CATCHING A GRAPE IN YOUR MOUTH DROPPED FROM 101 FEET HIGH. Tyler Cowan on the Marginal Revolution site reports here on the feat of catching a grape dropped from 101 feet high in your mouth. The grapes were walnut sized and dropped from a hot air balloon. Here is a report by Maggie Cassidy in a local newspaper, the Valley News in Vermont. There is also a video. There were a lot of misses and Brent Fraser, who caught the grape, wound up with most of his face covered with purple juice. There is a discussion of the physics involved in the comments on Marginal Revolution. Apparently, it felt like being punched in the face.
I was interested in this effort because it reminded me of an old baseball story I posted on here. Wilbert Robertson, who played in the majors in the early 1900’s, tried to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, and “…someone (many say it was Casey Stengel) substituted a grapefruit, which exploded on impact. With his eyes shut and his chest wringing wet, Robinson believed himself covered with his own blood until he heard his team laughing.â€
A Chicago team in the World Series and no comment from Pater Familias even though it has won over 100 games? Rather grapes from balloons listed under the baseball category???
Go Cubbies!
I’m a fair weather Cub fan.
Go Cubs!
Rooting for the Cubs would be much easier if they hadn’t traded for Aroldis Chapman.