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Schilling's plate fuller than most after World Series win, busy offseason.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| March 01, 2002 | Hagen, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. 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

TUCSON, Ariz. _ Life is a smorgasbord, after all. And for the fortunate it can resemble a banquet table piled high with goodies: possibilities to be explored, brass rings to be grabbed, roads less traveled to be taken, dreams to be pursued, experiences to be experienced. One big, never ending, all-you-can-eat special.

Curt Schilling, who has perfected the art of conspicuous success, doesn't get cheated in this realm.

A few hours after starting his third game of the World Series _ and being named co-MVP with Randy Johnson as the Arizona Diamondbacks upset the mighty New York Yankees last November _ the onetime Philadelphia Phillies ace was on a plane flying from Phoenix to South Carolina to join his family on a cruise that already was in progress.

In doing so, he missed the Diamondbacks' victory parade. He didn't miss much else in a winter that was chock full of private jets and limousines and VIP waiting rooms. He went to Denver to accept the Branch Rickey Award. To Los Angeles, for televised ceremonies ...

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