Inning Two: Something Like a War

Inning Two: Something Like a War S2E2 - Inning Two: Something Like a War 1994

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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. Inning Two, Something Like a War, takes viewers through 1910 and introduces some of the game's most celebrated and colorful characters, including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

  • Released: 1994-09-19
  • Runtime: 50 minutes
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  • Stars: John Chancellor, Adam Arkin, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Mickey Mantle, George Plimpton, Eli Wallach, Mike Barnicle, Arthur Miller, Paul Newman, M. Emmet Walsh, Keith Carradine, Delroy Lindo, Michael Moriarty, Bob Costas, John Sayles, David Caruso, Studs Terkel, Hank Aaron, Mario Cuomo, Gerald Early  Show all >
    Ossie Davis, Stephen King, Amy Madigan, Daniel Okrent, Garrison Keillor, Red Barber, Buck O'Neil, Derek Jacobi, Tip O'Neill, Jerry Stiller, Arthur Ashe, Ed Harris, Vin Scully, Omar Vizquel, Al Lewis, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, John Turturro, Paul Winfield, Shelby Foote, Philip Bosco, Gregory Peck, Marvin Miller, George Will, Billy Crystal, Alan King, Stephen Jay Gould, Jason Robards, Gregory Hines, Jesse Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Williams, John Thorn, Roger Angell, Paul Roebling, Thomas Boswell, Charles McDowell, Donald Hall, Robert Creamer, John Cusack, Loren Dean, Curt Flood, Jody Powell, Sammie Haynes, Manuel Márquez-Sterling, Aidan Quinn, Rachel Robinson, Bob Feller, Shirley Povich, Clyde Sukeforth, Tom Wicker, Riley Stewart, Stephen Lang, Julie Harris, Gene Jones, Willie Morris
  • Director: Ken Burns