Comments on: The “Champagne” ritual in baseball gets icy reception

By: Bud Selig, baseball's champagne hater! | Dr Vino's wine blog

Bud Selig, baseball's champagne hater! | Dr Vino's wine blog — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:12:09 +0000

[...] agree; the ritual is a little absurd at this point. Allow me to quote myself. Here’s what I wrote in the wake of new rules on locker room celebrations that went into [...]

By: Vinotology » November 5th – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Vinotology » November 5th – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:40:17 +0000

[...] all, MLB has decided that there is a need to limit the use of Champagne in celebrations. I disagree with Dr. Vino’s take on the whole thing, but my problem with the idea really has more to do with baseball’s [...]

By: Jackie Duv

Jackie Duv — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:02:06 +0000

This all came about because Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers is a recovering alcoholic, and his team sprayed him with ginger ale to respect his sobriety when the won the game to make it into the series. I think the league realized that this may be a problem for some players.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:25:07 +0000

Make it rain, I say. Winning a professional championship is such a huge feat. Douse the locker room, and have a beer too. Don’t go driving around or punching fans afterwards, but I think it’s silly to limit the celebration if it’s within the team’s “private domain”.

By: Charlie Olken

Charlie Olken — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:37:38 +0000

Now that the Giants have won the World Series and we here in San Francisco have doused ourselves in bubbles of every known stripe, it is OK with me if the baseball powers go all PC on us.

Of course, you are right about the bubbles used in such celebrations. They are not Champagne. But, next year, when those bubbles have no alcohol in them, the announcers will still describe them as champagne.

And here is an oddity that I should have spotted. Was up in Napa for a wine dinner on Monday night. The dozen of us there were about to sit down with a noted winemaker when we learned that the Giants had pulled ahead. We left the restaurant en masse and headed to the hotel bar where we sat unmoving until it was all over. The winemaker, sensing that he had to get in the spirit of the moment, ordered a couple of bottles of bubbly. It had not occurred to me until now that we northern Californians were drinking Louis Roederer Champagne, not a California bubbly. I think the winemaker missed the point.

By: El Jefe

El Jefe — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:54:11 +0000

One of my favorite sports to follow is Formula 1 racing. The podium ritual of dousing each other (and your crew chief) with Mumms Champagne is one of the best parts of a race. I mean, what’s wrong with a little exuberant waste among consenting adults? After a good spraying, the remainder of the (very large) bottle is dropped down to the waiting team members to enjoy and hopefully not drop. All in all a great tradition!

As far as what people might be drinking my wine out of… who cares if it’s my wine they are drinking?