To win a million-dollar bet, Mr. Burns replaces the company softball team with professional players.
Homer joins the power plant softball team, having a secret weapon called "Wonder Bat." He scores lots of home runs and grandslams at every bat. Soon the team plays Shelbyville power plant for the championship. To make sure he wins, Mr. Burns hires Major League Baseball players to secure the win against Shelbyville, giving them jobs at the plant.
All the original power plant players are replaced, Homer being replaced by the Darrel Strawberry. However, nearly all the players suffer misfortunes leading up to the game, and Burns is forced to bring back the original power planbt workers. Strawberry is still on the team though.
At the last ball, Burns switches Strawberry for Homer to "play the percentages." The ball hits Homer in the head, knocking him unconcious, however, it counted as a hit, allowing the man on third to score and Homer wins the Championship.
Carl: Hey, Homer's choking again.
Lenny: Isn't there a first-aid chart around here somewhere?
Carl: Somebody scare him.
Charlie: That's for the hiccups!
Homer: It all started last year during a terrible thunderstorm, when I locked myself out of the house. Sheltering myself with a large piece of sheet metal, I ran for cover under the tallest tree I could find!
Homer: Come here, boy, I want to show you something.
Bart: What's that, a homemade bat?
Homer: It's something very special: a homemade bat.
Bart: Homer, can I get you a beer?
Lisa: No, I want to get him a beer.
Homer: Kids, kids, kids! You can each get me a beer.
Umpire: Okay, let's go over the ground rules. You can't leave first until you chug a beer. Any man scoring has to chug a beer. you have to chug a beer at the top of all odd-numbered innings. Oh, and the fourth inning is the beer inning.
Wiggum: Hey, we know how to play softball!
Homer: I play right field, too.
Darryl: So?
Homer: Well, are you better than me?
Darryl: Well, I've never met you... but yes.
Homer: I don't want you to see me sitting on my worthless butt.
Bart: We've seen it, Dad.
PCode
8F13
Index
3×17
Written by
John Swartzwelder
Directed by
Jim Reardon
Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer
Also Starring
Maggie Roswell
Special Guest Voice
Marcia Wallace
Darryl Strawberry as Himself
Don Mattingly as Himself
Jose Canseco as Himself
Ken Griffey Jr. as Himself
Mike Scioscia as Himself
Ozzie Smith as Himself
Roger Clemens as Himself
Steve Sax as Himself
Terry Cashman as Commentator
Wade Boggs as Himself
Aired (U.S.)
Feb 20, 1992
Aired (U.K.)
unknown