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- Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas.
- A little frog who splashes into a tiny puddle sometimes thinks he has created a commotion in the Atlantic Ocean. A young clerk in a small town was like the little frog, and local triumphs on an amateur baseball team convinced him that he was really a wonderful player, and far superior to the men in the big leagues. Glory came to him, that is to say, his name was a household word in the small village where he lived, but he got no money for it. More than that, he neglected his regular work in a store, and was in danger of being discharged. For he thought baseball, drank baseball and dreamed baseball. He was a nuisance to his friends and a trial to his family, and his wife worried greatly as to what the future would bring. The wife had a distant cousin, Big Chief Bender, the noted twirler of the world champions, the Philadelphia Athletics, and she decided to confide her troubles to him. She figured that a man who could pitch three out of the six past seasons' games against the Giants, win two of them and list the third by a fluke, must be resourceful enough to help her. She judged correctly, and her appeal was not in vain. To the conceited counter jumper came a letter purporting to be signed by Connie Mack, explaining that his fame had reached Philadelphia and that Bender, Coombs (the pitcher who beat Mathewson), Morgan, the wonderful spit ball expert, and "Rube" Oldring (the heavy-hitting outfielder who broke up a World's Series game with a home run) were coming to the country to learn from the village champion how to play baseball. By this time the little frog had swollen to such a size that he really believed that the plea for help was genuine. .So he gladly welcomed the seasoned champions of the world and they studied baseball together. There was only one lesson. Then the little frog went sadly home. He burned up his uniform, his bat and the baseballs he had. He returned to his regular work behind the counter and the wife finds that he is cured of his infatuation.
- Dale Darrow is chief clerk in the employ of the James Mfg. Co., which firm has an office on a street in the rear of a baseball park. Dale is in love with Helen Jones, daughter of the company's president. Dale is a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan and has promised to take Helen to the ball game Saturday afternoon. At the appointed hour Dale calls at the Jones residence. Mr. Jones overhears Helen and Dale in their baseball conversation, and upon his entrance he condemns baseball and forbids Helen to accompany Dale. Helen remains at home and the disappointed Dale wends his way to the ball game. Seated in the stand among the great crowd of fans, Dale apparently forgets everything except the game and joins the throng in rooting lustily for the home team. The ninth inning arrives, bringing boundless joy. Amid mad excitement a home player makes a home run that wins the game. The ball clears the back fence, continues on its aerial journey, and crashes through an office window of the Jones Mfg. Co., where it strikes a burglar in the head and renders him unconscious, which makes him drop the plunder he stole from the safe. The home-going crowd streams out of the park and a large number of fans gather on the street in front of the Jones Mfg. Company's office, observing with great interest the broken window which the ball has shattered. Dale Darrow is among the curious, and when he realizes that the ball shot into his employer's office, he quickly darts into the building to ascertain the damage done. On entering he observes the unconscious burglar on the floor, also the money and the open safe. He immediately 'phones for the police and Mr. Jones. Leaving the telephone he espies the baseball on the floor and when he realizes the deadly work it performs, he is greatly pleased. The police and Mr. Jones reach the office at the same moment and Mr. Jones demands an explanation, which Dale supplies. The police take the burglar to the police station. Mr. Jones pens a letter of reward to the player who batted the home run. After this Mr. Jones and Dale leave the office. The following day finds Jones in the role of a generous fan, purchasing three tickets at the ball park, Helen and Dale accompany him.
- 2020–TV Episode