U.S. looking at Dice-K’s beer commercials

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Does Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka have a drinking problem? Apparently, the U.S. Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade bureau (what no firearms?) is looking at an ad that shows the gyroballer actually drinking the beer he’s advertising. Dice-K’s possible binging tendencies are one thing. (In one shot, he’s taking a sip. Then, a second later, the entire pint is gone. I couldn’t even do that in my best days in college.) More pressing, it seems, is the U.S.

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