
Bob Gibson
Actor
Movies5
- Movie9.5DocumentaryHistory
In this third entry of the ongoing HBO documentary series celebrating America's favorite pastime, the focus is on the 1960s, when Major League Baseball was slowly evolving from pure sport to big-bucks entertainment. Using footage of players and fans, the film covers the Yankees' ascension to greatness, the western expansion of both leagues, the increasing inclusion of black players and the rise of free agency.
When It Was a Game 3
2000 · 2 votes
Movie7.2DocumentarySince 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for human cognition and accelerates into the realm of intuition. Fastball is a look at how the game at its highest levels of achievement transcends logic and even skill, becoming the primal struggle for man to control the uncontrollable.
Fastball
2016 · 53 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryInside the life of former baseball star Curt Flood whose fight against MLB's 'Reserve Clause' led to reform, but destroyed his career.
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
2011 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryTV MovieFollow the 1982 Atlanta Braves and their new manager Joe Torre, from spring training to the playoffs, starting with their historic 13 game winning streak to start the season.
It's a Long Way to October
1 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryAn immersive documentary about the remarkable life and legacy of MLB icon Roberto Clemente.
Clemente
2025 · 3 votes
Series3
TV6.8ComedyTalk ShowThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · 23 votes
TV10.0Talk ShowEmanating from Studio 42 -- named in honor of Jackie Robinson -- in MLB Network's Secaucus, N.J., headquarters, this series features the Hall of Fame-worthy interview skills of Bob Costas talking baseball with the legends of the game, Hall of Famers in their own right. Guests including Willie Mays, Bob Feller, Hank Aaron, George Brett, Reggie Jackson and Cal Ripken Jr. have graced the replica baseball field-designed studio set, reminiscing with Costas about their days on the diamond while also discussing current events and issues surrounding the game. Costas has also spent time on the show with broadcasters Al Michaels and Ernie Harwell, entertainer and big-time baseball fan Billy Crystal, and fronted episodes discussing baseball in Cuba and the state of umpiring.
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2009 · 1 votes
TV8.0Talk ShowCostas Now is an American monthly sports television show hosted by Bob Costas on HBO.
Costas Now
2005 · 2 votes