Inning Five: Shadow Ball Baseball : Season 1 Episode 5
TV-PG PBS 1h 44m
Aired: September 22nd, 1994 @ 8:00 PM EST on PBS
The story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. “Shadow Ball” refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an apt metaphor for the exclusion of blacks from major league play at that time.
