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1958 World Series - New York Yankees vs Milwaukee Braves [VHS]

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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.