Twenty years after the Oakland A’s last World Series win, a handful of vets from the legendary 1989 team gathered to watch their proteges lie down for the Giants last night. Fortunately for their fans and alums, the lagging A’s are working some more successful side angles to baseball, including wine. If you’re an Athletics fan these days, you definitely need a drink. W. Blake Gray brings us a review of Oakland A’s Merlot, made by Napa’s Markham Vineyards especially for the team: “This is just what you want in a ballpark red: It’s rich and smooth, with nice black fruit flavor and no rough edges. I smelled a bit of lumber (oak) but didn’t taste any.” Apparently Markham’s president, Bryan Del Bondio, produces the stuff out of a love of baseball rather than the small profit he gets from the few hundred cases of red. He gets to go to some games, and the fans get another option to distract them from what is shaping up to be a season of frustration. At least tonight’s game has $1 hot dogs. [Via W. Blake Gray]
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