Curt Schilling, the three-time World Series champion and renowned post-baseball controversialist, has confirmed what he’s hinted at for some months: that he intends to run against Elizabeth Warren in the US Senate race in 2018. Warren is up for re-election in 2018, and Schilling said in August he was weighing up a challenge. Blood was pouring from his shoe, but he pitched seven innings to force a Game 7, and the Red Sox went on to win their first World Series since 1918. But Schilling, a noted Trump supporter, has been embroiled in several recent controversies for his outré political views. Schilling has frequently complained of being omitted from the Hall of Fame because of his Republican leanings.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2016 15:53 UTC