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| Official Album of the 2011 Red Sox Clubhouse |
ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre said just a few minutes ago that his office will look into the drinking that was going on during games in the Red Sox clubhouse this season. “It’s something we’re concerned about, just to make sure that we get all the facts and that’s my area,” Torre said. “I know I have plans just to talk to some people.” Torre said there not yet any set plan for what MLB's investigation would entail. "It’s something we’re going to look at and find the best way to approach it, let’s put it that way," he said. "That’s one thing where I feel comfortable, the fact that I played and I managed. I have no problem talking to someone in regards to baseball, whether it’s behavior or otherwise.”
Oh, thats freaking Rich...Mr. Joe Yankee is going to investigate the Red Sox for BeerandChicken-Gate? Like we as fans haven't been through enough with the team tanking right into the history books, the ownership throwing Tito under the bus (and then slamming it in reverse to really make sure they got him good), Boston's two sports radio stations having a competition to see who can cover the team in the largest pile of dog shit, and our Boy Wonder GM tucking his sack back, admitting he made mistakes, and fleeing for a fresh start (I don't hate Theo, he's got the right to work wherever he wants, but leaving the team in shambles doesn't rank highly on his career list of achievements, that's all).
Now we've got someone I, and most Red Sox fans I assume, associate as closely to the Yankees as they do Derek Jeter, leading an inquisition into the drinking habits of the Sox players...Under the guise of having to be role models for kids who watch the game. Like anyone really believes that shit...
1) Kids don't watch baseball. It starts at 7:15 and ends after 11 most nights, hell, the Word Series is on after my bedtime, and I'm an adult. 2) The players openly chew tobacco during games, no one says a word...I guess it's not as big a deal as drinking, it only causes cancer, no biggie. 3) It took well over a decade for the league to attempt to irradicate performance enhancers, the fact that they've launched an inquiry into these drinking allegations after only 3 weeks is probably the fastest the commissioners office has ever worked.
No, I'm pretty sure this is just Bud Selig's chance to take down the Sox a peg (who I'm fairly sure he dislikes after routinely flaunting MLB's Draft slotting guidelines, and carrying out the compensation negotiations for Theo like an unreasonable fantasy owner). And what better man to head up the investigation than Joe Torre, Mr. Yankee himself, just to stick it in the fans and ownerships craw.
