When It Was a Game

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Reviewer: BobL
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Start of Something Brilliant
Review: This early HBO Sports documentary was a compelling look at both the myths and realities of baseball from the 1930s to the 1950s. Especially impressive was the account by St. Louis Cardinals infielder Burgess Whitehead about the 1934 World Series as film footage originally shot by the team trainer helped illustrate his memories. Of all the “When It Was A Game” episodes, this initial outing has the best rendering of Grantland Rice’s classic poem “Game Called” recited by James Earl Jones, Jason Robards and Roy Scheider.

Reviewer: Tammy A.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing, magical!
Review: I never saw this on HBO so I can’t compare the DVD to that as some other reviewers have done. All I can say is that even my husband who is not a baseball fan was touched!Technically amazing, I’m sure lots of this old footage had to be cleaned up for acceptable production quality. How did they dig up all this great footage? The prose/poetry voiceovers are pivotal to create that misty sweet nostalgia for the old game.A little too heavy on the Yanks, even though, yes, they did dominate during this time period. Bonus is additional voiceover interviews from stars such as Enos Slaughter discussing opponents, teammates, the hometown crowd, and the rigors of travel. Wonderful footage of the Gashouse Gang and early immortals such as Ty Cobb and Cy Young!

Reviewer: pat johnsen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great dvd!
Review: Love this dvd have loved it for years, such a great era for our National pastime.

Reviewer: L. Rose
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: baseball very very good to me
Review: It’s a must. great piece of work. Home videos are the worlds best as for true americana

Reviewer: James Turner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Item arrived in a timely manner and was in great shape! If you have never seen this before …
Review: Item arrived in a timely manner and was in great shape! If you have never seen this before it’s a great throwback to baseball’s beginnings. Watch it with your grandfather and you will enjoy it even more!

Reviewer: SenorStinkfist
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing
Review: I’ll keep this short. If you are a baseball fan (you’re a dying breed) then you will love this. This series magically takes you back in time to a place where the game was played for sport and pride and not money. Before free agency there was a thing called respect. Baseball helped to make hard times a little easier and to forgot lifes troubles for awhile. Buy this DVD and show your children what sports used to be. What men used to be.

Reviewer: Richard P. Clarke
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Baseball Fan
Review: This is a collection of movies shot by the players themselves. It’s a great look at baseball past….however, I’m not old enough to know who a lot of the players are and it would have more enoyable had the producers added the names of the players.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: A truly great history for old time baseball for fans such as me….a Cubs fan….great price and delivery service.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Terrific documentary if you are an old time baseball fan.

Reviewer: Alan Clouthier
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Placed an order last April for DVD “When It Was a Game”. Order never arrived. I reordered about 4 weeks ago and the reorder has been delivered. Took a long time but the wait was worth it. Thank you.

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