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Baseball
The National Pastime
Season 1
Episode 6
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.
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Inning Nine, Home, looks at baseball from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Inning Eight, A Whole New Ball Game, moves the field to the 1960s
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Inning Seven, The Capital of Baseball, takes viewers through the 1950s.
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Inning Five, Shadow Ball, tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s.
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Inning Four, A National Heirloom, concentrates on Babe Ruth.
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Inning Three, The Faith of Fifty Million People, examines the century's second decade.
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Inning Two, Something Like a War, takes viewers through 1910.
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Inning One: Our Game looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and up to 1900.