Nine Innings from Ground Zero
The healing of a nation began with the swing of a bat.
2004 · 1h · N/A Documentary
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Nine Innings from Ground Zero
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Short, well-made documentary showing how the NY Yankees vs. AZ Diamondbacks world series games, just a month after 9-11, provided welcome relief from the uncertainty New Yorkers, and the nation, felt about how to proceed with their lives. The Yankees, during the series, came to symbolize and re-strengthen everything that was, and is, New York... and America.
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