In canned cocktail news, MLB Hall of Famer Robin Yount and NFL Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler are combining their Robinade lemonade and Leap Vodka into a... you guessed it, vodka lemonade.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) June 21, 2022
You'll see Leap n' Lemonade on store shelves this week. pic.twitter.com/ICDP1r1TOv
YES. Robin Yount’s Robinade and LeRoy (Lee-roy? Luh-roy?) Butler’s Leap vodka joining forces this summer to keep you refreshed and take the edge off at the same time. Throw a case of these bad boys in the garage fridge, crank that temperature down to it’s lowest setting, and crack a few on a Friday after work as you sit in your garage in a rickety lawn chair while staring off into space and contemplating where it all went wrong. Sign me up!
This also continues a tradition of Wisconsin sports stars being able to cash in on their popularity long after their playing career is over. I know that happens in a lot of other markets as well, but it feels like in Wisconsin we’ll pretty much buy anything a former Packer/Brewer/Buck/Badgers is selling. And it doesn’t even have to be a quality product! This canned cocktail could taste like mop water and I’d still drink it on principle.
And Butler and Yount and certified HOF-ers in their own sports but I feel like that doesn’t matter either, honestly. If Zaza Pachulia came out with a cereal (Pachulio’s?*) I’d probably buy it. If Russell Branyan started slinging a protein powder I’d definitely purchase a jug. If Santana Dotson started endorsing a low-T pill it would sell. It’s a tale as old as time in this state. If you have a modicum of success in our favorite team’s jerseys, you can retire on random endorsement or product deals.
*TM-ed.
PS: We were talking about ‘garage beer’ rules on the air a few weeks back. The text line agreed that you have to be sitting in an old chair like this:
Bonus points if it sags or leans in a certain direction. You have to be drinking cheapie beers. Spotted Cow is as classy as it can get. You cannot be staring at your phone unless it’s to change a song, you must either be talking or staring off into space. Now one rule that the text line liked that I did not agree with was, ‘sad songs only.’ I have no problem with a few tear jerkers in the garage, but come on, it’s probably a Friday or a Saturday, it’s summer, we don’t need 2 hours of sad Joni Mitchell making me rethink all of my life choices. Give me SOME tempo. Anyway, that’s how what we spent the entire morning show on a few weeks ago. Can’t wait to sell the movie rights.
Double PS: Credit to Otto at The Buzz for texting me this gif last night as it related to this Yount/Butler cocktail:
HOF gif.
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