This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball
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I'm not going to play any MLBTS this week. My preparation is... watching the Ken Burns baseball documentary "Baseball". If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It's LONG. Like a baseball game. But it's a great history of the game. From the opening episode:
"It is played everywhere, in parks and playgrounds and prison yards, in back alleys and farmers' fields, by small boys and old men, raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. Americans have played baseball for more than 200 years... It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before..."
Anyway... looking forward to this season. See you on Friday morning at 12:01 a.m... many of you, anyway.
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I own the DVD set.
Living in Hoboken with the plaque for the first ever game played within WiFi distance of my house, I really enjoy watching this series over and over.
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Yeah that documentary is pretty amazing. I've watched it a couple of times
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Sooooo good!!! Watched it start to back at least 3 times now
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started watching it today for no real reason. Glad i did. Really enjoying it
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@arvcpa_psn said in This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball:
I'm not going to play any MLBTS this week. My preparation is... watching the Ken Burns baseball documentary "Baseball". If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It's LONG. Like a baseball game. But it's a great history of the game. From the opening episode:
"It is played everywhere, in parks and playgrounds and prison yards, in back alleys and farmers' fields, by small boys and old men, raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. Americans have played baseball for more than 200 years... It is a haunted game in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before..."
Anyway... looking forward to this season. See you on Friday morning at 12:01 a.m... many of you, anyway.
Calling Ken Burns Baseball "long like a baseball game" is a bit of an understatement lol.
It is fantastic though.
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@evylshaun_psn said in This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball:
Calling Ken Burns Baseball "long like a baseball game" is a bit of an understatement lol.
Understatement of the year! But I didn't want to scare people off...
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Where might one find this? Hulu? HBO MAX? I heard of it just haven't found it yet.
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also watched baseball greatest legends on prime video
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@grizzbear55_psn said in This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball:
Where might one find this? Hulu? HBO MAX? I heard of it just haven't found it yet.
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@p0pa-cherry_xbl said in This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball:
@grizzbear55_psn said in This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball:
Where might one find this? Hulu? HBO MAX? I heard of it just haven't found it yet.
Cool! I was watching episode 1 on Amazon Prime, which is free, but you have to pay for the rest.
FYI - looks like these are available up until 4/16 for free.
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Sadly it's not on Prime in Europe, I would watch it
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Phenomenal series! I rewatched the entire thing during shutdown last year.
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Especially relevant this year since Jackie is the fulcrum on which the series hinges.
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@savefarris_psn said in This week's prep for MLB21 - Ken Burns Baseball:
Especially relevant this year since Jackie is the fulcrum on which the series hinges.
Another strange coincidence... not sure if you've read the series...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
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Thanks for this. As a lifelong fan idk how I never watched it. This will get me to midnight tomorrow. My girl won’t be happy lol.
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