Eat Texas Dirt, Drink Texas Beer
The Boston Red Sox were viewed by some of their fans as bums for missing the playoffs and going 7-20 in the month of September. The Boston Globe reported, some pitchers consumed beer, munched on fried chicken and played video games in the clubhouse during games.
On Sunday Red Sox pitchers Josh Beckett and Jon Lester issued what partial apologies for their roles in the Boston collapse that led to Terry Francona’s exit as manager. Beckett acknowledged “lapses in judgment” but refused specifics when it came to names and details.
“I can’t speak for everybody else,” Beckett told news reporters at the Red Sox’s Fort Myers, Fla., training complex. “I want to keep it at that. I can’t speak for Jon or John (Lackey) or Clay (Buchholz) or (Tim Wakefield) or anybody. We made mistakes in the clubhouse. That’s about as far as I’ll go talking about the clubhouse.”Lester said the team stunk in September. “We didn’t play very good,” he said.
“And with all of the other stuff added on top of that, it’s obviously going to make it worse.”I don’t blame (fans) for being mad. We stunk. I stunk. I take complete responsibility.”Both pitchers conceded the Red Sox must win back the confidence of their fans.”We need to earn that trust back,” Beckett said. “The way we’ve got to do that is just go about our business the way we have in previous years: win ballgames.”
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