Credit where credit is due

I give Paul Meyer at the PG a lot of flak for his fluffy writing style, but I've got to be honest, I'm really enjoying the series he's running on the freak show '97 team (part 1 here and part 2 here if you've missed them so far). I was 12 that summer and a lot less critical of things than I am now. I remember assuming that the 78 wins meant that we had a good core of young players that would kick-start the franchise. Clearly, I was wrong and now there's only a few players from that team even left in the league. Still, it was certainly fun while it lasted, and that's why reading Meyer's stories about it are fun, too.