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Episode Guide
Our Game
Series: Ken Burns' Baseball
Series Progress: Episode 1 of 119% Completed
Synopsis
The first episode in Ken Burns' spectacular documentary of America's favorite pastime takes us from baseball's origins in the 1840s to the dawning of a new century, when glorious moments were captured in still photos rather than newsreel footage. Learn about the valuable contributions of Albert Goodwill Spaulding and Harry Wright, and recall some of the century's great players such as King Kelly, Cap Anson, and Cy Young. Burns highlights great teams like the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Baltimore Orioles, and provides the background of those less glorious moments, when Moses Fleetwood Walker and all other Negroes were expelled from the major leagues. Also told is the story of John Montgomery Ward's efforts to establish a players' union. Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 1 -- Our Game is a powerful and informative first inning for this classic baseball series.
Cast
- Ossie Davis
- Delroy Lindo
- Gene Jones
- David Caruso
- Keith Carradine
- Anthony Hopkins
- Stephen Lang
- Jason Robards
- Gregory Peck
- Studs Terkel
- Geoffrey C. Ward
- Buddy Squires
- Julie Harris
- John Cusack
- Stephen Ives
- Phillip Bosco
- Amy Madigan
- Loren Dean
- Ken Burns
- Paul Roebling
- Allen Moore
- Billy Crystal
- David Schaye
- Adam Arkin
- Paul Newman
- Arthur Miller
- Derek Jacobi
- Tom Wicker
- George Plimpton
- Garrison Keillor
- Eli Wallach
- Wendy Conquest
- Susanna Steisel
- John Chancellor
- John Turturro
- Charley McDowell
Director
Producer
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 23 hours 8 minutes (11 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Moderate Burn - Story-dense episodes. Best spaced out over a week.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 11 days
3 episodes/day: 4 days
5 episodes/day: 3 days
Episodes (11)
- S01E01 - Our Game Viewing
- S01E02 - Something Like a War
- S01E03 - The Faith of 50 Million People
- S01E04 - A National Heirloom
- S01E05 - Shadow Ball
- S01E06 - The National Pastime
- S01E07 - The Capital of Baseball
- S01E08 - A Whole New Ballgame
- S01E09 - Home
- S02E01 - Top of the Tenth
- S02E02 - Bottom of the Tenth