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*GASP* Millar goes to Boston for game two!!!

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Now we all know why they moved the starting times of the Boston games up this week. Just so Millar would have an extra post-game drinking hour with his Boston buddies! Someone check his CD player, I bet he has that freakin Tessie Red Sox song in there!

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And herein lay the ironic satire of this whole thread.....it had nothing to do with the Red Sox....Millar was at a CELTICS BASKETBALL GAME!! Hell, I'm an Orioles fan and I'm rooting for the Celtics because I dislike the Lakers. Does that make me disloyal, too?

I was the 4th post on this thread and was laughing my butt off at Moose's post. It's mind boggling to me that anyone took it seriously.

Thank you for pointing out the "ironic satire" of this thread... But, as originally stated, Millar was there with his Red Sox buddies, so how does it have "nothing to do with the Red Sox"?

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Moose-Time to lay off the alcohol for a while buddy, LOL ;)

Blueberry-Brian is fine so you don't need to go into defensive mode here. Save that for the many trade threads that are going to be popping up here for the next two months, LOL :laughlol:

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Moose-Time to lay off the alcohol for a while buddy, LOL ;)

Blueberry-Brian is fine so you don't need to go into defensive mode here. Save that for the many trade threads that are going to be popping up here for the next two months, LOL :laughlol:

I'm sorry but wearing Millar's pink Red Sox thong is NOT FINE! :rofl:

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The fact that we have grown content, boarder-line happy with Millar as an everyday player is sad. We have grown accustom to mediocrity. Boston on the other hand upgraded over a 33 year old Kevin Millar after '05; and here we are three years later content and satisfied with a 36 year old Kevin Millar as an everyday player. O well.

If you truly think this statement is reality, let me suggest you go read one of the hundred of "Orioles need a first baseman" threads out on the board right now!

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Can someone please tell me if it is worth it to me to spend even an iota's worth of time reading the first five pages of this thread?

Well to summarize, Moose very sarcastically blasts Millar, to which our old Millar fan JTrea overreacts and gets blasted by most of us. Its been a rather fun thread though, as long as you know Moose's original rant was SARCASM! :eek:

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But don't you see the potential conflict of interest here? I doubt Millar got tickets by himself. He is being paid by the Orioles and yet he's hanging out and possibly accepting gifts in this case (the invite to the Celtics game) from a rival organization and/or it's players.

Ah whatever, I just don't think it's kosher. But obviously I'm in the minority...

Dude - have you ever remained friends with someone you "used" to work with? When you switched jobs and maybe went to a competitor, was it a conflict ofinterests to remain friends with people you were friends with before? Would it be a crime to go to an Orioles game with them? Do you even have friends?

Get real - this is America. These guys have friends all over the country. They are all competitors. Now that Millar has befriended Beckett, do you think Beckett won't try to get him out next time they face each other? Will Millar not try to get a hit because they're "friends"? You need to get some perspective and a little dose of reality.

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But don't you see the potential conflict of interest here? I doubt Millar got tickets by himself. He is being paid by the Orioles and yet he's hanging out and possibly accepting gifts in this case (the invite to the Celtics game) from a rival organization and/or it's players.

Ah whatever, I just don't think it's kosher. But obviously I'm in the minority...

Conflict of Interest? What is he, a lawyer?

I feel dumber for having read this thread.

It was a valiant effort Moose.

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