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> Oh, I just finished watching the 1950s
> chapter of Ken Burns' Baseball. Wow
> what a documentary. I got it a month
> ago as a late birthday present, and it
> is just awesome.
I think it's a bit hit and miss. One running problem is that has stretches of being too NY-centric. Granted, with the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers, the games often had stretches of being NY-centric. But in the series, that focus took the spotlight away from other stories that are important, rich and deserved their moment. The 1969 Mets are given more time than the 1966-74 O's who were... like... better. Or the 1986 Mets getting more time than the 1988-92 A's.
That was a mild annoyance, balanced out through the 1960s by lots of really good stuff in it.
I think the more major issue with the documentary is that Inning 9 covering 1970 through the very early 1990s is extremely weak. It handled two items well - Aaron's chase, and the 800th time the 1975 World Series has been pimped to high heaven. It's just too big of a period, with too many different storylines (both feel-good and critical to the game) going on to stuff into 1 episode. Since it came at the end of the documentary, it's just left a very bad taste in my mouth at the close.
John
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