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10/23/2003 Archived Entry: "Fantasy series"

SHUT UP: There are sports commentators I like: Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser -- both too intelligent to be shouting at each other on Pardon the Interruption. There are sports commentators I dislike: Mike Lupica. But all of them share one trait that I despise: griping.

Take, for instance, this year's World Series. A lot of people thought that the Yankees would roll over the Marlins in four straight. Instead we have a series knotted at two games a piece thanks to extra inning heroics by the Marlins and a reasonably exciting -- for baseball any way -- series. Is that good enough? Not for Frank Deford. He babbles on about a fantasy Chicago-Boston series.

Seriously Frank, shut up. Unless I missed the point of your essay, be quiet.