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They even
invoked words such as "heroic" that the theatrical right-hander wouldn't use
to describe himself.Schilling has issued a $1 million challenge to prove the sock he wore while
throwing through an injury during Boston's postseason run toward its 2004
World Series conquest was reddened by anything but his blood.
The hosiery
rests in the Hall of Fame where it belongs, until and unless ambulance chasers
like Geraldo Rivera invade Cooperstown, N.Y., to identify Sherwin Williams as
the culprit.
Peter Gammons, baseball's soul, offered the most logical explanation.
Red
Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli, exercising his right to engage in locker room
sarcasm, wink-winked in the presence of Gary Thorne, who embellished the tale
Wednesday night when he declared as fact while doing play-by-play for the
Baltimore Orioles that Schilling had dramatized his ordeal by painting the
sock.
All you-know-what ensued in Boston, where fans are rabid, sensitive and
genuinely nuts about the Red Sox.
Schilling, mind you, is a lightning rod often accused of being
self-absorbed.
He survived playing with the earthy 1993 Philadelphia Phillies,
who nicknamed him "Moth" for his knack of finding camera lights and surmised
that his wish is to die in his own arms.
However, those Phillies, outrageous
as they were, appreciated his 16-7 record that led to a Na...
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