Ken Burns to release 10th inning of BASEBALL

Ken Burns was Joe Castiglione's guest on the radio tonight during the 4th inning. The big news is he's coming out with a new documentary. It's actually a sequel of sorts to his grand Baseball series. He felt he had to do a follow up with all the stuff that's happened in Major league baseball since his original documentary was released ( before the 1994 season). The strike of 1994, the home run race of 1998, the Subway Series of 2000, the steroids scandal, Bonds hitting 73 and eventually breaking Aaron's all-time record, the Sox ending their 86 year drought, the creation of the World Baseball Classic- an incredible collection of events for a period of just 15 years. Due to the myriad subjects to cover, Burns has decided to make it a 4 hour special comprised of two parts- a top of the 10th and a bottom. It's due to come out in September of 2010.

The original Ken Burns' Baseball was 9 parts, each part referred to as an inning, and I've seen it a few times all the way through, though I'm not sure I've ever watched the whole thing with sound. What I once often did was put it on at the video store and plug my Ipod into the stereo system and watch the early color footage from the 60s and 70s and listen to Van Morrison and Paul Simon, specifically The Rhythm of the Saints. It would often hypnotize both myself and customers.

On a side note, Wakefield has 8 Ks through 6 innings against the A's, and the score is 1-1. Drew led of the bottom inning with a bomb into the Oakland bullpen and Pedroia just got on base with no outs. The wind is blowing straight in from center, which seems to be helping Wakefield, though it's said that the exact opposite conditions help him most.