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Kevin Millar Rips on Ryan Dempster
Published 2/20/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... . Not to put any pressure on his teammates or anything. Ordinarily I would have ripped on the guy for making such a brazen guarantee, but when you think about it, shouldn’t all players feel that way about their club? I certainly think so, therefore I laid off Dempster. The only problem was that he could have simply kept his mouth shut instead of providing more fuel to his opponent’s fire. Anyhow, enter Orioles first baseman/DH/scrub/loud mouth Kevin Millar: ...

Kevin Millar Has a World Series Prediction, Too
Published 2/20/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
Filed under: Orioles, Cubs, AL East, BaltimoreKevin Millar saw Ryan Dempster's World Series prediction for the Cubs and decided to match it. From the Baltimore Sun: "I'm going on the record right now. We're going to shock the world. I don't know who Dempster is in Chicago, but if he thinks he's going to win the World Series, he has to come through us first." Millar had one more prediction: "I'm going deep off Ryan Dempster," he said. Through the magic of interleague play, the ...

Kevin Millar still thinks it's 2004
Published 2/21/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
Admit it: Every now and then, you miss Kevin Millar, don't you? I certainly do, especially when I hear he's spouting off that his abysmal, rebuilding Baltimore Orioles are going to win the World Series. This season. From The Baltimore Sun via ...

Millar 'guarantees' World Series title for Baltimore
Published 2/21/2008 by mikemcd (mmcdermo@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... Former Red Sox first baseman Kevin Millar, now stuck on a Baltimore Orioles team that is trying once again to rebuild its way to respectability, said this yesterday, according to the Baltimore Sun: "I'm guaranteeing a 2008 World Series. Everybody else is." ...

Kevin Millar swings at World Series pitch
Published 2/21/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Kevin Millar swings at World Series pitch “I’m guaranteeing a 2008 World Series. Everybody else is,” Millar said while standing at this locker before yesterday’s first full-squad workout. “I’m going on the record right now. We’re going to shock the world. I don’t know who Dempster is in Chicago, but if he thinks he’s going to win the World Series, he has to come through us first.” This is why I love spring training, hope springs so eternal that even teams like the 2008 Orioles can joke that they may have a chance to make it to the World Series. But then again, Millar very ...

We Are All Interested In The Future, For That Is Where You And I Are Going To Spend The Rest Of Our Lives
Published 2/21/2008 by Emma at Eephus Pitch
... ): Kevin Millar says the Orioles are gonna win it all, baby! He's kidding, of course - and aiming some jokey trash talk at the Cubs' Ryan Dempster, another ...

Wait. What?
Published 2/21/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... Kevin Millar on Wednesday predicted a World Series trophy for the 2008 Baltimore Orioles. Considering that the Orioles will be lucky to win 70 games this year, I have to hope that Millar is joking. ...

Your Team Ain’t S#!t #4: The Orioles
Published 2/22/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... Rays Index notes, “It seems only fitting that Cal Ripken jump on the [Devil] Rays bandwagon considering the Orioles will be residing in the [D-]Rays usual last place in 2008.” Argument #2: The Has Everyone Already Given Up On Your Team? Test. Orioles fans and players are all unanimously expecting a 130-loss season from their lowly O’s. Wait, you say. What about Kevin Millar? Oh, so you read the quote Millar gave The Sun that Smitty was all excited about the other day. ...

Losers And Winners
Published 2/22/2008 by Jere at A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
... Damon says the Yanks are in the playoffs. Then again, Pap and Papi are both saying we're the team to beat. Carlos Beltran says the Mets will win in response to Jimmy Rollins Phils prediction last year. The Cubs' Ryan Dempster says they're going all the way--which prompted this from Kevin Millar. (Great video in that article--take a peek.)