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January 16, 2009

Beery bets on Ravens-Steelers

Part of the ritual of a sports rivalry is for fans to make silly, good-natured bets. Here is one.

The CEOs of Pittburgh's Iron City and Flying Dog in Frederick have agreed that if their favorite team loses on Sunday, they will dress up in the opposing team's color and toast the victors with the opposing city's brew.

So if Pittsburgh wins, the Flying Dog execs will dress up in Steelers colors and swill Iron City. If the Ravens win, the Iron City bosses will don Ravens colors and toast the Ravens with Flying Dog.

I consider this a step up from the usual mayoral ritual bet of food; for example, Maryland crabcakes against a Primanti Brothers sandwich.

You ever make any beery bets on games?

How did they turn out? Any regrets?

Posted by Rob Kasper at 11:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Comments

Is it me or is Suggs getting more and more cocky every week. Every game, he does something stupid to draw up an "unsportsman-like" conduct penalty and during his interview, he was a jerk. First words out of his mouth were, "Alright, you all need to hurry up so I can get out of here." First of all, if you don't want to talk, don't! If you want to show a negative and cocky attitude, don't display it in front of the media. He needs to humble himself down and be thankful for his gifts, as well as that injury is not something that is season-ending. Get over yourself and think about the team. I am a Ravens die-hard fan, but his recent personalty antics make him a little unbearable to like.

Posted by: Steve from Tampa | January 16, 2009 11:17 AM

I don't remember Suggs doing anything recently.

Problem is if IC execs drink some Flying Dog, they might immediately resign from their posts. Which I guess is good...It would certainly make the world a better place with no IC.

Posted by: Hatepaste | January 16, 2009 1:26 PM

Iron City is beyond awful - just like Pittsburgh, and the Steelers.

Posted by: Rick | January 17, 2009 7:34 PM

I made a beer wager on last years NHL Eastern Conference Finals. A double quart of my homemade cider should my Penguins lose versus a growler from the Selingrove Brewery should the Flyers lose... still don't have my beer.

Posted by: Ben for Apple Country | January 20, 2009 8:28 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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