Schilling's sock a fake?

I never really thought of Gary Thorne as anything other than a pretty solid announcer--sort of a younger Dick Stockton or Verne Lundquist (nice sounding pipes, not much to say)--but he may have just become one of the all-time greats...or ruined his career, if it just turns out to be Gary trying to not be Gary. Check it out:

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And here I always thought that the blood was from the ears of someone listening to "Schill" being interviewed. Interesting to note the over-the-top reactions from Mirabelli and Francona. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, as I so very much want this to be true. I mean, even if the blood was real, he couldn't change his sock at some point? Ah, but that's showbiz. Perhaps they'll yank it from the Hall of Fame and run a DNA test on it. Whatever the case may be, never did a player have a more appropriate last name (schilling that is, not thorne...though he is certainly living up to his all of a sudden as well).