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Nine Great Baseball
I gotta be honest, I don’t give a shit about baseball. I never watch games on television, and I hated playing Little League as a kid. I’ve attended ball games in both the minor leagues and the majors, and, try as I might to stay engaged, I’m usually much more preoccupied with keeping my cup of overpriced beer full than I am with whoever is up to bat.
So I can say without bias that baseball-themed episodes of sitcoms are the absolute best. A sense of competition inherently makes for a good storyline, and the characters are usually out of their element, allowing you to see another side of them. There’s also a feeling of fun, whimsy and nostalgia that’s somehow inherent to the TV version of baseball (and, for me personally, absent from the game in real life).
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Below are nine spectacular baseball-themed sitcom episodes — some are obvious home runs, others may feel a little out of left field, but I can guarantee you won’t need Cracker Jacks or stale beer to get you through any of them.
‘Switch Hitter’ from ‘Arrested Development’
Will Arnett’s Gob Bluth is often the funniest character on Arrested Development, and the show’s baseball episode is Gob at his best. With no other useful skills to employ at the Bluth Company, Gob always shined during the annual softball game against their arch rivals, Sitwell Enterprises, but without George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) to scare Gob into remaining loyal, Gob is wooed away to Sitwell’s team by simple flattery. Gob is then convinced to be a double agent by Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), only to re-align himself with Sitwell after a little more flattery.
“Switch Hitter” aired during a time when Arrested Development was still firing on all cylinders, and it’s a perfect character piece for the stupid, disloyal, insecure Gob Bluth.
‘The Abstinence’ from ‘Seinfeld’
There are a handful of Seinfeld episodes I could have included here, but for this list I focused on those where the main cast actually plays baseball (or at least a bit of catch). Since the Keith Hernandez two-parter “The Boyfriend” is much more about male friendships than it is about the national pastime, I went with “The Abstinence” instead. During the episode, George (Jason Alexander) abstains from sex after his girlfriend is diagnosed with mono, which makes George’s mind sharper and pretty much better at everything. There’s even a hilarious scene in which George gives batting advice to Yankees’ Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams, who play themselves.
‘Baseball’ from ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’
This episode has the most actual baseball of any of the others on this list. In it, the gang from WKRP plays against rival station WPIG, and in the end, WKRP wins. The episode allows all the quirky characters of WKRP to find a way to shine outside of their regular environment. A great example is when veteran disc jockey Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman) shows his lack of enthusiasm for the game by sitting in a lawn chair while playing center field.
‘The Gang Beats Boggs’ from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
“The Gang Beats Boggs” is much more about a legendary baseball story than it is about baseball. The tale goes that, on a cross-country flight from Boston to L.A., Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs downed 73 beers. In “The Gang Beats Boggs,” the gang from Paddy’s Pub compete against each other to beat Boggs’ record while aboard their own cross-country flight. The fantastic bottle episode, which takes place almost entirely aboard the plane, ends with a sweet scene in which Mac (Rob McElhenney) and Charlie (Charlie Day) play catch together. The funniest part, however, is when Dee (Kaitlin Olson) mistakes Wade Boggs for Boss Hogg from The Dukes of Hazzard.
‘Herman the Rookie’ from ‘The Munsters’
One of Herman Munster’s defining traits is his Herculean strength, which makes him a perfect fit to join the L.A. Dodgers in the first season of The Munsters. Unfortunately, Herman’s best asset turns out to be his greatest weakness. While Dodgers manager Leo Durocher is thrilled to have Herman on the team, his teammates keep getting hurt by Herman’s accidentally aggressive playing style. In the end, Herman (Fred Gwynne) is booted from the team after they realize he would cost the Dodgers $75,000 in damages every time he played (and that was in 1965 dollars).
‘Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed’ from ‘Mr. Ed’
“Herman the Rookie” wasn’t the first time Durocher played a big part in a classic sitcom. A few years earlier, on the talking horse show Mr. Ed, the Dodgers-loving horse, is so infuriated by the team’s slump that he calls up Durocher at Dodger Stadium with a tip on how to fix one player’s game. The tip works, and Durocher calls back asking for more advice. Ultimately, the episode ends with Mr. Ed playing a round of baseball, although Durocher stops short of offering him a place on the team
‘Manager Coach’ from ‘Cheers’
As a die-hard Cheers fan, episodes that center around Nicholas Colasanto’s Coach are near and dear to my heart — perhaps because we didn’t get quite enough of them before he passed away during the show’s third season. The Season Two episode “Manager Coach” is a great Coach episode and a great baseball episode, which makes sense given that Coach got his nickname after coaching Sam Malone (Ted Danson) while Sam was on the Boston Red Sox. In the episode, Coach is his ever-lovable, dim-witted self with the regular Cheers cast, but when he’s put in charge of a pee-wee baseball team, he becomes a tyrant, pushing the kids in hilarious fashion.
’Homer at Bat’ from ‘The Simpsons’
“Homer at Bat” has got everything you could want in a great sitcom baseball episode. You’ve got hilarious baseball-themed jokes — including from Mr. Burns who still thinks the game is played the way it was in the 1800s. Plus, it features an all-star lineup of some of the biggest MLB players of the early 1990s, including Roger Clemens, José Canseco, Ken Griffey Jr. and the aforementioned Boggs. If that wasn’t enough, the sepia-toned ending instills that nostalgia-fueled spirit of baseball that will even touch the hearts of viewers who have no idea who any of those aforementioned players are.
‘The Losing Edge’ from ‘South Park’
“The Losing Edge” earns the top spot on this list because its central joke is about how lame and boring baseball is, and yet still manages to be a terrific baseball episode. It begins with South Park’s Little League team celebrating the end of the season; the kids hated every second of it, but quickly find out they’ve qualified for the playoffs and now must play other teams in Colorado. They soon devise a plan to throw a game, which would get them kicked out of the single-elimination playoffs. Unfortunately, their opposing teams also hate baseball, so both compete to see who can play the game worse. Meanwhile, the episode features a great B-story with Stan’s dad Randy getting into drunken fights with other parents in the stands. All of which makes for a truly hilarious baseball episode that doesn’t try to fool its audience into thinking baseball is exciting.
WINCHESTER, Va. – For the third straight season the Dickinson women’s indoor track and field team opened up their season by winning the Shenandoah University Holiday Kickoff Open inside the James Wilkins Jr. Athletics and Events Center.
Sprints
Erin Olsavsky finished off the Top-5 for the 60m dash with a time of 8.07. Angie Braun also earned a Top-10 slot clocking in at 8.18 for ninth. When hurdles were put in front of the athletes Sylvie McMaken-Marsh nabbed sixth by hitting the line in 10.63. Allison Edmands and Melina Gregory claimed ninth (11.16) and tenth (11.18) respectively.
Three Devils got inside the Top-10 during the 200m as Olsavsky won the event in 26.04, followed by Emily Chaine in eighth (28.55) and Gregory in tenth (29.08). McMaken-Marsh just missed the Top-10 claiming eleventh at 30.14.
Chaine just missed the podium for the 400m as her time of 1:06.37 was good for fourth.
Distance
The 800m was only made up of Dickinson runners with Sophia Kovalski winning the race in 2:27.33, while Lauren Scott (2:43.08), Margaret Randolph (2:59.95) and Leah Bell (3:01.77) took up spots two through four.
Meghan Higgins-Haas rounded out the Top-3 for the 5000m by hitting the stripe in 18:48.14. The group of Breanna Franchak (5th – 19:52.05), Ellie Drescher (7th – 21:48.86), Jenna Kerns (8th – 21:49.49), Emma VanMeter (9th – 21:49.63) and Emma Lewis (10th – 22:23.36) had a great showing all finishing inside the Top-10.
Bell was the lone Devil to compete during the mile run earning an eighth-place result with a time of 6:42.03.
Relays
Dickinson put two teams forward for the 4x400m with the team of Gregory, Olsavsky, Randolph and Scott claiming the victory with a time of 4:41.66, while the group with Chaine, Drescher, Franchak and Kovalski falling just off the pace of their teammates grabbing second at 4:45.82.
Field
McMaken-Marsh collecting second-place during the pole vault by clearing 2.45m.
Another Dickinson victory came in the high jump when Amanda Hoglund eclipsed 1.48m, followed by Edmands in sixth (1.30m). Braun earned seventh for the long jump with a mark of 4.59m, while in the triple jump Braun and Hoglund took up seventh (9.52m) and eighth (9.51m) respectively.
Two Devils took part in the weight throw with Sarah Glickson just missing the podium landing in fourth with a mark of 13.45m. Anna Purvis gave a good showing in her first meet taking 15th at 9.29m. Glickson collected sixth for the shot put by dropping down at 9.65m, followed by Purvis (12th – 7.36m), Hoglund (13th – 7.13m) and Edmands (15th – 5.84m).
Up Next
Dickinson will next compete after the New Year holiday when they take part in the Moravian University Indoor Meet in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Saturday, January 17th beginning at 10am.
OSHKOSH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh women’s track & field team kicked off its season on Saturday (Dec. 6) by hosting the annual Early Bird Invitational/Multi at Kolf Sports Center. In the non-scoring meet, the Titans won six events.
The pentathlon kicked off the season for the Titans on Friday night and was highlighted by a second-place finish by Halle Meyer (Kiel/Kiel), who scored 3,096 points.
The Titans started off strong in Saturday’s full day of events as Ella Kojis (Dousman/Waukesha South) won the 3,000-meter run in 10:52.79.
The Titans grabbed two more medals in the 400-meter dash, with Addie Baker (Delavan/Elkhorn Area) finishing second in 59.23 seconds and Maddy LaVoi (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial) finishing third at 59.30.
Amelia Lehman (Oshkosh/Valley Christian) kicked off her season in the mile run. The two-time All-American won the event with a personal record of 4:46.50. Freshman Lehna Mitchell (Oshkosh/Oshkosh North) took third in the event in 5:09.08.
Lehman came back to win her second event of the day in the 800-meter run in 2:20.06. Adriana Garcia (Green Bay/Green Bay East) and Anabel Mitchell (Oshkosh/Oshkosh North) rounded out the events’ top three with Garcia finishing in 2:23.45 and Mitchell finishing in 2:27.24. The Titans swept each of the top-five positions in the event.
Addie Baker (Delavan/Elkhorn Area) won the 200-meter dash, finishing in a time of 25.80 seconds. Mia Riley (Janesville/Janesville Parker) grabbed third in the event with a time of 26.52 seconds in her first collegiate meet.
In the 5,000-meter run, Jamie Catania (Fond du Lac/Horace Mann) picked up second-place with a time of 18:17.55.
The team of Anabel Mitchell (Oshkosh/Oshkosh North), Lehna Mitchell (Oshkosh/Oshkosh North), Garcia, and Megan Hoffman (Clayton/Clayton) placed third in the 4×400 meter relay with a 4:14.27 finish.
The Titans picked up two medals in the weight throw. Kaelyn Bilello (Menomonee Falls/Menomonee Falls) took second with a throw of 15.64 meters and Abi Masloroff (Franklin/Franklin) finished third with a 15.25-meter mark.
Brooklyn Manz (Kiel/Kiel) won the shot put with a throw of 12.98 meters.
Haley Kanitz (Menomonee Falls/Menomonee Falls) tied for first in the pole vault with a vault of 3.36 meters.
The Titans return to the track in 2026 as they host the Alumni & Friends Invitational on Saturday, January 17 at Kolf Sports Center.
The big UW highlight out of many at today’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener was new Dawg Chloe Thomas shattering the School Record in the 5,000-meters. Thomas, an All-American transfer from UConn, just last week took runner-up honors at the Canadian Cross Country National Championships, and she carried that momentum onto the track today with a PR time of 15:16.93.
That broke the Husky indoor 5k record by a massive 22 seconds. Haley Herberg set the prior record of 15:38.37 in 2024. Thomas’ time was also faster than the UW outdoor record of 15:22.81 set just last season by Amina Maatoug.
In a later 5k heat, Julia David-Smith dropped a 10-second indoor PR to jump up to No. 4 in school history behind just Thomas, Herberg, and Izzi Batt-Doyle. David-Smith ran 15:45.01 today in her first track race since July.
Another new Husky went out and broke a national record on day one. Freshman Chloe Symon, a Vancouver, B.C. native, knocked off a Canadian U20 indoor record that had stood since 1988. Symon ran 2:04.56 to take fourth in the 800-meters and set the new record. It also puts her up to No. 7 in Husky indoor history just one race into her career.
There was a third Chloe thriving today for the women’s team, as All-American Chloe Foerster ran the fastest 3,000-meters time of her career, going 8:56.22. That puts Foerster up to No. 3 in school history indoors.
First-year Dawg Jenica Swartz dropped an impressive mile season opener, taking fourth in the elite section in 4:35.67, just a second off the top-10 list. Mia Cochran, coming off leading the squad at NCAA XC two weeks back, opened her track season in the 3k with a time of 9:16.54.
For the men’s team, all six Huskies on the trip were focusing on the 3,000-meters. The top time came from transfer Reuben Reina, who went straight to No. 4 in school history with a run of 7:43.16.
Two more Husky men opened up with sub-8-minute runs. Tyler Bilyard, making his Husky debut, ran 7:55.80 for a PR, and redshirt freshman Nathan Neil came across in 7:57.01. True freshman Josiah Tostenson opened up with a 8:03.31 and Thom Diamond clocked a time of 8:16.62. Freshman Owen Powell also raced today but served as a pace-setter in the 3k.
Next week will see many of the Husky jumpers, vaulters and sprinters get an early season test at the Spokane Invitational, on Saturday, Dec. 13. Then it’s a month-long break from competition for the end of the quarter and the holidays before the Dempsey
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Cal Poly Volleyball topples No. 4 seed USC, advance to third round of NCAA Tournament for the first time in 18 years
For the first time since 2007, Cal Poly Volleyball is advancing to the third round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament, after upsetting No. 4 seed USC in a five-set match on Friday.
With the 3-2 win, they claimed a spot in the top 16, also known as the “Sweet Sixteen,” and destroyed any remaining perfect tournament brackets in ESPN’s bracket prediction challenge.
“That was an incredible performance by a group of people that love one another, that love this game and that have committed to something bigger than themselves,” head coach Caroline Walters said.
The Mustangs have not faced the Trojans since 2012, where they lost in a 3-0 sweep. Ranking at No. 13 in the country and beating three ranked teams throughout the season, USC was favored in Friday’s match. Just like in Thursday’s upset win over BYU, Cal Poly defied the odds once again, ending the Trojan’s season.
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The Mustangs started the match hot, winning the first two sets 25-19 and 25-20. With a shot at a sweep, the momentum was not enough as they fell to the Women of Troy in set three with a score 25-20, and again took a 25-14 loss in the fourth set, recording their worst offensive performance of the night with a hitting percentage of .079%.
“I just kept saying to everyone, and I knew everyone else was saying it or thinking it in their heads, but we’re here for a reason,” redshirt senior setter Emme Bullis said. “We’re going to the fifth set for a reason.”
Despite the back to back losses, the Mustangs came up big in set five, mirroring sets one and two and dominating USC 15-7 to send themselves to the next round of the tournament.
“I am in awe of my team,” Walters said.
Fredrick and Beshear lead the charge
Two standout players for the Mustangs throughout the entirety of the season have been junior outside hitter Emma Fredrick and sophomore outside hitter Kendall Beshear. Through the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament their dominance has only increased.
In Friday’s match both achieved double-doubles with Fredrick leading both the offense and defense with 17 kills and 17 digs, while Beshear notched 12 kills and 14 digs.
During the season, Beshear led the Big West Conference with 52 service aces followed by Fredrick in the No. 3 spot with 37. The pair combined for three out of Cal Poly’s eight total service aces against USC.
“Being able to go back there and knowing that I have the support of everyone around me to just go be free and be smiley and take a rip out of the ball … that’s what gives me the confidence to do what I can do,” Beshear said.
Dominant on defense
With a player earning a new career high in blocks and four players entering the double digits in digs, Cal Poly’s defense worked like a charm in helping them secure the upset win.
Freshman middle blocker Charlotte Kelly was a force to be reckoned with at the net as she notched seven blocks, a career high and accounted for over half of Cal Poly’s blocks. Kelly is getting her first ever tournament action this season after she was moved up to the starting rotation when redshirt middle blocker Breklyn Pulling faced a season-ending injury over the summer.
“I think Charlotte Kelly is the unsung hero of this group,” Walters said. “Her coming in as a true freshman and doing what she does is insane,”
Following closely behind Fredrick in defensive statistics, sophomore libero Elif Hurriyet claimed the second defensive spot in tonight’s match as she brought in 16 digs.
Racking in 71 digs and 10 blocks, the Mustangs were able to hold the Trojans at an overall hitting percentage of .237%, just under their season.
The Mustangs are up for a challenge as they will head to Kentucky to face No.1 seed University of Kentucky in the regional semifinals on Dec. 11 at 12:30 p.m.
The Wildcats are on a 24 game winning streak and have an overall record of 27-2, only losing to No. 1 ranked University of Nebraska and No. 7 ranked University of Pittsburgh.
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Cooke, King, Relay Squad Set School Records, Boucher Wins Event, Multiple Eagles Place in Top Five School Marks
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Eagles opened the indoor season in emphatic fashion as three school records and seven all-time top five marks powered Winthrop at Sunday’s JDL Early Bird Invitational.
Meet Information
Dec. 7 | JDL Fast Track | Final Results
IN THE FIELD
- Freshman Carina Fiorucci delivered one of the day’s highlights with a 3.30m clearance in the women’s pole vault, moving her to fourth all-time in program history.
- Senior Faith Wood added another top performance in the women’s triple jump, finishing with an 11.62m mark that ranks fifth all-time for the Eagles.
- On the men’s side, senior Timothy Speaks broke into the Winthrop top five in the weight throw, placing fifth overall with a 16.24m toss that now stands fifth all-time.
ON THE TRACK
- The men ignited the afternoon with a sweep of school records on the track. Junior Shane King opened the run with a 21.85 performance in the 200m, securing the win and breaking the long-standing indoor school record of 21.89 set in 2007. Teammate Michael Boucher also climbed the charts, posting a 22.09 claiming the #4 all-time spot.
- The momentum continued in the 600m, where junior Kendale Cooke stormed to a 1:23.11 finish to take the event to win and shatter the program record. Juniors Jurnii Lucas (1:24.01) and Darrell Price (1:24.58) followed close behind, slotting into #2 and #3 all-time, respectively.
- Winthrop closed the meet by rewriting another record, as Price, King, Lucas, and Cooke combined to win the men’s 4x400m relay in 3:18.06, breaking the previous school mark.
- On the women’s side, junior Jordan Bailem turned in a strong showing in the 60m hurdles, running 8.85 to earn fourth all-time in program history.
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The Eagles will return to the track in the new year for the Gamecock Opener on Jan. 10.
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The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team rolled into the next round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night, dispatching K-State 25-17, 25-21, 25-16 to advance to a Sweet 16 matchup against Kansas.
All-American Andi Jackson led Nebraska with 10 kills, hitting .533 in the match, while Harper Murray also added 10 kills and the Huskers hit .253 as a team in the match.
Nebraska held Kansas State to a .118 attack percentage, the seventh straight match the Huskers out-hit their opponent by at least .100. Nebraska had a 43-27 advantage in kills and a 48-32 edge in digs, while the Wildcats out-blocked the Huskers, 8-5.
Jackson hit .533 in the match, producing her 10 kills on just 15 swings. Taylor Landfair (8 kills), Virginia Adriano (7) and Rebekah Allick (6) all had more than five kills, as Bergen Reilly dished out 34 assists. Defensively, Olivia Mauch had 13 digs and Laney Choboy added 12 digs.
K-State made Nebraska work in both sets one and two of Saturday night’s match, but in set one, the Huskers had a pair of 5-0 runs that kept them in front. Nebraska hit .457 as a team in set one and had 16 kills.
In set two, Nebraska spotted K-State a 4-1 lead, before taking a 6-5 lead. K-State eventually cut Nebraska’s lead to 22-21 with a 4-0 run before Allie Sczech posted a key sideout kill, and K-State hit wide for set point. Murray and Jackson ended the set with a block.
An 8-1 in set three helped Nebraska take a decisive 16-10 lead. A 5-0 run late in the set helped the Huskers roll to a sweep and punch their ticket to the regional. Nebraska has won 28 consecutive home matches in the NCAA Tournament, a school record.
The Huskers advance to play the No. 16 Jayhawks next weekend in a regional semifinal at 8:30 p.m. (CT). Also set to come to Lincoln is Louisville, the former team of Nebraska head coach Dani Busboom Kelly, who outlasted Marquette on Saturday in five sets to advance in the tournament. No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 9 Louisville will play at 6 p.m. (CT) on Friday. The regional final will be played on Sunday with the time to be determined on Friday night.
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