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Baseball: First Pitch

Season 3 Episode 307 | 26m 46s

Out of all the sports played in America, there’s one in particular that really hit it out of the park. A game that united civil rights and workers' rights, America’s pastime stepped up to the mound and pitched us all into the future.

Aired: 04/02/23 | Expires: 04/02/25
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