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This hour-long documentary weaves back and forth between the careers of Babe Ruth, the major sports figure of his day, and Sing Sing Warden Lewis E. Lawes, "America's Warden." The two figures meet in person when Lawes invites Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to play an exhibition game against the Sing Sing inmates on September 5, 1929.
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00:07you've never seen baseball like this before a new documentary recounts the
00:12day in 1929 when Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees went up the river to sing
00:18sing prison to play a game against some of America's most dangerous criminals I
00:23think it's a remarkable moment of popular culture in which America's team
00:29visits America's prison this true story weaves back and forth between the
00:34careers of Lewis Laws who as warden of sing-sing was considered America's
00:38warden and Babe Ruth the Sultan of Swat Babe Ruth at sing-sing takes you back to
00:45the golden age of baseball when major leaguers played exhibition games in
00:49small towns across America and takes you inside the walls of sing-sing to learn
00:54how baseball was part of warden law's plan to redeem lost souls in the summer of
01:001929 sing-sing was on edge only the Bambino could save the day his greatest
01:07attribute was his ability to give hope to his fellow man
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