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Overview

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Director:
Friz Freleng
Writer:
Michael Maltese (story)
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Release Date:
2 February 1946 (USA) more
Plot:
Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
This time, it counts! more

Cast

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Mel Blanc ... Bugs Bunny / Teetotaller / Umpire / Gas-House Gorillas Catcher - Catcalling / Gas-House Gorillas Left Fielder / Announcer - Final scene (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
7 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #10251) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Canada:G (Nova Scotia)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Among the ads on the fence is one for "Mike Maltese, Ace Detective" featuring a picture of Michael Maltese (the writer of "Baseball Bugs") with a fedora and a pistol. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Halfway through the cartoon, the scoreboard shows the Gas-House Gorillas after four innings with the following scores: 10 + 28 + 16 + 42 for a total of 96 points. Yet, in the bottom of the ninth, the emcee gives the score as "Gas-House Gorillas: 95 points. Bugs Bunny: 96." more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Radio Announcer: And here we are, folks, at the famous Polo Grounds.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Sabre and Spurs more

FAQ

What's unusual about the screaming liner into left field?
List: Winning an argument by switching sides
List: Three-and-a-half years old
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
This time, it counts!, 18 August 2003
Author: Spider-Lou from Bristol, CT

I think some baseball-themed movies are not palatable. This is why I declare "Baseball Bugs" the greatest baseball movie of all time.

The dead-on and intensely funny comedy in this short starts even before Bugs is on-screen. The disheveled but menacing Gashouse Gorillas give an old-timer team a routing, complete with a *screaming* hit to right field and a memorable samba-base-crossing. No sooner than Bugs gets on screen to heckle the Gorillas, he is called out to challenge them to a game. Then it's Bugs playing iron-rabbit baseball, all nine positions and batting the entire lineup! Here Bugs dwarfs his athletic efforts from "Space-Jam" and puts A-Rod and many other All-Stars to shame. B-Bun is an inspiration in this short and pulls out every hilarious stop to defeat these guys. Check out the awesome, tension-building hit towards the end.

In MLB, when a home pitcher does a rare 1-2-3 strikeout, some ballparks display when Bugs tosses his slowball at three Gashouse Gorillas, striking 'em out simultaneously. B-Bun would clearly pull down more $$$$$$ than A-Rod. This short is one for ESPN Classic.

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