I always cry at that episode too. I just watched it again last night. This show is the cat's ass. Though it should be called SOFTBALL.
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I, too, just finished watching that episode. It was kind of sad, but Les redeemed himself by making the decisive play, even if it was by accident.
It was his Charlie Brown moment, when for once something went his way. It was a sadly-sweet episode, and one of the few filmed outside.