NY Mets: Shea Stadium's Porn Room Dwarfs Red Sox Beer and Chicken Fiasco

Everyone is up in arms about the Red Sox' locker-room antics. They drank a little beer, ate some chicken and played video games, and given their historic flop, many point to their nonchalant locker room behavior as the catalyst behind their losing ways.

The Mets in the '90s make a little chicken and video games look like child's play. There are rumors that they actually had a porn room in the clubhouse, and when Al Leiter was asked about it on the Dan Patrick show, it was obvious there is some truth to the rumors.

The fact of the matter is, the Red Sox aren't the first team to take it easy in the clubhouse. There are and have always been teams who kick back and take part in recreational activities in the clubhouse.

While a room solely dedicated to watching porn may not be common practice in the big leagues, it's hard to imagine that Leiter is the only former player with a story that would make people's heads spin.

Obviously, the very public nature of their meltdown has people grasping for reasons. While frustrating, it's hard to believe that a bucket of chicken, a cold one and playing Xbox are really being blamed for one of the most epic collapses in regular-season history.

Similar antics were likely practiced in the clubhouse when the Red Sox took it all, but we didn't hear the critics up in arms about the demeanor of the locker room then. In fact, there is a solid chance the laid-back approach would be have been seen as a reason why the team was so successful.

Right now, everything the Red Sox do is under scrutiny. If every baseball player who drank beer, played video games and grubbed on fried chicken was ousted, there would be nobody left.

The collapse is inexcusable, but suggesting that the Red Sox are the minority is outlandish. They fell apart and it's natural to want to know why, but KFC is not the driving force behind their losing ways. Just ask the seasoned ex-ball players who set aside a room to watch porn in the clubhouse.