Viewers are taken through the 1950s when New York City had three successful baseball teams and dominated the World Series. By the end of the decade, the Giants and Dodgers had left New York, a signal that the old game was changed forever.
Mickey Mantle
Self
George Plimpton
Bob Costas
Gerald Early
Red Barber
Vin Scully
George Will
Stephen Jay Gould
Ossie Davis
(voice)
Paul Roebling
John Turturro
Robert W. Creamer
Billy Crystal
John Thorn
Roger Angell
Mario Cuomo
Donald Hall
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Jerry Stiller
Charles McDowell
Sammie Haynes
Slick Surratt
Connie Johnson
Bob Feller
Ted Williams
Curt Flood
Alex Lewis
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Birdie Tebbetts
Monte Irvin
Bill Rigney
Charles S. Feeney
Roger Haydock
Additional Director of Photography
Kevin Kertscher
Assistant Camera
Tricia Reidy
Consulting Editor
Yaffa Lerea
Paul Barnes
Editor
Michael Levine
Rikk Desgres
First Assistant Editor
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dominick Tavella
S01E06 · Inning Six: The National Pastime
S01E08 · Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game