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Ken Burns' Baseball

  • 1994-2021
  • 2 Seasons
  • PBS
  • Documentary, Pro Sports, Sports
  • TVPG
  • Watchlist

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.

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Awards

  • 1995 - Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - nominated
  • 1995 - Emmy - Outstanding Informational Series - winner

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