Nine Innings from Ground Zero

8.2
2004 1 hr 0 min Documentary

Short, well-made documentary showing how the NY Yankees vs. AZ Diamondbacks world series games, just a month after 9-11, provided welcome relief from the uncertainty New Yorkers, and the nation, felt about how to proceed with their lives. The Yankees, during the series, came to symbolize and re-strengthen everything that was, and is, New York... and America.

  • Cast:
    Joe Buck , George W. Bush

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Reviews

Colibel
2004/09/14

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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TeenzTen
2004/09/15

An action-packed slog

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Bessie Smyth
2004/09/16

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Staci Frederick
2004/09/17

Blistering performances.

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randy m
2004/09/18

Alright, already. We all know that 9/11 happened and that the Yankees made it into the World Series that year, and lost. Baseball had absolutely nothing to do with the attack. The Yankees won the World Series 26 times before this.. I'm sorry they didn't win it in 01, but they didn't. Nobody would ever make a documentary so biased for the losing team unless they had some money to gain, shame. This documentary is just an insult to the Diamondbacks, and an insult to intelligence. It paints the DBacks as the enemy, which they weren't. This documentary takes away everything the Diamondbacks achieved. Terrible.1/10 stars. Horrible.

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cdphillies62
2004/09/19

If you want, read my review but SpeechProf's review says it best. His review was right on the money.Anyway, This is your typical New Yorkian movie where the Yankees and New Yorkians' happiness are all that matter when a tragedy occurs in the almighty city of New York and the only thing left to save their lives from the misery that was 911 are the Yankees winning it all!Pathetic! Although, I do like the ending where the D'backs beat the Yanks. :) A little advice for you New Yorkians. Baseball is just a game. Death is death and baseball can not bring back what so many have lost that horrible day. Honestly, I really can't think of a movie that outraged me more than this one. This tops them all and then some and made me so inspired to actually want to write a review on it. Anyway, do yourself a favor and pass on this garbage even if you have the slightest curiosity of what it's all about. It's just not worth your time.

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SpeechProf
2004/09/20

Well, as a documentary it's all right, but most of the people in it annoyed the hell out of me. It takes on the theme that the Yankees "deserved" to win the World Series because of September 11th, when it all actuality Arizona was the better team. It's another documentary of New Yorkers wanting to claim September 11th as "their own." What the filmmaker and most people involved need to realize is that Sept. 11th was an attack on America, not just New York (apparently the Pentagon and Pennsylvania crashes aren't as important). Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm not sympathetic, it's just that if anyone deserved to win this World Series, it was Arizona because their team was better.

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AzRanger
2004/09/21

...could the renewed strength and spirit that all New Yorkers felt possibly have gone even higher? It's doubtful. The city had already reached a zenith when the Yankees took all three home games during the series. What had started as continued mourning at the beginning of the series did indeed change to hope and cheering and even happiness for the people of New York. It was just what they needed. Just what the doctor ordered.I loved the advice Derek Jeter had for George W. who was to throw out the first pitch for their home game... You can't stand in front of the mound... they'll boo you. And don't bounce it in... or they'll boo you. Left Dubba feeling a little insecure, but he did just fine with the pitch, after all.And I didn't know that one of the umpires was really a secret-service agent. Not during the game, of course, just during the opening pitch.This documentary is just short enough to have kept me interested. It flashes into new subjects quickly and tries to give a piece of information about everything. The world series is background for everything else presented. It contains no mushiness, no pro-America propaganda, not even any anti-terrorist themes... it just shows us how that world series was able to change the feelings of us all. To help us mend.

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