But, more on point, the only thing I care vis-a-vis the InBev buyout is Busch Stadium. PLEASE DON’T CHANGE THE NAME! I know, SAB left Miller Park alone as did Molson and Coors Field. BUT, we’ve lost Jacobs Field, The B.O.B. and PacBell these last few years. Please, please, Please do not mess with one of the great park names left in the U.S.

Oh, and it’s Laidley Field, NOT UC Stadium, Joe Robbie and not ProPlayer, and it will FOREVER be Mountaineer Field, no matter what Puskar gives the U. I refuse to even write the alleged new name.

One observation about Molson. I spent last week in Vancouver BC and really saw absoutely no one drinking Molson. The natives favored varieties from a local brewer called Granville Island, Sleeman (the Honey Brown was worthwhile), and some horrible crap called Kokanee - the Canadian equilivant of Naty Light “EH”.

However, any loss of jobs does concern me. As one who has been “downsized” in the past, I feel these concerns are more than justified.

On one hand I can see A-B’s position (should they decide to sell), in that it is their company and they should have the right to do with it as they please. After all, I wouldn’t want anyone to tell me that I couldn’t sell my house, car, or whatever else I may desire to part with.

On the other hand, though, I hope A-B’s board of directors thinks this through and weighs the good with the (potentially) bad, rather than getting greedy and simply going for the green.

Too, if one can believe what Carlos Brito, InBev’s CEO, says, it could actually mean more jobs as the A-B brands are expanded globaly. The downside to that is that those added jobs would, in my opinion, likely not be here the U.S.