Episodes (11)

Our Game
S01E01 · Our Game

Sep 18, 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.

Something Like a War
S01E02 · Something Like a War

Sep 19, 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.

The Faith of Fifty Million People
S01E03 · The Faith of Fifty Million People

Sep 20, 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.

A National Heirloom
S01E04 · A National Heirloom

Sep 21, 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.

Shadow Ball
S01E05 · Shadow Ball

Sep 22, 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 introduced many innovations in an attempt to revive interest and attendance including the All Star game. Night games were introduced in 1935 and the Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown in 1939 on the mythical 100th anniversary of creation of the game. The sport still provided its heroes however. Babe Ruth was larger than life and in 1930 signed an $80,000 a year contract; his ...

The National Pastime
S01E06 · The National Pastime

Sep 25, 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.

The Capital of Baseball
S01E07 · The Capital of Baseball

Sep 26, 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.

A Whole New Ballgame
S01E08 · A Whole New Ballgame

Sep 27, 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.

Home
S01E09 · Home

Sep 28, 1994

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

The Tenth Inning: Top of the Tenth
S01E10 · The Tenth Inning: Top of the Tenth

Sep 28, 2010

This latest entry covers the period from the early 1990's onward. Labor relations deteriorated badly in the early part of that decade leading to the players strike in August 1994. The Montreal Expos were the best team in baseball at the time but when a Federal judge blocked the owners from unilaterally imposing a contract (which would have let them use replacement players) it quickly came to an end and the players returned to work under the old contract. Attendance dropped after that but the game recovered quickly with the heroics of Cal Ripkin Jr. By the end of 1990'...

The Tenth Inning: Bottom of the Tenth
S01E11 · The Tenth Inning: Bottom of the Tenth

Sep 29, 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.

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Baseball Season 1 (1994) is released on Sep 18, 1994. Watch Baseball online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. Baseball is directed by Ken Burns,Lynn Novick and created by Ken Burns with Daniel Okrent and George F. Will. Baseball is available online on Hoopla and Amazon Prime Video.

As know as:

Die Baseball-Story, Бейсбол, Baseball, Baseball(French)

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Florentine Films, The Baseball Film Project, WETA

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