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Curt Schilling says he's going to pitch for a little longer. Schilling, who was born in a corn field in the summer of 1867 and now weighs upwards of 415 pounds, says he's going at least two more years.

"At the end of last season, there was doubt Schilling would pitch in 2007, but he put that to rest before the 2006 campaign ended.

"Over the last probably 5-6 months and my wife and kids and I have been talking and we came to conclusion about a week or 10 days ago that I was not going to retire in 2007, that I was going to go ahead," Schilling told WEEI. "I always believed physically I was going to be more than OK, I feel like last year, while I certainly didn't have a year like I know I could have, toward the end I became a lot healthier and my wife and kids want me to continue to play which was the only reason I was retiring in the first place.

"Where I'm going to play beyond 2007, I hope it's Boston, but I will go out and find a home to pitch," Schilling told WEEI. "I hope it's here but there's also that possibility [of pitching for another team]. It would not be to New York.""

Before leaving the press conference, Schilling paused briefly to put on a New York Yankees baseball cap. He leaned over, smiley sheepishly into the microphone, and said, "Oh, yeah. Ignore that."

In other news, when informed of Schilling's public intent to pitch for several additional years, Roger Clemens pledged to members of the press that recent medical advancements would allow him to stay alive for all of eternity, and pitch competitively for at least fifty-six more seasons.

No word on whether anyone, anywhere, still remembers how to exit the game gracefully when their time is up.

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