Resting comfortably within the confines of a Hall of Fame showcase lie the bloody socks that have not only allowed self promoter Curt Schilling market his 2004 postseason performance as legendary but have also reloaded the smoking guns of conspiracy controversy. During the broadcast of Wednesday nights game between the Red Sox and Orioles, Baltimore play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne questioned the credibility of Schilling’s bloody socks causing a media storm of enormous proportions to develop in response to his comments. The nonchalant musings of Thorne and Jim Palmer during the telecast came to life courtesy of clubhouse chatter started by Red Sox catcher and well known sarcastic, Doug Mirabelli. “It was painted,” Thorne said. “Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR.” The backlash that followed was anything but nonchalant as all walks of life have chimed in on the story. Thorne himself has since retracted the statement, leading on that he mistook Mirabelli’s sarcasm for truth.

As expected, Curt Schilling weighed in, firing back on his blog Friday, blasting a slew of media stalwarts, including Thorne, for lacking talent for anything other than their literary skills and lightening them to non-existent humans. Schilling drools on in his 1,500 word essay to reiterate how amazing and magical his postseason heroics were in such a blatant effort that I almost thought Joe Morgan was narrating. He wraps up the literal pat on the back with a $1M wager (towards charity) to any taker questioning the authenticity of his career emblems. Relax Curt, the Sox haven’t made any attempt at resigning you, you may need that money for an early retirement.

Nevertheless, with all the attention the story has gained, the inevitable rebirth of the conspiracy was bound to surface as many outside of Boston have continued to speculate the authenticity of the socks and their place in the Hall of Fame. Regardless of whether they will ever be proven authentic, the performance of Schilling can never be discredited. He dominated a postseason in which he was never supposed to be apart of. And for all the credit he is deserved, the medical staff and whatever miracles (hopefully legal) they performed have unfortunately fallen by the wayside. Come on, are you honestly telling me with that medical staff, some stitches and glue, Curt was still able to bloody the sock? No way, he was obviously dipping the sock in Kool-Aid between innings. Following the game, a simple cut on the wrist, a pair of dirty socks from Manny’s locker and boom, you got yourself some legitimate Hall of Fame memorabilia. But all socks aside, we can be certain of one thing, Schilling won’t be laid to rest alongside the mythical garments in the Hall of Fame when his career ends, so you can expect the legendary performance written in the first person to live on.

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