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Each week, Sports On TV looks at the 20 (or so) greatest sports-related moments from television shows that aren’t always about sports. This week we tackle the low-brow 1987-97 FOX classic ‘Married… With Children’, and honestly, it’s the closest we’ve come to saying f**k it and just writing about sports shows. MWC featured more sports moments and guest appearances than almost any other sitcom, and even featured a sports moments clip-show in the middle of its 10th season. Instead of just finding that on YouTube and posting it here, we’ve put together our own list.

The entire run of ‘Married…’ is currently streaming on Netflix, so if you read about Al Bundy punching a heavyset lady in the stomach or beating a bunch of old people at track and field and want to check it out, you can do so there. If our top 20 didn’t feature your favorite moment, be sure to drop down into the comments section and let us know what we missed.

But for now, enjoy the 20 greatest sports moments from ‘Married… With Children’. Let’s get the greatest moment in television history out of the way first …

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Yep, that’s Frank Thomas shooting the puck at a Chicago Blackhawks game and not immediately collapsing in agony. Retirement must be going well for him. Maybe he got a pair of robot legs installed. (via Rant Sports)

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Frank Thomas became the 21st MLB player to hit 500 home runs, and Craig Biggio notched his 3000th hit (the 27th player to do so) last night, marking the first time in history that two very good players on teams no one particularly cared about reached important milestones on the night of a more entertaining NBA draft.

Thomas launched his 500th homer (13th this season) in the first inning, a three-run shot that gave the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead.  But the Blue Jays squandered the lead, and Thomas was ejected in the ninth inning for arguing balls and strikes, and the Twins went on to win 8-5.

Biggio, meanwhile, collected five hits last night in the Astros' 11-inning win over the Rockies.  He tried to stretch #3000, a single to right, into a double but was thrown out at second.  But the Astros stopped the game for a little celebration, anyway, and it was all touching and crap.  Then Carlos Lee hit a walk-off grand slam in the 11th with the 'Stros trailing, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Now, of course, baseball fans can argue: do Thomas and Biggio belong in the Hall of Fame?  And the correct response, of course, is omigod, can you believe the Spice Girls are having a reunion?