The big story of Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS between the Red Sox and Yankees, which took place 10 years ago Sunday, is that the outcome - a Boston victory -- brought the Sox to within one game of coming back 0-3 to beat the Yankees. At that time, no team had ever come back from 0-3 to win a best-of-seven postseason series. The sub-header, though, was Curt Schilling's 'bloody sock' heroics.
Schilling had been battling an ankle injury for some time, and in the ALDS against the Angels he worsened that injury. So prior to Game 6 against the Yankees, Schilling had his wayward tendon sewn back into his ankle. Then he took the mound outfitted in, yes, a bloody sock ...
Schilling, despite his state of disrepair, allowed one run in seven innings of work (5 K, 0 BB), and the Sox, of course, went on to take the game and the series. The sweep of the Cardinals in the World Series, as we all know, snapped their championship drought that spanned more than eight decades. Schilling turned in a solid outing in Game 2.
Oh, let us also take a moment to recall another towering moment from the Bloody Sock Game of October 19, 2004 ...
Bless you, A-Rod. Bless you now and always.
