Inning Eight: A Whole New Ball Game

Summary

The field is moved to the 1960s. This episode traces the emergence of television, the expansion to new cities and the building of anonymous multipurpose stadiums that robbed the game of its intimacy and some of its urban following.

Guest stars

• Mickey Mantle as Self
• Bob Costas as Self
• Gerald Early as Self
• Vin Scully as Self
• Marvin Miller as Self
• George Will as Self
• Stephen Jay Gould as Self
• Garrison Keillor as (voice)
• Robert W. Creamer as Self
• Billy Crystal as Self