It was blood

I bet Orioles play by play announcer, Gary Thorne, didn't know that he'd unleash the wrath of Red Sox Nation with his comment about Curt Schilling during Wednesday's Orioles - Red Sox broadcast:

"The great story we were talking about the other night was that famous red stocking that he wore when they finally won -- the blood on his stocking. Nah. It was painted. Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR."

Mirabelli's response:

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

Thorne is from Bangor, Maine so I'm not sure how or when it happened, but he must be a closet Yankees fan. There is no other explanation for his comments.

The Joy of Sox has the whole story and Jere has the video. Gordon Edes even has testimony from Schilling's orthopedist.

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38 Blogs!

Curt Schilling has started a blog, 38pitches.com. From his maiden post:

"I’ve been called everything from outspoken to blowhard to much, much worse. I believe those labels spring out of the fact that I care about the things people ask me as much as any other cause. I’ve never been a yes/no kind of guy, which probably hasn’t been received well by some. I don’t know that I’ll be changing my style, but I do know that getting ripped for something I say here will be getting ripped for something I actually said–with the entire contents of my comments included."

There will be some who won't want to hear more from Curt Schilling. Personally, I am psyched that there will be an unfiltered, "first hand source" out there for the 2007 season. Good luck Curt!

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Curt Curt on TomTom

Curt Schilling can now be your navigator:

" Icon of America’s Favorite Pastime Tells Drivers How to Find Their Way Home – And Anywhere Else – Without Committing Errors! Schilling’s voice is available for purchase and download now for all owners of TomTom portable navigation devices."

"Now drivers can have Curt Schilling tell them how to find out-of-the-way locations or how to navigate to specific points of interest such as Fenway Park. Instead of a TomTom device saying, “You have reached your destination”, Curt Schilling will instead call the play, telling the driver “You’re almost home! Slide! Slide!”"

Quick, tell CHB!
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