Curt Schilling doesn’t have many friends in sports media right now. And after recently engaging in a social media battle with 97.5 The Fanatic’s Mike Missanelli, the former pitcher turned his attention to someone from Philadelphia’s other sports station, 94WIP’s Glen Macnow.
Like Missanelli, Macnow is a former friend of Schilling from his time pitching in Philadelphia, but it’s another severed relationship because of Schilling’s extremist views. Macnow recently shared a story about being uncomfortable when he saw firsthand, Schilling’s collection of WWII memorabilia which includes Nazi items.
Despite being called a “fraud” and “dumbass” by the former pitcher, Macnow spoke to Kevin Kinkead of Crossing Broad, to clarify his memory of seeing the Nazi items in Schilling’s home.
I was at Curt’s house for a party. His mother in law, a very nice woman, showed me a display box – lucite or glass — that had some WWll memorabilia in it, including Nazi arm bands. I was a bit taken aback and I think she noticed that. She said, “Some people don’t understand that Curt collects war items of all kinds.”
It was interesting that Curt accused me of making up the story on Twitter today, but when I provided details, he went radio silent. I think he knows I’m not lying – why in the world would I create a story like that? I remember other aspects of his house. He had a great finished basement, where the party was centered, that had bat racks around the perimeter with dozens of bats from hitters he had pitched against.
Anyway, my memory of the night and his Kennett Square house is pretty clear. I emceed several charity events for Curt and got along well with him back then. But I also learned a lesson – never become friendly with people you have to write about or talk about on the radio.
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Schilling, who has shared pictures of the items on social media, previously said that it’s not a Nazi collection, it’s a WWII collection that includes Nazi items. But he does have Nazi items.
Macnow did add to Crossing Broad that he would still vote Schilling into the Hall of Fame, if it were up to him, despite the former pitcher’s extremist and inflammatory views. That’s one area where Macnow and Missanelli differ, with The Fanatic radio host not only stating Schilling shouldn’t be granted entry into Cooperstown, but calling for him to be removed from the Phillies Wall of Fame because of the support he showed for the shameful insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.
