# Ken Burns's "The Tenth Inning"

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**Created:** [September 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burnss-the-tenth-inning/555492 "2010-09-29T17:24:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burnss-the-tenth-inning/555492/1 "2010-09-29T17:24:59Z")

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> **[Baseball & The Tenth Inning | Ken Burns | PBS | Watch Baseball & The...](https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/)**
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> Baseball and the Tenth Inning interweave the story of the national pastime with the story of America.

Saw part 1 last night, and really liked it. I didn’t follow baseball too closely in the 1990s so it’s all new (or mostly so) to me. Sosa, McGwire, Bonds, Griffey, Torre, Steinbrenner, etc. Quite a story, and very, very well told. Part 2 airs here tonight.

What do you think?

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burnss-the-tenth-inning/555492/2 "2010-09-29T17:45:07Z")

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I’m subscribing to this thread, but my comments will be a few days behind: I didn’t learn about _The Tenth Inning_ until late last night, so I recorded the 6am re-broadcast. Tonight’s broadcast conflicts with two other shows I’m already recording, so I’ll get part two at 6am tomorrow, as well. I probably won’t finish watching both parts until the weekend. I’m looking forward to it, though, and am encouraged by your positive review of part one!

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burnss-the-tenth-inning/555492/3 "2010-09-29T17:49:48Z")

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I couldn’t watch it. I think Burns does a great job, but that era of baseball is what made me stop watching it for 10 years (not the steroids - the strike). I flipped through and caught a few moments right as they were introducing the steroid stuff, and Burns spent all of about 2 sentences glossing over the rampant amphetamine use. I heard Pedro Martinez was a fantastic interviewee, though.