Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Schill Pitches Tonight Without Bloody Sock
Curt Schilling, the man who was Roy Hobbs come-to-life in last year's ALCS and WS, makes his first start of the 2005 season tonight against the Fallen Evil Empire. He will do so without a bloody sock, and with a surgically repaired ankle. This is the Game of the Week in Red Sox Nation, indeed it's the Game of the Week in Baseball Nation. Here is how the Boston papers are covering this game:
1. Gordon Edes on Boston.com:
"He will not ride into Fenway Park in a chariot, Ben-Hur-style, or drop from the sky in a helicopter, or leap from a wheelchair onto the mound, both socks drenched in blood.
Just the fact that Curt Schilling is back, making his first start for the Red Sox since he graduated from mortal to mythical last October, should be drama enough. That Schilling's start tonight will come against the Yankees, whose winter he ruined even though he was pitching on just one good ankle, makes it that much more compelling."
2. Jeff Horrigan of the BostonHerald.com:
"Fenway fans haven't seen Curt Schilling on the mound since Oct. 24, when he had blood seeping through his sock as he gritted through six dominating innings in a 6-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 of the World Series.
Schilling, who had a dislocated tendon in his right ankle that required major surgery two weeks later, made himself a guinea pig for a novel medical procedure in order to make the start, and his effort immediately went down in the annals as one of the most heroic efforts in Boston sports history."
If you aren't looking forward to this April Sox-Yanks contest, you need to check your pulse. April baseball doesn't get any better than this.
1. Gordon Edes on Boston.com:
"He will not ride into Fenway Park in a chariot, Ben-Hur-style, or drop from the sky in a helicopter, or leap from a wheelchair onto the mound, both socks drenched in blood.
Just the fact that Curt Schilling is back, making his first start for the Red Sox since he graduated from mortal to mythical last October, should be drama enough. That Schilling's start tonight will come against the Yankees, whose winter he ruined even though he was pitching on just one good ankle, makes it that much more compelling."
2. Jeff Horrigan of the BostonHerald.com:
"Fenway fans haven't seen Curt Schilling on the mound since Oct. 24, when he had blood seeping through his sock as he gritted through six dominating innings in a 6-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 of the World Series.
Schilling, who had a dislocated tendon in his right ankle that required major surgery two weeks later, made himself a guinea pig for a novel medical procedure in order to make the start, and his effort immediately went down in the annals as one of the most heroic efforts in Boston sports history."
If you aren't looking forward to this April Sox-Yanks contest, you need to check your pulse. April baseball doesn't get any better than this.
