Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has his admirers and detractors.
Count me among the admirers, most especially for his honesty and candor.

Part of the reason I left sports reporting in 1979 was hearing little but the usual “backs to the wall, we gave it our all” responses to questions. And nothing’s really changed.

Schilling is different. Much different.
Exhibit A: his blog, “38 Pitches.”
No one has to guesstimate the value of the one year deal he just signed with the Sox. He TELLS you. He even breaks it down.

He took the hometown discount, but his bonuses are easily attainable if he stays healthy and in (relatively) good shape.
My favorite, of course, is the weight clause. He’ll have 6 random weigh-ins next season, one a month, and he’ll get $333,333 every time he maintains his weight.
He doesn’t have to LOSE weight, just not GAIN any.

I don’t have an agent (never have, and never saw the need to share my earnings with someone else), but on that weight clause alone I’d consider hiring his.

Some guy by the name of…Curt Schilling.
Smart dude.