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Major League Baseball - 100 Years of the World Series (Collector's Edition) | 
| Actor: Bob Costas
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
Buy New: $74.95
New (3) Used (5) from $39.95
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 23725
Format: Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 335
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.5
UPC: 603212011125
EAN: 0603212011125
ASIN: B0000C8261
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 The best thing I've seen in videos of baseball. September 17, 2008
This is one of the few good video I've seen on baseball, because the amount of pictures and texts that are found in it.
Good quality pictures and videos, a fabulous job of editing, coupled with low-cost product is undoubtedly sufficient reason to buy it.
what could be better than looking back on 100 world series May 26, 2008
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
Although the period from 1903 to 2002 span 100 years there were only 98 World Series because (1) in 1904.the second year, the National League didn't want to hold it and (2)in 1994 the season was cancelled in the middle because of a players strike that lasted until the beginning of the 1995 season. So there was no World Series in 1904 and 1994. But there are still so many memorable games and great series that this is really an extremely iteresting DVD to watch. Bob Costas is a great announcer, a big baseball fan and very knowledgeable about the sport's history. No wonder this a great video to see!
 AWESOME DVD December 21, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the best dvd I have ever seen on the history of the world series. I was pleasantly surprised to see how well the very old world series' were covered. If you can find this dvd priced at $20 or less, buy it. However, since it is rare now, don't be taken advantage of by some of the scumbag gougers who try to sell it for $40 or more. It definitely is not worth that ridiculous price.
The BEST video...ever! November 8, 2005
This is, by far, my favorite DVD in my entire collection. I'm not talking just baseball DVD's, but favorite of all the movies I own. It gave me chills throughout the entire thing. So good.
Outstanding, despite an egregious slight August 27, 2005
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
100 Years of the World Series is a beautifully done homage to the Fall Classic. It has outstanding production value, excellent narration (from Bob Costa), and is long enough to tell many of the great stories that grew out of one hundred years of baseball in October. The earliest World Series are mostly illustrated with well chosen still photos, in the best tradition of documentaries like Ken Burns Baseball and The Civil War, but I was surprised that there was actually a good deal of motion picture baseball footage available for a much earlier date than I would have supposed. This fine documentary should be a must see for all true baseball fans.
I did have one major disappointment with this documentary, which was serious enough for me to dock a star from my review. It totally ignored the two great Pittsburgh Pirates World Series teams of the 1920s. The slight to the 1927 team is at least understandable, as they were overshadowed by and lost to Murder's Row, the great New York Yankees team considered by many to be the greatest single team in baseball history. All that was said about this team was that they had no chance despite the fact that the team contained five future Hall of Fame players - it did not even bother to name any of them. The slight to the 1925 team, which won that World Series, was much more egregious. After going into depth about Walter Johnson and the Senator's 1924 World Series victory, the 1925 World Series was covered with a bare ten seconds and one sentence, which only mentioned the Pirate victors in passing. All that the narrator could say about this exciting series (which went seven games and was the first where a team came back from being down three game to one to win the Series) was this - "Johnson led the Senators to another World Series in 1925, but though he won two games in that classic, the Pittsburgh Pirates won game seven for their second title." The fact that both of these Pirates teams loaded with future Hall of Fame players (Pie Trayner, Joe Cronin, Kiki Cuyler, brothers Paul & Lloyd Waner, and Max Carey) and representing a decade in which the Pirates were consistently in the first division of the National League is a major oversight and worthy of censor, especially considering the fact of how lovingly every New York loosing team was covered.
Despite how badly this documentary dropped the ball in its coverage of the 1920s Pirates World Series teams, its overall excellence won me over, and I must give it an enthusiastic recommendation. If you are a baseball fan, you simply shouldn't miss this one.
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