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One e-mailer asked what my strangest moment of the year was. Glad you asked. Obviously, since my favorite team had such a miserable year, some might wonder if I even enjoyed football at all. Of course I did! Sure, it stunk watching the Eagles lose games each week as if they were still being coached by Rich Kotite. But the expectations of Eagles fans dropped precipitously when one star after another left the lineup. Close division losses didn't bother me so much, though the Giants, Cowboys and Skins all won games from Philly they shouldn't have, but the 42-0 Monday nighter against Seattle, that was horrible.
Oddly enough, the next day, when research showed that the Seahawks might have had the greatest single game ever for a fantasy defense, and fantasy teams that entered Monday night up 34 points and with their opponents having only that Seattle defense actually lost, I realized that the Eagles made history that night! Sure, it hurt to do it and be on the wrong side of history, and there was much embarrassment, but the stories e-mailed to me about how a 34-point lead wasn't safe in the hands of Philly's Mike McMahon were priceless. See, agony can be fun.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He competed in his first fantasy draft in 1987, and chose Wade Boggs 11th overall. Karabell enjoyed his 24 home runs, which tripled Boggs' career high, and was hooked. (He also drafted Dale Sveum that year. Look up his career stats!) Eric has covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football.
Eric can be seen several times a week on ESPNEWS, hosts a national ESPN Radio show (Sundays from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET and is a weekly guest on numerous other shows. He appears frequently on ESPN.com's Fantasy Focus, is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast and contributes to ESPN The Magazine. He has also been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writer's Association, and this blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors all Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer.