Home Run Derby - Volume 1
by Benjamin Stoloff
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Actor: Art Passarella, Mark Scott, Mickey Mantle, Willie MaysDirector: Benjamin Stoloff
Brand: Team Marketing
Cinematographer: Richard L. Rawlings
Editor: James T. Heckert
Producer: James L. Saphier
Producer: Lou Breslow
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product features:
- Officially Licensed
- Highest Quality Recording
DVD Reviews of Home Run Derby - Volume 1
DVD Review: Good for the price.
Summary: 4 Stars
Not bad if you like Black and White shows this is right up your alley.
DVD Review: Holy Cow...Unbelievable!
Summary: 5 Stars
Talk about a stroll down memory lane, the episodes are from a TV show that was taped at Wrigley Field (a minor-league ballpark) in Los Angeles, California, and featured the home-spun commentary of Mark Scott and the distinct calls from umpire Art Passarella.
Originally aired in 1959, the program has had nine-lives for the nine-inning contests, with it being shown in syndication, on Fox Sports Net, and on ESPN Classic, the last time being in 2005 on the latter.
With such sluggers as Ernie Banks, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, Henry Aaaon and Rocky Colavito, it was truly a showcase of stars in a timeless game of seeing who can lay the heaviest lumber on the baseball.
The DVD is the first of three volumes, which is the complete season of shows. This is a classic round-tripper that will keep the hot-stove league burning throughout the year.
DVD Review: Home Run Derby Vol. 1
Summary: 4 Stars
A DVD that should delight the serious minded baseball fan that will enjoy seeing some of the past great home run hitters in both league's slug it out over a 9 inning competion. They will enjoy, as I did, seeing these baseball greats up close as they are interviewed during the competion. Highly recommended!!!DVD Review: HOME RUN DERBY AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, this is Home Run Derby as it was meant to be. The best match-up was Harmon Killebwew vs. Mickey Mantle. The other match-ups were great also. Most of these players are in the Baseball Hall of Fame. I remember watching these as a kid and I enjoyed them immensely. A few years ago ESPN re-played some of the match-ups. It takes you back to the Golden Age of Baseball, when Baseball was America's pasttime. Enjoy!!!DVD Review: Brass Tacks
Summary: 5 Stars
Brass tacks. It's an archaic term, dating back to when wall-to-wall
floor coverings had to be replaced because the used areas had been worn away to the brass tacks that held them down, giving a visual indication that it was time to go to work. Home Run Derby was literally such a show.
Filmed at Wrigley field in Los Angeles with no crowd of spectators, there
were three umpires, three minor league outfielders, a catcher, a batting
practice pitcher, two Major League sluggers and host Mark Scott in attendance to determine who could hit more pitches over the equidistant
walls of the park. The lack of an audience adds to the business-like
atmosphere of the proceedings, as does Scott's old-school generic announcing style. Watch an episode after ESPN's bombastic annual All-Star
presentation with resident windbag Chris Berman and shed a quiet tear for
the passing of subtlety in baseball. I won't tell you who wins the competition, but, if you're more than a weekend fan, you probably already know. Worth the time and money.
Description of Home Run Derby - Volume 1
Swing For The Fence With Baseball's Greatest Legends! Journey back to baseball's Golden Era with Home Run Derby, the sport's ultimate power-hitting contest, featuring hall-of-famers such as Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Harmon Killebrew in the prime of their careers, slugging it out of the park for cash prizes and the honor of being named Home Run Derby Champion.A fascinating spectacle from baseball history, Home Run Derby: Volume 1 is culled from a weekly, syndicated television program that was produced from 1959 to 1961 and pitted Major League Baseball sluggers against one another in a home-run duel. Essentially, one American League and one National League player would take turns at bat in Wrigley Field, where the Pacific Coast League's Los Angeles Angels regularly played. The hitter who sent the ball most often over the wall (at 340 or so feet) in nine "innings" would win a now-paltry-looking $2,000; the loser would get $1,000. Smaller cash incentives were there for the guys who got on a roll and whacked the ball out of sight three or more consecutive times. The charm of the show is in its simplicity, and the way it seems both relaxed and tense. Competing players such as Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, and Jim Lemon were far too seasoned and professional to take the program seriously. On the other hand, when they're at bat, you can see something in their eyes: they get down to business and every swing is a mighty one. The best element in the show is player interviews (with host Mark Scott, seated at a desk not far from home plate) that take place while one or another fellow is trying to get some wood on the ball. Thus, it's really a pleasure to see Mantle serenely assess his own performance or admire that of Mays or Banks. The same is true of the latter pair, and also of Aaron and Lemon, who are so gentlemanly in their appreciation of one another and so humble about their own talents that their episode is actually moving. The four segments on Home Run Derby: Volume 1 are minor gems. --Tom Keogh
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