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Schilling excoriates media for bloody sock story

Updated: April 27, 2007, 6:52 PM ET
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Curt Schilling responded to the controversy over whether his socks were really bloody with a brush-back pitch and a $1 million dare.

In his blog, entitled 38 Pitches, Schilling asserted the blood on his socks during the 2004 ALCS and the subsequent World Series was indeed real. He lambasted Baltimore Orioles play-by-play man Gary Thorne for saying on the air that it was paint and criticized the media for running wild with the story. And he offered to make a $1 million wager, payable to charity, ...

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A BLOODY MESS

The red sock -- we know it belonged to Curt Schilling and that he wore it during the 2004 AL playoffs. But was its bloodiness real? Or, was it paint, or ketchup? Baltimore announcer Gary Thorne sparked such questions on Wednesday's Red Sox-Orioles telecast when he said Doug Mirabelli told him the sock story was a hoax.

News:
• Schilling criticizes media in blog, makes $1M dare
• Red Sox insist Schilling's red sock is for real

Features:
• "Once Upon A Game" book excerpt: Schilling recalls spectacle of the bloody sock

SportsNation:
What exactly was on Schilling's sock?

Page 2:
Somehow, it all goes back to the Yankees

Audio:
• Peter Gammons believes Doug Mirabelli's side of what has been a Thorne-y story. Listen Insider

• Boston manager Terry Francona is aggravated that he has to talk about the sock three years later. Listen Insider

• Don't believe Gary Thorne, Kevin Millar says. Doug Mirabelli wouldn't fabricate such a story, and Schilling's performance in the 2004 playoffs was heroic. Listen Insider

• Alan Schwarz and Jayson Stark don't believe Schilling invented his bloody sock from his Game 6 start against the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. Listen

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