Things seem quiet in Flushing, at least until Santana throws great (in which case the beat writers will be confused) or he doesn’t (in which case they can dust off the pre-written story about how it is tough to come back from surgery.)
I may watch it, may DVR it.
I caught a little of Josh Lewin yesterday but Howie wasn’t there so I couldn’t really tell. He seems conversational which is a style I like.
Meanwhile, Ceetar has a good idea…
We know which teams are coming in for each homestand. Why not have two rotating taps, one serving beers local to New York minus the Bronx and one serving beers from the city of the away team. These two taps would ‘duel’ until one was empty, becoming the winner. I’m not quite sure what the beer would win besides an announcement that it’d won, but it’d be a fun way to introduce Mets fans to the brews of their enemy and provide the beer-loving masses, who’s size is underestimated, with some nice beer to drink while watching baseball.
The first homestand features the Braves and the Nationals. I don’t know what the availability and distribution rules are for acquiring beer from far away places, but Terrapin is an Atlanta brewery that you can find in New York, so it’d be a good choice. Washington DC is a little tougher, and perhaps the toughest baseball city. Baltimore has some options, but that’s a different team. Shenandoah Brewing bills itself as Washington DC’s only brewery, but as far as I know they don’t distribute to New York. Flying Dog is nearby, but it’s based in Maryland and equidistant to Baltimore. On the other hand, AL is junior league baseball and it doesn’t really count.
