Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 10:09:41 AM EST in MLB
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You know you've made it big time when you get face plastered to a bottle of liquor.

Johnny Bench certainly doesn't need any extra help when it comes to being a baseball legend, but he'll receive the greatest honor of his career on March 14th when Maker's Mark starts knocking out bottles of bourbon with his image on the label. Talk about the thrill of a lifetime! Sure, winning a World Series and practically being shoved into the Baseball Hall of Fame are pretty cool, but we're talking booze people!!

The bottle, produced annually by Maker's Mark the last five years to commemorate the Lane's End Stakes at Turfway Park, will feature a photo of the Hall of Fame catcher and Binger, Okla., native, standing with a mask in one hand and a mitt in the other.

Maker's Mark, based in Loretto, Ky., will produce 3,000 numbered bottles, which will go on sale March 14 in the Cincinnati area and northern Kentucky. Proceeds from the sale of the bottles will benefit the Reds' Hall of Fame and Museum and the Johnny Bench Scholarship Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

It might not be quite as cool as Michael Jordan on the Wheaties box or Santa gracing Coca-Cola bottles, but it beats the heck out of being the guy who gets honored on a can of SlumpBuster.

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[Wave3.com]: Johnny Bench being honored with commemorative bourbon bottle

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