Yankees Also Had Beer in Clubhouse and Dugout

[joeybee12]

The beer drinkers in Boston? Amateurs. Pikers. For real beer drinking, you gotta read this New York Daily News story about the Yankees, based on reports from “insiders”:

According to one of the insiders, Jason Giambi and Roger Clemens would routinely drink beer on the dugout bench when they played for the Yankees, passing back and forth what Giambi called his “protein shake,” code for a cup of beer, the source said. And they weren’t the only ones who partook. “Rally beers are big in the clubhouse,” one insider said. “Guys would drink them all the time, on the bench, in the clubhouse, in the training room. It’s common.”
But you gotta take all of that with a grain of hops, because the next anecdote quoted from this source — about Jose Canseco hitting three homers on beer-power while with the Yankees — was debunked by ESPN’s David Schoenfield earlier today.

My guess: the story is largely true — ballplayers like beer and will drink it whenever — even if the details are exaggerated for dramatic effect. Which makes it like most Daily News stories, most likely.

Either way, I continue to not be shocked by any of the allegations that come out of Boston. And continue to not think any of them are that big a deal.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/20/beer-in-the-clubhouse-and-the-dugout-in-yankee-stadium-yes/related/

[KamaAina]

1. With Giambi, I'd think "cup of beer" would be code

for "'roid protein shake". :eyes:

[joeybee12]

2. And cup is code for keg!

[fegi052li]

10. +100

[hughee99]

3. I don't remember the Yankees winning any championships

when that was going on either.

[Auggie]

4. Not during actual games, right?

Way too reckless when you mix it with 93 mph fastballs.

[H2O Man]

5. "Ball Four"

Used to be pretty common.

[El Supremo]

6. Busch Stadium, Miller Park and Coors Field.

All baseball teams are probably partially funded by beer companies.

The Breakfast of Champions. Need I say more?

[MrSlayer]

7. Baseball is a game.

It's supposed to be fun. So what if they were having some beers? Babe Ruth did it all the time. So did Micky Mantle. Hell, Tim Raines used to snort coke right in the outfield. Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter on acid. This goes on all over the place.

[Iggo]

8. Ah, The Belichick Defense.

Nicely played. :P

[jakefrep]

9. What a waste of investigative journalism.

There isn't anything else to report on besides holding unimportant people accountable for unimportant stuff?