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| Actors: Terry Francona, Mike Lowell, Jonathan Palpelbon, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
List Price: $79.95
Buy New: $27.10
You Save: $52.85 (66%)
New (45) Used (8) Collectible (1) from $27.08
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 9784
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 8
Running Time: 1205
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM4033
UPC: 733961106992
EAN: 0733961106992
ASIN: B000WOSAZQ
Release Date: December 11, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Meh ... I'll pass November 26, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A "complete" series? If it's missing the first four games of the ALCS, how is this a "complete" series?
As others have said, MLB once again pulls a bone-headed move.
I'll wait to get it on sale or on eBay ... no way I'm paying full price for an incomplete set of game DVDs.
 No widescreen, no sale November 15, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
The biggest disappointment in the 2004 season and now the 2007 season is the lack of a widescreen edition of these DVD sets. I'm a huge fan, but I cannot bring myself to buy these DVDs until there's an HD version or an SD widescreen version. The format is available as Fox broadcast the WS and ALCS games in 2004 in HD and TBS/TNT/Fox broadcast all the 2007 games in HD.
I'll give it 5 stars for the content and take off 2 for the format.
Edit: Apparently these are in widescreen contrary to the specs at the time of my post. The specs listed on Amazon and everywhere else that I could find at the time said either 4:3 or 1.33:1 which is not widescreen. Sorry!
MLB gets it wrong again November 11, 2007
44 out of 49 found this review helpful
MLB has an unfortunate tendency to give the customers what they want us to have, rather than what we really want.
In 2004, they gave Sox fans a "complete" DVD set from the ALCS and World Series. But where was the ALDS? Most Sox fans probably would have paid extra for those three exciting games, had they been available. Once again, MLB has come up short with their "complete" DVD set: you get the anti-climactic 2007 World Series, but only the last three games of the ALCS. Why only a fraction of a series? Why only games 5-7? Just because, it would seem. Want to see Josh Beckett's dominating performance in Game 1 against Cleveland? Too bad, MLB didn't deem it worthy of inclusion.
This collection isn't bad, it's exactly what it advertises itself as. But it could have been so much better.
ALCS....minus Games 1, 2, 3 & 4 Plus all four World Series Games November 10, 2007
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I'm going to have to think long and hard before buying this set. I really enjoyed the 2004 version because it had statistics for each game on the DVD cover and included the first four games.
Why would a decision be made to exlude four games from the ALCS? Sure the price is $40 cheaper, but I would have paid $40 more to have all seven games.
This decision gives me the feeling that somebody who is not a fan of baseball made this decision, because any true fan of the sport would have prefered all seven games instead of just three.
So essentially I'll only see one game of Josh Beckett's outstanding/dominating performance in the ALCS. I'll miss the first Curt Schilling game. I'll also miss Dice-K and Wakefield's performance. Yeah, the last three lost their games (Schilling actually had a ND) but that's what makes an exciting series exciting.
I certainly HOPE somebody changes their mind and releases all SEVEN games. Otherwise...what's the point?!?!
 red sox nation, baby November 9, 2007
1 out of 20 found this review helpful
Well the Boston Red Sox just won the Worid Series. They proved me wrong. I admit I shouldn't have counted them out as quickly as I did. I wasn't taking into consideration the depth of their bullpen and their amazing lineup of really solid offense. I'm glad they won though, seeing as how I love my east coast baseball teams.
This is a very important purchase if you're a Red Sox fan because it features the most important games of the entire series.
I'm really surprised the Rockies were, well, rocky throughout the whole series. I guess eight days off can really be a bad thing after all. I guess that's just too much time off, and enough to take you off your game. Was really surprised the main hitters weren't stepping up and delivering such as Helton and Hawpe. Four straight loses though... man, that's a real shame. The Angels/Giants was the last really fun World Series back in 2002 because it went seven games. I was hoping this one would do the same thing but it wasn't meant to be I guess.
The fans were really excited for their hometeam Rockies and I can tell they were cheering hard to try and get them to play better, but you know, the Red Sox were just too powerful and I hope the Rockies fans eventually come to realize this. The Red Sox have blasted their way through my Phillies many times over the last couple years, and many other National League teams. Just a tough, tough team.
Anyway, I was a bit surprised to see how passionate Rockies fans were. I wasn't sure just how much they'd love their team because of all the empty seats during the regular season, but they proved in the World Series they love their team just as much as anyone. You have to admit it was really fun watching such a huge stadium light up the way it did tonight. What a great stadium Coors Field is.
I thought Coors Field would be a problem for guys like Manny Ramirez moving around quickly enough to recover balls, but that didn't seem to be much of a problem most of the time.
It's really great though seeing guys like Ortiz, Youkilis, Lowell, Crisp, Pedroia, Lester, Ellsbury, Papelbon, and Beckett win a championship. Looking back, it would have been pretty shocking had the Red Sox not won, when you consider all these amazingly talented players on the team.
I think the best thing about the Red Sox winning the World Series in 2007 is how they proved that winning it all in 2004 wasn't just a one-time thing. Many people (including me) didn't think they'd be able to repeat that again, and the Yankees would continue dominating the very next year. Didn't happen that way. So once again- congratulations Red Sox fans. I guess a big parade is coming your way tomorrow!
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