ESPN's fantasy-sports drama is all too real

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"Don't … trade … Prince … Fielder!" Those are the overwrought dying words of a character on Endless Drama, a faux soap opera created by Arnold to promote ESPN’s fantasy-baseball franchise. Real major leaguers Torii Hunter, Hanley Ramirez, Chase Utley and Jorge Posada share the screen with ESPN celebs and soap-opera cast members from All My Children and One Life to Live. The videos are dead-on in sending up both soaps and the world of fantasy sports.

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