As the day ended, though, with only RadioShack left on the course, the excitement was palpable.
9.51pm BST Rays 2 - Red Sox 5, bottom of the 4th Of course the excitement starts immediately after I ask for emails and tweets.
We can concede, of course, that excitement in stock markets is centred on big multinationals with overseas earnings, rather than UK operators of low-price gyms.
I love the colours, the smells, even the promise of winter and of course the excitement of a new year ahead.
When you open the door, there's the smell of the cream leather seats; there's the Savile Row seat belts, the manual indicator switch on the dashboard, the starter button underneath the dashboard and, of course, the excitement when it starts on a cold winter's morning.
Of course, the excitement works best when it's tempered with both acknowledgment and treatment.
While of course the excitement of feeling healthy and fresh made this a fantastic race, I also walked away feeling enlightened.
Of course, hasty excitement must be managed, because – at this stage – the scheme is merely an "experiment", and one that the world will be keeping a very close eye on.
Of course, the excitement of "federal election commission paperwork, detailed filing instructions, and more legal disclaimers than you can shake a stick at" isn't the only draw: enclosed in the Super Fun Pack is a treasure map and decoder ring that will lead the victor to an actual treasure: a visit to his or her college by our brother, our captain, our king, Stephen Colbert, himself.
Of course, the real excitement comes inside the books, rather than on the covers.
