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Director Ken Burns updates his baseball documentary
[SIZE=-1]Houston Chronicle, United States[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In the release announcing plans for The Tenth Inning, [Ken] Burns spoke of the sense of celebration and introspection that baseball continues to inspire even as he discussed plans to examine the games steroid era and the labor unrest that resulted in the cancellation of the 1994 World Series[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Sure, we had steroids, but, man, look at what else we have to offer. The Red Sox. We have Ichiro. We have Cal Ripken. Think of the Willie Mays catch (in the 1954 World Series). Now we have a caliber of play and athleticism that produces similar (catches) all the time. The Marlins won the World Series, twice. The Rays made it to the World Series.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"We are in the middle of a baseball renaissance, as (commissioner) Bud Selig says, and, working on this, I have to agree."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]As Burns contemplates the steroid era, he looks at it through the filter of American life at large. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]We live in the age of Viagra, he said. People take (medications) to make things better. Why would players be any different? [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Houston Chronicle, United States[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In the release announcing plans for The Tenth Inning, [Ken] Burns spoke of the sense of celebration and introspection that baseball continues to inspire even as he discussed plans to examine the games steroid era and the labor unrest that resulted in the cancellation of the 1994 World Series[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Sure, we had steroids, but, man, look at what else we have to offer. The Red Sox. We have Ichiro. We have Cal Ripken. Think of the Willie Mays catch (in the 1954 World Series). Now we have a caliber of play and athleticism that produces similar (catches) all the time. The Marlins won the World Series, twice. The Rays made it to the World Series.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"We are in the middle of a baseball renaissance, as (commissioner) Bud Selig says, and, working on this, I have to agree."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]As Burns contemplates the steroid era, he looks at it through the filter of American life at large. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]We live in the age of Viagra, he said. People take (medications) to make things better. Why would players be any different? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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