Did anyone watch “Intentional Talk” last Thursday with David Ortiz? I recorded it and watched it later Thursday night, and I couldn’t stop laughing! If you read my “Tweets of the Week” from Friday, you’ll find a bunch of tweets between Kevin Millar, David Ortiz, and Chris Rose. But those were just the beginning.
The segment started with a bang too! Coming back from a commercial break, the viewers were treated (or rather shocked) to see Kevin Millar wearing only an undershirt. And not just a regular, Hanes undershirt that you might expect to see in a Michael Jordan commercial, but it was an undershirt that looked like it had spaghetti straps. Ortiz was also wearing a tank top, and he burst out laughing when he saw Millar. Millar explained the undershirt and the sunglasses (yes, he put on sunglasses at this time, just like Ortiz) were because of the picture and tweets from Ortiz (again, see the tweets from Friday’s posts). Ortiz told Chris Rose that the show was going to be between Millar and him, and Rose was grateful for this. Ortiz told Millar that his own physique was for hitting “bombs” at Fenway, while Millar’s physique was from eating fried chicken. I couldn’t help but think that the “fried chicken” reference from associated with “chicken- and-beer-gate,” and maybe the whole thing started when Millar was on the team. Who knows.
Rose brought up Kevin Millar and Pedro Martinez’s “toast” at Fenway Park during the 100th Anniversary Celebration, and Rose asked Ortiz why he didn’t stop them when it started to get awkward (i.e. when Millar started saying “stop looking at me!”). Ortiz said that he was “two seconds” away from putting a stop to it, but he was stopped. If you didn’t get a chance to see the toast, please click on this link:
http://www.nesn.com/2012/04/pedro-martinez-kevin-millar-feel-hosting-fenway-100-toast-was-coolest-thing-video.html
The next topic was Manny Ramirez. Millar started saying how he met Ramirez for lunch, and both Millar and Ortiz were commenting on how cheap Ramirez was. Millar said that Ramirez told him he forgot his wallet, and Ortiz said that Ramirez would always “get a phone call when the check came.” Then they started to discuss Ramirez being forty and needing “Just for Men.” Here’s the picture Millar showed of Manny:
Photo courtesy of bustedcoverage.com
The final topic was the Red Sox pitcher’s hitting. Ortiz was asked which pitcher had the best swing, and since Ortiz has been watching the pitcher’s take batting practice lately, he delivered this analysis: I’ve been watching Bard- Daniel Bard. He looks like Reggie Jackson in (BP), but in the game he looks like Michael Jackson. Wow! Then Ortiz commented on Beckett’s almost-home-run-turned-longest-single-ever-hit against the Phillies.
Personally, I like watching “Intentional Talk” whenever possible because I think Kevin Millar and Chris Rose are hilarious, offer good insight, and their guests always seem to have a good time (during the off-season, there were many MLB players jumping into pools as sign-offs). The exchanges between Millar and Ortiz though were prieless.
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