Producer Ken Burns traces the history of the game.

Filmmaker Ken Burns chronicles the rise of baseball from hobby to national sport, including a profile of baseball magnate Albert Goodwill Spalding.

Profiles of extraordinary individuals include outfielder Ty Cobb, pitcher Walter Johnson, pitcher Christy Mathewson and manager John McGraw.

The Black Sox Scandal saw members of the Chicago White Sox accused of taking money to throw the 1919 World Series.

Babe Ruth's popularity throughout the 1920s rescues baseball from the Black Sox Scandal.