Shoeless Joe Jackson
Babe Ruth
Charles Comiskey's Chicago White Sox were heavy favorites to beat the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series. Arnold Rothstein, agreed to pay Chick Gandil, Eddie Cicotte, Buck Weaver, "Lefty" Williams, "Happy" Felsch, Charles "Swede" Risberg, and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson to throw the Series. Distributed by PBS Distribution.
Source: Films on Demand
During the 1920s, Babe Ruth’s phenomenal performance at the plate made him the savior of baseball, rescuing the game from the Black Sox scandal of the previous decade. This program focuses on that miraculous period, in which power hitting became the centerpiece of baseball’s allure and the monikers “Bambino” and “Sultan of Swat” conjured a magic understood by an entire nation. Viewers learn about the end of the “dead ball” era and the consequential increase in home runs, the achievements of Hornsby and Gehrig, and a Phillies vs. Pirates contest that took place on August 5th, 1921—the first game ever broadcast on radio. Distributed by PBS Distribution. Part of the series Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns. (1 hour 55 minutes)
Source: Films on Demand