Welcome to the Press Box, Mr. Schilling

Curt Schilling, Boston's favorite riddle wrapped in an enigma, has done it again!

We're still scratching our heads over the way Schill managed to work it so that he could walk out to the Fenway mound during the 2008 postseason (a season to which he told us - and the Sox brass - that he would be able to contribute), throw out a bouncer of a commemorative first pitch and still get a standing ovation from the Faithful on hand. That was some crazy mindwarping, for sure.

But the latest news from all things Schill-y is even more...well, typically him. The pitcher, who has yet to officially retire from the game, is now one of the Knights of the Keyboard about whom Ted Williams use to grouse.

A Major League Ballplayer is now part of the press corps, in a manner of speaking. Schilling's blog, 38 Pitches, is making the move over to WEEI.com. According to the release issued by a very happy Rob Bradford (whose work Bostonist loves, it should be noted):

This past week, in his 38 Studios office, Curt officially agreed to join our team. He will write columns and blogs every week, participate in video blogs, and schedule live, interactive in-game blogs during the season, while also appearing on the WEEI Radio Network each week, including an in-studio spot once a month ... As for whether or not part of Curt’s immediate blogging future will include documenting a return to the pitching mound, I can’t help you there. You’ll just have to log on every other minute to find out.

So...OK. Where to begin? This is all-new territory. Retired players making their way up to the broadcast booths? Sure, that's old hat. But an still possibly playing writing about baseball, the game he might still be playing, for a media source while possibly still working in some facet of Major League Baseball? And without having to bow to the will of an editor? These are uncharted waters. Curt Schilling is getting awfully mavericky here.

We're imagining Bud Selig rocking back and forth, muttering to himself. "Remember the bloody sock. Remember the bloody sock."

Potential messy conflicts of interest aside (and there are many), we're going to extend a warm welcome to Mr. Schilling. Congratulations on joining OUR ranks, fellow sports blogger guy. A few tips to help you set off on this journey of journalistic something-or-another:

- When you call Jason Varitek to find out how contract discussions are going, don't click "record" on the voice recorder until you say those three magic words. On. The. Record.
- It is not proper etiquette to show up at a press conference wearing your full Red Sox uniform.
- If there isn't a rule expressly forbidding you from sending a Tweet to your followers during a conference with the manager on the mound, there will be one by Spring Training.
- Bloggers don't get press passes.

Photo by flickr user Eric Kilby