- The 1920s begin with America trying to recover from World War I and baseball trying to recover from the scandal of the 1919 World Series.
- Baseball in the 1920's can be described in two words: Babe Ruth. George Herman "Babe" Ruth dominated the game in almost every respect. An accomplished pitcher, he was also the greatest batter the game had seen up to that time eventually moving to the outfield so he could play every day. Ruth spent most of his youth in a reformatory, his parents having had him declared incorrigible. He shone in the school's baseball team and was signed by the minor league Baltimore Orioles but was soon sold to the Boston Red Sox. It was a black day when they traded him to the New York Yankees and they would not play in a world series again for 25 years. Babe's conduct both on and off the field became a major issue and he was suspended at one point for 39 games by the Commissioner for refusing a direct order to stop barnstorming in the off season. His off field behavior offended a great many people but he was oblivious to it all. Christy Mathewson, to many the greatest pitcher of his generation, died never having fully recovered from the poison gas he inhaled in World War I. It was also the decade that saw the formation of eight team Negro National League.—garykmcd
- Most of episode 4, called "A Nat'l Heirloom", chronicles the life of Babe Ruth, including his childhood ages. George (later referred to as Babe), was as much out of control as a child as he was as an adult. So much so, that his parents sent him a reform school/orphanage, where he stayed most of the time until he was 19. But he became very good at baseball, even at an early age. He became America's most famous baseball player. He played professionally from 1914-1935.
This episode also covers the beginning of baseball's farm system by Branch Rickey, and the sad death of one of baseball's greats, Christy Mathewson, known as the Christian Gentleman
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