Get to know the legends of baseball in more depth with these video biographies that tell the story from youth to the Major Leagues with interviews of players, friends and family as well as game footage.
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A Man Named Mays
$34.95The 1964 TV special is a candid, inside look at one of the greatest ballplayers ever, up through the 1963 season. Many highlights from Willie Mays's career are shown, including his 4-homer night again...
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A Portrait of Willie Mays
$34.95An in-depth look at the San Francisco superstar during the heat of the 1966 pennant race between the Giants, Dodgers and Pirates. Mays speaks often during the film, commenting on Sandy Koufax, knockdo...
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American Hercules: Babe Ruth
$19.95An incorrigible boy transforms into a global hero wielding a powerful home run swing and a big smile. Through the use of rare and enhanced archival material, coupled with fresh historical and psychol...
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Babe Ruth
$34.95Eight films on the most famous baseball player of all time. All produced before 1963, the eight films include “The Great Bambino”, “Fungo Foster & His Balsa Wood Bat”, “The Sports Albu...
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Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig: The Babe & The Iron Horse
$14.95They were the greatest one-two punch in the history of baseball--Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. This film examines the remarkable lives and careers of two of the game’s legendary figures. Features rarely...
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Babe Ruth: The Life Behind the Legend
$19.95This 59-minute video explores the extraordinary life and times of George Herman "Babe" Ruth, the man who changed the face of baseball. Considered by many to be the greatest baseball player who ever l...
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Baseball Legends
$24.95Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and Lou Gehrig helped turn the game of baseball into the national pastime that it is today. Through the use of rare and enhanced archival material and state of the...
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Biography of a Rookie
$34.95This documentary tells the story of Willie Davis, who was discovered by Dodger scout Kenny Myers and after a year of individual coaching became the team's top prospect in 1961. The film includes scene...
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Brothers in Exile
$12.95Discover the remarkable story of Livan and Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, who risked their lives to leave Cuba. Eventually, both would reach the pinnacle of success in baseball by winning the World...
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Bryce Begins
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$14.95 $7.48At 17, Bryce Harper was selected as the first pick in the baseball draft by the Washington Nationals. At age 19, Harper lived up to the hype and won the NL Rookie of the Year Award by putting togethe...
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Doc & Darryl
$14.95When they were good, they were the biggest stars on a team that captured New York City and the 1986 World Series. But when they were bad, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry broke the hearts of Mets fans...
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Jackie Robinson (PBS documentary)
Select media for priceThis PBS documentary examines the life and times of Jackie Robinson, who in 1947 lifted an entire race and nation on his shoulders when he crossed baseball'’s color line. The film follows Robinson a...
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Joe DiMaggio: The Final Chapter
$14.95Joe DiMaggio was more than a star ballplayer. He was an American icon. This film, as originally seen on PBS, is a complete portrait of a man who not only had a profound effect on the game of baseball,...
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Lou Gehrig
$34.95Five films on the New York Yankees’ great first baseman. Each of the films is shown in its entirety so some scenes are repeated with different narration, especially those of Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee...
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Mickey Mantle: The Lost Stories
$29.95For the first time, Mickey Mantle's complete story is available on DVD. Told by the Mick himself, this two-hour Mantle collection includes both award-winning programs, "Mickey Mantle: The American Dre...
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Richie Ashburn: A Baseball Life
$24.95Richie Ashburn is arguably the most beloved figure in the long and storied history of Philadelphia sports. Ashburn thrilled fans for over a decade with his exploits on the baseball diamond, then spent...
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This Old Cub (Special Edition)
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$19.95 $9.95This Special Edition of the critically acclaimed "This Old Cub" video completes the inspiring story of Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo, capturing the final chapter in Ron's life. It includes the send-o...
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Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
$24.95A documentary on "Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio, who first wore Yankee pinstripes in 1936 at the age of 21, beginning a baseball career that was the stuff of legend--a 56-game hitting streak, nine World Serie...
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You Don’t Know Bo
$12.95During the 1980s and 1990s, Bo Jackson hit 500-foot home runs and ran over linebackers, becoming a cultural icon and one of the most famous athletes of all time. Director Michael Bonfiglio examines th...
