Curt Schilling slams daughter's Twitter bullies

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Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling lashed out at cyber bullies who viciously taunted his college-bound daughter last weekend, Boston's WFXT reports.

After congratulating his daughter, Gabby Schilling, for getting the opportunity to play for the Salve Regina University softball team, the outspoken former player was hit by blistering comments on Twitter directed at his daughter. Citing the word rape and other sexual comments, Schilling took to his personal blog to vent on the topic.

“The amount of vitriol I've heard is not an issue,” Schilling wrote. “I am sure I'll hear more. But I have to ask, is this even remotely ok? In ANY world? At ANY time?”

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Schilling went on to note in his blog that he tracked down the names of some of the more vile cyber bullies, which he claims include the vice president of a Theta Xi fraternity chapter at Montclair State University and a DJ at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. The Twitter accounts of both involved have now been deleted and suspended.

But that wasn't all. NJ.com reports that the Montclair graduate, identified as Sean MacDonald, was fired from his part-time job as a ticket seller for the New York Yankees shortly after the tweets were posted. A Yankees representative said, "We have zero tolerance for anything like this."

Meanwhile, Brookdale suspended the other student involved. "Our sincerest apologies to Gabby Schilling," the school posted on Facebook. "Her achievement should be celebrated and not clouded by offensive comments."

"Nobody should be able to get away with saying things like that [about] a father [and his] daughter," Gabby said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

"I'll do everything I can do to not embarrass her, but I'll never not protect her," Schilling said.

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– Matt Moreno of Newsy contributed to this report.

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