Episode One: Downfall: The Threat and the Strategy

Giamatti’s confrontation with Rose and those who lent credence to the Big Lie; his moral, ethical and practical imperatives about Baseball’s authenticity, affirmed earlier in his life and by others; his confrontation with his predecessor Peter Ueberroth; the strategic foundation for the Epic Battle he believed necessary to confront cheating, greed, and the “snakes in the garden; and the manner in which Baseball has embraced the “Mark Zuckerberg Mentality” in its inherent failure to protect Baseball’s integrity.