Bang. Bang. I know the threat of the Oakland Athletics moving to a different city looms in the shadows, but it would be inconsequential to comment here until the Oakland City Council votes on the matter on July 20th. The readers of this blog already know my feelings concerning billionaire flim-flam artists and John Fisher is no exception. ***
I finally got my second vaxx shot, so I commended my new precursor to freedom and the ending of covid-induced hibernation by buying a few beers and a new collectable Skeletor as my companion and I drove through the winding, craggy hills singing Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" at the top of our lungs. (Subsequently, I was confused by her public animosity of the Eagles, but love of a few choice Henley songs) It's scorching and humid and we are glistening as a result. There was an excursion to Taco Bell, a food I hadn't eaten in well over a decade, and I felt as if I was eating toxic sludge with notes of acidic regurgitation, but I needed sustenance before we went to a party bursting at the seams with a certain titular clique of Southern socialites. Not my cup of tea as a breezy West Coaster, although I was looking forward to imbibing on the Southern Belle, The Alabama Slammer, and The High Noon Old Fashion which would perhaps loosen me up for the plethora of "ya'alls" and stiff posturing that would be heaved my way. How did I end up here?
"Did you ever notice that Donna Summer looks like Rick James without a mustache?" she said.
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Are my readers tired of the pseudo-intellectual baseball pundit gibberish constantly shoved down their throats? Perhaps, but if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, then baffle them with your bullshit regarding "pre-gaming" and cliche sports blog financed beer reviews. Color me stupid as I have not received one thin red dime for my efforts here.
And as I was standing in the store aisle, blankly staring, and confused by the dizzying array of choices, I gave in and decided to try the Houston Asterisks sponsored Crawford Bock, and my immediate impression was that it reminded me of a sort of piss-infused Newcastle. I found it to be rather bland for an attempt at a bock, and about as safe and by the books as you can get, without going the dreaded "light beer" path. This is an attempt at making baseball fans that are used to drinking traditional lifeless, stodgy beer seem sophisticated by drinking a trendy, "craft beer" when this is the farthest thing from it. It's a damn good metaphor for their baseball team-style over substance and pure surface trickery. I felt in the end I was paying for the can with its retro-rainbow Nolan Ryan era motif more than anything, and in the tradition of the organization, felt cheated. Not Recommended.
