Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram USA Video
• VHS Release Date: November 21, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305875782
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,847 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Following three world championships in four years, the New York Yankees' dynasty was starting to show a little wear in 2000. Still, the Bronx Bombers managed to stumble into the playoffs and get past the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners. Meanwhile, the Mets disposed of the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, leading to the show everyone in New York wanted to see: Yankees vs. Mets in the first subway series since 1956.

This 70-minute video offers over 50 minutes of Series coverage, including pitching duels, base-running blunders, and surprise heroes. Game 2, of course, is best known for the infamous bat-throwing incident between Yankees hurler Roger Clemens and Mets slugger Mike Piazza, which you'll see from several angles (the overhead is the most unusual and most interesting). A bonus is this video's inclusion of something as small (yet significant) as Paul O'Neill's tough 10-pitch walk that began the tying rally in Game 1, and there are interviews with role players such as Luis Sojo and Benny Agbayani as well as stars Derek Jeter (the series MVP) and David Justice. After five hard-fought games, the Yankees had won their fourth championship in five years and carried an emotional Joe Torre off the field. Bernie Williams comments, "It's just amazing the fact that we have been able to do it year after year after year." It might not be so amazing considering the Yankees' $114 million payroll for 2000, but of all baseball's big spenders, the Yankees are far and away the most successful. The dynasty continues. --David Horiuchi

Product Description

The 2000 World Series, otherwise known as the "Subway Series," was the first intra-city matchup since 1956. While the New York Yankees defeated the Mets in a brief five games, it was hard-fought all the way. Every game was decided by no more than two runs, and the first and fifth were won in the Yankees' final at-bat. The Yankees won their third straight championship and their fourth in five years, as series MVP Derek Jeter and both teams' pitchers turned in dazzling performances. History, though, may remember this World Series most for Game 2's bizarre bat-throwing incident between Yankees hurler Roger Clemens and Mets superstar Mike Piazza.

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Preserve your memories of the 2000 Subway Series, December 25, 2000

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2000 Official World Series Video - New York Yankees vs. New York Mets [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Of the recent Home Video Champions World Series tapes, this 2000 edition featuring the Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets is far and away the best. There is a little less on the regular season and playoffs than we usually see on these tapes, making room for a historical retrospective on the Subway Series going back to the first Yankees-Giants match up in 1921. What makes this tape so good is that in addition to capturing all the highlights of the five games series, this particular tape takes the time to dissect the key plays, the prime example of which would be Todd Zeile's ball off the top of the fence in left-center. They also make much better use of the interviews with the players and especially of Joe Torre in terms of getting his thoughts on the key moments from a manager's perspective. Consequently, this tape provides some nice insights for true students of the game. I have four tapes in my collection and this is clearly the best of the bunch and the way they should be doing it in the future.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the return of the subway series, when will New York have another one?, April 10, 2008

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Michael R. Chernick "statman31147" (Holland PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2000 Official World Series Video - New York Yankees vs. New York Mets [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There are not many cities with a major league team un each league. New York has the Yanks and Mets, Chicago Cubs and White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels (if you consider Anaheim a part of Los Angeles). Well they are called the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Since prior to 1958 New York had two National League teams and the American League Yankees the chance for a subway series is much better than for local World Series in LA and Chicago,

As Lawrance (#2 reviewer) Bernabo mentioned in his review, the first subway series was between the Yankees and Giants in 1921. I grew up in the 1859s when subway series were commonplace. From 1947 to 1957 there were incredibly 7 subway series, 6 for Yankees vs Dodgers (1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956) and 1 Yankees vs Giants (1951), The Yanks won 6 of the 7 with 1955 being the only time they lost to Brooklyn.

But with both the Giants and Dodgers moving to the west coast the subway series was no longer possible until the expansion Mets joined the National League in 1962. The Yanks won pennants in 62, 63, and 64 but the Mets were terrible in those years. In 1969 the Mets won their first National League flag but now the Yanjs wer going through a bad period. So although the Mets got to the World Series in 1969, 1973 and 1986 the Yanjs were not very successful in those years, The Yankees won Anerican League championships in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998 and 1999 but the Mets were not able to win the National League title in those years. So this 2000 World Series was the first subway series since 1956.

This one was filled with excitement and drama. Clemens tossing the handle of Piazza's bat being the most memorable. There was good pitching and they were great teams. It was a series to remember. When willthere be another?

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Actual tape has YANKEE cover, December 2, 2000

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Curt Chaplin - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2000 Official World Series Video - New York Yankees vs. New York Mets [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The actual cover shows Jeter in the lower right, Yanks celebrating in lower left and Torre being carried off on his players' shoulders on top. The picture here is a mistake by Amazon by using the Met version which would've been the cover ONLY if the Mets won. Don't let this mistaken picture mislead you. Get the tape! Yours will show Yankees on the cover. It's is fantastic. You're hurting everyone by writing reviews without seeing it.