When I saw Baseball, I felt that the later years (70's-90's) were cramed in, or a little rushed just to bring it up to today's time (1994). I think Ken should have focused, or added extra stuff to the early years and maybe ended it on Hank's 715. Now that would be the doc that would bring anyboby up to speed on baesball's background and history.
shareThis series, like Ken Burns's Jazz, bites off way more than it can chew. The mistakes and errors are glaring in Baseball, for example.
Just too ambitious and ultimately, not a very well done production.
Are you high? You can't end your doc with Hank Aaron in 1974! Look at what you would leave out.
1. 1975, 1979, 1986 World Series
2. Reggie Jackson's 3 WS HRs
3. Bucky Dent
4. Pete Rose breaking Cobb's record
5. Nolan Ryan's 7th no-hitter
Live for nothing, or die for something, your call.
1. 1975, 1979, 1986;
----World Series Covered
2. Reggie Jackson's 3 WS HRs
----Not Covered
3. Bucky Dent
---not mentioned but was parto when the Yanks came back
4. Pete Rose breaking Cobb's record
---- Mentioned when talked about ban
5. Nolan Ryan's 7th no-hitter
----Ryan is shown giving Robin Ventura punches to head..
I did feel like the 9th inning was not as well done as the other episodes because it lumped twenty-odd years together, but I guess he really wanted it to be 9 episodes, or innings. Personally I think he should have thrown out the whole "inning" idea and had 1 episode per decade, and just called them "episodes".
shareI agree completely, the 70's & 80's should have received their own 2 hour episodes. The 70's was giving a 1/2 episode which was a mistake because there were so many interesting stories and the 80's part was lousy and way too short.
shareI agree with you; the 1970s through the early 1990s definitely should have gotten more time.
Something I really would have liked to have seen included was video of the final game of the Washington Senators on September 30, 1971. Just ten days earlier, it had been announced that Senators owner Bob Short was approved to move the team to Arlington, Texas where they would become (and still are) The Texas Rangers.
The Nats were at home and were ahead in that game 7-5 against the Yankees, at that time merely a shadow of their dynasty of the 1950s. This was after DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle and before Steinbrenner and Reggie Jackson. With one out away from victory, the fans stormed the field in protest and order could not be restored. The game ended as a 9-0 forfeit loss to the Yankees. I just think this would have been a great story for Burns to feature.