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  • Baseball A National Heirloom (Season 1, Episode 4)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Baseball

A National Heirloom (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, History, Sport

The 1920s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series.
Director
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Geoffrey C. Ward (written by) | Ken Burns (written by)
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Updated Sep 21, 1994

Release date
Sep 21, 1994 (United States)

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57 cast members
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Grover Cleveland Alexander
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Adam Arkin
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Mike Barnicle
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Philip Bosco
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Keith Carradine
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John Chancellor
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Ty Cobb
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Robert W. Creamer
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John Cusack
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Ossie Davis
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Loren Dean
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Lou Gehrig
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Claire Merritt Hodgson
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Herbert Hoover
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Anthony Hopkins
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Rogers Hornsby
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Walter Johnson
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Garrison Keillor
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Tony Lazzeri
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Delroy Lindo
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Connie Mack
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Amy Madigan
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Christy Mathewson
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Joe McCarthy
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Charles McDowell
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John J. McGraw
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Arthur Miller
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Michael Moriarty
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Gregory Peck
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Dorothy Ruth Pirone
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Jody Powell
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Branch Rickey
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Jason Robards
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Paul Roebling
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Babe Ruth
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Helen Woodford Ruth
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Jerry Stiller
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Studs Terkel
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Eli Wallach
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George F. Will
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