Baseball

Season 1, Episode 6

Episode Title: Inning Six: The National Pastime

Air Date: 1994-09-25

Overview:

This episode covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio's celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls “baseball's finest moment” — the debut of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.