Also, with his “resurgence,” it’s important to keep in mind who he’s pitched against:
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Part of that resurgence can be chalked up to having such a bad year last year.

I’d say it’s safe/fair to say he’ll put up a 30-40 RSAA season.

Of course, his Philly days were before he…ahem…met Luis Gonzalez in the desert and became “a horse.” Before that he got run out of Philadelphia because he couldn’t consistently keep his velocity up beyond the 6th and 7th innings.
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200 IP seasons: 4 before he was traded to the D-Backs. The season he was traded, his threw over 200 innings.

Top 5 in CG’s 6 times before traded to the D-Backs.

Ugh. Schilling is so annoying with that “line score doesn’t match what’s on the field” crap. He got some good strikeouts, but from what I saw he looked lucky to only give up 5 runs against Cleveland. Also, with his “resurgence,” it’s important to keep in mind who he’s pitched against: two terrible lineups, Seattle and Baltimore, one barely passable lineup (esp. w/ key injuries), Tampa Bay, and one pretty good lineup (but on opening day), Texas. The dude will come back to earth one way or another this year, and probably soon.

Wouldn’t that be perfect – if somehow someone had that dirt on him?

Shaun, you’re correct. It was Francona. I recall one season when Schilling lost 2 games to the Mets in similar fashion…Francona staying with Schilling to complete a game with 4 or 5 run leads only to see Schilling melt down in the 9th. And yet…Schilling allegedly likes Francona. Probably a convenient fiction. Of course, his Philly days were before he…ahem…met Luis Gonzalez in the desert and became “a horse.” Before that he got run out of Philadelphia because he couldn’t consistently keep his velocity up beyond the 6th and 7th innings.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it Tito Francona who kept running Schilling out there to huge pitch count totals back in the late 90s? Which lead to some of Schilling’s injury woes? No complaints here if Curt keeps running up high pitch counts. The more the merrier I say!

As others have said elsewhere, to me this says more about Boston’s bullpen than anything else.