Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game

8.5/10 · 178 votesSep 27, 1994111 min

Ranked #8 of 9 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

The field is moved to the 1960s. This episode traces the emergence of television, the expansion to new cities and the building of anonymous multipurpose stadiums that robbed the game of its intimacy and some of its urban following.

Season 1 Episodes9

E1 8.6

Inning One: Our Game

E2 8.7

Inning Two: Something Like a War

E3 8.7

Inning Three: The Faith of Fifty Million People

E4 9.0

Inning Four: A National Heirloom

E5 8.6

Inning Five: Shadow Ball

E6 9.0

Inning Six: The National Pastime

E7 8.8

Inning Seven: The Capitol of Baseball

E8 8.5Now viewing

Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game

E9 8.4

Inning Nine: Home

Cast4

John Chancellor

Narrator (voice)

Daniel Okrent

Self

Buck O'Neil

Self

Studs Terkel

Self (voice)

Crew6

Michael Levine

First Assistant Editor

Dominick Tavella

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Roger Haydock

Additional Director of Photography

Tricia Reidy

Editor

Peter Hutton

Additional Director of Photography

Rikk Desgres

Editor

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Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game

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Season 1 Episodes9

Cast4

Crew6

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