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Silverman: David Price just the latest Red Sox figure to engage in media bashing

Now that David Price’s distaste for the local media has escalated from subtle passive-aggressive digs to verbally aggressive, completely out-in-the-open yelling screeds, let’s zoom out for some perspective and keep in mind one important fact.

Price’s outlook on the media is old news in these parts.

Price is hardly the first and no doubt will not be the last Red Sox figure who decides to go to war with the media hordes covering the team. It’s a state of affairs that dates back to at least 1940, Ted Williams’ second season with the Red Sox and Year 1 of his career-long series of spats and feuds with the “Knights of the Keyboard.