We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

The Show Goes On

By Dan Le Batard

Monday, October 20, 2008

"Everyone ready for The Freak Show?" Phillies outfielder Jeff Conine announces in the visitors' clubhouse before game time, sounding like a gather-around carnival barker summoning ladies and gentlemen and kids of all ages. The Freak Show, 6'4" and 250-plus pounds of lumberjack-thick menace, is getting dressed in a corner, buttoning up with the giant, calloused paws of someone who works with his man-hands for a living. Ryan Howard is bigger than everyone around him in this room, with the kind o ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.