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MLB - Maximum Bloopers & Amazing Plays [VHS]

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Maximum Bloopers & Amazing Plays amounts to a solid highlight reel from the memorable 1999 MLB season. More than just a collection of great plays the video highlights many of the season's most compelling sub-plots: the introduction of All-Century Team, Slammin' Sammy Sosa and Big Mac's dinger encore to their record-breaking season, Pedro Martinez's dominance, the Mets-Braves rivalry, and the Yankee's continued excellence. Importantly, the small market teams are not forgotten, receiving significant coverage in the segments that look at the great fielding and hitting of the season. Overall, the tape is very light on bloopers (which is good thing), letting the excellence of great baseball speak for itself. Yet, the video is not error-free. The great plays are relatively isolated. We see amazing catches, but don't see the ball get hit or even know who hit it, all we get is the catch. Did it save a game or was it part of a meaningless contest among two basement dwellers in September? A little more set-up could have increased the drama inherent in the game. The conclusions to each segment of the video features dozens of big leaguers bootching a simple sign-off -- funny once, tired twice. The ridiculously long recap of the All-Star game homerun derby to a dated swing song also misses the mark. It's a double off the wall -- close to a homer, but just a little short.

This is a fun video, no question about it.

The boys on my team still remind me of the case of the ground ball that was literally "blown" foul. By the way, it's legal.
Or team-mates putting shaving cream on top of one of the players hats.
Or, better yet, some of the truly amazing and great plays in this video.

That was the upside.

The downside is that there's too much talking at times, with some of the players trying to do comedy bits just for the camera. The bits are dated, and at least for us here outside the US, are complete non-sequitor. Ugh. Leave this, and just give us baseball.