Millar Guarantees Orioles in World Series

by zknower on Feb 19, 2008 7:45 PM EST in News Comment 30 comments

Heh. Having him on the team will at least be fun this year.

"I'm guaranteeing a 2008 World Series. Everybody else is," Millar said while standing at this locker before today's first full-squad workout.

"I'm going on the record right now. We're going to shock the world. I don't know who Dempster is in Chicago, but if he thinks he's going to win the World Series, he has to come through us first."

Hey. It could happen. You know, a lot of the other teams would have to be consumed in a fireball, but it could happen.

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Does anybody else...

...just wish Kevin Millar would go the hell away? Maybe go get work as a clubbie up in Boston? I really can't stand his loser/dirtbag/leader/"hey, we're good too" mentality.

If only he wasn't likely to have one of the top 3 OBPs on the team. Sigh.

by KenDixonFanClub on Feb 19, 2008 7:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

While

I agree that it'd be great to get rid of Millar and fill his spot with another young guy that needs experience, but I don't really have any contempt for him.

He's a solid guy and as zknower mentioned it'll at least be fun if not amusing to have him on the team.

Shoot... if he does play his "leader" role right he might actually help our younger hitters more than freakin' Crowley.

"We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow." - - Earl Weaver

by Gorilla Bird on Feb 19, 2008 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I know the baseball season is a long grind, and every team needs a jokester to get them through bad stretches. But I think Millar tries too hard to be a clown. I loved him when he did the Ray-Ray dance last year, but his act has grown old. Going up to Pink Hat town after the season to hang with his old pals didn't help matters. It just made him look like that sad former high school star coming back every year to relive the glory vicariously.

Also, what exactly can he teach our hitters? How to pull the ball and hit .260? He's not exactly Tony Gwynn in terms of being a student of hitting.

by Cockeysville Crony on Feb 20, 2008 1:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And who is Tony Gwynn?

The answer is nobody on the Orioles, so maybe he can show young hitters that you don't have to hit knee high sliders the opposite way to be a great hitter, you can just be really selective at the plate and make the pitcher throw fastballs. Sort of the anti-Terry Crowley.
I would much rather have a guy who tries too hard to be the lighthearted teammate, than a guy whose just gloomy all season because he has to play on a rebuilding ballclub. What he did during last year's World Series was absolutely indefensible, though.

"All I have to say is our partner is going to shock the world because he is none other than THE SHOCKMASTER!"-Sting

by jobe on Feb 20, 2008 1:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

RE:

My annoyance with Millar is pretty much limited to when he officially became the Red Sox mascot last October and threw out the first pitch. Other than that, I don't have much of a problem with him.

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 20, 2008 8:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

whatever wooderson

Rocky Cherry, O's pitcher, not John C. McGinley's love child.

by birdman on Feb 19, 2008 8:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

OK, I laughed out loud.

So, thanks for that, Kev.

"It would behoove the Orioles to play better." - Jim Palmer

by 2632 on Feb 19, 2008 9:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i hate Millar...

and join in with KDFC about wishing he would go away, but that was pretty funny.

"i don't know who Dempster is in Chicago..."

Classic.

I came to Camden Yards to watch the O's and all I got was this lousy "Fenway South" t-shirt.

by Dave at Bottomfeeder Baseball on Feb 19, 2008 9:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ryan Dempster

He's king or something, right?

by Dr Orpheus on Feb 19, 2008 10:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't hate on Kevbo!

He's awesome.

by Stacey on Feb 19, 2008 10:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

"All I have to say is our partner is going to shock the world because he is none other than THE SHOCKMASTER!"-Sting

by jobe on Feb 19, 2008 11:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Millar

is good for the Orioles because they need a clown to cheer them up while they lose 100+ games.

by MurraysLaw on Feb 19, 2008 10:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

re

If that's the case maybe I could rent Millar some time in July to cheer me up. It's gonna be a looong year.

"When you are in with the Lord there's just one reward, and they'd just as soon make it come true." -REK

by BPinOK on Feb 19, 2008 10:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ooh

I'd love it if Millar was available for parties! Actually, he probably would be if he thought of it.

by Stacey on Feb 19, 2008 11:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

are we sure he's not already?

I mean, has anyone talked to his agent?

"It would behoove the Orioles to play better." - Jim Palmer

by 2632 on Feb 19, 2008 11:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

on a related note...

...I'm ready to declare Ralph Nader president of the United States.

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Feb 19, 2008 10:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

this made me laugh out loud. literally.

Batting fourth....playing center field....

by zknower on Feb 19, 2008 10:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

well played.

well played, indeed.

"It would behoove the Orioles to play better." - Jim Palmer

by 2632 on Feb 19, 2008 11:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice beard

I thought I heard a rumor that facial hair was banned on the Orioles. Did I hear wrong, or is Kevbo breaking the rules?

"Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with a crowbar once a day."

by spike2131 on Feb 19, 2008 11:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

Its this Amish, Kebler Elf thing going on.

by Dr Orpheus on Feb 20, 2008 2:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not allowed

It's a stupid rule, and thankfully it doesn't seem to apply in spring training. A lot of guys came to ST w/ facial hair last year too.

by punkrawka on Feb 20, 2008 6:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Its a very stupid rule

Anything that makes us more like the Yankees is bad. Peter Angleos has a Steinbrenner complex that needs to be discouraged.

"Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with a crowbar once a day."

by spike2131 on Feb 20, 2008 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

facial hair

the orioles have a 1-day grace period for their facial hair. millar will be shaven.

i say let them grow it remember eddie murray -- and they won

by oriolepete on Feb 20, 2008 8:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and I'm done being mad at Millar

Tremendous comedy.

Gone but not forgotten...

by SC on Feb 20, 2008 7:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'm in...

I thought it was funny.

by RobG on Feb 20, 2008 11:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

If anyone wants to see the actual video

It is pretty funny, especially calling out Dempters automatic ASG bid

http://www.baltimoresun.com/video/?slug=bal-millar0221-video

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 22, 2008 9:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I notice....

...that he has kept a wee snub of a goatee (aka a teeny pb). Does this comport with the facial hair policy?

The man is such a rebel.

Batting fourth....playing center field....

by zknower on Feb 22, 2008 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

RE:

He better shave it; lax enforcement of the facial hair policy has been the main problem with the Orioles the last decade.

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Feb 22, 2008 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

eh

B-Rob got away with the flavor savor look for most of 2005. Then again, the way he was hitting in 2005, they probably would have let him grow a ZZ Top beard.

"It would behoove the Orioles to play better." - Jim Palmer

by 2632 on Feb 22, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs