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Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
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Table of Contents
From the eVideo
Introduction to Our Game (1:05)
Brooklyn's Trolley Dodgers (5:03)
Baseball (4:55)
Baseball - America's Character (2:27)
First Inning - Our Game (5:31)
Elysian Fields (7:48)
A People's Game (4:35)
A People's Game - American Civil War (4:32)
Division of Feeling - African American Players (1:21)
Division of Feeling - Women Players (1:37)
Division of Feeling - Bending the Rules (2:03)
Baseball is Business Now (9:01)
The National League (4:35)
I am Dumb, Harry (4:23)
Bottom of the First (0:41)
The Wahoos (4:44)
The Baseball Messiah (6:57)
Heroes (6:58)
My Skin is Against Me (7:52)
Dog Eat Dog (6:31)
The Toughest of the Tough (8:32)
The Little Boy's Game (4:46)
Credits: Our Game (2:48)
From the eVideo
Introduction to Something Like a War (7:12)
Second Inning (3:58)
The American League (4:27)
'Nuf Ced' (5:58)
Hot Dogs Come to the Ball Park (2:24)
The Look of Eagles (4:31)
The Christian Gentleman (7:26)
Free and Equal (6:03)
Hitless Wonders (5:14)
Vaudevillian Players (2:40)
Bottom of the Second - Baseball's Anthem (1:55)
Bottom of the Second - Rube (4:33)
Bottom of the Second - Duel Between Pitcher & Batter (0:44)
A True Jewel (6:16)
Ty (10:36)
Organize Your Team (4:17)
Organize Your Team - Black Players (5:13)
The Merkle Boner (4:42)
The Merkle Boner - Cubs v. Giants Makeup Game (6:55)
I Have to Be First (4:39)
Prologue: Something Like a War (1:12)
Credits: Something Like a War (2:50)
From the eVideo
Introduction to: The Faith of Fifty Million People (0:55)
Star Spangled Banner (1:19)
Introduction to: The Faith of Fifty Million People (2:29)
Baseball's Personal Feel (2:07)
Baseball's Hard Men (1:35)
Third Inning - Connie Mack (4:46)
Third Inning - The Black Mark (5:28)
Damn (3:57)
The Wolf Pack - Harry Hooper's Journal (2:08)
The Wolf Pack - The Good and The Bad (4:16)
The Wolf Pack - Player's Rights (2:38)
Tears - 1912 World Series (4:43)
Tears - Giants Lose Series to Boston (4:57)
Tears - Regrets (3:57)
Tears - Fenway Park (2:06)
Pigtown (4:50)
Bottom of the Third (2:07)
Free Agents - Federal League (4:30)
Free Agents - Everyman's Game (5:06)
Hard to Know Alexander & Claxton (4:18)
Hard to Know - Branch Rickey (2:37)
The Carmine Hosed Warriors (2:41)
The Carmine Hosed Warriors - 1917 - 1919 (6:23)
An Awful Thing to Do (9:47)
An Awful Thing to Do - Game by Game (9:45)
An Awful Thing to Do - Aftermath (8:19)
The Law (6:45)
Credits: The Faith of Fifty Million People (2:47)
From the eVideo
Introduction to 'A National Heirloom' (5:54)
Fourth Inning (3:28)
The Big Son of a Bitch (2:57)
The Big Son of a Bitch (4:40)
Beethoven and Cezanne (11:58)
I Fear Nobody (7:42)
An Everest in Kansas (4:17)
An Everest in Kansas - Babe Ruth (8:49)
House of David (2:22)
House of David - Radio Coverage of Baseball (2:20)
Bottom of the Fourth: A Tough Epoch for Kings (5:05)
A Tough Epoch for Kings - Supreme Court Ruling (2:07)
Some Ball Yard (7:00)
Some Ball Yard - Walter Johnson (5:38)
Their Greatest Asset (5:29)
Their Greatest Asset - Christy Mathewson (3:13)
A Dollar Sign on the Muscle (5:11)
I Can See Him Yet (7:03)
Murderers Row (9:21)
Rueful Memories (6:26)
Credits: 'A National Heirloom' (2:47)
From the eVideo
Idea of Community (1:22)
Baseball (4:00)
Exhibition Games (2:02)
Fifth Inning: Shadow Ball (4:22)
Fifth Inning: Summertime Baseball (1:09)
Like We Invented the Game (5:18)
The National Tonic (3:36)
The National Tonic: Success and Sadness (2:40)
Midnight Rider (8:34)
Midnight Rider: Unknown Side of Satchel Paige (1:28)
You Lucky Bum (4:27)
You Lucky Bum: Roosevelt's Pledge (1:29)
Josh (3:16)
The Daffiness Boys (5:17)
Carrying the News (6:41)
Carrying the News: All Star Game (4:14)
The Gashouse Gang (8:13)
The Babe (5:19)
Plain Prejudice (4:27)
Bottom of the Fifth (2:49)
Goodbye, Baseball (3:10)
Heroes (7:55)
Rhubarb (4:59)
I Ain't Sorry (3:45)
I Ain't Sorry: Jewish Players (4:04)
For the Good of the Team (5:39)
The Best (6:06)
The Best: Satchel Versus Gibson (3:39)
Credits: Shadow Ball (2:49)
From the eVideo
Introduction to 'The National Pastime' (5:23)
Sixth Inning (4:24)
A Summer of Heroes (15:44)
The Joy Zone (9:42)
Hilda Is Here (4:04)
Hilda Is Here - Ebbets Field (3:40)
Hilda Is Here - 1941 World Series (3:36)
War (7:44)
War - Women's Baseball (6:28)
The Answer Is No (4:13)
Bottom of the Sixth (2:46)
This I Know (7:19)
The Race Man (10:27)
Heartbroken (6:05)
Big League Material (6:37)
He's Coming (3:29)
He's Coming - Doris Kearns Goodwin (2:52)
April 15, 1947 (7:36)
Up in the Race (19:06)
The Family of Baseball (5:00)
The Family of Baseball - Satchel Paige (2:09)
So Would the Babe (6:45)
Credits: 'The National Pastime' (2:54)
From the eVideo
Introduction to 'The Capital of Baseball' (6:47)
Seventh Inning: The Capital of Baseball (4:47)
'Ol' Perfesser' (13:08)
'Ol' Perfesser' - Jackie Robinson (5:26)
My Man (5:26)
Fiction Is Dead - Miracle of Coogan's Bluff (9:53)
Fiction Is Dead - Shot Heard 'Round the world. (5:32)
Fiction Is Dead - Mario Cuomo (2:24)
Fiction Is Dead - DiMaggio's Last At Bat (3:06)
Mr. Mantle (8:44)
Child of God (6:31)
Low and Away (7:47)
The Catch - Willie Mays (4:57)
The Catch - September 29, 1954 (7:12)
7th Inning Stretch (2:54)
Bottom of the Seventh (1:51)
Absolutely Unthinkable (6:48)
Absolutely Unthinkable - Dodgers Fans Celebrate (6:26)
Perfect (5:29)
A Death in the Family (13:39)
80/20 (4:59)
Credits: 'The Capital of Baseball' (2:46)
From the eVideo
Introduction to 'A Whole New Ballgame' (7:10)
Eighth Inning (7:25)
The World's Lousy (3:12)
The World's Lousy - Ty Cobb (4:15)
A Tough Year for the Babe (7:52)
The Jewish Kid (5:58)
Yo La Tengo (6:49)
The Man (4:29)
The Man - Pete Rose (2:37)
In the Course of Time (2:03)
In the Course of Time - Civil Rights Movement (5:11)
Bottom of the Eighth (3:10)
The Plantation (5:57)
The Plantation - Frank Robinson (2:09)
The Question Is Why (3:52)
Yaz (11:14)
Pondering Inaction (6:00)
We Do This Every Day (8:28)
The Greatest Game of Them All (8:49)
I Am a Man (4:58)
Credits: 'A Whole New Ballgame' (2:51)
From the eVideo
Manhattan (3:14)
Baseball - Introduction to: Home (4:41)
Ninth Inning: Home (4:06)
A Higher League (2:41)
A Higher League: Clemente (4:44)
Deaf Ears (4:57)
Safe at Home (7:56)
The Sun Don't Shine (6:05)
Dear Hank Aaron (7:20)
Some Kind of a Game (7:31)
Some Kind of a Game: Game Six (9:07)
Some Kind of a Game: Game Seven (2:48)
Some Kind of a Game: Changing Lives (2:20)
This Man Miller (3:44)
This Man Miller: Law of Supply and Demand (3:39)
George III (7:33)
Pops (4:43)
Bottom of the Ninth (2:08)
Break Your Heart (3:13)
The Curse (4:55)
The Curse: Bottom of the Tenth (7:36)
The Curse: Prejudice in Baseball (3:55)
Collusion (4:14)
B-Movie (4:27)
B-Movie: Major League Baseball Salaries Sky Rocket (3:58)
Good At Life (5:32)
Good At Life: Comiskey Park (0:52)
Extra Innings (6:25)
Extra Innings: Love of Baseball (7:39)
Credits: Home (3:00)
From the eVideo
Introduction to 'The Tenth Inning' (8:13)
Numbers No One Can Believe (10:36)
Numbers No One Can Believe - Ken Griffey, Jr. (1:25)
Artful Deception (3:31)
Artful Deception - Drug Scandals (6:39)
Artful Deception - Barry Bonds (4:51)
Millionaires & Billionaires (2:20)
Millionaires & Billionaires - Baseball Strike (9:49)
Millionaires & Billionaires - Cal Rifkin, Jr. (4:02)
Millionaires & Billionaires - Atlanta and Cleveland (4:48)
The Top of Everest (19:33)
Grandioso (6:47)
Grandioso - Sammy Sosa (4:14)
Innocence Is Beautiful (14:01)
Innocence Is Beautiful - Performance Enhancers (13:04)
Credits: 'The Tenth Inning' (2:30)
Introduction to 'Bottom of the Tenth' (5:36)
Baseball's Great Pitchers (6:07)
Ichiro (8:22)
Barry Bonds (4:22)
Our Baseball (3:32)
Our Baseball - Yankees/Barry Bonds (4:52)
Our Baseball - 2001 World Series (10:16)
Mythic Qualities (2:50)
Mythic Qualities - Free Agency and Doping (6:37)
Mythic Qualities - Baseball's Golden Age (2:33)
Mythic Qualities - 2002 World Series (5:40)
What Have I Done? (10:31)
What Have I Done? - Chicago Cubs (4:02)
We're Going Back (18:49)
We're Going Back - Performance-Enhancing Drugs (8:17)
Negative Capability (8:50)
Negative Capability - Mitchell Report (4:55)
The Sun Shining (5:26)
Credits: 'Bottom of the Tenth' (2:19)
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