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2001 World Series - Arizona Diamondbacks vs. New York Yankees |  | Actor: Mlb
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
Category: DVD
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 48219
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.5
UPC: 603212001720
EAN: 0603212001720
ASIN: B00005R1MO
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: November 30, 2001
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Every World Series has its own distinct dramatic elements, but the Fall Classic in 2001 was inevitably marked by tragic events that took place away from the diamond. The terrorist attacks on America at first made sports seem insignificant. But thankfully, baseball served up a much-needed distraction, two perfectly matched teams in a ferocious seesaw battle that wasn't finished until the bottom of the ninth inning of the seventh game. This DVD does a fine job of showcasing the thrilling games in which the upstart Arizona Diamondbacks dethroned the New York Yankees, the perennial powerhouse that had won the World Series for three straight years. But the production also features commemorative ceremonies and interviews with New York City firefighters who attended some of the games. The Series was a true classic on the field and will always be recalled as the World Series that helped give America something else to think about. --Robert J. McNamara
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 a nightmare for Yankee fans April 11, 2008
Michael R. Chernick (Holland PA)
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
I am a Yankee fan, so I know that I look at this series through very biased glasses. Still, I want to express my perspective on this series. For the most part I think the Yankees outplayed the Diamondbacks. They were clearly the superior team. It was bad luck and one crucial throwing error by Rivera in the seventh game that cost them the game. Also people give Bob Brenley credit for doing a good job but I think strategically Torre outmanaged him although I thought both managers could have done better.
The Diamondbacks were the underdogs and won in dramatic fashion. So moet baseball fans were very happy with the outcome and it was one of the more dramatic series in the long history of the baseball World Series. The Diamondbacks owner had bought free agents Schilling and Johnson and won on the strength of their arms and World Series experience. But what happened when Schilling went to Boston and Johnson went elsewhere (ironically eventually winding up with the Yankees)? There was not another National League pennant and Brenly shortly went back to ESPN as a commentator (something I think he does much better than managing).
So now let's discuss the dramatic plays that haunt me today and I hate to look at on the tape. Rivera gets in trouble putting the tying run on first. Brenly then does the conventional strategy of trying to advance the runner with a sacrifice bunt. Besides being a great closer it is true but not generally recognized that he is an excellent fielder and is quick to get off the mound to get to the ball. The batter was able to lay down a pretty good bunt but Rivera got to it quickly whirled to second and had time for the force. But inexplicably and definitely atypically he made a wild throw to second and didn't get anyone out. This put Rivera in a deep whole but he still could bail homself out with a couple of strikeouts. That didn't happen and the Diamondback slugger Luis Gonzalez came to the plate with one out the game tied up and the winning run on third. This is high drama! Torre then does the conventional thing of drawing the infield in to cutoff the winning run at the plate. Although Rivera is right handed and Gonzalez is lefthanded the situation is not hopeless. Statistically Rivera fares even better against left hand hitters than right hand hitters as he can bust his cutter inside and break the batters bat and have the ball hit weakly. With Gonzalez being a slugger and probably thinking that a sacrifice fly ball would win the game could also be a strikeout victim and then with two out and the infield back Rivera would have had a chance to leave the winning run on third and force extra innings. The game would then have been up for grabs and maybe the Diamondbacks would have won anyway in extra innings because Rivera would soon have to leave the game and the rest of the Yankee bullpen is vulnerable. On the other hand Randy Johnson had come in late in the game on very little rest. So he would be out of the game shortly also.
"What ifs" are interesting but not reality. In hindsight I had wished that Torre played the infield half way because Gonzalez got jammed and hit a soft shot that would easily have been caught by the shortstop had he been halfway in or at regular depth. But with the infield in the ball floated softly over Jeter's head into short left field. Rivera made a great pitch and got the result he wanted but as luck would have it infiled positioning allowed it to be the game winning hit and turn Gonzalez into the hero and Rivera the goat. On the score card it was a win for Johnson, a blown save and loss for the Yankees and World Championship rings for the Diamondbacks. I never want to see that play again just like I hare to look at replays of Mazeroski's series winning walkoff home run in 1960.
For me what makes matter worse was the fact that I hated the cocky Curt Schilling who was voted co MVP of the series with Johnson! But worse nightmares brought on by Schilling were yet to come with the bloody sock incident in the 2004 playoffs between the Yankees and Red Sox!
Nice DVD - End of an historic run June 12, 2007
Bruce C. Blanc (MA)
This DVD is a nice compilation of the 2001 World Series. It captures the significance of this historic and thrilling World Series. Unlike "Nine Innings From Ground Zero", which is a moving chronicle of Fall 2001 and 9/11, this is more about the series itself. Beyond it's significance around the world that year because of 9/11, the 2001 World Series was a classic series for the ages. It also represented the end of a remarkable era in Yankee history, a 5 year run that may not be duplicated by any team ever again. The world changed dramatically on 9/11, and the baseball world changed dramatically in the Fall of 2001 as well. Enjoy.
 Fall Classic captured in a classic highlights film January 12, 2007
M. Anderson (Charlotte, North Carolina)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a Red Sox fan so there are two obvious reasons why I would be drawn to this dvd. The first is Schilling and the second is seeing the Yankees lose.
Ok, obvious rivalry with NY out of the way, let me review the dvd itself. This is one of the best highlight films I have ever seen. The only film that quickly comes to mind and would rate higher than this dvd would be the documentary "Do you believe in miracles?" about the 1980 Olympic Hockey team. That's how far up on the scale this film rates. Other reviewers have said that if you are a fan of baseball (regardless of your team affiliation) you will enjoy this dvd and I couldn't agree more.
The end of Game 7 is captured in a way which makes it feel like a big budget movie. You know what's going to happen but they still have you on the edge of your seat. Buy this used for a good price and you'll feel like you are getting away with something - that's how good this dvd is.
Brilliant World Series! Historic era framed by the battle of the bruised and the geeky... December 30, 2006
Stephen Ressel (North Dakota, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When the 2001 series kicked up I had been away from baseball for a good 8 years, but watched this series for a variety of reasons. I expected a rather boring show of athleticism and strategy, framed with average faces, average techniques and predictable play. What I got was the series of a lifetime with so much drama coming from the pity of New York and the 'new boys' from Arizona with quite a nice run of seasoned pros. And the way the games played out had me sitting on the edge of my seat from around game 3 onward.
And it is all concisely packaged here in this DVD. I wish I could buy the entire run of games in full on DVD, it was that good, but this is better then nothing by far. What a great tribute DVD.
On here they show the strange, awkward, amazing moments of play that rocked the last 4 games of the series. What an amazing time in American history, and baseball history. You can't buy drama like this on a screen, but it happened live in 2001.
Easily the greatest sports highlight DVD I've seen August 26, 2005
Patrick L. Randall (Silver Spring, MD)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
The genre of sports highlight DVD is a very subjective and, most times, very unsatisfying one. Sports highlight videos, in almost every circumstance, are created just to capitalize on a recent sporting event. In most situations, the quality of the video reflects the rush to cash in on the moment. There are a couple of sporting events near and dear to my heart: the 1998 home run chase between Sosa and McGwire [before the steroid scandal sullied the memory] and Maryland's 2002 Men's basketball championship. I rushed out to buy their highlight videos when they first became available, but was sorely disappointed. Neither of these videos managed capture the thrill and emotion of the events. The 1998 home run chased completely glossed over the excitement of that night that Mark McGwire hit #62 and didn't even really do justice to him hitting #70. The 2002 Maryland championship video was basically 15% Maryland highlights and 85% rapid clips of games throughout the tournament, which were so jerkily edited that you hardly knew which teams where playing in the highlights. Even the Maryland highlights did nothing to capture the emotion of this star-crossed team winning its first National Title. Sadly, this is symptomatic of most sports highlight DVDs. None seem to get that the reason most people buy these videos is so that they can get back in touch with the emotion they felt when they watched the actual event live. These videos are far too perfunctory to get or understand that feeling. Fortunately, for sports fans, there is a video that DOES get it. That's the 2001 World Series highlight DVD.
The classic fall face off between the three-time World Champion New York Yankees and the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks was a series tailor-made for a wonderful highlight video. Yet, far too often, even a sporting event that one would think couldn't be messed up, ends up being screwed up by these money-grubbing editors (calling them directors would be an insult to directors). Fortunately, the editors that crafted this DVD seemed to know what they were doing.
Never have I seen a sporting video that could capture the emotion of the teams, the fans, and an entire nation, the way this one can. In many ways it was crucial for this series to be great and for this DVD to be great. The horrific events of 9/11 shattered a nation and the people of this country needed something to divert their attention, however briefly, from the grief of this terrible terrorist attack. This series did an astounding job of that. It provided drama, heroics, and spectacular performances. Basically, it provided a baseball-scale version of the very traits that the people of the United States had been exhibiting for the previous one and a half months. The fact that the New York Yankees were involved in this series only enhanced its significance. Though the 9/11 terrorist attacks hit in three locations, New York will always be most associated that day because of the massive loss of life and terrible images of planes flying into the World Trade Center buildings and those buildings collapsing. New York needed the Yankees more than they ever have and more than any city has ever needed a team. The Yankees delivered by producing the most electrifying post-season run in recent memory, with a dramatic comeback over Oakland and a stunning domination of the record-setting Seattle Mariners and some of the most amazing comebacks in World Series history against Arizona. In fact, the only team to have a more spectacular post-season run than the 2001 Yankees, was the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, which dramatically won their first round series in the final at bat against St. Louis and blowing past perpetually contender Atlanta to reach the World Series. Their ability to persevere the withering comebacks of the Yankees and win the World Series and win the whole deal with an amazing comeback of their own is the stuff of legend. Coming back in 9th inning of Game 7 to defeat the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history is a climax that can never be topped.
This highlight DVD captures all every single drop of drama, emotion, and significance that this series contained. Re-watching this DVD 4 years after the event still makes it seem as fresh and as exciting as when it first happened. If more sports DVDs were like this, then maybe it wouldn't be such a maligned genre.
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