What a ridiculous freaking story: 25 inches based on a broadcaster's inability to get a joke.
Quote:
"It was painted," Thorne said. "Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR."
But Mirabelli denied ever talking to Thorne.
"What? Are you kidding me? He's [expletive] lying. A straight lie," Mirabelli said, according to The Boston Globe. "I never said that. I know it was blood. Everybody knows it was blood."
"It gets stupider," Schilling added, according to the newspaper. "I got the 9-inch scar for you. You can see it. ... There are some bad people in your line of work, man."
Thorne said in a statement released Thursday afternoon that he misunderstood his conversation with Mirabelli.
"After speaking with Doug this afternoon, it is apparent that what he intended to say to me and what I inferred from that conversation were honestly different.
"In deference to Doug, I certainly accept his position. Doug and I have clarified our misunderstanding, and we feel that there is nothing more to add to this matter."
Sheesh.