It's our annual plea for your listenership! Our grovel-goblins prostrate themselves as they break down the Nationals series in a pleasant and interesting way, acknowledging the negative bits but only by implication. They also present reasons why you should continue to pay attention to the Giants or, more importantly, listen to the Giant Cocktails for remainder of the season.

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Speaking of cocktails, today Ben is drinking a Red Hawaii while Matthew is drinking a Southside. Recipes below.

• 1 oz Strawberry infused vodka
• 1 oz White rum
• 1/2 oz Cointreau
• 1/2 oz Lime juice
• 1/2 oz Simple syrup
• Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice, strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with strawberries.

• 2 oz Gin
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 3/4 oz Simple Syrup
• 5 mint leaves
• Muddle mint and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add the gin, lemon juice, and ice. Shake until well-chilled. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a mint sprig.

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A quarter tank of hope? Our Lost Boys break down the Pirates series and the roster as they take stock of what (little?) hope the Giants have for the rest of 2025 and beyond. How good is the rotation now? How about that pitching depth? Is the best bullpen in baseball still ... decent? What about right field? Oh, and will the Eldritch Knight ever be allowed to play first base?

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Speaking of cocktails, today Matthew is drinking Pecan Whiskey Sour while Ben is drinking a Strawberry Vaquiri. Recipes below.

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 3/4 oz Pecan Liqueur
• 1/4 oz Maple Syrup
• 3/4 oz Lemon Juice
• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until well-chilled. Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

• 1 oz Strawberry infused vodka
• 1 oz Rum
• 1 oz Lime juice
• 1 oz Simple syrup
• Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with fresh or candied strawberries.

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The dust has settled on the trade deadline. A resolute Matthew consoles a heartbroken Ben as they break down the Mets series, and the trades of Camilo Doval and Mike Yastrzemski.

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Speaking of cocktails, today Ben is drinking Camilo's Farewell while Matthew is drinking a Banana Split. Recipes below.

• 1 oz Agricole rum
• 1 oz Demerara rum
• 1/2 oz Ginger liqueur
• 2 dashes cherry bitters
• Combine rums, ginger liqueur, and cherry bitters into a mixing glass with ice and stir to desired dilution. Strain into a rocks with a large chunk ice. Cry quietly while drinking.

• 1.5 oz Flor de Cana 12-year Rum
• 1/4 oz Banana Liqueur
• 1/2 oz Pineapple Syrup
• 3/4 oz Lime Juice
• 1 Dash Chocolate Bitters
• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 10-12 seconds. Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a banana slice or chocolate shavings.

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**Warning: Explicit** RIP 2025. Our mourners process the demise of the 2025 season as Buster Posey declares the Giants non-contenders by trading away one of top 5 relievers in baseball.

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Speaking of cocktails, today Matthew is drinking a Bitter Buster while Ben is drinking Sh*t From My Bar. Recipes below.

• 2 oz Rye Whiskey
• 3/4 oz Dry Vermouth
• 1/2 oz Averna
• 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 Dash Black Walnut Bitters
• Orange Peel for Garnish
• Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 30 seconds, until well-chilled. Strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Express orange peel over the drink. Discard peel like a once-loved reliever.

• 1 -3 novelty travel bottles of liquor you received as a gift or bought as a gag
• 1-3 flavored sodas (like coke or Jolt or something
• Your dignity for garnish
• Open one or more of the travel bottles of liquor. Open one or move the sodas. Combine in glass with ice. Remove your dignity. Drink. Don’t lie if you like it. (You won't like it, but you'll drink it anyway.)

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We need a crash cart, stat! Our doctors diagnose the damage after the Mets trucking. Ben says the patient is a goner, Matthew thinks Ben's an idiot, only time will tell who's right. Oh, and Lou Seal gets upstaged by the Crazy Crab.

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Speaking of cocktails, today Ben is drinking Strawberry Fields Forever while Matthew is drinking a Brown Derby. Recipes below.

• 2 oz Strawberry Infused Vodka
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
• 3-4 oz Club Soda
• 1 Strawberry for Garnish
• To make the strawberry infused vodka, take a large heap of strawberry tops (leaves and all) or whole strawberries and add to 12 oz of vodka and allow to infuse overnight. Then add vodka and simple syrup to a highball glass with ice. Top with club soda and garnish with strawberry.

• 2 oz high-rye bourbon (like Old Forester, Four Roses Single Barrel, or Woodford Reserve)
• 1 oz fresh pink grapefruit juice
• ¾ oz rich honey syrup (2:1 honey to water)
• 1 dash orange bitters (optional, but highly recommended)
• Grapefruit twist or expressed oils for garnish
• Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake hard for 12–15 seconds. Fine strain into a chilled coupe. Express a grapefruit twist over the top and drop it in.

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#doitforalexthegreat #doitforginny (Also, Matthew named this episode.) Our die-hards break down the series victory in Atlanta including the implosion and demotion of Hayden Birdsong (Kakaw?), Rafeal Devers' break out, and Justin Verlander's first Giants win (smirk). They also lightning round the trade deadline. Ben says outrageous things about Buster Posey, and Posey that cat names a cocktail.

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Speaking of cocktails, today Matthew is drinking a Last Word (Del Santo Version) while Ben is drinking a Meow, Meow, Meow (Knock, Knock, Knock). Guess which one was named by Posey the cat. Recipes below.

• 1 oz High Proof Gin (90-100 proof) or 3/4 oz Navy Strength Gin
• 3/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur
• 3/4 oz Luxardo Del Santo Herbal Liqueur
• 3/4 oz Lime Juice
• Add all four ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake 10-12 seconds until well-chilled. Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a Luxardo cherry.

• 1 1/2 oz Rye Whiskey
• 1/2 oz Mezcal
• 1/4 oz Simple Syrup
• 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
• Orange twist
• 3 brandied cherries
• Put all of your ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, and stir until chilled to your desired level of dilution. Express and orange twist over the glass and drop the twist into the glass. Add a cocktail pick with 3 brandied cherries of your choice on the pick.

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100 games played, and things are looking a little iffy. The boys break down the Blue Jays series, Matthew rants about Justin Verlander, again, Ben calls out Logan Webb and Robbie Ray for being hungover, and they pick on instant replay. But let's face it, the break didn't solve the real problem: the offense.

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Speaking of cocktails, today Ben is drinking an Olallieberry Bourbon Smash while Matthew is drinking a Toasted Coconut Old Fashioned. Recipes below.

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
• 2 Lemons wedges
• 8-10 mint leaves
• 1/4 cup Olallieberies
• Add the simple syrup, mint, lemon wedges and olallieberries to a mixing tin and muddle thoroughly. (If you are room challenged, muddle in stages starting with syrup and lemon, remove lemons add berries and muddle, and muddle mint last or not at all, it’s going to get pulverized in the shaking anyway.) Fill your shaking tin with ice and shake until well chilled. Double strain into a rocks glass over cubed ice (crushed ice is traditional) and garnish with the mint spring and olallieberries on a cocktail pick. (Choose big one, the olallieberry has a weird anatomy making them hard to skewer straight through the middle.)

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Coconut Gum Syrup
• 1 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 Dashes Black Walnut Bitters
• Orange Peel for garnish

1. To make Syrup: 1/2 cup Demerara Sugar, 1/2 cup Coconut Sugar (Or 1 cup Demerara), 1/2 cup water, 1/2 tsp gum Arabic powder, 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (toasted). Toast coconut over medium heat in a skillet. Add sugars and water to a small saucepan under medium heat and stir to combine. Once hot, add gum arabic powder and whisk until incorporated. Reduce syrup to low and add coconut and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and cool for at least an hour. Put in glass jar and refrigerate overnight.
2. To make the old fashioned: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled rocks glass with a block of ice. Express orange peel over drink and drop in.

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Matthew and Ben are there too. Yes, the boys recorded after the All-Star Game. Logan pitched well and NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED. Also the guys takes some questions from mostly fictional people and Bob, yes Bob!, gives advice to listeners questions.

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Coctail Recipes Coming Soon!

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