So I’m at my stepmom’s house for dinner and to watch the game and I see a guy who looks really familiar walking out to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Is that….? Couldn’t be. Wait, yes it is indeed one Kevin Millar, former Red Sox and CURRENT ORIOLE! Not only did he throw out the first pitch, he also read out the Red Sox lineup for Fox. What the hell was he doing? He plays for a rival team in the same division as the Red Sox, how in the world is that appropriate?
Now that Kevin Millar has become a good-luck charm for the Red Sox, they want him to throw out the first drunk at Fenway Park,
And bat cleanup Wednesday.
The FOX promo didn’t bother me in the least, but I’d be curious to know whether Millar checked with the Orioles before taking part in last night’s opening ceremonies.
Maybe it’s all part of an agreement between the two teams. Mike Timlin could throw out the first pitch at Camden Yards on Opening Day.
I e-mailed manager Dave Trembley last night, asking for his reaction to the Millar controversy. I’m still waiting to hear back. And I’ll try to track down Millar today.
Manny Ramirez says it’s not the end of the world.
Did anyone doubt that a large chunk of Millar’s heart remains in Boston? That doesn’t mean he’s not loyal to the Orioles once the games begin. He wants to beat the Red Sox every time he steps on the field. But he was part of something very special there and always will be associated more closely with that organization.
Don Baylor cried when the Orioles traded him to Oakland. Rick Dempsey and Scott McGregor cried when the Yankees traded them to the Orioles.
None of them threw out the first pitch for their former teams, however. And Millar chose to come to Baltimore as a free agent. It was his decision.
I guess I’m OK with it if the Orioles are OK with it.
That’s what I’m trying to find out.
I too wonder if Millar checked with the O’s. And yeah I get it, he still loves Boston, but he chose to come to Baltimore, he wasn’t traded here. I kind of like Millar, I’ll be honest, (despite what I read about him in Seth Mnookin’s excellent Feeding the Monster), but this really pisses me off.
Kevin Millar threw out the first pitch. Baltimore Oriole Kevin Millar went to Fenway Park to give the Red Sox mojo because he was a 2004 hero.
2632 noted that Bill Mueller did it last night. My response was, and is, that Bill Mueller is retired from active play. Millar is not. Millar is a member of a rival team of Boston’s. Millar should not be out there hugging Doug Mirabelli in front of God and everybody.
A typical, disgusting display!
Normally things like this don’t bother me, but what the hell is Kevin Millar doing out there rah-rahing a rival club? Are you kidding me? I hope he’s fined for conduct unbecoming an Oriole or some such made up garbage. I understand Kevbo still has friends on the Sox, and he says nice things about us, and in a week I won’t give a damn and I’ll go back to liking Millar just fine, but this is really sticking in my craw for some reason. It’s annoying, is what it is.
Have some pride in your current professional life, Kev. Stop living in the past. You are not a member of the Boston Red Sox. It’s over, dude. You are an Oriole. I understand how this might be difficult to deal with, but these pipe dreams of yours aren’t going to make your winter any shorter.
(P.S., Sharp designer jeans, though.)
Agree with everything he says (including the jeans bit). I’d suggest we ship Millar back to Boston but I don’t think they’d take him.
UPDATE
Right after posting this I saw that Roch had a Millar update. Here’s what he has to say:
An Orioles spokesman informed me that the Boston Red Sox contacted the club and sought permission to use Kevin Millar in the FOX promo and to have him throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Millar phoned team president Andy MacPhail and ran the ideas past him before agreeing. The Orioles are fine with it.
I don’t care that the Orioles said it was alright, I’m still not fine with it. You think the Red Sox are bringing back Johnny Damon to throw out any pitches? I think not.
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