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Actually it wasn't quite as simple as stitches. Schilling had a tendon trapped against bone in his ankle. The usual treatment is an open operation that would have sidelined him for the post season. Schilling's doctor thought he might be able to take a really thick sturdy suture, pass it around the tendon and secure it to the skin. This would physically pull the tendon away from the bony impingement and might allow him to play.
It's a "bailing wire and duct tape" approach to delay surgical treatment. Somehow it worked. I have no doudt the blood was real. Those were some big, thick sutures passing through his ankle.
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