Baseball

Season 1, Episode 5

Episode Title: Inning Five: Shadow Ball

Air Date: 1994-09-22

Overview:

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.