Obviously I’m not talking about his stats, though you must admit this has been a good year for Kevin. For those of you who haven’t been following the O’s lately, and who can blame you, there’s been a little bit of drama lately.
Danial Cabrera has been suspended for allegedly throwing at A-Rod intentionally, and Edwar Ramirez of the Yankees has been suspended for retaliating by throwing over Kevin Millar’s head. I don’t really care about any of that. If we had to mention every time Cabrera hit a batter or was ejected we’d need a whole new blog. What is really awesome about this is the quotes from my man Millar about the incident. Here they are:
“One hundred percent,” Millar said when asked if he thought the pitch was intentional. “I was upset they threw him out of the game because he’s really good hitting. He’s a cute little fella, he didn’t throw that hard and he doesn’t have very good stuff. So it’s probably a good idea they threw him out, because it probably would’ve been in Monument Park.”
“There just needs to be a thing about how to throw at a guy, that’s all. Stay in the waist-below, it’s part of baseball. You don’t want to mess with anybody’s career,” Millar said. “He doesn’t throw that hard, so it wouldn’t have hurt, but I wouldn’t have minded facing him.”
“If they can’t throw in,” Millar said, “then throw down, that’s all it is. It’s not a big deal. Ramirez tries his little heart out, but I love facing him. He doesn’t have many out pitches. [He's] fortunate he’s in the big leagues.”
And with that, I say thank you to the King of Awesome, Kevin Millar.
August 1, 2008 at 10:48 am
Millar totally PWNED him.
August 5, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I must say….it is a CRIME that Kevin Millar is not able to grow a beard with the O’s. Ditto for Johnny Damon with the Yank’s. As a relatively new beard owner, I must say that there is a certain power associated with these man-follicles. It’s like a Samson-type of thing. Beards=Power.
I believe the point can be made that Millar and Damon have both had decreases in production that can be directly associated with their lack of beards. Or maybe their just getting older….But both Barry Bonds and Roger Clemmons got better as they got older…maybe that’s a whole other can of worms….ok, rambling over.