He's a union man now all the way

I will hear ev'ry word the boss man say,
For he's the one who hands me down my pay.
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay,
I'm a union man now all the way.

Montague is going to tie up his tendon in a monkey paw and go to Washington. The union be damned. Oh, and a big *&$% you to his fellow union members.

"I'm still real confused as to why I've been put in this group and why there are other players that aren't in this group," Schilling said. "I think the people they're calling should have reasons for being there. I think most of them, other than Frank and I, do. There are people that aren't there that belong there."

Schilling did not name names, but the obvious omission is Barry Bonds, who is chasing Hank Aaron's all-time home run record and has acknowledged unwittingly using a steroid cream.

MLB has vowed to fight the subpoenas, which were also issued to Donald Fehr, executive director of the Players Association; Robert Manfred, MLB executive vice president and labor counsel; Sandy Alderson, MLB executive vice president of baseball operations; and Kevin Towers, general manager of the San Diego Padres.

Stanley Brand, legal counsel for MLB, called the subpoenas "an absolutely excessive and unprecedented misuse of congressional power."

Schilling boldly detached himself from both MLB and the union yesterday.

"I'm gonna guess in a court of law the Congress has precedence over Major League Baseball," Schilling said. "I'm going to do what they tell me to do. I'm guessing baseball wouldn't stand in the way of getting its players in trouble [by facing a contempt charge for not appearing]. The Players Association, I'm sure there'll be discussions about what and how we're going to [testify]. But any decision I make will be made on my own, by me, and by my attorney.

"I understand the players' union works for me and wants to represent the body as a whole. That doesn't necessarily mean they speak for me when they issue public statements."

The drama queen is being a wee bit disingenuous. There are only a few things he likes more than taunting Yankee fans and those are pontificating, a TV camera/microphone, political vacuousness, and moral superiority. The subpeona is his ticket to all four. And his remarks yesterday remind his fellow players that he's not above making broad hints about their guilt.