Curt Schilling has struck out with ESPN.
The former World Series MVP has lost his job as an analyst at the network after he shared a meme this week that featured a man dressed up as a woman.
The meme was in response to a controversial North Carolina law that prohibits transgender individuals from using the bathroom of the gender with which they identity themselves.
Along with the since-deleted meme (below), Schilling wrote the following on his Facebook page:
"A man is a man no matter what they call themselves. I don't care what they are, who they sleep with, men's room was designed for the penis, women's not so much.
"Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic."
Schilling had worked for ESPN since 2010, whose statement on the firing reads as follows:
"ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated."
The latest incident was the latest in a number of commentaries by Schilling on social media that have drawn ire and outrage.
In August, for example, Schilling was suspended for a month after he shared a comment on Twitter that compared extremist Muslims to Nazis.
Despite the response from many over the meme posted above, Schilling refused to apologize on his official blog.
"Let's make one thing clear right upfront," he wrote soon after the image went viral.
"If you get offended by ANYTHING in this post, that's your fault, all yours... This latest brew ha ha is beyond hilarious. I didn't post that ugly picture. I made a comment about the basic functionality of men's and women's restrooms, period."
It's worth noting that there has not been a single recorded incident in the history of the United States of a transgender individual molesting anyone in a public bathroom.
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