Home Run Derby - Volume 3 [DVD]

I grew up watching this show. I already had Volume One that I picked ip in a tag sale about 10 years ago. Always wanted to complete the set. Not to be mistaken for the Home Run Derbys of today...for Baby Boomers wanting to see superstars of the Sixties.

I originally watched this show as a precocious pre-teen.Brought back lots of awkward memories.

Great memories from the past. I love this stuff. Photographed in the old Wrigley Field. Mantle, Mays, Snider, Banks and so many more. Lots of fun.

This is a review of all 3 volumes. What a treasure! Step into your time machine and enjoy the ride. Watch some of the best that ever played the game, while they were in their prime, crush rockets over the walls at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles CA. Nineteen of the best home run hitters in 1959. Includes 9 Hall of Famers. If you enjoy the history of baseball and the players who made the headlines during the Golden Era you will not be disappointed.

Nice look at baseball back in the day. Filmed in 1959 at Wrigley Field in LA, this series is not exactly action packed. The production values indicate clearly that this is a new medium at the time. That said, its great to see oldies like Aaron, Killebrew, a sober Mickey Mantle, Mays and others (including the reknowned Dick "Dr Strangeglove" Stuart - who made 29 errors at 1st base in 1963)get excited about winning $500.00 for hitting 3 HR in a row, or the $2000 prize for winning the contest. Each player sits with the host while the other is batting. All three volumes constitute the entire series I believe, so its best to get all of them. The titles "Mays" or "Mantle" or "Aaron" don't really mean much. Each volume follows the show in order.

This is really a review of all three volumes of Home Run Derby. This is just enjoyable nostalgia, a look back to when baseball players wore flannel and were middle class, not the spoiled multi-millionaire pains they are today. Many of the ballplayer participants are gone now and this is a delightful look at who they were, plus a pleasant contest between two ballplayers ... puts a personality along with that baseball card that we have of these guys. Don't expect a technologically and theatrically polished program, here, but just a 1960-ish fun program. Baseball fans of the good old days will not be disappointed.

It took awhile to get here which is one star but the disc / show, itself, takes you back to the day. Sad about the host, Mark Scott. He passed away at the youthful age of 45 right after the shows final season of that damned cancer.

A++ Home Run Derby with all these Hall Of Famers is perfect. And love the announcers excitement calling the deep shots. Love listening to the Stars as they talk while the other guy is hitting.