How 2004 Red Sox Players Responded To Recent Netflix Docuseries

BOSTON — The 2004 Red Sox redirected the course of the franchise with a World Series championship that snapped an 86-year championship drought of pain and suffering.

Netflix honored the 20th anniversary of the fateful Red Sox season with a three-episode series that premiered in October and looked back on a remarkable run for Boston.

Speaking exclusively with NESN.com Friday at the Pedro Martinez Foundation gala, 2004 Red Sox players David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Jason Varitek, Orlando Cabrera and Derek Lowe shared their reactions after watching the series.

Ortiz and Martinez gave particularly rave reviews.

“I liked it,” Martinez said. “Why not? A lot of memories. A lot of great moments. A lot of moments I would love to erase, but they wouldn’t be so special if we didn’t have those. In order for you to really perceive success, you’ve gotta go through failures. The way we stood up and picked up Boston, it will never be forgotten. There will never be another moment that’s going to be sweeter than that one.”

“I loved it,” Ortiz said. “I had the opportunity to watch it on the airplane one night. Wow. Lot of great memories in that. Always feels good to go 20 years back and remember those days.”

“It’s nice to see the Netflix special and the NESN special,” Varitek said. “They put some things together that bring back a lot of wonderful memories. … Awesome. They did a great job putting it together. It brings back some great memories.”

While the show provided a fantastic spotlight to a special season, Cabrera hoped to find more information.

“I watched it,” Cabrera said. “It was alright. Same thing. Same stuff. I wish there was something new, but it was good. Like I said, it was good to remember and see the guys battling. It was alright.”

On the other hand, Lowe felt that he did learn quite a bit about the season in which he earned the win in all three series-clinching postseason games for the Red Sox.

“I did like it,” Lowe said. “I learned a lot. There were some things as a player where we don’t know what’s going on, especially things with particular people we didn’t know about. I sat down for three and a half hours to do this thing. Jason sat down for six hours. They had a lot of information. I thought they did a great job.”

The three-part docuseries celebrating Boston’s historic championship is available on Netflix.