Most baseball fans have heard tales of hall of famer Wade Boggs’ legendary consumption of alcohol. The most famous story is that Boggs once downed 64 Miller Lites during a cross-country flight from Boston to Los Angeles. Let us save you some math: 64 12-ounce beers consumed over the course of a 6-hour flight should equal one profoundly sh-tfaced ballplayer. Except apparently not in this case, because the best part of the legend is that Bogg’s rose bright and early the next day and played one of the best games of his career. Better yet, he actually drank way more beer than initially reported. Here’s an interview from 2005 in which Boggs cannily denies that 64 is the correct number: Wade Boggs: Beer Drinking Legend Nice PR move, Boggsy. Most folks probably assumed that Wade meant that he consumed fewer beers than initially reported. But as actor Charlie Day revealed to Jimmy Fallon last night that, when Boggs filmed a cameo for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia recently, he revealed that the feat was far more impressive than anyone ever imagined. Charlie Day Talks Wade Boggs 107?!?! That’s like Wilt Chamberlain casually revealing that he actually banged more like a million women. Obviously, Boggs could be full of it, but who cares? Like hangover-free beer , the Boggs Bender of whatever year it was (He doesn’t remember.) is something we want to believe in! Watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia online for more hooch heroics and remember – don’t try this at home. 14 Scandalous Sports Stories 1. LIAR! Lance Armstrong denied it and denied it, but he eventually came clean: yes, he cheated to win every Tour de France.
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Wade Boggs: Baseball Legend Claims to Have Drank 107 Beers in One Day!
