New York City Informer

City Island Beer Company is 10th local brewer in New York Brewers Guild The newest Bronx-based micro-brew will make its debut at the New York City Beer Week opening bash Friday night. City Island Pale Ale from the City Island Beer Company marks the third beer brand to emerge from the borough in the last [...]

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CC Sabathia expressed optimism Tuesday night that Alex Rodriguez would be back in pinstripes this season, even as Major League Baseball’s investigation into an anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs reportedly widened to include Ryan Braun and A-Rod’s teammate, catcher Francisco Cervelli. Sports stories from Newsday

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Fact: Narwhals do not guzzle beer in real life. They sip. You may remember those two plucky Bushwick brewers who formed a start-up called Narwhal Brewery in 2011, only to have their dreams crushed after discovering Sierra Nevada had beaten them to the punch by trademarking its Narwhal Imperial Stout. Co-founders Basil Lee and Kevin [...]

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A luckless, drenched, and thoroughly confused batch of modern folks is shipwrecked on an obscure isle populated by loonies who think they’re living in a Shakespeare play and speak and behave accordingly. The Local East Village

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Ryan Braun is a memory-eraser around here. Seriously, he either walks around town with a Men in Black neuralizer, or has mastered the vampire technique from HBO’s True Blood known as glamoring, where you speak soothingly until folks forget what you are. Mets – NY Daily News

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In Saturday’s 9-6 loss to Milwaukee, the 22-year-old made a weak case. Mejia allowed five runs on six hits in three innings, and issued five walks. Despite a 95-mile-per-hour fastball, he struck out no one. Mets – NY Daily News

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MILWAUKEE (CBSNewYork/AP) — Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer during a five-run fourth inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-6 win over the New York Mets on Saturday night. Trailing 4-1 in the fourth the Brewers rallied for five runs to win for the 19th time in 25 games and stay in the [...]

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The Brewers fell back to .500 after losing 7-3 to the Mets on Friday, but remain in the flawed race, littered as it is with inglorious teams. Mets – NY Daily News

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