Tailgate Times : Baltimore

While considering the NFL line-up one weekend, Sportsmancave.com became increasingly agitated by the fact that the Washington Redskins; our home team, were away for a second week in a row. This got them thinking about all the things that make Redskins games, and all other major sporting events, so much fun. As any true sports fan knows, nothing beats a good tailgate. An ideal tailgate consists of a group of friends and fans, all rooting for the same team (hopefully), all donning their favorite players jersey or team apparel, drinking cold beers and grilling up something tasty. That being said, there are many ways to make sure that your tailgate is successful, and most a matter of preference. The birth of Tailgate Times (a weekly blog) was created to recommend, teach and hopefully learn a few things about making your tailgate experience both fun and unique (Please post any comments, ideas or questions you may want discussed in future blogs.

Since the first season of Tailgate Time, The crew decided to take the “show on the road” and brind it to Baltimore so see how the two cities match up and “get down”. Tailgate Times will be at FedEx Field as well as Nationals Park in Washington and M&T Bank and Camden Yards in Baltimore. Bring your grill, your friends and your game face.

As always, your feedback is encouraged.) Below was the designed template for future blogs. It is to serve as a guide for all future blogs under The Tailgate Times tab to help you get the most out of the information present. As will be the trend moving forward and in weeks to come, each item or idea discussed will be rated based on the experience author. The grade scale will be as follows:

A) NECESSARY

This rating is rather self-explanatory. Any idea, item or event labeled necessary is deemed just that by the author. DO NOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THIS. Items such as these include things like parking passes, grills, tickets (if you have them), etc.

B) JUST THE TIP

This rating is used to describe items the author feels are worth a try, but not necessarily to die for. It will be used mainly to discuss different dishes, events, and locations to visit as recommended by the author and his experiences or feedback from site regulars.

C) SAVE THE SPACE

Is the rating that is used to steer you away from items or ideas that showed great promise and failed miserably. SAVE THE SPACE, we already wasted ours. Pack an extra case of beer or a nice looking friend before you bring or attend any of things labeled under this category.

D) OPULENCE

We has it. This rating will be used to describe only the best, most over the top tailgating ideas and parties we’ve ever attended. From the best spots for beer games to the most delicious foods, things given an OPULENCE rating have got to be tried, only if even once, by everyone who loves to tailgate.

Check back next week, and weeks to follow, to find out where sportsmancave.com will be tailgating!