The Negro Leagues being baseball to towns the Major leagues ignore - to people the Major Leagues spurn. To delight the fans, they develop an elaborate warm-up routine in pantomime; throwing and hitting an invisible ball so convincingly. It's called "shadow ball. In Europe, in the Pacific, on the homefront, both African-Americans and whites fight to make the world safe for democracy.
When the world ends, Major League Baseball becomes, in fact, what it has always claimed to be: the national pastime. But, at the beginning of the decade, Jackie Robinson's debut is still some years away. Meanwhile, Joe DiMaggio sets a consecutive game-hitting streak that still stands. Ted Williams becomes the last man to hit.
The once-lowly Brooklyn Dodgers win their first pennant. And world War II takes so much talent from the majors that the St. Louis Browns win a pennant. Americans are on the move. Moving to the suburbs.
Moving across the country. They are, it seems, restless. Of course, if you're a baseball fan in New York, you don't want to move. You're in baseball heaven. Year after year, the Yankees are on top of the American League. Year after year, the Giants and Dodgers fight for the National league crown.
Starting in , there is a New York team in the World Series for 10 straight years. And in six of those years, both teams are from New York. The s are a turbulent decade for America. There are race riots, anti-war protests, hippies, Woodstock. It is also a turbulent decade for baseball, as one by one its "sacred" institutions fall. It starts with Bill Mazeroski bringing down the mighty Yankees with one dramatic home run, the first ever to end a World Series.
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In , a sportswriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league - the Western League - and. Before and after World War I, a steady stream of immigrants land on the shores of America. They want instantly to become A. The s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the Throughout America, and even on the baseball diamonds in New York's Central Park, thousands of homeless people build shant.
The s are a turbulent decade for America and turbulent decade for baseball, as one by one its "sacred" institutions fa. In an age of globalization and deregulation, a cataclysmic strike over money and power brings baseball to the brink. In , the national pastime faces its worst crisis in 70 years when a bitter and prolonged strike forces the cancellatio.
About the Film This documentary by Ken Burns follows Baseball's saga, spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Explore More. Available on UNUM.
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