Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns - Nine Inning Boxed Set (VHS, 1997)

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What a wonderful story of our National pastime. Score another hit for Ken Burns. I bought a second set as a gift for my brother who, like me, is a lifelong baseball fan. Loved it to say the least!!

Before you watch the Natural, For Love of the Game, or Bull Durham, you need to take a week and watch Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns. Each video covers a different era of the game, including the players, the parks, the owners, managers, the myths, the legends, the music and more. As each of the nine innings unfolds, you the viewer become more and more a part of America's Passtime. Filled with stories as told by the writers, fans, and players themselves. This is the absolute essential video collection for any American, baseball fan or not.
Each of nine parts is divided into the top and bottom of an inning, covering a era, from the formation of the game, right up to the 1990s. Each episode tells the stories by noted writers, historians, and players. But this story goes beyond facts and dates. Each episode unfolds like a gift at Christmas, filled with pictures, videos, eye witnesses, and actual radio broadcasts, until you know not just what happened and when, but why that event became so important to the history of the game.
When I watched The Natural, I was awestruck by the great story it made. But after watching Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns, I could see how all the pieces fit together, and how the main character was built. It had been 13 years since I watched the series on PBS. I started watching the series again last Friday, and simply couldn't stop watching until this morning at 7AM. I've decided to make this series a part of my annual step-up to the beginning of the baseball season.

This is the definitive documentary about baseball. This film shows the rich and colorful history of baseball; all of the highlights and lowlights. This set is required watching for any true baseball fan.

If you are a Baseball fan, this collection is a must have!
The footage, background stories and just the all around History makes for a very enjoyable watch.
There are some historic inaccuracies............but that does not take away for the film.

I bought this item for my husband for Christmas. He has been talking about these movies for years and even tried getting them from the public library. He has not watched them yet, however, he was very excited when he opened them on Christmas!

I have enjoyed many of Ken Burns documentaries. The Civil War and Baseball are two of his best. I bought this on VHS because it is much less expensive than the DVD version. I saw this many years ago and am now watching it again with my young boys who have recently developed a fascination with baseball. They are learning many practical facts about American history and the history of Baseball. I think this video series is helping them to be better baseball players and is giving them important information about the history of America.
If you are interested in sharing this with your kids I would caution you that it does have some language and real life situations. (drinking, affairs, etc) It is broken down into many smaller chapters on each video so you can watch a tape at a time or just a few chapters for those with shorter attention spans. I would recommend this series to those interested in American history even if you are not that interested in baseball.