Curt Schilling Can't Catch A Break

Curt Schilling has not been getting along with the media early on this season. First he was antagonized over the whole Dan Shaughnessy imbroglio (all evidence of which has been curiously removed from Schill's blog).

Now he's being called a fraud by Gary Thorne (vis a vis Doug Mirabelli) during Wednesday's Bosox-Orioles broadcast for supposedly faking the famous "bloody sock" during the 2004 ALCS:

In the bottom of the fifth, Orioles play-by-play man Gary Thorne said on the air that he had been told by Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli that the substance was paint, not blood.

"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," Thorne told broadcast partner and Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer.

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

I like how Throne dropped that potentially libelous bombshell and, without skipping a beat, kept moving on with the play-by-play.

This can't be true. He's a hockey guy, for Pete's sake! What the hell is he doing calling Orioles games? (Though I imagine they both get similar ratings.)

Schill loves the limelight, but I don't know--that looks pretty legit to me. After making himself look like a total Valley Girl, I think Thorne can forget about getting that Christmas card this year.

Curt Schilling Accused of Being Self-Aggrandizing. Really. [Deadspin]
Mirabelli Denies Saying Bloody Sock Wasn't Real [ESPN]