thanks so much, debra borchart, she is a reporter with thestreet.com. >> susie: the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the smell of the popcorn-- baseball is america's favorite pastime. but now it has run into the roadblock of the economic meltdown, and baseball is being battered. filmmaker ken burns examines the state of the sport in his latest documentary, "the tenth inning," which begins tonight on pbs. so tonight we begin a two-part series looking at the business of baseball. reporter jeff yastine looks at the economics of a sport that is striking out with fans more and more these days. >> reporter: the players are on the field, but the fans aren't at the stadium. they're here in a sports bar. with a struggling recovery and tapped out consumers, it's more likely you'll find fans taking a seat here or watching the game at home rather than at the ballpark. >> it's too expensive to go to the games. parking is how much? and then i don't feel like paying $12 for a hotdog, basically. >> it's not an every day, every week, or every month occurrence for many people that i know. >> re