BFBB: Lastings Milledge Takes Questions at ESPN Zone; Doesn’t Know Riggo!

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Milledge got surprisingly introspective when a fan asked about the early season struggles for the hitters.

“It’s a tough game out there,” he said. “It’s a game of failure. It’s mentally draining, I can tell you that. I think this is one of the only games that really, really affects your family. It goes beyond just ‘Ok, game. You didn’t do good, go home. If you don’t come through, if you don’t get a hit, it’s not that your family don’t think you can do it, it’s just that they want you to do so well. They’re used to you being an all-star, an MVP, high school player of the Year, and then you get to the major leagues where everybody has been there at that stage of their careers. It’s a toll, man, it’s a toll on your family. But this is what we want to do. It’s a dream, and we’ve just got to roll with it.”

There were humorous moments as well. When a fan asked if the team’s success at home since the Pope said Mass was just coincidence, Milledge said, “He [the Pope] should come and throw out the first pitch.” Another fan wanted to know if Milledge knew the last player to wear jersey number 44 to bring a title to DC, even prompting him with “he has a radio show in town, nickname was ‘Riggo’”; but Milledge had to confess he knew nothing about John Riggins. To be fair, Milledge wasn’t even born when John Riggins led the Washington Redskins to the Super Bowl.