The Beer King

March 02, 2023

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Today’s story is about a hall of famer who set his most impressive record off the field.

Odds are you've heard of him.

The Sultan of Swig, the Boss of Brews, the King of Cases - Wade Boggs.

There is no doubt that Boggs is one of the best to ever play the game of baseball.

He ranked 95 on the Sporting News’ list of the 100 greatest players of all time.

The guy was a 12-time All Star, won five batting titles, two gold gloves, and EIGHT silver slugger awards.

Plus, he’s the only player to take a victory lap on horseback after winning the World Series.

But even though Boggs was an absolute machine when it came to getting on base (.415 lifetime OBP), he was even more skilled at slamming brewskis.

It was a well-known fact that Boggs would routinely crush 30, 40, even 50 beers on team trips.

But during his time with the Red Sox, he set a personal record during a cross-country flight.

The details are a bit murky, but apparently Boggs started drinking in the Red Sox locker room after a game at home.

The team was headed to Logan airport to catch a flight to the West Coast, and Boggs kept the beers flowing even before getting to the airport.

He drank through the first leg of the flight, the layover, and the second leg.

Then, somehow, he went out with the team that night and drank some more.

I imagine Boggsy was probably vibin' like this after plowing through two 30 racks on the plane.

For a while, the final number was unknown, with people estimating it was somewhere between 50-70 beers.

But in 2015, Always Sunny in Philadelphia did an episode where Charlie Day tries to beat Boggs’ record.

Boggs himself actually agreed to participate in the production, and while on set, admitted to Charlie that the official number was actual 107.

The chances of anyone breaking this record are pretty much zero.

And besides the fact that he probably has a drinking issue, this story proves one thing.

Wade Boggs is truly superhuman, and we are just mere mortals.

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Chippy was a third baseman in the late 1800's.

The guy had a hall-of-fame worthy mustache, and played with some teams that had even stranger names than him.

Back in 1884, McGarr was on the Pittsburgh Stogies - we gotta bring this club back.

In 1890, he played with the Boston Beaneaters, six years before Marty Bergen joined.

Marty ended up losing it and killing his whole family, but that's a story for another day.