Response to:
Ignorance has its privileges
Apr 27th, 2007 by Curt Schilling
Amen, for giving praise to God in your blog. Other than that, there’s not much worthy of a comment on this whole subject. The saddest part of this ordeal is not the comments by Thorne, it’s the response following a simple leakage of plasma.What is it with America’s fascination with blood?If the act of pitching under those conditions was “heroic”, then blood on the sock isn’t a factor.
If no blood is present, people mention the game in passing….”Hey, remember that one time when Curt’s leg was practically dangling and they quilted him up? That was pretty cool.”
But the blood…. oh man, watch out! There was blood! His life was literally oozing out of him!
Give me a break… the act was what it was.
But was it even all that “heroic”?
I’d be willing to start my own $1 Million bet that Curt was all jacked up on pain killers when he took the mound after getting knifed in the ankle.
So chances are, he didn’t feel any of it??? I obviously don’t know for sure, but my placement of 520something in the comments makes a direct question to Curt sort of pointless.
Then again, a soon-to-be-in-2-weeks college graduate doesn’t have $1 Million to bet, unless of course I can use my debt to the federal gov’t as collateral.
Bottom line though, the blood… it doesn’t change the fact that Curt’s tendons were all laced up. Without it on the sock, he still pitched those games. With it on the sock, amazingly he did as well!
So the sensationalism of the act isn’t heightened by a simple bodily fluid…nor is the fact that he waaaasn’t feeeeelin’ any paaaaain maaaaaaan. And if there’s any Hollywood act that trumps blood-letting in sports, it’s fighting through pain.
***Sidenote… next time you pitch, Curt. Put some paint on your sock if you haven’t already thought of it. You always did seem to have quite the sense of humor, I know I’d get a kick out of it.
