Today is a great day to be a baseball fan. There are two League Championship games to enjoy. The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals square off in a pivotal Game 3 in the late afternoon and the Detroit Tigers attempt to sweep the New York Yankees in primetime.

In the interest of honoring booze and baseball – our nation’s two greatest pastimes – here’s a drinking game for your eight hours of uninterrupted viewing. You’ll thank us later for the sure hangover.

One drink for any:

• Hit
• Walk
• Strikeout
• Pitch out of the strike-box graphic ruled a strike
• Terrible “Cougartown” promotion
• Yankees hit
• Full count
• Pitching change

Two drinks for any:

• Double play
• Double
• Two-out baserunner
• Mention of Matt Holliday’s takeout slide on Marco Scutaro
• Time the Yankees’ postseason hitting slump is discussed
• Assertion that Raul Ibanez is the most clutch player in, like, ever
• Gratuitous shot of Alex Rodriguez either in the dugout or on the field
• Shot of Justin Verlander
• At-bat by a player that, despite looking incredibly overweight, is a superstar

Three drinks for any:

• Triple
• Stolen base
• Sacrifice bunt
• Infield-fly ruling
• Replay of Holliday’s takeout slide on Scutaro
• Shocking stat delivered about Robinson Cano’s putrid postseason stats
• Shot of Justin Verlander without a big lipper
• Replay of Jose Valverde surrendering the game-tying home run to Ibanez

Four drinks for any:

• Home run
• Suicide squeeze

Finish your drink if:

• A-Rod has sex with a fan in the dugout
• You think the announcer is secretly rooting for the other team
• Craig Sager is dressed like a reasonable human being
• The Yankees score a run