The painting of Curt Schilling is 50” x 70” acrylic on unstretched canvas. To view paintings for sale please visit: John Robertson Sports Paintings for sale.
The great pitcher Curtis Montague Schilling who finished his
Major League Baseball career at the Boston Red Sox was aright-handed pitcher who
helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1993 and won World
Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007
with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with a career postseason record of
11–2. His .846 postseason winning percentage is a major-league record among
pitchers with at least 10 decisions.
In the current news Curt that announced he had been
diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma -- cancer in the mouth. Schilling blames
his use of chewing tobacco as a player.
According to Steve Silva of the Boston Globe, Curt Schilling
said, "I did (chewing tobacco) for about 30 years. It was an addictive
habit. I can think of so many times in my life when it was so relaxing to just
sit back and have a dip and do whatever, and I lost my sense of smell, my taste
buds for the most part. I had gum issues, they bled, all this other stuff. None
of it was enough to ever make me quit. The pain that I was in going through
this treatment, the second or third day it was the only thing in my life that
had that I wish I could go back and never have dipped. Not once. It was so
painful."
The painting of Curt Schilling is 50” x 70” acrylic on
unstretched canvas.
