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August 25, 2005
The bloody sock, however, is not for sale. : Curt Schilling (aka the pitcher from Boston) auctioned off the subpoena he received to testify before Congress in March. The proceeds will be donated to charity.
posted by lil_brown_bat to baseball at 05:50 PM - 16 comments
I have a traffic ticket I would like to get rid of. Any offers?
posted by texoma-slim at 08:26 PM on August 25, 2005
I'd like to see an auction of the styrofoam cup that once contained a certain spofite's coffee and that pitcher from Boston's dip spit. I got $5, opening bid.
posted by cl at 10:18 AM on August 26, 2005
No offense intended to said spofite, of course. Just got a kick out of that story.
posted by cl at 10:47 AM on August 26, 2005
I have some used surgical staples from my Chest surgery! They might bring a buck on the auction market. :-) Seriously, its nice Schilling did this for charity. Its really shocking to me as to whats selling in memorabilia market--toothpicks, used chewing gum, etc. Did ty Cobb's false teeth get sold???--gross
posted by daddisamm at 10:53 AM on August 26, 2005
Did ty Cobb's false teeth get sold??? aaahhh , if those teeth could talk the stories they could tell .
posted by evil empire at 11:35 AM on August 26, 2005
False teeth? ewwww...................... Good for Schilling to give to charity.
posted by tina at 11:57 AM on August 26, 2005
When the teeth were purchased back then they brought about 8,000. Not sure if they have ben sold since then. Story has it that Cobb used to soak the Teeth in Scotch before wearing!? I had a link but it was bad--I was trying to find a picture of Cobb's teeth.
posted by daddisamm at 12:16 PM on August 26, 2005
the teeth were purchased in 2001, I am not sure if they have been sold since. They also spent time at Coopertown in the HOF! I havent been able to get any links to work on this.....
posted by daddisamm at 12:29 PM on August 26, 2005
in defense of schilling, he does have big heart when it comes to fighting for ALS. i can't say anything bad about his charitable work. sometimes, though, I think he tries to hard to be the "good guy" and he puts his face and name out in the media too much for some of us. also, I think if he lost some of that gut he developed while being on the dl, he would put less stress on that ankle and probably be a little more effective than 5 innings 6 runs he put up vs. the Omaha Royals last night.
posted by erkno11 at 01:41 PM on August 26, 2005
If his charity work didn't seem like self-promotion, that'd be nice. Of course, it's not like he's a big fan of Jesus or anything, so he probably hasn't heard that message.
posted by yerfatma at 02:16 PM on August 26, 2005
in defense of schilling, he does have big heart when it comes to fighting for ALS. i can't say anything bad about his charitable work. sometimes, though, I think he tries to hard to be the "good guy" and he puts his face and name out in the media too much for some of us. To be honest, erkno11, nobody was knocking Schilling for selling the item for charity. The amusing thing is the silly stuff people are paying money for. Collectors will collect just about anything....It was nice that he got as much as he did. Everybody would agree that Schilling tries to be a "good guy." That was not the issue of the link--IMO by the way--I have a 1.00 bid for my surgical staple, Do I hear $2.00? ;-)
posted by daddisamm at 02:23 PM on August 26, 2005
When Rafael Palmeiro auctions off the finger he used to point at the Congressional subcommittee, I'm so gonna bring ebay to its knees.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 02:56 PM on August 26, 2005
I've got a pus-covered bandage!
posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:57 PM on August 26, 2005
How about auctioning off the sweat soaked handkerchief McGwire used wiping off his brow while stammering through his Congressional speech.
posted by evil empire at 04:15 PM on August 26, 2005
daddisam, sorry i missed the point of the link. i'll think out my comments more clearly now so I don't get called out anymore. I would hate to waste valuable space on these intellectually stimulating conversations that go on in here. i have a good time reading these and putting my two cents in from time to time.
posted by erkno11 at 06:09 PM on August 26, 2005
Very nice gesture.