Ranger Suarez was the Phillies’ Game 3 starter today in the NLCS against the Padres. I decided to take a chance. Why not invent a drink based on his name?

Though the term “garbage plate’ is allegedly copyrighted by the restaurant that invented it, Nick Tahou’s in Rochester, I decided to invent the Bethlehem version of it – which we’ll call the “South Side Hangover Plate”.

I was literally scratching my head trying to figure out what I should do as the “Drink of the Week”, and my thoughts drifted to a hard cider and whiskey punch, which works as both a single drink or a large punchbowl.

A steak, egg and cheese bagel comes into play for tailgating. It’s a great choice, especially if you’ve made cheesesteaks the night before.

This week, literally, I was trying to come up with a drink that would use up a bunch of blood orange seltzer water that was about to go flat.