Smack My Bitch Up

As reported by the New York Times and Boston Dirt Dogs, Curt Schilling took some of the local sports 'media' to task over the phone:

"That's my problem," Schilling said. "If I don't call up, you don't apologize for it. You don't retract it. Somebody calls, and you make it a bigger deal than it is. It's a stupid, idiotic comment to make. It's irresponsible. And you don't know. Obviously, you just made it up."

When one host said, "I didn't make anything up," Schilling responded: "Yeah, sure you did. I've hugged Pedro on the field this year after we've won a game."

You can find the full transcript here (that link courtesy of beth) and the way Schilling steamrollers these guys is hilarious. I second beth's notion that this should be a regular feature on WEEI.

The kicker to this bit of silliness? Butch Stearns later calling Schilling out:

"I did not make it up. I know who my sources are, and you know what? So do you. If you want to continue this conversation, I'll be at the park all weekend long."

Bruce at Boston Sports Media Watch sums it all up quite nicely:

Stearns spent the rest of the show spinning, and on his sports broadcast last night had recovered enough to issue a tough guy challenge to Schilling indicating he'd be around the ballpark this weekend if Schilling had a problem with him. Somehow, I think Schilling's mind is going to be on other things. This is just another instance of a media person trying to stir up a controversy and make themselves the star for starting it. This time however, when confronted with the actual person being talked about, the backpedaling would have been hilarious if it didn't reflect so poorly upon the professionalism of the journalist involved.