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Baseball

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1994–20101994–2010
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 19h
IMDb RATING
9.2/10
4.3K
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Baseball (1994)
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A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
IMDb RATING
9.2/10
4.3K
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POPULARITY
7,369
693
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    • Stars
      • Daniel Okrent
      • George F. Will
      • John Chancellor
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    • Stars
      • Daniel Okrent
      • George F. Will
      • John Chancellor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 68User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Daniel Okrent
    Daniel Okrent
    • Self
    10 episodes10 eps • 1994–2010
    George F. Will
    George F. Will
    • Self
    9 episodes9 eps • 1994–2010
    John Chancellor
    John Chancellor
    • Narrator
    Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Doris Kearns Goodwin
    • Self
    8 episodes8 eps • 1994–2010
    Gerald Early
    Gerald Early
    • Self
    8 episodes8 eps • 1994–2010
    John Thorn
    John Thorn
    • Self
    8 episodes8 eps • 1994–2010
    Studs Terkel
    Studs Terkel
    • Self…
    8 episodes8 eps • 1994
    Roger Angell
    • Self
    8 episodes8 eps • 1994
    Buck O'Neil
    • Self
    8 episodes8 eps • 1994
    Bob Costas
    Bob Costas
    • Self
    7 episodes7 eps • 1994–2010
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    • Various…
    Ossie Davis
    Ossie Davis
    • Various…
    George Plimpton
    George Plimpton
    • Self…
    7 episodes7 eps • 1994
    Paul Roebling
    • Various…
    Thomas Boswell
    • Self
    6 episodes6 eps • 1994–2010
    Adam Arkin
    Adam Arkin
    • Various…
    Vin Scully
    Vin Scully
    • Self
    6 episodes6 eps • 1994
    Stephen Jay Gould
    Stephen Jay Gould
    • Self
    6 episodes6 eps • 1994
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    • Trivia
      Ironically, first aired in the fall of 1994 when much of the season and the World Series were cancelled due to a strike. This made it the only "baseball" available to millions of unhappy fans at what should have been the most exciting time of the season.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: It is played everywhere. In parks and playgrounds and prison yards. In back alleys and farmers' fields. By small children and old men. Raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. It is a haunted game, in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before. Most of all, it is about time and timelessness. Speed and grace. Failure and loss. Imperishable hope. And coming home.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Documentary Mini Series (2015)

    User reviews68

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    Top review
    10/10
    Wonderful!
    Being a life-long baseball fanatic (Personally a Cubs fan) and a baseball history buff, this is simply a WONDERFUL documentary. Ken Burns did an excellent job on covering every single era in baseball, from the beginnings to modern-day. My favourite era of baseball was the 1940s to the 1960s and I thoroughly enjoyed that part. I recently found the complete set at a local video/music store and bought it. I pop one in every week to get me through the long winter. Every baseball fan should see this! You will not be disappointed!

    A 10 out of 10!
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    • cubiegirl
    • Jan 8, 2001

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Бейсбол
    • Production companies
      • Florentine Films
      • The Baseball Film Project
      • WETA
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    • Runtime
      19 hours
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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