Kevin Millar is forever enthusiastic, ever honest.

 

Millar

Millar

 

"But this time," the Red Sox first baseman said, "I wish I'd never opened my mouth."

 

During an appearance on Fox's "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" on Friday, Millar said that Red Sox players did shots of Jack Daniel's before Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Yankees. And because it worked, Millar said, they did it before every game through the World Series.

 

Millar made similar comments on Boston's Channel 4 with Dan Roche.

 

"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."

 

One thing Millar wants to make very clear was that manager Terry Francona was not part of the ritual.

 

"First, he never would," Millar said. "Second, this was just between the players. It's not a story about 25 shot glasses, it's one small Gatorade cup that we shared as a symbol. And once we won Game 6, we had to do it before Game 7, just like the lucky coin I had in my pocket every game."

 

Trailing in the ALCS three games to none, the Red Sox won four games in a row over the Yankees to move into the World Series, where they swept the Cardinals for the franchise's first championship since 1918.

 

I hate the Sawks, but this is a cool story

How is that cool? I think it's stupid

How is that cool? I think it's stupid

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of course you would

HURRAY BEER!!!

haha. good stuff.

of course you would

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It has nothin to do with the Sox winning the WS.. I think it's stupid to drink. Look what happened to Mitchell Paige. But whatever just my opinion :whistle

of course you would

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It has nothin to do with the Sox winning the WS.. I think it's stupid to drink. Look what happened to Mitchell Paige. But whatever just my opinion :whistle

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dude, they had a sip of Jack, not a fifth

Doesnt matter if it was a "sip", we'll never know.. Wont change my opinions on drinking. I dont like it but its the person's own body, they can do whatever the heck they please.

 

But I dont care.. So yea "cool" story! :banghead

Ya its just a sip, not like they even took a shot or anything like that. Cool story.

Ya its just a sip, not like they even took a shot or anything like that. Cool story.

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even if it was a shot, its not that big of a deal

lol thats funny

 

Kruk used to talk about how he drank beer during the game

Cool story. I never trusted a man who couldn't hold his whiskey. Down a shot. Win a Series. Do we have a new formula?

Doesnt matter if it was a "sip", we'll never know.. Wont change my opinions on drinking. I dont like it but its the person's own body, they can do whatever the heck they please.

 

But I dont care.. So yea "cool" story! :banghead

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nothing wrong with drinking alchohic beverages. It's legal.

 

Drink responsibly and all will be well.

thats cool....hey anything to end a curse right?

 

i would freakin go streaking and spend a night in jail with guys hitting on me but not wanting sex if i knew the curse was gonna end this year.

Thats awesome. I dont know why anyone would make a deal of it. Hey it worked for them, maybe the marlins will each have a 6 pack before games next year. Hey sometimes you are more focused when you are buzzed...