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Another sock update: Dr. Morgan also says it was blood

Dr. Bill Morgan, the Red Sox team physician during the 2004 postseason who performed the surgical procedures that allowed Curt Schilling to pitch despite his injured ankle, said today there is no question that the red spots on Schilling's socks were, in fact, blood.

''Absolutely,'' he said on WEEI Radio's Dale and Holley Show.

''It was what it was,'' said Morgan. ''You can't stick a needle into a guy and don't expect him to bleed a little bit.''

Morgan explained why the procedure caused the bleeding.

''We used a pretty big needle to be able to stitch his skin down to the bone,'' he said. ''And in doing so, after putting in six to seven stitches, it's going to ooze a little bit even if he wasn't going out to play professional baseball. I expected a little bit of bleeding, and these cotton socks are like a sponge. They make a [small amount of bleeding] look like [a lot].''

He also dismissed the notion that Schilling would think of discoloring his sock.

''We were in a very, very intense game,'' Morgan said, ''and I think he had a little bit more on his mind than manicuring his sock.''

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