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ESPN's 'Long Gone Summer' 30-For-30 Was Bizarre and Boring: TRAINA THOUGHTS

1. If you missed last night's debut of ESPN's Long Gone Summer 30-for-30, but have it on your DVR, don't waste your time watching it—unless you like watching 105 minutes of home runs from the 1998 season.

It was the first 30-for-30 ever that I can remember that was just flat-out bad and boring. More than bad and boring, it was weird.

The show spent an hour and 45 minutes glorifying Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire and then, in the final 15 minutes, was like, "Oh, by the way, while these guys were busting out of their jerseys and hitting moon shot after moon shot, there was also this little steroid scandal.