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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303218670 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303218679 Label: Turner Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Turner Home Entertainment Release Date: September 23, 1994 Running Time: 126 minutes Sales Rank: 39632 Studio: Turner Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1994
Rating: - Inning 5 - Shadow Ball (The Negro Leagues): 1930-1940
In many ways "Shadow Ball" is my favorite episode in Ken Burns' celebrated documentary mini-series on "Baseball." From the very first "inning," Burns has been intent on setting up the greatest moment in the history of the game, when Jackie Robinson stepped on the field in 1942. "Shadow Ball" fully sets the stage for that pivotal moment, looking at the great players of the Negro Leagues: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson, and Buck Leonard. Meanwhile, back in the Major Leagues, Lou Gehrig begins the decade playing with Babe Ruth and ends up with Joe DiMaggio while the Yankees ... Read More
