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Just caught it today. It was a bit too silly in some parts, but had a really interesting story to tell. Has to crack you up that the guy who invented fantasy baseball has never won a league.

I'm in a fantasy football league right now that started in 1992 with all of the scoring done by hand. We just started putting it online three years ago. I'm not kidding. There were two guys in the league that did not have computers and didn't understand why we giving them such a hard time.

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04-23-2010 , 03:14 PM

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Silly Little Game would have been better if they just got rid of all the over-the-top reenactments and spent more time on the growth of fantasy sports since the internet. 1/2 Rotisserie League story, 1/2 modern fantasy sports would have been better, but I guess they really wanted to make this a tribute to the original crew than a story of fantasy sports.

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04-23-2010 , 03:17 PM

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Silly Little Game would have been better if they just got rid of all the over-the-top reenactments and spent more time on the growth of fantasy sports since the internet. 1/2 Rotisserie League story, 1/2 modern fantasy sports would have been better, but I guess they really wanted to make this a tribute to the original crew than a story of fantasy sports.

Yes, this was 100% the point of it.

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04-23-2010 , 03:20 PM

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What I found most shocking is there appeared to be women involved in the founding of fantasy sports. I would have laid a steep number that the first league was all men.

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04-23-2010 , 03:43 PM

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Run Ricky Run up next. Pretty stoked for this one. I remember reading on the 30 for 30 site that it's going to be told by/through Ricky's eyes.

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04-23-2010 , 07:56 PM

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Run Ricky Run up next. Pretty stoked for this one. I remember reading on the 30 for 30 site that it's going to be told by/through Ricky's bloodshot eyes.

fyp

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04-27-2010 , 07:55 PM

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bump for Run Ricky Run in 5 minutes, been really looking forward to this.

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04-27-2010 , 08:07 PM

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lol Ditka doesn't know if he'd do it all over again or not.

Edit: All the trades to get Ricky

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04-27-2010 , 08:30 PM

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Ricky's dad sounds like a creepy dude.

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04-27-2010 , 08:33 PM

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is it bugging anyone else that he has a piece of food or something stuck in his mustache hair for most of the interviews?

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04-27-2010 , 08:43 PM

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nice to see that ESPN can take some shots at itself.

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04-27-2010 , 08:43 PM

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is it bugging anyone else that he has a piece of food or something stuck in his mustache hair for most of the interviews?

YES

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04-27-2010 , 08:43 PM

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this episode is funny, lol

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04-27-2010 , 08:44 PM

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this episode isamazing

seriously this is making a strong case for my favorite one so far.

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04-27-2010 , 08:46 PM

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this dude is awesome, lol

Last edited by erick_marroquin; 04-27-2010 at 08:52 PM. Reason: and he's pretty smart

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04-27-2010 , 08:55 PM

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What's the difference between "life partner" and "wife"?

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04-27-2010 , 08:59 PM

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What's the difference between "life partner" and "wife"?

one is basically your wife but not actually married, wife is when you're married.

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04-27-2010 , 08:59 PM

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I really, really enjoyed this one. Clear top 3

I think I'd rank

1) Reggie
2) This
3) Miami U

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04-27-2010 , 09:00 PM

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But they got married...

Anyway, really really really great episode. Easily one of the best yet. Can't off the top of my head think of a better one that I've seen so far.

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04-27-2010 , 09:02 PM

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The poker and bananas scene was classic "16-17 J's "

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04-27-2010 , 09:03 PM

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my favorite still is Ali/Holmes

This one was informative and well done. I'd say it's third behind aforementioned Ali and The U.

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04-27-2010 , 09:06 PM

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Really good, definitely learned a lot about a story that wasn't covered very well when it first happened. Everybody knew he quit football, but how many knew he chilled in a tent in Australia for a period of time. That's why some of these are really good, when they reveal stuff that wasn't covered which changes how people will view the entire event.

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04-27-2010 , 09:07 PM

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Just saw this thread.

These things are some pretty decent **** imo. Bias is easily the best one imo

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04-27-2010 , 09:32 PM

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I really, really enjoyed this one. Clear top 3

I think I'd rank

1) Reggie
2) This
3) Miami U

I liked the USFL one a lot. But this was probably one of the better ones for sure.

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04-27-2010 , 10:08 PM

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But they got married...

Anyway, really really really great episode. Easily one of the best yet. Can't off the top of my head think of a better one that I've seen so far.

And they started listing her as wife instead of life partner in the interviews that took place after the wedding.

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