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On 5/19/2026 9:57 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Mark Shaw <mshaw@panix.com> wrote:
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/schlitz-beer-discontinued-after-177-years/
It just goes to show you that if you keep progressively making a product worse and worse, eventually you will get to a point where even college students won't buy it anymore.
--scott
But now this joke won't make sense:
Milt Famy was the greatest pitcher and some believed the greatest
baseball player, period, who ever lived. He single-handedly pitched his
team to the World Series, and they easily won the three games he was
able to pitch in the Series. However, the other team won three games
while Milt was resting. Now, in the 7th game of the World Series, Milt
was again pitching.
The game was a 0-0 pitcher's battle as Milt Famy walked out to the
mound for the bottom of the 9th inning. Milt took the sign from the
catcher, wound up and pitched. A ball. He quickly pitched three more
balls and walked the first batter. A stir went through the crowd. Milt
Famy rarely walked anyone, let alone on four pitches.
The next batter came up, and Milt walked him on four pitches, too.
Then two more batters. The game and the Series were lost!
As the runner on third base crossed home plate with the winning
run, he glanced out at the pitcher's mound and saw a can of beer fall
out the back pocket of Milt Famy's uniform.
It was all too obvious what had happened. Milt Famy had been
drinking between innings! The runner pointed to the beer and shouted
out, "That's the beer that made Milt Famy walk us!"
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