quote of the day
those of you who know how much i like sports also know that i hate baseball with a passion. that doesn't stop me from keeping up with the goings-on, though, and recently i'm finding myself listening more and more often to either ESPN radio or a WEEI affiliate on my drive into school in the mornings. today was one of those days.
the big story of the day, besides the upcoming NFL draft, is that in the middle of last night's Red Sox - Orioles contest, Gary Thorne, the Orioles TV play-by-play man, dropped a small bomb when he said that he had it on word from Sox backup catcher Doug Mirabelli that pitcher Curt Schilling's now-mythical bloody sock from the recent World Series victory was actually painted, and not colored by Schilling's blood.
reactions in the Red Sox clubhouse were as expected - Mirabelli dropped an F-bomb of his own and called Thorne a liar, then stormed into manager Terry Francona's office to further express his anger. Schilling couldn't believe Thorn had even said it, and the Sox back office reacted with disgust and said they're considering demanding a retraction.
thus, the quote of the day (it's at the bottom of page 2) comes from Francona, who after emerging from his discussion with Mirabelli said to him jokingly, "What are you doing? Can you just play every five days and not talk?"
(the other bit of context non-baseball fans may need here is that Mirabelli only catches for the Sox these days when "knuckleball" thrower Tim Wakefield is on the mound, which happens one out of every five games. and now that i've ruined the humor by explaining the joke, i'll be on my way.)
the big story of the day, besides the upcoming NFL draft, is that in the middle of last night's Red Sox - Orioles contest, Gary Thorne, the Orioles TV play-by-play man, dropped a small bomb when he said that he had it on word from Sox backup catcher Doug Mirabelli that pitcher Curt Schilling's now-mythical bloody sock from the recent World Series victory was actually painted, and not colored by Schilling's blood.
reactions in the Red Sox clubhouse were as expected - Mirabelli dropped an F-bomb of his own and called Thorne a liar, then stormed into manager Terry Francona's office to further express his anger. Schilling couldn't believe Thorn had even said it, and the Sox back office reacted with disgust and said they're considering demanding a retraction.
thus, the quote of the day (it's at the bottom of page 2) comes from Francona, who after emerging from his discussion with Mirabelli said to him jokingly, "What are you doing? Can you just play every five days and not talk?"
(the other bit of context non-baseball fans may need here is that Mirabelli only catches for the Sox these days when "knuckleball" thrower Tim Wakefield is on the mound, which happens one out of every five games. and now that i've ruined the humor by explaining the joke, i'll be on my way.)