Beer Money

So I happened to hear that Beer Money was filming at a bar near my apartment last night, so I stopped by. Amidst the Yankee bro-fest I managed to get them to ask me some Mets questions, got all three for the 130 bucks! They were relatively easy, so if any of you get the chance and want some quick money (and live in the city) you should try to catch them somewhere. Here are the questions if anyone is interested. The episode will air in Feb '10 according to super hot Alexi Panos. 1) Which Met won his 300th game in 2007? (obvious) 2) Which Met batted .354 (i think) in 1998 finishing second in the league in hitting. (I almost blurted out Alfonzo out of nervousness , took a second, and realized it was Olerud.) 3) In 2006 NLCS Game 7 which Cardinal hit a 2 run homer to give them a 3-1 lead. (how could anyone forget this gutpunch? i blurted out the answer before she even finished the question.) In my drunkeness I also shouted I Hate Shane Victorino on camera, but I assume they'll edit that out.

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Awesome congrats

I’ve been meaning to make it out to one of those Beer Money tapings

by James Kannengieser on Oct 30, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions

nice work

hope they don’t cut the victorino part, it would be hilarious

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 30, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions

Wow, those questions really were easy...

On a related matter, I hate Chris Carlin. I wish SNY would distance themselves somewhat from him.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 30, 2009 2:49 PM EDT reply actions

distance themselves = fire him?

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Oct 30, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Whatever they need to do to make his fat ass appear on my TV less

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions

how about we fire him into space?

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 2, 2009 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

I wouldn't want to take the chance of accidentally blotting out the sun and ending humanity as we know it.

That’s probably not cost effective, either.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

Yes

He is terrible and they made him the face of the network for some reason. I can’t stand him for another year.

by johnmac7512 on Oct 30, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

which tells you everything you want to know about the network.

by fxcarden on Oct 30, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

those are really easy questions

surprised they didn’t use anything prior to 1998. Still, good work

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 30, 2009 3:01 PM EDT reply actions

Cool beans, yo.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Oct 30, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions

Speaking of beer money

and congrats by the way, I’ve spent a couple of weekends in NY lately and I was shocked by beer prices, not in bars, which are similar to here in DC, but in stores – $15 for a six-pack, eh!? It’s like $7 here!

by deadspy3 on Oct 30, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

prices

at a bodega can get pretty crazy. i wouldn’t say $15 is the norm, but for some decent imports definitely. yuengling is a decent choice and shouldn’t be more than 10. some bodegas are better than others, but if you want to save a buck or two try duane reade (less variety) or a supermarket.

by njk237 on Oct 30, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree

Duane Reade is a pretty good choice since theres one right by my girlfriends apartment in Manhatten and the prices arent terrible. I live in Queens though and there’s this Japanese bodega that sells 12 packs of Asahi, Kirin, and, my personal favorite, Sapparo for only $10, you can’t beat that.

by Sokojoe on Oct 31, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

10$ for a 12 of Sapporo is a good deal anywhere.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 31, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll take it!

by deadspy3 on Nov 1, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions

I'm sure that you mean February 2010?

Congrats though, and really hope SNY keeps the Dicktorino part.

by boom_roasted on Oct 30, 2009 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

questions

yea, definitely easy questions. i’m never too impressed by the questions on the show though. im glad they were from 98 on, cause i’m only 21. i may have struggled on a detailed 86 or 69 question. and yea, i meant feb 2010.

the guy right before me got the $100 question wrong, which two mets are tied for the single season HR record. he got hundley but i think he said delgado instead of beltran. psh.

by njk237 on Oct 30, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions

It would take more that $130 (U.S.) to drag me out of the house to be on Beer Money

by SISHAMROCK on Oct 30, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions

Being on TV maybe

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Oct 30, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Er,

I’d do it for $130, mos def

by deadspy3 on Oct 30, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

dude

Thats Sweet

by JDizzzy on Oct 30, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

So....

you buyin’ or what ?

by fxcarden on Oct 30, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

I won $110 on it

Back in May (I think) they happened to be at one of my usual watering holes near school. They gave me a “lightning round” or something where the goal was to name as many of something in 30 seconds, and the thing I had to name was postseason opponents the Mets played. I got them all in about 20 seconds (they told me I said Atlanta twice).

Yeah, the questions aren’t all that difficult if you’re a nutty fan like me, but I wouldn’t do it for the Giants simply because I don’t know football well enough.

And I never saw the episode with me on it, but a classmate texted me that her husband saw me on it in July.

Somehow, a chain of events unfolded that put Steve Phillips in a professional broadcast booth Sunday night so he could rip Carlos Beltran. Try to explain that in any other terms.

by Greenpoint Ian on Oct 30, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions

home run

was yadier molina right?

A better question would be: Describe your feelings, in 500 words or less, when you saw beltran not swing at 2-strike curve right down the middle to end the game/series/season?

by enigma2029 on Oct 30, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions

I know my thoughts. n/t

You may have Utley, Howard, Rollins, Hamels, and Lidge...but, WE have Fernando Tatis, baby. Two grand slames in one inning. Hello??

by ZaBlanc on Oct 30, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions

how many words does a scream of feral rage count for?

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 31, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe the correct response has been:

“Carlos Beltran is a choking choker who wants the Mets to lose and never should have been born.”

Clearly.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 31, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

rec'd

by JoshNY on Oct 31, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

This is true.

by Sokojoe on Oct 31, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions

why does carlos beltran hate us

he’s so spiteful and vindictive.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 31, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Double Rec'd

Last night there was a story on TV about Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez being part owners of the Dolphins, and there was a party or something, and Beltran was there, instead of flogging himself for looking at that curveball.

by fxcarden on Oct 31, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Too bad we didn't have Nate Mclouth

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Oct 31, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

The bigwigs at SNY

continue to deny my proposal to create Bourbon Money, in which I put on a seersucker suit and go to yacht clubs and country clubs to ask people trivia questions about sailing, polo and croquet. Also, instead of handing out cash when people get the questions right, I will write them checks.

by TedBerg on Nov 1, 2009 11:08 AM EST reply actions