41 thoughts on “October 14, 2012: Exhausted”

1. My prediction is that Jeter's leadership abilities are so strong that he inspires the Yankees to victory just by sitting on the bench, thus winning the MVP award in both the ALCS and the World Series.

   1. Well, we certainly know that if they lose, "if only we still had Jeter" is going to be a sickening mantra

   2. I hate to see anyone get hurt, so I'm not cheering, but I'm not looking forward to this coverage at all. More and more my sports media blackout is looking like a great idea.

      1. I also hate to see anyone get hurt, and I'm not cheering, either. I will say, however, that if I was told someone on one of these teams absolutely has to get hurt, no way around it, well, there are worse choices to be the one than Derek Jeter.

         1. Gracefully diplomatic, yet honest. I think you're in the right profession.

         2. Jeter's such a leader, he probably struck that bargain directly with God.

2. Red Bull Stratos is currently a "go" for this morning. They're beginning balloon inflation now.

   1. Lift-off!

      Live feed and telemetry data here

      1. Appears he's gaining about 20 ft/second. Goal is 120,000 feet and he just passed 30,000 feet. That means another 75 minutes or so until he jumps.

         1. He launched about 25-30 minutes ago, and the ascent is supposed to take 2-2.5 hrs. 75 minutes would leave him a little short.

            1. I'm guessing it's going to continue to slow as the atmosphere thins, creating less buoyancy for the balloon.

               1. Yeah, his rate of ascent is about half what it was 20 minutes ago.

   2. Passing 100,000 ft altitude

   3. He's at 120,000+. On the edge of my seat.

   4. CNN is showing this, but with their commentators who seem kinda clueless

   5. He's approaching 128,000 ft now.

      1. Capsule is starting to descend now. Equalizing the pressure acting like a ballast drop, lightening the capsule?

      2. I turned to the feed and saw him jump. Good timing!

   6. I love the blue glow around the earth

   7. I just watched a man jump out of a balloon more than 24 miles above the Earth.

      1. What were you doing up there?

   8. It's for science!
      Yeah, that was totally why they did this.

   9. 

   10. The new F-Baum!

3. WANT!

4. explaination of why so many seat were empty

   boo hoo, we are playing too many home playoff games in a row, StubHub suck, and Corporate America had the weekend off.

   1. Well, at least the Yankees are honest about being Team Corporate America.

      1. F Yea!
         

      2. Honest? We are talking about the Yankees here.

         I am pretty sure they sell playoff tickets in blocks. The corporate types buy tickets for all games before the playoffs start. And those boys don't sit in the outfield.

         1. I am sure they sold the tickets, they just had trouble getting distributed while all the hedge fund managers jetted off to the Hamptons for the weekend.

   2. One more reason to like the 2-3 scheduling!

   3. Gross. Miguel Cabrera be damnd, I've no choice but to root for the dadboner tweets.

      1. Part of me thinks I hate the Yankees much more and regularly than the Tigers.
         Another part of me thinks that Yankees fans aren't going to make bragging about another pennant or (ewww) championship a big deal like Tigers fans would.
         Yet another asks "Tigers fans...?"

         Positional:
         Det Leyland over Girardi
         Push Martin and Avila/Laird
         Push Infante and Cano
         Det Fielder over Tieix
         Push Arod & Migs
         Push Peralta and Nix/Jetes' Ghost

         2Nyy RAÚL IBAÑEZ over Del
         Push Rest of Outfield

         Det Verlander over Carsten Charles
         Det Scherzer over Whoever
         Push Rest of Starters

         2Nyy Soriano over Dancy McPrancealot
         Push Dotel and Lowe
         Push Rest of Bullpens

         Add it all up, I get 4 for Detroit, 4 for Yankees. Back to rooting for my list...

         1. This is kind of what I was thinking earlier, though I'm still wrestling with this monumental cheering decision. If the Tigers win, the fans are insufferable. If the Yankees win, they throw it on the pile and start telling Cashman what to do to make sure it happens next year.

            1. If the Yankees lose, their fans throw a hissy fit on their own sports radio start telling Cashman what to do to make sure it happens next year.

         2. I think I can cheer a little more for the Tigers because its really fun to watch Justin Verlander pitch

      2. I think I prefer to see Karl upset.

         1. Come on, the Tigs won and he woke up in the lady's john AT WORK. I prefer Karl in a good mood.

            1. A-Rod... Not a real yanquis.

            2. But when they lost, he threw the garbage can into the 'Bring's windshield. So either way, it's a win.

5. well, that was a whale of a Vikings game, with RG3 reminding me of Steve Young, with less broken tackles

   httpv://youtu.be/HG_OCaKeiU8

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