G-Man Meets Danny
Big news: G-Man made his long awaited visit to Rochester, at which time he delivered the payoff for last season's bet. The wager was a bottle of HP 18, nothing to sneeze at. But in a display of extraordinary generosity, G-Man paid off with Macallan 17, the current gold standard. How sweet was that?
We spent the better part of the weekend enjoying malts, touring the local package stores, which I'm pleased to say impressed him favorably, and sitting for hours waiting for our table at Max's. During part of that time, we got together with Danny (and the lovely Randy), and set the wager for next year: again the outcome turns on which team has the best regular season record. The wager is dinner for the winners - at Keen's. (The dinner and drinking part is win-win; but the loser gets the check.) Because there's two of them, and only one of me, I get to invite a guest. Now, as I'm posting, it occurs to me that perhaps John and Rico want to join in; they could agree to similar terms, and the understanding would be that the payoff occurred in one large party.
And speaking of Keen's, I received the notes from John's recent visit. Thanks, junior. But, the notes do not satisfy your obligation to post. Any visit to Keen's requires a posting. No exceptions. The notes included brief messages from all those in attendance, and while I was able to decipher the meaning of what each of the young attorneys had to say, I was unable to translate or decipher the cryptic messages from Dave, Tunic and Yanni. Need some help here.
Anyway, it was fun putting G-Man and Danny together. They told the requisite Yankee stories; there was much nostalgia for the good old days of the late twentieth century; lots of speculation about the upcoming Santana deal; and many hopeful toasts for the future of the pinstripes. Funny though, I would have expected the force to be strong with them; power from the dark side. But I just didn't feel it. Perhaps it was the good cheer; but perhaps it's a sign. Twenty-zero, seven years now. Is this just the beginning? Who knows?
We spent the better part of the weekend enjoying malts, touring the local package stores, which I'm pleased to say impressed him favorably, and sitting for hours waiting for our table at Max's. During part of that time, we got together with Danny (and the lovely Randy), and set the wager for next year: again the outcome turns on which team has the best regular season record. The wager is dinner for the winners - at Keen's. (The dinner and drinking part is win-win; but the loser gets the check.) Because there's two of them, and only one of me, I get to invite a guest. Now, as I'm posting, it occurs to me that perhaps John and Rico want to join in; they could agree to similar terms, and the understanding would be that the payoff occurred in one large party.
And speaking of Keen's, I received the notes from John's recent visit. Thanks, junior. But, the notes do not satisfy your obligation to post. Any visit to Keen's requires a posting. No exceptions. The notes included brief messages from all those in attendance, and while I was able to decipher the meaning of what each of the young attorneys had to say, I was unable to translate or decipher the cryptic messages from Dave, Tunic and Yanni. Need some help here.
Anyway, it was fun putting G-Man and Danny together. They told the requisite Yankee stories; there was much nostalgia for the good old days of the late twentieth century; lots of speculation about the upcoming Santana deal; and many hopeful toasts for the future of the pinstripes. Funny though, I would have expected the force to be strong with them; power from the dark side. But I just didn't feel it. Perhaps it was the good cheer; but perhaps it's a sign. Twenty-zero, seven years now. Is this just the beginning? Who knows?
posted by pops | 5:12 PM
1 Comments:
Berg,
I don't how big the news but big on the enjoyment. Even though the weather was not cooperative for outdoor activities,the indoor activities were terrific.
Tasting new single malts, great meals at Idlewood and Max, fun excursions to the liquor stores, great time with old friends and the meeting of Daled my Yankee partner on this blog. The improvement, for future trips, will be the weather so our Sunday exit is more flexible.
The 2008 wager is a win-win, especially for Dan and I and the AL East Champ Yankees. Do not read into what you see as a quiet approach to our new union it is a relationship under construction. You now the professionalism of the Yankee organization and its fans. As the Yankees build for 2008 our union and comments will be a force for this redsox blog. Dan and I welcome all redsox fans to the wager.
Pettitte is back but the race to Santana is still on. It is playing chicken with 3 teams. I now believe the Yankees and the redsox both hope the Twins pass then it will just be a bidding war in free agency and they will not need to give up players.
Catch you later,
G-Man
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