Hey Schilling, shut up!

As the new year approaches, instead of looking back at 2007, let's look forward to 2008 with my hopes, wishes, and predictions for the next 12 months of sports.
My main New Year's wish (besides championships for all Philadelphia teams) is for Curt Schilling's computer to break so his blog, 38pitches.com, will no longer be updated. Nowadays, it seems like any idiot with a computer can blog (insert sarcastic joke about me having a blog here), and every time Schilling logs on, he proves that he is indeed "any idiot."
Apparently, Schilling has an opinion on everything from his teammates to politics to the military to the rest of the sports world. He is 100 percent correct in his belief that we need to support American troops with our prayers and donations, and I applaud his work fighting ALS, but once he starts talking about politics and steroids, he should really just flip to a YouTube clip of a monkey flinging its own feces because that would be far more productive and enlightening.
By this point, you must be wondering why I am so enraged by a former Phillie who helped lead us to our last National League pennant.
Well check out his blog posting from December 19. He talks about how steroid users should give back all of the awards they won because their statistics were attained fraudulently. Here's what he wrote about Roger Clemens: "From that point on (1998) the numbers were attained through using PEDs (performance enhancing drugs). Just like I stated about Jose (Canseco), if that is the case with Roger, the 4 Cy Youngs should go to the rightful winners and the numbers should go away if he cannot refute the accusations."
Now I agree with those sentiments, but all these statements do is make Schilling sound like a pompous hypocrite. We all knew from his time in Philadelphia that Schilling was always more concerned about himself than his teammates or fans, but we didn't know he was a hypocrite, too.
Does Curt Schilling ever write that he should hand his 2007 World Series ring to Matt Holliday or any of the other Colorado Rockies because his teammates Eric Gagne and Brendan Donnelly are named in the Mitchell Report?
What about his National League championship ring from 1993? Lenny Dykstra was named in the Mitchell Report (no surprise after his "funny vitamins" comment), and Pete Incaviglia was named in Jason Grimsley's federal testimony. What about the rest of the Phillies who suddenly bulked up in 1993, had career years and then were never heard from again?
Sure, guys who aren't on steroids always lose their tempers one minute and joke around the next. Or they spontaneously rip their shirts off to show their newly chiseled physiques. Or they suddenly start beating their wives and believing the world will come to an end on the winter solstice in 2012.
Why wasn't Schilling critical of those guys? Why hasn't he demanded to know the truth about what was going on in his own locker rooms?
Because he's a hypocritical, self-serving ball player who can't stand to be out of the spotlight. But we all knew that already.
Quick Predictions for 2008: *Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid are both back next year, and the Eagles bring in a star wide receiver from this group: Brandon Marshall, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Randy Moss, and Donte Stallworth. Those guys will either be free agents or possibly available through trade because of their disgruntled attitudes.
*Brent Celek and Stewart Bradley will be huge for the Eagles in 2008. I've been high on Stewart Bradley since training camp and I thought he would overtake Chris Gocong as the Eagles starting strongside line-backer, but next year will be his chance to shine.
*The Flyers will make some noise in the playoffs this year, but they'll fall in the second round because they're still far too young and inconsistent to seriously compete for a Stanley Cup.
*The Phillies will repeat as National League East champions. Look for minor leaguers Carlos Carrasco and Greg Golson to play a big role down the stretch.
Of course, these are just predictions, and I've been wrong plenty of times before, so we'll all just have to wait and see.
Happy New Year!