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Documentary captures unseen side of classic Yankees season

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Bucky Dent hits a home run in a one-game playoff between the Yankees and Red Sox at the end of the 1978 season.

You can’t channel surf (or channel stream?) nowadays without stumbling upon enough sports documentaries to carry you through a surgery recovery, or a hunger strike, or a maybe even a Mets quest for a World Series title. It’s challenging for any to stick out among the crowd.

“14 Back,” a documentary by Sports Illustrated and Major League Baseball about the 1978 American League East race between the Yankees and Red Sox, sticks out by being … hilarious.