schilling fake bloody sock?

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that it was fake.

 

whoa...talk about random thread out of nowhere. what is this, 2004?

 

Mirabelli called him a F******* liar for saying it as well.

 

Wow. If it was painted on, Schilling really has to be held accountable. That's a really douche move.

 

its been said that it was faked.I dont know why he would do that. but the conspiracy theorists will talk

 

you don't know why he would do that???

how about because the East Coast media lapped it up and put it right next to Jackie Robinson stealing home and Babe's called shot among the greatest moments in baseball history. that "bloody" sock is part of red sox lore.

 

i heard some local radio guys saying that he told some reporter to go check the DNA on the blood, and that schilling bet him a million bucks that it was real.

 

i see that angle, but just dont buy it. It wouldnt mean squat if they lost.

robinson stealing home is inside the game.
babe's "called shot" is debateable to what really happened.

i seriously have a hard time thinking that before schilling was preparing for the game he thought to himself "you know what? im going to put fake blood on my ankle and people will love me for it when i win"..

 

I don't know whether it was fake or not and I frankly don't care. It had no impact on the game.

However, if you don't think Schilling would do something like that to become a folk hero you are crazy.

 

do you remember the buildup to that game. "will he pitch?? will he suffer through like a warrior??"

the set up was already there. i'm not saying he did it. and i was rooting for him like crazy. but i certainly see the motive.

and i'm not debating whether the event belongs alongside robinson stealing home and/or babe's called shot...or even whether babe called his shot or not. i'm saying that this event has been given that sort of attention...that sort of importance. particularly in the midst of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, series in baseball history.

 

Agreed wholeheartedly. Even though he is not the reason the Sox won that series, he has basically been given credit as the savior of the franchise and the man who beat the Yankees. His bloody sock made him a God in Boston and it was put in the Hall of Fame for crying out loud.

 

good point...i forgot that.

 

fair enough and i can see the motive too, but i think its fabricated by people watching.

 

well i dont know whats in the mans soul or his thought process..so i must be crazy

 

At this point I don't even see why it's worth caring about. The only thing in that game that Yankee fans should still be upset about is that Joe Torre didn't bunt on a gimpy pitcher.

 

interesting b/c im guessing it was yankee fans that started the conspiract by saying "He's Faking!'

 

No link, but the I found the article posted on another sports forum...

 

New York should request the sock and take it to a lab for forensics

 

I think it was real....but i think it was more along the lines of Kirk Gibson's pinch HR or Willis Reed's limping out onto the court then the Jackie/babe scenarios.

i think the media is a little off their rocker here