"Play
Ball"
Leap Date:
August 6, 1961
Episode Adopted by: R. Joy Helvie
Synopsis:
As Lester "Doc" Fuller, a former
major league pitcher stuck back in the minors again, Sam must get a hotshot rookie
ballplayer back on the right track and away from drinking and self-destruction. In the
meantime, Sam also has to ward off advances from his team's owner...and her daughter!
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Project Trivia
Sam Trivia
Al Trivia
Al's Women
Al's Outfits Worn in the Episode
Miscellaneous Trivia
Kiss with History
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Guests who appeared in other Quantum Leap episodes
Cast members who have passed away
Personal Review
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Say what? (things in the episode that make no sense)
Quotable Quotes
Awards
BROADCAST DATE: September 25, 1991
PLACE: Galveston, Texas
DATE: August 6, 1961
LEAPEE: Lester "Doc" Fuller
SONGS:
"Traveling Man" -- Ricky Nelson
MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA:
The Mustangs' mascot is Milo--a pig.
SAM
TRIVIA:
**He finds Chucky to be awfully familiar; he later figures out that he reminds him of Al.
**This is because when Sam first came to Project Star Bright, he met Al in the lab one
night after Al had been beating a vending machine with a hammer; the machine had eaten
Al's dime. Beneath the anger and drunkenness, Sam saw a terrific guy. Sam helped Al sober
up, thus saving him from being booted out of the Star Bright project.
AL
TRIVIA:
**played in the Navy baseball league as a starting pitcher; had the lowest earned run
average in the league; his number was 9
AL'S
OUTFITS:
1) black vest with silver pattern, red slacks, dress shirt with a leafy pattern, thin dark
red tie, black belt
2) copperish-tan slacks, dress shirt with abstract design in earth-tones, Navy baseball
jersey (#9), Navy baseball cap, copper shoes
3) yellow suit with pinstripes, black dress shirt, metal-plated necktie, copper shoes,
black belt
4) blue suit -- shimmery sleeves and lapels, white dress shirt, black bolo tie, silver
shoes
AL'S WOMEN:
**he mentions twins at a fitness center that he wants, but hasn't got
GUESTS IN OTHER QL EPS:
**Royce D. Applegate played "Sheriff Blount" in the earlier episode "The
Color of Truth". (Jan 1, 2003 -- house fire)
**Michael Bellisario also played a little boy in "Camikazi Kid", "Martin,
Jr." in "A Tale of Two Sweeties", and "Kid #2" in "Mirror
Image". (DPB's son)
**Hank Robinson--who played an Umpire in this episode--also played an Umpire in
"Genesis, Part II".
PERSONAL REVIEW:
I like this episode because it gives us insight as to how Sam and Al met. I also love the
way history was eerily repeating itself near the end.
SAM'S BEST LINE:
AL: That's fine if it's a hand grenade, but it's baseball. You've got to treat it like a
woman.
SAM: Why does everything come down to being a woman with you?
AL'S BEST LINE:
"It's right here in yellow and pink. And green, and blue, and orange, and
purple..."
BEST
SCENE:
Best scene has definitely got to be when Sam recalls how he and Al met...
AL: What are you so interested in this kid for anyway?
SAM: 'Cause he reminds me of you.
AL: What?
SAM: Remember the first time we met, Al? You were on the Starbright Project... and, uh, I
came into the lab and you were smashing the vending machine with a hammer.
AL: Oh, ah... It ate my dime.
SAM: Yeah. You were drunk and angry and the government wanted to wash you out of the
project completely, but I stopped them because I knew that underneath all that booze and
that anger was a pretty terrific person.
QUOTABLE QUOTES:
http://www.quantumleap-alsplace.com/quotes/playball.htm
GUEST CAST NOTES:
Michael Bellisario, who plays the bat boy, is Don Bellisario's son. He made many
appearances in QL, and he currently has a recurring role as Bud's brother in
"JAG".
GUEST STARS WHO HAVE PASSED ON
SINCE:
Royce D. Applegate sadly passed away on January 1, 2003 in a house fire in Hollywood
Hills, California.
GUEST
CAST:
Chucky Myerwich: Neal McDonough
Margaret Twilly: Maree Cheatham
Manager: Don Stroud
Bunny: Courtney Gebhart
Warren Monroe: Peter Jason
Talent Scout: Casey Sander
Radio Reporter: Royce D. Applegate
Billy, the bat boy: Michael Bellisario
Jorge: Juan Garcia
Ryker: Chuck Fick
Eagle Manager: Russel Lunday
First Umpire: Hank Robinson
Immigration Officer: David B. Maccabee
Lester "Doc" Fuller (mirror): Owen Rutledge
CREW:
Executive Producer:
Donald P. Bellisario
Written by:
Tommy Thompson
Directed by:
Joe Napolitano
Theme by:
Mike Post
Music by:
Velton Ray Bunch
Co-Executive Producers:
Deborah Pratt
Michael Zinberg
Supervising Producer:
Harker Wade
Produced by:
Jeff Gourson
Tommy Thompson
Chris Ruppenthal
Paul Brown
Associate Producer:
James S. Giritlian
Coordinating Producer:
David Bellisario
Story Editor:
Paris Qualles
Director of Photography:
Michael Watkins, A.S.C.
Production Designer:
Cameron Birnie
Edited By:
Jon Koslowsky
Michael S. Stern
Unit Production Manager:
Ron Grow
1st Assistant Director:
Ryan Gordon
2nd Assistant Director:
Kate Yurka
Casting by:
Anne Winthrop
Set Decorator:
Robert L. Zilliox
Costume Designer:
Jean-Pierre Dorleac
Costume Supervisor:
David Rawley
Art Director:
Ellen Dambros-Williams
Sound Mixer:
Barry D. Thomas
Stunt Coordinator:
Diamond Farnsworth
Sound Editor:
Greg Schorer
Music Editor:
Bruce Frazier
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