Baseball Miniseries Episode 5 Inning Five: Shadow Ball ( Air Date 1994-09-22 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "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.".
Baseball Miniseries Episode 5 Inning Five: Shadow Ball
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- Stars: John Chancellor, Daniel Okrent, Buck O'Neil, Studs Terkel
- Director: Ira Spiegel, Marjorie Deutsch, John Walter, Elliot Deitch, Zeborah Tidwell, Michael Balabuch, Marlena Grzaslewicz, Jennifer Dunnington, Camilla Rockwell, Mike Hill, Bruce Alfred, Stephen Ives, Susanna Steisel, David Schaye, Matthew Landon, Erik Ewers, Stephen Petegorsky, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Christopher M. Fisher, Roger Haydock, Mead Hunt, James Madden, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Ken Burns, Paul Barnes, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
