# Homer at the Bat The Simpsons, season 3, episode 17 (S03E17), first aired February 20, 1992. Written by John Swartzwelder. Directed by Jim Reardon. Production code 8F13. Guest stars: Darryl Strawberry; Don Mattingly; Jose Canseco as José Canseco; Ken Griffey Jr. as Ken Griffey, Jr.; Mike Scioscia; Ozzie Smith; Roger Clemens; Steve Sax; Wade Boggs. Chalkboard gag: "I will not aim for the head". Couch gag: Unconscious Family. Homer's homemade Wonder Bat carries the plant's softball team to the title game, and Mr. Burns bets Shelbyville plant owner Aristotle Amadopolis $1 million on a win. He gives sham plant jobs to major leaguers including Darryl Strawberry, Ken Griffey Jr., Roger Clemens and Wade Boggs, but bizarre setbacks leave only Strawberry. Benched for him, Homer pinch-hits in the ninth and wins by taking a pitch to the head. Who's in it: Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Principal Skinner, Barney Gumble, Chief Wiggum, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Dr. Hibbert, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ralph Wiggum, Lou, Eddie, Miss Hoover, Agnes Skinner, Smitty, Camping Woman, Hypnotist, Aristotle Amadopolis, Camping Man, Darryl Strawberry, Don Mattingly, Dr. Hibbert's Nurse, Graceland tour guide, Hot Dog Vendor, House Fire Victim, José Canseco, Ken Griffey, Jr., Mike Scioscia, Millionaires Club, Mystery Spot Employee, Ozzie Smith, Police Catcher, Police Pitcher, Roger Clemens, Steve Sax, Wade Boggs. Every moment of the episode, about ten seconds each: when it is, what happens on screen, and what's said. The descriptions are written by an AI model from frames of each moment and can get small details wrong. The dialogue is from the episode's subtitles. Web page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat From Ultrahouse 3000 (https://ultrahouse3k.com/). Search engines and AI are welcome to use it: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes. ## 0:00–0:12 Bart Simpson, the boy with spiky hair in an orange shirt and blue shorts, stands in a classroom in front of a chalkboard filled with rows of the line "I will not aim for the head" written repeatedly. He leans in and writes or taps at the board with chalk, then turns away and dances with arms outstretched, grinning with eyes shut, while a red wastebasket and a wall clock sit nearby. The scene opens on a black screen and a blue sky with drifting clouds, which gives way to the title text "The Simpsons" in yellow letters across the clouds before cutting to the classroom. > The Simpsons Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1043.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/6048 ## 0:12–0:25 Homer, in a yellow hazmat suit and helmet, works at a control panel beneath a CAUTION sign, holding a glowing green rod with tongs, while Mr. Burns and Smithers watch from behind the panel; he then raises an arm toward the floating green glow. Lisa, with star-shaped hair and glasses, reads a MOM Monthly magazine with a Frosted Krusty Flakes cover at a store checkout, with Marge partly visible beside her and shelves stocked behind them. Maggie, sucking a pacifier and wearing a blue bow, sits in a shopping cart as Marge, eyes closed and smiling, raises a hand beside her against an orange wall. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/13347.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/18560 ## 0:25–0:38 Lisa, in her red dress with star-shaped spiky hair, carries a long white instrument down an orange hallway toward blue double doors, past posters and a bust of a composer, while a heavy-set man in an orange sweater with white side hair conducts a band of children playing brass, woodwind and percussion in a classroom with a sheet of music on a stand. Later, a figure sits in a pink car in a driveway beside a yellow garage with a bicycle and a blue mailbox on the lawn, and Homer, in a white shirt and blue pants, stands at the car's open hood with his hand to his chin. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/26068.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/31907 ## 0:38–0:51 Homer tumbles backward through a doorway into a purple room, a trash can below him, then the family sprawls in the living room: Homer lies back over the couch arm with his legs up, Bart hangs upside down over the couch back, Marge bends forward, and Lisa lies on the green carpet beside the brown greyhound Santa's Little Helper. The scene ends on a TV screen with yellow text reading 'Created by Matt Groening', which changes to 'Developed by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon'. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/40040.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/45045 ## 0:51–1:00 Homer Simpson, bald and heavyset in a white shirt, stands at a counter beside a coffee urn and stacked white cups, lifting a large pink donut box with a hand and then setting it down. He opens the lid and peers into the box of donuts, then leans in and raises a hand to his chin while looking at them, wearing a pink-striped tie. The setting has a Labor Law poster on the wall, a pink box marked with partial 'Rolling' lettering on the counter, and the on-screen credit 'Co-Executive Producers AL JEAN & MIKE REISS' appears over the scene. > Donuts. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/52344.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/55681 ## 1:00–1:10 Homer Simpson, the bald man in a white shirt, and Lenny, the man with spiky black hair and a green sweater, are seated together in a room with a dark blue ceiling and wooden beams. Homer grips a donut in both hands and bites into it, eyes wide and mouth stuffed, while Lenny watches him with a sour, sidelong look and crumbs fly toward him as Homer chews and then opens his mouth wide. Credits appear over the scene in white lettering reading "Supervising Producers Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky," "Producer George Meyer," and "Produced by Richard Sakai David Silverman." > Hey, Homer, slow down. You're gonna choke or something. > Don't tell me how to eat donuts. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/61103.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/65065 ## 1:10–1:20 Homer, in his white shirt and blue pants, clutches his hands at his chest and grimaces while Lenny, with spiky black hair, green sweater and suspenders, stands beside him, then Homer leans forward with his arms out as Carl, a Black man in a grey sweater, looks on. A bespectacled man in a white lab coat joins them, and Homer hunches over, hand raised, while the men talk in the diner kitchen. Homer bends over toward the floor beside a purple bucket as the others watch. Onscreen are a "Clean Up Your Own Mess!" sign, a hanging banana peel, a red fire extinguisher, and credits for Jon Vitti and John Swartzwelder. > Hey, Homer's choking again. > Isn't there a first aid chart around here somewhere? > Somebody scare him. That's with a hiccup. > Hey, look at this. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/71113.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/75492 ## 1:20–1:31 Lenny, a spiky black-haired man in a green sweater, grins and gestures with a mug beside Carl, a Black man in a grey jacket and pink shirt, a blond bespectacled man in a white lab coat, and Homer in a white lab coat and pink tie, all standing indoors near a corkboard. Homer then pins a handwritten Softball Sign-Up sheet by a pink Heimlich Maneuver poster, his hand pressing the sheet against the board as a pencil rests nearby, and finally stands before the board with arms folded and a scowl. On-screen text reads 'Directed by Jim Reardon', and the sign-up sheet has a few handwritten names, one crossed out. > Sauce ball starts this week. > Sauce ball? > Who's next? Nah, count me out. > What's the matter with you guys? Homer, last year we were two and 28. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/81957.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/86336 ## 1:31–1:45 Lenny, with spiky black hair and a green sweater, Carl, a Black man in a grey jacket and pink sweater, Homer in a white shirt and striped tie, and a bespectacled man in a white lab coat gather in a break room beside a barrel marked radioactive materials and a bulletin board with a pink Heimlich Maneuver poster. Lenny holds a mug and talks while Homer's mouth moves and his eyes close, and Carl raises a hand near Homer's chest as the group stays clustered together. Coffee mugs are visible in the men's hands, and the posted sign reads Heimlich Maneuver. > Look, I know it wasn't our best season. Actually, it was. > Well, this year's gonna be different. Oh, yeah? > What makes you so damn sure? > I have a secret weapon. > Hey, you've been holding out on us, huh? > What is that? A secret weapon. I wonder what it could be. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/92801.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/98432 ## 1:45–1:53 A bespectacled scientist with reddish-blond hair, blue-tinted round glasses, a white lab coat, a red tie and an ID badge stands indoors beside a blue door, gesturing with one finger raised to his chin while he speaks, as green goo drips from a large pipe above him. Inside a cloud-shaped inset, Homer, in a white baseball uniform with red trim and a red cap, runs and then leaps with a huge brown mitt, and a baseball flies toward the glove as he grimaces. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/106565.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/109276 ## 1:53–2:00 Carl, a Black man in a grey jacket and pink shirt, stands in the foreground beside a bulletin board with a SOFTBALL SIGN-UP notice while a softball game plays in a cloud-shaped inset. Homer, in a red cap and white uniform, moves from the base to the plate and swings, with fielders in purple uniforms around the diamond. The ball then trails red glowing fire and fire bursts appear across the infield and outfield, while the dark-haired man in the green sweater beside the board grins and then grimaces. > Hmm. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/114281.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/116992 ## 2:00–2:13 Homer, bald and heavyset in a white shirt, and Bart, with spiky hair and an orange shirt, are in a storeroom with wooden shelves, where Homer leans over a long wooden case on a counter. The moment opens on a SOFTBALL SIGN-UP sheet being pointed at with a pencil by a man in a green sweater, then moves to an orange two-story house with a yellow garage and arched windows. Back in the storeroom, Homer grins as he wipes the wooden case with a white cloth while Bart, squinting, leans in with Homer's hand resting on his shoulder. > Come here, > boy. I want to show you something. What's that? > A homemade bat? > It's something very special. A homemade bat. > It all started last year during a terrible thunderstorm when I locked myself out of the Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/121997.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/127002 ## 2:13–2:23 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, runs through a rainy night outside the family house, holding a large sheet of metal over his head as a shield. In the first moment the house stands under a purple stormy sky with lit windows and a tall blue chimney behind a wooden fence. Homer dashes past a round dark green bush and a bare branched tree, then reaches a large dark tree and crouches beneath its trunk while the metal sheet stays raised above him against the falling rain. A brief silhouette shot shows Homer's profile against black with a hint of a sheet of metal, with rain streaks falling. > house. > Sheltering myself with a large piece of sheet metal, > I ran for cover under the tallest tree I could find. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/134301.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/138472 ## 2:23–2:34 Homer Simpson, bald and heavy in a white shirt, is out in heavy rain at night, clutching a large fallen tree branch in front of a wooden fence while looking startled. In the first frame he is wrapped around a glowing, sparking branch against a tree trunk, with a bright orange flash behind him. Then a blue-tinted scene shows a dark, sparking end of the branch and a blurred figure in a blue hat and yellow hand nearby, as sparks and rain fly. The last frame goes almost fully black. No on-screen text is visible. > Something told me this was a very special, > very magical piece of wood that I could make a bed out of. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/145145.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/149316 ## 2:34–2:46 Homer, the bald man in a white shirt, works in a dim workshop, with a brown NFL football lying on the floor at the start. He sits at a long wooden plank beside a rolled sheet of paper, then saws across the wood with a handsaw. He then hammers nails into the plank's surface, with a cardboard box and a red scooter in the background. > I put my homemade football on hold and set to work making the world's greatest bed. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/155572.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/160369 ## 2:46–2:58 Homer, wearing a welding helmet and white shirt, works at a bench in a dim room, sparks flying from a metal piece he is welding onto a wooden log. Marge, with her tall blue beehive and pink bathrobe, stands in a doorway with a red door, speaking and holding the robe closed. Homer then sits in bed beside a sleepy Marge, holding a folded newspaper and talking with wide eyes, while Marge lies with her head on the pillow and her eyes half-closed. Finally Homer, in a white shirt, stands at a wooden counter with shelves behind him and Bart, in an orange shirt with spiky hair, looks on beside him, with a green canister on a shelf. > Homie, come to bed. > Homer, go back to the garage. > And here it is. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/167459.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/172464 ## 2:58–3:08 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, and Homer, the bald man in a white shirt and blue pants, stand in a dim room beside a wooden case holding a bat labeled WONDERBAT. Bart leans over the open case while Homer points at the bat, then Homer pats his round belly with his eyes squeezed shut. Green-bristled brushes sit on a shelf in the background. > Wow, how many home runs you're gonna hit with that? > Let's see, we play 30 games, 10 at bats a game, 3,000. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/179554.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/183517 ## 3:08–3:18 Bart, with spiky hair and an orange shirt, looks wide-eyed at a wooden desk marked WONDERBAT, then the scene shifts to a City Softball League Opening Day banner reading "Nuclear Plant vs. Springfield Police" above a crowd and an orange cooler. A moustached man in a red cap and white uniform pours a drink from a tap on a grey keg while a player in a red cap raises his glove for a ball, and the same man then drinks from a cup. Finally, a bespectacled boy in a red cap and white uniform stands at home plate holding a bat and ball, with parked cars beyond the chain-link fence. > Get one hand, Charlie! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/189773.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/193735 ## 3:18–3:20 Mr. Burns, the frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose, stands on a baseball pitcher's mound in a white uniform with red trim and a red cap, wearing a brown glove. He first stands with his gloved hand raised, then winds up and throws with his arms flung wide, eyes squeezed shut and mouth open, before leaping into the air mid-pitch and landing with his body turned, ending bent slightly at the knees with his glove at his side. Behind him are a chain-link fence, a wooden bat leaning against the background, tall green trees, and a purple-trunked row of trees beside a pink building, with the field's dirt mound and home plate in the foreground. > Ah! > Okay, let's go over the ground rules. You can't leave first until you chug a beer. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/199991.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/199783 ## 3:20–3:33 Chief Wiggum, in his light blue cap and uniform shirt, stands on the left beside a black-haired man in a black shirt who sits in the middle, and Homer, in a red cap and white baseball jersey with a red trim, stands on the right in front of a chain-link fence. The man in black gestures with his hands and speaks while Homer listens with a smirk, then Wiggum leans in toward the man, grabs his shoulder and stares at him with a sharp look, while Homer looks on with wide eyes and a worried expression. The scene shows a tense exchange at a softball field, with the man in black turning from calm to animated as the other two react. > 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. > Hey, we know how to play softball. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/201868.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/207082 ## 3:33–3:46 Chief Wiggum, the fat police chief in a blue uniform and cap, stands at home plate swinging a bat as a ball approaches, while a catcher in red gear and a heavy umpire in a black mask crouch behind him. Nearby, uniformed officers sit on a wooden dugout bench and talk, with a standing officer on the field and a crowd in the stands behind a chain-link fence, and a dark red-roofed structure and parked cars beyond. The scene shifts to a framed view with the white 'REC' text in the corner as Wiggum swings the bat at the pitch. > Play ball! > Attention all units! Attention all units! > Armored car being robbed at 15-8. Turn off that damn radio! > And the next man wants to hit the ball, too. > And he does. And there he goes off in that direction. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/214172.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/219803 ## 3:46–3:56 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and red beads, films the action with a camcorder while Bart, in an orange shirt and red cap, glances sideways and Lisa and Maggie, both in red caps, sit beside her in a crowded bleacher section with a bald man in a brown shirt holding a paper cup nearby. The scene then cuts to a sunny ballpark, where a player in a white uniform stands near the pitcher's mound as a white ball rises high into the blue sky above the field, with a brown scoreboard beyond the outfield. > And everyone is happy. Uh, Mom, why don't you let me call the game? > That's all right, dear. I can do it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/227519.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/231481 ## 3:56–4:03 Chief Wiggum, the fat police chief, stands at a water cooler at the end of a dugout while a row of police softball players in blue uniforms cheer, raise their arms and hold up cups, and a crowd fills the bleachers behind them. Wiggum fills a cup from the cooler's tap, water streams out, and he scowls as he watches it fill. A scoreboard reads POLICE 5, POWERPLANT 2, INN 9, OUT 2 while a man on a ladder with a clipboard updates it, and a police officer in the foreground watches. > Man! > Stop that! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/237529.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/239823 ## 4:03–4:11 Lenny, with spiky black hair, sits on a dugout bench holding a wooden bat, while Homer in a red cap and Carl, a Black man, stand nearby, all in white baseball uniforms. Homer rises from the bench, then kneels on the dirt floor beside a brown wooden case as Lenny and Carl watch with folded arms. He opens the lid and peers inside, where a bat is visible, with an orange cooler and scattered cups and litter nearby. > Okay, Homer, base is loaded and you're up. > Where's that secret weapon? > Check it out, boys. My magic bat. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/244411.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/247330 ## 4:11–4:19 Homer, in a white baseball uniform and red cap, stands in a blue-walled locker room holding a wooden bat while Lenny, with spiky black hair, sits on a wooden bench beside an open wooden chest and handles a second bat. Carl, a Black man in a matching uniform, stands at the right edge, talking and gesturing with his hands, as Lenny first lifts his bat and then leans back, eyes shut and mouth open in a laugh. Homer raises his bat to his shoulder and an orange bucket appears on the bench, while cups and litter lie on the dirt floor. > That's it? Yeah, I got a magic bat, too. > And I got an enchanted jockstrap. > Yeah, just watch. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/252753.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/255881 ## 4:19–4:30 Marge, with her tall blue beehive, films a ballgame with a camcorder while Bart in his orange shirt and red cap, Lisa in a red cap with a pearl necklace, and Maggie with her pacifier watch from the stands. On the field, Chief Wiggum in a blue police jersey holds a ball in his brown glove and then looks down and points at his cleats. Homer, in a red cap and white uniform, grips a Wonder Bat at home plate while a catcher in a blue mask crouches behind him and an umpire in black stands nearby. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/261094.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/265474 ## 4:30–4:42 Homer Simpson, in a red cap and white baseball uniform, swings a bat labeled "Homerun Bat" at home plate while two police officers in catcher's gear stand behind him. He then joins his teammates lined up along the dugout fence, cheering and waving their arms beside a crowd in the stands. Finally, Homer stands facing Chief Wiggum and another police officer as they sit glumly on a bench in a dark blue locker room. > Get his license and registration. Right, Chief. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/271938.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/276735 ## 4:42–4:49 Chief Wiggum and Eddie, two police officers in blue caps and shirts labeled with their names, stand with their backs to the viewer while Homer, in a white baseball uniform with red trim and a red cap, stands between them on a ball field. Homer points, then throws his hands up to his head in alarm, and then walks along the field edge holding up a red cap and salutes as the scene is shown on a pink television set. On the television, Homer runs past the fence with motion lines and the word "REV" on screen. > Wow, Dad. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/283617.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/285911 ## 4:49–5:01 Homer sits in the middle of a brown couch holding a remote, with Bart in an orange shirt on his left and Lisa in a red dress and pearl necklace on her right, in a purple living room with a framed picture behind them. Bart and Lisa lean toward Homer as he grins and holds the remote, then Homer raises a hand and speaks while Lisa looks sideways and Bart watches him. Homer then drapes his arm around Bart and points toward Lisa, who looks unimpressed, before he settles back smiling with the remote in his hands while Lisa slumps with half-closed eyes. > Homer, can I get you a beer? No, I want to get him a beer. > Kids, kids, kids. > You can each get me a beer. But first, let's see it again in super slow motion. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/290499.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/295504 ## 5:01–5:08 Homer, bald and heavyset in a white baseball uniform and red cap, stands at home plate in a ballpark with a chain-link backstop while a catcher in blue gear crouches behind him and an umpire in a black mask watches. Shown on a purple-framed TV screen, he slowly raises the wooden bat over his shoulder, then swings it through the strike zone, his body turning and the bat sweeping across as he follows through. On-screen text in the bottom right reads "SUPER SLOW MO". Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/302594.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/305096 ## 5:08–5:21 Homer, in a red cap and white baseball uniform, stands at home plate holding a bat and pointing toward the mound, with a masked catcher crouched behind him and a dark-skinned man in an orange uniform on the mound. The scene shifts from a close-up of train wheels labeled 'EAST SPRINGFIELD' over the field to a daytime game with fielders and trees in the background, and Homer steps up to the plate, bat raised. The view then dissolves into a night game where the orange-clad pitcher stands on the mound holding a ball, with a crowd in the bleachers and a 'SPRINGFIELD' sign behind him under a crescent moon. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/309684.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/314898 ## 5:21–5:24 Homer Simpson, in a white baseball uniform with red trim and a red cap, stands in a batting cage behind chain-link netting beside a Wonder Bat sign, first holding his glove up before cocking a wooden bat over his shoulder and swinging it hard. Meanwhile a packed crowd in the stands watches intently, with Mr. Burns in a grey suit at the bottom right and a grey-violet-haired woman near the center, while a woman with glasses holds a popcorn bucket. Their expressions shift from calm attention to wide-eyed, open-mouthed amazement as the swing lands. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/322405.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/322823 ## 5:24–5:36 Homer, in a red cap and white uniform, and Carl, a Black man in a white uniform, are at Springfield's softball field, with a man in a straw hat watching by a scoreboard reading Fort Springfield 7, Power Plant 33, Inn 4, Out 1. Homer sets a bat labeled WONDERBAT on an open case, then a close-up of train wheels bearing a Springfield Heights sign appears, and later Carl and an unnamed bespectacled player in the dugout hold up bats and a pale wooden leg-shaped object. Carl hoists a bat over his shoulder while the bespectacled player clutches the pale object. > Such a mighty wallop. > I got my magic bat off a piano. My sister let me use her wooden leg. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/325534.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/330539 ## 5:36–5:44 An old man with a thin mustache and grey hair at the sides stands behind a lectern in a dark suit at the Millionaire's Club, where a sign on the desk reads 'You must have more than this to enter' above '$1,000,000'. Silhouetted figures sit behind a folding screen, and a waiter in a black suit carries a tray past diners at a table. The scene moves from a yellow taxi passing the Springfield Trade Center and a tall tower against an orange sky to a 'Millionaire's Club' plaque beside a blue palm plant. > Good news, sir. The plant softball team has won again. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/337629.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/340757 ## 5:44–5:53 Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, sits at a white-clothed restaurant table holding a wine glass, while his thin assistant Smithers, in glasses and a purple bow tie, stands beside him with one hand resting on a chair. Burns starts with a sly, sneering look, then his eyes widen and he raises his glass and speaks excitedly, while Smithers grins and nods. The scene is set against orange, lilac-streaked windows, with a plate, a teacup and salt and pepper shakers on the table. > If we beat Shelbyville next week, we capture the pennant. > Did you hear that, Harry? My boys need only to thump your tub, and the title is ours. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/345971.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/349307 ## 5:53–6:06 Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose, sits across a restaurant table from a heavy, grey-haired man in dark sunglasses, a white jacket, a blue vest and a gold chain. The heavy man grins and laughs with his mouth open while holding a wine glass and raising a clenched fist, then Burns scowls in a close-up before the two lean toward each other across the table. The table holds a wine bottle, bread, covered dishes and a small bowl, with an orange window and purple clouds behind them. > Ha! > The gladiators from my power plant will crush your team like nine flabby grapes. > I disagree. > Would you care to bet a million dollars on that? > Oh, if we're going to bet, why don't we make it interesting? > What? A million dollars isn't interesting to you? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/354729.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/359943 ## 6:06–6:16 Mr. Burns, the frail, thin, hook-nosed old man with grey hair at the sides, sits at a restaurant table in a dark blue suit and black tie, with a wine glass, plate, and salt and pepper shakers in front of him. He talks, gestures with both hands, and reaches toward a covered dish. Beside him, an unnamed grey-haired man in dark sunglasses, a white jacket, and a blue vest holds a glass of red wine and watches, while an orange-lit window and a green wine bottle stand behind them. > Oh, did you say a million? I'm sorry, my mind was elsewhere. > I thought you would start with a small amount, then we would bait each other. > But you know how it goes. Yes, certainly. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/367242.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/371204 ## 6:16–6:25 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose, and his thin assistant Smithers in glasses stand beside a round restaurant table where Homer, bald in a white shirt, sits eating, and Burns gestures as he speaks before the scene fades to black. Later, in an office lined with bookshelves, Burns stands by a window with his hands behind him while Smithers waits near the bookcase, and a red chair and a desk are visible. > A million will be fine. > Smithers, I've been thinking. Is it wrong to cheat in order to win a million-dollar bet? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/377252.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/381006 ## 6:25–6:38 Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and blue-grey hair at the sides, and his thin assistant Smithers, who wears glasses and a purple bow tie, are in Burns's office. Burns first stands scowling in front of Smithers, then clasps his hands together with a sly grin before a window showing nuclear cooling towers and a small atom symbol. In the last moment, Smithers, seen from behind in a dark green jacket, stands with his hands clasped while Burns waits at his desk by the window, which has blue curtains and a lamp, with a pen holder nearby. > Yes, sir. > Let me rephrase that. > Is it wrong if I cheat in order to win a million-dollar bet? > No, sir. > Who would you like killed? No, Smithers. > I've decided to bring in a few ringers. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/386845.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/392267 ## 6:38–6:50 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, stands beside an easel holding a pointer and gestures at a green baseball-diamond diagram covered with round portrait discs of players. He points from disc to disc, then the scene zooms in on the disc labeled 3-Finger Brown, a man in a cap and collared shirt, with the pointer tip touching its rim. Burns returns to the board, frowning and indicating the discs whose names are printed around their edges. > 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. > Uh, sir? What is it, Smithers? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/399774.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/404779 ## 6:50–7:00 Principal Skinner, the neat grey-haired man in a green suit with a purple bow tie and glasses, stands behind a wooden easel in a grand hall in the first frames, while Mr. Burns, the frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and blue-grey hair at the sides, leans over the easel in a blue suit and black tie. Burns scowls and grimaces, then clenches his fist and bares his teeth, while Skinner gestures and speaks with an open mouth, and in the middle frames Skinner raises a finger to his chin as Burns glares at the blank easel. The scene is set in an ornate room with dark wood paneling, an arched window, and a red carpet, and the only prominent objects are the wooden easel and a name badge clipped to Skinner's jacket. > I'm afraid all those players have retired and, uh, passed on. > In fact, your right fielder has been dead for 130 years. > Damnation! > All right, find me some good players, living players. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/411870.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/415832 ## 7:00–7:10 Smithers, a thin assistant with glasses, a purple bow tie and an ID badge, stands in the foreground of Mr. Burns's office, first facing away from the desk and then turning to face the viewer. Mr. Burns, a frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, sits behind a desk by a window, scowling and gesturing with his hand, then later raising an arm and pointing. In the final moments Smithers spreads his arms out to the sides while Burns points toward him. Desk items include a small green panel of buttons and a desk lamp, and bookshelves line the wall at the right. > Scour the professional ranks, the American League, the National League, the Negro League. > I'm on my way, sir. Oh, and Smithy's. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/421880.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/425842 ## 7:10–7:16 Mr. Burns, the frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, scowls in a close-up at first, his mouth open as he speaks, then stands beside a window in a dark suit. Smithers, his thin assistant with glasses and a purple bow tie, stands in the foreground in a green jacket with an ID badge, first smiling and gesturing with his open hands, then looking downward with his eyes closed. Behind them a green curtained office window shows a rainy sky and a wall display of baseball cards. The last frame shows a building front with a banner reading ANNUAL BASEBALL CARD CONVENTION IN PERSON JOSÉ CANSECO. > You have 24 hours. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/431890.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/433558 ## 7:16–7:26 Smithers, a thin man with glasses and a purple bow tie, stands beside a man in a dark blue suit with swept-back brown hair who sits behind a desk with a nameplate reading JOSE CANSECO, while Bart in a red shirt and a boy with black hair in a green shirt stand before the desk. The seated man signs a baseball with a blue pen, holds it up, and speaks while gesturing at the desk, then reaches out to hand the ball to the black-haired boy as Smithers keeps a black dollar-sign bag on the counter. Behind them hang a Springfield pennant, a Capitol City pennant, and a blue jersey numbered 23. > Wait a minute. > It never got anywhere. > I get $50,000 to play one game? > That's right, Mr. Canseco. Well, it's a pay cut, but what the hay. > It sounds like fun. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/437312.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/441274 ## 7:26–7:36 In a forest of purple-trunked trees, a bespectacled man in a brown jacket and purple bow tie, carrying a bag marked with a dollar sign, is first seen in a bush, then a man in a brown jacket grimaces and clutches his face beside a tree while a hunter in red plaid aims a rifle from behind the trunks. The bow-tie man is then pinned against a tree, clutching a small black bird and looking nervous, before he stands beside the tree with an ID badge on his jacket and gestures with one raised hand as the hunter lowers his rifle. Scattered yellow leaves, a fallen log, and the bag of money are visible among the bushes. > Hey, sorry. I thought you were a deer. > That's okay. Happens all the time. > Are you Mike Solcher? That's me. Uh, how do you like working for the Dodgers? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/447322.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/451284 ## 7:36–7:48 A bespectacled man with short tan hair, a brown coat and a small lapel pin stands facing a hunter in a red-and-black checkered cap, checkered shirt and orange vest, who holds a double-barreled shotgun over his shoulder in a purple-trunked forest under a blue sky. The hunter first looks sideways with a sly expression, then laughs with his eyes shut and mouth open, and the two then stand farther apart among the trees, with the hunter gesturing with one hand while the man holds a briefcase marked with a dollar sign. > Well, it's okay, but sometimes I wish I had something a little more blue collar. > You know, with big machines and cool dials and stuff, > like an oil refinery or a hydroelectric plant. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/457332.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/462337 ## 7:48–7:59 A grey-haired man in a brown coat with glasses talks with a hunter in a red-and-black checkered cap and orange overalls who grins while holding a shotgun among trees. Next, a mansion with white columns stands behind a wrought-iron gate decorated with musical notes and guitars. A tour guide with reddish hair and a tie speaks to a group of visitors in Hawaiian-print shirts in a room with reel-to-reel recorders and a wall of three unlit TVs, and a man with a red cap and mustache stands at the right while a visitor waves a hand toward the TVs. > We should talk. > And this is Elvis' rec room. When the king wasn't rehearsing or exercising, > he liked to unwind by watching up to three TVs at once. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/469427.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/474015 ## 7:59–8:13 A grey-haired man in a dark jacket and glasses stands at a pink front door, then turns to face a mustached man with brown hair, a white shirt and orange gloves who holds a blue plate. Earlier, a man in a red cap with a "TCB" logo, a green Elvis t-shirt and glasses stands near a bearded, mustached man in a yellow flower-print shirt and suspenders who holds a grey box-like device, with a small doorway behind them. The scene ends on the pink suburban house with a white picket fence, a green lawn, a red mailbox and a walking figure in a dark jacket. > Man, oh, man, what a lifestyle. > Excuse me, are you Ozzie Smith? Yes. I have a proposition for you. > Hello. > Are you Don Mattingly? Yes, yes I am. Come in, come in. > Can I get you something? What's your name? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/480897.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/486319 ## 8:13–8:24 A thin older man with grey hair at the sides, a brown jacket and a lilac bow tie stands near an EXIT door with a blue-and-purple 'Blues' poster while gesturing with one hand, and a bassist in a light blue shirt and grey pants plays an upright bass on a stage behind him. The scene opens on an empty pink and green hallway with a wall phone and a blue door with a round gold knob, then cuts to the stage where the bald pianist in a white suit and glasses plays a piano while a drummer sits behind a drum reading 'THE STEVE SAX TRIO' and audience members with heavy-lidded eyes watch from the bottom edge. The bassist then lifts his hand to his chin and sways his instrument as the older man keeps talking and gesturing in front of the red curtain. > How would you like to be a ringer on a small town company softball team? > Would I? > And now I'd like to introduce the new members of our happy power plant family. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/494244.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/498832 ## 8:24–8:35 Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, stands at a red podium with a microphone on a blue-curtained stage as a row of new male workers in polo shirts waits behind him and a packed audience sits in blue chairs. He gestures with one open hand and then lifts his other hand toward his face while the men on stage stand still. The scene then moves to a red-haired man in a pink polo smirking, and a moustached man in a white polo with wide eyes raising one hand as if explaining something. > Our new security guard, Roger Clemens. Hello. > Our new janitor, Wade Boggs. How you doing? > Our new lunchroom cashier, Ken Grippy Jr. > Hey, what's up, guys? And you will, uh, we'll make up jobs for these fellas later. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/505714.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/510301 ## 8:35–8:47 Mr. Burns, frail and stooped in a dark suit, stands at a red podium with a microphone, gesturing with one open hand and then touching his hooked nose, while rows of people in blue seats watch behind him. Nearby, a man with reddish swept-back hair and a moustache in a light blue shirt looks on, a Black man in a light blue shirt beside him, and a worker in an orange hard hat with an ID badge grins at the side. Further along the row, Homer sits wide-eyed in a white shirt and pink tie with a badge, next to a Black man in a pink sweater and Lenny, who has dark spiky hair and a green shirt with suspenders, and Burns's assistant is not seen. > Please say hello to Steve Sachs, Don Mattingly, Daryl Strawberry, Ozzie Smith, > Mike Socha, and Jose Canseco. Oh, by the way, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/516975.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/521563 ## 8:47–8:59 Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, stands behind a red podium marked with an atom logo, first rubbing his hands together and then extending an arm to rest his hand on the shoulder of a Black man in a cream shirt and brown trousers, who stands in a row beside a bearded man in a blue shirt, a red-haired man in a pink polo and another man in a light blue shirt. In the final moment, Burns smirks at the podium while a seated audience behind him reacts, including Homer, bald and in a white shirt with a pink striped tie, who scowls beside a thin man in a green sweater and suspenders. > you new fellas, > there's a sign-up sheet for the company softball team on the bulletin board over there, > just in case you wish to play. > Hey, wait a minute. > Mr. Burns, with them on a team, you won't need us. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/528445.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/533241 ## 8:59–9:09 Mr. Burns, frail and stooped with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, speaks into a microphone at a podium in a blue-curtained room while a row of men in suits and work clothes stand behind him. A worker in a grey jumpsuit, orange hard hat and blue ID badge holds a card and glances around, then looks up as Mr. Burns clasps his hands and talks to him. The scene then shifts to a purple corridor with a barred window, where bearded men and a man in a cream shirt stand waiting. > Well done. > You, Socha, sign up. Thanks just the same, > but I'm here to run the solid contaminant encapsulator. > One more outburst like that and I'll send you back to the big leagues. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/540123.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/544294 ## 9:09–9:20 Homer Simpson, bald and heavyset in a white shirt, stands in a hallway facing Carl, a Black man in a light short-sleeved shirt and blue trousers, who points at a sheet on a corkboard under a 'SOFT-BALL SIGN-UP' banner. Homer turns his head and eyes Carl warily as the sign-up sheet and nearby notices remain pinned to the board. Carl then turns his head toward the camera side with a sly, sidelong smirk while Homer stares off with a worried, uneasy expression and his mouth tightly closed, then opening slightly as he looks off to the side, and Carl's eyes narrow in a smug look while Homer keeps his unsure gaze off to the side. Photos are pinned to an orange door at left. > You're Daryl Strawberry. > Yes. You play right field. > Yes. > I play right field too. So? Well, are you better than me? > Well, I never met you, but yes. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/550550.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/555138 ## 9:20–9:32 Homer sits at the dining table in a pink room, gesturing with his hands while Bart, Lisa and Maggie look on, and Marge sits at the right holding a blue bowl. Later, Maggie sits in her high chair with a pacifier in her mouth and stretches one arm out toward the left as Marge looks worried beside a sideboard with a green teapot. Objects include a red potted plant, a framed still-life painting and bowls of food on the table. > It's not fair. > Me and the guys worked so hard to get to the championship game and I will be sitting on a > bench. You hit so many home runs this year. > What makes you think this Daryl Strawberry character is better than you? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/561811.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/566399 ## 9:32–9:45 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, and Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, sit across a table at a dining table with plates of food, glasses of water and a bowl of rice in the foreground. Homer glares and gestures with his hand, then raises his palm toward Bart's face while Bart scowls and grits his teeth, and Homer rests his chin on his fist with a sullen look as Bart stares ahead. In the final moment Bart sits alone at the table, eyes wide and teeth clenched, holding a spoon over his plate beside two glasses of water. > Marge, forget it. He's bigger than me, faster than me, stronger than me, > and he already has more friends around the plant than I do. > You make me sick, Homer. > You're the one who told me I could do anything if I just put my mind to it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/573281.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/578703 ## 9:45–9:58 Homer, a bald heavy man in a white shirt, sits across from Bart, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, at a dining table with bowls of food, plates, a napkin, and blue glasses of water. Homer points, gestures with open hands, and lectures while Bart stares ahead and then eats glumly with a spoon. Then the scene moves outdoors to a baseball field, where Homer in a white uniform with red trim stands among teammates while a frail, thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose, a grey coat, and a red cap, likely Mr. Burns, addresses the team as a thin man in glasses with a clipboard stands nearby. > Well, now that you're a little bit older, I can tell you that's a crock. > No matter how good you are at something, > there's always about a million people better than you. > Gotcha. > Can't win. Don't try. > As your new manager, I want to say this up front. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/586211.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/591633 ## 9:58–10:08 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose, wears a red cap and grey uniform and scowls as he addresses a line of players in white baseball uniforms with red trim, while his thin assistant Smithers, in a brown suit and purple bow tie, stands nearby holding a clipboard. The players stand on a grassy field and dugout area; Homer Simpson, bald with a glove and ball, stands among them with Darryl Strawberry (jersey #44) beside him, and the backs of players in jerseys reading SAX #6 and CANSECO #33 are visible at the left, with Burns leaning in to address them. > No one is assured a spot in the starting lineup. > I don't care if your name is Steve Sachs or Daryl Strawberry or... > Smithies, what's one of the bad players' names? > Homer Simpson, sir. Or Homer Simpson. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/599140.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/603311 ## 10:08–10:21 Mr. Burns, a frail, thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wears a red-and-white cap and a grey Zephyrs uniform on a baseball field, first holding up a purple bottle of Brain & Nerve Tonic in front of a row of players in white uniforms with red trim. He then pulls the cork from the bottle, pours some of the tonic onto a spoon, and tastes it. The bottle's label reads "Brain & Nerve Tonic," and the spoon and the Zephyrs lettering on his shirt are visible. > Secondly, instead of beer, from now on, you'll all be drinking this. > It's a brain and nerve tonic, rich in proteids and electromagnetic juices. > It promotes robust health. > Of course, it has been known to cause gigantism, but only in rare cases. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/609567.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/614989 ## 10:21–10:32 Mr. Burns, frail and stooped with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, stands with a purple bottle labeled Tonic while Homer, in a red cap and a shirt reading Homer, stands behind him beside a figure in a grey Zephyr jacket. Two Black baseball players in white uniforms with red trim, one shirted Darryl and one shirted Ken, stand in front of a blue sky and a fence. A moustached player in a red cap with a frog emblem grins and then speaks beside them, while Ken raises the tonic bottle to Darryl's mouth and pours it in as Burns watches with his eyes closed and his mouth open. > Try some. > Wow. It's like there's a party in my mouth, and everyone's invited. > Excellent. Now, let's begin our training, shall we? > Smithers, the medicine balls. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/622497.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/626668 ## 10:32–10:41 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man in a red cap and baseball jersey, holds a stack of medicine balls while Homer and teammates in white uniforms watch in a wood-paneled gym. The players then work out on pull-up bars, pulley and rowing machines, and a player in jersey number 44 stands on a scale as Smithers, in a green jacket and glasses, reads it. Homer ends up slumped over a purple cabinet on the wooden floor, with a fan overhead and a loose green cloth on the floor. > Oh, no. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/633133.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/636886 ## 10:41–10:52 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man in a gray Zephyrs uniform and red cap, and Carl, a bearded Black man in a white uniform with red trim, are at a chain-link ballpark. Carl grips a bat and then folds his arms while Burns steps up to swing and later stands with a bat at the plate, and a ball rests on home plate as Carl waits with arms crossed. The scene ends on a blank pale-blue screen, then shows a dark-haired catcher in a red chest protector crouching behind home plate to throw a ball, with two spectators in red caps watching from behind the fence. > Here. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/642517.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/646688 ## 10:52–11:02 Mr. Burns and Smithers, both in red caps, grip a chain-link fence in a locker room, and Smithers wears a purple bow tie. Burns then raises a gold coin on a chain in his teal suit while Smithers watches beside him. Homer, Lenny (spiky black hair) and Carl (a Black man) stand with other players in red caps and white jerseys, gazing up at the swinging coin in front of blue lockers. > What are you gonna do with your million dollars, sir? > I don't know. > Throw it in the pile, I suppose. You are all very good players. > We are all very good players. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/653153.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/657532 ## 11:02–11:10 A bald, stubbled man in a dark suit and glasses glares, then grits his teeth, speaking at someone off-screen. Homer, in a red cap and white baseball uniform, stands with Carl and Lenny in a blue-lockered locker room, all with wide-eyed, open-mouthed expressions, while a large gold disc hangs from a chain above them. The suited man then speaks with a tight, scowling face and finally presses his lips together in disapproval. > You will beat Shelbyville. > We will beat Shelbyville. You will give 110%. > That's impossible. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/663997.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/666708 ## 11:10–11:18 Homer, in a red cap and white baseball uniform, stands in front of blue lockers with Lenny, the man with spiky black hair, and Carl, the Black man in the back right, along with several other players in matching red caps and uniforms, one with a brown beard and one with blue-tinted glasses. A large gold gong hangs from a chain above them, and as it swings slowly from one side to the other, the players turn their heads and look up at it. Their mouths gradually open wide as they shout in unison, and the gong passes in front of their faces. > No one can give more than 100%. > By definition, that is the most anyone can give. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/671713.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/674632 ## 11:18–11:27 Homer Simpson, bald and heavy in a white baseball uniform with a red cap and glove, stands on a green baseball field beside a chain-link fence with trees and buildings behind it. He first stands still, then raises his glove and points outward with his other arm as he calls for a catch. In the final moments a thin Black man in a white uniform with red trim, who is not one of the regulars, crouches and runs across the field while Homer, hand near his mouth, watches him. The scene shows a blue sky with white clouds and a tall spire in the background. > I got it! I got it! > Yes! > Hey, I called for that. Put a lid on it, Simpson. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/680054.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/683183 ## 11:27–11:36 Homer Simpson in a red cap and white baseball uniform with red trim stands by a chain-link fence on a ballfield, shouting with a raised fist. Mr. Burns, frail and stooped in a grey-and-red cap and grey Zephyrs jersey, leans in toward him with a sneer while Carl, a tall Black man in a white uniform, stands nearby. Carl then folds his arms and grins as Homer scowls and Burns glances sideways, with a blue sky, green hedges and a spire behind them. > There's no I in team. > Some of these guys have a bad attitude, Skip. > They sure do, Strawberry. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/688605.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/692150 ## 11:36–11:46 A heavy man in a white jumpsuit with an orange hard hat, who looks like Homer, pushes a teal wheelbarrow full of glowing green waste across a plant floor while a Black man in a grey jacket and pink shirt, who looks like Carl, pushes a second wheelbarrow beside him. Both wheelbarrows are heaped with green sludge, and a barrel marked with a radiation symbol stands nearby. The two walk past a sign reading 'SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT', then Carl gestures toward the control panels and pipes while the wheelbarrows keep rolling. Later, Carl stops by a blue barrel with a radiation symbol and holds his wheelbarrow handles while the man in the hard hat keeps pushing his cart forward, with green sludge spilling onto the floor. > Hey, Socia, I don't get it. You're a rigger, > but you hear every night in a corps busting your butt, hauling radioactive waste. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/697989.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/701534 ## 11:46–11:58 Carl, a Black man in a grey jacket over a pink sweater, and an unnamed worker in a light blue jumpsuit, orange hard hat, and blue ID badge stand in a plant corridor beneath pipes, beside a partial sign reading SECT 7- and later a SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT sign. The worker pushes a pair of wheelbarrows heaped with bright green sludge past a fire extinguisher and gauges while Carl walks alongside holding the handle. The worker then gestures with both hands toward a blue tank dotted with glowing green specks as Carl looks on, and finally clasps his hands together and grins beside the tank while Carl smiles. > Well, Carl, it's such a relief from the pressures of playing big league ball. > I mean, there, you make any kind of mistake, and boom, the press is all over you. > Uh-oh. Oh, don't worry about it. > Oh, man, is this ever sweet. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/707165.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/712378 ## 11:58–12:10 Bart Simpson, holding a wooden baseball bat over his shoulder, and Ralph Wiggum, in a blue shirt and red-brown pants, stand on a green baseball field with a chain-link fence and trees behind them. A baseball player in a red cap and white uniform marked GRIFFEY 24 raises his hand and gestures while a group of kids gathers around him. Milhouse, in a purple shirt with blue hair and red glasses, and a bearded man in a white Wade jersey stand near the fence, while a boy in a striped orange shirt and a boy in a brown glove are among those crowding in. In the later frames, Bart speaks with his mouth open while Ralph looks up, and the player's arm and white uniform are visible at the left edge. > Pick me, come on, come on. > Pick me, pick me. I picked Ken Griffey Jr. > Aw, jeez. > Okay, I'll take Milhouse. > Hey, Mr. Boggs, will you be on my team? You got yourself a player. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/719886.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/724682 ## 12:10–12:22 A bearded man in a white baseball uniform stands by a chain-link fence, then a Black man in a red cap and matching uniform drinks from a bottle while Bart, holding a bat, Milhouse in a blue cap and glasses, and a boy in a blue shirt gather with other kids on a green field. Bart's eyes squeeze shut as the boy in the blue shirt points, and later the red-capped man with a mustache holds a ball at a base while Mr. Burns, thin and hook-nosed in a grey uniform, leans in beside him. > Damn. > All right, I'll take... Lewis. > I'll take Jose Canseco. > Mattingly, get rid of those sideburns. What sideburns? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/731564.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/736361 ## 12:22–12:33 Mr. Burns, a frail, hook-nosed old man with grey hair at the sides, confronts a moustached player in a red cap and white jersey at a ballfield, while Homer in a white uniform with red trim steps up to the plate holding a bat marked Wonderbat. Behind a chain-link fence and brick backstop, Homer swings and then strikes the fence with the bat, which kicks up puffs of dust, as a pitcher in a jersey marked Clemens 21 winds up on the mound with fielders watching behind him. The scene unfolds on a sunny field with a wooden scoreboard, blue sky, and a few clouds. > You heard me, hippie. > These guys aren't so tough. > I've got Wonderbat. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/743451.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/747622 ## 12:33–12:39 A tall brown-haired man in a red-trimmed white baseball uniform holds a small boy in a cap on his shoulders, while a grinning man with a red cap and dark hair rests a bat on his shoulder beside them, and a thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and a clipboard stands nearby at sunset under a purple sky. The players, in red-and-white uniforms, then walk in a line along the foul line of a grassy ballfield toward the dugout, with a man in white watching from the fence and a pitcher's mound and white base visible on the field. A pink building, tall lights and trees line the background as the sun sets. > Take an E, boys. > Tomorrow is the biggest day of your lives. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/754087.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/756172 ## 12:39–12:47 Homer, in a red cap and white red-trimmed baseball uniform, stands with a line of teammates on a field under a purple dusk sky with a yellow sun. A player in a red cap lifts a small purple box to his mouth and drinks from it while the others look on, and a dark-haired player on the right grins with the name Darryl on his jersey. Teammate Steve, with brown hair and his name on his shirt, stands beside them as the group waits. > The Shelbyville game. > So lights out at 7.30 and abstain from coffee, tea and cola drinks. > Make no mistake, they pack a wallop. Sure do, Skip. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/760343.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/763471 ## 12:47–12:58 Mr. Burns, frail and stooped in a grey Zephyrs jersey and red cap, stands on a dusk ballpark field under a purple sky and talks to a line of uniformed players, with a few seated players watching at left. He grins and looks around, then gestures toward the kneeling players, one hand pointing to his chest and the other held out, while the team kneels on the grass in front of a chain-link fence and stadium lights. > Yes. > Now, before I post the starting line-up, > I want to assure those of you whose names are not on the list that I'm very disappointed > in you. Something was lacking. > Let's call it heart. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/769102.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/773273 ## 12:58–13:12 Homer, in a red cap and white baseball uniform, stands with teammates Darryl and Roger, whose jerseys read "Darryl" and "Roger," in a dugout at dusk under a purple-orange sky. The group shifts and crowds together: a bespectacled older man in a green jacket and purple bow tie sips from a cup, while Carl and Lenny, whose jerseys read "Carl" and "Lenny," peer out from behind a pale panel. Homer then reaches out and grabs a teammate's arm as the players mill about in their red-trimmed uniforms. > No hustle either, Skip. That's right, Daryl. > Terrific. > All right. Yeah, all right. Aw, nuts. Please, please, please. > I want to make the team. > Clemens, did I make the team? You sure did. > I did. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/779946.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/785368 ## 13:12–13:19 Homer Simpson, a heavy bald man in a white baseball uniform with a red cap, stands in a dugout area beside a Black teammate in a white jersey labeled Darryl, while a red-haired player and a player with dark hair stand nearby, one wearing a jersey marked Mattingly 23. Homer raises his fists and shouts, then points at Darryl, who smirks, and the red-haired player raises a palm to hold Homer back as Homer looks flustered and pats his belly. The scene ends on a close-up of the red-haired player in profile against a dark background. > Woo-hoo, woo-hoo. > In your face, strawberry. > Wait a minute. Are you Ken Griffey Jr.? No. > Sorry. > Didn't mean to get your hopes up. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/793084.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/795795 ## 13:19–13:31 A boy in a white baseball uniform and red cap stands on the dirt by a dugout while a teammate runs in at the right edge, then the screen fades to black. Mr. Burns, a thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose, sits in a red chair beside a bookshelf with a skull and a purple curtain tied with a red sash. A handwritten batting lineup listing Steve Sax, Wade Boggs, Darryl Strawberry, Jose Canseco, Don Mattingly, Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Scioscia and Ozzie Smith is shown, and a yellow hand with a purple sleeve writes a name beginning Roger Cle with a pink pen. > Oh. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/800383.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/805596 ## 13:31–13:41 Mr. Burns, the frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, sits at a wooden desk wearing a grey shirt with 'ZEPHYR' printed on it and a pink-feathered hat, gripping a pen and writing on a sheet of paper beside a blue ink bottle. Smithers, his thin assistant with glasses, a purple bow tie and an ID badge, stands behind him at the right in front of a bookshelf. Burns scribbles on the paper, grins, then looks up and speaks with his mouth open, while Smithers watches and remains standing beside the desk. > Smithers, there's no way I can lose this bet. > Unless, of course, > my nine all-stars fall victim to nine separate misfortunes and are unable to play > tomorrow. > But that will never happen. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/812895.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/816649 ## 13:41–13:51 Mr. Burns, the frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and a cap, sits at a wooden desk in a grey shirt printed with 'ZEPHYR' and writes on a sheet of paper with a pink feathered quill. Smithers, the thin assistant with glasses and a purple bow tie, stands at the right with an ID badge, watching him against a backdrop of bookshelves, with a blue ink bottle on the desk. Burns pauses with the quill near his mouth, grins, opens his mouth to speak, then grins again and resumes writing while Smithers keeps watching. > Three misfortunes, that's possible. > Seven misfortunes, there's an outside chance. > But nine misfortunes, I'd like to see that. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/822488.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/826242 ## 13:51–13:58 A man with brown wavy hair, a white shirt and red-trimmed collar sits behind the wheel of a teal car as it drives along a tree-lined suburban street past a yellow house and a pink house with a blue roof. Along the way he glances sideways and then smiles, and a yard holds a pink bicycle, a girl in a red dress, kids near a lemonade stand, and a 'GARAGE SALE SATURDAY 10-6' sign on a purple tree. In the rearview mirror, red and blue police lights flash behind the car. > What a nice little town. > Maybe I'll buy a home here when I retire. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/832081.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/834584 ## 13:58–14:05 Inside a car on a residential street, a curly-haired brown-haired man in a white shirt with red trim and a black seatbelt sits at the wheel while Chief Wiggum, a heavyset officer in a cap and badge, leans in at the left window and then from behind the driver's seat. The man turns to look ahead, gestures with one arm toward the windshield, then glances sideways as Wiggum grins and points a finger at him. A second officer, a Black man with a mustache and a police cap, appears behind the driver and aims a revolver at the man's head, and the driver then holds open a brown wallet showing a card while the gun remains pointed at him. Pink-roofed houses and a blue garage door are visible through the windows. > What seems to be the problem, officers? > It's enough out of you, smart guy. Reach for your license. > Slowly. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/839172.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/841883 ## 14:05–14:13 Chief Wiggum, a heavy police officer with thin hair under a blue cap, and a dark-haired officer with a moustache, both in grey-blue uniforms, stand at either side of a car while a brown-haired man in a white shirt with red trim sits in the back seat. The dark-haired officer keeps a grey handgun pointed at the man while Wiggum leans in, moving a small white card or object up toward the man's face and then near his head, as the man grins, squints, and glances sideways. The window frame and a green car roof are visible, with a pink house and red building behind them. > Well, well. Steve Sachs from New York City. > I heard some guy got killed in New York City and they never solved the case. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/847096.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/849807 ## 14:13–14:20 Two police officers in grey-blue caps flank a brown-haired man in a white shirt with a red collar who sits in the window of a teal car, with a sunny suburban street and a pink house behind them. The officer on the left, a dark-skinned man with curly black hair and a moustache, aims a grey pistol at the man while the officer on the right, with a yellow face, leans on the car roof and glares. Their expressions shift from scowls to broad grins and back to menacing glares as the seated man's eyes dart sideways and he grimaces nervously. > But you wouldn't know anything about that, now, would you, Steve? > But there's hundreds of unsolved murders in New York City. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/854604.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/857315 ## 14:20–14:29 A brown-haired young man in a white shirt with red trim and a black strap stands in front of a uniformed police officer and a dark-haired man in a blue jacket who points a revolver and shouts at him. The boy looks nervously toward the gunman as the confrontation continues in a street lined with pink and purple houses. The scene then cuts to the exterior of Springfield General Hospital, with its sign reading 'Springfield General Hospital' on the lawn, before showing a dark-haired patient in a white gown lying in bed while a doctor's hand holds a black probe on a coiled cord and a blue meter with a needle dial. > You don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you, sexy boy? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/862111.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/865031 ## 14:29–14:39 A hospital room with teal curtains shows a dark-haired, yellow-skinned man lying on a bed with metal rails, covered by a white blanket, while a Black doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope stands beside him and a nurse in a white cap stands at the left in the opening frame. The nurse holds a small blue clipboard and the doctor holds a black reflex hammer, and both watch the patient, who looks to the side and then opens his mouth as if speaking or groaning. The nurse leaves the frame after the first shot, leaving the doctor standing over the patient as the patient's mouth opens and closes. > Uh, Mike, try to lift your arm. > Can't lift arm or speak at normal > rate. Well, I'm afraid you have a case of acute radiation poisoning, Mr. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/870244.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/873998 ## 14:39–14:49 A bald-topped doctor with curly black hair, a white lab coat, a stethoscope, a purple shirt and a green tie stands beside a young man with short dark hair and a yellow complexion lying in a hospital bed on a blue pillow. The doctor grins and talks, then closes his eyes and speaks with his mouth open, while the patient lies still with his head back, mouth open, eyes glancing upward, and then closes his mouth and looks up again. The teal wall and metal bed rail are visible behind them. > Sochi. > Will I be able to play softball tomorrow? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/880254.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/884008 ## 14:49–15:02 Dr. Hibbert, a Black doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope, stands beside a hospital bed in a teal-walled room while a patient with short dark hair lies under a white sheet. In the first frames he gazes down with a half-smile and his eyes closed, then he turns to look at the patient, who grimaces and winces. A nurse with a white cap and a tan updo steps in from the left, places a hand on the doctor's arm, and speaks to him while the patient stares off to the side. In the final frame the nurse is still talking and gesturing as the patient shuts his eyes and frowns, with the doctor glancing down at him. > No, by tomorrow you'll barely be able to breathe. > Oh, man. > Dr. Hibbert, Ken Griffey Jr. needs to see you immediately. > We think it's an overdose of nerve tonic. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/890264.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/895895 ## 15:02–15:15 A bald, mustached man in a hospital gown sits in a wheelchair beside a hospital bed, holding up a small pink pill bottle, while a blonde nurse in a white cap watches from a doorway, and a doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope stands before green curtains with his arms spread wide and a worried look. Outside on a blue sidewalk, a man in a red-and-white baseball uniform and cap walks past a pink car and an orange house under dark trees. He then turns and raises an arm toward a woman with tan hair and a blue bow who stands with her hands raised, and in the last moment she gazes at a house with flames pouring from its windows, one hand on her cheek. > Good Lord. > Gigantism. > My baby, my baby. Don't worry, ma'am. I'll save your baby. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/903611.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/908825 ## 15:15–15:25 A man in a red cap and white baseball jersey lettered CONSECO, and a woman in a purple robe with shoulder-length light brown hair, stand at night beside a fence and a tall magenta tree while the woman cradles a bald baby wrapped in a pink blanket. The man hands the baby over, then walks off down the sidewalk, turns, and raises his arm as if throwing something toward the tree. The woman and baby then watch a house with a red brick wall and a lamppost burst into flames, black smoke rising into the night sky. > Oh, thank you, Mr. Conseco. > My cat! > Never fear, ma'am. I'll save your cat. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/916124.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/920294 ## 15:25–15:38 A baseball player in a red cap and white jersey marked CANSECO 33 stands on a blue-lit sidewalk beside a woman in a purple robe holding a black cat with a red collar and a bald baby. The woman speaks while the player looks toward her, and then he turns and walks away from her, past a lamppost, toward a house with flames and thick black smoke pouring from its windows. In the final moment, Homer, in a white tank top, sits up in bed with his mouth open and gestures, while Marge, with her tall blue beehive, lies beside him under a purple blanket beside a lit lamp. > My player piano! > Oh, man. > Oh, one thing I'm good at and I can't do it anymore. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/926759.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/932181 ## 15:38–15:50 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive, lies in bed under purple covers, her eyes wide and a small smile on her face, with a hand near her chin. Homer, bald and bearded with stubble, leans in beside her, his arm around her shoulder, and in the later images he is talking, his mouth open, while she keeps smiling and looking sideways. The scene then cuts to a night exterior of Moe's Tavern, its neon MOE'S sign glowing above the door, with a stack of bottles beside the entrance and a dark car parked at the right edge of the street. > Homie, you're good at lots of things. Like what? > Like snuggling? > Yeah, but none of my friends can watch me. > Hmm. > And I say England's greatest prime minister was Lord Palmerston! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/939689.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/944277 ## 15:50–16:03 Barney, the heavy man with messy brown hair in a pink shirt, and a bearded man in a white baseball jersey marked BOGGS 26 sit and stand at a bar lined with bottles and glasses. Barney leans in gesturing with his thumb and grinning, then stands while the bearded man holds a beer mug. The bearded man scowls, grabs Barney's shirt collar with one hand, and Barney squints with his eyes shut, until the bearded man lets go and stands holding a bottle while Barney grins at him. > Pit the Elder. Lord Palmerston! Pit the Elder! > Okay, you asked for it, Boggs! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/951159.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/956998 ## 16:03–16:17 Moe, the grey-haired bartender, leans over a wooden bar and glares, while Barney, the heavy man with messy brown hair in a pink shirt, leans in nose to nose with him, scowling. The scene then cuts to a jail cell, where a brown-haired man in a white shirt with red trim stands behind bars as Chief Wiggum and two other uniformed officers gather outside. Wiggum talks and grins while the prisoner shifts from wide-eyed glaring to a tight-lipped grin with his eyes closed. > Yeah, that's showing him, Barney. > Pit the Elder. Lord Palmerston! > Nice work, boys. > I think we can close the book on just about every unsolved crime in our fair city. > Don't I at least get to call my lawyer? You watch too many movies, sacks. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/964922.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/970761 ## 16:17–16:29 A police officer with a moustache and cap, pointing through the bars of a cell, faces a baseball player in a white Sax number 6 jersey, who is seated on a bench and later turns to look at the officer. The scene moves to a rectangular green sign reading 'Springfield Mystery Spot: Where logic takes a holiday and all laws of nature are meaningless' against a blue sky. A man with a slicked dark hairstyle and a cigarette in his mouth, wearing an olive shirt, stands behind a window and gestures toward a bearded player in a red cap and white Smith number 1 jersey, who stands facing him. > How long does it take to see this thing? > I'm kind of in a hurry. Well, it's hard to say, my friend. > Once you go in, you may never come out. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/978895.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/983900 ## 16:29–16:40 A mustached man in a red cap and white baseball jersey grins behind a green counter as he counts bills, while a dark-haired heavy man in an olive shirt leans against the window sill beside red-and-purple curtains. Inside the pink living room, Marge with her tall blue beehive and Maggie with her pacifier sit on a green couch as Homer, in a red cap and white baseball uniform, swings a long bat near a dark sofa where Lisa in her red dress peeks up from behind the backrest. Framed pictures and a wall lamp decorate the walls around them. > Wow. > One, please. > Oh! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/990990.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/995369 ## 16:40–16:51 Homer, in a white baseball uniform with red trim and a red cap, climbs a purple staircase with a bat over his shoulder while Marge in a green dress and Lisa in a red dress watch from the bottom, and he gestures with one hand. Bart, wearing a red cap and orange shirt, appears in a close-up with his mouth open in surprise. A banner hung over a chain-link fence reads "TODAY! Springfield Nuclear Plant vs. Shelbyville Nuclear Plant." > Where do you think you're going? To the game. > No, no, no. I don't want you to see me sitting on my worthless butt. > We've seen it, Dad. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1001834.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1006005 ## 16:51–17:01 A moustached man in a red cap and light blue shirt leans over a striped blue barrel on a field, while Mr. Burns, a frail, thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, in a red-and-white cap, points at a small bleacher model of seated figures, and a thin man in glasses and a red cap looks on from behind. The moustached man then stands with his hands on his hips, and afterward leans toward Burns, who leans in with a sneering face, before the moustached man is seen standing alone, glancing to the side. Behind them are a chain-link fence, green trees, purple buildings, and a blue sky. > Mattingly, for the last time get rid of those sideburns. > Look, Mr. Burns, I don't know what you think sideburns are, but... > Don't argue with me, just get rid of them! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1012470.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1016224 ## 17:01–17:12 Smithers, a thin man in glasses, a red cap and a purple bow tie, sits on a wooden bench holding a clipboard, while Mr. Burns, frail and stooped with a hooked nose, stands beside him in a grey Zephyrs baseball uniform with a red cap and blue earmuffs. Against a dark blue plank wall on a dirt floor, Burns clasps his hands, then spreads his arms wide in a shrugging gesture, lets them drop to his sides, and keeps talking while Smithers looks up from the clipboard and speaks. > Smithers, it's almost game time. with the devil in my ringers. > Sir, Mike Susha may not live through the night. > Steve Sachs is looking at six consecutive life sentences, > and Ozzie Smith seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1022271.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1026859 ## 17:12–17:24 A delivery man in a white uniform with orange trim, a cap, and the number 33 on his shirt tumbles through a red radiating background, then a house erupts in flames and black smoke. Next he runs across a lawn carrying a dryer past a grey-haired woman in a purple dress, a pink sofa, and an orange cat in an armchair, while a small fire burns on the grass near the sidewalk. > Cool. > Well, what about Ken Sekou? > The dryer goes on the right. > Yes, ma'am. > What about Clemens? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1033741.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1038538 ## 17:24–17:34 Mr. Burns, in a grey Ephyrs baseball uniform with a red-and-white cap, and his thin assistant Smithers, in a red cap with glasses and a purple bow tie, are in a dugout with a wooden bench against a blue wooden wall. Smithers sits holding a clipboard while Burns stands before him making a circle with his fingers, then Smithers points off to the side as Burns clasps his hands. A moustached pitcher with reddish-brown hair in a white uniform with red trim flaps his elbows and steps across the grass outside the dugout. Burns then raises a fist toward Smithers' cap while Smithers smiles, and finally Burns glares sideways while leaning on the bench, with scattered red items on the dugout floor. > Sir, he's in no condition to play. > That damn hypnotist! > You! Look what you've done! My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1045628.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1049799 ## 17:34–17:48 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wears a red cap, a Zephyrs shirt and glasses on a sunny outdoor field, pointing and shouting while a thin, bald man in a dark suit and glasses stands beside him. Nearby, a red-haired pitcher in a white uniform with red stripes bends forward on the dirt mound with his head hanging down. The suited man then dangles a round gold pocket watch on a chain in front of Burns's face, and Burns's eyes droop and his head sags as he stares at it. Green bushes, a chain-link fence and a distant building fill the background. > Make no mistake, I'm going to report this to the American Hypnotical Association. > But I did a good job. > A good job. > Oh, well, I guess it's not your fault. You did a good job. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1056055.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1061477 ## 17:48–17:58 Mr. Burns, the frail, hook-nosed old man with grey hair at the sides, wears a red-and-white cap and a grey baseball jersey with partial lettering, while a balding, moustached man with a red-brown fringe in a pale blue polo shirt stands beside him on a ballfield in front of a dugout and a crowded stand. Burns first turns to glare and speak, then points at the man's chest, and finally grabs and tugs at the side of the man's head, while the man stares ahead with a flat expression. A small player in a white uniform with red trim stands in the background, and the first moment shows a separate, goateed man in a dark suit and round glasses holding up a pocket watch on a chain against a blue wall. > Mattingly! > I thought I told you to trim those sideburns! > Go home! You're off the team! For good! Fine. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1069193.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1073155 ## 17:58–18:08 Mr. Burns, the frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wears a grey baseball uniform with a red cap and stands on a grass field in front of a dugout, glaring and speaking to a bench of players. Seated on the bench in white uniforms with red trim and red caps are Homer, with his distinctive red cap and the name stitched on his jersey, next to Lenny, Carl, and a bespectacled player in blue-tinted glasses, plus a bald, mustached player and others. In the early frames a small figure in a grey uniform gestures toward a player on the bench and Homer's wide-eyed stare stays fixed as the team sits in a row. Over the following moments the players lean and scowl, Burns steps forward into the foreground, and in the last frame he stands beside the dugout with a small spectator in a dark jacket and a wooden bat rests at the bench's edge. > I still like him better than Steinbrenner. > 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. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1079203.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1083165 ## 18:08–18:18 Mr. Burns, frail and stooped in a grey Zephyrs baseball uniform and red-and-white cap, stands on a ball field facing a group of young players in red caps seen from behind, first with his hands on his hips, then extending one arm to gesture at them. He later clutches his head and shouts while a row of players sits on a dugout bench, and Smithers, a thin man with glasses, stands watching nearby beside a blue-roofed dugout with trees and a light tower behind. > So I want you to remember some inspiring things that someone else may have > told you in the course of your lives and go out there and win! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1089422.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1093384 ## 18:18–18:29 A bespectacled man in a red cap with a purple bow tie and dark jacket holds a clipboard, and in the following moments Mr. Burns, frail and stooped with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wears a grey Zephyrs jersey and red cap while Homer, in a white red-trimmed uniform and red cap, stands beside a blue dugout. Burns grabs Homer's shirt at the chest and jabs a finger at him, then lets go and looks down at his own hand while Homer stares wide-eyed and looks shaken. The scene closes on a view inside two overlapping circles, like binoculars, showing a white base on a yellow dirt field with dark dotted marks and green grass at the edge. > Not so fast, Simpson. > The man who plays your position is still here. > Hit the pine. Oh. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1099640.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1104020 ## 18:29–18:38 Bart, in a red cap and orange shirt, holds a foam finger reading > You stink, Strawberry! > We want home run homers! > Daryl, Daryl, Daryl, Daryl. Children, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1110693.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1114238 ## 18:38–18:48 In a packed stadium crowd, Bart in his orange shirt and red cap and Lisa in her red cap and pearl necklace cup their hands around their mouths and shout, while Marge in her green dress and red beads, holding binoculars, opens her mouth to speak beside them. Maggie, in her blue outfit with a pacifier, sits between them and a woman with long brown hair holds up a foam finger reading "We're #1" as Lisa turns to gesture with one hand, and Grampa and a bald man watch at the edges of the frame. > that's not very nice. > Mom, they're professional athletes. They're used to this sort of thing. > It rolls right off their backs. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1119869.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1123831 ## 18:48–18:59 A tearful Black man in a red cap and white baseball jersey with red trim is shown close up, and the scene then opens onto a ballpark where players in white uniforms are on the diamond while a crowd of spectators fills the bleachers. A vendor in a red-and-white striped shirt and cap carries a cardboard box of peanuts up the wooden bleacher steps, moving past seated fans, before the view cuts to rows of parked cars in a lot beside the chain-link fence. > Who wants peanuts? Who got peanuts? Hey, whoa! > Oh, peanuts! > Hey, peanuts, we got peanuts. > Need some peanuts. Heads up! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1130087.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1134467 ## 18:59–19:11 Mr. Burns, the frail, thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wears a grey Zephyrs uniform and blue-grey cap while Smithers, in a red cap and dark green jacket with glasses, presses his hands to Burns's head as they stand near the dugout. Burns then scowls and grips a baseball while, across the field, a Black batter in a red cap and white uniform waits at home plate with a bat, a catcher in a grey mask crouches, and an umpire in black stands behind them as a crowd watches from the stands. Chain-link fencing, trees, and a Zephyrs dugout frame the ballpark. > All right, Monty, it's up to your managerial skills. > What to do. > Smithers, massage my brain. Yes, sir. > You, Scrubbery, get home run! Okay, Skip. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1140931.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1145728 ## 19:11–19:21 Mr. Burns, frail and thin with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wears a red cap and a grey baseball jersey and gestures with his yellow hands while standing beside Smithers, a thin assistant in glasses, a red-and-brown cap, and a purple bow tie. On a sunny ballfield, a Black batter in a white uniform with red trim and a red cap swings a bat as a grey-uniformed pitcher winds up on the mound, and the view then cuts to a crowded elevated highway below pink and orange buildings with a green sign overhead. Back at the dark blue wall, Burns clasps his hands and grins while Smithers smiles and looks up at him. > I told him to do that. Brilliant strategy, sir. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1152610.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1156781 ## 19:21–19:29 Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit in a packed stadium crowd, with Lisa raising binoculars, Maggie holding a foam #1 finger reading "WE'RE #1", and Marge in a green dress filming with a camcorder. Homer, in a white baseball uniform and red cap, sits on a littered dugout bench, fidgeting and then holding a flat object in his lap, while a green field with a "REC" indicator follows and a figure in a green dress is seen from behind at a wooden rail. > Oh, dear. > Hmm. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1163037.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1165539 ## 19:29–19:39 Bart, in a red cap and orange shirt, and Lisa, in a red cap with a pearl necklace and binoculars, sit in a crowded stands with Marge, who has tall blue hair and a green dress and holds binoculars to her eyes, while Maggie, in a blue outfit and sucking a pacifier, stands behind a foam #1 'WE'RE' finger. Bart and Lisa glance around and Maggie shifts slightly as a bald man and an older grey-haired spectator sit in the foreground. The scene then cuts to a wooden scoreboard with red pennant bunting showing Shelbyville 43 and Power Plant 43 in the 9th inning. > Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself. > Kids? > We'll tell you, Mom. > All right. > Tie game, bottom of the ninth. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1170127.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1174298 ## 19:39–19:50 Carl, a Black player in a white uniform with a red cap, stands at the plate holding a bat in front of a packed grandstand while teammates in grey uniforms watch from the field. Mr. Burns, in a red cap and grey jersey, gestures with his hands beside Smithers, who wears glasses, a purple bow tie and an ID badge. Homer, in a white uniform and red cap, sits slumped on a dugout bench with one leg crossed over the other, scattered trash and a white bucket nearby, and a player sits at the far end of the bench. > Two outs, bases loaded. > Strawberry coming up. They're gonna win the city championship, no thanks to me. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1180763.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1184934 ## 19:50–19:58 Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped, thin old man in a grey baseball uniform and red cap, and his thin assistant Smithers, in a green jacket, purple bow tie and glasses, stand at a ballpark with a crowd in the grandstand behind them. Burns first strides toward a batter in a white uniform with red trim and a red cap, pointing and gesturing as a catcher crouches behind the plate, then grabs the batter's shoulder while the batter walks away with his bat over his shoulder. In the final close-up the batter, whose jersey lettering partly reads "BERRY", looks back and speaks with a wary expression, while Burns gestures at him and players watch from the dugout. > Wait! > You! Strawberry! > Good effort today. Take a lap and hit the showers. > I'm putting in a right-handed batter to hit for you. > What? Your pit's hitting for me? Yes. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1191190.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1194318 ## 19:58–20:10 Darryl, a Black ballplayer in a red cap and white jersey with red trim and his name written on the chest, rests a bat on his shoulder while Mr. Burns, frail and stooped with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, and Smithers, thin and bespectacled in a dark green jacket with a purple bow tie and ID badge, stand together beside a dugout with a blue wall and a packed crowd in the stands behind them. Burns gestures and talks, at one point holding a bat and at another pointing a finger toward Darryl, while Smithers watches with a serious expression. The scene ends with a close-up of Darryl grinning with the bat over his shoulder under a blue sky with clouds. > You see, you're a left-hander, and so is the pitcher. > If I send up a right-handed batter, it's called playing the percentages. > It's what smart managers do to win ball games. > But I've got nine home runs today. You should be very proud of yourself. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1199740.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1204537 ## 20:10–20:19 Carl, a Black player in a white uniform with red trim and a bat on his shoulder, stands with Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped old man in a red cap, grey shirt and glasses, and Smithers, his thin assistant in a suit, bow tie and badge, in a dugout beneath a packed crowd of fans. Homer, in a white baseball uniform and red cap, sits on the bench by a water cooler and drinks from a paper cup with his eyes shut, then jerks his head up wide-eyed, grins and bounces up while Carl raises a fist, and finally a uniformed player in the foreground clenches his fists and grits his teeth. Scattered paper cups, a discarded red cap and the blue wooden dugout wall complete the scene. > Sit down, Simpson. > You're batting for strawberry. I am? > Woo-hoo! > That a boy, Homer. You can do it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1211419.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1214964 ## 20:19–20:30 Mr. Burns, a frail, very thin, stooped old man with a hooked nose and grey hair at the sides, wearing a grey Zephyr baseball uniform and a red cap, and Homer Simpson, heavy and bald with stubble, in a white and red baseball uniform and red cap, stand together beside a chain-link fence on a sunny baseball field. Burns holds a wooden bat against Homer's chest in the first moment, then steps back and lifts a finger to his chin, taps his head, and gestures with his hand while Homer looks on with a blank, worried expression. Burns continues to talk, pointing a finger, and finally holds up a hand and grins while Homer stays unmoved. > All right, Simpson, let's go over the signals. > If I tuck the bill of my cap like Sue, it means the signal is a fake. > However, I can take that off by dusting my hands thusly. > If I want you to bunt, I will touch my belt buckle not once, not twice, but thrice. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1220386.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1224765 ## 20:30–20:34 Mr. Burns, the frail, thin, hook-nosed old man in a red cap, raises one finger against a blue sky with clouds. Then a stout man in a white uniform marked ZEPHYR, with a brown belt and yellow gloves, stands before a chain-link fence with purple flowers behind him. He repeatedly taps his belt buckle with one gloved hand while his other arm rises and extends, with the glove pointing to the side in the final shots. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1231439.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1232481 ## 20:34–20:48 Homer Simpson, bald and wearing a red cap with a small emblem and a white baseball jersey with red trim that reads "Homer," stands on a green field beside a stranger in a red-and-white cap, grey-pink jacket, and blue hair, who has a pointed nose and grimaces as he leans in and gestures with his hand. The stranger keeps pointing and waving his yellow hand while Homer stays still with wide eyes and a tight mouth, and then Homer's expression softens into a faint, sheepish smile against the green backdrop and a tan-and-white painted wall. The jersey's stitched name and the red cap emblem are the main visible details. > Uh-oh. I don't understand a word he's saying. > Why didn't he just let me bash? > I wish I was home with a big bag of potato chips. > Mmm, potato chips. > Got that, Simpson? Yes, sir. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1235609.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1241240 ## 20:48–20:58 Homer, in a red cap and white Homer-lettered baseball uniform, is joined by a blue-haired man in a grey jacket and red cap who points and touches Homer's cap as they stand by the field. Twin megaphones on a pole with green and yellow bunting appear against a blue sky, and then Homer steps up to bat as a pitcher in grey winds up in front of a chain-link fence, a catcher and umpire behind him, and a crowd in the stands. Bart, Lisa, Marge with her blue beehive, and Grampa with white tufts of hair cheer in the stands, holding a '#1' foam finger sign, and Homer ends up scowling while gripping his bat. > Now batting for Daryl Strawberry over Simpsons. > Hooray! > Oh, dear! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1249165.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1253544 ## 20:58–21:09 Homer Simpson, in a white baseball uniform with red trim and a red cap, steps up to the plate with a bat while a crowd watches from the wooden stands behind the chain-link fence. Mr. Burns, a frail, stooped, thin old man in a grey uniform with the lettering partly visible, kicks up a leg and winds up to pitch, then his arm comes back for the throw. Homer readies his swing at home plate as a catcher in gear crouches on the left, and Homer ends sprawled face-down on the dirt at the plate with the bat dropped beside him while the catcher reaches toward him with his mitt. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1260009.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1264388 ## 21:09–21:20 Bart in an orange shirt and red cap, Lisa in a red cap and pearl necklace, Maggie with a pacifier, and Marge with her tall blue beehive stand packed in a crowd of fans wearing red caps. Lisa lifts a pair of binoculars to her eyes, lowers them into a grin, then squints and raises them again while Marge glances sideways and Maggie sucks her pacifier. A foam finger reading "WE'RE #1" is held up among the spectators, and a grey-haired man peers from the upper left. > No, Mom, it counts as a hit. > Dad just won the game. Oh, well, I guess he'll be happy when he comes to. > We win, we win! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1270853.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1275024 ## 21:20–21:30 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white baseball uniform, lies face-down on home plate beside a bat, while a red-capped teammate with orange hair and a player with glasses celebrate near a chain-link backstop as a heavy umpire in black with a catcher's mask looks on. The celebrating player leaps with both fists raised, then the team runs in and hoists him onto their shoulders on a green field, with Lenny, the spiky black-haired player holding a red cap, and Carl, a Black teammate, among those cheering. The scene is a sunny ballpark with a floodlight pole, a backstop, and a dugout in the background. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1281489.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1285242 ## 21:30–21:43 The 1992 City Champs team poses in baseball uniforms beneath a banner reading 1992 CITY CHAMPS, with a wheelchair-using man at left, Mr. Burns kneeling at right beside a trophy, and a fallen player on the ground at the front. Executive producer credits for James L. Brooks, Matt Groening and Sam Simon appear over the photo, then the scene cuts to a stadium with a Duff Beer sign where players move across the diamond as a pitcher throws. The footage then turns to sepia, showing the ballpark with a sign reading 'Springfield ... Safe from 1890-1988' while a player slides or sprawls near home plate. > Well, Mr. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1291290.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1296921 ## 21:43–21:55 A sepia-toned, black-and-white-style cartoon sequence of credits: on the left, a bespectacled man in a bow tie and suit stands beside a wide-mouthed, laughing figure in a Zephyrs baseball uniform who holds up a crumpled paper, with the title JULIE KAVNER in yellow letters across them. Next, a pitcher in a white uniform leaps with both arms raised on a baseball mound while a small figure runs in the distance, and the title NANCY CARTWRIGHT appears over the scene. Then a large pointing hand from the left aims at a pitcher who stoops low and hunches over the mound, with no text shown. Afterward, a hand holds a crackling electrical device and a meter with a needle, next to a bare foot resting on a pillow, while the words and HARRY SHEARER appear. Finally, a reclining man with short dark hair grips a cord attached to a device, his eyes turned sideways, with the caption Also Starring MAGGIE ROSWELL below him. > Burns had done it. The power plant had won it, > with Roger Clemens clucking all the while. > Mike Socha's tragic illness made us smile, > while Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1304845.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1309642 ## 21:55–22:06 Barney, the heavy man with messy brown hair, clenches his fist and scowls at a thin, long-haired bearded man in a white jersey with the number 6 at a bar lined with bottles and glasses, with the caption 'Special Guest Voice Marcia Wallace' overlaid on them. The view then moves to a sunny ballpark where uniformed players stand on the field, and the names Mike Scioscia, Ozzie Smith and Darryl Strawberry appear across the middle. Finally, a batter in a white uniform swings at home plate while a masked catcher and umpire crouch behind him, with the captions 'Special Guest Voice Terry Cashman' and then 'Executive Consultant Brad Bird' shown over the action. > We're talking softball, from Maine to San Diego, > talking softball. > Manningly and Conseco, Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1316732.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1320903 ## 22:06–22:14 A dark-haired man with a moustache in a white shirt holds a ring-shaped pastry beside a bespectacled man in a dark jacket, and a bald, heavyset man in a wheelchair holding a small object is joined by a white-haired older woman in a white dress standing behind him. Credit text overlays the scene reading "Executive Story Editor JEFF MARTIN," then "Creative Consultant DAVID M. STERN," "Associate Producers J. MICHAEL MENDEL JOSEPH A. BOUCHER," and "Theme By DANNY ELFMAN," while in the final moment a wide-eyed, open-mouthed man with brown hair in a white shirt turns his head as a moustached man with dark hair points toward him. > Steve Sachs and his runnin' with the law We're talkin' Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1327159.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1330287 ## 22:14–22:25 A curly-haired boy in a white baseball jersey marked SAX 6 sits hunched on a bench beside a fence, then Homer Simpson, in a jersey with his name on the chest, raises his glove and grins on a grassy ball field. Next, a bearded Black man in a white uniform and cap stands near home plate while a player in a red cap watches behind him. Last, a mustached man in a cap and white uniform stands at a water cooler, holding a paper cup under the spout as the card text Animation Produced By KLASKY-CSUPO INC. and Animation Executive Producer GABOR CSUPO appears over the scene, with yellow credit text overlaying each part of the sequence. > Homer, Ozzie and the Straw > We're talkin' softball from Maine to San Diego Talkin' Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1335501.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1340089 ## 22:25–22:38 In a sepia-toned animated scene, a dark-skinned man in a baseball cap and white uniform winds up on a grassy mound under a crescent moon, his arm raised and one leg lifted, while spectators line a fence in the stands behind him. A player in a cap and glasses then trots past a chain-link fence with his arm raised, and the scene moves to a cozy room with a sofa and a fireplace, then to a group of players in caps and uniforms, and finally to two men in suits beside a 'Blues' poster and an EXIT sign. Yellow and white credit names for animation staff are overlaid throughout, including 'Animation Producer SHERRY GUNTHER' and 'Overseas Animation Directors MIKE GIRARD J.C. PARK'. > softball, Mattingly and Conseco Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw > Steve Sachs and his runnin' with the law We're talking Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1346762.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1352393 ## 22:38–22:51 A cartoon man in a white shirt, dark tie and cap with a small emblem stands against a hazy sky with clouds, glancing sideways with a sad, sullen expression, and a single tear rolls down his cheek during the sequence. Before him, the screen shows sepia-toned opening credits: first background cleanup names over a faded rounded-TV image, then copyright text over a cartoon football player and baseball field, and then the man's sequence of on-screen credit captions for Richard Raynis, Michael P. Schoenbrun, and James L. Brooks, all in yellow lettering with a dark outline. > Homer, Ozzy and the Straw Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1360109.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1365114 ## 22:51–23:02 Silhouetted audience members, including a large-haired figure in the foreground, sit in rows of seats in a dark cartoon theater facing a blank screen. The screen lights up with a blue glow reading "GRACIE FILMS" in white letters, then fades to black. The scene then shows a golden "20th TELEVISION" building with searchlight beams rising into a sunset sky, before fading to black again. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E17/1372621.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e17-homer-at-the-bat/1376792