History could've been much different if he changed his mind.
In November 2003, the right-hander was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Red Sox. As part of the agreement, he needed to waive his full no-trade clause, which opened a 72-hour window to negotiate a deal with Boston ... at a time when he thought he was “going to be a Yankee. My wife wanted to go to New York.”
indicated Schilling also preferred to go back to the Philadelphia Phillies, where he spent 1992-97 and his career took off.“One of the things I remember very vividly about the Boston thing was that I had the Yankees on my phone in the interim saying, ‘Hey, listen just don’t sign there let the window run out and when the window runs out we’ll be there Saturday morning and we’ll fill in the check,” Schilling said. “We don’t care.
When the trade went down, Schilling said, he was hosting a fundraiser that former D-Backs owner Jerry Colangelo and ex-general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. attended. He told them he would be interested in Boston if it shared the sentiment. Minutes later, they had completed a trade with Boston, with Schilling’s interest growing because Terry Francona, who managed him with the Phillies, was a candidate for Boston’s job.
The right-hander helped Boston win two World Series — in 2004, which ended an 86-year title drought, and 2007. Schilling negotiated a $2 million bonus in his contract and his fourth year became guaranteed if he won a World Series.Schilling cemented his case as one of the game’s top postseason pitchers, finishing his career with an 11-2 record and 2.23 ERA with 120 strikeouts in 19 appearances.
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