Shock & Awe: ESPN Hires Schilling As MLB Analyst

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Curt Schilling, former pitching great and World Series MVP, has joined ESPN as a baseball analyst.

Schilling was scheduled to join the starting rotation Sunday night (April 4) for the iconic opening day matchup between the Boston Red Sox -- one of Schilling's former clubs -- and the New York Yankees.

Schilling retired in 2009 with 216 career wins and a 3.46 earned run average.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.