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The real postseason losers

By Jim Baker
ESPN Insider

Monday, October 20, 2003

When I was in seventh grade, my junior high had a ping pong tournament. Having played a lot in my rec room, I thought I was ready to take my game to the next level out there in the real world. As it turned out, my draw in the first round waxed me in two games. I believe the only time I scored was when the person I was playing tried to amuse himself by making an especially difficult shot and created an unforced error. As soon as he beat me, I started rooting for him to go all the way because tha ...

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