No Red
Sox fan will forget the collapse of September 2011 and the reports that
followed about the in game “activities” of the starting rotation. On nights
when certain starters (Beckett, Lester, Lackey) were not pitching they
descended into the club house to play video games, drink beer and eat fried
chicken. The immature actions became the poster of failure for the 2011 Red
Sox. It led to Terry Francona being ousted as the manager. It led to Theo
Epstein jumping to take the President of Baseball Operations job for the Cubs.
It forced ownership to make a change and bring in a disciplinarian (Bobby
Valentine). Early in Spring Training all alcohol was banned from the clubhouse.
Yet despite all the changes made by the Sox the immaturity of their roster,
particularly their starters, continues to rear its ugly head.
On Wednesday
night Clay Buchholz, he of a recent trip to the DL, was spotted a charity pool
party at Foxwoods which was sponsored by Stoli Vodka. Normally doing charity
work would be a positive story but in this case one has to question the
judgement of Buchholz. He was released from hospital less than 24 hours earlier
after being treated for esophagitis; the ailment that landed him on the DL. It
was reported that Buchholz did not drink at the event.
It’s
hard to fault someone for doing charity work but Buchholz should have thought
about how the media would perceive his attendance at this party.
Buchholz
said of the illness, "It was real scary. Whenever you got doctors telling
you, 'All right, come on over to my office and we'll check you out,' and you're
like, 'I can't get there, I can't walk,' it was pretty scary for about three
days.”
If you’re
that concerned about your health what is the first thing you’re going to do
when you get released from hospital? You’re right I was thinking pool party as
well.
The
saga continues in Boston.
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