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.

Our new cocktail podcast, The Perfect Sip, is on hiatus but new episodes are in production. (Yeah, it's taking a long time ... life, you know?) If you haven't listened yet, you can catch up here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen.

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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