Curt Schilling attacked after publicly revealing former teammate Tim Wakefield’s cancer diagnosis – Sportcasting

Former pitcher Curt Schilling threw heat during his 20 years in Major League Baseball. Now, he takes enough.

On his podcast this week, Schilling got personal when he shouldn’t have, announcing that former Boston Red Sox teammate Tim Wakefield had undergone surgery to address an aggressive form of brain cancer. Schilling’s report drew the ire of many and forced the Sox to issue a more tasteful statement regarding the health of the two-time World Series champion.

Curt Schilling takes it upon himself to reveal Tim Wakefield’s health

It’s safe to say Curt Schilling is open. He was fired by ESPN in 2016 for insensitive remarks on social media about transgender bathroom laws. He is known to anger many with his political views. This time, he went too far.

Schilling dropped the news about Wakefield’s condition during his podcast this week. He admitted he did not know if Wakefield wanted it to be distributed publicly. Schilling did it anyway.

“Tim Wakefield is sick,” Schilling said. “This is not a message that Tim asked anyone to share, and I don’t know if he even wants to share it. As a Christian and a man of faith, I have seen prayer work, so I will talk about it.

“Tim was recently diagnosed with a very serious, very aggressive form of brain cancer. … Tim’s situation is incredibly serious and he went in and had surgery.” Schilling also announced that Wakefield’s wife, Stacy, is “very ill with pancreatic cancer.

“I want Tim and Stacy to know that we are praying for them, that we are thinking of them. Their children are obviously going through very difficult times. I don’t want to make a cliché, but no one deserves this.”

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