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The Captain is broad enough to entertain anyone, but it’s an absolute must-stream for baseball fans.
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There’s a feeling throughout a still-entertaining “The Captain” that there’s even more in those worlds left to discover.
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With Jeter on alert for giving away too much, the series sometimes struggles to find much more to say about him than what we already know. But that reluctance is also what makes the moments when he cracks, even just a little, far more revealing. When Jeter allows himself to be a little petty, or smug, or a sorer loser than his carefully gracious post-match interviews would betray, “The Captain” becomes that much more compelling, despite its subject’s best efforts.
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Maybe if you bleed pinstripes, a journey through the Yankees dynasty with a guide this less-than-forthcoming will still be gratifying. But everybody else is likely to see The Captain as the sort of Yankees-sponsored piece of hero worship that should have played on the YES Network rather than ESPN.