Schilling puts Massachusetts home on the market

MEDFIELD, Mass. (WPRI) - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has put his 26-acre property outside Boston on the market and is seeking nearly $3.5 million.

The home is being listed by Landmark Residential , which boasts that the “extremely private” property has the amenities for “relaxed family gatherings and sports enthusiasts.”

“Once inside the complex there is a heated pool with waterfall, sports court, beach volley ball court, batting/pitching cage and putting green,” the online description of the property says.

The colonial-style house has 20 rooms, including seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, and three half-bathrooms. It was built in 1997 and has an assessed value of $4.15 million, according to municipal property records.

Ellie Sonis, the real estate agent marketing the property, said the Schillings had just put it on the market. She declined to comment on whether there has been any interest in the property, saying a sale would be in the public record once it becomes final.

Schilling's property has been on the market for just over a week, according to Redfin, an online real-estate data firm. Schilling has said he stands to lose roughly $50 million because of the failure of his video game company, 38 Studios, which collapsed last spring.

This isn’t the first time Schilling has attempted to sell the 11,000-square-foot home, which he bought from former New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe in 2004.

In 2008, Schilling put the property on the market for $8 million, eventually dropping the asking price to $4.5 million before it was taken off the market, according to online records.

Schilling came to Massachusetts in 2004 as an ace pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, helping to lead them to their first World Series in 86 years. But the shine from his years as a dominating right-hander has been tarnished by his failings as a business leader.

38 Studios filed for bankruptcy in June after laying off its nearly 400 workers. Schilling moved the company from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 2010 in exchange for a taxpayer-guaranteed $75 million loan. Rhode Island taxpayers could spend as much as $100 million to pay off the 38 Studios loan.

Tim White ( twhite@wpri.com ) is the Target 12 investigative reporter for WPRI 12 and Fox Providence. Follow him on Twitter: @white_tim

WPRI.com reporter Ted Nesi contributed to this report