Inning Two: Something Like a War

Summary

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.

Guest stars

• George Plimpton as Self
• Vin Scully as Self
• Shelby Foote as Self
• George Will as Self
• Stephen Jay Gould as Self
• Adam Arkin as (voice)
• Philip Bosco as (voice)
• Keith Carradine as (voice)
• Ossie Davis as (voice)
• Loren Dean as (voice)