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RayI'd highly reccommend Ken Burns Baseball. It's expensive (about $100), but I think it's worth it. It's ten discs and over 23 hours long. The first five discs are very informative and cover pre-war baseball.
The First Inning - Our Game - 1840s thru 1900
The Second Inning - Something Like a War - 1990 thru 1910
The Third Inning - The Faith of Fifty Million People - 1910 thru 1920
The Fourth Inning - A National Heirloom - 1920 thru 1930
The Fifth Inning - Shadow Ball - 1930 thru 1940
The Sixth Inning - The National Pastime - 1940 thru 1950
The Seventh Inning - The Capital of Baseball - 1950 thru 1960
The Eight Inning - A Whole New Ballgame - 1960 thru 1970
The Ninth Inning - Home - 1970 thru 1994
Extra Inning