Kevin Millar homers in return to St. Paul Saints (Video)

 Kevin Millar started his baseball career with the St. Paul Saints, and he made a triumphant return to the team on Saturday night.

First in the Northern League and now in the American Association, the St. Paul Saints are in their 25th season in their current incarnation as an independent baseball team. Some notable names have played for the team, like Darryl Strawberry, Leon Durham and Kevin Millar who was on that inaugural team in 1993, before trying again in 2010 after his major league career was over.

The MLB Network analyst teased a return to the batter’s box during Intentional Talk with Chris Rose on Friday, with a batting practice session in his garage. A bobble head featuring him and celebrity team owner Bill Murray was given away on Saturday night, and Millar was in St. Paul for the game.

Millar came up the plate in the bottom of the second inning against the Winnipeg Goldeneyes, and he did not disappoint the fans in attendance at CHS Field.

Millar did tease a potential batting practice home run Saturday night, as he posted old and new photos of he and Murray the morning before. But doing it in the actual game was a highlight.

Here’s a look at the Murray-Millar bobblehead that was given away Saturday night.

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The best run of Millar’s major league career was clearly 2003-2005 with the Boston Red Sox, with a World Series title in 2004 as the perfect ending after an epic ALCS comeback against the hated New York Yankees. As the leader of the “Cowboy Up” movement in the Boston clubhouse, his contribution behind the scenes overshadowed anything he had to offer between the lines. That being said, he was a productive player for the Red Sox, with a .282 batting average and a .813 OPS over those three seasons. And now at 45 years old, Millar still has some power left in his bat.