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Curt Schilling campaigned for him, Mike Timlin backs him and Nixon shares his religious fervor and love of baseball.
"I'm sure he doesn't have the amount of time that we all have to sit there and watch ESPN and see highlights," Nixon said. "He's got other things he needs to worry about."
He doesn't think Bush will have a problem with Damon's long hair, Millar's frosted brown locks and both of their playful natures.
"We're all created in the eyes of God. You don't judge somebody by the way they look," Nixon said. "I'm sure he read the paper and understands what kind of ballclub (we have), how special the season was last year."
Still, Millar will have to keep his sense of humor and mouth in check.
"I'll get some of these guys to do something" unusual, he said.
The Red Sox added another activity to the annual tradition of baseball's champions visiting the White House. After what's expected to be about a 40-minute ceremony, they'll visit wounded veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
"The Red Sox can go there and make a lot of people happy," Damon said.
"That (visit) is probably even a bigger honor in itself, to be able to sit and talk or maybe cheer up someone who's been defending my way of life," reliever Mike Timlin said, "laying his life on the line or her life on the line to be out there in front of an enemy's bullet. Protecting me when I'm just over here enjoying a game."
Like Bush, Timlin is from Midland, Texas. They met behind the batting cage in the early '90s when Bush was with the Rangers and Timlin was pitching for Toronto.
Timlin said he was honored to meet "one of the leaders of the free world."
Red Sox principal owner John Henry and general manager Theo Epstein, who both supported Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, will be there. So will team president Larry Lucchino, a friend of the president's.
Henry will also take part in a ceremony earlier in the day, during which Jackie Robinson will be posthumously awarded a Congressional gold medal.
The players' meeting with Bush is scheduled for mid-afternoon.
"His Secret Service guys might tackle some of our guys. Kevin could be in trouble," Nixon said. "He could get a warning shot fired over his head."
Damon wants Bush's autograph for his 5-year-old son.
"He knows every single president," Damon said. "His favorite, of course, is Zachary Taylor because he carried a sword. So I'm going to tell President Bush (to) start carrying a sword. He's going to have a stronger fan base."