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Season 1 Episode 9 | 2hr 26m 39s

In an age of globalization and deregulation, a cataclysmic strike over money and power brings baseball to the brink. Inning Nine, Home, looks at baseball from the 1970s to the 1990s, including the establishment of the free agent system, the rise in player salaries, the continued expansion, the dilution of talent, the ongoing battles between labor and management and the scandals.

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 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 Four, A National Heirloom, concentrates on Babe Ruth.
Inning Six, The National Pastime, covers the 1940s.