Edhardiman wrote an excellent post this morning basically trashing Schilling for his rants on Barry Bonds. I'm not sure why Schilling can't leave Barry alone, but me thinks he loves being in the spotlight. He can't pitch right now being on the DL, so his only way into the news is to say something controversial, at least it is controversial to me. I won't try to tear apart all the hypocrisy in what Curt said, but there is one point that I think no one has addressed that I shall try to set the record straight upon.
Schilling says that you or I would sue someone if they made false allegations against us. This is purely not true. Let me elaborate on the reasons why you would not do this, especially if you are in Barry's position.
If you are in already under investigation, the one thing you do not want to do is bring more attention to yourself by suing someone on the prosecution's witness list. That would look malicious and give the witness credibility. It would give Bell sympathy in the court of public opinion because Barry is already the bad guy.
What is there to gain? Some would argue that by suing someone for false and misleading information you can set the record straight. No one believes Bonds right now, so why would they believe him if he sued her and won?
Then there is the issue of monetary gain. Many lawsuits by celebrities against the "rag" magazines like Enquirer have huge punitive damages attached to discourage those editors. The celebrities know that these magazines have deep pockets, but in Barry's case, Kim Bell does not have anything he can go after. In the end, he would probably win a libel or slander suit against her but end up owing court costs with nothing to gain. His good name can not be restored by winning any lawsuit and certainly he will not win a huge award from her.
Barry is busy trying to break "THE RECORD" in baseball, and distractions like a lawsuit can take a backseat at this time.
Lastly, you only sue i fyou can win. In order to win, Barry would have to prove what Kimberly Bell said was untrue. That is being decided in his grand jury investigation right now. If they can't figure it out in the two years they have been balking over it, what makes anyone think a jury trial would proceed any faster.
In this life, when someone who doesn't matter talks bad about you the thing to do is to ignore them. That is what Barry is doing to Kim Bell. Giving people like Bell the time of day feeds their need for attention. Barry is wise to leave his ex-mistress alone. Sometimes taking no action is the best course of action there is. If we would all do as Schilling says and sue anyone for saying something untrue, then there would already be half a dozen lawsuits on this blog site. I read false accusations every day. Let's see Schilling sue everyone for saying his bloody sock was a fake. It won't happen because he knows he can't win against someone like you o rme. His comment that we would sue is just like many of his other statements, pure fiction.
