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Conspiracy Theory: Schilling's bloody sock was faked!

I love a good conspiracy theory. This one is good because I'm so sick of hearing about the Red Sox miracle wins.  This is what happens when you blow something way out of proportion.  You get the backlash from the rest of the country and from other teams.  People want to tear down everything you built.  In this case it wouldn't be such a bad thing.

So you've got this broadcaster Gary Thorne who says former punk ass Padre Doug Mirabelli told him that Curt Schillings bloody sock was not bloody, it was paint.  Now at this point I'm already ready to believe Thorne's version of the story because we know that Mirabelli is a backstabber.  So as you can see Mirabelli is always talking crap and then denying once it hits the press.

"Nah," Thorne said. "It was painted. Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR. Two-ball, two-strike count."

Then Mirabelli gets enraged when he is asked about what he said.  Now if the sock truly was bloody wouldn't you just be like, "Dude go check it's in Cooperstown... relax".  But instead he loses his temper because either he was caught lying or he let the cat out of the bag by not being able to keep a secret.

"Go ask him [Mirabelli]," Thorne said.

After the game, Mirabelli flatly and angrily denied Thorne's story.

"What? Are you kidding me? He's [expletive] lying. A straight lie," Mirabelli said, according to The Boston Globe. "I never said that. I know it was blood. Everybody knows it was blood."

Schilling and Francona were both saying it's blood too and that somebody should have asked them.  Why should they even care if blood soaked through his sock?  Unless of course you wanted blood to soak through the sock, which is the reason why they didn't put gauze on it or put paint on it.   They wanted to build up this so called legendary performance.

Right now 35% of ESPN's readers believe that the sock was faked.  This probably just means that people hate the Red Sox, but nevertheless I think it's time we test this sock!

I want DNA samples, I want scientists, I want lawyers, I want Greta Van Susteren and Geraldo, I want the TRUTH!

Update [2007-4-26 12:30:0 by jbox]:
Now that I look at these pictures a little bit closer, I don't think the "blood" patterns match. The sock must have been switched on it's way to the Hall of Fame!

Update [2007-4-26 12:57:50 by jbox]:
Dex tells me that the ALCS sock has really gone missing and nobody can find it. It must have been destroyed by Doug Mirabelli to protect the secret of the painted sock. If only you had kept your mouth shut Mirabelli then Schilling's secret would have been safe. Now your web of lies is causing Boston to crumble!

Update [2007-4-26 13:17:30 by jbox]:
I went over to Schilling's Blog to see if he had any comment. Let's see what he has to say:
"Alex Rodriguez is hotter than hot."
Hmmmm, yeah he's good looking and all but I'm not sure if he's all that.

Update [2007-4-26 16:57:35 by jbox]:
Drama just sent this to me, it appears to be either Schilling's ankle after the surgery or that of a hobo who's luck ran out. Notice the Gatorade endorsement, that must have earned Schilling a pretty penny. Oh and... gross!

"It gets stupider," Schilling said with a tone of resignation in his voice. "I got the 9-inch scar for you. You can see it."

Nine inches? Looks like about 3 maybe 4 inches in this photo.

Update [2007-4-26 17:46:38 by jbox]:
Red Sox and Francona try to silence Mirabelli:

Francona, who enjoys using Mirabelli as a foil, said: "What are you doing? Can you just play every five days and not talk?"

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Dude
Those are totally two different socks!

by Jonny Dub on Apr 26, 2007 9:42 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
the one on the left is totally missing the red stripe down the center!

by thenerdhater on Apr 26, 2007 9:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

stirrups
stirrups are worn over the sock.  If you look closely the patterns do seem to match and the dirt markings on the sock seem to indicate the placement of the stirrup over the sock.

by Peanuts and Beer on Apr 26, 2007 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually...
They may well be: according to the ESPN story, "Schilling has said the sock from the Yankees game got tossed in the laundry. The one from the World Series is at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y." So depending on when that second pic was taken - and it probably was the ALCS - it is indeed a different sock.
Arizona Snake Pit
Home of the 2007 NL West Champions

by AZ Snakepit on Apr 26, 2007 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You want the truth?!
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!

by thenerdhater on Apr 26, 2007 9:55 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Rumor has it
that Doug Mientkiewicz stole the sock from Schilling's locker and held it hostage at his home.

by thenerdhater on Apr 26, 2007 9:56 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The left sock
I believe that's a sock from the World Series. The photo on the right is the now legendary ALCS game.

Testing the one in the World Series won't help because the rumor is that the ALCS one is the one that was faked.

by Dex on Apr 26, 2007 9:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd test it anyway
and see who's blood it really is.  I bet it's chicken blood or blood from a hobo.

by jbox on Apr 26, 2007 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blood from a Hobo
That made me laugh miso soup out my nose.

by Enzo Hernandez on Apr 26, 2007 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which means
There had to be a SECOND sock....
He's normal except for the tanning booths, shaving his body, and walking around with no clothes.

by Dalton on Apr 26, 2007 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only one way to find out...
The only way to know for sure if it is indeed the right sock...is to have Schilling try the sock on. The sock has to fit against the skin...LIKE A GLOVE!

by Drama on Apr 26, 2007 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hah!
My daily giggle courtesy of Drama. C'mon dude - make it rhyme like the original - you can do it ;-)
Christina

by Christina on Apr 26, 2007 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here you go...Johnny Cochrane style
Does the sock contain blood of a pitcher named Schilling?  We affirm that it does and Mirabelli is illing.

There goes 20 min of my day.

by teemcee on Apr 26, 2007 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

red sux
if a red sox starter stains his socks red it says the red sox suck.

i'm bored.

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 26, 2007 10:13 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Be careful, jbox...
"They would have killed you already but you got a lot of light on you. Instead they're trying to destroy your credibility. They already have in many circles in this town. Be honest, your only chance is to come up with a case. Something, anything. Make arrests, stir the shit storm, hope to reach a point of critical mass that'll start a chain reaction of people coming forward... Remember, fundamentally, people are suckers for the truth - and the truth is on your side."
Arizona Snake Pit
Home of the 2007 NL West Champions

by AZ Snakepit on Apr 26, 2007 2:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Curt Schilling has a blog?
how cool is that? Do any Padres have a blog?

by RBS on Apr 26, 2007 2:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

38pitches.com
Schilling is a nerd. A bloody nerd!

by Dex on Apr 26, 2007 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

total
Reading the gamer interviews about Schilling pwning orcs and goblins is just surreal:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/news/sdetail91.html

He's normal except for the tanning booths, shaving his body, and walking around with no clothes.

by Dalton on Apr 26, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He may be a Red Sox guy now...
...but you still gotta love Theo:

"You're kidding me, right?" Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein wrote in an e-mail last night. "I'm the GM of the team, not Jerry Springer. I couldn't give two [expletives] about what was on his sock, I care that we won the game. The rest, and Gary Thorne, is just noise."

Nicely done.

by Drama on Apr 26, 2007 2:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sounds to me
like he's hiding something.

by jbox on Apr 26, 2007 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have little doubt that Mirabelli
said something, even if it was in jest.  

by jbox on Apr 26, 2007 3:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

those are great pictures
does anybody happen to have one of curt schilling's bruised ego when ben davis layed down that drag bunt?

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 26, 2007 3:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nine inches?
"It gets stupider," Schilling said with a tone of resignation in his voice. "I got the 9-inch scar for you. You can see it."

You males have been known to exaggerate when it comes to measuring things.

by teemcee on Apr 26, 2007 4:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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