"The reason nobody has anything good to say about him is the media writes nothing but bad (expletive) about him for some reason," Saltalamacchia said. "Nobody understands why. He's a great teammate because he cares about every person in this clubhouse, he does the right things, he's not a prima donna who thinks he's better than the game."
Players were incensed that his beer drinking became a topic of criticism, because for one, at least half a dozen other guys were nursing Bud Lights, and more to the point, drinking in the road clubhouse is not against team rules.
