Anyone remember "Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige", a TV movie from 1981?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082277/
I was just a kid when I saw it back then, but it made a big impression on me
As did "Pride of the Yankees". Saw it on TV one Saturday morning, I was around 8 years old and probably hooked on vintage baseball for life after that.
Afraid my baseball interest only went up to 1994.
Haven't cared about modern baseball since.