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When It Was a Game (1991); When it Was a Game 2 (1992); When It Was a Game 3 (2000)
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By Oz (Louisiana)
This is an absolute gem! The home movies of the stars and other players is fabulous. The color is so bright and crisp and the commentary is very good.
This is a must buy for the sports fan, especially one that wants to learn about the history of the game.
By M. Humes (Mesa, AZ.)
If you love Baseball, you have to have this set! I watch them over and over again. Even though it depicts Baseball before my time, I feel like I am transported back in time when Baseball was Baseball. I Highly recommend this!
By Loves To Read (Twin Cities, MN USA)
This HBO documentary is divided into three one hour segments, each remembering a different era. You can buy or rent them individually but I recommend watching all three. The entire series consists of 8mm and 16mm clips shot entirely by fans and players. Almost all are in color and none are done by professional photographers. The quality is amazing considering the sources -clear, sharp pictures. There are special features on Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson and others. This is for those of us who remember or want to know about when players lived in our neighborhoods, shopped at our stores and had second jobs during the off season to make ends meet. Dick Raddatz recalls making $6,000 pitching for the Red Sox during the season and $11,000 during the off season as a furniture mover. We lived for several years next door to Camilo Pascual, the great pitcher for the Senators and Twins. We would play catch in the back yard and my sisters would babysit his children. Jim Kaat shopped at my (future) in-laws corner grocery store and lived down the block. They were real heroes to all of us and they were regular people, too. This series starts in the 30's (they really did have color film) and ends in 1970 with the advent of free agency, which arguably changed the game forever, whatever you might think of its validity. This is nothing but three hours of fun and nostalgia. If you're a baseball fan, it would be hard to recommend anything else that would be as much just plain fun. None of us can turn back the clock but for three hours you can relive those years when baseball was just a game. Enjoy.
By Roccoanastasio
I have always been a huge baseball fan and I remember HBO airing this series, way before Ken Burns Baseball. I was Excited to see that it was released on DVD and bought it almost immediately. This is a great collection for someone who is either a baseball historian, collector, or a casual fan. Its great to see the players of yesteryear playing the game of Baseball the way it was meant to be played. Even though there are no special features this collection still gets a full 5 Stars because this is a great collection for any baseball fan.
By davesbuster (San Luis Obispo, CA, USA)
If you are old enough to remember when baseball truly WAS a game, before free agency switched the balance of power and teams started changing rosters every year based on contracts, these are the videos for you. Color home movies of the old days, when you always knew who was on your team, are hard to come by but are assembled here. Before huge egos and paychecks changed everything, the purity of the game comes across on these DVDs like nowhere else. And if you're not old enough to remember those days, here's a fascinating history lesson for you, a very enjoyable one.
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