Red Sox P David Price said athletes are "more intelligent than people realize," but if they want to speak out on an issue they "need to be educated on that topic and know what they want to say," according to Stan Grossfeld of the BOSTON GLOBE. Price "spoke up about some of the racial stuff that happened" to him during his first year in Boston. Price: "Racism is still here. And by 'here,' I'm not saying here in Boston. I’m saying in the world today. I’m not sorry. What do I have to be sorry for?" He added, "People in Boston don’t know anything about me. The only thing I have to do is pitch good. People don’t care about what I do or the type of person that I am. That doesn’t matter." Price: "It doesn’t matter to these people in Boston. I’ve got to go out there and earn respect by pitching well. Period. That’s the only thing that’s going to turn the page for me in Boston. I’ve got to go out there and dominate. People don’t care what I do off the field." Price said fans "don't care" if he is a good person or not. He said, "If they care, I wouldn’t have went through all that crap that I went through last year. If they cared. Period. You have to be in my shoes. ... I’m not going to change to come here and change to please people in Boston. No chance, man." Price also regularly goes to Starbucks before heading to the Red Sox' Spring Training facility, choosing it over Dunkin' Donuts, a Red Sox partner. Price: "I’m going to catch crap for bringing in Starbucks" (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/8).
