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BO SOX TAKING SHOTS OF WHISKEY BEFORE GAMES?
KEVIN MILLAR was on the Best Damn Sports Show on Friday and said that the Red Sox players took shots of Jack Daniels Whiskey before Game 6 of the ALCS. Since the team did well they continued the tradition for the rest of the playoffs, on their way to Boston's first world title since 1918.
After the initial outrage that these comments, Millar attempted to back down from his statement (espn.com article here). Here is what Millar had to say on the subject...
"It was one of those group team things, like shaving our heads last year,"
Millar said. "What we had was one small Gatorade cup, with a little Jack
Daniel's in it. We passed it around and everyone symbolically drank out of the
same cup, because we are a team. It wasn't as if guys were drunk. Can you
imagine Trot Nixon or Jason Varitek or Mike Timlin actually sipping alcohol before a game? No way."
I have a few comments on this...
...Does anybody really believe that they all shared a Gatorade cup with 25 guys?
...One shot wouldn't make any of these guys drunk, so I believe Millar when he says nobody was intoxicated.
...Guys hit the chronic before NBA games, why not take a shot before a baseball game?
...At least they weren't doing lines of blow before the game like the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1980s (and probably a lot of other teams as well).
...Since when is being drunk bad in a baseball game? MICKEY MANTLE and BABE RUTH put together Hall of Fame careers while being completely hammered during games.
All kidding aside, really this shouldn't have happened. However, if it did happen, Millar really shouldn't have publicized it. It just reflects poorly upon the entire organization, even more so than JOHNNY DAMON's hair or PEDRO MARTINEZ's jehri curl.
