Don't get me wrong. I'm all for raising money for charity, especially Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's foundation Curt's Pitch for ALS -- a cause that hits close to home for my family and others I know.
But is his subpoena to appear before Congress to testify about steroids really worth $2,000?!? That's how much he auctioned it off for to raise money for ALS research and also for the Shade Foundation, a charity that promotes sun safety against skin cancer (Schilling's wife is a skin cancer survivor).
The subpoena was bought by Kevin Bronson, a Yankee fan and memorabilia dealer from Massachusetts. Here's what Bronson had to say about the piece of paper:
"It's probably one of the more significant baseball documents of the new era of baseball," Bronson said Thursday. "I think in years to come it's going to be more significant."
I think that's pushing it a little bit. Polmeiro's subpoena maybe...
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THIS Sox fan thinks that rediculous.
Schilling is an annoying publicity addict. (rolls eyes) I wish he would just shut up and pitch!
Did you see he's also jumping on the "strike Palmeiro's records from the books" bandwagon?
I don't understand the complaining. He just raised $2,000 for a great cause. If some Yankee fan wants to contribute $2,000 to the ALS battle, Good for him!!! As for Schilling looking for publicity...Who cares!!! If he can produce a simple piece of paper that raises $2,000 for ALS, he can talk all he wants...What Schilling and the buyer is doing is nothing but positive.
I'm not knocking for Schilling for selling the subpoena and collecting $2,000. He didn't ask for $2,000 -- it's an auction and that's what it went for.
I'm just saying that I don't think it's worth that much and I thought the buyer' statement was a little outrageous.
Again -- every penny that goes to ALS research is money well spent. It's just that $2,000 for Curt Schilling's subpoena took me by surprise.
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