 "A Brooklyn Dodger Fan Salutes The Red Sox Nation" | 2008-08-31 |
| - Reviewed By jeff_minde |
As a lifelong Brooklyn Dodger fan I have to admit that I cried when I watched this. I had never really followed the Red Sox before I saw this video, but I will now. Actually, because of the similar caps, we get mistaken for Sox fans ALL the time, but that's no shame. Brooklyn's Dodgers and Boston's Red Sox share long and storied complementary histories. Just watch this DVD and any of the many Brooklyn Dodger DVDs available. Consider this:
1. Fenway Park was built in 1912. Ebbets Field was built in 1913.
2. The Dodgers' first Ebbets game was against the Giants, our bloodsworn National League enemies. The Sox' first Fenway game was against the Yankees (then the Highlanders).
3. Boston had Frazee. We had O'Malley. Roz Wyman is our "No, No Nanette."
4. Babe Ruth played for Boston at the beginning of his career. He played for Brooklyn at the end.
5. We share The B.
6. It took Boston 86 years to win the Series. It took Brooklyn 68.
7. Fans of both teams HATE (and I mean HATE) the Yankees. The Yankees defeated Brooklyn 6 times in the Series (Boston beat Brooklyn once, in 1916, by the way, but that was A LONG TIME ago; it's a shame Brooklyn got kidnapped and never got to even the score).
8. The Dodgers were the first team to integrate. Boston was the last (what took you guys so long?)
9. A bizarre history has plagued both teams, who constantly blew Pennants and Series in nailbiter situations. The Sox had the Curse of the Bambino. The Bums had the Curse of Brooklyn.
10. Brooklyn fans and Boston fans share an almost spiritual attachment to their teams that spans generations. I guarantee NO CITY ever had a love for a team like Brooklyn, but I'll put Boston a VERY close second.
11. Many grieving Brooklyn Dodger fans are now active Red Sox fans.
12. Boston is the American League's Brooklyn. And vice-versa. (I don't know ANY Brooklyn-turned-LA Dodger fans. A different breed altogether.)
13. The Green Monster. The Rotunda. Gil Hodges. Yaz. Ted Williams. The Duke of Flatbush.
14. "WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR!" Need I say more?
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Dear Boston,
Best wishes from The City Across The River.
Need I say more??? |
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| "A Must own for Sox fans!" | 2008-04-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2GT97JU90QG4Q |
I saw this when it first aired, and I had to get it when it was released. I still watch it all the time, and get chills. To hear the fans perspective, it's amazing. I felt everything that they felt ... just pure emotion.
If you are a Sox fan, you should have this as part of your collection. It's just exactly what the fans were feeling and thinking that year. |
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 "Rverse of the Curse of the Bambino" | 2008-02-09 |
| - Reviewed By wdalton@cancer.org |
This DVD of the history of the Red Sox - Yankee rivalry, the greatest rivalry in sports, and covers a lot in an hour. It's worth the purchase if you're a fan of either team and is a good gift to a child or someone who is just learing about baseball. There is great footage but nothing new, and that's what lowers the rating for me. I just wanted more. There wasn't enough about the greatest comeback in baseball history: the Sox beating the Yanks in the 2004 ALCS. The DVD just isn't quite enough. It falls a little short for a rabid fan, but is likely fine for all others.
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| "1 Of The BEST!" | 2007-05-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: AVCJIEV53N8MQ |
| I live in Illinois so we have to put up with mainly CUB fans. However, there IS a Team that DID win a WS a few years ago named the WHITE SOX! 4 of my fave teams have gotten into the WS (DBACKS/RED SOX/WHITE SOX & CARDS). This docu is truthful/funny & Denis Leary's comments are right on! I've always been a BOSOX fan & was on edge watching the WS, especially when they were thisclose from being eliminated by the dreaded Yankees which we saw CHOKE! HA! HA! HA! It was a beautiful thing! I sure hope HBO will release the Wait Till Next Year with the CUBBUMS so we can see how pathetic they've been in '69 & beyond! |
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| "One Of Our Fave Baseball Sagas!" | 2007-04-15 |
| - Reviewed By goocharoo58 |
My Hubby & I are avid MLB fans, especially the Bosox, White Sox/DBacks/Cards/Reds...Well, you get the idea! Anyway: When we 1st saw it on HBO, we were joyful/angry/laughing & crying. Denis Leary is a hoot!
Those die hard Red Sox fans waited so long & they deserve that! Our White Sox got their W.S., the Cards got theirs in '06 & the Dbacks in 2001.
We're waiting for HBO to release the (sorry) Cub Bums Documentary "Wait Till Next Year". We live near Chi. but love the South Siders. We're so tired of those "traditionalists" who have suffered. We'll see what they can do in 007. We won't hold our breath! |
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| "Win This For..." | 2007-03-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3QI1MTHWYQPE4 |
I watched this HBO special before 2004 when it was called Curse of the Bambino. The new version has to be seen from the beginning to experience again the total joy of 2004. There are some early moments almost too painful to see again: Yaz' knees buckling as he sees Dent's wind driven pop up get over the wall, Shiraldi's deer in the headlights expression on the mound during the 86 Series, Spaceman's release of the slow curve to Perez in 75.
But this is all redeemed by the most improbable events in sports history. This DVD makes you feel again how unlikely the Sox comeback was. As one person says, if it was a movie nobody would believe it.
There is one perfect segment in the film where each of the people interviewed chokes up when talking about the Sox victory and is momentarily unable to continue. Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and regular fans are all effected the same way. 2004 was an emotionally overwhelming experience and this DVD brings it back again.
The last segment with Sox fans celebrating the win with departed relatives at gravesites captures the true depth of Red Sox Nation feeling but can be difficult to watch.
This is a great DVD to view with your kids. Mine slowly gravitated to the screen as I watched and were riveted. By the end, I think they understood their "crazy Red Sox fan father" a little better. |
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| "A Must Own for Any Red Sox Fan!" | 2007-01-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2E4W5W62J68ML |
| This is a great recap of that magical 2004 Red Sox season. The reflections of the fans in the video allows the viewer to relive the agony, and the ecstasy of Red Sox baseball over the last century. I was especially moved by the strong emotions that people still had as they recalled the moment the Red Sox won the Series. Even now, I get goosebumps. For all loyal Red Sox fans out there, buy this video! You will not be disappointed. Red Sox. Forever. |
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| "Reverse the Curse of the Bambino" | 2007-01-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1BODUF22JL8KO |
| You must be a baseball fan and especially a Boston Red Sox fan. This DVD is so funny and true. My whole family loved it except for one Yankee fan and he has his own curses to deal with. Loved it. |
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 "Very good!" | 2007-01-03 |
| - Reviewed By berkshireboo |
| We have enjoyed this DVD over and over again. It is, in our opinion, much more interesting and better edited than the "Faith Rewarded" Red Sox DVD (which has a really annoying voice-over). According my husband , who is a long-time follower of the Red Sox, Reverse the Curse really taps into the heart of what it means to be a (long-tortured!) Red Sox fan. |
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| "The one to buy..." | 2006-10-23 |
| - Reviewed By bbailey182 |
A few DVD's came out on the Red Sox' championship season in 2004. This is the one you'll watch later on.
It's a remake of an HBO documentary shown early in 2004, going over the Red Sox list of heartbreaks from 1918 to 2003. A variety of people are interviewed on that show, including fans, entertainers (Steven Wright, Denis Leary) and media types.
A little editing took that portion down to 45 minutes or so for this new version. Then comes the revision, all about the 2004 playoffs.
The producers were smart enough to back to the same people for their comments. As you'd expect, they were thrilled. Speechless at times. There are plenty of great shots of the games, but even better are the pictures of the family connections involved here.
Particularly moving is a scene at a graveyard, in which a woman tells her parents about the Red Sox victory and places a balloon by the gravestone. A sign saying how someone's late parents and grandparents thank the team also draws emotions.
I've got a copy of this, but I always stop to watch it when I happen to see it on HBO. Yeah, it's nice to see Dave Roberts steal second again, and David Ortiz walk off a winner, but this captures the feelings that came out of the bottle after 86 years of shaking. If you are a long-time Red Sox fan, spend your money on this one. |
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