April 27 -- MISUNDERSTANDING

So, it appears Gary Thorne got it wrong.

Thorne, the Orioles' broadcaster for MASN, told reporters yesterday that he "misunderstood" catcher Doug Mirabelli during a casual clubhouse conversation about Curt Schilling's infamous bloody sock from the 2004 ALCS. Thorne, who I've always considered a terrific play-by-play guy (especially for hockey), said he wasn't sure when the conversation took place. He said he mentioned the sock to Mirabelli, who replied, "Yeah, we got a lot of publicity from that." Thorne took that to mean the blood was fake.

Oops.

But, here's the even more amazing thing to me: the Boston Globe broke the story Wednesday night because a Sox fan in Ontario was watching the game, heard Thorne's comment and e-mailed Gordon Edes, the Globe's outstanding baseball beat writer. Edes went to Thorne, asked him to confirm the comment and reported it in Thursday's paper.

I'm sure all you Phillies fans and News Journal readers would've done the same for me. Right? Right?

Oh, and as expected, Schilling has posted a response -- a 1,589-word response! -- on his blog. For someone who says he's "disgusted" by the incident, Schill certainly doesn't mind calling more attention to it, does he?