3 hits off Civale, 11 off Rea. How 2024. Time to look to next year! Our prognosticators discuss the very young, very athletic and very inexperienced crop of outfielders the Giants will have next year. They also discuss the surprising news that Farhan and BoMel are only guaranteed through 2025. How will this impact the roster decisions and free agent pursuits?

In the lightning round Matthew becomes a cove keeper, Ben trashes a kid's ice cream bar, and we're all thrown a curve ball. Oh, and they refuse to let a joke a die.

On the cocktail side of things Ben is drinking a Fresh Ginger Fizz while Matthew is drinking a Tiki Tok. Recipes, well one of them anyway, below.

Fresh Ginger Fizz

This will be the first cocktail featured on The Perfect Sip, the new cocktail podcast by Ben and Matthew. You can get the recipe on September 17th. Subscribe now: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen

Tiki Tok

• 2 oz White Rum
• 1/2 oz Falernum
• 1/2 oz Peach Liqueur
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• 2 Dashes Orange Bitters
• 2 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake for 12-15 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Also, the new cocktail oriented podcast The Perfect Sip is launching September 17th! You can subscribe now in your podcasting player of choice.

On the cocktail side of things Matthew is drinking a Corpse Reviver #2 while Ben is drinking a French 75. Recipes below.

Corpse Reviver

• 1 oz Gin
• 1 oz Dry Orange Curacao (Or Cointreau)
• 1 oz Cocci Americano (or Lillet Blanc)
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 2 Dashes of Absinthe

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for 12-15 seconds. Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Enjoy!

French 75

• 2 oz Gin
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 3/4 oz Simple Syrup
• 3-4 oz Sparkling Wine

Add first three ingredients to a champagne flute. Take a few sips. Then add sparkling wine to top.

It's the good, bad and the ugly today. First our cowboys announce that their new podcast is launching imminently. Then they review the recent good performances of Mason Black and Tristan Beck and the bad look of the haphazard call ups of Marco Luciano and Luis Matos.

Things get ugly in the lighting round when Ben gives acting advice, Matthew doesn't want to start over, and we all get lost in the desert.

On the cocktail side of things Ben is drinking a Jungle Bungle while Matthew is drinking a Without Faculty. Recipes below.

Jungle Bungle

• 1 oz Mezcal
• 1 oz Demerara Rum
• 1 oz Banana Liqueur

Combine mezcal, rum and banana liqueur in a mixing glass with ice. Stir to desired dilution. Strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a banana slice, two cherries, three guavas, and a pineapple.

Without Faculty

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Banana Liqueur
• 3/4 oz Lemon Juice
• 1/2 oz Ginger Liqueur
• 3 drops Tiki Bitters

Combine all ingredients except the bitters in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake for 12-15 seconds. Strain into a ice-filled rocks glass and top with bitters and a banana slice.