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Why We Love the Game
3m 33s
Will, Verducci, Bryant, Barnicle, Goodwin and Breton explain why they love baseball.
Introducing an unforgettable array of players, teams and fans, the film showcases the era's extraordinary accomplishments as well as its devastating disappointments. Combining extraordinary highlights, stunning still photographs, and insightful commentary by players, managers, and fans, The Tenth Inning interweaves the story of the national pastime with the story of America.
Video description: Footage from the 2005 congressional hearings on steroid use in baseball.
Will, Verducci, Bryant, Barnicle, Goodwin and Breton explain why they love baseball.
Footage from the 2005 congressional hearings on steroid use in baseball.
Mike Barnicle talks about the Red Sox loss of 2003 to the Yankees and how it impacted his son, Tim.
Andrew Zimbalist talks about baseball as an individual game.
Tom Verducci talks about how all players are tainted by the steroid era.
Doug Glanville discusses his experience of baseball having become a global sport.
Dan Okrent discusses inventing Rotisserie baseball.
The experts discuss the art of pitching a baseball, suggesting that pitchers need to have something in reserve to get the batter out.
Will, Bryant, Early and Verducci discuss how statistics would be unraveled with asterisks