Grown men can drink during work hours. I know I've done it (though granted I didn't feel like working afterwards). Like Francona said though, you want your guys on the damn bench rooting for teammates. Maybe he really did want out. I couldn't blame him based on that. When you embrace a douchebag mentality though, you really can't complain when guys act like douchebags.
It doesn't sound like gentlemen having a sipper of brandy here Alio. Also, I get what Francona is saying. He wasn't the dictator manager...he wasn't going to tell the players they can't do shit. He'd hope they make the right decision and be there with their teammates and save the drinking for after a win. He's saying the players who weren't playing would rather drink than support their team, this is an indictment by Francona toward his players. Also, he's basically saying how shitty they were, they took his heart away from the team and as a result he wanted out.
It wasn't players in general, it was specifically starting pitchers (led by Beckett) who weren't pitching that day.
I have zero problems with this. I hate the Sox with a passion, but this isn't a reason to bash them. I'm sure it goes on everywhere.
I don't know. Whenever I'm watching games (any team) you see starters who aren't playing that day on the bench during the game. That's what teammates do. Hell, it's 2, maybe 4 tops, hours a day. And it's your team.
The story gets worse...and the exposure is starting to get ugly now. How do you all feel, with the recent developments of players playing video games and eating fried chicken and biscuits (lol) in the club house, during games? It got so bad, Francona locked the clubhouse door from the dugout so players couldn't leave. Also, Lackey, you know the guy who likes to show up his players when they make errors behind him, is one of the ring leaders in all of this. LOL. He's going to drink in the clubhouse and not show up unless he pitches and then he shows people up on the field...
if you had to spend time with the miserable assholes that make up that fanbase, you'd need a drink now and then too.
Just reported during MNF: Lester admits to occasionally drinking a beer during games. :lol: I like how they break into the football game to report on this important information.
i work in the clubhouse of a minor league baseball team. relief pitchers and non game-day starters hang out in the clubhouse during games all the time, especially when games got ugly. hell, i drank a few brews and even smoked a couple blunts with the pitchers if i didn't feel like watching the game. As far as i'm concerned, Lester just let one of a baseball insiders' most enjoyable behind-the-scenes secrets out of the bag. and if i find out next season that theres gonna be some front-office fucker in the clubhouse at all times making sure we aren't enjoying ourselves during the game, i'm not gonna be happy lol
It could be worse. Lester and Beckett could have been sniffing Pedroia's undies in the clubhouse during games. A couple of months ago my friend said he would like to be a WNBA equipment manager or something for the sole reason of sniffing panties in the locker room during games. Not surprisingly, this is the same friend of mine who was the genius behind the pitchers' ass thread.
