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Part 1 - For over two centuries, it's been what Walt Whitman called "our game". It's America's favorite pastime, our national preoccupation. It's greater than a game, greater than a sport. It's who our company is as a people, as a culture. But where have baseball come from? Part 2 - As baseball entered a new century, it became more poular than ever. All across the united states, supporters streamed to the ball parks. Along with this new popularity arrived a new variety of baseball hero. Men like John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Johnny Evers, and Three-Finger Dark brown. Part 3 - America loved the wild trip of the Roaring '20s, but on October 29th, 1929, Wall Block crashed, and America slid headlong into the Great Despair. Several teams, like the Boston Braves, The Phillies, and the Cincinnati Reds, nearly folded. Part 4 - Following the Miracle Mets had taken the 1969 World Series in one of the greatest surprises in sports history, you'd think baseball would become more popular than ever. But the '70s were a trying time for the sport.
