Ignorance has its privileges
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Schill weighs in
Published 4/27/2007 at Extra Bases
... Curt Schilling declined to comment yesterday on the spiraling controversy surrounding his bloody sock, but he chimed with a more-than-1,500-word response last night on his blog in which he was highly critical of the media and offered a $1 million challenge to anyone who wanted to try to prove the substance on that famous sock wasnt blood.
Pre-Series Postmortems: Around the Blogs
Published 4/27/2007 by SF at YFSF
... Last, but not least, Curt lets Gary Thorne and the doubters have it, with a wager of a million bucks.
Another Blogger Weighs In On Thorne, Sock
Published 4/27/2007 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
... Ignorance Has Its Privileges Gary Thorne overheard something and then misreported what he overheard. Not only did he misreport it, he misinterpreted what he misreported. ... [E]ven after [Mirabelli spoke to Thorne] Thorne still covered his ass by lying about the conversation and twisting it in a way that absolved him from blame. ... If you have the nuts, or the guts, grab an orthopedic surgeon, have them suture your ankle skin down to the tissue covering the bone in your ankle joint, then walk around for 4 hours. After that go find a mound, throw a hundred or so pitches, run over, cover first a few times. When you're done check that ankle and see if it bleeds. It will.
Friday 04/27 A.M. Quickie:NFL Draft, Bloody Socks, NBA Playoffs, More!
Published 4/27/2007 by DanShanoff.com at Dan Shanoff
... Here is Curt Schilling's response to the mini-scandal, via his blog 38Pitches. It's the best example yet of Schilling short-circuiting the traditional media filter through which players connect with fans. Say this: I enjoyed Schilling's entry a lot more than I would have enjoyed a column by a Boston Globe apologist that used a few of Curt's quotes.
Eric Hinske is The Happiest Man Alive and Other Stories
Published 4/27/2007 by Red at Surviving Grady
... And Curt responds to SockGate on his blog today:It was blood. You can choose to believe whatever you need to, but facts are facts. The 25 guys that were in that locker room, the coaches, they all know it. In the end nothing else really matters. The people that need to believe otherwise are people with their own insecurities and issues. Hey, man, you don't need to explain nothing to us. You could show up at my house, set fire to the curtains, tear up my copy of
Forget about believing the hype — ignore the hype
Published 4/27/2007 by Dan Tobin at Bugs & Cranks
... So glad Sockgate barely lasted a day. To me, it was the JonBenet of baseball stories, and Schilling bitched out the media nicely on his blog today. (Side note: Dude, I don’t try to show you up with my pitching, why you gotta make me look like a scrub blogger?) Do we need these stories? Isn’t the game of baseball interesting enough? So Torii Hunter gave the Royals champagne and they responded by beaning him in the face. So Gary Thorne proved himself a hockey puck. Tell me about Adrian Gonzalez emerging as legit. Tell me about why Pujols got off to a slow start. Baseball, not tabloid hype.
Schilling Speaks Out
Published 4/27/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... Just when you thought “sockgate” was over, Curt Schilling, who yesterday declined to speak with the media, shared his thoughts on the whole bloody mess (no pun intended). He had a lot to say about the issue, including a small attack on some of the guys from ESPN’s ‘Around the Horn’.
Schilling: My performance was a revelation from God
Published 4/27/2007 by garyclark at Sports Frog
... You knew it was coming. Despite the insistence of many of Curt Schilling's supporters in the mainstream media (I'm looking at you, Tim Kurkijan) that Schilling wasn't mad about Gary Thorne's statements, he sure as hell was. He belted out a 1500 word response on his blog. Highlights follow.
Blow Hard Retaliation
Published 4/27/2007 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... has posted an entry on 38 Pitches to set the record straight.
The Media Still Stinks
Published 4/27/2007 by Jere at A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
... Curt finally speaks. It's amazing to me how people just come out bashing the guy. What did he do? Pitch through an incredibly difficult injury, helping us to win our first World Series in 86 years (or 87 if you're Jim Palmer--one of the many things that flew under the radar from "the night"), and then get accused of somehow faking it. And then defend himself. Great job. Nothing to be criticized for. But people find a way. My dad said Shaughnessy was on Mike & the Mad Dog today, and really ripped into Curt's blog post. That guy should stab himself with a pen.
Schilling's alibi seems waterproof... So why is it soaked in BLOOD?
Published 4/27/2007 by Dex <info@gaslampball.com> at Gaslamp Ball: Front Page Posts
... People are much too quick to dismiss this Curt Schilling, bloody sock issue. Curt Schilling himself has gone so far as to call out conspiracy theorists, saying that they're "ignorant" and implying that they can be laughed at for their "stupidity". Most people seem to cower at such a response. Thankfully, for the sake of truth and justice, Gaslamp Ball isn't "most people". We're not going to be thrown off the scent. We're getting to the bottom of this even if it leads us to the top! Curt Schilling will not shake us no matter how many insults he throws from atop his crappy little blog!
Schilling Dares You to Test His Blood
Published 4/27/2007 by Fat Ted at Philly and Beyond
... Schilling really goes off on a long tirade in his blog and I suggest reading through it some here.
SockGate: Thorne Apologizes. Schilling Goes Unfiltered
Published 4/27/2007 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball
... today, taking on a host of its members in a 1,300 word posting on his blog entitled Ignorance has its privileges. In the posting, Schilling offered a million dollars to anyone who would prove it was not blood that blotted his famous sock in the 2004 playoffs. As for the media...
The Griddle: Mr. Schilling likely hates your local sports columnist
Published 4/27/2007 at The Griddle
... On his own blog, 38 Pitches , Curt Schilling weighed in on the case of Gary Thorne v. The Bloody Sock of 2004. Take Gary Thorne, John, Jack Joe or whatever his first name is, Heyman, Karen Vescey, Woody Paige, CHB, Jay Marriotti, Bill Plaschke, and a host of other people that litter the media landscape, and put them all on an island somewhere. Does anyone stop reading their newspapers? Watching the shows they appear on? The answer to that is no. Instead of using the forums they participate in to do something truly different, change lives, inspire people, you have an entire subset of media whose sole purpose in life is to actually be the news, instead of report it. They have little to no talent at what they do and other than a mastery of the English language their skill sets are non-existent. Watching Woody Paige or the plastered made up face of Jay Marriotti spew absolutely nothing of merit on sports, day after
Curt Schilling
Published 4/27/2007 by Charlie <info@buccosdugout.com> at Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts
... This is hilarious.
Schilling: the blood is real
Published 4/27/2007 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
... Curt Schilling hates the media and says the blood on his sock was real.
The Bloody Sock: Selling the Drama; MLB Stuffage
Published 4/27/2007 by Maryland Orioles' Fan at Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond
... from his entry, 'Ignorance Has It's Privledges'
Curt Schilling, Gary Thorne and “CSI: Cooperstown”
Published 4/27/2007 by John Ryan at Morning Buzz
... for saying Doug Mirabelli told him Curt Schilling s bloody sock was actually a painted sock. Schilling, of course, addressed it on his blog , with the most interesting of offers: I ll wager 1 million dollars to the charity of anyones choice, versus the same amount to ALS. If the blood on the sock is fake, I ll donate a million dollars to that persons charity, if not they donate that amount to ALS. Any takers? None yet. But
Put A Sock In It : Schilling Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone
Published 4/27/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... It’s not nearly enough for Curt Schilling that Gary Thorne (”an awesome hockey announcer”) has been exposed as less than credible, nor does no. 38 take much satisfaction in his October ‘04 heroics being recounted in the papers over and over again. Instead, while offering a one million dollar donation to charity(!) if anyone can prove his bloody sock wasn’t 4REAL, Boston’s foremost Everquest enthusiast / Republican Schill uses his 38 Pitches blog to tar much of the print and broadcast media with the same (bloody) brush.
Angel Friday
Published 4/27/2007 by Scott R at Inside the White Sox
... http://38pitches.com/2007/04/27/ignorance-has-its-privileges/#more-76
Curt Schilling is Fired Up
Published 4/27/2007 by ryan at Sportable, Where Sports are a Lifestyle
... the fact that Orioles announcer (and former hockey enthusiast) Gary Thorne casually stated that Curt Schilling’s “bloody sock” in the 2004 ALCS was in fact, painted on for effect. Thorne confessed that he heard it from Schilling’s teammate, Doug Mirabelli. Mirabelli has since gone into damage control mode and now, Schilling is pissed. He’s now addressed the accusations on his blog, 38 Pitches.
High Five
Published 4/27/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... ] Curt Schilling is not a big fan of the media. [ 38 Pitches ]
Gary Thorne: bad guy, probably not. Tool of the Week? Yes.
Published 4/27/2007 by mrbandw at mr. blackandwhite
... Obviously (and rightfully,) pissed off, Curt Shilling compares Thorne to CHB and several other less than stellar sports writers on his personal site. I don't know if Thorne is that bad. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt and leaning towards 'isn't'. CHB, along with his chum Ron 'I just ripped you off' Borges, is pretty much up there as high as you can get on the dick-head scale. I don't know if Thorne deserves be placed on the same perch as those guys.
The sock smelled 'round the world.
Published 4/27/2007 at Sports Bastards
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Was Curt really injured? Of course he was. Ive seen the scar on his ankle. Hell, he lost the 2005 season because he pitched two games on a bad wheel and didnt have time to heal properly. Hes even put up a $1 million charitable donation on the line for anyone who can prove he faked the bloody sock, so he must be fairly confident I wont break into Cooperstown and sneak off with the sock for DNA testing. Also, I dont have a spare million bucks to donate to ALS research (though if I did, I would).
End Of The Week Clearance
Published 4/27/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... Curt Schilling needs to chill the fuck out. How many people really believed Gary Thorne's lamebrained assertion that Schilling painted his sock red during Game Six of the 2004 ALCS? A few Yankee fans, perhaps, looking for a sliver of joy after six straight losses or several pasty-faced high schoolers that Schilling beat up in the form of some online dwarf but really, Curt, drop the indignation. (38 Pitches)
Schilling to Donate $1 Million?
Published 4/27/2007 by Mike Boehm at Oriole Magic
... ay, and I can t keep my mouth shut about it because I think it stinks. And I ve got to call them like I see them. Schilling, who didn t want to talk about this story at all while he was here in Baltimore, suddenly can t shut up about it now that he s going to New York for 3 days into a Yankee Stadium that will be filled with every sports reporter on the planet. Doug Mirabelli basically admitted that he did say the sock was painted, but that Thorne didn t understand it was a joke. This happened yesterday and the story was dead right there. There was nothing left to say. It seemed like the miscommunication had been clear up, the sock was bloody, Thorne looks like a dork for reporting on a joke, and we all go about our lives. It was dead to everyone but Schilling that is! All of a sudden, right when everyone was ready to drop it and conveniently right as the Red Sox - Yankees series is about to begin in the Bronx, Schilling suddenly wants to resurface this whole pointless thing.
Schilling Dares You to Test His Blood
Published 4/27/2007 by Fat Ted at Philly and Beyond
... Schilling really goes off on a long tirade in his blog and I suggest reading through it some here.
Gary Thorne found out what his foot tastes like
Published 4/28/2007 by dlamothe at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... ... and it tastes an awful lot like shame . Not really much else to say about the Curt Schilling bloody/painted sock fiasco, other than it's pretty much exactly what most people had to expect: Gary Thorne, Baltimore Orioles broadcaster extraordinaire, had his head up his gluteus maximus. For anyone who missed it, though, big Curtis Montague skewered Gary Thorne quite nicely in a 1,300-word blog entry today . The most poignant point, I thought: My only real problem is not that Gary Thorne said something stupid and ignorant, which he did, but that without a word being uttered by anyone in our clubhouse this somehow became a major news story. If you haven't figured it out by now, working in the media is a pretty nice gig. Barring outright plagiarism or committing a crime, you don't have to be accountable if you don't want to. You can say what you want when you want and you don't really have to answer to anyone. Yo
Schilling: "Hey Big Mouth… Ya Wanna Bet!?!?!?"
Published 4/28/2007 by Administrator at SOX1FAN
... Yesterday, on his blog, Schilling held Thorne accountable for creating the problem… and he held some members of the media-at-large accountable for running with the story in an irresponsible manner:
While I Was Out
Published 4/29/2007 by Tim Daloisio at The Red Sox Times
... In his blog post, entitled Ignorance Has Its Privileges, Schilling appropriately calls out the media’s reactions to this story, defends Mirabelli, and offers up a challenge to put an end to any innuendo.
I sympathize with his frustration…but come on
Published 5/2/2007 by Seth Mnookin at The Feeding the Monster Blog -- In which the author discusses Boston, the Red Sox, the media, and very occasionally popular music.
... imbroglio. In his always entertaining, usually insightful blog, Schilling couldn’t help but use his brush to paint reporters with some broad strokes. “If you haven’t figured it out by now, working in the media is a pretty nice gig,’’ he wrote. “Barring outright plagiarism or committing a crime, you don’t have to be accountable if you don’t want to. You can say what you want when you want and you don’t really have to answer to anyone.”
The Bitch Is Back: It's Important That You Remember That Roger Clemens Is Your Savior
Published 5/7/2007 at Deadspin
... for supposedly painting blood on his sock, or whatever it was. Schilling's impassioned defense of his own heroism was both absolutely correct -- the man has a right to defend himself against false claims -- and completely fitting, because it allowed Schilling to further do what he does almost as well as he pitches: Promote his own legend.
Stones. Glass Houses.
Published 5/9/2007 by Paul SF at YFSF
... -- Curt Schilling, in a post entitled "Ignorance Has Its Privilieges" on 38pitches.com, 4.27.07.
