Continuing our efforts to preserve our beloved team’s legacy, we are excited and proud to announce the premiere of our new documentary “The St. Louis Browns: The Team That Baseball Forgot.” The film will air on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 8 p.m. CT on KETC-TV, St. Louis’s local PBS affiliate.

Thank you to all of the people who contributed time, resources and commentary to this documentary, and a special thanks to our partners at HLK for producing and directing this hour-long film.

Narrated by actor and St. Louis native Jon Hamm, the documentary follows the journey from the team’s inception, through their ups and downs, until the sale of the franchise to Baltimore, where they became the Orioles and the history of the Browns was nearly erased. Fans can reminisce at the team’s on-field antics and St. Louis’s original baseball rivalry. Those unfamiliar with the Browns will be introduced to characters like 3-foot-7-inch Eddie Gaedel, a surprise pinch-hitter wearing a batboy uniform with the number 1/8, and will quickly understand the undeniable lovability of this misfit franchise. Audiences everywhere will see that, beneath the tarnish, there is true baseball gold.

“The St. Louis Browns: The Team That Baseball Forgot” features archival photos and video footage of the Browns, discussions with St. Louis Browns Historical Society board members Bill Rogers and Emmett McAuliffe, and current interviews with some of the team’s last living players. The film follows the 2017 release of the critically acclaimed book, St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team, by Bill Borst, Bill Rogers and Ed Wheatley, and the 2015 launch of our award-winning website.

So, tune in and watch as we take a look back and relive the story of what could have been, but never was — of baseball legends lost to time, glorious gimmicks and a beloved team turned fraternity of failure. This is the story of a team that found its place in history by losing its home. But thanks to this documentary, it’s a story forgotten no more.