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Pub. Date
2004
Description
Baseball is seeing many changes. Free agency, multi-million dollar salaries, designated hitters, a new all-time home run champion, and a Canadian world champion. And yet today we can still look at the game and see something not much different than what our fathers and grandfathers saw.
Pub. Date
2012.
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Description
Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865. It then explores the legacy...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Following failed attempts to conceive, Jason and Cynthia are contemplating divorce. In an effort to save their marriage, they book a vacation to a couples therapy retreat, called Eden. To save money they encourage their friends to join them, claiming that their friends can enjoy the party activities and not take part in the therapy. Reluctantly their friends, Dave and Ronnie, Joey and Lucy, and recently divorced Shane and his girlfriend Trudy agree....
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life.
7) Moneyball
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Over 4 1/2 hours of the best Sesame Street memories on 2 jam-packed DVDs Over 50 minutes of ultra-rare, never-before-seen backstage footage, interviews, and surprises. Pop-up facts covering the entire history of the show. Segments from all 40 seasons including more than four hours of beloved scenes from the show. All kids' favorites -- including Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, and Kermit -- are here to join in the fun.
10) King Kong
Description
In the 1930s, a down-on-her-luck actress accompanies an over-ambitious filmmaker on an expedition to a remote island. There they encounter a terrifying giant ape who forms an attachment to the beautiful actress. Hoping to win fame and fortune, the filmmaker brings the ape back to New York City for public exhibition, with catastrophic results.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
In 1894, sportswriter Byron Bancroft Johnson takes over a struggling Western League and turns it into a financial success. In 1900, he changes its name to the American League and begins talking about challenging the National League. In 1903, the first World Series is played between the American League Boston Pilgrims and the National League Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The 1920s begin with baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series. America finds relief in George Herman "Babe" Ruth who is one of the best pitchers in baseball. In 1919 he hits 29 homers for the Red Sox, more than any player has ever hit in a single season.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
When World War II ends, baseball becomes the national pastime. Joe DiMaggio sets a consecutive game-hitting streak that still stands. Ted Williams becomes the last man to hit .400. The Brooklyn Dodgers win their first pennant. And World War II takes so much talent from the majors that the St. Louis Browns win a pennant.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Year after year the Yankees are on top of the American League. Year after year the Giants and the Dodgers fight for the National League crown. Starting in 1949 there is a New York team in the World series for 10 straight years. And in six of those years, both teams are from New York.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The 1960s is a turbulent time for baseball as one by one its "sacred" institutions fall. First with Bill Mazeroski bringing down the the mighty Yankees with one dramatic home run. In 1961 Roger Maris pursues Babe Ruth's "untouchable" record. In 1962 the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants are replaced by the New York Mets who compile the worst single season record of the century.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Baseball is seeing many changes. Free agency, multi-million dollar salaries, designated hitters, a new all-time home run champion, and a Canadian world champion. And yet today we can still look at the game and see something not much different than what our fathers and grandfathers saw.
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