Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is selling his famous bloodstained sock that was worn during the 2004 World Series to lead the Red Sox to their first World Championship in 86 years.. The sock had been on loan with the national baseball Hall of Fame and the sports director of the heritage auctions said online bidding will begin February 4, with live bidding to take place in New York City on February 23. The sock is expected to bring at least $100,000 at auction.
Schilling’s 38 Studios received a $75 million loan and later filed for bankruptcy. Schilling guaranteed the loans for the business venture. The state of Rhode Island is now responsible for some of the$100 million. the company was founded in 2006 to develop video games. In February of 2012 the company released its only title Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a single-player action role-playing video game for several platforms sold 1.2 million copies and was met with mixed reviews. 38 Studios filed bankruptcy a few months later.
The bloody sock is one of two that sent Schilling into the annals of baseball lore in 2004.
The other was from Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, when Schilling pitched against the New York Yankees with an injured ankle. That sock is said to have been discarded in the trash at Yankees Stadium. Schilling who went who went 216-146 with a 3.46 ERA recently received 38.8% of the ballots in Hall of Fame voting, or a little over half of the 75% needed that would result in his enshrinement into Cooperstown.
