Add Lincoln Chafee to the list of people who think that Curt Schilling bloody sock story is bogus

Every step you take, every move you make, that bloody sock will be watching you Curt Schilling. Lincoln Chafee, a Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate questioned the legitimacy of the 2004 incident where Schilling took the mound on an ankle that was stitched up and leaking blood into his sock.

…former Senator Lincoln Chafee criticized the state’s $75 million bid to Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios. Chafee thinks it’s too much taxpayer money to give to a company without a proven track record or someone they can trust.

“I think it goes back to the principal, Curt Schilling, and the trust that (state economic officials) have in him to deliver,” Chafee said in an interview on WPRO-AM. “I just remember his own teammates didn’t like him. They thought he was a bit of a salesman. I remember one of his teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock, he painted it. Kevin Millar, I think, said that. I don’t know if I trust Curt Schilling.”

The player Chafee is probably referring to is catcher Doug Mirabelli and not Kevin Millar. During a 2007 Orioles-Red Sox game, broadcaster Gary Thorne told the audience that Mirabelli said sock was painted.

Of course later on, Mirabelli apologize to Schilling saying he never said that…blah, blah, blah. Yes, I’m sure Gary Thorne just wanted to make up a story during a random game.

As for gubernatorial candidate Lincoln Chafee, well, questioning any Red Sox player in the New England area isn’t exactly going to do much for you in the votes department. You’ve quickly moved on from potential candidate to failed candidate. And after that? Yea, you’re unemployed like the rest of America.

Former Senator Lincoln Chafee questions bloody sock in Schilling deal [USA Today]

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