Curt Schilling has vowed to pursue legal options against the Twitter trolls who berated him with vulgar tweets about his daughter after he announced her college signing, but in the event Schilling wants to take a more old-school approach and meet the trolls in a dark alley, David Ortiz will gladly accompany him.
When asked about the situation, Ortiz, a former teammate of Schilling, told WEEI he supports Schilling and his reaction 100 percent.
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“It’s personal,” Ortiz said. “Now I’m going to dig into it because I’m going to support him 100 percent. If you have some personal issues with Curt about something he has done before, that’s your problem. But now, when he’s tweeting about his daughter, you respect that because if you’re the one tweeting about your daughter graduating you like to hear good things.”
Ortiz said he’s head his moments where he’s responded to negative people on Twitter, but said it’s always best to turn a blind eye to those aiming for a reaction.
“It’s hard, I’m not going to lie to you. The best thing to do is just leave it alone but there are always going to be jerks out there trying to get your attention,” Ortiz said. ““I know there are a bunch of (expletives) out there just waiting for you to say something or to do something so they can criticize you no matter what you say or what you do. Why would you criticize guy that has been through the whole thing he’s been through, and then they’re talking about his daughter who is graduating, for God’s sake? Really. Why would you criticize something like that. It makes you angry.”