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Episode Guide
The Faith of 50 Million People
Series: Ken Burns' Baseball
Series Progress: Episode 3 of 1127% Completed
Synopsis
The third inning of Ken Burns' nine-inning documentary leads us into the Roaring '20s, but not before hitting the sport's stumbling block that was the Black Sox World Series scandal of 1919. Charles Comisky's stingy handling of the Chicago White Sox, who would eventually throw the series against the Reds, was tempered by the success of the Athletics under Connie Mack. Kenesaw Mountain Landis became baseball's first Commissioner, making headlines both by banning the Black Sox for life, and by approving the sale of George H. Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees for 125,000 dollars. The dark cloud of scandal was about to be cleared away by a new hero.
Cast
- Amy Madigan
- Keith Carradine
- Jason Robards
- Gregory Peck
- Studs Terkel
- Jody Powell
- Geoffrey C. Ward
- Buddy Squires
- John Cusack
- Stephen Ives
- Ken Burns
- Ossie Davis
- Paul Roebling
- Allen Moore
- Billy Crystal
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Jason Robards Sr.
- David Schaye
- Adam Arkin
- Paul Newman
- Arthur Miller
- Tom Wicker
- Garrison Keillor
- Eli Wallach
- Susanna Steisel
- John Chancellor
- John Turturro
- Charley McDowell
- Aidan Quinn
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
- S01E02 - Something Like a War
- S01E03 - The Faith of 50 Million People Viewing
- 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