Monumental task in front of Orioles
— -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Is there anything the Baltimore Orioles can do to come back from this monumental 3-0 deficit in the ALCS?
Well, they can't send Curt Schilling out to the mound with a bloody sock. That might have worked for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 when they became the only team in baseball history to ever rally from an 3-0 hole to win a postseason series. But not only is Schilling retired, the Orioles traded him away, along with Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch in 1991 for Glenn Davis. (And people wonder why the Orioles haven't reached the World Series in 31 years -- and soon to be 32 years.)
Instead, Baltimore will start Miguel Gonzalez with socks that haven't been dirtied on a game mound in 16 days. The last time Gonzalez pitched in a real game was the last day of the regular season. As manager Buck Showalter said when asked about the long layoff for Gonzalez: "The real challenge of the postseason is it's such a completely different routine than you have during the season."
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