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ACES high.(baseball players Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling; includes related article)

The Sporting News

| October 01, 2001 | KNISLEY, MICHAEL | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, the most dominant pitching combination in decades, are feeding off their friendly competition and fueling Arizona's drive toward the N.L. West title

They play golf for shirts. Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling make that friendly wager whenever they find time for 18 holes on the road. The loser buys the winner a golf shirt from the pro shop. The winner gets to wear the shirt into the clubhouse that night, which tells the rest of the Diamondbacks all they need to know about the day's scorecard.

"Let's just say my closet is bigger now than it was at the start of the season," Schilling says.

"He thinks he's a better ...

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