Mets Drinking Games Applesauce: Beer, Bourbon, and Other Things to Help You Get Through the 2012 Season

by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jan 16, 2012 9:02 AM EST in Applesauce

At Optimistic Mets Fan, Ceetar makes an argument I can completely get behind, getting Ommegang beers at Citi Field. I would kill for their Saison on tap somewhere in the stadium, it would definitely help wash down whatever is going down on the actual field.

Over at Yahoo Sports, some pressing questions about the Mets and fantasy baseball.

At Beyond the Box Score, our own Bill Petti takes a look at how Michael Pineda will fare with the move from Safeco to Yankees stadium, and David Fung takes a graphical look at the trade, using the OLIVER projection system. Meanwhile, Dave Cameron thinks all the talk about Pineda's splits is overblown.

The Nationals extended recent trade acquisition Gio Gonzalez for five years, with team options for six and seven. Will need to see the money before I can really say how good a deal it is for the Nats one way or the other, but these pre-FA extensions rarely carry too much risk for the team. I don't know how I feel about having another competently run organization in the NL East.

It looks like Yu Darvish's negotiations with the Rangers will go down to the wire. I'm 90% certain this gets done in the end, though no doubt it will be right around 11:50PM on deadline day.

Johnny Damon is in the mix to DH for the Yankees. I have no clue why they just don't keep the DH slot open and rotate all the old and banged up verteran hitters they are rostering instead of adding another old and banged up hitter to DH full-time.

Wendy Thurm has an excellent piece over at Baseball Nation about MLB's struggles to market to their growing female fanbase. I will just add that I think the whole MLB fan cave thing is kind of ridiculous anyway.

I'm also going to take this moment to shamelessly plug John Sickels' Prospect Handbook. It's crazily in-depth, usually going about 40 players deep in every system, and is a useful resource for prospect mavening.

And now, your Mets video highlight to tide you over until Spring Training: Heath Bell, meet Lucas Duda
Nothing like the old 20-hopper up the middle to cap a ferocious comeback. Hope to see more of those off Bell this year.

And your non-baseball link of the day: David Chang, chef of the Momofuku empire, talks bourbon

Totally worth it just to watch Chef Chang get drunker and drunker as the filming progresses. He also has an awesome aside about American beer.

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Ommegang Hennepin

My extensive research last season only turned up Ommegang Hennepin in the Delta Club. I usually opted for the Six Point Sweet Action in there, but obviously that was only the one or two times I bought a $20.02 ticket on Stub Hub that had that access.

-Ceetar, the Optimistic Mets Fan

by Ceetar on Jan 16, 2012 9:10 AM EST reply actions

Yeah

Hennepin is definitely the most traditionally drinkable of their offerings, and perfect for the ball park. I love Three Philosophers, but that stuff is for real, and will likely lead to a ton of DUIs right outside Citi.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jan 16, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions

9.8%

yeah. There’s a big segment of fans that would appreciate a big beer like that to drink at a game, but the large “Pound as many as possible by the 7th” crowd wouldn’t handle 9.8% real well.

You know what would be perfect for 2013? A Mike Piazza Blonde Ale.

-Ceetar, the Optimistic Mets Fan

by Ceetar on Jan 16, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

Rare Vos and Witte

Both would be good selections and not too overpowering for a ballgame.

by Reg Dunlop on Jan 16, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah

Rare Vos isn’t my bag, but the Witte is very good. I wish they had more Six Point options, too. The Bengali IPA would be perfect for a ballgame.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jan 16, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions

nano-kegs!

sixpoint didn’t have the cans until late summer last year.

This would the ~~slam dunk~~ grand slam decision for this year.

-Ceetar, the Optimistic Mets Fan

by Ceetar on Jan 16, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions

I hope Duda can turn out to be a great power hitter

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by BlueChill on Jan 16, 2012 9:12 AM EST reply actions

It's possible

For me, he is the toughest of the young guys to project. His minor league power numbers are skewed a bit by a broken hamate bone in college, and he makes a decent amount of contact for a prototypical slugger. He certainly looks like he’ll be a 35 home run guy, but for some reason, I think he’ll be more like 25.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jan 16, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions

hopefully, if he's a 25 HR guy

he also puts up a high AVG/OBP with lots of doubles. He needs to hit very well to offset what is sure to be terrible outfield defense.

by BurleighGrimes on Jan 16, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions

I think he'll be an awesome hitter

But he could either be a .275-.280 hitter with 30+ HR or a .300+ hitter with 20-25 home runs and a ton of doubles. I don’t like to put such lofty labels on these things, but that’s almost like Miguel Cabrera-lite. I can’t wait to watch a full season with him and Ike in the line up together, I’m so excited for this season for that fact alone regardless of how bad the Mets might be.

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by piazza62 on Jan 16, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Local Beer

Since it opened, I’ve been arguing that this is one of the things missing from Citi. But it raises the questions of what is considered “local”?

Obviously, Brooklyn, Six Point, are Blue Point are no-brainers. But how far away do you go? If Ommegang is local I would also have Keegan and Schmaltz in the mix.

And does NJ get included? At least North Jersey?

by Reg Dunlop on Jan 16, 2012 11:03 AM EST reply actions

Bronx doesn't count

I would think local would be anywhere that’s blacked out by mlb.tv.

But I envision a world where the Mets and Phillies are fighting over who gets dibs on Flying Fish.

-Ceetar, the Optimistic Mets Fan

by Ceetar on Jan 16, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions

Flying Fish

That’s totally a Phillie beer. Sadly.

by IDigRcks on Jan 16, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

you're right

I thought they’ve moved somewhere in central jersey and out of Cherry Hill.

Maybe River Horse can be a suitable border-beer war target.

-Ceetar, the Optimistic Mets Fan

by Ceetar on Jan 16, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

Moving

I heard they are moving, but it’s still going to be in Phillie territory. There is also Triumph. It’s from Princeton, which is nice and in the middle.

by IDigRcks on Jan 17, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions