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October 18, 2007
Red Sox fans watching last night’s pregame show on Fox were shocked to get a pep talk from a familiar, though departed, face.
“Come on, Red Sox fans,’’ implored Kevin Millar, a member of the Sox from 2003-05 who now plays for the Baltimore Orioles, in a prepared spot that led into a commercial. “Get off the Tobin Bridge and support the Sox.’’
Millar had coined the phrase “Cowboy Up’’ during the 2003 season and became the unofficial spokesman of the team that made the playoffs three seasons in a row and won the World Series in 2004. It was in ’04 that the Sox rallied from three games down a 0-3 deficit against the Yankees in the ALCS, and Millar was one of the players who never gave up during the series.
“All I’m sayin’ is, don’t let us win tonight,’’ he said over and over before prior to Game Four against the Yankees, speaking to fellow players, to fans, to anyone who would listen, all of it captured by cameras for the official World Series film. “ ‘Cause if we win tonight, they get Petey [Pedro Martinez] in Game Five, Schill [Curt Schilling] in Game Six, and then anything can happen in Game Seven.’’
It unfolded exactly as Millar predicted. And last night, even though he’s now an Oriole, he was making the same pitch to his old audience.
“You’re down 3-1. But we were down 3-0,’’ he said. “Get out there. Support your Sox.
“It’s time to Cowboy Up.’’
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