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In a telephone interview with the
Globe's Peter Abraham, Jon Lester admitted drinking beer in the clubhouse during games—calling it "ninth-inning rally beer". The lefty admitted the antics were wrong, but strongly denied that the
shenanigans were the cause of the team's epic Black September Collapse.