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Baseball - A Film by Ken Burns
:Description:Ken Burns tops himself with this epic of American history, told in 'nine innings,' with a skilled narration by John Chancellor and the voices of Paul Newman, Jason Robards, Billy Crystal, and other stars. The series spans 150 years, starting with the myth-debunking tale of baseball's true beginnings -- when it was a game 'one degree above mayhem.' Then follow the growth of America's National Pastime through the decades of glory and record-setting achievements, as well as the scandals, the bigotry, and the big money. The series portrays the game as ...
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Geisha Boy
:Description:Ken Burns tops himself with this epic of American history, told in 'nine innings,' with a skilled narration by John Chancellor and the voices of Paul Newman, Jason Robards, Billy Crystal, and other stars. The series spans 150 years, starting with the myth-debunking tale of baseball's true beginnings -- when it was a game 'one degree above mayhem.' Then follow the growth of America's National Pastime through the decades of glory and record-setting achievements, as well as the scandals, the bigotry, and the big money. The series portrays the game as ...
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1998 Official World Series Video - New York Yankees vs. San Diego Padres
: :In years to come 1998 will be remembered as one of the finest in the history of baseball. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa slugged their way into the record books, and David Wells pitched a perfect game. Roger 'The Rocket' Clemens reached the giddy heights of the 3,000 plateau. Cal took a day off. And then there were the Yankees. Fittingly, it was the Bronx Bombers who penciled in the final emphatic exclamation point of the season, by sweeping the San Diego Padres in four games. A season that saw them ...
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Babe Ruth Story
: :In years to come 1998 will be remembered as one of the finest in the history of baseball. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa slugged their way into the record books, and David Wells pitched a perfect game. Roger 'The Rocket' Clemens reached the giddy heights of the 3,000 plateau. Cal took a day off. And then there were the Yankees. Fittingly, it was the Bronx Bombers who penciled in the final emphatic exclamation point of the season, by sweeping the San Diego Padres in four games. A season that saw them ...
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Pat & Mike
: :Kate plays Pat Pemberton, a college physical education teacher who excels at just about every sport there is. She's also a great athletic competitor, except when her overbearing, worrywart fiancé, Collier Weld, is around. (As Weld, William Ching does an admirable job in a thankless role.) All Pat has to do is see Collier's face on the sidelines and her golf swing loses its power; her tennis game goes haywire. It takes crooked sports manager Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy, of course) to recognize Pat's outstanding talent. He takes her on as ...
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1997 World Series Official Video: Florida Marlins vs. Cleveland Indians, October 18-26, 1997
: :There is nothing in sports on par with the Seventh game of the World Series. It's the guaranteed last game of a 28-team quest that begins in February. For a great number of those teams, that quest begins in Florida. For the first time ever - the quest this year also ended in Florida. The five-year-old Florida Marlins combined the wily leadership of Manager Jim Leyland with a team built through shrewd draft picks, trades, and talented free agents. They won the National League Wild Card - then became the ...
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Baseball's Funniest Bloopers
: :There is nothing in sports on par with the Seventh game of the World Series. It's the guaranteed last game of a 28-team quest that begins in February. For a great number of those teams, that quest begins in Florida. For the first time ever - the quest this year also ended in Florida. The five-year-old Florida Marlins combined the wily leadership of Manager Jim Leyland with a team built through shrewd draft picks, trades, and talented free agents. They won the National League Wild Card - then became the ...
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1995 World Series: Atlanta Braves vs. Cleveland Indians
: :There is nothing in sports on par with the Seventh game of the World Series. It's the guaranteed last game of a 28-team quest that begins in February. For a great number of those teams, that quest begins in Florida. For the first time ever - the quest this year also ended in Florida. The five-year-old Florida Marlins combined the wily leadership of Manager Jim Leyland with a team built through shrewd draft picks, trades, and talented free agents. They won the National League Wild Card - then became the ...
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Atlanta Braves
: :There is nothing in sports on par with the Seventh game of the World Series. It's the guaranteed last game of a 28-team quest that begins in February. For a great number of those teams, that quest begins in Florida. For the first time ever - the quest this year also ended in Florida. The five-year-old Florida Marlins combined the wily leadership of Manager Jim Leyland with a team built through shrewd draft picks, trades, and talented free agents. They won the National League Wild Card - then became the ...
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Greener Grass: Cuba, Baseball and the United States
: :Set against a backdrop of the Baltimore Orioles' historic trip to play baseball in Cuba in the spring of 1999, this lively documentary provides an eye-opening look at baseball's grand tradition in that country. The history of Cuban baseball stretches back to the mid-1800s, and as some Cubans interviewed in a barbershop proudly boast, a form of baseball was being played in Cuba before Europeans even reached the New World. For many years, Cuban and American baseball proceeded on parallel tracks, with a number of Cuban players coming north to play ...
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