Author: Chris Snelgrove Published
Star Wars has often been oddly focused on baseball. deep space nineCaptain Sisko, for example, had a strong passion for the ancient game and kept a baseball in his office as a prize. The spinoff even gave us a hilarious baseball game pitting the DS9 crew against the arrogant Vulcans, and fans still love cosplaying in the Niers baseball jerseys worn in the episode “Take Me to the Holosuite.” However, StarCraft’s most The famous baseball game can be said to be one of the new generation The series “Evolution” references the 1951 National League deciding game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants.
‘Star Wars’ writer loves baseball
If you’re one of the many Star Wars fans who doesn’t really watch real-life baseball games, there’s a major plot point in Evolution that might be confusing. This episode tells the story of an eccentric scientist with a passion for baseball who, instead of recreating classic games on the holodeck, replays them in his mind as a reward for himself. He demonstrates his ability by reciting “Rockman at first, Dak at second, Thomson at the plate, Blanca on the mound,” a direct reference to the previously mentioned Brooklyn Dodgers and New York game between the Giants, although the recount made some key stuff wrong.
Star Wars: The Next Generation Showrunner Michael Piller, who created Evolution and is a huge baseball fan (more on that later), chose the game because it was so special. The clash between baseball’s giants sparked what was described as “gunfire around the world.” That was the affectionate nickname for the walk-off homer New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson hit in the ninth inning that won his team the National League pennant. This makes the 1951 game unforgettable for sports fans, but Evolution central figure Dr. Paul Stubbs actually made some major detail errors in his account of the game.
As much as Star Wars guru Michael Peeler loved baseball, when he wrote to Stubbs, “Rockman is at first, Dak at second, Thomson at the plate, and Blanca at the pitcher.” Qiu Shi”, he made mistakes in some details. The lineup is a little different as Giants player Clint Hartung was benched. To be completely accurate, former prodigy Stubbs should have said “Lockman at second, Hartung at third, Thomson at home plate and Blanca on the mound.”
While he may have gotten some details wrong, we doubt the late, great Peeler would lose sleep over this mistake… after all, it was this Star Trek script and the baseball references in it that helped him get his The job of a Star Trek showrunner. new generation. Before Pillar, Michael Wagner briefly served as showrunner but soon exited the production, and the script for “Evolution” helped Pillar win over executive producer Rick Berman. Peeler later said that Berman “shared my love of baseball” and that Stubbs’s speech “brightened him” and a “partnership” was formed in which Peeler became the star of the hugely popular series ’s science fiction spin-off series showrunner.
Okay, guys: if StarCraft: The Next Generation The “Evolution” episode didn’t have much interest in baseball, Michael Peeler probably won’t get the showrunner job, and “TNG” may continue to be in disarray instead of “Evolution” becoming the most popular showrunner in TV history. One of the great shows. Without Berman and Peeler’s shared love of America’s greatest pastime, we might not have gotten to see Captain Sisko’s own obsession with baseball, let alone “Take Me to the Holosuite,” a show that A nearly perfect DS9 episode.
Fans of Star Wars as a series have a lot to thank its creators for their love of baseball, which is why we’re here to ask the big question: When did Star Trek baseball legend Buck Bokay Will it appear? at last get his own PicardStyle solo series?
