Product Details

• Actors: Bob Turley, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron
• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram USA Video
• VHS Release Date: May 26, 1998
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304963459
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,865 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

The same opponents that battled in the 1957 World Series were at it again. In '57 the Brave proved supreme, but this time around, Cassey Stengel's Yankees were determined to bring the Series trophy back to the American League. The Bronx Bombers did it the hard way. Down three games to one. New York came to life in Game 5 behind the masterful pitching of Bob Turley, who defeated Lew Burdette and the Braves 7-0 with a 10-strikeout, five-hitter. After an off day, Turly came back to pitch one-third of an inning in Game 6, preserving a 4-3 victory. Remarkably the next day, Turley pitched AGAIN: six innings in relief of Don Larsen to lead the Yankees to a victory in Game 7. This home video chronicles the pitching of Series MVP Bob Turley and the hitting of Hank Bauer, who batted .323 for the Series with four homers. The Yankees' amazing comeback made them only the second team in baseball history to battle back from a three game-to-one deficit to win the World Series.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting seven-game series, December 20, 2005

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Phil S. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1958 World Series - New York Yankees vs Milwaukee Braves [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In the era before salaries skyrocketed and the uniforms were perfectly tailored; when pitchers pitched a complete game; when the designated hitter would have been unthinkable...a great World Series was played - and not just because my team played. Whitey Ford, Bob Turley, Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Don Larsen...Mantle, Berra, Bauer, Aaron, Matthews came to play.

As a Mickey Mantle-New York Yankees fan I am fascinated to watch the Commerce Comet in his prime. His power and speed were awesome at age 27. Watching Yogi Berra compete is another plus -a master Catcher and contact hitter.

This video has a pre-Series prefacing section with the Voice Of The Yankees, Mel Allen, actually giving us the history of the World Series films! Then we get into a *filmed* (and ofcourse heavily edited) color documentary.

They needed to win this one. Following the '49 to '53 streak of winning every single Series, they didn't win again until '56, then lost in '57. A loss in '58 would have been significant.

The following year was a devastasting disappointment as they finished third; an injured Mantle found a way to score over 100 runs, but it just didn't happen for the team and the fans. The 1958 World Series takes on special meaning in light of that, plus the fact that the team played their hearts out in '60 and lost to the Pirates.