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The National Pastime

Season 1 Episode 6 | 2hr 29m 35s

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.

Aired: 03/12/20 | Expires: 04/30/22
Funding Provided By: General Motors Corporation; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The Corporation for Public Broadcasting; The Public Broadcasting Service; Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Extras
Inning One: Our Game looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and up to 1900.
Inning Three, The Faith of Fifty Million People, examines the century's second decade.
Inning Two, Something Like a War, takes viewers through 1910.
Inning Nine, Home, looks at baseball from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Inning Eight, A Whole New Ball Game, moves the field to the 1960s
Inning Five, Shadow Ball, tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s.
Inning Seven, The Capital of Baseball, takes viewers through the 1950s.
Inning Four, A National Heirloom, concentrates on Babe Ruth.