30 for 30 running thread

I think my favorite so far was June 17, 1994, followed closely by the Two Escobars and then the USFL.

 

This, flipping The Two Escobars and June 17, 1994, both of which were impressive on every level. As was the USFL.

 

RE the bike one: Is it good for someone who probably has zero interest in BMX?

 

Vlade and Drazen
Fernando
Marcus Dupree

I think the Terry Fox will be one of the saddest things ever aired on TV.

 

It's an amazing story, I hope people watch it.

 

I'm old enough to remember the HBO movie on Fox.

 

The favorite for me was probably June 17, 1994. The Two Escobars and the USFL one are up there. And while I'm probably in the minority, I really, really liked Silly Little Game. Just rewatched the Legend of Jimmy the Greek, too.

 

Ditto

Robert Duvall

 

Man, it's hard to pick my favorite!

I think it goes...

Escobars
Greek
Bias
Iverson
Muhammad & Larry

I'm hearing Marcus Dupree is amazing.

 

I didn't see it as a cautionary take. The way I saw it was the other kids loved playing with Cody and new he was the best player. And in the end were glad they weren't Cody, because of the limelight. Cody seemed to handle it well until parents of other teams ripped into him. Cody was a pretty mentally tough kid for a 12-year-old. The sad thing was Cody could never understand why he had to be considered the star. He always seemed to insist they never would have had that success unless they were a great team.

 

Living in the area at the time and playing in a league not far from Cody — he was in Kirkland, I was in Kenmore — I don't view it as a cautionary tale at all, but rather how well equipped he was to handle it and how admirable all involved with that team actually were. I defy anybody to deal with what he dealt with and come out the other side as normal as he is. He was two years older than me and he would be at games and people would stop watching the game and the lines to get autographs from him were ridiculous. He was 15 at that point, three years removed from the win.

My dad umpired him multiple times when he was at Juanita and on the local legion team and said he never met a more respectful kid. Said he'd never get flustered on the mound, would ask about where a pitch was missing between innings but never tried to act like he was "king shit," though he was still very often the best player on the field in every game.

And to say that every team had a big kid that didn't live up to expectations forgets that Cody was THE big kid who slayed the Taiwan dragon and then — oh, by the way — served as the "thrill of victory" every Saturday morning until he was 18-years old.

It wasn't a great 30 on 30, but those guys were a great deal more than just your standard LLWS champs.

 

The more I watch this the more I dislike Evert.

Oh, Navratilova seems like the classiest person I have seen on TV in a long time.