THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL SOME WICKED GIDDYUP IN BOSTON.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH It started in late August, when Kevin Millar Kevin Charles Millar (born September 24, 1971, in Los Angeles, California) is a professional designated hitter/first baseman who plays for the Baltimore Orioles and is perhaps best known as a member of the 2004 World Series champion Boston Red Sox. responded to reporters questioning the Red Sox's toughness during the pennant race. ``I want to see someone cowboy up and stand behind this team and quit worrying about all the negative stuff and talking about last year's team and 10 years ago and 1986,'' the first baseman from Hart High of Newhall blurted out after Boston lost to the Oakland Athletics “Philadelphia Athletics” redirects here. For other uses, see Philadelphia Athletics (disambiguation). The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. . Cowboy what? Ask Luke Perry Luke Perry (born Coy Luther Perry III on October 11, 1966)[1] is an American actor best known for his role as Dylan Michael McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. or Keifer Sutherland. Even Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. . Perry, the former ``Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. 90210'' kid, starred in that lame bull- riding flick, ``8 Seconds,'' almost 10 years ago. His character, Lane Frost, had a bad spill and fellow rider Tuff Hedeman explained to him how he had to ``cowboy up ... when you're injured or down and the prospect of doing whatever you're about to try is so bleak that the best you can hope for is to live through it.'' Sutherland had a movie of his own called ``Cowboy Up'' in 2001. And then Willis had the line: ``Are you gonna cowboy up or just lay there and bleed?'' during his performance in ``Tears of the Sun.'' Millar, originally from Beaumont, Texas, said he and Trot Nixon picked up on the phrase when they were playing winter ball together in Mexico back in '95. So when the Red Sox struggled in '03, Millar went back to it, and it's clearly stuck. T-shirts, ordered and bought by Millar and teammate Mike Timlin, are selling on the Internet and are all over Fenway Park. How could you miss the ``Cowboy Up'' signs in the stands Sunday afternoon after the Red Sox came back to thwart the Athletics and force a fifth game of their American League division series ``For this team, it's perfect,'' Millar told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, owned by the Tribune Company, is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and all of Broward County. Its main competitor in this area is the Miami Herald, out of neighboring Miami-Dade County to the south. . Wouldn't ``Chowder chowder, stew of fish or shellfish with potatoes, onions, and pork (usually salt pork), thickened with crumbled hard bread. The name chowder seems to have originated from the French word chaudière Up'' go over better? Said Red Sox reliever Scott Williamson: ``I guess Anaheim got he Rally Monkey from nowhere, and now we've got `Cowboy Up.' '' If only Gene Autry woulda thought it up first. ... --Does ``Cubbie Up'' have any staying power? ... --Even with the Jewish holy day Noun 1. Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles - a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 Yom Kippur starting at sundown Sunday and lasting through sundown tonight, Gabe Kapler decided he'll make himself available to play right field for the Red Sox tonight in Oakland. The former Taft High of Woodland Hills star said he ``wrestled'' with sitting out the game ``because I care about my heritage and where I come from.'' FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information : The Dodgers' Shawn Green already had said weeks ago he would have done as usual and not have played if the team was involved in a deciding National League division series playoff contest. ... --If the rumor's true, and the 2004 Petco Padres recruit Greg Maddox and David Wells for the rotation, the Dodgers can look forward to more 1-0 losses. ... --The Giants announced that Jason Schmidt is all rested up for a Game 5, if the Marlins decide they need to play one. ... --You're the Colorado prosecutors waiting for a certain highly publicized trial to start, and Kobe Bryant somehow strains a groin during a workout, do you charge him with evidence tampering? ... --Impressive effort by Kobe to do everything in his power not to be a distraction to the team as it begins training camp so far. ... --That Denver-K.C. contest was somethin' to watch if a) you weren't being force-fed the left-town-eight-years-ago, slither-and-bleak Raiders again and b) you had access to a tiny satellite dish, which now looks like a solid investment if this horrible trend continues for the rest of the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga season. ... --Donovan McNabb's mother had a simple reply to Rush Limbaugh: No soup for you. ... --Be aware that Bill Parcells has Dallas riding a winning record for the first time this century. Cowboy up. |
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