Product Description

Every complete game from the 2008 World Series® will be available in time for the holidays for every fan to own in this one-of-a-kind collector's set. Each definitive 2008 World Series game is presented uncut in this action-packed 8-DVD set, preserving the complete, unedited footage of every must-have 2008 World Series game and key playoff game—plus exclusive celebratory footage and interviews.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17925 in DVD
• Brand: Team Marketing
• Released on: 2008-12-09
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 8
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 611 minutes

Features

• 8-DVD set
• Every complete game from the 2008 World Series will be available in time for the holidays
• One-of-a-kind collector's set
• Each definitive 2008 World Series game is presented uncut
• Plus exclusive celebratory footage and interviews

Amazon.com
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 opponent: 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

From the Back Cover
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)

Customer Reviews

28 Years in Waiting!!! Make Phillies All-Time Top Selling DVD
The holidays will be a little brighter as I watch the Phillies win the World Series again & again. Watching this over again reminded me of the how dominant this Phillies team was. (10-3 in playoffs) I'll admit my doubt that Brad Lidge would stay perfect the entire season & postseason!! Being able to hear Harry Kalas & the local Philly guys is by far the best feature of this DVD collection. Yes, MLB does get a little carried away with it's logo.

While I know that the MLB wanted a Dodgers-Red Sox series, show them the incredible fan base we have in Philadelphia and make this the best-selling baseball DVD collection of all-time. Philadelphia really needed this World Championship.

Phillies fans can relive:
* Cole Hamel's incredible pitching and Jimmy Rollins consistent defense
* Joe Blanton's HR and Ryan Howard's 2 HR game
* McCarver & Buck reminding us how the Phillies we're 0-99 with RISP.
* The only postseason game ever stopped & started up a few days later
* Chase Utley's fake throw
* The contributions by everybody who had a Phillies uniform on !!!
* Listen to Kalas, Wheeler, McCarthy, LA, and Sarge! (instead of FOX)

This is a tremendous collection for a true Phillies fan! 8 wonderful DVDs!!

World Champions! (sorry Chase, had to keep it clean for the kids)

Great set, one annoyance
This is a great dvd set for any Phillies fan. But as mentioned previously, you really have to wonder what genius decided to place the MLB watermark in the upper right of the frame. Though it's small, it gets distracting. A simple lower opacity watermark in the lower 3rd would have sufficed. We get it, we're watching an MLB product. A glaring negative on an otherwise great product.

Reliving every moment of a new era in Phillies' history
The DVD format has done wonders for sports fans. Prior to DVD, the best you'd find were VHS cassettes of NFL Films blooper reels. With this set, I can relive every moment of NLCS Game 4 and 5, and every game of the World Series in widescreen format.

The packaging design is fantastic, with stats and facts on each DVD case. This is a really nice set to cherish for sports fans that were starved for a championship team.

It's the gift I've been waiting for since Joe Carter hit the home run that won the Toronto Blue Jays the 1993 World Series championship over the Phils.