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Yankees sent dirt into space - now, Shea Stadium plate headed for orbit

When baseball worlds collide! All this and they still can’t find room for that crazed wheelchair-bound industrialist Sydney Stanton!?

The Yankees-Mets rivalry has really hit new heights.

Months after a Bomber-loving astronaut carried some dirt from Yankee Stadium into orbit, a Mets fan has upped the ante and will take a home plate from Shea into space this October.

The home plate from the 2007 season was given by the Mets to Mike Massimino to fuel his rivalry with fellow astronaut and Yankees fan Garrett Reisman of Morristown, N.J.

Reisman carried dirt from the Yankee Stadium pitcher’s mound on the shuttle Endeavour mission in March.

“We can do better than that, pal,” said Massimino, 46, of Franklin Square, L.I. “We’re flying a home plate from Shea.”

Repoz Posted: August 18, 2008 at 08:08 AM | 16 comment(s)
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1. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 08:33 AM (#2906768)

that's nothing--next year, they're going to strap Kevin Maas onto the solid rocket booster

2. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 08:36 AM (#2906770)

I'm oh-so-glad we're wasting payload on stuff like this.

3. villageidiom Posted: August 18, 2008 at 08:42 AM (#2906776)

Rickey can steal that.

4. RB in NYC (Now with a Training Schedule!) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 09:07 AM (#2906798)

I'm oh-so-glad we're wasting payload on stuff like this.

Tom: It's a lovely day for a launch, here, live at Cape Canaveral, at the lower end of the Florida Peninsula, and the purpose of today's mission is truly, really electrifying.

Other Anchor: That's correct, Tom. The lion's share of this flight will be devoted to the study of the effects of weightlessness on tiny screws.

Tom: Unbelievable, and just imagine the logistics of weightlessness. And of course, this could have literally millions of applications here on Earth -- everything from watchmaking to watch repair.

5. Craig K Posted: August 18, 2008 at 09:18 AM (#2906805)

To be fair, the Cardinals started launching stuff into space first on October 17, 2005.

6. The District Attorney Posted: August 18, 2008 at 09:55 AM (#2906837)

Surveillance beam, disabled. Marketing research, shutting down. Doesn't that beat all?

7. vern_fuller_brushback Posted: August 18, 2008 at 10:50 AM (#2906904)

Well in early 1969, I'm sure the odds of man reaching the moon were a lot greater than the Mets winning the World Series that year.

8. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 10:53 AM (#2906909)

Tom: It's a lovely day for a launch, here, live at Cape Canaveral, at the lower end of the Florida Peninsula, and the purpose of today's mission is truly, really electrifying.

Any excuse for Shearer to do his hilaripus Brokaw imitation!

9. Sean Forman Posted: August 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM (#2906969)

Home plate has to be 2-3 pounds right? Just curious what it does cost to send 2-3 pounds into space? $30,000?

[edit]That's probably on the way too high side.

10. plim Posted: August 18, 2008 at 12:25 PM (#2907036)

with all this, no one could take scotty's ashes up into space?

11. Bowling Baseball Fan Posted: August 18, 2008 at 01:52 PM (#2907184)

Payload costs vary by size of payload, but assume a minimum of $50,000/lb.

12. aleskel Posted: August 18, 2008 at 02:08 PM (#2907217)

Any excuse for Shearer to do his hilaripus Brokaw imitation

Surveillance beam, disabled. Marketing research, shutting down. Doesn't that beat all?

and his Vin Scully! Man, that dude can do some impressions.

13. Does Aaron Hill Have To Smack A Pitch? Posted: August 18, 2008 at 02:09 PM (#2907220)

with all this, no one could take scotty's ashes up into space?

They'll do it for Shatner and Nimoy...and maybe Stewart.

But that's it.

14. Loren F.'s well-anchored glenoid Posted: August 18, 2008 at 02:38 PM (#2907268)

No love for Capt. Janeway?

15. Who wants Teixeira dessert? Posted: August 18, 2008 at 03:30 PM (#2907337)

Holy crap, Dick Tidrow is now an astronaut?

16. Al Kaline Trio Posted: August 18, 2008 at 04:19 PM (#2907425)

They should put Eric Byrnes ashes on top of that plate when he dies.

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