When you think back to October of 2004, Curt Schilling’s role in the Yankees-Red Sox ALCS jumps to mind-unless you work for ESPN. Mr. Schilling pitched in Game 6 on an injured ankle that could be seen bleeding into his sock.
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Given that ESPN is now, apparently, committed to erasing people they morally oppose from sports history, it is with great fear and trepidation that I look forward to the “30 for 30” on the ’85 Bears without Mike Ditka. Or, known in some circles, as the “bloody sock game”. A big-game performer throughout his career, Schilling still shut down the Yankees for seven innings, allowing just one run, while blood stained through his sock, just above the shoe. David Ortiz’s clutch hitting Games 4 & 5… winning each game in walk-off fashion.
Curt Schilling was recently fired by ESPN in large part because of his frequent social-media activity, specifically controversial memes and comments shared by the former pitcher.
His performance helped the Red Sox beat the Yankees 4-2 that game, and they ultimately went onto win the World Series for the first time in 86 years. It gives new, nefarious meaning to “network censors”.
Schilling, meanwhile, was more than ready to let ESPN, and his 152,000 Twitter followers, know of his disdain for the editing choice.
ESPN says the edit was done for time restraints.
“When a live event runs long, it’s standard procedure to shorten a taped program that follows”.
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Curt Schilling’s battle with ESPN continues. The Disney Corporation’s entity now rewrites history in a petty vendetta against a former employee who dared state opinions contrary to the company line. “In this case, we needed to edit out one of the film’s four segments to account for the extra length of the softball game”, ESPN said in its statement.
