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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Kenny Chesney: I’d ‘Love’ To Play for Boston Red Sox

Wasn’t his “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Pants, No Problems” CD a tribute to Dick Williams or something?

“Deep down I would love to play second base for the [Boston] Red Sox,” the singer, 40, told PEOPLE Tuesday night in New York, while in town for the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

“When I was little I wanted to be a baseball player. I wanted to be Pete Rose.” Although Chesney played on his high school team, he eventually diverted his attention away toward music.

“I got into music and then I realized that I didn’t want to eat, drink and sleep [baseball],” he says. “I just wanted to eat, drink and sleep.”

...These days, he counts several major league ballplayers among his best friends – including Kevin Millar from the Baltimore Orioles and Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox – and says they have a lot in common. “My life on tour is exactly like a baseball season. It starts in April and ends in September or the first of October,” he says. “So, their off-season is my off-season, so I get to hang out [with them].”

Repoz Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:13 PM | 24 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. robinred

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:21 PM (#2861238)

“Deep down I would love to play second base for the [Boston] Red Sox,”

Everyone wants to be like Pedroia.

2. Crashburn Alley Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:27 PM (#2861244)

“Deep down I would love to play second base for the [Boston] Red Sox,”

Deep down I would love to be the CEO of Microsoft.

3. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:37 PM (#2861262)

Deep down I would love to be the CEO of Microsoft.

I don't think you've thought this through. That job would be a lot of work. Deep down, I would love to be the spouse of the CEO of Microsoft.

4. jwb Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:45 PM (#2861278)

Deep down, I'd love to play with Renee Zellweger.

5. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: July 16, 2008 at 03:57 PM (#2861295)

I don't think you've thought this through. That job would be a lot of work. Deep down, I would love to be the spouse of the CEO of Microsoft.

I don't think you've thought this through. This means you have to sleep with the CEO of Microsoft.

6. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: July 16, 2008 at 04:01 PM (#2861304)

Deep down, I would love to be the heir of the CEO of Microsoft. Or just not fat.

7. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: July 16, 2008 at 04:08 PM (#2861317)

I don't think you've thought this through. This means you have to sleep with the CEO of Microsoft.

Deep down in my heart, the CEO of Microsoft is an attractive woman.

8. Rowland Office Supplies Posted: July 16, 2008 at 04:27 PM (#2861345)

Deep down, I'd love to play with Renee Zellweger.

I always heard that their marriage dissolved because Kenny "played for the other team." I guess that means Renee is a Yankees fan?

9. Sexy Lizard Posted: July 16, 2008 at 04:35 PM (#2861356)

Deep down, I would hope I was in a submarine.

10. Walt Davis Posted: July 16, 2008 at 07:55 PM (#2861633)

second base? Who dreams of playing second base? It's like dreaming of being a LOOGY.

11. SouthSideRyan Posted: July 16, 2008 at 07:58 PM (#2861638)

I dreamt of playing 2B cause Sandberg was my favorite player as a kid.

The question is how you want to be Pete Rose and a 2B, when he played about 10 games there during your life.

12. villageidiom Posted: July 16, 2008 at 08:11 PM (#2861649)

In the NY papers:

"Chesney says he, not Pedroia, should play second for Boston"

13. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: July 16, 2008 at 08:16 PM (#2861656)

second base? Who dreams of playing second base? It's like dreaming of being a LOOGY.

I always wanted to be a longsnapper.

14. RobertMachemer Posted: July 16, 2008 at 08:17 PM (#2861657)

Why is 'love' in quotation marks?

15. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 08:18 PM (#2861660)

Everyone wants to be like Pedroia.

Kevin just wants to get to second base with Pedroia

16. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: July 16, 2008 at 08:57 PM (#2861709)

"Why is 'love' in quotation marks?"

The reporter cleaned it up - he actually said "kill".

17. alskor Posted: July 16, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2861745)

second base? Who dreams of playing second base? It's like dreaming of being a LOOGY.

Deep down, I want to be a shortstop prospect who has to move to 2B because of a lack of athleticism. Then I want to play for like 7 teams in 9 years. .. couple years in Japan and the Independent leagues...

Second baseman, country singer and stupid is no way to go through life.

18. J. Michael Neal Posted: July 16, 2008 at 09:48 PM (#2861746)

I guess Chesney doesn't want to date Alyssa Milano.

19. alskor Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM (#2861759)

Right now, Im seeing a Kenny Chesney ad right here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

Funny.

20. Crashburn Alley Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM (#2861764)

I don't think you've thought this through. That job would be a lot of work. Deep down, I would love to be the spouse of the CEO of Microsoft.

I don't think you've thought this through. You just said that deep down, you'd love to be my spouse. I'll have a ham and turkey on rye, and don't talk to me until the game's over.

21. Walt Davis Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:30 PM (#2861771)

I dreamt of playing 2B cause Sandberg was my favorite player as a kid.

Fair enough.

So the greatest Red Sox 2B of Chesney's lifetime would be ... Marty Barrett?

22. Long John McCaine Mutiny on the Bounty (scott) Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM (#2861772)

wow, Microsoft CEO slashfic. i know there's gotta be some out there with Gates and Jobs getting some hate sex on after a snit over the Zune and iPod.

23. Alan S Posted: July 16, 2008 at 10:45 PM (#2861776)

You mean World Series MVP Marty Barrett, Walt.

24. OCD SS Posted: July 16, 2008 at 11:06 PM (#2861786)

I pretty sure that deep down Pedroia wants to record an album of... wait, country music?

I don't think even Pedroia's taste in music is that bad.

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