FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey has apologized for using “a thoughtless choice of words” during an interview this week.
Speaking with a Boston Globe columnist, Lackey said it was “retarded” to make too much of reports about some Red Sox starters drinking beer and eating fried chicken in the clubhouse last year during games when they weren’t pitching.
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