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Posey, Budweiser No Longer “Ours”

July 16, 2008 · Filed Under CELTICS, NBA 

Posey and Budweiserby the goat… I am not sure what I am more upset about today, on the one hand we have news that James Posey signed a four year $25 million contract with the New Orleans Hornets. Posey won my prestigious “Riding in a convertible with the top down and windows up” award last season for being effective but not looking very good doing it.

On the other hand we have the news that may be the most disturbing thing to happen in many years. InBev, a Belgian brewer has bought Anheuser-Busch. To display the gravity of this situation, here is a list of beers that are no longer American:

* Budweiser Family
o Budweiser
o Bud Light
o Budweiser Select
o Budweiser American Ale
o Bud Dry
o Bud Ice
o Bud Ice Light
o Budweiser Brewmaster’s Private Reserve
o Bud Light Lime
o Budweiser & Clamato Chelada
o Bud Light & Clamato Chelada
o Bud Extra
* Michelob Family
o Michelob
o Michelob Light
o Michelob Honey Lager
o Michelob AmberBock
o Michelob Golden Draft
o Michelob Golden Draft Light
o Michelob Bavarian Wheat
o Michelob Porter
o Michelob Pale Ale
o Michelob Dunkel Weisse
* Ultra Family
o Michelob Ultra
o Michelob Ultra Amber
o Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus
o Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry
o Michelob Ultra Tuscan Orange Grapefruit
* Busch Family
o Busch
o Busch Light
o Busch Ice
* The Natural Family
o Natural Light
o Natural Ice
* Specialty Brews
o Bud Extra
o Bare Knuckle Stout
o ZiegenBock
o Ascent 54
o Redbridge
o Rolling Rock
o Landshark Lager
o Shock Top
o Skipjack Amber Lager
o Wild Blue
* Seasonal Beers
o Sun Dog
o Beach Bum Blonde Ale
o Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale
o Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale
* Non-alcohol
o O’Doul’s
o O’Doul’s Amber
o Busch NA
* Specialty Organic Beers
o Stone Mill Pale Ale
o Wild Hop Lager
* Specialty Malt Beverages
o Bacardi Silver
o Tequiza
o Tilt
* Spirits and Spirits Distribution Alliances
o Jekyll & Hyde
o Bluecoat Vodka
o Cape North
o Hammer and Sickle Vodka
o Ku Soju
o Margarittaville Tequila
o Purus Organic Wheat Vodka
o Vermont Spirits
* Malt Liquors
o Hurricane Malt Liquor
o Hurricane Ice
o King Cobra
* Minority ownership brands
o Red Hook Brewing
o Widmer Bros. Brewing
* Craft Distribution Alliances
o Goose Island Beer Co.
o Kona Brewing Co.
o Ray Hill American Pilsner
o Starr Hill Brewing
o Fordham Brewing
o Dominion Brewing

I am officially calling for a ban on all beers listed above, from now on it is Sam Adams and Harpoon. If you’re into lighter stuff, Miller Lite is now the official game day beer (a.k.a. Boggs’ due to Wade Boggs’ affinity for drinking 60 of them on the plane to road games)

Here is an excerpt from a radio show in which Steve Sandmeyer interviewed former Yankees pitcher Jeff Nelson:

Sandy: Who would you say drank the most beer out of everyone you ever played with?

Nelson: Easy, Wade Boggs…..easy

Sandy: (laughing) Really!? Wade Boggs?

Nelson: Oh, yeah, without a doubt. I’ve never seen anyone drink as much beer as he did in my life.

Sandy: (laughing) Get outta here, alright, give me an example, like how much did he drink?

Nelson: Oh, I’d say, on a typical road trip, east coast to west coast [Nelly played with Boggs on the Yankees], say a road game to Seattle……Wade would drink anywhere between 50 and 60 beers.

Sandy: NO WAY!! 50 or 60 beers. That is impossible.

Nelson: No, I know…I know how crazy that sounds, and I wouldn’t believe it myself unless I saw him do it…..numerous times. And he drank nothing but Miller Lite.

Sandy: How in the hell did he have time to drink that many beers. For God’s sake, how many times did he have to go to the bathroom?

Nelson: I’m not kidding you Steve. Seriously. Wade was the kind of guy who was always the first one at the club house. So he’d get to the clubhouse, and he’d bring a six pack with him. He’d be there drinking a beer when someone showed up, and as we were all packing our stuff up out of our lockers and getting our bags ready for the trip, Wade would sit there and drink that whole six pack.

Now, at the time, we were flying out of New Jersey, so it was somewhat of a drive from Yankee stadium to the airport in New Jersey. Wade would drink another couple of beers on the bus to the airport. At the time, we were flying this older airplane, it couldn’t make it across the country without refueling, and it wasn’t the fastest airplane in the sky. So we would stop in North Dakota or something. Wade would drink about a half rack between New Jersey and North Dakota, and it would take about a half-hour to an hour to refuel once we got there, so he’d have a few more beers while we were grounded in North Dakota.

Once we got back up in the air, Wade would drink another 10, 11, 12 beers on the way out to the west coast. The whole flight from coast to coast usually took us well over 7 hours. We’d touch down at Sea-Tac, hop on the bus headed to the Kingdome, and Wade would have another beer or two on the bus. Then, all of us would get to the Kingdome and unpack our bags and sit around and BS with each other, and Wade would have a beer in his hand the entire time.

He was always one of the last people to leave the club house too. So I’d say that all in all, he drank over 50 beers on the trip, and this wasn’t just an isolated incident, he did that almost every time.

From here they take a a commercial break and call up somebody to prove Nelson’s story is true:

[Paul Sorrento, a former Mariner and Devil Ray, and Boggs's and Nelly's former teammate, is on the phone]

Nelly: Hey Paul, good to hear from you man, I haven’t talked to you in a while.

Sorrento: Yeah, what’s it been like, two, three years?

Nelly: Yeah. Hey, Paul, just to clarify now, I didn’t speak to you over the commercial break, and I haven’t talked to you about anything since we last talked a few years ago right?

Sorrento: Yeah, right.

Nelly: Alright Paul, we’ve been talking about Wade Boggs up here today in Seattle.

Sorrento: (laughing) Yeah, ole Wade huh.

Nelly: Yeah, alright Paul, I need you to answer one question for me, truthfully now….How many beers would Wade Boggs drink on an east coast to west coast road trip?

Sorrento: Oh, jeez, (exhaling like a flat tire) I don’t know, like 70.

Nelly, Sandberg, Sorrento: (Rolling on the ground laughing)

If that doesn’t convince you maybe this photo will (look closely at Larry Legend):

*It has been brought to my attention that Miller was bought by the English in 2002 so no drinking that either I guess. Still a good interview and photo though so they stay.

Larry Bird Miller Lite

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4 Responses to “Posey, Budweiser No Longer “Ours””

  1. Seanz on July 17th, 2008 11:14 am

    I say down with Miller as well it’s a limey beer - SABMiller - Location: London, England, UK
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABMiller

    Sam Light is the only light beer that should be consumed in Americana.

  2. the goat on July 17th, 2008 7:29 pm

    Ahhh… Crap! I don’t drink light beer anyway, I’ll stick to Hippie Juice.

  3. SMALF on July 18th, 2008 2:31 pm

    I agree that beer is Crap!!

  4. AlexM on August 18th, 2008 11:36 am

    Your blog is interesting!

    Keep up the good work!

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