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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 12:08 PM | 16 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM (#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 12:36 PM (#2906770)

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

3. villageidiom Posted: August 18, 2008 at 12:42 PM (#2906776)

Rickey can steal that.

4. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 01:07 PM (#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. CraigK Posted: August 18, 2008 at 01:18 PM (#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 01:55 PM (#2906837)

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

7. vern_fuller_brushback Posted: August 18, 2008 at 02:50 PM (#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 02:53 PM (#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 03:33 PM (#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 04:25 PM (#2907036)

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

11. I Munson'ed myself (BBF) Posted: August 18, 2008 at 05:52 PM (#2907184)

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

12. aleskel

Posted: August 18, 2008 at 06:08 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. Random Transaction Generator Posted: August 18, 2008 at 06:09 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. Posted: August 18, 2008 at 06:38 PM (#2907268)

No love for Capt. Janeway?

15. WhoWantsTeixeiraDessert Posted: August 18, 2008 at 07:30 PM (#2907337)

Holy crap, Dick Tidrow is now an astronaut?

16. Willie Mayspedes Posted: August 18, 2008 at 08:19 PM (#2907425)

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

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