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A National Heirloom

Season 1 Episode 4 | 1hr 55m 20s

The 1920s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series. Inning Four, A National Heirloom, concentrates on Babe Ruth, whose phenomenal performance thrilled the nation throughout the 1920s and rescued the game from the scandal of the previous decade.

Aired: 03/12/20 | Expires: 04/30/22
Funding Provided By: General Motors Corporation; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The Corporation for Public Broadcasting; The Public Broadcasting Service; Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Extras
Inning One: Our Game looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and up to 1900.
Inning Three, The Faith of Fifty Million People, examines the century's second decade.
Inning Two, Something Like a War, takes viewers through 1910.
Inning Seven, The Capital of Baseball, takes viewers through the 1950s.
Inning Nine, Home, looks at baseball from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Inning Eight, A Whole New Ball Game, moves the field to the 1960s
Inning Five, Shadow Ball, tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s.
Inning Six, The National Pastime, covers the 1940s.