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Baseball
Season 1 · Episode 5
Inning Five: Shadow Ball
7.22h 0mSeptember 22, 1994
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.
Episodes
- Episode 1Inning One: Our Game
- Episode 2Inning Two: Something Like a War
- Episode 3Inning Three: The Faith of Fifty Million People
- Episode 4Inning Four: A National Heirloom
- Episode 5Inning Five: Shadow Ball
- Episode 6Inning Six: The National Pastime
- Episode 7Inning Seven: The Capitol of Baseball
- Episode 8Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game