Episode 1
Inning One: Our Game
1h 53m7.4 / 10
In New York City, in the 1840s, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins. On June 19th, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a team of well-dressed gentlemen, the Knickerbockers, play the first game of baseball. By 1856, the game is already being called "the national pastime," or simply, "Our Game." But the nation is about to be torn apart. And, in the midst of the Civil War, there is one thing that Americans North and South have in common: baseball.
Episode credits
Directed by Ken BurnsGuest stars George Plimpton, Bob Costas, Gerald Early, Shelby Foote, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Keith Carradine, David Caruso
