Diehard San Francisco Giants fans will have a field day with this punchy, pumped up overview of MLB 2014 postseason play and dramatic moments from all seven World Series games. Dramatic is the key word. No opportunity to highlight emotion-filled scenes is left unhyped in the aggrandized saga of the Giants' third championship win in five years. Colin Hanks narrates this documentary, which divides early chapters into effective clip reels of the Giants' wild card, division, and league series play. The Kansas City Royals are given shorter shrift in their Cinderella journey to the ball, but it's really not their show anyway. Once the World Series games get underway, the storytelling becomes even more fraught with nail-biting action, underscoring the Giants' early handicap and the tense back-and-forth that made for seven great games. While the exciting series was excellent TV in itself, MLB's production team have condensed it into a tightly-paced, stylish package enhanced with unseen footage from the games, and eavesdropped moments from batting practice, the dugout, and the clubhouse, along with polished studio one-on-ones with the players. Extras include bonus featurettes (even more highlights of the highlights). Recommended for larger sports collections. Aud: P. (T. Fry)
World Series Champions 2014
(2014) 86 min. DVD: $29.98, Blu-ray: $34.99. Lionsgate Entertainment (avail. from most distributors). Volume 30, Issue 2
World Series Champions 2014
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