I admit it — when it comes to baseball, I am not a huge fan.
One of my first rookie mistakes here at the paper was writing a “tease” for the front of the Lifestyles section: “For more on the Red Socks, See Sports, Page 12″
Yep Socks.
When one of the sports editors came out to tell me about the typo — my response was “What typo?”
Anywho, in my feverish quest to see films that got nominations for SAG awards, I rented “The Bronx is Burning.”
I didn’t bother to find out what the film was about. It turns out, it was an eight-part TV mini-series about the New York Yankees quest for the 1977 World Series.
Now, I could care less about baseball. But if I was going to care — it would be about the Boston Red SOX.
(Hey, I learned my lesson.)
But I have to say, this was a fantastic series. There wasn’t a ton of baseball in it (thank God). It was a drama about this quirky team’s rise to the championship, amid a very strange year in New York — it included a mayoral election and rise of the Son of Sam killer.
It was extremely compelling, thanks to sharp writing and editing and a great performance from Oliver Platt. In all, I would say it is one of the best baseball movies/mini-series out there (once you get past the whole Evil Empire thing).
Would love to know what you think.
