Unidentified Sources, Cowards, & Booze: Make the Bastard's Deny It

A skinny Josh Becket and John Lackey in Kevin Fowler's "I Like Beer" Music Video. (YouTube Screenshot) Soap Opera - noun - a serial drama performed originally on a daytime radio or television program and chiefly characterized by tangled interpersonal situations and melodramatic or sentimental treatment. Aside for the daytime part, I'd say it'd be fair to asses the current Red Sox situation as a full blown Soap Opera. Everyday there's a new leak, a new anonymous source, and a new denial. Channel 7 News has now thrown it's annonymous hat in the ring, claiming not only did Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and John Lackey drink beer in the clubhouse - but that they also drank beer in the dugout. On nights when they were not pitching, Beckett, Lester and Lackey would exit the dugout as early as the 6th inning, walk back to the clubhouse, and fill cups with Bud Light beer. They would then return to the dugout with cups of beer and drink while watching the game. ...