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Schilling Wants To Play For Cubs Or Rays
"Absolutely I'll come back," said Schilling, who has helped lead the Diamondbacks to their first title and the Red Sox to their first in 86 years. "The challenge would be in a place like Tampa Bay or Chicago," he continued. He added that he'll make a decision within a couple of weeks. Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Piniella: I Didn't Push DeRosa Out
"I never had a problem," he said. "I liked the guy on the team. So did Jim (Hendry). So did everybody. Look, sometimes you have to do things you really don't want to do, but you do them." DeRosa replied "I don't know" when the question was posed to him by a Sun-Times columnist in an article that suggested the two never "hit it off." "How can they say that? That I didn't 'hit it off' with him?" Piniella asked. "Is that how he felt? I had nothing but respect for Mark. He played exceedingly well. I used him all over. I think he had his best season playing for me. "I don't call players after they're traded. I don't make a habit of that. I talk to them when I see them in spring and the following summer. When I leave, nobody calls and tells me that 'I feel bad that you're not managing the team,' or whatever. Look, this is a situation where the move had to be made. I saw it on the ticker tape in Colorado while I was skiiing. "There's so much payroll that you can have on a major league team. And the decision was made. They got three young pitchers for him. The thing about players, whether they're traded or whatever -- a manager is a manager. He manages what he has on the team. Sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to to do. But I never had any problems with him. I told their bullpen coach the other day to tell (Cleveland manager) Eric Wedge, 'No trips to Tucson for (DeRosa).'" Chicago Cubs Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Trade Still Doesn't Make Sense To DeRosaThe Cubs decision to trade Mark DeRosa to the Indians shocked the versatile right-handed hitter. "No," he said when asked if it makes sense to him now. "You walk a fine line, though, because I want Cleveland to know how excited I am to be here. But at the same time, yeah, I was completely surprised. I don't understand why they made that move." Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Cubs Feb 2009 Archive
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Curt Schilling said on Saturday that he'd like to pitch for the Cubs, or a team that has never won a World Series title.
Lou Piniella was adamant on Thursday that he didn't push Mark DeRosa out of Chicago.