Curt Schilling apologized Wednesday for criticizing Barry Bonds and was advised by his manager to keep some of his opinions to himself. The Red Sox pitcher leveled the criticism Tuesday on a radio show, then backed off his remarks Wednesday in an entry titled “Public Apology” on his blog.
“Everyone has days and events in life they’d love to push the rewind button on; (Tuesday) was one of those days,” Schilling wrote.
On Tuesday morning on WEEI radio, Schilling criticized the San Francisco Giants slugger, who is 10 homers short of matching Hank Aaron’s home run record of 755.
“I mean, he admitted that he used steroids,” Schilling said on the show. “I mean, there’s no gray area. He admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes and cheating on the game.”
Left-hander Jon Lester (lymphoma) threw for 12 minutes from a distance of 90 feet and reported no pain. He’ll throw again Friday. “He feels fine,” manager Terry Francona said. “He’s chomping at the bit.”
Giants: Center fielder Dave Roberts said he expects to have arthroscopic surgery on his inflamed left elbow in the coming days to remove floating bone chips as well as bone spurs. He is scheduled to be examined today.
Right fielder Randy Winn, nursing a sore back, said he hoped to play in tonight’s series opener against the Rockies at Coors Field.
Reds: Left-hander Eric Milton went on the 15-day disabled list with an inflamed elbow. The Reds activated right-handed reliever Jared Burton.
