South Bend: Built by Baseball

Winning an industrial league championship should mean that you'd be famous for a long time, right? That's not the case with South Bend's "Bashful" Stanley - a one-year wonder of a pitcher who mysteriously disappears from all historical record.Nathan Krebs and Aaron Helman take a look at Bashful Stanley's glorious 1922 campaign with the George Cutter team, as well as South Bend's robust industrial league.

"Wee" Dickie Kerr may have lacked stature, but he was all skill. From refusing to rig the 1919 World Series as a member of the Chicago White Sox, to his later years in South Bend's industrial league, Dickie dominated the competition from the pitcher's mound.Nathan Krebs and Aaron Helman dive into the stories that made Kerr a folk hero and an inspiration to future big-leaguers.You can also find the feature documentary "South Bend: Built by Baseball" on PBS Michiana's YouTube channel.

A women's baseball Hall-of-Famer, and the only professional baseball player to throw two perfect games, Jean Faut is an undisputed all-time great. But to play baseball while your jealous husband is your manager? That's a different matter entirely.Join Nathan Krebs and Aaron Helman as they explore Jean's origin story and her career with the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.You can also find the feature documentary "South Bend: Built by Baseball" on PBS Michiana's YouTube channel.