Baseball - Season 1 Episode 5 Inning Five: Shadow Ball
7.30/10 by 37 users
The story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. “Shadow Ball” refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an apt metaphor for the exclusion of blacks from major league play at that time.
- Title: Baseball
- Year: 1994
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: United States of America
- Studio: PBS
- Director:
- Cast: John Chancellor, Adam Arkin, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Mickey Mantle, George Plimpton, Eli Wallach
- Crew: Ken Burns (Executive Producer), Daniel J. White (Associate Producer), Bruce Alfred (Coordinating Producer), Mike Hill (Coordinating Producer), Stephen Ives (Consulting Producer), David Schaye (Associate Producer)
- Keyword: baseball
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- IMDb: 7.30 / 10 by 37 users
- Popularity: 16.813
- First Air Date: Sep 18, 1994
- Last Air date: Sep 28, 1994
- Season: 1 Season
- Episode: 9 Episode
- Language: English
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