By Mike Hume The Washington Post Thu., May 2, 2019 Major League Baseball’s reigning champs are off to a rough start this season, but there will be no llama drama for the Boston Red Sox. Multiple players told WEEI’s Rob Bradford that the team has removed the video game Fortnite from the clubhouse, believing it was “becoming counterproductive to putting their best foot forward on the field.” The Red Sox have struggled mightily to start the season, currently sitting at 14-17 and 5 1/2 games back of the first-place Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East. “I think there is a time and place for that, too,” Nathan Eovaldi told Bradford. “Maybe if we were doing a little better maybe we would be doing it, but you can’t be losing and playing Fortnite in the clubhouse.” The Red Sox’ players have long embraced the game that’s been embraced by more than 250 million people worldwide. It first made news in Boston when rumours attributed David Price’s carpal tunnel syndrome to his love for gaming, and also surfaced when the team’s outfielders used the game’s signature dance moves to revel in victories. Per a May 2018 article by The Athletic,… Read full this story
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