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Blood, sweat and gear

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Years ago, it might have been Curt Schilling's glove or a game ball on display in Cooperstown. Instead, the cleats and the bloody sock he wore in his only World Series start for the Boston Red Sox are on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Perhaps nothing better signifies the 86 years of perseverance, the 86 years of pain, that Red Sox players and fans had endured since the team last captured the World Series title in 1918. Despite the searing pain of an Achilles injury, Schilling p ...

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