1948 World Series, Indians vs Boston Braves now on DVD!

Description: 1948 WORLD SERIES Cleveland Indians vs Boston Braves For the first time ever, the highlights of all six games of the 1948 World Series are now available on DVD! Baseball history comes to life for Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves fans, as this 1-hour, 10-minute collection of rare film footage covers all the highlights of the 1948 World Series won by Cleveland, the first ever A.L. post-season pennant playoff at Fenway Park vs the Red Sox, a 1953 interview with Bob Feller and Jim Hegan of the Indians and a special segment on former Braves hurler Johnny Sain explaining the use of his invention, the baseball “Spinner”! The official World Series film by Major League Baseball has a running time of about 40 minutes, however you’ll also see the edition of the series released by Castle Films for home use, and even though it runs about 8 minutes and covers only games 1, 2 and 6 at Braves Field, it contains totally different scenes than the Major League Baseball version! Next you’ll enjoy a Marty Glickman interview with the Indians great battery, Bob Feller and Jim Hegan. In this segment, you’ll see rare scenes of Feller as a youngster on his father’s farm and pitching in sandlot games. During the interview Feller and Hegan discuss the ’48 World Series and the controversial pickoff play, how to pitch the great American League hitters Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, how to hold the ball for different pitches, Fellers’ victory in the 1946 All-Star Game at Fenway Park and highlights of that game in which Ted Williams hit two home runs, the second off Rip Sewell’s famous “Blooper Pitch”. For Boston Braves fans, there’s a 1972 interview with former Braves mound mainstay Johnny Sain demonstrating the use of his “Spinner” to show how a ball is spun by a pitcher to create different pitches. Then, interesting scenes from Johnny’s own home movies show him in his tomahawk Braves uniform using his unique adjustable cement block backstop to work out prior to spring training! Game 1 at Braves Field: Johnny Sain vs Bob Feller – Rapid Robert loses heartbreaking 2-hitter when Braves hero Tommy Holmes singles home the only run in the 8th inning of a scoreless pitchers duel! Game 2 at Braves Field: Bob Lemon vs Warren Spahn – Braves score first, but hits by Lou Boudreau, Joe Gordon and Larry Doby in the fourth give Cleveland the lead. Singles by Dale Mitchell and Boudreau next inning finish Spahn and Indians win, 4-1. Game 3 at Municipal Stadium: Gene Bearden vs Vern Bickford – In just over an hour and a half, Bearden shuts out Boston 2-0 on 5 hits! Gene doubles and scores winning run in 3rd inning. A walk and 3 more hits next inning finish Bickford. Bill Voiselle outstanding in relief for Braves! Game 4 at Municipal Stadium: Steve Gromek vs Johnny Sain – Another 90-minute game is a tight 2-1 Indian victory. Boudreau’s double scores Mitchell in the first inning and Doby’s HR in the 3rd is the first round tripper of the series! Marv Rickert’s HR in the 7th is Boston’s only run! Game 5 at Municipal Stadium: Nelson Potter vs Bob Feller – In front of a new all-time W.S. record crowd of 86,288, the Tribe tries to wrap up the series. However Bob Elliott homers his first two times up, and Boston’s 6-run 7th finishes Feller! Warren Spahn wins in relief, 11-5! Game 6 at Braves Field: Bob Lemon vs Bill Voiselle – Joe Gordon’s HR in the 6th breaks 1-1 tie, and after 71/2 it’s 4-1 Indians. Braves’ 2-run 8th inning rally falls short and Cleveland wins 4-3! WOW! A full one hour and 10 minutes of vintage baseball for fans and historians! Buyer pays shipping of only $3.00 on this item, which will be shipped by Media Mail! Remember to bookmark my eBay user ID (baseball1a) for future auctions of more vintage sports on original 16mm film or DVD!

Price: 34.5 USD

Location: Naperville, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-05T18:04:37.000Z

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