Curt Schilling To Join Breitbart

FILE- In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, baseball broadcast analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling watches as the Red Sox workout at baseball spring training in Fort Myers Fla. Boston Mayor Martin J... FILE- In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, baseball broadcast analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling watches as the Red Sox workout at baseball spring training in Fort Myers Fla. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to ban chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city. The mayor is expected to discuss a proposed new ordinance Wednesday, Aug. 5. Public health officials, advocates, local youth and Schilling are expected to attend. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) MORE LESS
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In what sounds like a match made in far-right heaven, New York magazine reported Sunday that former Red Sox pitcher and conservative provocateur Curt Schilling will join Breitbart News as the host of a daily online radio show.

Schilling will reportedly offer political commentary and take calls from listeners.

The move seems a natural fit for the conservative commentator, who has spent the months since ESPN fired him for sharing anti-transgender memes flirting with a Senate candidacy and blogging about his support for Donald Trump. An ally of Breitbart executive and Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon, Schilling’s penchant for sharing politically incorrect memes caused headaches for the sports network during his tenure there. He was suspended for sharing a post comparing Muslims to Nazis and once suggested that Hillary Clinton should be “buried under a jail somewhere.”

New York reported Gabriel Sherman reported that Schilling’s hire represents a move to secure on-air talent for a possible Trump TV network that could be launched if the Republican nominee loses in November.

“He got kicked off ESPN for his conservative views. He’s a really talented broadcaster,” Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow told Sherman.

So far, Breitbart has done a better job than Schilling at ginning up support for the real estate mogul. Only 10 people turned out for a pro-Trump rally the former all-star pitcher held Saturday’s outside Boston’s City Hall.

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