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Red Sox Skip Johnny Pesky's Funeral, Probably To Get Chicken And Beer Or SomethingIn case you're keeping score at home, a non-comprehensive list of reasons why the Red Sox are six games under 500: The Red Sox used to drink too much in the clubhouse. The Red Sox aren't allowed to loosen up in the clubhouse. The Red Sox got too fat. Ownership is too concerned with Liverpool. Josh B...

Hey, Look, The Boston Red Sox Are Smearing Their Manager AgainThe Red Sox stink. This we know. They are 57-59, fourth place, the whole thing. Why they stink is not quite as clear. Cody Ross and David Ortiz are the only position players who have hit especially well, and no one (save, uh, Scott Achison) has pitched well. Does anybody know where Dustin Pedroia an...

Boston's Clubhouse Beer Ban Is A Victory For Stupid People EverywhereJon Lester said he's not proud of what happened. Josh Beckett called it a "lapse in judgment." Clay Buchholz said he'll learn from "bad decisions." David Ortiz says it won't happen again. We will merely point out that a Major League Baseball team drank beer, and it's been a story for four-and-a-half...

Report: This Is Terry Francona's New 20-Something Girlfriend [UPDATE: Nope!]

A few months back, the Boston Globe wrote, more or less, that deposed Red Sox manager Terry Francona spent the 2011 season popping pills and wallowing in the wreckage of his failed marriage. The paper said he lived in a hotel all year....

Jon Lester Says They Probably Only "Ordered Chicken From Popeyes Like Once A Month"

Lester tells the Boston Globe (though not Bob Hohler, who wrote this) that starting pitchers on their off-days were the only ones drinking during Red Sox games. "There's a perception out there that we were up there getting hammered and that wasn't the case... Most of the times it was one beer, a bee...

Someone's Selling A John Lackey Signed Ball Stained With Chicken Grease

EBay, of course:...

Did These Boston People (And Inanimate Objects) Pack On The Pounds, Too? Judge For Yourself

We're expanding upon the Boston Globe's investigative work into weight gain in Boston: "Did the Red Sox pack on the pounds?" the Globe asked. Well, why stop there?...

Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez Ate A Piece Of Grilled Chicken In The Locker Room Today

"It's General Tso's chicken," Hernandez told reporters. "It's grilled, so it's pretty healthy."...