Baseball

Season 1 • Episode 6: Inning Six: The National Pastime • Watch with subtitles

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Inning Six: The National Pastime

Episode 6: Inning Six: The National Pastime

September 25, 1994 • 148 min

This episode 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.

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