When the game’s on, the last place you want to be is a sucky bar with tiny TVs, sissy appetizers, and warm beer, which can be the norm for oft-apathetic sports bars. No chance of that at the CASK ‘N FLAGON, which was ranked No. 2 in an ESPN roundup of US baseball bars. Can’t get tickets this season? Fight your way through the fired-up Yawkey Way crowd, pack yourself into the Cask, and enjoy the dozens of TVs, an extensive menu, and views of the Green Monstah. Not a bad place to hang on the Sox’ off-days, too, though you’ll probably just talk about them the whole time anyway.

THE CASK ‘N FLAGON | 62 Brookline Avenue, Boston | 617.536.4840 | casknflagon.com