Review of MLB Vintage World Series Films - St. Louis Cardinals 1982, 1985 & 1987

MLB Vintage World Series Films - St. Louis Cardinals 1982, 1985 & 1987
By: Team Marketing Average Rating: 2.5 Total Reviews: 2
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Royals!

On: 2008-07-15

As theres no KC Royals package to be had, I was forced to buy the St. Louis Cardinals DVD to experience the joy that was 1985. Yes, Denkingers call was wrong, but the subsequent hits were right on the money, and the Royals might well have won without it. And that 11-0 drubbing in game seven was just pretty to watch!
I enjoyed the 1987 highlights as well, but have yet to check out the 82 footage (who needs to see a Cardinals win?). I keed, I keed.
Decent production for what it is and the era it was produced in. Glad to own it, as any Royals fan should be (now if theyd only return to respectability in the modern world)...

Awful 80's-era TV production

On: 2007-01-06

I give this DVD 5 stars for baseball, but zero for its simply awful 80s-era TV production styles. The main problem with this video is that the majority of at-bats are NOT shown. So you have no way of really following how the games developed. Only key plays are shown, but usually you are just dropped into the situation (runners, outs, etc.). The rest of the time is filled with some truly awful musical sequences of players and fans.

For the baseball that is actually shown, this video is a lot better than nothing. You get some great moments with Whitey, Ozzie, Willie, and a the rest of the Cardinals 80s-era greats. But you also have the pain of watching the Cardinals loose two of three World Series.

For the record, Id like to say that Don Denkingers call at first in game 6 of the 85 series was completely and utterly wrong. This video proves it.