I get the feeling that Mirabelli is a bit of a jokester, but Thorne has stretched this into a monster.

I have no respect for him at all.

Kevin Millar put it all in perspective last night:

He doctored his socks to make them look "bloody."

Schilling's thoughts can be found here -

http://38pitches.com/2007/04/27/ignorance-has-its-privileges/

As far as what I think? I could care less about the bloody sock. The Yankees lost and the Red Sox won. It should have never even reached a game six, but it did and the rest is history.

I actually thought the red stain was ketchup from the "loaded with all the fixins' hot dog" he was eating in the dugout before the game.

Have I mentioned that I love this story?

Anyhoo, Schilling took a roundhouse at the entire sportswriting profession. Not that they don't deserve it, but watching Schilling and Mariotti have a spat is like watching two spoiled kids fight over a nickel. Wait a minute. It is two spoiled kids fighting over a nickel.

Now the story will move on to the screaming between Schilling and the media in general. Around the Horn will have a ball with this.

By the way, I love this story.

Casey,

Why do you continue to be an idiot about this? Your stupidity in your posts makes me cringe everytime I bother to check the comments on a story.

Hey, one of Curt's sportswriting buddies must have showed up! Or at least a sportswriter wannabe.

He's got everything: nasty personal attacks, nifty grammar (every time is two words), a snotty attitude. This guy is Mariotti on training wheels.

Pot, meet kettle.

Why, thank you. It's always nice to meet new friends.

The best part about Schilling's blog post is the $1 million offer for anyone to prove it isn't blood on the sock.

I'm waiting for someone to take that offer. Maybe a bunch of reporters could pool their donut money together.

Of course, if he's that positive, he could lower the odds a bit to a level where someone might actually take the bet. Then not only would he be proven right, but he'd get some money for ALS research into the bargain.

"Of course, if he's that positive, he could lower the odds a bit to a level where someone might actually take the bet. Then not only would he be proven right, but he'd get some money for ALS research into the bargain."

Right. Because someone willing to be a few thousand would totally get permission from the HoF to test the sock.

I doubt very much that the HoF would give the sock to anybody to test, whether the bet involved thousands or millions; more likely it would have to be tested by a mutually agreed-upon party acceptable to the Hall. And I see no reason why the Hall wouldn't be willing to do that if Schilling wanted them to do it, again, regardless of the amount of the bet.

(I was thinking $50,000 or $100,000 rather than "a few thousand", myself -- that's still high enough to keep random fools from making the bet, but low enough to be remotely plausible for a bunch of reporters.)

Think you are a little sloppy with your writing:

There a huge leap from "lots of publicity" to "painted sock." As I said yesterdy, Thorne is a sloppy with his facts.