Series Cast

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

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Miniseries

1994 | 9 Episodes

Miniseries of Baseball premiered on Sep 17 1994

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written by GenerationofSwine on Thu Jan 12 2023

I guess this is a documentary on the Civil War and how Jackie Robinson finally won it by playing baseball. At least that is what the focus seemed to be. The Civil War and Jackie Robinson. There is a lot more to baseball that that, and, honestly, with all due respect to Jackie Robinson, there is a lot more to baseball than him. Honestly, it makes the sport seem like a downer. It makes it seem depressing. He has interviews here of people talking about how fun baseball was... and he makes it seem depressing and almost evil. There are people on the interview that talk of father-son bonding...