"Hardball" (1994) Episode Guide v1.0.0
(c) 1998, Tom Walsh (avs@netport.com)
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purposes only.  For other uses, please contact the author.

The following is an episode guide for the 1994 sitcom "Hardball."  It
is not complete yet as I hope to add other information.

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The text version is available at the AVIMall:
http://www.avimall.com/entertain/Hardball1994.txt
A pointer to this site is available at the Ultimate TV List:
http://tvnet.com/UTVL/
Also http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9821/1hardbal.txt
Of course, there is a page at the Internet Movie Database:
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?%22Hardball%22%20(1994)


ABOUT THE SHOW:

"Hardball" was a sitcom based very loosely on the movie "Major League"
about a bunch of misfits on a baseball team and the owner who hates
them.

"Hardball" was a production of Interbang, Inc., and Magic Beans, Inc.,
in association with Touchstone Pictures and Television, an alternative
designation of (a.a.d.o.) the Walt Disney Company.


ABOUT THIS GUIDE:

Episode titles and production numbers come from the online Library of
Congress Information Service (telnet://locis.loc.gov).  I do not assume
that the LOCIS information is completely correct (I have found errors),
so you shouldn't either.  I will correct errors as I find them or as
they are pointed out to me.

Original air dates come from television listings.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Thanks to Audrey DeLisle (rad@crl.com) for providing episode descriptions
and vetting the guide.


VERSION HISTORY:

v1.0.0 23 January 1998 Initial version


CAST:

PERFORMER               - CHARACTER
Bruce Greenwood         - Dave Logan
Mike Starr              - Mike Widmer
Alexandra Wentworth     - Lee Emory
Joe Rogan               - Frank Valente
Phill Lewis             - Arnold Nixon
Chris Browning          - Lloyd LaCombe
Dann Florek             - Ernest "Happy" Talbot
Steve Hytner            - Brad Coolidge
Rose Marie              - Mitzi Balzer
Adam Hendershott        - Nelson Balzer
Dave Sebastian Williams - Announcer/Reporter


EPISODES:

FOX -  The show appeared on FOX on Sundays from 8:30-9:00 p.m.  The order
below is production number, episode title, and original air date.


*** SEASON 1  (1994 only)  7 EPISODES (+2 unaired episode) ***


1. "Pilot"  4 September 1994

Cantankerous owner Mitzi Balzer hires Ernest "Happy" Talbot to manage her
Major League baseball team, but his strict discipline alienates the players.


2. "See Spot Run"  11 September 1994

Football hero "Spotlight" Davis signs with the Pioneers, taking the focus
off Frank, the team's star player.

Guests: Cress Williams - "Spotlight" Davis


3. "The Butt Winnick Story"  18 September 1994
prod. no. F-504

Talbot is obsessed with beating Butt Winnick, a rival manager, who won
the hand of his true love years ago.

Guests: Joe Flaherty    - Butt Winnick
        Mary Ann Mobley - Peaches


4. "Whose Strike Is It Anyway?"  2 October 1994

The IRS calls on Arnold Nixon to pay his back taxes just as he and the
other players call for a strike against the owners.

Guests: Paul Feig   - IRS agent
        Tom McTigue - IRS agent

Note: originally scheduled to air 25 September 1994 but was postponed
from that date.


5. "Frank Buys an Island, Mike Pays the Price"  9 October 1994

Superstition compels Mike Widmer to make love to his wife three
times a night to fuel a hot hitting streak.  Meanwhile, Frank buys an
island for himself, which inflames the natives living there.


6. "Lee's Bad, Bad Day"  16 October 1994
Note: This episode includes some animation.

Lee organizes a reunion of the champion Pioneers of 1944 and to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the stadium, but things begin to unravel when
they arrive a day early and then one of them passes away.

Guest: Philip Baker Hall - Beanball
       Owen Bush         - Wrong Way


7. "My Name Is Hard B"  23 October 1994

Lee finds Hardball hitting the bottle while thousands of fans are waiting
to celebrate his 15th anniversary as the Pioneers mascot.  Meanwhile, an
obsessive woman hits on Dave.  Barry Bonds has a cameo.

Guests: Barry Bonds - himself


*** UNAIRED EPISODES ***


"Mike's Release"

"The Rookie, the Batgirl, the Coach and His Wife"
prod. no. F-509