Perched in anticipation

Doug:
Are you ready for Fearless Felix?

 

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Bill:
Are you kidding me? I haven't been this excited since I was a kid waiting for Evel Knievel's Snake Canyon jump.

 

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Doug:
Let's hope this goes bettah.

 

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Bill:
Yeah, but his success will be bittahsweet won't it?

 

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Bill:
I mean there goes the record for longest and fastest free fall held by your 2011 Boston Red Sox.

 

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Doug:
Ba-dum-bum-CHING.

 

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Bill:
I'm here all week, folks, try the tilapia.

 

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Comments

[Bob]

The dive is on "weather hold."

Wish the Red Sox could have been rained out 162 times.

[Jeff in NC]

I reckon maybe Evel shoulda hired one o them there evil scientists. You know, the ones who think maybe we should check a fewuns first insteada just saying God will take care? Maybe shoulda hired one to do a little more o that fysics stuff? What? Nolledge is evil? Dang it. Just light the fuse.

[yazbread]

I have decided to root for the MFYs during the playoffs.
D-Lowe is on the roster. I figure it is his last hurrah.

[Jeff in NC]

Im kinda a yankees fan right now, but ultimately i want the Nats. Dont want to Orioles to win. If they did, I fear they would act like.... us. We dont need that.

[soxinsix]

Great clip hb. Made me think back to the SSP Evel Knievel stunt cycle I had as a kid. Much better memory than the Sox' September 2011 collapse. Or the entire 2012 season. Hey, so how long till Veet and his condescending, shit-eating grin ends up back at ESPN?

[h.b.]

Agree with Jeff re Orioles and why I'm rooting against them.

I wish I'd had one of those stunt cycles. I did have a classic Schwinn Sting Ray that I used for a lot of Evel Knievel play acting. Good times.

[COD]

Schilling used bloody sock as collateral on a loan - and now that he is bankrupt may need to sell it. http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/10/curt-schilling-might-have-to-sell-his-bloody-sock-to-get-out-of-debt

I saw the sock on the Hall of Fame. Is it just on loan from Curt there?

[cmdrflake]

Cod, Curt got a tax break for putting the sock in the hall. Now that he's broke, well he joins the 47%.
Felix's jump is a lot like another one by Maj.(?)Joe Kittenger, who proved that one could bail out of a plane at 80,000 feet in 1961--and live to tell about it. The film NASA made of it is not for the squeamish. But, after the Towne Team having gone 69-93 an 85K foot free fall is not going to get my attention.

[Bob]

I think Felix is about to launch.

http://www.youtube.com/redbull

[Bob]

They had to abort the attempt because of wind.

Wish the Red Sox could have been winded out 162 times.

[Louclinton]

Tilapia used to be called cichlids. It's a rebranding only Larry or J Sandusky could appreciate.

Glad to help.

Lc

Ps, love the show