October 23rd
It's World Series time again. Our national past time: baseball, the American game, born in Hoboken, NJ (just a few miles from where I grew up) 150 years ago.
Baseball has meant a lot to my family, and my father's life was literally changed by the game. (See February 24th posting for details)
One of the best essays ever done on how the game of baseball symbolizes all that we stand for in the United States and how it's a deep part of the American fabric was the 1994 PBS documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The movie was broken up into nine "innings" covering the timeline of baseball from the 1850's to the 1990's. I had the chance to watch a bit of it again tonight, and I'm writing to the director, and some of the notable people who show up in the film to comment on the sport.
Ken Burns
Bob Costas
Mario Cuomo
George F. Will
Daniel Okrent
John Sayles
Studs Terkel
Baseball has meant a lot to my family, and my father's life was literally changed by the game. (See February 24th posting for details)
One of the best essays ever done on how the game of baseball symbolizes all that we stand for in the United States and how it's a deep part of the American fabric was the 1994 PBS documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The movie was broken up into nine "innings" covering the timeline of baseball from the 1850's to the 1990's. I had the chance to watch a bit of it again tonight, and I'm writing to the director, and some of the notable people who show up in the film to comment on the sport.
Ken Burns
Bob Costas
Mario Cuomo
George F. Will
Daniel Okrent
John Sayles
Studs Terkel
posted by Chris Lucas | 1:44 AM
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