KD in CA Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Anyone see the ESPN 30 for 30 episode on Rotisserie Baseball? Wasn't quite as good as some of the other installments, but amusing to see how the fantasy craze got started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 Last night's episode was on the 1982 LLWS champs from Kirkland, WA (immortalized in the 'Trill of Victory' shot during the opening of Wide World of Sports). Pretty good critique of the impact of overwhelming pressure and attention put on these kids. And obviously it's much worse today than 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Saw 'Four Days in October' last night, about the 2004 ALCS (sorry Yank fans!) Pretty good, mostly because of the clips of the Sox locker room, plane, etc. where you could see how loose they were. The games themselves have been replayed a million times so nothing new there, though I forgot how the Yanks should have closed it out in both games 4 and 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Saw 'Four Days in October' last night, about the 2004 ALCS (sorry Yank fans!) Pretty good, mostly because of the clips of the Sox locker room, plane, etc. where you could see how loose they were. The games themselves have been replayed a million times so nothing new there, though I forgot how the Yanks should have closed it out in both games 4 and 5. Oh, sure, I watched that last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Saw 'Four Days in October' last night, about the 2004 ALCS (sorry Yank fans!) Pretty good, mostly because of the clips of the Sox locker room, plane, etc. where you could see how loose they were. The games themselves have been replayed a million times so nothing new there, though I forgot how the Yanks should have closed it out in both games 4 and 5. I was probably good to revisit just to remember a time when the Red Sox were like the Cubs. The best part for me was seeing A-Roid slap at Arroyo's glove. "Oh yeah, now I remember why I harbor such mordacious hate for that purple-lipped phony." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I thought the 30for30 installment was supposed to be stories that flew under the radar a bit or were largely forgotten. The freaking '04 Sox are you kidding me? Yawn. [Not a Yankee fan]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) Two more: House of Steinbrenner: This was was very mediocre, one of the worst of the series. The first 20 minutes focused on the last game at the old Stadium which was ok. The next 20 minutes was basically an interview with Hal Steinbrenner -- who is possibly the most boring person on the planet, mixed in with a jumble of old pictures, crying office secretaries, moving men, etc. Completely pointless. Then the last 20 minutes is building the shiny new home (including the tacky auctioning of pieces of the old stadium for huge dollars) that all the true fans hate -- until they sign hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free agents and win the World Series. Very disappointing, don't bother. Fernando Nation: This was pretty good. Really interesting background story on the history of Chavez Ravine, the state of the Chicano community in that era (amazing how much different from today) and the absence of Latino cultural heroes in the US at the time. Enter Fernando and his incredible rookie season of '81 and his impact on the make up of the Dodger fan base. It's been a long time so people forget, but this guy generated ten times the excitement that Fidrych did in his rookie year. Not to mention the Dodgers won the Series. Unfortunately, since it was only a 60 minute program, the film rushed through the rest of his career and wasn't able to examine what he's doing now or what his lasting (if any) impact has been on those he was such a hero to in the 80s. Still, definitely worth seeing. Edited October 27, 2010 by KD in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 And finally they get to the Steve Bartman story....it premieres Tuesday night. Looking forward to that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelmonSmith6378 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I saw it a while ago. It was all right. I'm more of a Deadliest Warrior guy than a 30 for 30 kind of guy. Speaking of DW, has anybody seen the Vampires vs Zombies episode yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndZoneCrew Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 And finally they get to the Steve Bartman story....it premieres Tuesday night. Looking forward to that one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsXX3dSvtAo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thought the Bartman one was pretty good. Loved the mob mentality and the smiling idiot who was all proud of himself for going down there with the intent of starting a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thought the Bartman one was pretty good. Loved the mob mentality and the smiling idiot who was all proud of himself for going down there with the intent of starting a fight. And apparently still proud of himself 8 years later when everyone else seems to have come to the realization that the overreaction was unwarranted. What an a--hole. I thought it was great they interviewed the guy who came about 6" from being Bartman. Lucky bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Anyone see the ESPN 30 for 30 episode on Rotisserie Baseball? Wasn't quite as good as some of the other installments, but amusing to see how the fantasy craze got started. I caught the 30 for 30 on Bartman last night. Feel bad for that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Bartman gets a bad rap for a number of reasons, but mnostly because a)any of us would have done the same thing in that situation, and b)if Alex Gonzalez can field a routine grounder, the Cubbies would have been able to turn an inning ending DP and bartman would have become irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Bartman gets a bad rap for a number of reasons, but mnostly because a)any of us would have done the same thing in that situation, and b)if Alex Gonzalez can field a routine grounder, the Cubbies would have been able to turn an inning ending DP and bartman would have become irrelevant. The way the people of chicago treated the guy was inexcusable, that's for sure. HE'S ONE OF THEM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I love the 30 for 30 series. I watched "Once Brothers" about Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic the other day. Another excellent episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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