Baseball

^{(1994 – 2010)}

TV-PG

1m

Documentary, Historical, Sport

September 18th, 1994

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Baseball Season 1 Episodes

Season 1

The Tenth Inning: Bottom of the Tenth

September 29th, 2010

As the new millenium dawns, Baseball is more popular and profitable than ever, but suspicions and revelations about performance enhancing drugs keep surfacing, calling the integrity of the game itself into question.

The Tenth Inning: Top of the Tenth

September 28th, 2010

In an age of globalization and deregulation, a cataclysmic strike over money and power brings baseball to the brink; dazzlingly talented Latin players transform the sport; Cal Ripken becomes baseball's new Iron Man; and Ken Griffey, Jr. and Barry Bonds are simply dazzling. The Braves dominate the National League while the Yankees build a new dynasty. As home run totals soar, sluggers Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa smash one of the game's most hallowed records. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, players on every team must make life altering decisions about how far they are willing to go to succeed.

Home

September 28th, 1994

America and the world are seeing more changes then at any time in history. And so is baseball.

A Whole New Ballgame

September 27th, 1994

The 1960s are a turbulent decade for America. There are race riots, anti-war protests, hippies, Woodstock. It is also a turbulent decade for baseball, as one by one its "sacred" institutions fall.

The Capital of Baseball

September 26th, 1994

Americans are on the move. Moving to the suburbs. Moving across the country. They are, it seems, restless. Of course, if you're a baseball fan in New York, you don't want to move. You're in baseball heaven.

The National Pastime

September 25th, 1994

In Europe, in the Pacific, on the homefront, both African-Americans and whites fight to make the world safe for democracy. When the world ends, Major League Baseball becomes, in fact, what it has always claimed to be: the national pastime.

Shadow Ball

September 22nd, 1994

In the period 1930-40, the Depression had a major impact on the game of baseball. Many teams were nearing bankruptcy with attendance dwindling and fan interest at its lowest ebb. The owners...

A National Heirloom

September 21st, 1994

The 1920s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series.

The Faith of Fifty Million People

September 20th, 1994

Before and after World War I, a steady stream of immigrants lands on the shores of America. They want instantly to become American. To pursue the American dream. To play the American game.

Something Like a War

September 19th, 1994

In 1894, a sportwriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league - the Western League - and turns it into a financial success.

Our Game

September 18th, 1994

In New York City, in the 1840s, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins.

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