
Acting
Bob Gibson
Acting credits
In this third entry of the ongoing HBO documentary series celebrating America's favorite pastime, the focus is on the 1960s, when Major League Baseball was slowly evolving from pure sport to big-bucks entertainment. Using footage of players and fans, the film covers the Yankees' ascension to greatness, the western expansion of both leagues, the increasing inclusion of black players and the rise of free agency.
When It Was a Game 3
2000
7.2Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for human cognition and accelerates into the realm of intuition. Fastball is a look at how the game at its highest levels of achievement transcends logic and even skill, becoming the primal struggle for man to control the uncontrollable.
Fastball
2016
NRMade in 1990, this compilation video highlights the "Best of the Best" in Baseball.
Super Stars of Sports: Baseball
1991
9.0An immersive documentary about the remarkable life and legacy of MLB icon Roberto Clemente.
Clemente
2025
8.0Inside the life of former baseball star Curt Flood whose fight against MLB's 'Reserve Clause' led to reform, but destroyed his career.
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
2011
NRGenerations of the Game, playing at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Grandstand Theater, features Hall of Fame narrators along with voices such as Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark, Ford C. Frick Award winner Bob Costas, recently retired heroes and current stars.
Generations of the Game
2018
10.0Follow the 1982 Atlanta Braves and their new manager Joe Torre, from spring training to the playoffs, starting with their historic 13 game winning streak to start the season.
It's a Long Way to October
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