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Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993 and has won World Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007 with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with the MLB`s best career postseason record of 11–2.
Schilling considers his family`s native Pittsburgh metro area to be home and is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Schilling lives in Medfield, Massachusetts, in Drew Bledsoe`s former home, though the house is now for sale. He is one of just seven players born in the state of Alaska to play Major League Baseball. He is married to Shonda, who is a survivor of malignant melanoma. They have four children: Gehrig (born May 27, 1995), Gabriella (born May 22, 1997), Grant (born October 3, 1999), and Garrison (born June 27, 2002). Like many baseball players, Schilling has several superstitions. He never steps on the foul line when walking to or from the pitching mound. He does not throw his first warm up pitch until exactly 20 minutes before the start of the game. He is also a born-again Christian and wears a Christian cross necklace. Schilling is also an avid World War II history buff. He has a very large collection of memorabilia that was donated to the D-Day Museum in New Orleans this past year.
Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Schilling
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