Inning Two: Something Like a War

Name: Inning Two: Something Like a War
Director: Ken Burns
Released: 1994-09-19
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: George Plimpton, Vin Scully, Shelby Foote, George Will, Stephen Jay Gould

S1 E2 September 19, 1994 1h 44m ★ 7.0

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Overview

It is a decade of revolution. In China, in Central America. At Kitty Hawk. In Henry Ford's factory. And on America's baseball fields. In 1894, a sportswriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league - the Western League - and turns it into a financial success. In 1900, he changes its name to the American League and begins talking about challenging the big city monopoly held by the National League. The revolution takes only three years. In 1903, the first World Series is played between the American League Boston Pilgrims and the National League Pittsburgh Pirates.