June 25th, 2009 by sarah
I haven’t been blogging much lately due to a serious case of the Renovation Realities. The last two weeks has included a whirlwind of installing hardwood floors, painting walls and Adirondack chairs, and putting together new patio furniture for the arrival of family. We all embarked on a Chevy Chase-esque road trip to the Garden State for my cousin’s wedding which brings me to Beer Rant 101. My cousin sent out a thank you note a week before the wedding enticing me with a “cooler filled with Troegs.” I never expect good beer at a wedding, but I do expect to drink there because… well, it’s a wedding. They’re not high on my list of fun things to do. In my opinion, the two most important words at a wedding are not “I Do” but Open Bar. Read the rest of this entry »
June 12th, 2009 by sarah
So I think it’s pretty hard to eff up a magazine dedicated to beer drinking in Philly because that concept is intoxicating enough, but I perused the debut issue of Philly Beer Scene magazine and have a few observations. I’ll start with the letter from the President. Last time I checked, most publications were run by Editors, and other titles include Writer or Director, even Founder, not President (or Dictator or Bad Ass Mofo), but enough with my semantics rant. In this letter, Scott acknowledges two important Philly beer writers- Lew Bryson and Don Russell- but somehow forgets one very notable Philly beer writer- Jack Curtin, whose blog is among many in my Google Reader lineup and whose commentary is read by loads of beer fanatics in countless other publications. He even offered the first online review of this magazine!
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June 11th, 2009 by sarah
So I came to the conclusion last night while watching the Red Sox / Yankees game (go Sox!), that most sports are better off watching on mute, free from the useless banter between the commentators. Sure, there are some good sports announcers whose voices are recognizable and they cover their home teams with heart but little bias (Vin Scully and Harry Kalas -RIP- come to mind) but when ESPN covers a game, Beavis and Butthead seem to control the mic. So last night, Dumb & Dumber are debating whether Chien-Ming Wang has what it takes to handle the Sox a few innings. “He seems to be throwing consistent.” Really? He’s only seen two batters so far!!! “We need to watch his velocity. If his velocity the next few pitches is at that 93mph mark he’s thrown the last few, he should be OK… well, his velocity seems to be good” as he throws like pitch # 9 and 10 of the entire game. Sure- they were 95mph, but they were well out of the strike zone. I could throw pretty damn fast if I have no real target I need to hit.
So how did Wang fare? 2 and 2/3 innings giving up 4 runs. He hasn’t won a game in the majors since that injury last June. The game before last night? 5 runs in 4 2/3 innings. But at least he was consistent, and throwing quick…
From the Obscure Baseball Stats department (“Oh B.S.”), this is the first time the Sox have gone 7-0 against the Yankees in any season.
