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Yahoo Sports reports that MLB Network will mark the 25 anniversary of September 11 with a two-hour documentary titled When America Took the Field, set to premiere on September 10. The film examines how baseball became part of the national recovery in the weeks and months after the 2001 attacks, a chapter in sports history that carries particular weight as the date approaches its quarter-century. The network's decision to revisit this material now reflects a recognition that collective memory of that period is shifting, and that the role athletics played in public grieving deserves renewed attention.
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