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.
