SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants reached a verbal agreement Tuesday on a two-year contract worth $40.5 million.
The deal includes a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $18 million this year and $22 million in 2013, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced. Lincecum still must take a physical, which the Giants hope will happen early next week to complete the deal.
Lincecum had asked for a near-record $21.5 million in salary arbitration and had been offered $17 million by the club. He remains eligible for free agency following the 2013 season.
Tim Lincecum earned $13.1 million pitching for the Giants in 2011. (Getty Images)
The 27-year-old right-hander, the winning pitcher in the Game 5 World Series clincher at Texas in 2010, earned $13.1 million last season when he finished a two-year deal worth $23.2 million.
When the sides exchanged numbers last Tuesday, Lincecum’s request neared the record amount sought in arbitration. Houston pitcher Roger Clemens asked for $22 million in 2005.
San Francisco’s offer was the highest in arbitration history, topping the $14.25 million the New York Yankees proposed for shortstop Derek Jeter in 2001.
As Giants vice president Bobby Evans expected, they found common ground around the midpoint of the figures—and did so in only a week.
San Francisco’s front office had hoped to lock up Lincecum and fellow starter Matt Cain with long-term deals, though Lincecum seemed set on keeping his options open in the near future on a shorter contract. A call to the pitcher was not immediately returned and his agent declined to comment.
With Lincecum earning a hefty contract, Evans joked last week, “I usually leave off the final three zeroes because it’s easier to calculate.”
In February 2010, Lincecum agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract ahead of the scheduled hearing. He had been set at that time to ask for $13 million.
That last contract was quite a raise for the undersized, hard-throwing pitcher his teammates call “Franchise” and “Freak” after he earned $650,000 in 2009.
Lincecum—the 10th overall draft pick out of Washington in 2006—has been an All-Star in each of the past four seasons. He went 13-14 with a 2.74 ERA last year for his first losing record. The Giants scored no runs while he was in the game in seven of 33 starts, had one run six times and two runs five times, according to STATS LLC.
San Francisco, which sold out every game in 2011 but missed the playoffs, will have a payroll of around $130 million.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — MillerCoors has signed contract extensions with NASCAR and Penske Racing.
The multiyear deals with the brewer’s two biggest brands was announced Thursday.
The deal extends the sponsorship of Coors Light as the official beer of NASCAR. That program began in 2008 after Coors Light ended its sponsorship of the No. 40 car.
Miller Lite also extended its relationship as primary sponsor of Brad Keselowski’s No. 2 car with Penske Racing. Miller Lite has partnered with Penske and the No. 2 car since 1991.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — MillerCoors has signed contract extensions with NASCAR and Penske Racing.
The multiyear deals with the brewer’s two biggest brands was announced Thursday.
The deal extends the sponsorship of Coors Light as the official beer of NASCAR. That program began in 2008 after Coors Light ended its sponsorship of the No. 40 car.
Miller Lite also extended its relationship as primary sponsor of Brad Keselowski‘s No. 2 car with Penske Racing. Miller Lite has partnered with Penske and the No. 2 car since 1991.
While the Czech Republic has long been a mecca for beer lovers, it was difficult until a few years ago to find more than just the biggest-name brands at Prague pubs.
Today, Pilsner Urquell signs may still be the most common, but there is a happy trend alive and well for multi-tap pubs, where people can sample a wide range of harder-to-come-by specialty and regional brews.
Nowadays, there are a handful of such places strewn around the city, and it’s not just beer drinkers who are excited. Max Bahnson, an enthusiastic beer blogger who writes under the name of Pivní Filosof with a focus on Czech beers and brewing news, and who will be blogging about beer for The Prague Post in the near future, says, “This phenomenon has already had some impact in the local beer landscape, and I’ve got no doubt that it’s here to stay.
“More and more people are being exposed to an expanding diversity, and they like it, and this has resulted in a slow shift of the beer discourse. People are speaking about beer as a beverage and not only as a brand.
“Regional and microbrewers (and also importers) can now reach a wider audience, and I believe that, together with the above, it has encouraged some to have a go at brewing new stuff. … It has enabled a few brewers to bypass the brewpub model, knowing there is a market for their products – Matuška and Třebonice are examples of this.
“It’s working well for pubs, too,” he continues. “It gets people through the door, and because they have so much to choose from, they drink more.
“The only negative thing I see in this is that some owners might get the impression that cramming 10-20 or more taps is money in the bank, but it’s not that easy. The likes of Zlý Časy and Kulový Blesk are successful not only thanks to their beer lists, but also because their owners understand the importance of taking good care of the beers.”
Want to know what all the fuss is about? Make sure you have a full afternoon or evening handy, and check out some of these places for some truly inspirational drinking.
Bar-Vinárna NaPalmě A respite in the industrial neighborhood of Libeň, close to the Palmovka metro station. Regularly pours three types of the newcomer and award-winner Únětické beer, as well as standards Kozel and Pilsner, and a rotating tap brings wares from breweries like Rohozec, Náchod, Protivín, Jihlava, Rychtář, Primátor and Žatec, among others. Na Žertvách 32, Prague 8-Libeň. Tel. 603 468 694. Open Mon.-Thurs. 3-11 p.m., Fri. 3 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 5 p.m.-midnight.
Jáma Known for its burgers and sports-casting, this American-style pub close to Wenceslas Square also pours 12 types of beer, including the K Brewery range of beers (Lobkowicz, Janáček, Černá hora, Ježek, Rychtář, Platan and Klášter) and five taps that rotate specials, such as Matuška, Kout Na Šumavě and Kocour. V jámě 7, Prague 1-New Town. Tel. 222 967 081. Open daily 11 a.m.-1 a.m.
Kulový Blesk Close to I.P. Pavlova, this restaurant and pub is a great hangout, with a nice garden for warmer months. The menu of beers on tap changes regularly, but expect the likes of Kocour, Matuška, Antoš, Únětice, Postřižinské, Primátor, Kácov, Platan, Malý Rohozec and Rychtář, with other surprise specials. Sokolská 13, Prague 2-New Town. Tel. 721 420 859. Open Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 6-11 p.m.
Merenda Interesting brews in the heart of Žižkov. A restaurant upstairs and cellar pub below, with good pub fare to soak up the specialty suds coming from the 11 taps. The bar’s website has a menu of what’s being poured daily, for example, Černá hora, Qásek, Žumberk, Herold and Valášek, to name a few. Note the cellar pub is closed on weekends. Husitská 74, Prague 3-Žižkov. Tel. 222 782 004. Restaurant open Mon.-Sat. noon-midnight, Sun. 4 p.m.-midnight.
Pivovarský klub A heaven for the true connoisseur, this club means business. Six beers on tap and 240 types available in bottles. Most of the types represented are from the Czech Republic, but there are also brews from Belgian, German and other lands. Currently on tap: Matuška 13°, Primátor Stout, Permon, MMX IPA, Štěpán and Jihlava’s wheat beer. Křižíkova 17, Prague 8-Karlín. Tel. 222 315 777. Open daily 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
Prague Beer Museum Right downtown, this pub boasts a whopping 30 taps of regional and specialty brews, which would take too long to list. Prices are commensurate with the enviable locale, but it’s worth it to try some truly memorable beers. Dlouhá 46, Prague 1-Old Town. Tel. 732 330 912. Open daily noon-3 a.m.
První Pivní Tramway The trend-setter, this place may not look like much from the outside, but it’s a must trek for serious beer lovers. Take the No. 11 tram all the way to the end for a great mix of pipes, including the pub’s personal own brew. Na Chodovci 1a, Prague 4-Nusle. Tel. 272 765 683. Open daily 2 p.m. till late.
U prince Miroslava On the other side of the river, this pub features 19 taps of microbrews from across the country, so it’s worth the journey. Includes the likes of Únětické, Konrád, Svijany, Opat, Primátor and many, many others. K vodojemu 4, Prague 5-Smíchov. Tel. 733 360 269. Open Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m.-midnight, Sat. noon-midnight, Sun. noon-11:30 p.m.
Zlý Časy A bar that lives up to its reputation and has a loyal following. A cozy, arched-ceiling space with just a few tables, so get there early. There are about 20 taps, and beers hail from all over the country, Europe and the world. Čestmírova 5, Prague 4-Nusle. Tel. 723 339 995. Open Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m.-1 a.m., Sat. 5 p.m.-1 a.m., Sun. 5-11 p.m.
Zubatý pes The Toothy Dog specializes in some very interesting beers, not only regional brews from around the Czech Republic but also some harder-to-find specialty beers from across the Continent. Only a few bar snacks are available, so beware the potent suds. Petrohradská 3, Prague 10-Vršovice. Tel. 723 863 160. Open Mon.-Fri. 3-11 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 5-11 p.m.
Briggs Chaney residents won’t be able to pick up a six-pack of beer or bottle of pinot grigio while shopping at their local Safeway next month.
When Safeway opens its new Olney location Feb. 23, the grocery chain will transfer its beer and wine license from its location in Briggs Chaney Plaza to the new store on Spartan Road, said Safeway spokesman Craig Muckle.
Safeway and three other groceries are alloted a beer and wine license for one of their locations in Montgomery County, said Kathie Durbin, chief for Department of Liquor Control.
The move means inconvenience for some shoppers in Burtonsville and Silver Spring who will no longer be able to buy beer and wine on their weekly grocery trips.
Susan Strahan, 52, of Silver Spring was upset when she found out beer and wine would no longer be sold in her local grocery.
Strahan has been shopping at the Safeway in Briggs Chaney Plaza for 20 years, always picking up beer or wine while there.
“It’s an arcane law,” Strahan said. “It just seems ridiculous.”
The location is convenient. She lives just off Fairland Road and drives only five minutes to the store.
Strahan said she worried the liquor license transfer would cause the store to lose customers in an already struggling shopping center.
“Since Safeway is really the anchor store there, if they make Safeway a less desirable store to go to, then it may hurt their business and if they end up deciding it’s no longer profitable. That’s probably going to be end of that shopping center,” Strahan said.
Maryland state law bans groceries from selling beer and wine. Four grocery chains — Shoppers, Giant Food, Magruder’s Supermarket and Safeway received an exception under a grandfather clause, because they had licenses before the law was enacted These four are allowed to have one location that sells beer and wine in Montgomery County, said Durbin.
Giant’s store on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Shoppers in Germantown and Magruders in Gaithersburg have beer and wine licenses, Durbin said.
These licenses can all be transferred to any of the chain’s other county locations, Durbin said.
The Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners approved Safeway’s request to move its license to Olney in November 2010, Durbin said.
Durbin said it is rare for any of the grocery chains to transfer licenses to another location in the county.
Muckle said Safeway decided to transfer the license because they thought there was a market in Olney for beer and wine to be sold in the grocery.
“We are not going to put it there if we think people don’t have an interest,” Muckle said.
He also said the beer and wine license would be a way for the store to compete with the new Harris Teeter on Town Center Drive and the Giant Food on Georgia Avenue.
“We saw this is an opportunity to really differentiate ourselves,” Muckle said.
Muckle said Safeway notified customers of a possible liquor license transfer last year by posting signs before the hearing. Safeway also will hang warning signs in the Briggs Chaney Safeway before the new location in Olney opens, he said. The two stores are about 11 miles apart.
Store managers have reported that customers seemed to accept the change, he said.
“There has been quite a bit of word of mouth in the community,” Muckle said. “Customers seem to be very understanding of that.”
Muckle said the larger Olney store will offer a wider selection of beer and wine than Briggs Chaney.
All of Safeway’s locations in Virginia and 10 of its 14 stores in Washington, D.C., sell beer and wine, he said.
“A lot of other divisions have beer and wine as a regular offering,” Muckle said. “We have more experience than people might think.”
Briggs Chaney residents won’t be able to pick up a six-pack of beer or bottle of pinot grigio while shopping at their local Safeway next month.
When Safeway opens its new Olney location Feb. 23, the grocery chain will transfer its beer and wine license from its location in Briggs Chaney Plaza to the new store on Spartan Road, said Safeway spokesman Craig Muckle.
Safeway and three other groceries are alloted a beer and wine license for one of their locations in Montgomery County, said Kathie Durbin, chief for Department of Liquor Control.
The move means inconvenience for some shoppers in Burtonsville and Silver Spring who will no longer be able to buy beer and wine on their weekly grocery trips.
Susan Strahan, 52, of Silver Spring was upset when she found out beer and wine would no longer be sold in her local grocery.
Strahan has been shopping at the Safeway in Briggs Chaney Plaza for 20 years, always picking up beer or wine while there.
“It’s an arcane law,” Strahan said. “It just seems ridiculous.”
The location is convenient. She lives just off Fairland Road and drives only five minutes to the store.
Strahan said she worried the liquor license transfer would cause the store to lose customers in an already struggling shopping center.
“Since Safeway is really the anchor store there, if they make Safeway a less desirable store to go to, then it may hurt their business and if they end up deciding it’s no longer profitable. That’s probably going to be end of that shopping center,” Strahan said.
Maryland state law bans groceries from selling beer and wine. Four grocery chains — Shoppers, Giant Food, Magruder’s Supermarket and Safeway received an exception under a grandfather clause, because they had licenses before the law was enacted These four are allowed to have one location that sells beer and wine in Montgomery County, said Durbin.
Giant’s store on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Shoppers in Germantown and Magruders in Gaithersburg have beer and wine licenses, Durbin said.
These licenses can all be transferred to any of the chain’s other county locations, Durbin said.
The Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners approved Safeway’s request to move its license to Olney in November 2010, Durbin said.
Durbin said it is rare for any of the grocery chains to transfer licenses to another location in the county.
Muckle said Safeway decided to transfer the license because they thought there was a market in Olney for beer and wine to be sold in the grocery.
“We are not going to put it there if we think people don’t have an interest,” Muckle said.
He also said the beer and wine license would be a way for the store to compete with the new Harris Teeter on Town Center Drive and the Giant Food on Georgia Avenue.
“We saw this is an opportunity to really differentiate ourselves,” Muckle said.
Muckle said Safeway notified customers of a possible liquor license transfer last year by posting signs before the hearing. Safeway also will hang warning signs in the Briggs Chaney Safeway before the new location in Olney opens, he said. The two stores are about 11 miles apart.
Store managers have reported that customers seemed to accept the change, he said.
“There has been quite a bit of word of mouth in the community,” Muckle said. “Customers seem to be very understanding of that.”
Muckle said the larger Olney store will offer a wider selection of beer and wine than Briggs Chaney.
All of Safeway’s locations in Virginia and 10 of its 14 stores in Washington, D.C., sell beer and wine, he said.
“A lot of other divisions have beer and wine as a regular offering,” Muckle said. “We have more experience than people might think.”
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch designates June 24-30, 2012 as New Hampshire Craft Beer Week, featuring tastings and tours at breweries across the state, beer pairing dinners, brewing workshops and many other special events.
Concord, NH (PRWEB) January 24, 2012
On Thursday, January 11, Governor John Lynch designated June 24-30, 2012 as New Hampshire Craft Beer Week, featuring tastings and tours at breweries across the state, beer pairing dinners, brewing workshops and many other special events, including one of the states biggest beer festivals, the New England Brewfest, on Saturday June 30.
Following suit from many other cities and states, New Hampshire’s Craft Beer Week will celebrate the dozens of breweries in the Granite State and hundreds of homebrewers that create ambers, stouts, porters and many other varieties of craft beer for the rest of us to enjoy.
“What’s cool about this proclamation is that New Hampshire will now acknowledge what we homebrewers have been practicing all along….the art of making great beer and the celebration of handcrafted beverages,” said Steve Ainsworth of the Winnipesaukee Area Brew Crew.
Tony Lubold, head brewer at Seven Barrel Brewery, sees New Hampshire Craft Beer Week as a great opportunity, “not just for us as brewers but for consumers as well, who can benefit from a more concise source of beer info, not only on beer events but also on their choices for enjoying beer across the state of New Hampshire. After all, beer was made for having fun with friends, even those who we have yet to meet!”
A new website, http://www.nhbeerweek.com, was put together to act as a clearing house for all activities and events, listings of the breweries and clubs, a map of the NH Beer Industry, and general information on the New Hampshire craft beer culture. The website is free and open to the public to list their events and promotions for beer week and all year long.
More information can be found online at NHBeerWeek.com or by emailing Bill Walden, bwalden234(at)gmail(dot)com. For more information about the Winnipesaukee Area Brew Crew, email Steve Ainsworth, 2ferment(at)metrocast(dot)net. Seven Barrel Brewery is located in West Lebanon, NH and can be found online at 7barrel.com.
On Thursday, January 11, Governor John Lynch designated June 24-30, 2012 as New Hampshire Craft Beer Week, featuring tastings and tours at breweries across the state, beer pairing dinners, brewing workshops and many other special events, including one of the states biggest beer festivals, the New England Brewfest, on Saturday June 30.
Following suit from many other cities and states, New Hampshire’s Craft Beer Week will celebrate the dozens of breweries in the Granite State and hundreds of homebrewers that create ambers, stouts, porters and many other varieties of craft beer for the rest of us to enjoy.
“What’s cool about this proclamation is that New Hampshire will now acknowledge what we homebrewers have been practicing all along….the art of making great beer and the celebration of handcrafted beverages,” said Steve Ainsworth of the Winnipesaukee Area Brew Crew.
Tony Lubold, head brewer at Seven Barrel Brewery, sees New Hampshire Craft Beer Week as a great opportunity, “not just for us as brewers but for consumers as well, who can benefit from a more concise source of beer info, not only on beer events but also on their choices for enjoying beer across the state of New Hampshire. After all, beer was made for having fun with friends, even those who we have yet to meet!”
A new website, http://www.nhbeerweek.com, was put together to act as a clearing house for all activities and events, listings of the breweries and clubs, a map of the NH Beer Industry, and general information on the New Hampshire craft beer culture. The website is free and open to the public to list their events and promotions for beer week and all year long.
More information can be found online at NHBeerWeek.com or by emailing Bill Walden, bwalden234(at)gmail(dot)com. For more information about the Winnipesaukee Area Brew Crew, email Steve Ainsworth, 2ferment(at)metrocast(dot)net. Seven Barrel Brewery is located in West Lebanon, NH and can be found online at 7barrel.com.
A group led by Blues minority owner Tom Stillman has signed a purchase agreement to buy the club, a source has told the Post-Dispatch.
The Blues and Stillman now must complete the sale and have it approved by the NHL, a process that could take several weeks. The league’s Board of Governors will meet Jan. 28, the day before the NHL All-Star game in Ottawa, but only an update on the Blues’ situation is expected to be discusssed, not a vote.
The step of Stillman’s group signing a purchase agreement comes 2 1/2 weeks after the NHL terminated a purchase agreement between the Blues and Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer. The league then granted Stillman an exclusive negotiating window.
The price of the package, which includes the Blues, the team’s top minor-league affiliate in Peoria, Ill., the Scottrade Center lease and significant interest in the Peabody Opera House, is expected to be approximately $130 million to $135 million.
In December, the Blues were valued at $157 million, ranking 27th in the NHL, by Forbes.com.
The purchase agreement between Stillman and the Blues is an adaptation of the Hulsizer deal, which was signed in late October but didn’t close after two months because the NHL wouldn’t approve Hulsizer’s financing.
While Blues chairman Dave Checketts and TowerBrook Capital Partners are listed as the sellers in the process, the league is guiding the transaction. Sources have indicated in recent months that if the club went much longer without the completion of a sale, bankruptcy was a strong possibility for the franchise.
Checketts wanted to sell the Blues to Hulsizer and remain with the team as an investor.
Checketts created a private fund and had raised $20 million to secure his portion of the agreement, which would have given his group a 30 percent stake in the Blues. Checketts also stood to make $1 million if Hulsizer closed the deal and $650,000 annually under terms of the contract.
Checketts won’t be involved with the Blues either as a managing partner or investor under a potential Stillman ownership group. This week, Checketts was named CEO of Legends Hospitality Management, a company owned by the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and Goldman Sachs.
Checketts appears to be ready to move on, and the fact that he has signed a purchase agreement with Stillman’s group suggests that he has either no control of the process or has decided not to hold up a sale to Stillman, despite a business relationship between the two that has been called “frosty” by many within the organization.
Stillman, who became a minority owner in March 2007, is chairman and CEO of Summit Distributing, a St. Louis-based beer distributor. He has built a group of local investors that includes his father-in-law, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth; Steve Maritz, CEO of Maritz Inc.; Donn Lux, CEO of Luxco; the Taylor family, owners of St. Louis-based Enterprise Holdings; and Dr. Rick Lehman.
The Post-Dispatch reported several months ago that former Blues player Brett Hull also has inquired about joining Stillman’s investment group. A source recently indicated that Hull is ‘still talking” with the group.
As Blues fans learned with Hulsizer’s purchase agreement failing to lead to a sale, the deal is far from complete, but the agreement between the Blues and Stillman is a step closer to a possible resolution in a saga that has lasted nearly two years.
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Owners of Kensington�s first beer and wine store say they�re worried the recent law that allows them to sell alcohol also may keep their business from flourishing.
Susie Cooper, who owns Old Town Market in Kensington with her husband Rob Cooper, was the first and only business owner to purchase a license to sell beer and wine in Kensington last year after the town lobbied for the change in state laws. Kensington had been a dry town since its founding in 1894.
The pair retained the coffee bar and deli-sandwich counter at the market, but replaced much of their stock of groceries with beer and wine to help them compete with the nearby Safeway grocery store. They retained the services of a local sommelier to guide their selection.
Cooper said beer and wine sales have helped improve traffic at her store, but she hopes those numbers could grow further with more advertising. The law prohibits signage advertising alcohol.
The new, $200 per year licenses, restricted to three total, also do not allow stores to refrigerate their products or sell individual bottles or cans of beer. The hours of sale are shorter than the rest of the county, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. County stores are allowed to be open until 9 p.m.
Another problem Cooper is facing is a county Department of Liquor Control regulation that went into effect about the same time Kensington was approved for alcohol sales. That law prohibits wine tastings in Kensington, which normally allowed in other county stores.
�I thought; how fun would that be in terms of letting the neighborhood know we�re here and what we�ve got,� she said of the potential of wine tastings.
After conferring with the town�s attorneys, Department of Liquor Control spokeswoman Cathy Durbin said they decided it was a prohibited act and the law would have to be changed for the Coopers to host a wine tasting.
Kensington Town Councilman Sean McMullen said the laws were intentionally restrictive to ensure that any beer and wine store in Kensington wouldn�t result in alcohol consumption at nearby parks or a store that�s littered with signs.
He said he thinks wine tastings are in keeping with the kind of store the council wanted to promote, as long as it was allowed by the law.
�I would want to explore it,� he said. �I think that we should consider [allowing] it, if we can.�
aruoff@gazette.net
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