Several MLB clubs are banning alcohol from their clubhouses. This is ...
| ... a great idea and long overdue. |  41 (25.79%) |
| ... largely symbolic, a stunt for the media. | 68 (42.77%) |
| ... ineffective at best, and at worst, a challenge to players. | 19 (11.95%) |
| ... going to be largely ignored. | 20 (12.58%) |
| ... something else (what?) | 11 (6.92%) |
159 votes | 4 featured comments
That's fine, teams have a right to control the activities going on inside their clubhouses. Now if the question becomes banning alcohol consumption by players completely during a season, I think that's utterly ridiculous.
So much for David Wells' pre-game cigar and a beer!
So much for David Wells' pre-game cigar and a beer!
It strikes me as a little odd that teams would have beer available for players in the first place. How many employers give their employees alcohol at their place of work?
At the very least they shouldn't do it just to prevent potential liability.
At the very least they shouldn't do it just to prevent potential liability.
"...it wasn't banned already?"
Just seems like common sense to me.
Just seems like common sense to me.
How many employers give their employees alcohol at their place of work?
I think a lot of companies do it, whether formally or informally. I'm in the IT industry and at every company I've worked at (about 6 or 7 since high school, including college internships) there were happy hours on some sort of regular basis, with a lot of them being weekly (i.e. at the last company I worked at, every Monday around 7:30 or so, everyone would had to the bar at the bottom of our tower). Also, at almost every company I've worked at, there has been some sort of celebration post-project or milestone that involved either champagne/beer in the office or at a nearby restaurant/bar.
Baseball players are in a sort of weird situation - for a lot of them, going out to bars is probably not nearly as relaxing as it is for most of us (due to attention from fans). However, as men in their late 20's and early 30's, they probably do like to unwind after work with a beer or two, so having them in the clubhouse is about the only option. To me, this is overreacting as a result of isolated incidents - if people are going to have enough to drink after a game that they're driving home drunk, is it really going to stop them if the beer isn't at the ballpark?
I think a lot of companies do it, whether formally or informally. I'm in the IT industry and at every company I've worked at (about 6 or 7 since high school, including college internships) there were happy hours on some sort of regular basis, with a lot of them being weekly (i.e. at the last company I worked at, every Monday around 7:30 or so, everyone would had to the bar at the bottom of our tower). Also, at almost every company I've worked at, there has been some sort of celebration post-project or milestone that involved either champagne/beer in the office or at a nearby restaurant/bar.
Baseball players are in a sort of weird situation - for a lot of them, going out to bars is probably not nearly as relaxing as it is for most of us (due to attention from fans). However, as men in their late 20's and early 30's, they probably do like to unwind after work with a beer or two, so having them in the clubhouse is about the only option. To me, this is overreacting as a result of isolated incidents - if people are going to have enough to drink after a game that they're driving home drunk, is it really going to stop them if the beer isn't at the ballpark?