3x17 Homer at the Bat - The Simpsons Episode Guide

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- Episode 03x17

Episode: 03x17
Title: Homer at the Bat
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 8F13
First Aired: Feb. 20, 1992

Season 3 » Episode #17 - Homer at the Bat

Summary: Mr. Burns makes a million dollar bet with his arch-rival Aristotle Amadopolis that the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant team will beat the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant team in the softball championships. To ensure victory, Burns hires a number of ringers, including pro baseball players Darryl Strawberry, Ken Griffey, Jr., Steve Sax, Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco, Don Mattingly, Ozzie Smith, Wade Boggs and Mike Scioscia to replace the plant employees he cut from the team. But as game day approaches, the pros all succumb to various strange ailments and accidents that prevent them from playing and it's up to Homer and his teammates to beat the Shelbyville team. With bases loaded and the score tied in the ninth inning, Homer is sent to bat and wins the game when the pitch hits him in the head and accidentally scores a homer.

Watch Episode Videos

Softball League Opening Day (00:53)

Homer Chokes on a Donut (00:34)

Homer Gets Cut (00:49)

Who appeared in this episode?

Hans Moleman	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Others	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Others	voiced by Harry Shearer
Wade Boggs	voiced by Wade Boggs
Jose Canseco	voiced by Jose Canseco
Roger Clemens	voiced by Roger Clemens
Ken Griffey Jr.	voiced by Ken Griffey Jr.
Don Mattingly	voiced by Don Mattingly
Steve Sax	voiced by Steve Sax

Season 3 / Episode 17: - Homer at the Bat

Mr. Burns: I've decided to bring in a few ringers, professional baseballers. We'll give them token jobs at the plant and have them play on our softball team. Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown...
Smithers: Uh, sir?
Mr. Burns: What is it, Smithers?
Smithers: I'm afraid all of those players have retired and, uh... passed on. In fact, your right-fielder has been dead for a hundred and thirty years.

Season 3 / Episode 17: - Homer at the Bat

Mr. Burns: All right, you ragtag bunch of misfits! You hate me, and I hate you even more. But without my beloved ringers, you're all I've got. So I want you to remember some inspiring words that someone else might have told you over the course of your lives, and go out there and win!

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When Mr Burns shows the bottle of "Brain & Nerve Tonic", the ampersand switches between having its tail on the left and on the right.

TRIVIA

Among the players that Burns initially wants Smithers to round up for the company softball team is Jim Creighton, considered baseball's first star, who died in 1862.
The title is taken from the poem, Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.