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1994, TV Show

Episode Detail: Shadow Ball - Baseball

Fifth inning (1930-40). The Negro Leagues; Babe Ruth's “called shot” in the '32 Series; profiles of Bob Feller, Satchel Paige and Joe DiMaggio. John Chancellor narrates.

Episodes: Baseball - 15 total Episodes

9/29/2010: Bottom of the Tenth
9/28/2010: Top of the Tenth
9/28/1994: Home
9/27/1994: A Whole New Ballgame
9/26/1994: The Capital of Baseball
9/25/1994: The National Pastime
9/22/1994: Shadow Ball
9/21/1994: A National Heirloom
9/20/1994: The Faith of 50 Million People
9/19/1994: Something Like a War
9/18/1994: Our Game
9/18/1994: Our Game
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Premiered: 1994, on PBS

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Premise: This stirring history of the sport first aired, conveniently, during a baseball strike, and it was the perfect antidote to the first World Series-less year since 1904. The miniseries, like many from Ken Burns, made deft use of still photos, interviews and archival footage to give the past a wonderfully nostalgic air of years truly gone by, and it effectively documented racism's toll on the national pastime in the first half of the 20th century.