Boston Red Sox legend Curt Schilling. Boston Red Sox legend Curt Schilling.
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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has never been one to shy away from controversial headlines.

And he did that on Thursday when, speaking on his podcast The Curt Schilling Baseball Show, he revealed that Tim Wakefield, his former Red Sox pitching teammate, has a “very serious, very aggressive” form of brain cancer.

“This is not a message that Tim has asked anyone to share, and I don’t even know if he wants it shared,” Schilling said. “Recently, Tim was diagnosed with a very serious, very aggressive form of brain cancer.”

Outpouring for Wakefield, one of the game’s great knuckleball pitchers, was overwhelmingly swift.

“Wow just another punch in the gut,” tweeted Red Sox legend Wade Boggs, who left the organization before Wakefield arrived.

However, many baseball fans wondered if the controversial Schilling was allowed to share that message or if Wakefield even wanted it public.

That wasn’t the case, according to Catherine Varitek, the wife of former longtime Red Sox catcher Jason Veritek.

“[Expletative] you, Curt Schilling,” Mrs. Varitek wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “That wasn’t your place!”

The MLB world was quick to react to the shocking betrayal by one teammate of another to reveal such a harrowing medical condition without permission:

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