WANT to net a cool million dollars for the charity of your choice? You could if you take on the challenge of outspoken Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who blasted the media for saying that the blood on his famous sock in the 2004 American League Championship Series was a hoax and offered a million dollars to anyone who could prove it was not blood.

Here’s an excerpt from the story that came out in the Baltimore Sun:

Schilling was injured in Game 1 of the 2004 American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees. Team doctors stitched a tendon in his right ankle to keep it from flopping around, and he returned to lead the Red Sox to a remarkable win in Game 6 to tie the series at 3-3. The Red Sox went on to win that series, and won the World Series for their first title since 1918.

Schilling posted the $1M dare on his blog. Here’s an excerpt from the blog entry:

The saddest part in all of this is the following. Yesterday, as I was warming up for the game, I got to see a young kid, could not have been more than 20, who had served in Iraq. He was being honored by the Orioles and threw out the first pitch. He was a double amputee who’d lost the lower portion of both of his legs serving his country. He refused to use his cane and getting to see him do that was incredible.

Instead of finding this kid and writing a story that truly matters, something that would and could truly inspire people, the media chose to focus on a story that was over two years old and a completely fabricated lie. What a job.

Someone gave me a great idea to end this once and for all. No one will ever need to bring it up again. I’ll wager 1 million dollars to the charity of anyones choice, versus the same amount to ALS. If the blood on the sock is fake, I’ll donate a million dollars to that persons charity, if not they donate that amount to ALS.

Any takers?