THE TENTH INNING (2010) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Ken Burns goes back to the ballpark to update his epic documentary on baseball. This will appeal to just about anybody who cares about the game, but especially fans of the Yankees and Red Sox. (Burns is a die-hard Red Sox fan and was inspired to make the movie when the team finally won the World Series.) The big story playing out over the time the film covers is the steroids scandal, so there's a lot of Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds, at the expense of players who were just about as talented but not so conspicuously juiced. George Will, Bob Costas, Pedro Martinez and Joe Torre are among the witnesses. A plus for Mariners fans: Ichiro. A minus: Seattle's 116-win season in 2001 isn't even mentioned.
