New York in the 70s/80s
Well it's made by ESPN so if you don't like baseball it's not for you. It's mainly about the baseball, though they do touch on the other stuff through film clips and some scenes featuring Jimmy Breslin.
If you are a right-thinking human and DO like baseball, it's flawed but quite watchable. I recall Oliver Platt was a terrible choice as Steinbrenner, but Daniel Sunjata made a pretty good Reggie Jackson and John Turturro made an outstanding Billy Martin. The guy who played Munson wasn't bad either. They did some interesting things technically so the actors could portray baseball players instead of portraying baseball playing, such as splicing in the original footage from the games.
Well it's made by ESPN so if you don't like baseball it's not for you. It's mainly about the baseball, though they do touch on the other stuff through film clips and some scenes featuring Jimmy Breslin.
If you are a right-thinking human and DO like baseball, it's flawed but quite watchable. I recall Oliver Platt was a terrible choice as Steinbrenner, but Daniel Sunjata made a pretty good Reggie Jackson and John Turturro made an outstanding Billy Martin. The guy who played Munson wasn't bad either. They did some interesting things technically so the actors could portray baseball players instead of portraying baseball playing, such as splicing in the original footage from the games.
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