Who won the Democratic debate? Curt Schilling thinks it was ISIS
Though Tuesday featured two of the most exciting NLDS games we’ve seen in some time, not everyone was watching baseball. The first Democratic debate was on television, meaning some had to make the tough choice between hearing what the possible future leader of our country would say, or seeing if Clayton Kershaw could shake his postseason demons.
Donald Trump decided on doing neither. As the front-runner in the Republican polls, he likely had bigger and better things to do. But Trump did want to keep tabs on his potential opponents. In order to do so, Trump asked his Twitter followers who was winning the debate.
That’s when Curt Schilling jumped in.
Schilling wasn’t busy broadcasting any baseball games, so he must have been watching the debates. By his reply, we’re guessing he was not pleased.
We say guessing because we have no idea what Schilling means here. It’s an attempt at humor, and an attempt to make a wisecrack about the Democratic party, but it kind of misses the mark. Was it perhaps some attempt at a “Chase Utley hearts ISIS” joke that went over our heads? Couldn’t he have just said “nobody” and metaphorically dropped the mic?
This is Curt Schilling we’re talking about here, so that was out of the question. Schilling will never hesitate to drop a hot political take, despite the fact that it’s gotten him in trouble in the past.
As of Tuesday night, it appears ESPN is not going to comment on Schilling’s latest social media adventure.
At this point, Schilling has become everyone’s least favorite uncle at a holiday party. When the whole family is gathered around watching some baseball, he jumps in and says something painfully awkward. Everything goes quiet as the air is sucked out of the room. Your mother weakly asks if anyone wants another slice of pie.
You don’t, but you say you do in order to break the tension. It doesn’t seem to be working. Thankfully, your dog, Brutus, walks into the room with bits of pie and whipped cream all over his face. “Oh, Brutus,” you say, “you’ve eaten all the pie!”
Everyone laughs. The awkward moment is gone. Order has been restored. Another potentially awful moment with Uncle Curt has been avoided.
If only if were that easy in real life.
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