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Dodgers - Dodger Blue - The Championship Years

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I tend to agree with the other reviewer here: this is criminally short.

ALL of the Dodgers World Series and League Championships covered in less than an hour?

Impossible. The early years feel slighted...Koufax and Drysdale get the same amount of time as the fabulous infield of the late 70's. Hey, I loved Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell...there were "my guys" when I was young...but condensing the epic efforts of those two pitchers into a few minutes is almost insulting.

This almost felt like a preview for a real documentary, coming some time in the future...and wouldn't THAT be great!

However, to be fair, what we have here is some exceptional footage and good reporting of my beloved Dodgers. The bonus footage of the Hall of Fame acceptance speeched is a classy touch, and make sure you take the time to listen to Lasorda's. It alone is worth the price of the disc.

There is something to be said by wanting more. I understand that. But you'd at least want to be somewhat satisfied...satiated.

I guess I want "Dodgerography"...and all I have now is a tease. I'm still 'way hungry.

To those who grew up in the Los Angeles area in the 60's,70's,and 80's,we all remember those wonderful years when going to a Dodger game was the most exciting thing in town.....that is until the FOX group changed them for the worse!!! Gone are the days of the Dodger Franchise player (who was the last dodger still in their prime to rank up there on top with the other stars in baseball?). Gone are the days of the family-like atmosphere (Dodger crowds today are no different than the L.A. Raider crowds of the late 1980's/early 1990's). Gone are the days of the affordable ticket prices (of course,there is always the horrible pavilion and top deck sections). Gone are the days when we spent most of our young lives knowing Walter Alston and/or Tommy Lasorda as the only Los Angeles Dodger managers (can you believe in the short 10 years since Lasorda left,we have already seen 5 dodger managers come and go). And gone are the days of the O'Malley regime (did you know that according to the LA times,the only reason FOX purchase the team from Owner O'Malley was the prevent fellow rivals ESPN from getting tv rights to Dodgers games? A FOX spokesperson even said "our goal was achieved" when ESPN lost those rights). Fortunately for those fans who have witnessed the downfall of what was once one of the most respected teams in all of sports,we now have on DVD those wonderful memories of the many championship years. Those memories of when fans came before financial numbers. Those memories of when the only babies in the stadium were those in diapers crying,not the overpaid ones in the dugout. Those memories of when fan appreciation day was felt at every game,not just the final game of the season. This DVD looks back at each of every one of those championship seasons. From Garvey to Gibson,from Alston to Lasorda,from Koufax to Valenzuela,and from Drysdale to Hershiser,this is the perfect addition to any Dodger fans' collection. PLAY BALL!!!

As a lifelong Dodger fan I was nearly moved to tears. This is the best baseball DVD I've seen so far (outside Ken Burns PBS series.)

A great trip down memory lane with highlights of the Dodgers' greatest moments. Who can forget Fernandomania, Kirk Gibson's, historic pinch hit homer, Koufax & Drysdale , The Boys Of Summer The First World Series title won in LA?

Recommended viewing for all Dodger and students of Baseball history!

Some fans are complaining about the shortness of the Dodger Blue Championship dvd, so I decided to put in a good word for the *MLB* Vintage Dodger Championship Years dvd. The producers did an overall good job and they especially sank their teeth into the highlights of the incredible '88 Dodger World Series victory. LOTS of the great Vin Scully in that one too, plus post-game interviews with Hershieser and Kirk Gibson... I never get tired of seeing Gibson trot around the infield and pumping his right arm in satisfaction after his pinch hit homer... I was satisfied as a long time Dodger fan with the dvd. But it would have been nice to include the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win over the Yanks. That one was a long time comin'. Anyway, I rate it as a strong 4 and it's a TWO dvd set, much more than an hour to try to cram everything in, even though the dvd isn't a general history of the Dodgers from the beginning. For fans who want to savor more than an hour of Dodger glories, they might like the MLB Vintage Dodger dvd better. You get to see to Koufax and Drysdale at their best!

The Dodgers will always be the poor step child of the Yankees....

the Yankees world series years are represented in singular DVD packages...as they should be ....there is plenty of information for such. The Dodgers 7 world championships and 4 pennant seasons are all compressed into a bit more than an hour? Talk about ADD....I think they mentioned something about a guy named Sandy Koufax at one point...but it all happened so fast!

Seriously....90 minutes or 2 hours would have been a bit more appropriate to represent 30 years..

and yeah....GAGNE on the cover?? Did I miss his championship and world series appearance? that's right....they show him on the cover but NOT Orel Hershieser...a bonafide World Series MVP! Its that kind of attention to detail and marketing ploy that is behind this ...."teaser" of a DVD...

any Dodger fan will want to have it....but goodness.....it could have been so much more!