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Wade Boggs Has a Drinking Problem

tastybooze.com — This story is almost unbelievable, wow...

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JoeyDigital 1 year 35 days ago, made popular 1 year 34 days ago

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ukdave, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Respect
- whymanwhy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Wade Boggs is a true american hero and a dam good yankee too.
  - YoungDeezy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6I'll always remember him as a Red Sock.
    - Moosebern, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Hell yeah, he's always part of the Sox in my mind. Hell, where do you think he learned how to drink?
disord3r, on 10/10/2007, -12/+8Is 'problem' really the right word to use here? Yeah, it sounds like a lot. To someone who doesn't drink at all or just a little, they would probably think he's an alcoholic, and they'd probably be completely wrong.
- expat001, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1450-70 beers on a regular basis is something you don't consider to be a problem? I would call that a functioning alcoholic. Millions do it, it is just amazing he was a functioning alcoholic that had a job that required expert hand eye coordination and being able to run and throw in a straight line.
- CptBuck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's a paradox, is a disease with no symptoms a disease? Clearly doing what he did had less of an impact on him than it would most other people.
whiterussian, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30He was also known to get into bar fights.

Barney: And I say, England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston!
Wade Boggs: Pitt the Elder!!
Barney: Lord Palmerston!!!
Wade Boggs: Pitt the Elder!!!! [pokes Barney]
Barney: Okay, you asked for it, bud! [punches him out]
Moe: Yeah, that's showing him, Barney! [scoffing] Pitt the Elder...
Barney: Lord Palmerston!!!! [punches Moe]
- DIGGerPhelpsND, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Well Mr. Burns had done it
  The power plant had won it
  With Roger Clemming Clucking all the while
  Mike Socher's tragic illness made a smile
  With Wey Boggs lay unconcious on the bar-room tile
  
  We're talking softball
  From main to sandiego
  We're talking softball
  Manning Lee and Ken Sego
  Ken Griffy's grotesquely swollen jaw
  Steve Sax and his run-in with the law
  We're talking Homer, Ozzie and the Straw
  
  We're talking softball
  From main to sandiego
  We're talking softball
  Manning Lee and Ken Sego
  Ken Griffy's grotesquely swollen jaw
  Steve Sax and his run-in with the law
  We're talking Homer, Ozzie and the Straw
  - awtripp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Manning Lee and Ken Sego?
    
    I think that's Mattingly and Canseco.
    
    Mattingly! I thought i told you to shave those side burns!
santaliqueur, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3He'll probably be in front of the liver transplant list in front of a thousand genuinely sick kids.
- josejimenez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Forget what you have heard about excessive drinking and liver damage. Only about 1 in 6 hardcore alcoholics get cirrhosis of the liver. The best way to destroy you liver is not by drinking heavily, but by drinking heavily and taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) at the exact same time. Mixing medication and alcohol is way more dangerous than doing a Boggs.
- DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Don't worry the Olympics is coming up, I foresee a massive increase in available organs from china.maybe you can buy them at walmart
Mewchu11, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Ahhh Wade Boggs, goes down smooth!
- Dgen_X, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2That was the first thing I thought of when I read this...
  
  10/27/07
- Dgen_X, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1good news everybody!
  
  I was incorrect in my last comment...make that 10 an 11....
  
  11/27/07
andjjru, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11I don't ever want to hear the phrase "Tasty Miller Lites" again in my life...
windle401, on 10/10/2007, -7/+06 minutes. site's already dugg.
eightyd, on 10/10/2007, -11/+6site dropped faster than panties on prom night
- rsh28630, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Excellent line! I hope it's yours so you can bask in the kudos.
PlasmaFlux, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Sounds to me like he has a drinking solution, not a drinking problem.
N3wtR0ckn13, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3another reason why i loved this guy as a yankee.
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1yankees ftl. sox ftw! :P
TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4see what happens when you put on pinstripes.
juttman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5holy *****, he must have been completely hammered during games, how the hell do you hit a baseball when you are always seeing triple? he should be Miller's new spokesman
- dorshorst, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11try to hit the one in the middle
- cveltma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ask Ron Santo. He hit a grand slam seeing triple while nearly going into insulin shock.
  
  "Santo would take injections and eat chocolate bars based on how he felt from moment to moment. One time the bases were loaded, Santo was up to bat and seeing three of everything. I see one scoreboard, two scoreboards, three scoreboards. And I go, "Oh my gosh!" And three pitches... I took the one in the middle. I said "I'm gonna swing at every pitch." And that one in the middle was right here and I hit it out of the ball park. It was a grand slam. The crowd went wild. Santo ran the bases and no one was the wiser. "
ahole, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3This site has a server problem!
sanvara, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4How many addictions does this guy have? Boggs admitted he was a sex addict years ago.
- blitzer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I would guess the two are related..?
  Who isnt a sex addict when drunk?
  - Jessmo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0"Sex addiction" is not nearly as serious as alcohol addiction. I believe only the latter can kill you, or potentially someone else. :)
raytibbitts, on 10/10/2007, -20/+3Who is Wade Boggs?

Bury me, I hate sports trivia.
- santaliqueur, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2The "bury me" reverse logic won't work with this one. We're going to digg you sky high.
- tehjarvis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Holy *****! You're the first person in Digg history to go into an obvious thread about sports and talk about how they don't like sports!
  Let me guess, jocks beat you up in high school?
  - raytibbitts, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1trivia
AZooYorkMystery, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3"and that's when I got my drinking problem." *splash*
benguild, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Exceeded teh quota mang!
bpmox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile. We're talkin' .... Softball. From Maine to San Diego."
SlamShut, on 11/01/2007, -3/+2050 or 60 beers?

That's not a baseball player with a drinking problem.

That's a drinker with a baseball problem.
- rickbauls, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Yea, what a puss. I drink 50 or 60 beers for breakfast on Mondays.
Asianwaste, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I wouldn't call it a drinking problem. Because I don't ever remember there being a problem with him drinking. I would say the guy could ***** drink!
CptBuck, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Can't touch Andre the Giant. http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html
- DarthBrady, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1DAMN, cant hold a candle to that. 116 beers a day.
CDoug03, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Someone better call the MTL Commissioner and a ruling on this story. Sounds like imbibing ***** to me.
- dougmidkiff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You mean Dr. Cox?
imightbewrong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11look at the Wade Boggs wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Boggs . Under the trivia heading it says "Boggs claimed that he once avoided being harmed by an assailant with a knife by willing himself invisible."

WTF
randylm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0lets take it back 20 years to Fenway. everyone chant MARGO ADAMS...
genezorz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8Miller? So thats like 40 cans of water and 10 beers. Sounds pretty reasonable.
- macofish, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Exactly what i was thinking...Miller Lite is soooo watered down. Try drinking 50 Storm Kings, or Troegenator.
taisuru, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I also immediately thought of Futurama when I saw Wade Boggs. Good info
catfish182, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2show me a baseball fan that dosnt know that. ***** they put "dont buy Boggs a bear" in the program at games
- Nyper, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Why wouldn't Wade Boggs want a bear? Maybe a Kodiak or Polar?
CoronaVegas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Now that's a road trip, not a weekend......most impressive.
cheekybastard, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I'll drink to that.
ridah, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Some call it a problem, I call it a gift. Respect Boggs.
Elliuotatar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Charles has a licking problem.
- neodorian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1chaaaarrles.....you have a licking problem.
  
  Lick lick.
  
  Thanks a lot. Now that is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
darthmoonman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3One of the best two strike hitters i've ever seen and he did it completely smashed, a true American hero
martin308, on 10/30/2007, -1/+4But those are lite beers though right? Who in their right mind would drink lite beer, harden the ***** up!
greenmountain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on acid.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2005-06-16/news/balls-out/
I personally cannot function on alcohol. Iguess that is the difference, don't know though.
Alcoholics basically go through life aqlways on one thing or another.
I can't do it.
rasler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Ball players drink, huh go figure? ...In other news Pete Rose had a gambling problem.
Rethcir, on 10/10/2007, -1/+111 beers in 7 hours? Is that supposed to be "problematic?" What is this, amateur hour?
bluenash, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1is it better to have a drinking problem or a dinky problem?
picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0This is such old news I thought it was a joke or parody.
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