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Schilling To Throw, Says Red Sox Were Right

DETROIT (WBZ) ― Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling plans to throw on Tuesday for the first time this season. He admitted to the Boston Globe he was wrong and the Red Sox medical staff was right on which course of treatment to take for his ailing right shoulder.

The right-hander, who's on the 60-day disabled list, is scheduled to throw 25 pitches from 60 feet. If that goes well, he will begin a regular throwing program.

"He's got himself to the point where he's excited he's getting to do it," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "It's another step."

Schilling, 41, has been sidelined since the start of spring training, and his course of treatment was the subject of much debate.

Schilling said he would have preferred surgery, but the team insisted he try rehab.

Three months after getting a cortisone shot and following a program his doctor said would fail, Schilling told the Globe it appears the Red Sox were right.

"Nothing has happened in the last three months to lead me to believe they were wrong. But if this is a climb of a mountain, I'm still at the base of that mountain. But it certainly gives me some insight, a better feel of where I am physically. Until I start throwing, none of this is going to have any carryover."

Both sides had originally hoped he could be back around the All-Star break. Now, it's uncertain when Schilling might return.

He said he wasn't hurt when he agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the Red Sox in November.

Schilling also told the Globe the Red Sox - at his suggestion - have dropped the weight clauses in his contract that could have earned him an extra $2 million this season. They're reportedly re-working the contract so he can earn the money through performance-based bonuses.

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