Doctor: "Zero" Chance of Schilling Pitching Without Having Surgery

The Associated Press spoke to Doctor Craig Morgan, the doctor who operated on Schilling's shoulder in '95 and again in '99. Morgan said he knows Schilling's shoulder, "better than anybody who breathes on this planet."

Morgan says that the only way Schilling will be able to pitch again is by having surgery. He gave rehab no chance of working. With sugery, Morgan says that Schill could be back by the All-Star break.

The Sox team physicians have said that they want Schilling to embark on a rehab program. Schilling has agreed.

There's got to be more to this story. It seems that the Sox physicians would be the first ones to do whatever is best to get Schilling pitching as quickly as possible. Why are they ruling out surgery?

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End of the Line for Schilling?

I don't want to be the one to ask this question, but it's going to be asked a lot in the coming days.

Is Curt Schilling's career over?

He's 41. Recent media reports list his shoulder injury as "significant" and "requiring surgery." He is coming off a World Series Championship. Schilling had a one-year deal with the Red Sox.

When you add it all up, the reality is that we could have seen Schilling's last game as a Sox starter, and maybe as a major leaguer altogether. That would be tragic.

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CURT SCHILLING HURT...COULD MISS ENTIRE SEASON!!!

Curt Schilling has a rotator cuff injury that may require surgery, this is causing a problem because the Red Sox and Schilling have not agreed on treatment plan. The Sox may be trying to void his new contract. This is going to develop into a major story and throw a wrench into what had been a successfull off-season. If Schilling is done the Sox still have 5 quality starters assuming Lester and Buchholz are both ready to pitch the entire season. It is not clear when Schilling was injured or why team doctors did not catch it. If the injury had been known earlier it is very likely the Sox would have gone after Santana harder than they did. This is bad news all around.

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