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...there really demand for that much baseball, especially at a time of year when most sports nuts are focused on college bowl games and the NFL playoffs? The nation's cable and satellite providers think so: the MLB Network will debut in over 50 million homes - the U.S. has around 115 million television households - making it the largest pay-TV launch in history. "This is the next step in the evolution of delivering baseball to our fans," says Bob DuPuy, Major League Baseball's president and chief operating officer...
...that spirit, here's one for the Lions' players. Where do you go in Detroit in case of a tornado? To Ford Field - they never get a touchdown there. Yeah, it's not really that funny, is it? When you can't win one single game in today's NFL, it doesn't really feel like a laughing matter...
...flirted with infamy by starting 0-13 (his Dolphins finished 1-15, but made the playoffs this season - and won the AFC East - by beating the New York Jets on Sunday 24-17). "The defense starts blaming the offense. You get that 'every man for himself' feeling. In the NFL [the ultimate team game] that's the last thing you want to happen...
...losing takes its psychological toll. "The greatest job in the world is playing in the NFL for a winning team," says Aikman. "At the same time, the worst job in the world is being an NFL player on a losing team. No amount of money in the world will change that." If you're on a bad team in pro baseball or basketball, at least the frequent games can keep your mind occupied. In the NFL, the failures fester all week. During his tumultuous rookie year, Aikman stayed cooped up in his home between games. "You don't want...
...family, the city of Tampa, everyone involved," he says of playing for the '76 Buccaneers. "It's a glum, glum feeling, I mean, just an empty feeling." Last week Wood got a call from his brother, who said he just saw the Bucs named the worst NFL team in history on some television program. (Thanks, bro.) "How do you think that made me feel?" Wood asks. "It's hard to take...