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(By the time you’re reading this it’ll probably be game 2 since everyone will be watching the Cavs opener tonight but we’re nothing if not punctual here at Bottlegate)

For the 64th time in the past 68 years, the Cleveland Indians will not be playing in the World Series. But I love baseball, and I’ll be DAMNED if I let that stop me from enjoying the Fall Classic. As always, bring us in Johnny!

Ladies and gentlemen, your second annual Bottlegate World Series Drinking Game! The New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals square off in game 1 tonight at 8:07 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. I usually play a different drinking game when I’m watching a game that Harold Reynolds is announcing (it’s called “drink”), but this is certainly a special occasion. So without further adieu…

Take a sip when…

Alex Rodriguez talks about being old
Someone mentions an “unwritten rule”
The hair of Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard is shown/talked about
- Healthy gulp if it’s both at the same time
Yoenis Cespedes or Johnny Cueto is referred to as a “rental”
Reynolds says something you can easily disprove using basic reasoning and logic
Anyone mentions how close the Cubs came/that they’ll be back next year/for years to come
A Royals batter gets a hit on a fastball
A Royals batter strikes out
Jerry Seinfeld shown

Healthy gulp if…

Matt Harvey and “innings limit” are mentioned in the same sentence
Any announcer implies or flat out says that David Wright deserves a World Series title
Thor’s hammer is shown in any way
A Statcast graphic is used
Announcers debate whether or not a player flipped his bat after a HR
- Finish your drink if the Jose Bautista bat flip is shown
Yordano Ventura hits a batter
The broadcast shows weird iPad guy
Jerry Seinfeld interviewed
Jim Breuer video is mentioned/shown

Stories you must drink from start to finish during:

Wilmer Flores crying at the trade deadline
Royals fan SungWoo Lee from South Korea
Steven Matz growing up a Mets fan
The trials and tribulations of David Wright

Finish your drink

David Murphy hits a home run
(Repeat from last year) Alex Gordon concusses himself
Mets pitcher knocks a run in
20-year-old Royals rookie shortstop Raul Mondesi makes his major league debut in the World Series
Harold Reynolds makes a joke about “Matz” sounding like “Mets”

and finally….

Bartolo Colon gets on base

Bottoms up.

Shoot any additional ideas over to @Bottlegate or bottlegatecle@gmail.com and we’ll add em’.

Via WKYC

COLUMBUS, Ohio –The Ohio Senate has passed a bill to allow people to carry alcoholic beverages outside as they visit restaurants and bars in certain designated areas.

The proposal would allow cities with populations of more than 35,000 to create entertainment districts, where Ohio’s open container law wouldn’t apply.

Patrons with a beer or alcoholic drink from one of the district’s establishments could carry it with them outside as they visit other district businesses. The size of the municipal entertainment districts could not exceed a half mile.

Bourbon Street, the Las Vegas Strip, East 4th. All world renowned travel destinations. All cities with good strip clubs (so uh, I’ve heard). All places where you’ll be able to drink on the street outside of the bar (once this law passes).

This is the greatest news ever. There’s one thing that makes summer the best season of them all; being able to drink outside. It doesn’t matter if you’re on your porch, around a fire, on a river, or on the hood of your car in your driveway because the engine won’t start… the most underrated aspect of summer is cracking that beer and getting out of the cage that’s your house and being able to enjoy your lager without TVs, laptops, or walls. It’s blissful, really.

Hopefully this law goes into effect before the next time Sportscenter sets up shop on East 4th. You’ll need that buzz to deal with Stephen A. rambling on and on about God knows what.

The only problem I have with this is the whole population has to be over 35,000 thing. Quick, what’s the population of Put In Bay? I know it’s not 35,000. Walking up and down the strip at PIB with a drink in your hand would make it the top tourist destination in the midwest I’m pretty sure. Ah screw it, there’s no rules there anyway.

(Oh, and PS go vote for Cleveland’s best looking athlete)