The Simpsons family rushes home for the couch gag.

Homer eats doughnuts too fast and chokes at work.

Homer tells Bart about making a magic bat from a lightning-struck tree.

Homer hits a home run using his magic bat during a softball game.

Police stop Homer after his home run hits their car.

Mr. Burns bets a million dollars on his plant's softball team.

Burns decides to hire professional baseball players as ringers.

Smithers recruits professional baseball players as ringers.

Smithers introduces the ringers to the plant workers.

Homer feels inadequate compared to the professional ringers.

Burns makes ringers drink nerve tonic and trains them.

Ringers practice and pick teams for the game.

Burns announces the starting lineup, leaving Homer out.

Ringers start experiencing various misfortunes.

More ringers suffer from various accidents and illnesses.

Homer feels useless while Marge comforts him.

Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly also suffer misfortunes.

Burns learns most of his ringers cannot play.

Burns gives a motivational speech to the original plant team.

The championship game begins with the ringers playing.

Burns substitutes Homer for Strawberry in the final inning.

Homer hits the winning run and wins the game.

A song recaps the episode's events.