Description: Welcome to the Ken Burns Baseball League- 5th Inning “The National Pastime" (1930-1944) This modified inning covers the Negro Leagues and the great players who were excluded from playing in the Major Leagues. Organized Baseball gave Americans hope & distraction during Great Depression, as well as the sad decline of its most iconic star, Babe Ruth & emergence of new heroes like Feller, Greenberg, DiMaggio & Ted Williams, many of whose careers were put on hold to serve in WWII.