Yankees Throw First Pitch From Space

Tomorrow night and Wednesday night, the New York Yankees face their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox yet again. Currently, the Red Sox stand at 9-6 and the Yankees 8-7... word on the street is that the ceremonial first pitch of the game is to be filmed from the international space station, which is currently in outerspace somewhere orbiting 220 miles away, studying the coarsening of particles suspended in tin/lead alloy (what??). I can't even begin to fathom how much money is generated by the Yankees, but it certainly must be a lot if they're pulling this. US Astronaut Garrett Reisman, long-time Yankee fan hailing from Parsippany, New Jersey, has thrown a fastball which reportedly clocked in at better than 5 miles a second. I don't really know how this would work in space, but that sounds pretty cool. And it's a pretty sweet opportunity for Reisman, who embarked on his first flight on March 11th, 2008, and has been orbiting around ever since as a flight engineer. It would be pretty awesome if he could get live HDTV up there, unfortunately he only gets news feeds from headquarters after the game. However, I will definitely be watching the game (live at 7PM), representin New York, who suffered a two-night loss to the Red Sox over the weekend...