Red Sox Back Boston’s Proposed Ban on Tobacco at Ballpark

Red Sox manager John Farrell says his team supports Boston's proposed ban on chewing tobacco because it wants to project a positive image to the city's young people.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Wednesday proposed banning smokeless tobacco products, including snuff and dip, from all city professional and amateur athletic venues. He saying kids shouldn't have to "watch their role models using tobacco."

Former Red Sox pitcher and mouth cancer survivor Curt Schilling attended the mayor's announcement of the proposal.

Farrell says young people "look up to the guys on the field and in uniform" and the team must "put forth a positive image." He made his comments at Yankee Stadium in New York Wednesday night where the Sox beat the Yankees 2-1.

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