Baseball: A Movie by Ken Burns (Consists of The Tenth Inning)

Ken Burns Baseball
I got this for my husband because he watches it every year after the World Series when it’s on TV. He was complaining about all the commercials that it had in 2024 since it wasn’t on PBS. No more commercials.

Ken Burns’ “Baseball”: Everyone Should See This Program
I grew up around lots of people who KNEW baseball lore and were of course very up to date on what was happening day by day during any particular season. What often baffled me was “how could they know all of this stuff about things that happened in games SO many years ago; a particular play in a particular inning?” HOW? Well, when I watched this entire documentary from start to finish I was given the gift of understanding the answer to my big question about people who love baseball and why. I have a vastly deeper appreciation for the game now than I ever did, even though I never had the hand-eye coordination to be any kind of a player myself at any point in my life! It’s nice if you ARE good at ball playing, but I learned from this superb work by Burns that you don’t have to be a “player” to truly love the game and understand why millions of others love it just as much. I gave this set with its new 10th inning to my 18 year old son (who is a great ball player) as a high school graduation gift. He’s so young that I’m sure even he doesn’t know all that he’ll learn in the time he invests watching and enjoying this fine program. This program was a gift to myself and I know it’s a great gift for my son. I believe that the gift I’m giving him here is the invitation to understand that now HE is connected to this great piece of American history; he belongs to something wonderful in our culture. That makes me very happy! Private message to Ken: Uh, look Ken, I know you’re tired of being asked to make yet another and perhaps another show (which would have no end in sight) about baseball as its history has continued. Relax, my friend. You’ve done enough. As I heard a brilliant man deliver the commencement address to a group of graduating Yale Law Students once, he told the group that though he knew they were all energized to go out into the world to try to save it on their own, that this just wasn’t the practical way to approach their forthcoming work as lawyers. He said to them: “…..Just do some of it. If everyone in this class will understand and just do ‘some’ of the work, eventually all of the important work will get done.” Great advice. You’ve done your part Ken. From this point on, let someone else do something else with baseball if they want to. Unload yourself. You did your part, and you made a great program! Let the next person live up to what you’ve already made, which is a masterful piece of historical work. And by the way, I’m a Yankee fan. I know you like the Red Sox, and that’s OK! They’re two fine teams with histories that are the stuff of legend. Your documentary is great because it has ALL the stuff of legend, and there are some really great lessons about life in every inning. My compliments to you and your staff.

A++
Ty 😊

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Ken Buns Baseball is twenty – two hour and twenty – five minutes and if you add in the bonus features then it is twenty – four hours and forty – minutes. Innings 1 through 9 debuted on September 18, 1994 and Inning 10 debuted on September 28, 2010. This is an extensive piece of work starting around the 1840s and ending in 2009. It covers the origins of the game, the different leagues through the years, the barring of black players, the famous Black Sox Scandal, some of the greatest and not so great plays in the history of the game. It also covers some of the greatest World Series games as well. People like Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Bill Lee, Joe Torre, Ichiro and Pedro Martinez give some insights about the game. Innings 1 through 9 does a great job of a chronological history of the game. When you get to Inning 10 however, it tends to jump around a bit and Inning 10 is the only one to have two discs devoted to it as well as bonus features. Part of me wish I only bough Innings 1 through 9. Ken Buns Baseball gets an AAAA++++.Disc 11 hour 52 minutesFirst Inning 1840s – 1900Our GamePlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the First2. A Beautiful Thing3. Baseball4. All the Qualities5. “Base” and “Ball”6. Elysian Field7. A People’s Game8. Division of Feeling9. A Fine Curve Ball10. Baseball is Business Now11. I Was A Catcher12. The National League13. I Am Dumb, Harry14. Bottom of the First15. The Wahoos16. The Baseball Messiah17. Heroes18. My Skin is Against Me19. Blessed20. Dog Eat Dog21. The Toughest of the Tough22. The Little Boy’s GameSetupPbs.orgDisc 21 hour 43 minutesSecond Inning 1900 – 1910Something Like A WarPlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Second2. Baseball3. Something Like A War4. The American League5. ‘Nuf Ced6. A Hardy Feeling7. The Look of Eagles8. Small Truths9. The Christian Gentlemen10. Free and Equal11. One of the Noisiest12. A Skirt – like Effect13. Hitless Wonders14. Casey at the Bat15. Bottom of the Second16. Rube17. A True Jewel18. Ty19. Organize Your Team20. The Merkle Boner21. I Have To Be First22. Above ReproachSetupPbs.orgDisc 31 hour 57 minutesThird Inning 1910 – 1920The Faith of Fifty Million PeoplePlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Third2. Baseball3. A Tough Racket4. The Faith of Fifty Million People5. The Black Mark6. Damn7. The Wolf Pack8. Tears9. Kids10. Free and Equal11. Incredible Greenness12. Pigtown13. The Bottom of the Third14. Free Agents15. A Kind of Citizenship16. What’s Killing You?17. Hard to Know18. Better Than You19. Leonardo in Baseball20. The Carmine – Hosed Warriors21. Business As Usual22. The Star Spangled Banner23. An Awful Thing To Do24. The Law25. Bring ’em BackSetupPbs.orgDisc 41 hour 53 minutesFourth Inning 1920 – 1930A National HeirloomPlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Fourth2. Baseball3. A National Heirloom4. That Big Son of a Bitch5. Incorrigible6. Beethoven and Cezanne7. I Fear Nobody8. An Everest in Kansas9. The Fellow Who Carries the Wallop10. House of David11. The Background Music of America12. The Bottom of the Fourth13. A Tough Epoch for Kings14. Not Commerce15. Some Ball Game16. A Privilege17. Their Greatest Asset18. This Can’t Be Helped19. Betcha a Nickel20. A Dollar Sign on the Muscle21. I Can See Him Yet22. Our Arithmetic23. Murders Row24. Rueful MemoriesSetupPbs.orgDisc 52 hours 3 minutesFifth Inning 1930 – 1940Shadow BallPlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Fifth2. Baseball3. Shadow Ball4. Like We Invented the Game5. The National Tonic6. The Old School7. Midnight Rider8. You Lucky Bum9. Josh10. The Daffiners Boys11. Carrying the News12. Two to a Mule13. The Gashouse Gang14. I’d Want Carl Hubble15. Plain Prejudice16. Bottom of the Fifth17. Goodbye Baseball18. Heroes19. Rhubarb20. I Ain’t Sorry21. For the Good of the Team22. The Best23. Nobody Hits SatchelSetupPbs.orgDisc 62 hours 28 minutesSixth Inning 1940 – 1950The National PastimePlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Sixth2. Baseball3. The National Pastime4. A Summer of Heroes5. Did He Get One?6. The Joy Zone7. Hilda is Here8. War9. Feminine Phenoms10. The Answer is No11. The Bottom of the Sixth12. This I Know13. The Race Man14. Heartbroken15. Big League Material16. Josh Gibson17. He’s Coming18. Inning to Inning19. April 15, 194720. Babe Ruth Day21. Up in the Race22. A Great Deal of Pride23. The Family of Baseball24. Pitching Stellar Ball25. So Would The BabeSetupPbs.orgDisc 72 hours 11 minutesSeventh Inning 1950 – 1960The Capital of BaseballPlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Seventh2. Baseball3. The Capital of Baseball4. Ol’ Perfessor5. Where I Learned the Game6. Too Much7. My Man8. Very Peculiar Names9. Fiction is Dead10. When Do They Play Baseball?11. The Real Thing12. Mr. Mantle13. Child of God14. Low and Away15. Who’s On First?16. Bread and Circuses17. The Catch18. 7th Inning Stretch19. Bottom of the Seventh20. The Absolutely Unthinkable21. I Don’t Know22. Perfect23. A Death In The Family24. Nothing, Except Baseball25. 80/2026. A Scout’s MistakeSetupPbs.orgDisc 81 hour 53 minutesEighth Inning 1960 – 1970A Whole New BallgamePlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Eighth2. Baseball3. A Whole New Ballgame4. Expansion5. The World’s Lousy6. A Tough Year for The Babe7. The Jewish Kid8. The Boyfriend9. ¡Yo La Tengo!10. The Man11. In The Course of Time12. Bottom of the Eighth13. The Plantation14. Not For Your Whole Team15. The Question is Why?16. They Did Not Get A Chance17. Yaz18. Pondering Inaction19. We Do This Everyday20. Heaven21. The Greatest Game of Them All22. I Am a ManSetupPbs.orgDisc 92 hours 25 minutesNinth Inning 1970 – 1992HomePlay FilmScene Selection1. Top of the Ninth2. Baseball3. Home4. A Higher League5. Watch This6. Deaf Ears7. Safe At Home8. The Sun Don’t Shine9. Dear Hank Aaron10. Some Kind of Game11. This Man Miller12. George III13. Pops14. Bottom of the Ninth15. Break Your Heart16. The Curse17. Do Really Believe That?18. Collusion19. B – Movie20. Big Pockets21. Good At Life22. Extra InningsSetupPbs.orgDisc 101 hour 56 minutesTenth Inning 1992 – 1999Top of the TenthPlay Top of the Tenth (1992-1999)Scene Selection1. Top of the Tenth2. Numbers No One Can Believe3. The Kid4. A Boyhood Dream5. Millionaires vs. Billionaires6. And Then Came Ripken7. Three Aces8. The Top of Everett9. Grandioso10. Innocence is BeautifulSpecial Features – 1 hour 12 minutes1. Back to the Ballpark: An Interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick2. Additional Scenesa. Play Alli. Full of Knowledgeii. Dodgertowniii. A Tour of Fenwayiv. A Night at Fenwayv. Central Park3. Interview Outtakes About the Era’s Starsa. Play Alli. Greg Madduxii. Pedro Martineziii. Derek Jeteriv. Cal Ripkenv. Ichirovi. David Ortizvii. Barry Bondsviii. Joe TorreSetupPbs.orgDisc 112 hours 4 minutesTenth Inning 1999 – 2009Bottom of the TenthPlay Bottom of the Tenth (1999-2009)Scene Selection1. Bottom of the Tenth2. A Little Bit of Psychology3. Ichiro4. Bonds and Everybody Else5. Our Baseball6. Mystique and Aura7. Mythic Qualities8. Parade Down Market Street9. What Have I Done?10. A Bad Century11. We’re Going Back12. I’m Not Here to Talk About the Past13. Negative Capability14. The Sun ShiningSpecial Features – 1 hour 5 minutesInterview Outtakes1. Play All2. Hitting and Hitters3. Pitching and Pitchers4. Fielding5. Red Sox and Yankees6. Cubs7. Giants8. Affirmative Action Home Runs9. Late 90’s Power Surge10. Home Run Chase of 199811. Asterisks and the Hall of Fame12. Fame13. The Flip14. 9/1115. Coming to America16. Globalization17. Ichiro on the WBC18. Rotisserie19. Why We Love the GameSetupPbs.org

It’s simply the best documentary on baseball and indeed any sport, bravo Ken Burns.

Was in der Produktbeschreibung nicht sehr klar und deutlich gemacht wird: Videos werden nur mit Regionalklasse 1 (USA) ausgeliefert. Deshalb in Europa/Deutschland zunächst mal Enttäuschung, da der Player die DVD’s nicht abspielte. Mußte mir noch externes Laufwerk für den Mac kaufen, um Filme betrachten zu können. Ist aber alles der Mühe wert. Freue mich auf die vergnüglichen Stunden mit Ken Burns Meisterwerk.Herausgabe der Videos auch mit Regionalklasse 2 wäre toll, es gibt auch in Europa Baseball-Fans!