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\nRudolf Nureyev, known (among other things) for his spectacularly high jumps, was once asked: “How do you make your leaps so incredible? What is it, exactly, that you do?” Nureyev thought a bit, and then replied, “Well – I leap into the air – and when I reach the highest point – I just pause<\/i> for a moment.”<\/p>\n
We have all seen dancers who seem able to pause in mid-air. Up they go – and then something happens that doesn’t seem to happen to us normal people when we jump up in the air. These magical beings seem to float – laterally – through the air. Gravity is defeated.<\/p>\n
And last night Coco Crisp appeared to pause<\/i> in mid-air during his have-to-see-it-to-believe-it catch late in the game:<\/p>\n
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\nCrisp said it himself – he paused<\/i>:<\/p>\n “I got a pretty good jump. I didn’t know if I could catch it, so I went straight at it. I took a leap of faith. I was going full-speed so I was able to hang in the air just long enough to make the catch.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He hung in the air just long enough to make the catch …<\/i><\/p>\n Athletes, man. <\/p>\n I love this shit.<\/p>\n What do you want to bet that RIGHT NOW in backyards throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island – or wherever Red Sox fans abide, little kids are re-enacting Coco Crisp’s catch? They are all now taking turns “being Coco” … and flying through the air. <\/p>\n Attempting to pause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rudolf Nureyev, known (among other things) for his spectacularly high jumps, was once asked: “How do you make your leaps so incredible? What is it, exactly, that you do?” Nureyev thought a bit, and then replied, “Well – I leap … Continue reading