Bernie Carbo

to The Globe, on his game-tying pinch hit homerun in game 6 of the '75 series (later won on Carlton Fisk's famed extra-inning blast):

“I probably smoked two joints, drank about three or four beers, got to the ballpark, took some [amphetamines], took a pain pill, drank a cup of coffee, chewed some tobacco, had a cigarette, and got up to the plate and hit.’’


“I was introduced to marijuana in 1969. I was introduced to cocaine in 1973. So from 1973-80, I was taking Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Darvons, sleeping pills, smoking dope, drinking beer, doing cocaine, and chasing women, and I never played a day without it.’’

 

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