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Summary: great for the old sports fan with stories galore
Review: Filled with tons of great stories from 1932 to 1999. Filled with your most favorite sports stories. It has 173 pages , not including the intro and foreword by Hank Aaron and the credits. Comes with 2 Audio Cd's, which say the same thing as the book. The audio cd is great background music for formal parties and much more. This is overall a great buy.
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Summary: Score!
Review: From Babe's homerun in '32 to Michael's winning shots, this book and incredibly realistic CD lead you through sports moments any fan is sure to remember. Got a spoiled kid to buy for? This is sure to put the look of suprise on his face that you usually don't see. Got a sports fanactic nephew? He'll stay up late hours of the night replaying the greatest moments in sports' history. Or do you just want to treat yourself, absorbing the magic? Good idea...I highly reccomend it.
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Summary: Dissapointing Choices
Review: Great concept for a book/CD, but his choice of moments is disappointing. The first things you notice is the heavy skew towards New York sports teams. Garner includes the Mets, Jets, Knicks and Rangers championships...all certainly exciting moments, but none very "climactic". In any of those sports you could have found 20 more "climactic" moments (quick, hockey fans: wouldn't you have rather heard the call of either the `72 or `86 Canada Cup?). A noticable weakness is that Garner goes out of his way to include personalities rather than moments. Thus the obligatory inclusion of clips from the careers of Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan. All legends, but the inclusion of such "moments" in this package seems forced and phony. For example, Garner includes Jordan's sixth NBA crown, when a far better moment to honor Jordan would have been The Shot against Clevland in `89. Another problem is Bob Costas' intrusive narration on the CD. It would have been better if they had Costas set up the clips and let them run interrupted. No where is this more annoying than on the Immaculate Reception audio clip, where I found myself thinking "Shut up, Bob!" Not a bad book/CD. If you have the spare $40 lying around, there are worse ways to spend it.
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Summary: Words and Sounds Combine to make this a Masterpiece
Review: I am 27, so the actual amount of major sports moments I have seen and heard live is limited. Getting this book, and listening to the moments helped me get a better feel not only for the events, but the time they took place in. You can learn a lot by just listening. My father scanned the table of contents, and said that he had seen or heard fully half of these moments live, and he enjoyed reliving moments of his past. Costas does get a little long-winded, but it does not detract from any of the moments.
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Summary: More entertaining than "We Interrupt This Broadcast..."
Review: I enjoyed this set more than the previous title for the mere fact that Bob Costas yaps for far less time than Bill Kurtis on most of the tracks. Costas is, for the most part, concise and sets up very well the moment about to be heard. Bill Kurtis tended to ramble on longer than the news clip on "We Interrupt This Broadcast..." Overall, I really enjoyed these moments, especially as I am too young to remember over 3/4ths of them =), you can still get a tingle hearing the call on the Cal-Stanford game, Wilt's 100th point, etc.
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Summary: Great but missing something
Review: I got chills listening to some of the greatest calls in Sports History. However, I was disappointed that icons like Vin Scully, Harry Caray and Ernie Harwell couldn't have made their way on to the list. Also, as big as the King-Riggs match was, Cosell should have been calling "Down Goes Frazier". However, the book and CDs are magical with what is included and are a must have for real sports fans.
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Summary: And The Crowd Goes Wild
Review: I loved the book. I have two comments though. Eric Heiden's Olympic accomplishments in skating should have been included instead of the Bobby Riggs/Billie Jean King PR stunt. Also on page 49 there is an incorrect photo of the Ice Bowl game between Green Bay and Dallas. The picture of Bart Starr throwing a pass is not from the famed frozen tundra game. If you look at the crowd in the background, no one is wearing -46 degree weather clothing. In fact there is even one guy in the front row with his coat open. This photo also looks like a night game; I believe the Ice Bowl was played during the day. Other than those two things the book was great.
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Summary: And The Crowd Goes Wild
Review: I loved the book. I have two comments though. Eric Heiden's Olympic accomplishments in skating should have been included instead of the Bobby Riggs/Billie Jean King PR stunt. Also on page 49 there is an incorrect photo of the Ice Bowl game between Green Bay and Dallas. The picture of Bart Starr throwing a pass is not from the famed frozen tundra game. If you look at the crowd in the background, no one is wearing -46 degree weather clothing. In fact there is even one guy in the front row with his coat open. This photo also looks like a night game; I believe the Ice Bowl was played during the day. Other than those two things the book was great.
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Summary: Great
Review: I thought the book and cd were great I am only 13 years old, so I have heard of most the stories but never heard the actual call. It is fun to listen to the call as you read and look at the great pictures. I definitely recomend getting this book.
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Summary: Pretty darned good
Review: I've really been enjoying this book and CD set.If for nothing else having the 1980 Olympic call on the hockey game.Also,being a Nor Cal guy,"The Catch" (Montana to Clark to win the NFC) and "The Play" (the Cal/Stanford game running throug the band to win the game),was well worth the price of admission.The one complaint however,would be the narration of Bob Costas.....He's a great sportcaster,but on some cuts on the CD's he tends to be a bit too much....Shut up and let me listen to the calls!
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