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'Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (Includes The Tenth Inning)' DVD Box Set Review

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Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (Includes The Tenth Inning) An epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs.  Babe Ruth Jackie Robinson Shoeless Joe Jackson Sandy Koufax Satchel Paige Pete Rose Roberto Clemente Casey Stengel Hank Aaron Joe DiMaggio Ichiro Suzuki Barry Bonds Pedro Martinez It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the immigrant experience, the transformation of popular culture, and the enduring appeal of the national pastime. -- from Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns.  (C) 2010 PBS Distribution and Florentine Films On September 18, 1994, the 300 or so member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired Our Game, the first episode (or "inning") of Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns. Co-written by Burns with historian (and frequent collaborator) Geoffrey C. Ward, the 112-minute long episode explores the beginning of America's national pastime and explodes v