Picks and Pans Review: When It Was a Game

UPDATED 07/08/1991 at 01:00 AM EDT Originally published 07/08/1991 at 01:00 AM EDT

HBO (Mon., July 8, 10 P.M. ET)

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This special—skillfully drawn from old 8-mm and 16-mm color footage shot by fans and ballplayers—offers a fresh look at major league baseball from the 1930s through the 1950s. The legends—Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays among them—appear in their prime in what amounts to a collection of home movies that will warm fans up for Tuesday's All-Star Game on CBS.

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