HELLO, SUCKER!
At the tequila bar, lick the salt off your hand, drink the shot, then suck on this
Lime (Lemon)
The character behind bars in this game is Jake the Jailbird, put there due to the efforts of Officer Edgar Mallory
It's the Hellenic Republic
Greece
A wise man, or the Salvia officinalis in his garden
Sage
On Aug. 13, 1969 this team was 9.5 games back but somehow ended up winning the NL pennant; a miracle, perhaps?
The Mets
Completes the title of an 1847 novel featuring "a gush of blood, and a hideous sucking noise": "Varney the..."
Vampire
In 2013 this educational toy company "jumped like an amphibian" over its competitors by introducing a kids tablet with WiFi
LeapFrog
Its 83 divisions include 21 "republics" & 2 "federal cities"
The Russian Federation
"Dis" word means careful to keep things confidential
Discrete
After a Bobby Thomson home run on Oct. 3, 1951, Russ Hodges screamed, they "win the pennant!" 4 times
The Giants
The Amer. Academy of Pediatrics says this habit fulfills a need of all infants but around age 5, maybe worry a bit
Thumb-sucking
2 of the characters in this game are Cutie Cone & Giggly Gumdrop
Candy Land
Formerly Upper Volta, still 2 words
Burkina Faso
There's a little mammalian insectivore in this word meaning "sharp in judgment"
Shrewd
The Dodgers had a little help winning the 1963 pennant; this lefty won 25 games, 11 by shutout
Sandy Koufax
H. Cecil Booth's version of this contraption was used to clean up Westminster Abbey for a coronation in 1902
Vacuum Cleaner
Sales of this game first known as Pretzel got a big boost in 1966 when Eva Gabor & Johnny Carson played it on TV
Twister
It's greatest width is 7 miles, so a walk from Austria to Switzerland... no problem
Liechtenstein
From Latin for "touch", it's sensitivity & skill in dealing with others
Tact
No big surprise that this all-time steals king was 1989's ALCS MVP for the A's; he stole 8 bases in 5 games & hit .400
Rickey Henderson
The ultimate hitchhikers, these suckerfish attach themselves to other fish, like sharks
Remora
Created in 1914 & still fun a century later, it was inspired by watching kids play with simple items like sticks
Tinker Toys
This peninsular country's only land border is with Saudi Arabia
Qatar
In math this adjective describes a number expressible as a quotient of 2 integers
Rational
In 2007 this slugger had some Big Papi in his bat, hitting .714 in the ALDS on the way to pennant & World Series wins
David Ortiz