Sports vs. the Spanish Flu - Rise of the Babe | 1

Sports Wars

Wondery

Sports, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.5 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The year is 1918. And the world is stunned by a deadly new flu. But the virus can't stop one baseball player. He’s a lefty pitcher who will go on to change the game—but not from the mound. It's the surprising ascent of the Great Bambino. The Sultan Of Swat. The batting legend Babe Ruth.

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0:54.5	It's March 23rd, 1918 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
0:58.9	Today, the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers are in town to play an exhibition game at the
1:04.1	Army's Camp Pike.
1:06.4	For the soldiers, the ballgame will be a welcome distraction.
1:10.9	For one, they've been training to go to war.
1:14.3	And now, there are rumblings around the camp that are getting louder and louder about
1:19.2	a mysterious sickness that's sweeping the globe.
1:23.2	That sickness is a deadly flu.
1:26.4	The weather looks ominous as the players step onto the field.
1:30.7	Within minutes, the skies open up and the game is officially called off.
1:36.7	The socks and Dodgers players can feel the palpable disappointment in the stands.
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