Red Sox suspend Everett

The Associated Press

BOSTON -- Carl Everett was suspended for four games by the Boston Red Sox on Monday, a day after reporting late to a workout, the latest in a series of penalties against the outfielder.

Everett reportedly berated manager Joe Kerrigan, who had told him to leave when he arrived late. He also had several run-ins with Jimy Williams, who was fired as manager Aug. 16.

Everett was suspended 10 games by baseball last season for bumping umpire Ron Kulpa and one game by the team this year in spring training for arriving late and missing the bus.

Then he arrived late Sunday.

"The club was not pleased with the incident over the weekend and we felt a strong need to sanction the behavior," general manager Dan Duquette said Monday. "We're not going to tolerate this type of behavior."

Everett also was fined an undisclosed amount, but Duquette wouldn't say whether the player argued with Kerrigan, although he referred reporters to stories in Monday's newspapers citing such a dispute.

"The player was late for work on Sunday and there was also a misconduct by Everett in an incident stemming from his being late," Duquette said in a conference call. "The club was not pleased with it, especially in light of what happened" last week.