Baseball The National Pastime (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 148 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Baseball

The National Pastime (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 148 min | Documentary, History, Sport

In Europe, in the Pacific, on the homefront, both African-Americans and whites fight to make the world safe for democracy. When the world ends, Major League Baseball becomes, in fact, what it has always claimed to be: the national pastime.

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54 cast members

Name	Known for
Roger Angell Self Self See fewer	The Loretta Young Show (1953)
Adam Arkin Joe Medwick (voice) Joe Medwick (voice) See fewer	Get Shorty (2017)
Arthur Ashe Self Self See fewer	Tennis That Counts (1983)
Red Barber Self Self See fewer	Bundle from Brazil (1948)
Jack Brickhouse Self (voice) (archive sound) Self (voice) (archive sound) See fewer	The Golden Gloves Story (1950)
Keith Carradine Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	Nashville (1975)
John Chancellor Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Albert 'Happy' Chandler Self (as Happy Chandler) Self (as Happy Chandler) See fewer	What's My Line? (1950)
Hilda Chester Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Brooklyn, I Love You (1946)
Ty Cobb Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Somewhere in Georgia (1917)
Robert W. Creamer Self (as Robert Creamer) Self (as Robert Creamer) See fewer	Babe Ruth (1991)
Mario Cuomo Self Self See fewer	The Ghosts (2011)
Ossie Davis Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Joe DiMaggio Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
Leo Durocher Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Gerald Early Self Self See fewer	King of Cool (2021)
Bob Feller Self Self See fewer	It's My Turn (1980)
Curt Flood Self Self See fewer	1964 World Series (1964)
Doris Kearns Goodwin Self Self See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Stephen Jay Gould Self Self See fewer	3-2-1 Contact (1980)
Pete Gray Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Dottie Green Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Hank Greenberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Donald Hall Self Self See fewer	Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon: Keeping You Safe Beside Me (1999)
Sammie Haynes Self (as Sammy Haynes) Self (as Sammy Haynes) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Gregory Hines Satchel Paige (voice) Satchel Paige (voice) See fewer	History of the World: Part I (1981)
Claire Merritt Hodgson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fancy Curves (1932)
Marie Kelley Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Connie Mack Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Baseball Revue of 1917 (1917)
Charles McDowell Various (voice) (as Charley McDowell) Various (voice) (as Charley McDowell) See fewer	Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Paul Newman Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Buck O'Neil Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Daniel Okrent Self Self See fewer	Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wonderful Country (1959)
Mary Pratt Self Self See fewer	Throw Like a Girl
Pee Wee Reese Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Pete Reiser Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1947 World Series (1947)
Branch Rickey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	World Wide '60 (1960)
Jason Robards Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Jackie Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Rachel Robinson Self Self See fewer	Reading Out Loud (1960)
Paul Roebling Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	Blue Thunder (1983)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Babe Ruth Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Speedy (1928)
Vin Scully Self Self See fewer	For Love of the Game (1999)
Enos Slaughter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1956 World Series (1956)
Tris Speaker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Kid from Cleveland (1949)
Riley Stewart Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Clyde Sukeforth Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Studs Terkel Self Self See fewer	Eight Men Out (1988)
John Thorn Self Self See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Eli Wallach Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
George F. Will Self (as George Will) Self (as George Will) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Ted Williams Self Self See fewer	The History of Sportfishing