Will his running mate be a bloody sock?

Curt Schilling -- the star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox -- already pulled one of the greatest upsets in history, when his team came back against the New York Yankees en route to a World Series title in 2004.

Now, some Bostonians want the 40-year-old righty to set his sights on pulling a political upset -- defeating John Kerry in the 2008 race for the Senate.

It seems as if the idea was first floated on Boston sports talk radio station WRKO-AM (680) and many listeners thought it was a pretty good idea (What do they talk about on Boston sports talk radio? Here in New York, the most intellectual conversation the hosts have is when they try to guess the ratings of the Super Bowl).

One guy who doesn't think it's such a good idea -- Curt Schilling.

“While I am a registered voter, I have too many problems with the political scene, and I don’t think I’d fit into it,” he said.

If he does run, here are some ideas for negative ads that Kerry could run:

- Schilling went to Yavapai Junior College in Prescott, Arizona -- not exactly Yale.

- If Schilling tries to use the fact that he is the only 2-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year to his advantage, try this: He wasn't good enough to win a full share of the 2001 Sportsman of the Year, so he had to share the award with Randy Johnson. In 2004, he still wasn't good enough to win the award, so he had to share it with his entire team. What a loser!

- In November, he appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy. How did he do? He finished with zero dollars. He couldn't even identify which brand of food was known as "The San Francisco Treat." Ouch.