Can You Tweet Yourself Out of Cooperstown? Who Knew?
Curt Schilling is a polarizing figure. There are those, such as myself, who find his brutal honesty, at a period when our society appears increasingly plagued with liars, cheats, and prevaricators, refreshing. Of course, there exist those that cannot tolerate a citizen who says what he means, means what he says, and could not be less concerned whether said words meet my approval, your approval, or that of anyone else’s.
The media have never embraced Schilling, and I suspect that were the following action carried out by a media darling, it would be a complete non-issue. Nonetheless, many media members, some of whom constitute the Hall of Fame voting electorate, became incensed at a November 7 tweet by Schilling. In what can only be dubbed an enormous overreaction, some media constituents interpreted said tweet as Schilling’s demonstration of support for the lynching of all journalists.
Schilling claimed that the tweet was simple sarcasm and his superlative reputation as a magnanimous contributor to society should have quelled the media’s clamor immediately.
Frankly, the manner in which Curt Schilling conducts his life nearly ten years since he last tossed a baseball should be of little concern to anyone, especially sports writers. Mr. Schilling is no longer an active participant in any sport of which I am aware, and by diverting your attention from those individuals who are actually participating in the sports that you are compensated for covering, you are short-changing your audience and skirting your responsibilities.