Very good


Being a Yankees fan and a native New Yorker (though I live elsewhere now), I really enjoyed this little HBO documentary. I'm fiercely anti-Bush, and I'm not particularly patriotic, but I remember the vibe in New York during that Series...especially after the two miraculous comebacks by the home team in Yankee Stadium in games four and five. There was this sense of hope and rejuvination...through the silliest and simplest of things: a game of baseball.

It was the best World Series I have seen. I'm 26, so I can't speak for some of the older Series, but the only peer this one had, for me was the 1991 Series between the Braves and Twins.

In any event, nearly each game was a mesmerizing duel, and, just a few miles from Ground Zero, I think it was great that the country, and, New York in particular, had something else to think about for a few days,less than two months after the sky seemed as if it was falling.

Is it a little simplistic to say that a game could "heal" a city and a nation that was mired in fear? Absolutely. Do I think that it helped get our minds off of what had happened, and show us that, indeed, our lives will still be our lives, terror or not....yep.

Good documentary from the network that excells in such.

"You can disappear here without even knowing it."
---Bret Easton Ellis
Less Than Zero

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How can you still be fiercely anti-bush after seeing this? I can see not liking the guy, but after seeing this my hatred for the guy disappeared. I still don't love him, but his actions during this time were exactly what the country needed.

And say what you want about GW, but I believe he truly believes the current course (offensive) is the best way to put down radical islam/

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I don't think most people are anti-Bush (the man). However, many people are anti Bush (the president). I always thought that he would make the coolest uncle because he is a fun and happy guy. Never liked him as president and never will, but this movie made me like him even more as a human being.

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One of the best documentaries on the tragic 9/11 attack. Here's another perspective:

http://www.sportzflickz.com/nine-innings-from-ground-zero/

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I agree, I love this show even if I need tissues right after watching it. Being a yankees fan, former NYer and former wall streeter, this brings back a ton of memories(good and bad). I was at the game on Yom Kippur and my husband caught a foul ball. This was a major sin being he is Jewish. Of course, when you worship at section 5 of yankee stadium, God will forgive these things.

I was at Game 5 of the World Series too. I remember the noise, the stadium shaking, the crowds, the cheers and screaming. It was one of the best games I had ever been to. It still hurts that we did not win the series.

Now that the tenth anniversary is approaching, I hope we remember where we were as a country. I no longer live in NY and live amongst those whom have forgotten such things. It is strange and people like me are considered odd for knowing about such stuff. I have told the truth of what things were really like and they think I am talking about a movie.

Great documentary...Makes one feel, think and remember.

Farewell,and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you.

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