel he might be one of the 4-5 greatest players to ever lace it up. What I do know is what I got to see up close and hear, was unexpected. From the first tip until about 4 minutes left in the game I saw and heard this guy bitch at his teammates. Every TO he came to the bench pissed, and a few of them he went to other guys and yelled about something they weren’t doing, or something they did wrong. No dialog about “hey let’s go, let’s get after it” or whatever. He spent the better part of 3.5 quarters pissed off and ranting at the non-execution or lack of, of his team …

The rest of it is just as priceless.

I know how Schilling can come off as pompous and all, but I have to agree with him on this. Kobe’s been acting more like a bratty five-year-old than an NBA star in these Finals. But I’ll keep those opinions to myself since this is about Schilling vs. Kobe and not Lyndsey vs. Kobe.

Kobe responded humorously when he was asked about Schilling’s comments Wednesday during a press conference. He said, “Go Yankees!”

Round three anyone?

Don’t forget — I’ll be blogging live tonight during game four of the NBA Finals!

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Schilling vs. Kobe, Round Two