Bobby Valentine admitted that he may have to address some lingering anger among his players about a clubhouse "snitch." Controversy dominated Boston's offseason after reports surfaced that some of the team's starting pitchers spent off days drinking beer and eating chicken in the clubhouse. "Somebody was trying to save their own ass, and it probably cost a lot of people their asses," Josh Beckett told WEEI.com. "The snitching (expletive), that's (expletive). It's not good. "There's two things with the clubhouse thing that I have a problem with: If I'm going to say something about the clubhouse, my name is going to be on it. The second thing is you never want to be remembered as that guy because that will follow wherever you go. It's just mind-boggling to me." Valentine was asked if he might have to bring the topic into the open. "I'm not sure about addressing it," the manager said. "Maybe as the group gets smaller and that seems like a situation that's festering, and if it hasn't come to a head by the time March whatever comes around, I don't know." Asked whether he saw the potential for an ongoing problem, Valentine said: "Maybe. A problem, or something good. Teams are built on trust, right? And teamwork. Those are probably the two most important things championship teams have, so if there is distrust I think it eventually would have to be addressed. In my experience, those things usually present themselves."