Chicago Cubs Legends - Great Games Collector's Edition (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)Well here's the good: Video quality is good, all things considered. Loved Game 1 of 84 NLCS. If you are you are a true Cub fan, you will enjoy this set.
Minor nitpicks: No pre-game video. It goes right to the first pitch. Very little post-game recap. No mention of who the announcers are. I was at the 84 game and didn't realize it was Don Drysdale and Earl Weaver and Tom Seaver. It's great they only showed the games the Cubs won, but I would have enjoyed even the epic games I attended (23-22 Phillies win in '79) And I would have LOVED more Haray Caray games. The only one was the 87 Dawson game.But still a great set. Always a pleasure to hear Steve Stone too, one of the most under-appreciated analysts.

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The games included are:-Ryne Sandberg: June 23, 1984-5 for 6, 2 HR, 7 RBI-Rick Sutcliffe: 1984 NLCS game 1-no ER allowed, one HR hit-Andre Dawson: Aug. 1, 1987-3 for 4, 3 HR, 5 RBI-Mark Grace: 1989 NLCS game 2-3 for 4, 4 RBI-Kerry Wood: May 6, 1998-20 strikeouts-Sammy Sosa: September 13, 1998-61st and 62nd home runs-Greg Maddux: Aug. 7, 2004-300th career win-Derrek Lee: June 1, 2005-5 for 5, 1 HR, 4 RBIThe set provides a good mix of games for Cubs fans (and if Wrigley was smart, they'd sell the set in the park), starting with Hall of Famer Sandberg's 7 RBI game against the rival St. Louis Cardinals, which saw the cubs down 7-1 after two innings, only to manage a comeback in the 11th inning, winning the game 12-11. Andre Dawson is another example of a classic Cubs player. In 21 seasons, Dawson recorded an amazing 2,774 hits and was so eager to join the Cubs that he let General Manager Dallas Green determine his salary. It's a surprise that Dawson hasn't gotten inducted into the Hall of Fame yet (Sandberg tried to push for Dawson in his Hall of Fame speech.) As for newer highlights, one disc offers Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game from 1998 versus the Astros. The 20-year-old Wood's 20 strikeouts tied a Major League record set by Roger Clemens.