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As satisfying as it was to avoid being swept with two heart-stopping, extra-inning wins at Fenway Park, it could have very easily ended in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium with a gimpy Curt Schilling on the mound.
As in Game 6 of the ALCS, Schilling's sock was soaked with blood from the sutures used in this medical procedure, but he still managed to pitch seven strong innings, giving up one run on four hits and striking out four.
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, the bloody sock and his crafted “K ALS” cleat became one of the hottest topics in postseason history during the 2004 playoffs – so dramatic that not even Hollywood could script it.
Before Schilling threw his first pitch in the bottom of the first inning, the television cameras picked up blood soaking through his white sock, seepage from the incision as he warmed up in the bullpen before the game.
10/19/04: With a bloody sock, Curt Schilling pitched an epic Game 6 of the ALCS to continue the miraculous story for the Boston Red Sox Check out http://MLB....
The bloody sock is the most iconic image from the game, but this game also featured a very controversial play. In the eighth inning, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez infamously slapped the...
With a bloody sock, Curt Schilling pitches an epic Game 6 of the ALCS to continue the miraculous comeback for the Red Sox
The sub-header, though, was Curt Schilling's 'bloody sock' heroics. Schilling had been battling an ankle injury for some time, and in the ALDS against the Angels he worsened that injury.
Cameras zoomed in on Schilling’s ankle and millions of Americans saw the sock slowly turn red, as Schilling’s face turned white. “I was scared to death,” Schilling says.
Ace Curt Schilling [stats] shows his true colors — a sock soaked red with blood — to fans in a spine-tingling turn as the Sox came back from the dead to win it all in 2004. (File)