Morning Stretch is part 1 of your daily hot link action on days that are link-happy.  Check back at 2:30PM CST for the Home Stretch. Yes, that’s a bird diaper.

• 20 Players You Want On Your Side In A Brawl.  [HMJ]
• Skydiver Falls 6,000 Ft Without Parachute, Survives.  [TPS]
• 7 Closers We Need Back In MLB.  [Uncoached]
• Top 10 Fictional Athletes Of All Time.  [In Game Now]
• $50 a Stick Ultra Premium Cigars.  [The Bachelor Guy]
• Student Uses Snake As Jump Rope.  [Blog of Hilarity]
• SURRRGE!  Energy Drinks of the 90s.  [IceIceBabies]
• Ten of the Most Unusual SPAM Cans.  [Gunaxin]
• Video of Wings overtime goal vs. Blackhawks.  [The World of Isaac]