NYC Nightlife, Your Sports Teams Need You!

2006_05_4040club.gifRush & Molloy theorize how the Yankees won against the Oakland A's the other weekend - it was because Athletics' players Nick Swisher and Joe Blanton (who wasn't pitching) went to Plumm in the Meatpacking district, ordering $1,000 of vodka (which means 2 bottles) and "helped close the bar." That's a new, subversive angle for the NYC Nightlife Association to bring to community boards - "We're here to souse visiting sports teams' players!" Then again, maybe going out so much isn't that good an idea, as Rush & Molly also point out that Yankees Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon and Bubba Crosby were at 40/40 Club and all were only okay the next day. We bet George Steinbrenner will have a talking-to with them this morning!

Our experience with the 40/40 Club is limited to the episode of My Super Sweet 16 where L.A. Reid and Pebbles' kid has his party there - who doesn't want Kanye West to sing at their party?

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Nick Swisher still only makes a rookie salary, around 300 grand. That may be some good bank, but if he doesn't slow down, he'll crash and burn before his first big contract.

One random Tuesday night in 1999 Johnny Damon, Jermaine Dye and several other then-Kansas City Royals walked into this UES bar I happened to be sitting in. They proceded to drink like David Wells, and the Royals lost the next day something like 10-2. Clearly, the NYC bars have been at this for years.

Also, clearly, those Royals were cheap bastards.

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