According to a report on Boston.com at least one half of the Chicken and Beer scandal has made a return to the Red Sox clubhouse.
After a 5-3 loss to the Indians last night SP John Lackey, who is out for the season, was seen walking aroung the clubhouse "double-fisting".
Lackey has been on the DL since undergoing Tommy John surgery in February but has traveled with the team for the majority of the season. He was one of the three pitchers who took the majority of the blame for the Chicken and Beer episode last September when the Red Sox collapsed and missed the playoffs. In March new manager Bobby Valentine banned all alcohol from the clubhouse as a result of the previous season.
The Red Sox signed Lackey to a 5-year/$82.5 million dollar deal as a free agent in December of 2009. In his first two seasons with Boston he started 61 games, posted a 26-23 record with an awful, awful 5.26 ERA. In his previous 8 seasons with the Angels his ERA was 3.81 in 234 appearances.
Lackey has two more seasons remaining on his deal and is owed $30.5 million.
It's hard to imagine a guy who's not even on the active roster is causing problems for a team who is a walking soap opera.
It's just one more issue to add to the on-going drama that is the Boston Red Sox the last two seasons.
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