Former Major League Baseball pitcher and noted espouser of digital discretion Curt Schilling spent a portion of his Tuesday engaged in an ironic bit of penance after sharing a video over his Twitter and Facebook accounts comparing Muslims to members of the Nazi party. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis.
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Schilling accompanied the tweet with his own message, reading: “The math is staggering when you get to the true #’s”. At least one user told Schilling that he’ll be lucky to “still have a job tonight” as an analyst for ESPN.
In a subsequent tweet, Schilling formally apologized: “I understand and accept my suspension”.
But that didn’t stop ESPN from pulling him from their Little League World Series broadcast.
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In addition to his Little League World Series gig, Schilling also had a spot in the booth for “Sunday Night Baseball”. “Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part”. Further, the gaming company he founded prior to his retirement, 38 Studios, went bankrupt, despite a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island taxpayers. He later revealed his cancer was in remission.
