When CNN finally flashed Miller's photo on screen, his 20-person election watch party at Fat Head's Saloon erupted in cheers.
Afterward, buoyed by the seaside exercise and camaraderie, the family headed to the Saloon, a local pub, where 150 volleyball players dug into a free buffet provided by the league, guzzled $2 beers and received free T-shirts.
For those who aren't especially interested in baseball, head over to Houndstooth Saloon, which is a University of Alabama bar that is football crazy, and rightfully so these days.
You pass through a door into a saloon with heads on the left and galley on the right, secluded by concertina screens.
"They want a taste of the action," said Paul Glint, 51, the Boot Hill Saloon's head of security, who is better known by his handle or biker name, Frenchy.
Or, to celebrate a different sort of history, head for the Dogpatch Saloon (2496 Third Street; 415-643-8592), in a building that has been a neighborhood watering hole for nearly a century.
In Park City, for an après-ski drink with a local vibe head to No Name Saloon or to local brewery Wasatch, but for something different, and a petrolhead heaven, it has to be Billy Blancos for Tex Mex food beneath fully functioning cars and bikes.
I headed to the Comstock Saloon, which inhabits an ancient barroom space in the North Beach neighborhood.
The two spent 24 hours camping and exploring Dawson City before heading to the Sourdough Saloon for their foot-flavored drinks.
Workers elsewhere are unlikely to see their pay rise by as much.At BMW's ultra-modish factory in the eastern city of Leipzig, where the line of 3-series saloons heading for the paint shop is visible high above the reception area, the effects of both sides of this new labour market are on show.
