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Who could forget the bloody sock of Curt Schilling during game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series? Certainly not Red Sox fans and maybe not Yankee fans. To refresh - Schilling had ankle surgery after game 1 of the ALCS to stabilize a tendon in his right ankle. He returned in game 6, winning that game. Boston won the series and went on to win its first World Series in 86 years. On Wednesday, during a Red Sox-Orioles game, Gary Thorne, a former broadcaster for the Mets who currently works for the Baltimore Orioles, said Doug Mirabelli told him the bloody sock was actually a ruse. Thorne said, "It was painted. Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR." Mirabelli denies ever talking to Thorne and Schilling also denies that the blood was fake. From Schilling's blog: "It was blood. You can choose to believe whatever you need to, but facts are facts. The 25 guys that were in that locker room, the coaches, they all know it. In the end nothing else really matters. The people that need to believe otherwise are people with their own insecurities and issues." Schilling is even willing to bet $1 million with anyone (proceeds going to charity) that the blood on the sock hanging in the Hall of Fame is real (the original sock was laundered or is missing). So...how many "blood"-covered socks will there be at Yankee Stadium tonight when the Red Sox are in town?- First, the NFL Draft moves from The Garden after 10 years and now the Draft may move out of New York City for good. The move from The Garden in 2005 was because of a dispute with Cablevision, owners of The Garden, who sued to stop a new stadium for the Jets on the West Side. After a year in Jacob Javits, the Draft is now in its 2nd year at Radio City Music Hall, ironically a Cablevision owned property. After next year, however, the NFL may change cities entirely. Cities that have approached the league to host the draft include: San Diego, Chicago, Cleveland and Canton. How exciting! Last time we checked, New York City has one thing those other cities can't offer - an insanely high concentration of media outlets. Sure, ESPN would travel anywhere to cover the 2-day event, but last we checked, the national morning shows based in New York have a greater reach than WEWS Cleveland.
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But what would us Hapless Jets fans do without the draft to attend?
I guess our collective groaning at yet another botched pick could be hard all the way from, gasp, Canton, Ohio!
Canton represent!
But... the sock got progressively bloodier as the game went on. Anyone claiming it was fake is a lunatic, grasping at straws to deal with the fact that the Yankees got owned by a guy with a crippled foot.
Go Sox!
We want Sapp! We want Sapp! We want Sapp!
Though admittedly the last few years haven't been so bad, the draft is still a special place for Jets fans to remember the disappontments of the past as well as the inevitable disappontments yet to come.
The bloody sock issue is settled. Thorne talked to an outraged Mirabelli, and Thorne has since recanted the accusation.
Kevin,
Like any retarded Boston fan, you're the one without a grasp on reality. this story had nothing to do with the Yankees; it eminated from a broadcast of the Baltimor/Boston game from a very reputable source. I agree, it looked pretty clearly like blood to me, but I wouldn't put anything past that Nazi-loving egomaniac asshat. Even most real Boston fans, while respecting and being thankful for what he did for you, admit that Schilling is a Grade A douchebag.
That being said, it's too bad Torre was busy sipping his green tea and forgot to bunt on a goddamnned crippled pitcher when we needed a hit. Dickhead. And not one brushback of Big Papi in that entire series. bring back Billy Ball!!
the sock - the only issue regarding the sock is why on earth didn't torre call for every hitter to bunt on him until his leg was a bloody stump?
the draft - they should move it, and as a diehard ny'
er i would even host the nazi party, just as long as that mother f-in dolan doesn't see a dime! nyc will continue on without a pro football team because that selfsih, monopolistic lieing bastard had to have his way. the real laugh is when the nba draft rolls around, with real top picks, and the bulls are building a franchise and we have eddie curry! thanks jimmy d, now go suck some balls.
D. sorry I hadn't read your post, I started fuming about it again and had to rant!
Hey Kevin:
Scoreboard: 11-4 (I would elaborate further but I'm just a retarded Sox fan). Yanks Six and a Half behind BOSTON and in dead last place in AL East. Mo Rivera is cooked. Suck it.
Whether or not the blood on his sock is real or not who cares . Shilling did something amazing that night and will be remembered for it in the Hall of Fame ! Although he is a douche bag, and a crybaby, That's why his in Boston now . He finally found a place that will take his shit . It's true most of those guys in the locker room don't like Shilling . As far as what "Yanksblow" said, Get a grip ! It's to early in the season to be claiming supremacy over any time . Today's loser can be tomorrows winners ! Remember to "Yanksblow", While ?I'm not a Yankees fan ( Met Fan here, What!!!!!) the comment you posted goes to far . Await until july to start all that talking and then you might have a point !