Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns | 
| Actors: Mamie Ruth Moberly, Hank Aaron, Bud Abbott, Roger Angell, Arthur Ashe
Studio: PBS Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 3686
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 10
Running Time: 1140 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM3529
UPC: 841887051262
EAN: 0841887051262
ASIN: B000BITUDO
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1994
Release Date: September 28, 2004
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Inning One, Our Game, looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and takes the story up to 1900. Burns refutes the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown and traces its roots instead to the earliest days of the nation ? there are records of a game called "Base" played at Valley Forge.Inning Two, Something Like a War, takes viewers through 1910 and introduces some of the game's most celebrated and colorful characters, including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.Inning Three, The Faith of Fifty Million People, examines the century's second decade, which was dominated by the Black Sox scandal. George Herman "Babe" Ruth makes his first major league appearance (as a member of the Boston Red Sox) and a wave of immigration helps fill the stands with new fans, eager to "become American" by learning America's game.Inning Four, A National Heirloom, concentrates on Babe Ruth, whose phenomenal performance thrilled the nation throughout the 1920s and rescued the game from the scandal of the previous decade.Inning Five, Shadow Ball, tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. The title refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an apt metaphor for the exclusion of blacks from major league play at that time.Inning Six, The National Pastime, covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio's celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls "baseball's finest moment" ? the debut of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.Inning Seven, The Capital of Baseball, takes viewers through the 1950s when New York City had three successful baseball teams and dominated the World Series. By the end of the decade, the Giants and Dodgers had left New York, a signal that the old game was changed forever.Inning Eight, A Whole New Ball Game, moves the field to the 1
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 The consummate set of videos about Baseball. May 17, 2007
M. A. Filippelli (Elk Grove, CA, US)
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
Contained in these ten DVD's are just about every historical moment in baseball.
Inning 1 Baseball from its inception in the 1840's to the 1900's This explores baseballs roots from Abner Doubleday to the beginnings of what we know as modern day baseball.
Inning 2 1900 to 1910. The beginning of the World Series. Great footage and photos of old parks and players.
Inning 3 1910 TO 1920. Covers Babe Ruth, the Black sox, Grover Cleveland Alexander and more. Footage of Fenway being built
Inning 4 1920 to 1930 Really the beginnings of the Yankee dynasty but the Cardinals rule the Natonal league with the famed gass house gang.
Inning 5 1930 to 1940. More footage of all the great stars of the day, Ruth, Di Maggio, Williams and more.
Inning 6 1940 to 1950. The effects of war on the American pastime. The splendid splinter goes to war, he comes back and picks up where he left off.
Inning 7 1950 to 1960. The Yankee dynasty continues. Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, The shot heard around the world, Don Larsons perfect game. The Giants and Dodgers pick and leave.
Inning 8 1960 to 1970. The Los Angeles Angels are born, The Kansas City A's become the Oakland A's, The Royals and Mets are born. The Padres are born and move into a small stadium outside of San Diego. And then there was the Seattle Pilots. Those amazin Mets win the World series. Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax get agents but are unsuccessful in changing baseballs anti trust act and re sign with the Dodgers. Maris passes the Babe with an asterisk.
Inning 9 1970 to 1994. Curt Flood loses his war against baseball but the players eventually win. The players union gets stronger. The Reds come to power. The A's win a couple world series. Roberto Clemente's life cut short. Washington loses another team called the Senators.
The film also has some great commentary interspersed through out all of the DVD's. At the end of each DVD is a trivia game based on the decade that the DVD covered.
While the movie is based for the most part on New York teams this is truly a must for all baseball fans. There is no other collection of materials that covers baseball like this one does in terms of breadth and depth.
Essential Viewing for Baseball Fans & American History Buffs August 18, 2007
azjmc
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
This set isn't cheap, but it's one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. Burns' storytelling is always fascinating, focusing on the evolution of not only the game of baseball, but in an indirect way, American history as well. It is particularly meaningful that he interviewed some baseball greats (Williams, Mantle, Buck O'Neil) before they passed on. My only complaint is that the series stops at 1994. (I would love to see a coda/epilogue made covering the achievements and scandals of the last 13 years.) If you are a baseball fan, this is defintely worth having. Some nice special features too.
 Baseball in New York September 24, 2007
Gordon C. Duus (Glen Ridge, NJ USA)
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am a long time fan of both baseball and Ken Burns's documentaries. Here Burns does a great job of describing the highlights of baseball's golden years in New York, from the Yankees in the 1920s through the battles between the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees in the 1950s, including a nice presentation of the story of the Negro Leagues and Jackie Robinson. Great newsreel footage is used to excellent effect. If you are a fan of New York baseball, it probably does not get any better than this.
But Burns needed to make choices. One he made was to avoid even trying to tell the complete story of major league baseball. As a Philadelphia fan I was disappointed because Burns's coverage of the Phillies, founded in 1883, is limited to a detailed section on Grover Cleveland Alexander (who pitched for the Phillies from 1911 to 1917) and a brief mention of the team's racist taunts of Jackie Robinson during his 1947 inaugural season. That's it for the over 120 years of Phillies history. I thought Burns would feel obligated to be a bit more encyclopedic and that 18 hours would give him enough time to show a little bit of the Phillies history as part of the overall story. I was wrong.
A more accurate title for the documentary would have been Baseball in New York. On that topic it was a success.
At $161.99, it's worth more than every penny! March 2, 2007
Scott Ellington (Silicon Valley)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I haven't been nuts about the sport of baseball for decades, but I treasure every minute of information on the ten discs included in this offering. With the commencement of a new season only a couple of months away, it remains to be seen whether I'll ever become a real student of the game, but the perception of historic continuity provided by this documentary is more acutely, keenly expressed than anywhere else in my exprience. The intellectual connections made here are poetic, while the emotional bond it re-energizes is spellbinding and ecstatic.
An ideal companion to THE CIVIL WAR and JAZZ, BASEBALL explores the same American mysteries from an entirely different, supremely satisfying direction and no matter how high the price, it feels just like stealing home.
Ken Burns' Baseball July 11, 2007
John Farr
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Essential viewing for rabid fans and students of the game's history. Flavorful and meticulously detailed, this may be Burns' finest hour. Never dull, which-- given its extended run time-- is quite an achievement.
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