Czech Mate

The Indians signed 17 year-old Czech catcher Martin Cervenka, making him the first European player to sign with the organization. He will remain, under terms of the contract, with the Kotlarka organization next year. This is great. I'm just starting to get familiar with Dominican teams, and now I have to learn the Czech leagues?

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Official beer of the 2014 Cleveland Indians

by APV on Feb 17, 2009 1:15 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

That looks delicious

by Roger Dorn on Feb 17, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

"Looks: being the key word there

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 17, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions

not a Pilsner fan?

by APV on Feb 17, 2009 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

Not really, no. I suppose Urquell good as far as pilseners go, but I find the whole category to be a boring. They are the easiest beers to pound, but given that most of my drinking consists of one or two at a time, I don’t find much use for pilseners

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 17, 2009 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

I enjoy Pilsners, probably my drink of choice when I was abroad except for my trip to Ireland

by Roger Dorn on Feb 17, 2009 5:11 PM EST up reply actions

Especially in Summer. I think just about every country that alcohol is legal in produces some sort of Pilsner. Most of them are quite good. I think as Americans, we have so many bad Pilseners, mostly referred to as light lagers, that we don’t distinguish the best as Pilseners.

by PatBordersHelmet on Feb 17, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions

I’ve had plenty of non-American pilseners, and I find them to be boring. I don’t hate them, I’m just ambivalent.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 17, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions

I’ll agree that Pilsners are one of my least favorite styles of beer. But in the right circumstances they can be quite tasty.

by APV on Feb 17, 2009 9:44 PM EST up reply actions

This is basically my point of view. Most of the time I’ll opt for an IPA or a Belgian ale of some kind, but sometimes I’m just in the mood for a good German (or Czech) beer of the Pilsner persuasion.

by Logodaedalus on Feb 18, 2009 7:53 PM EST up reply actions

same here, except that “sometimes” is very, very infrequent.

by Ryan Kelsey on Feb 19, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

This

I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 19, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, though it happens more since I moved down here to the hot desert.

by Logodaedalus on Feb 19, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

Don’t spend to much time in Plzen or in Czech Rep., Austria or Germany for that matter. Lots of that stuff around those parts.

by JK in CBus on Feb 17, 2009 11:18 PM EST up reply actions

Hmm…

by FredOx on Feb 17, 2009 3:37 PM EST reply actions

Presumably this is Mirabelli’s response to the Pirates signing subcontinental Indians. It’s like the friggin’ Cold War out there.

by fleerdon on Feb 17, 2009 3:50 PM EST reply actions

Actually, I think the best response to the Pirates signing Indians would be for the Tribe to sign some Somalians.

"...leading the league in most offensive categories. Including nose hairs."

by sarcasmdave on Feb 17, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

Sea Piracy in SE Asia:

The Straits of Malacca has a long history of sea piracy, dating back to the arrival of European colonizers. In those days, piracy plagued the waters of Southeast Asia as a form of rebellion against the foreign rulers. Social poverty drove many Southeast Asian individuals to pursue piracy to make a living. In defense, the British and the Dutch drew a demarcation line dividing the Straits of Malacca, with the agreement to hunt down pirates within their own spheres of influence. To this very day, the British-Dutch demarcation line separating Malaysia from Indonesia remains a border problem in combating piracy.

Now where can we find a baseball player from Indonesia?

by FredOx on Feb 18, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions