Morning Updates: Smokeless tobacco banned in Fenway; let’s enjoy these photos of A-Rod
Good morning, Boston. Elizabeth Warren talks around her potential political future, investigation finds a number of Boston bars had a sophisticated illegal pay-to-play scheme, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
Sen. Warren evades questions on becoming Joe Biden’s running mate: “According to the Massachusetts senator, the conversation ranged from policy to what’s happening to the middle class to the direction of the country. ‘It was a long rambling policy conversation,’ she said. [Globe reporter Josh] Miller then pressed if the vice president, even jokingly, asked about the possibility of Warren being his running mate—as Biden reportedly considers jumping into the 2016 presidential race. Warren paused. ‘It was a long conversation.’’’ (Boston.com)
The Bar Booze Bamboozle: “The owners of some of the most popular bars in Boston received tens of thousands of dollars in illegal cash payments from a beer distributor to stock its craft brews and exclude those of competitors, Massachusetts regulators said Wednesday. … ‘It looks like they went to a tremendous amount of trouble to hide what was going on,’ ABCC Commissioner Kathleen McNally said at the hearing. ‘I’m inferring — they knew they were breaking the law.’’’ (The Boston Globe)
Today we all learned: “The Today I Learned section of Reddit on Wednesday revived the story of Michael Cox, a plainclothes Boston police officer who in 1995 was mistaken for a murder suspect, viciously kicked and beaten by fellow policemen, and then harassed by his brothers in blue as they tried to bury the story. The Reddit post, which linked to a 2009 story about Cox on Boston.com, garnered more than 5,500 upvotes and 1,500 comments by early Wednesday afternoon.’’ (Boston.com)
There’s an intruder in our midst:
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And he looks very silly:
Alex Rodriguez reacts as a baseball comes his way as he was talking during fielding practice.
Dip gets dumped: “The City Council unanimously approved Mayor Marty Walsh’s proposed ban on smokeless tobacco in the city’s ballfields, including Fenway Park. The ban on ‘cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco and is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity’ will apply to professional, collegiate, high school, or organized amateur sporting events.’’ (Boston magazine)
Never tweet: “Have a little self-respect. Get off Twitter. Enjoy an end-of-summer ice cream cone, get your nails done, or – gasp – read a book.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The Goodbye: Scenes from the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, the best-kept secret in the sailing world.
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