After the Red Sox collapsed in epic fashion down the stretch last season, reports surfaced that Josh Beckett, John Lackey and Jon Lester drank beer, ate fried chicken and played video games in the clubhouse on the days they weren’t pitching.
The Red Sox still won 90 games last season and whether drinking beer in the clubhouse had any real impact on the team missing the playoffs is questionable, but new manager Bobby Valentine is doing his part to nip the issue in the bud. No pun intended, I swear.
No beer in clubhouse this season, Bobby Valentine says. Always has been his policy #RedSox
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Scott Lauber (@ScottLauber) February 25, 2012
Asked if he expects pushback on no-beer-in-clubhouse rule, Bobby V noted that many other teams impose that rule, including Cardinals #RedSox
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Scott Lauber (@ScottLauber) February 25, 2012
Per Joe McDonald of ESPNBoston.com, the Red Sox have also banned beer on the last leg of plane trips. I guess we can assume fried chicken is fair game, though.