On Twitter, Curt Schilling Battles Philly Bloggers over Evolution
Last night on his Twitter account, former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling (aka @gehrig38) got into it with some Philadelphia Phillies bloggers. They weren’t talking about a possible rebuild for the Fightin’ Phils or debating the merits of the 1993 Phillies’ starting rotation. No, they were arguing evolution.
Here’s how it started:
Settle in and listen to this world changing mind, he's eccentric and awesome, you have to rethink your world. https://t.co/Lf7FMjh00D
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 12, 2014
Yes, Curt Schilling attempted to convince people on Twitter that the theory of evolution was wrong with a YouTube video. This… seems like the wrong way to go about it, but, hey, tweet about whatever you want.
Schilling, of course, got a lot of blowback after posting the video. But most amusing was that he argued with Phillies bloggers Ryan Sommers and Zoo With Roy.
Sommers, who blogs at Crashburn Alley and is known as @Phylan on Twitter, sent the first salvo.
@gehrig38 you are severely misinformed Curt. Stop believing everything you see on YouTube
— phylan.bsky.social (@Phylan) November 12, 2014
Schilling quickly replied.
@Phylan There will come a day when you will look back on this and say "DOH!", and you won't be able to say you weren't warned.
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 12, 2014
What’s weird is that Schilling seems to think that evolution will be disproved any day now, so that those of us who learned it in biology class will soon be going, “D’oh!”
Then the eponymous blogger from Zoo With Roy chimed in.
@gehrig38 @Phylan Curt are saying God will evolve Phylan into Homer Simpson?
— Zoo With Roy (@zoowithroy) November 12, 2014
Zoo With Roy, fortunately, made sure to keep things as light as possible.
Follow me I'll DM it to you “@gehrig38: I'll keep repeating. Show me the fossil of the creature between the amphibian and the fruit fly…”
— Zoo With Roy (@zoowithroy) November 13, 2014
@zoowithroy post a link to it, to ANY fossil that is between the amphibian and a fly, mosquito, Elephant, Rhino, Human, Snake, anything..
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 13, 2014
“@gehrig38: @zoowithroy post a link to it, to ANY fossil that is between the amphibian and a fly, Human, anything..” pic.twitter.com/n0ijWchAuj
— Zoo With Roy (@zoowithroy) November 13, 2014
But things all ended on a happy note, I guess.
@zoowithroy @gehrig38
An example of (Fergosian) evolution
1988-Baltimore: 0-3 with a 9.82 ERA
1992-Philadelphia: 14-11 with a 2.35 ERA— Mike Leo (@MLeonetti89) November 13, 2014
@MLeonetti89 @zoowithroy Nicely done…
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 13, 2014
I thank Curt Schilling for taking us all on this delightful trip!