Big Hair & Baseball

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“Big Hair & Baseball”
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 16
Guest stars	Estelle Harris Patrick Bristow Chad Broskey Geoff Brown Geralo Downey Michael Kagan Colby French Edmund Shaff
Written by	Pamela Eells
Directed by	Richard Correll
Production no.	117
Original airdate	August 28, 2005
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"Big Hair & Baseball" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

To give Carey some time to herself, Mr. Moseby reluctantly takes Zack and Cody to a Yankees-Red Sox baseball game. His lack of familiarity with the game (he was interested in ballet as a kid, not typical sports) embarrasses the boys. He also takes a win away from the Red Sox by catching a ball on its way into the stands, preventing the fielder from catching it and influencing the outcome of the game (similar to real-life incidents with Steve Bartman and the Cubs and Jeffrey Maier and the Yankees) causing him to become Public Enemy #1.

Meanwhile, London sets Maddie up on a date, but the humid weather makes her hair frizz. With her hair fixed in a spa day in Carey's suite with London, Maddie and her date Gavin hit it off, but sitting outside at a restaurant causes her hair to frizz again. As she tries to hide this from Gavin, he begins to sweat and London helps them know each other better because Gavin had a perspiration problem and Maddie had frizzy hair. They also claimed to "talk" to each other with their minds.

In the end, the boys defend Mr. Moseby in front of an angry crowd of Red Sox fans and a reporter, while Maddie and Gavin accept each other's outside appearance, as they are attracted by the person on the inside.

[edit] Trivia and Goofs

10th appearance of Muriel
1st appearance of Patrick
With this episode aired, the Yankees went on to win the season series against the Red Sox, and eventually won the American League East for the 8th year in a row despite both the Yankees and the Red Sox respectively had the same record (95-67).
The catch that Mr. Moseby made should have actually counted as a home run, resulting in the Red Sox winning the game. Or, if they were seated in foul territory, the game would simply continue with the same player still at bat. A fan catching a ball in the stands would never result in the game being over, or in this case, the Red Sox losing.