ESPN: Daniels: Sam Adams, Bud Selig on All-Beer team

I guess our calling Rick Bladt “BLATZ” doesn’t count. Too bad (hiccup).

Last Saturday, the world observed Adolphus Busch’s 171st birthday. The patriarch of the Anheuser-Busch/InBev family of brewers, Adolphus presumably endorses the unveiling of the All-Beer Team. So raise a glass and toast (responsibly, of course) the following individuals for the suds and substance of their deeds:

Bob Schaefer: As any advertising connoisseur knows, Schaefer had a marketing plan that could never float today. It called itself “the beer to have when you’re having more than one.” Curiously, Bob Schaefer decided to take the slogan to heart. He served as interim manager of the Kansas City Royals in 1991. And for the sake of repetition, he did it again—this time for 17 games instead of just one—14 years later. He was also a Royals coach—twice—from 1988-91 and again from 2002-05. Bob is no fool, however. He led the 1981 Greensboro Hornets, the Yankees’ Class A affiliate, to a 98-43 record and the South Atlantic League championship.

Bud Selig: He’s not only the commissioner of Major League Baseball; he’s a contradiction in beer-branding terminology. Allan Huber Selig is known as Bud, but the team he once owned, the Milwaukee Brewers, is heavily affiliated with Miller. (As in the two practically share a logo and the team plays in Miller Park.)