Your enjoyment is intensified with Sleevestats - official stats,
trivia, and game summaries right on each game's DVD cover. With
more than 20 hours of Phantastic October glory, this set will be
a cherished part of your 2008 World Series collection.
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The Philadelphia Phillies 2008 World Series Collector's Edition
begins where it should, with the final games in the Phillies'
pre-World Series, post-season contest against the Los Angeles
Dodgers. It's exciting to revisit the Phillies' comeback in the
eighth inning of game four, when they were down 5 to 3 but
rallied on home runs by Shane Victorino and Matt Stairs. Watching
winning pitcher Cole Hamels shut down the Dodgers in game five
demonstrates why he was named series MVP. Moving on to the
Phillies' domination over the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series,
this box set neatly packages each game on its own disc in a
plastic case covered in vital information: player statistics, the
temperature during the game, stadium attendance, etc.
Additionally, each disc includes the option to listen to
alternative broadcasts of a game, one from the Phillies Radio
Network, the other from the Rays' equivalent.
All of the series' highlights are here, including the seven
innings that Hamels pitched in game one, allowing only two runs.
Game two is still painful to watch, even in retrospect, for
Phillies' fans, as the Rays tie the series with the help of
starting pitcher James Shields, who gives up no runs in
five-and-a-half innings. As everyone knows, the Phillies sweep
the next three games, struggling for a win in game three as the
teams duke it out on offense. The drama of the 2008 World Series,
of course, came with game five, when the Phillies and the Rays
faced the same nent: Philadelphia rain. It's great fun
viewing again the protracted question of what to do with a field
that was becoming laughable in its muddy, watery condition. The
decision to suspend the contest at the bottom of the sixth inning
still conveys its historic impact, i.e., the fact that no World
Series game had ever been called off while in session. Add to
that the excitement, two days later, of picking up where
everything left off, both teams playing those final innings with
great energy and competition, and you can't beat this box set. A
special, bonus DVD includes a number of highlights from the
entire series. --Tom Keogh
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From the Back Cover
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Beautifully packaged, THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES® 2008 WORLD
SERIES COLLECTOR’S EDITION provides fan with a comprehensive
record of the Phillies’ historic rush to the National League
Pennant and exhilarating World Series triumph – every game, every
pitch, every run and all the incredible memories. The set also
includes a special feature which allows viewers to choose from
four different alternative audio tracks for each World Series
game, giving fans the ability to watch the TV broadcast, while
listening to Phillies Radio announcers Harry Kalas, Larry
Andersen, Scott Franzke and Chris Wheeler!
The heroics of Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy
Rollins, and Brad Lidge are on full display in this spectacular
set, along with every twist, turn, and dramatic decision that
played out in unforgettable Phillies fashion. Digitally preserved
on DVD, each remarkable game is wrapped with SleeveStats™,
featuring game stats, player facts, data and notes to enhance and
illuminate. With a locker’s worth of bonus material featuring
celebratory footage – including their unbelievable million person
parade through the city to Citizen’s Bank Park – highlights, team
interviews and ’08 highlights, and more than 20 hours of
fantastic October game action, this set will be a cherished part
of every Phillies fan’s memorabilia collection. From Atlantic
City to Allentown, THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES® 2008 WORLD SERIES
COLLECTOR’S EDITION is certain to bring out Phillies’ fans,
wherever they are!
Bonus Material: Locker Room Celebrations - World Series Trophy
and MVP Presentation - Phillies WS Parade Footage - NL East
Division and NLDS Clinching Highlights - Team Interviews - Brett
Myers Goes 3-3 in NLCS Game 3 n 2008 season highlights: Jayson
Werth Inside-The-Park HR; Pat Burrell's GW walk-off HR; Jayson
Werth hits 3 HR’s; 3 consecutive HR’s (Utley, Howard and Burrell)
and Ryan Howard’s 40th & 48th HRs. Alternate audio tracks
featuring World Series announcers: Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen,
Scott Fianzke, and Chris Wheeler (Phillies Radio); Joe Buck and
Tim McCarver (Fox); Angel Torres, Miguel Morales, and Cos Villa
(Fox Sports); Dave Willis and Andy Freed (Rays Radio)
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