Wade Boggs...

TigerBait3 · Apr 23, 2008

Other than having a cool name he was apparently living the dream. No idea if it is true but kind of funny.

The two shared a laugh about the Hawk’s game, and then Sandmeyer stumbled upon the most compelling question ever articulated in an interview: “who would you say drank the most beer out of everyone you ever played with?” The
following colloquy sheds some light on one of drinking’s biggest stars and on one of the greatest drinking feats of all time.

Sandy: Who would you say drank the most beer out of everyone you ever played with?

Nelson: Easy, Wade Boggs…..easy

Sandy: (laughing) Really!? Wade Boggs?

Nelson: Oh, yeah, without a doubt. I’ve never seen anyone drink as much beer as he did in my life:

Sandy: (laughing) Get outta here, alright, give me an example, like how much did he drink?

Nelson: Oh, I’d say, on a typical road trip, east coast to west coast [Nelly played with Boggs on the Yankees], say a road game to Seattle……Wade would drink anywhere between 50 and 60 beers.

Sandy: NO WAY!! 50 or 60 beers. That is impossible.

Nelson: No, I know…I know how crazy that sounds, and I wouldn’t believe it myself unless I saw him do it…..numerous times. And he drank nothing but Miller Lite.

Sandy: How in the hell did he have time to drink that many beers. For God’s sake, how many times did he have to go to the bathroom?

Nelson: I’m not kidding you Steve. Seriously. Wade was the kind of guy who was always the first one at the club house. So he’d get to the clubhouse, and he’d bring a six pack with him. He’d be there drinking a beer when someone showed up, and as we were all packing our stuff up out of our lockers and getting our bags ready for the trip, Wade would sit there and drink that whole six pack.

Now, at the time, we were flying out of New Jersey, so it was somewhat of a drive from Yankee stadium to the airport in New Jersey. Wade would drink another couple of beers on the bus to the airport. At the time, we were flying this older airplane, it couldn’t make it across the country without refueling, and it wasn’t the fastest airplane in the sky. So we would stop in North Dakota or something. Wade would drink about a half rack between New Jersey and North Dakota, and it would take about a half-hour to an hour to refuel once we got there, so he’d have a few more beers while we were grounded in North Dakota.

Once we got back up in the air, Wade would drink another 10, 11, 12 beers on the way out to the west coast. The whole flight from coast to coast ususally took us well over 7 hours. We’d touch down at Sea-Tac, hop on the bus headed to the Kingdome, and Wade would have another beer or two on the bus. Then, all of us would get to the Kingdome and unpack our bags and sit around and BS with eachother, and Wade would have a beer in his hand the entire time. He was always one of the last people to leave the club house too. So I’d say that all in all, he drank over 50 beers on the trip, and this wasn’t just an isolated incident, he did that almost every time.

Nelson: Yeah, I know, I’m not kidding though, let’s call up somebody and they’ll tell you man, they’ll tell you I’m not lying.

Sandy: Alright, who should we call up. Let’s take a commercial break, and then we’ll call up somebody and see if we can’t get to the bottom of this….This is absolutely amazing.
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SabanFan · Apr 23, 2008

That's a stretch. Amazing if true. Man, after about 14 beers I'm maxed out.

BigWee_TEAMKATT · Apr 23, 2008

50-60 beers in a day...yeah, pretty unbelievable. Spread across an entire road trip...I can certainly believe it.

gumborue · Apr 23, 2008

well, it is miller lite. do they actually contain alcohol?

LSUsupaFan · Apr 24, 2008

I was pretty well lit at the Auburn game in 05. I had consumed damned near a case of Dixie, and in my drunken stupor I screamed "Wade Boggs drank 56 beers on a cross country flight" as the Auburn kicker was lining up to kick his first field goal. He missed the field goal.

Since that worked I tried it again when he lined up to kick his second field goal. It worked again.

Five times that night Auburn attempted to kick a field goal, once in overtime. Five times I shouted "Wade Boggs drank 56 beers on a cross country flight." And Auburn missed five field goals on that night. I'm not saying the Tigers owe me for the victory, but I'm not saying they don't.

I have continued to use the Wade Boggs Hex, and it works about 90% of the time. That blocked field goal in the BCSNC, yeah that was me.

I also carry a Wade Boggs baseball card in my wallet whenever I go to a game. I may start leaving Wade Boggs cards in the other SEC stadiums to keep the gris gris on them.

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