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"He'll make the best decision for Mike Lowell and his family. I don't think that Mike will be bought, but at the same time Michael's not going to say, 'Yeah, I love it so much here, whatever you want.' He doesn't have to.
"He deserves everything he gets."
Lowell repeated Tuesday that he enjoyed playing in Boston but said, "Now is not the time. I will think about it in the next couple of days."
Schilling said the only team he would not consider is the Yankees. But he expected Lowell to draw interest from New York, where he started in the minor leagues in 1997.
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the likely regular-season MVP, declared himself a free agent during the final game of the World Series.
"I was actually very surprised that Michael didn't buy his own jet right after the sixth inning when A-Rod announced it and fly home on his own. Because all I heard was cha-ching, right after I heard A-Rod opted out," Schilling joked.
"Let's do the math: When you're a free agent and the Yankees are not only in the mix, but now one of the potentially most interested suitors, the price changes. And that's not a bad thing for him."
Schilling said it did not bother him that Rodriguez's announcement came during Boston's coronation. But he seemed to relish the opportunity to take a shot at the Red Sox rivals' disappointing season.
"It wasn't unexpected," Schilling said. "Between them and the Yankees making sure we were updated every 15 minutes about when they were actually going to name their manager, I didn't give a crap. Bottom line was they're playing golf and making organizational decisions and we're still playing games."
what a classless turd Schilling is... for real, enjoy your damn WS ring & stop taking cheap shots at the Yankees already... does anyone think Derek Jeter would stoop this low to be making idiotic comments like this in the press? & he calls himself a leader on that team... pretty disgraceful if you ask me.
this is the same guy that called Damon signing w/the Yankees disingenuous & phony, yet he doesn't seem to have a problem w/the thought of Lowell coming here... also the same guy that was very much interested in coming to the Yankees when the Phils were trying to deal him before the Red Sox got their hands on him for a bag of balls & some string.
he's an awesome big game pitcher, no question, but the stuff he says just makes me despise him more & more... & he makes fun of ARod for being an attention whore... ridiculous.
what a damn hypocrite & loudmouth! i can't stand this guy!
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
