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By Ian Browne / MLB.com

Curt Schilling and his wife, Shonda, hold up his new Red Sox jersey Friday. (Roy Dabner/AP)

It ended up being a celebratory, post-Thanksgiving Friday for the Red Sox as their heavy pursuit of Curt Schilling paid off.

The star right-hander and five-time All-Star waived his no-trade clause, setting in motion a deal that was reached in principle by the Red Sox and Diamondbacks on Monday, acquiring Schilling, the Red Sox parted with left-hander Casey Fossum, right-hander Brandon Lyon, pitching prospect Jorge De La Rosa and a minor leaguer to be named.

When Pedro Martinez reports to Spring Training in February, he will be joined by a fellow king of the hill in Schilling.

Schilling goes from backing up one pitching giant of the last decade (Randy Johnson) to another one in Martinez.

"Having not pitched with him yet, I'm going to assume a lot of things. I'm going to assume there are going to be a lot of similarities to teaming with R.J. in that I will be following usually a superb outing," said Schilling. "The bar will be set high. I spent two and a half, three years here, with a guy whose (Hall of Fame) plaque is just awaiting the end of his career. It was a lot of fun. It pushed me to do some things I never thought I could do."

As confident as he is in himself, Schilling has no intention of getting the Opening Day nod for the Sox.

"Pedro has three Cy Young awards, which is by my last count, three more than I have," said Schilling. "He is the number one starter on their staff. I didn't have a problem pitching behind Randy Johnson in Arizona. I'm going to be equally comfortable pitching behind Pedro Martinez in Boston."