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The St. Louis Cardinals 2006 World Series Collector's Edition

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First off, I'll say that I am not a Cardinals fan. This is a great DVD set, the best that A&E has done, although there are some minor visual imperfections, but overall the quality is very good. This set is the first without the MLB watermark logo, which seemed to be a problem with the other sets. These games are also the first to come with a spanish audio track, which is a nice touch.
For those of that don't have any of the other sets, each game is divided into the innings that are easy to get to. Each case of the DVD has interesting stats on the front, a box score on the back and the play-by-play inside.
The extras are also very nicely put together.
This set is not just for Cardinal fans, but for those that want to preserve a little bit of baseball history.

This DVD set has all 5 games with Detroit, and games 5 and 7 of the Mets series. Of course, commercial free with great audio and video. World Series victories don't come around often, and this set offers a great way to preserve those memories. I have been watching replays of these games on Fox Midwest, but twenty years from now (when the Cards have wrapped up 5 or 6 more WS victories thanks to coach of the year 2021 Albert Pujols) these games will still be preserved for me, long after they are regulars on cable TV. The bonus DVD is neat too, with interviews from many on the team. A lot of funny stuff, with people spraying champagne all over eachother while trying to interview. Good, candid stuff that you don't get to see during the course of a regular season. If you or your loved one is a serious Cardinals fan like I am, this is a must have!!!

-Dave

This set is fantastic. If you're a Cards fan and want to relive this improbable post-season, you must get this set.

I have to say I was a bit worried when a few said the quality wasnt good...well i dont have hd tv but I think The quality is great and I ABSOLUTLY love that i can listen to the Cardinals Broadcasters Shannon and Rooney! I guess its because they are our announcers and are just so exciting to listen to. I love Joe Buck and Tim McCarver and i know they have to be "partial" but I love my Cardinals and loved being able to listen to the radio side! Wish they did have more of the WS parade celebration especially in Busch after the parade but that can live in the memories of those who were there or watched it on TV! Sad thing about it...Albert, was just hard watching him for the last time as a Cardinal. With that being said...game 6 was the BEST!! This was one of the best WS I have seen! WTG CARDINALS!! 12 IN 12!!

Why is it that the format of the 2006 World Series is different from the 2005 World Series between the White Sox / Astros? The A & E box set of the 2005 World Series is recorded and distributed in 16:9 HD and its in Widescreen, it looks amazing, its so sharp and the audio sounds so much better, the players and the background look so realistic, but when you put on one the games for the 2006 World Series its sharp, but its very disappointing. Its recorded and distributed in 4:3 Standard aspect and its fullscreen. The players look like twigs, they dont look proportionate compared to the 2005 World Series where they look so realistic. In all fareness, the picture is sharper than the 2004 Red Sox World Series which I also own, the picture quality on that is just awful but also keep in mind that it was before HD or on the brink of HD and most of those games went way over the 3 hour mark, its understandable, but if your going to make the 2005 World Series in such high quality wouldn't it be expected that the 2006 World Series which by the way was not as interesting as the year prior also be released in HD widescreen format? It doesn't make sense, if their introducing an amazing format the year prior, why would they go back to the standard version when they have the capability of presenting it in a much crisper format. Im disappointed because the only reason I bought it was because of the format, thinking that it was like the 2005 World Series it would also be in widescreen HD, but it wasn't. Lets be honest, the games were boring. The best DVD on the set isnt even any of the World Series games, but the Game 7 of the NLCS against the Mets. So without the inspiration of the widescreen HD format like the World Series prior, why should anyone buy this set? As a baseball fan it sucks because A&E gave you a taste of what baseball can really look like, they got you hungry and craving then they go back to their original sub-par format. I just hope that if the Yankees win the world Series within the next decade or two, that they convert it into the widescreen HD format... it would be nice.

82 was the last time this had happend and i was one so i wasent abel to enjoy it i have been and will be a cardinal fan my whole life and after 2004 and the trouble they had at the end of the season i feard 2004 would repeat it self.
but that was not the case and i never gave up hope so when they beat sd and then the mets with great picing frome nlcs mvp jeff supan who piched great in 2004 to he even hit a homrun against the mets
and clutch hiting frome the so man and soul patch (speizo} and yadi with with the big gam seven two run home run it seame as the the stars were all alinged and this would be the cards year but one more hurdle loomed the mighty tigers and 41 year old keny rogers who stoped the y great yankie lineup and then they swept the ockland they were on a role and looked unbeatable and so everone thought 2004 would repeat it self everyone but the cardinals and cardinal nation.
and then came game 1 and the rookie reays starting i will amidt i was nervious ankiel came to mind but the reays piched a great game and all wories disaperd and scott rollen hit great for the first timr in the post season and what a great time to start and edmonds to and if it werent for rogers we might have swept carp piched a gem and the game 5
and wever shoed everyone he can be the kind of picther everyone thought he could be and he did it on the bigest stage the wourld seris seing his little broter in carinal red was great to i hope weaver resings and can do that all next season and live up to all abilty because in game five he shoed how great he can be and ecksein what a great player what a great heart he was truley the mvp he did everything clutch hits great plays
it was a great year the first cardinal wourld seris win since 82 an the 10 for the cardinal it was worth the wait
sory so long i had a lot to say