The pair touched in with their new Oyster Cards at Farringdon station before catching the Metropolitan line to Kings Cross.
And that is when Jeter appeared, swooping in from the middle of the infield, running toward the first base line, catching the ball on a bounce along the baseline.
Shane Spencer missed every cut-off man on the planet, but Derek Jeter found his way to about 15 feet or so from home plate on the foul line, catching the ball on a bounce and then flipping it to Jorge Posada, who tagged out Giambi who for some reason did not slide.
Its richness and versatility depend on the skill of the poet in varying the stresses and the position of the caesura (pause) in each line, in catching the shifting tonal qualities and emotional overtones of the language, and in arranging lines into thought groups and paragraphs.
The worst moment came when someone with a machine gun high up was spraying bullets down, and the firing line was catching the edge of the walls and sending up sparks and sprinkling the corner where I was covered in cement and concrete chips.
What about the stupefying goal against Montreal the following month, when, catching the Canadiens on a bad line change, Ovechkin spun 360 degrees, passed the puck to himself off the boards, got knocked on his side and while skidding across the goal mouth lifted a shot over the goalie's outstretched leg?
Lovenkrands's volley towards goal was palmed into the air by Carson, who scrambled back to prevent it going in before catching the ball on the goal-line.
The forwards don't want to be catching the ball on the gain-line and under pressure; instead, take the ball at a bit more depth and have the option to 'tip on' the pass.
This includes catching the ball out of bounds, and stepping over the line after the catch.
So too was the procession of women, no doubt feeling the effects of the previous night's hen do, grimly lining up to avoid catching the bouquet.
