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Summary: One of the Greatest Videos of all time!
Review: The movie is absolutely incredible. The videography is stunning and their are even clips of the greats from the early 1900's playing such as Ruth and Walter Johnson and many more. The narration is excellent. This is definately a well thought out and constructed piece. It flows very smoothly and features many quotations and interviews with hall of famers and baseball experts. The editing job is marvelous and it completely runs the gauntlet of baseball history. In close I gave it a 5 star rating but I would have given about a 500 if that were possible. SUPER PREMIUM VIDEO!
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Summary: A crock!
Review: This DVD resembles a frivolous VH1 countdown rather than an important historical documentary and celebration of baseball's best. About 1/3rd of the players on the list are highlighted, essentially ignoring the rest.
Possibly the greatest injustice is the exclusion of Barry Bonds from this list. Now the list was compiled prior to Mr. Bonds current aura of baseball invincibility but prior to the 1999 season he had won 3 MVP trophies (tied most in NL history at the time) and 8 gold gloves and was the only member of the 400/400 club. Clearly, he deserved to be included.
Bottom line: Inexcusable. Do not waste your time on this DVD.
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Summary: For a baseball fan, the perfect end of the century gift
Review: This home video has unique and never seen video and film of the centuries greatest 30 players: Stan the Man, Big Mac, Ernie Banks, Junior,The Train, Walter Johnson and more.Forget about Jim Grey, this tape is what the All Century Team was all about. If you are or want to give a gift to a baseball fan, this is it. Costas narrates. It is the sport that can lay claim to the century
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Summary: A wonderful panoramic baseball document
Review: This is a DVD for everyone - for modern fans, for those nostaligic for a former age, for modern players, and for coaches. The sheer quality of the historical film footage is what particularly fascinated me, far more than who failed to be included but who ought to have made it etc etc which I am sure will bug some people. I have a feeling that the average standard of professional baseball in the post-war years became much higher than that of the pre-war wars, hence the absence of .400 hitters - especially pitchers who hit .400! Although some of the pre-war players were doubltess great talents the exagerated claim made on video such that Walter Johnson pitched faster than 100mph is just laughable. Just as the fisherman's fish get bigger with time it sounds like the speed of pitchers becomes faster as the years go by. Footage of Johnson pitching is nonetheless fascinating because his mechanics are just as how people remembered him: effortlessly smooth and fluent. But then it is also obvious that his mechanics lack the dynamism of a similar side armer, namely Randy Johnson, who follows through with more thorough weight transfers to the front foot and thus with a flatter back at follow through. That, combined with the fact that Randy is much taller and whippier than Walter can only mean that Walter Johnson cannot possibly be pitching faster than 100mph. However, it is obvious that Walter does have remarkably late shoulder rotation - something that makes a pitcher appear much faster than he actually is. Nonetheless a student of the art of pitching could still learn a thing or two from studying the beautifully fluent text-book pitching mechanics of a Walter Johnson, or a Lefty Grove. If that were not enough the superb color pictures of Sandy Koufax pitching are a wonder to behold. I couldn't help but put on the slow motion replay to study him over and over. His mechanics have always struck me as being perfection itself and the footage quoted here only reinforces this. On the other hand Warren Spahn's pitching mechanics are by modern standards thoroughly Baroque. Gross leaning backwards used to be common fault amongst an older gneration of pitchers such as Bob Feller and Johnny Vander Meer, but Spahn outdoes them all with a degree of leaning backwards that would make a modern pitching coach go pale. It's a small wonder he doesn't fall over backwards and even more of wonder that he was able to maintain control of his pitches with mechanics like that. Although being a pitcher myself it is harder to comment on hitting mechanics it is obvious that Ty Cobb's hitting mechanics are equally bizzare starting with the hands apart on the bat followed by a ridiculously large 'hitch' in which he almosts touches the home plate with the tip of his bat before lifting it up to start his swing. On the other hand seeing Ted Williams (in beautiful color) swing the bat is a joy to behold as a model of perfection. You can see how hitters in opposing teams used to come out just to watch and learn from him when he was at bat.
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Summary: A Great Gift Idea!
Review: This video was a great inside look at Team of the Century. I bought this video for my father (a baseball fanatic) and he loved it! No baseball lover should be without All Century Team.
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Summary: Simply the best video on baseball around!
Review: Throughout my life the one constant that I have always enjoyed was baseball, that's why it was so easy to review this video. Major League Baseball has produced a magnificent work of art. Selecting the all time any thing team and making everyone happy it a feat that has never been accomplished before, this film is no exception. What is remarkable about this film is how close to perfect it is. Allowing the fans to vote at the end of the century detracts from the meaning of the vote, as younger fans do not have a true appreciation of the pure sense of the game itself. This fact does not detract from the overall film in any way at all. The thirty selected from the over 16,000 players who have grace the diamonds around the United Sates is a testament to the game. I am so very lucky to own one of the truly priceless videos of my generation.
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