The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox

How disappointing that this documentary avoided the complete truth about the Red Sox comeback. Both Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were among a number of MLB players who tested positive for performance-enhancing substances. No wonder Ortiz was able to hit the ball so hard and to the opposite field to the amazement of his teammates. Netflix is infamous for putting out these slanted documentaries (see Hope Solo doc.) that fail to tell the complete story.

It was also interesting how they vilified the Yanks for being so clean cut vs. The Sox who prided themselves on their macho, bad-boy behavior. Doing shots before a game? What nice role-modeling to young athletes. Though the series does an interesting job of showing how the team was built using the "Moneyball" system of buying the right players for desired outcome, it tended to downplay the hard work that players go through during training. It's like they just show up and play on game day.