Still glowing from an improbable Football Team victory Thursday night (no coverage here: that’s what you get for posting early!), and having sweated out another Notre Dame victory Saturday afternoon, I found myself with little to watch football-wise Saturday and Sunday evenings. (Well, a million games I don’t care about.)<\/p>\n
Enter ESPN’s latest\u00a030 for 30<\/em> offering, “Once Upon a Time in Queens.” The story of the 1980s Mets, culminating in their World Championship in ’86, “Queens” isn’t the\u00a0happiest<\/em> saga ever told, but\u00a030 for 30<\/em> episodes never are. (It’s ESPN, remember.)<\/p>\n The ’80s Mets were known as party boys, frat boys, bad boys: players known for their drug problems and management known for its racism. The fans? They were known for all of those things too.<\/p>\n In other words, perfect drama for\u00a030 for 30<\/em>.<\/p>\n If you’ve followed baseball at all the past 35 years you know all these stories already. You’ve seen replays of all the well-known games, including each contest in the ’86 Mets’ two classic playoff series.<\/p>\n Did I care I’d seen it all before?<\/p>\n Not in the slightest.<\/p>\n Four hours of my life very well spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Still glowing from an improbable Football Team victory Thursday night (no coverage here: that’s what you get for posting early!), and having sweated out another Notre Dame victory Saturday afternoon, I found myself with little to watch football-wise Saturday and … Continue reading