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‘You can’t be losing and playing Fortnite:’ The Red Sox reportedly banned the video game from the clubhouse

No Fortnite victory dances in the outfield, no Fortnite in the clubhouse.

The Red Sox, who made headlines for their fondness for the video game last season, have removed it from the clubhouse. Multiple players told WEEI’s Rob Bradford that the team decided the time spent playing the game in the clubhouse had reached the point where it was “becoming counterproductive to putting their best foot forward on the field.”

“I haven’t seen it this year,” Nathan Eovaldi told Bradford. “Usually everybody had it set up in their lockers. But I haven’t seen it.”

In November, David Price used a livestream of the video game to tell Eovaldi he “better be re-signing.