Ex-Red Sox Wade Boggs Demands Justice From Pabst Blue Ribbon For Usage as Cool Blue

"Sometimes the truth is worth fighting for'

Scott Neville | Apr 18, 2023

Ex-Red Sox Wade Boggs Demands Justice From Pabst Blue Ribbon For Usage as Cool Blue /

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One of the greatest players in Boston Red Sox history is fighting for justice in his newest venture.

Wade Boggs is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, 12-time All-Star, eight-time Silver Slugger and two-time Gold Glove winner with five batting titles and 3,010 career hits.

With all of those accomplishments in mind, Boggs still has one more thing he would like recognition for -- being the inspiration for Cool Blue.

Cool Blue is Pabst Blue Ribbon's mascot with a striking resemblance to the all-time great slugger. Boggs has decided to go public with his claims, dropping a video exposé, and demanding beer justice for baseball fans and beer drinkers across the country.

“Pabst Blue Ribbon owes me, and fans across the nation, the truth, Boggs is Blue,” Boggs said. “I’m after justice, and nothing tastes better with it than an ice-cold PBR. This is why I’m calling on Pabst to meet my demands, admit the truth, and serve up some beers in Cool Blue's honor to fans everywhere.”

Here is the list of Boggs' aforementioned demands:

1) Admit the truth that Boggs is Cool Blue!
2) Give fans a few Pabst Blue Ribbons on Boggs
3) Name a brewery after Boggs
4) Put Boggs on bottles of Pabst Blue Ribbon
5) Publish Boggs’ favorite Chicken recipe
6) Make Boggs the official spokesperson for Pabst Blue Ribbon

Boggs has launched a website to host his exposé and his demands. Pabst Blue Ribbon has yet to publicly respond to Boggs.

To check out Boggs' site and his fight for justice, click here.

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Published Apr 18, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu