Negro Baseball Leagues

MLB Network Slates ‘Negro Leagues’ for Jan. 19

MLB Network Slates ‘Negro Leagues’ for Jan. 19 .

MLB Network will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the debut broadcast of the documentary “Pride and Perseverance: The Story of the Negro Leagues.” The one-hour special, airing at 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 19, is narrated by Hall of Famer and Negro Leagues advocate Dave Winfield. The documentary includes such impactful moments as Jackie Robinson becoming the first African American player on a major league team.

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Ken Burns' 'Baseball' gets another inning | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida's Information Leader

Ken Burns' 'Baseball' gets another inning | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida's Information Leader.

Ken Burns impressive nine-part, 1994 documentary series "Baseball" is heading back up to bat in 2010. PBS announced today that it will air Burns' "The Tenth Inning," which will bring the series up to date by covering developments in the game from 1993 to 2008. viewers. PBS said the new segment will feature interviews with some of the same voices as the original series, including Bob Costas, historian and baseball fan Doris Kearns Goodwin, writers Roger Angell, Dan Okrent and Gerard Early and many players and managers. The original series helped bring renewed attention to the late Sarasotan Buck O'Neil, who became a Negro Leagues player and manager and then the majors' first black coach. He was interviewed extensively during the series, and Burns was in Sarasota more than once to%2