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It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." - Bart Giamatti

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! And now for this week’s post which has nothing to do with Mardi Gras (I just don’t get that into it every year).

So there are two big things going on this week in sports, the first of which being the Winter Olympics. Who doesn’t like watching a USA vs. Germany Curling match at 12 PM on a Tuesday? Here’s a little drinking tip for Winter in general and for attending cold sporting events:

Always have a flask of some Irish Cream handy to mix with your favorite cold weather beverages (typically coffee or hot chocolate).

OK, now that that’s out of the way we can focus on the second and more important sport/drinking development of the week and make sense of the quote above:

Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training!

This means baseball and drinking refreshing cold ones at baseball games are right around the corner. In March I will be blogging from the road during my annual spring training pilgrimage to Peoria, AZ. I will break down the best beers, food and moments from the trip. In the meantime, let’s just be thankful baseball is back and drink some beer in its glorious honor!

Cheers!

Mayham