Too bad
It turns out--none too surprisingly--that Curt Schilling is a Republican.
Doesn't take away from his accomplishments on the field--but it makes for interesting clubhouse politics (the entire upper management is solidly in the "D" column).
[On the other hand, I just might put the tinfoil hat on and say that this is a "command performance" from the Shrub--kind of like Brady's appearance at the State of the Union address earlier this year.]