Senator Ed Kennedy passed away on August 25th after a short battle with brain cancer at the age of 77 which means that there is an open seat in the Senate from the state of Massachusetts. It was originally reported that former Boston Red Sox ace Curt Schilling was going to enter his name into the hat as the replacement to Kennedy in the Senate but has since decided against running.

The Senate seat was held by Kennedy for almost 50 years prior to passing away in August. Schilling appeared on ‘Joe Buck Live’ on the HBO network on Tuesday night, the 22nd of September, and squashed the notion of him running for a Senate seat. “Regardless of the amount of support and outreach that’s been given to me, it just did not make sense,” Schilling said.
Schilling became a popular sports icon in Boston and the entire New England area when he pitched with a bloody sock in 2004 for the eventual World Series champion Red Sox. He would go on to win another title with the BoSox in 2007 after winning his first title with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001 over the New York Yankees. Schilling also led the Phillies to a World Series appearance in 1993 but lost to the Toronto Blue Jays.

If Schilling had wanted to run for Kennedy’s open Senate seat then he would have had to run as an independent since he has voted for both Democrat and Republican presidents in George Bush and Bill Clinton.