Baseball: Inning 5: Shadow Ball

Baseball: Inning 5: Shadow Ball

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S1 E5: Looking at Baseball's desperate attempts to survive the Great Depression and Babe Ruth's fading career, while a new generation of stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, was on the rise. It also presents the parallel world of the Negro Leagues, which thrived in the shadow of the Major Leagues, and culminates with the greatest showdown in their history as pitcher Satchel Paige faced Josh Gibson, as 'the black Babe Ruth'.