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Whistle Stopper - Home Run Derby - Volume 1
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $5.57
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Mark Scott
Directed By: Benjamin Stoloff
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 0027616082411
Feature: Officially Licensed
Format: Color
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-07-10
Running Time: 240
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Officially Licensed
Highest Quality Recording
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Summary: Holy Cow...Unbelievable!
Comment: 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.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Home Run Derby Vol. 1
Comment: 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!!!
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Summary: HOME RUN DERBY AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE
Comment: 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!!!
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Summary: Brass Tacks
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Home Runs WITHOUT Performance-Enhancing Drugs!
Comment: Home Run Derby was a 1959-1960 television show where the top longball hitters of that era would compete in head-to-head contests for cash prizes. The rules were similar to today's Home Run Derbys at the All-Star Game. In fact, nine future Hall-of-Famers, including Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew and Mickey Mantle would be featured on the show. Tragically, the show's host, Mark Scott, died of a heart attack in 1960 and the show was then cancelled.
I don't know what kind of ratings the program got while it aired, but it's a pretty bland black-and-white show compared to today's TV. I bought it because I love the old flannel uniforms and old neighborhood ballparks (the show was filmed at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, what was home to the minor-league LA Angels and Hollywod Stars and the first home of the Major League LA Angels). But it occured to me that EVERY SINGLE HOME RUN IS FREE OF STEROIDS, HGH, ANDRO OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCES. Suddenly, this makes a very unspectacular program pretty spectacular.
And of course, it's great to watch Mickey Mantle at a time when his drinking and carousing were kept out of the media spotlight, and a young Hank Aaron, long before he and his home run record were the targets of racist bigots.
Home Run Derby is a great program, and two more volumes are due out summer 2007. A lot of fun to watch!
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Editorial Reviews:
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A series of filmed home run contests between two sluggers of the late 1950s/early 1960s, one National Leaguer, one American Leaguer. The batters had to swing at every pitch in the strike zone. Any called strike or batted ball that did not go for a home run was an out. (Three outs per inning.) The batter with the most runs at the end of nine innings won $2000. The loser got $1000. As an added incentive, any batter who hit three home runs in a row got a $500 bonus. Each consecutive home run after the first three in a row was worth an additional $500. While one hitter was at bat, the other sat in the press box with host Mark Scott and talked about both his and the other hitter's career. Filmed at Wrigley Field--home of the Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels--where the power alleys were a generous 345 feet from home plate.
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