Baseball - PBS miniseries documentary by Ken Burns

Ken Burns Baseball


Excellent documentary about Baseball. Thanks to the original uploader. RS links only. Most files are 100mg.

SUMMARY:

It is played everywhere. In parks and playgrounds and prison yards. In back alleys and farmers' fields. By small children and old men. Raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball...

"Baseball" (1994) (mini)
Directed by Ken Burns


A brilliant PBS documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game. Even if you don't play baseball, this a must see documentary which you will enjoy. Here is the first installment, "Inning On - Our Game" which details the history of the game from the 1840s-1900. Due to the time it takes to perform a HQ rip and the upload time (six hours per episode) - I have provided the first installment. If there is sufficient interest, I will rip and upload the entire set. All uploads will be on Megaupload as that service provides a higher upload speed for my connection. Rapidshare links are not possible, so please don't request them here.

Ken Burns relates the history of baseball in a fashion similar to that of his Civil War mini series. Old-time photos and illustrations depict the games early years, while newsreels and video clips highlight more recent developments. Players and participants speak in their own words, and sports writers and broadcasters offer commentary on the sport and events they witnessed.

This is, appropriately, a nine-part series on the history of baseball up to the 1990s, shown on PBS and done by Ken Burns. Since it's the latter, you know it's going to be Liberal-bias PC but you put up that. Overall, it is well-done and a must for any baseball fan and historian. There are many interesting profiles of players and facts of each era. Every "inning," about an hour-and-a-half covering the sport decade-by-decade, has fascinating material.

Inning 1 (Our Game) - 1840s-1900. This segment reveals some facts probably 98 percent of all fans don't know, such as Abner Doubleday did NOT invent the game baseball, that it slowly evolved from a combination of rounders and cricket.

Inning 2 (Something Like A War) - 1900-1910. This might have been the most interesting tape (or disc) featuring incredible stories of riots on the field, in the stands, a stadium and 13 adjacent building all catching fire, one wild story after another. It's the era of the most hated player in the history of the game: Ty Cobb.

Inning 3 (The Faith Of 50 Million People) - 1910-1920. Almost as good as the previous decade. this was a time when America went absolutely batty over baseball. The players were the toughest they have ever been, playing for horrible wages where the game was "life and death" for many. The last half hour centers on the famous Black Sox Scandal.

Inning 4 (A National Heirloom) 1920-1930. This tape centers primarily on Babe Ruth, but who's complaining? Ruth was arguably the greatest player the game has ever known because he could pitch and well as he could hit and was an extremely colorful personality.

Inning 5 (Shadow Ball) 1930-1940. This segment revolves around the beginnings of the Negro Leagues as perhaps the game's greatest pitcher ever: Leory "Satchel" Paige.

Inning 6 (The National Pastime) 1940-1950. Baseball was now open to all people as Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier. Being Liberal-bias, Burns went overboard on this - and similar topics throughout the series - but Robinson's entry, nonetheless, was the biggest change in the history of the sport and he was an incredible man.

Innning 7 (The Capital Of Baseball) - 1950-1960. This tape is definitely for New York City area fans, but the rest of us can enjoy a lot of this, too. The Yankees, Dodgers and Giants all dominated in this decade.

Inning 8 (A Whole New Ballgame) - 1960-1970. Being a decade of social upheaval, riots, assassinations, etc., this centers on the effect on baseball and with the big change in owner-player relations with the players hiring Marvin Miller, a labor lawyer, to represent them.

Inning 9 (Home) - 1970-time of film release. This is potpourri of items from Earl Weaver and the Orioles to Willie Stargell and the Pirates and The Big Red Machine, the Red Sox horrible defeat in the 1986 World Series, among other things.


1st InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/75176330/BB-KB-1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75237206/BB-KB-1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75195946/BB-KB-1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75204867/BB-KB-1.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75212215/BB-KB-1.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75218964/BB-KB-1.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75226092/BB-KB-1.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75228139/BB-KB-1.part8.rar



2nd InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/75282103/BB-KB-2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75286477/BB-KB-2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75266290/BB-KB-2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75271881/BB-KB-2.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75277122/BB-KB-2.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77033059/BB-KB-2.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75439691/BB-KB-2.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75441943/BB-KB-2.part8.rar



3rd InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/75448987/BB-KB-3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75456622/BB-KB-3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75463810/BB-KB-3.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75410239/BB-KB-3.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75417059/BB-KB-3.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75424688/BB-KB-3.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75431265/BB-KB-3.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75433046/BB-KB-3.part8.rar



4th InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/75498427/BB-KB-4.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76025980/BB-KB-4.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75487942/BB-KB-4.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75493514/BB-KB-4.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76059464/BB-KB-4.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76031667/BB-KB-4.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76037111/BB-KB-4.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76052970/BB-KB-4.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76094693/BB-KB-4.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76080636/BB-KB-4.part10.rar



5th InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76087545/BB-KB-5.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76160114/BB-KB-5.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76181692/BB-KB-5.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76152763/BB-KB-5.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76187096/BB-KB-5.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76192413/BB-KB-5.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76515830/BB-KB-5.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76361386/BB-KB-5.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76523110/BB-KB-5.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76530439/BB-KB-5.part10.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76569965/BB-KB-5.part11.rar



6th Inning Part1Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76635052/BB-KB-6a.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76576624/BB-KB-6a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76659221/BB-KB-6a.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76663046/BB-KB-6a.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76667014/BB-KB-6a.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76667729/BB-KB-6a.part6.rar



6th Inning Part2Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76671201/BB-KB-6b.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76674819/BB-KB-6b.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76678451/BB-KB-6b.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76682094/BB-KB-6b.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76686182/BB-KB-6b.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76655070/BB-KB-6b.part6.rar



7th InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76743132/BB-KB-7.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76762739/BB-KB-7.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76769240/BB-KB-7.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76749659/BB-KB-7.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76756390/BB-KB-7.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76879733/BB-KB-7.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76883514/BB-KB-7.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76887247/BB-KB-7.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76875594/BB-KB-7.part09.rar



8th InningCode:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76891714/BB-KB-8.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76895294/BB-KB-8.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76898628/BB-KB-8.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76901902/BB-KB-8.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76905047/BB-KB-8.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76908345/BB-KB-8.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76911766/BB-KB-8.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76888257/BB-KB-8.part8.rar



9th Inning Part1Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76916563/BB-KB-9a.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76920729/BB-KB-9a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76925954/BB-KB-9a.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76931162/BB-KB-9a.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76936751/BB-KB-9a.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76912680/BB-KB-9a.part6.rar



9th Inning Part2Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77077188/BB-KB-9b.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77082264/BB-KB-9b.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77072013/BB-KB-9b.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77176441/BB-KB-9b.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77766511/BB-KB-9b.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77767572/BB-KB-9b.part6.rar



The Making of:Code:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77014589/BB-KB-Making.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77065481/BB-KB-Making.part2.rar