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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study a ton of baseball trivia before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and forcibly insert it in as many speeches as she can.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study a ton of baseball trivia before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and forcibly insert it in as many speeches as she can.can...but the trope still applies due to Jessica now managing a team of lesbians without even knowing what a "pride flag" is.



* SayingTooMuch: When Marvin confronts Jessica about Nicole's "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to Nicole's position on the softball field. Jessica spends the next few scenes feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her, but the bartender from the Denim Turtle boosts her spirit back up and assures her that she shouldn't feel horrible for an accident.

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* SayingTooMuch: When Marvin confronts Jessica about Nicole's "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to Nicole's position on the softball field. Jessica spends the next few scenes feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her, but the bartender from the Denim Turtle boosts her spirit back up up, reminds her that managers have to stick it out through tough moments, and assures her that she shouldn't feel horrible for an accident.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis tells his family that he'll need to work hard to ensure the victory of Cattleman's Ranch's softball team, Jessica says that he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to involve her, she takes it personally, and immediately decides to manage a rival softball team out of spite.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis tells his family that he'll need to work hard to ensure the victory of Cattleman's Ranch's softball team, Jessica says that he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to involve her, she takes it personally, as him doubting her abilities, and immediately decides to manage a rival softball team out of spite.spite [[KnowNothingKnowItAll before she even learns that the "squares" in the game are actually called "bases"]].



* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study a ton of baseball trivia before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and insert it in as many speeches as she can.
* PoorCommunicationKills: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Nicole tells Jessica that she'll wait to confess her sexuality that evening, instead of during the game as they had planned. However, she ends up chickening out and lying that she's just stressed about where Jessica's fielding her on the team, which leads to Marvin confronting Jessica and Jessica accidentally outing her when she assumes Marvin's asking her about Nicole's sexuality. Later, they spot Marvin acting upset, but it later turns out he was just upset with ''himself'' being InnocentlyInsensitive instead of at Nicole.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study a ton of baseball trivia before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and forcibly insert it in as many speeches as she can.
* PoorCommunicationKills: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Nicole tells Jessica that she'll wait to confess her sexuality that evening, instead of during the game as they had planned. However, she ends up chickening out and lying that she's just stressed about where Jessica's fielding her on the team, which leads to Marvin confronting Jessica about Nicole's "position" and Jessica accidentally outing her when she assumes Marvin's asking her about Nicole's sexuality. Later, they spot Marvin acting upset, but it later turns out he was just upset with ''himself'' being InnocentlyInsensitive instead of at Nicole.



* SayingTooMuch: When Marvin confronts Jessica about Nicole's "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to Nicole's position on the softball field. Jessica spends the next few scenes feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her, but the bartender from the Denim Turtle boosts her spirit back up and assures her that she shouldn't feel horrible for an accident.

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* SayingTooMuch: When Marvin confronts Jessica about Nicole's "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to Nicole's position on the softball field. Jessica spends the next few scenes feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her, but the bartender from the Denim Turtle boosts her spirit back up and assures her that she shouldn't feel horrible for an accident.accident.
* ShoutOut: When Jessica and Honey are drinking at Jessica's favorite bar and spot Nicole, who initially claims she's there for the alcohol to avoid mentioning her sexuality, Jessica says she's seen enough Creator/{{Lifetime}} movies to know this'll end with Nicole killing Honey and Marvin for the keys to the liquor cabinet.
* UnderdogsNeverLose: Subverted: the Denim Turtles have never lost a game, and TheBet between Louis and Matthew would lead to Cattleman's persevering in the end in a traditional take on this Trope. But in the end, the Denim Turtles crush them and Matthew instead calls the bet off due to [[IJustWantToHaveFriends newfound friendship]].
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so he'll lose the bet. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Marvin (who's on Louis' team due to Cattleman's being short on members) notices they're playing against the lesbian bar (which Nicole volunteered to play for), he decides to make a "playing for the other team" pun without realizing that Nicole's been hiding her sexuality. After Jessica's SayingTooMuch moment, he uses the last play of the game to explain that he doesn't actually have anything against lesbians, but [[PungeonMaster couldn't resist making the pun]], and that he accepts Nicole for who she genuinely is.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so he'll Louis will lose the bet. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Marvin (who's on Louis' team due to Cattleman's being short on members) notices they're playing against the Denim Turtle lesbian bar (which Nicole volunteered to play for), he decides to make a "playing for the other team" pun without realizing that Nicole's been hiding her sexuality. After Jessica's SayingTooMuch moment, he uses the last play of the game to explain that he doesn't actually have anything against lesbians, but [[PungeonMaster couldn't resist making the pun]], and that he accepts Nicole for who she genuinely is.

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* DrenchCelebration: At the of the game, when Matthew calls off TheBet and says the team can stay, he and Louis are drenched in celebration, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption ruining the jersey that Eddie had spent the whole episode trying to keep clean]].

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* DrenchCelebration: At the end of the game, when Matthew calls off TheBet and says the team can stay, he and Louis are drenched in celebration, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption ruining the jersey that Eddie had spent the whole episode trying to keep clean]].


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* JokeOfTheButt: The jersey that Eddie customized and wants to keep pristine? It's labeled "BOOTYMAN", with the number "00" because it looks like butt cheeks.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so they'll have to cut the team. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so they'll have to cut he'll lose the team.bet. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.

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* DrenchCelebration: After Marvin helps Cattleman's win in the final play of the game, Louis and Matthew end up drenched in celebration, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption ruining the jersey that Eddie had spent the whole episode trying to keep clean]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Eddie spends the entire episode trying to keep the customized baseball jersey he ordered clean, even faking a twisted ankle to prevent it getting dirty during the game. It seems like it'll be safe even once it's taken from him, as his replacement on the team is the very un-athletic Matthew Chestnut, but it's caught in the DrenchCelebration at the end of the game and completely wrecked.

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* CurbStompBattle: At the end of the softball game, Cattleman's Ranch has one point, compared to the Denim Turtle's ''nineteen''.
* DrenchCelebration: After Marvin helps Cattleman's win in At the final play of the game, Louis and when Matthew end up calls off TheBet and says the team can stay, he and Louis are drenched in celebration, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption ruining the jersey that Eddie had spent the whole episode trying to keep clean]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Eddie spends the entire episode trying to keep the customized baseball softball jersey he ordered clean, even faking a twisted ankle to prevent it getting dirty during the game. It seems like it'll be safe even once it's taken from him, as his replacement on the team is the very un-athletic Matthew Chestnut, but it's caught in the DrenchCelebration at the end of the game and completely wrecked.



* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study as much baseball trivia as she can before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and insert it in as many speeches as she can.
* PoorCommunicationKills: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Nicole tells Jessica that she'll wait to confess her sexuality later, instead of on that day. However, she ends up chickening out and lying that she's just stressed about where Jessica's fielding her on the team, which leads to Marvin confronting Jessica and Jessica accidentally outing her when she assumes Marvin's asking her about Nicole's sexuality. Later, they spot Marvin acting upset, but it later turns out he was just upset with ''himself'' being InnocentlyInsensitive instead of at Nicole.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study as much a ton of baseball trivia as she can before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and insert it in as many speeches as she can.
* PoorCommunicationKills: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Nicole tells Jessica that she'll wait to confess her sexuality later, that evening, instead of on that day.during the game as they had planned. However, she ends up chickening out and lying that she's just stressed about where Jessica's fielding her on the team, which leads to Marvin confronting Jessica and Jessica accidentally outing her when she assumes Marvin's asking her about Nicole's sexuality. Later, they spot Marvin acting upset, but it later turns out he was just upset with ''himself'' being InnocentlyInsensitive instead of at Nicole.



* SayingTooMuch: When Marvin confronts Jessica about Nicole's "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to Nicole's position on the baseball field. Jessica spends the next scene feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.

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* SayingTooMuch: When Marvin confronts Jessica about Nicole's "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to Nicole's position on the baseball softball field. Jessica spends the next scene few scenes feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.her, but the bartender from the Denim Turtle boosts her spirit back up and assures her that she shouldn't feel horrible for an accident.

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* TheBet: Matthew believes that the softball team is an unnecessary expense when he first learns about it, and tells Louis that he'll have to disband it if they don't win the game against Jessica. However, once Matthew ends up a part of the team and is directly a part of the comradery, he changes his mind and calls the bet off.

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* TheBet: Matthew believes that the softball team is an unnecessary expense when he first learns about it, and tells Louis that he'll have to disband it if they don't win the game against Jessica. Jessica (so he can justify it as promoting the business). However, once Matthew ends up a part of the team and is directly a part of the comradery, he changes his mind and calls the bet off.off.
* BoomerangBigot: According to Honey, when she originally dated Marvin, she had to hide it from her parents because he was white. When Jessica points out the obvious, that Honey's ''also'' white, she claims her parents had high expectations.
* CanNotSpitItOut: Nicole had attempted to reveal her sexuality to Marvin in the past, but chickened out in the end every time, accidentally claiming other things like being a Wiccan or wanting a guitar.



* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Eddie spends the entire episode trying to keep the customized baseball jersey he ordered clean, even faking a twisted ankle to prevent it getting dirty during the game. It seems like it'll be safe once it's given to his replacement on the team, the very un-athletic Matthew Chestnut, but it's caught in the DrenchCelebration at the end of the game and completely wrecked.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so they'll stop playing early. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.

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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Eddie spends the entire episode trying to keep the customized baseball jersey he ordered clean, even faking a twisted ankle to prevent it getting dirty during the game. It seems like it'll be safe even once it's given to taken from him, as his replacement on the team, team is the very un-athletic Matthew Chestnut, but it's caught in the DrenchCelebration at the end of the game and completely wrecked.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so they'll stop playing early.have to cut the team. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.



* InternalReveal: Jessica finally learns that her favorite bar is actually a lesbian bar when Nicole uses it to confess her sexuality to Honey.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving Cattleman's Ranch making a softball team to promote teamwork, Jessica says that he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to involve her, she takes it personally, and immediately decides to manage a rival softball team out of spite.

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* InternalReveal: Jessica finally learns that her favorite bar bar, the Denim Turtle, is actually a lesbian bar when Nicole uses it to confess her sexuality to Honey.
Honey. In fact, before that moment, she had assumed that only men could be gay.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving tells his family that he'll need to work hard to ensure the victory of Cattleman's Ranch making a Ranch's softball team to promote teamwork, team, Jessica says that he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to involve her, she takes it personally, and immediately decides to manage a rival softball team out of spite.spite.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Jessica doesn't even know the term "bases" when she's outraged that Louis didn't immediately want her help managing his team. This leads her to study as much baseball trivia as she can before commandeering the Denim Turtles team, and insert it in as many speeches as she can.
* PoorCommunicationKills: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Nicole tells Jessica that she'll wait to confess her sexuality later, instead of on that day. However, she ends up chickening out and lying that she's just stressed about where Jessica's fielding her on the team, which leads to Marvin confronting Jessica and Jessica accidentally outing her when she assumes Marvin's asking her about Nicole's sexuality. Later, they spot Marvin acting upset, but it later turns out he was just upset with ''himself'' being InnocentlyInsensitive instead of at Nicole.



* SayingTooMuch: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Jessica later spots him talking with Nicole, and asks if Nicole's admitted her sexuality to him yet. She hadn't, and Jessica spends the next scene feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.

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* SayingTooMuch: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, When Marvin confronts Jessica later spots him talking with Nicole, and asks if about Nicole's admitted her sexuality "position", Jessica says she has no problem with Nicole being gay, but Marvin was actually referring to him yet. She hadn't, and Nicole's position on the baseball field. Jessica spends the next scene feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.

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Nicole struggles to be honest with her father. Jessica and Louis coach opposing softball teams in a tournament.



* TheBet: Matthew believes that the softball team is an unnecessary expense when he first learns about it, and tells Louis that he'll have to disband it if they don't win the game against Jessica. However, once Matthew ends up a part of the team and is directly a part of the comradery, he changes his mind and calls the bet off.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Marvin (who's on Louis' team due to Cattleman's being short on members) notices they're playing against the lesbian bar (which Nicole volunteered to play for), he decides to make a "playing for the other team" pun without realizing that Nicole's been hiding her sexuality. After Jessica's SayingTooMuch moment, he uses the last play of the game to explain that he doesn't actually have anything against lesbians, but couldn't resist making the pun, and that he accepts Nicole for who she genuinely is.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Marvin (who's on Louis' team due to Cattleman's being short on members) notices they're playing against the lesbian bar (which Nicole volunteered to play for), he decides to make a "playing for the other team" pun without realizing that Nicole's been hiding her sexuality. After Jessica's SayingTooMuch moment, he uses the last play of the game to explain that he doesn't actually have anything against lesbians, but [[PungeonMaster couldn't resist making the pun, pun]], and that he accepts Nicole for who she genuinely is.



* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving Cattleman's Ranch making a softball team to promote teamwork, Jessica says that he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to, she immediately decides to manage a rival softball team out of spite.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving Cattleman's Ranch making a softball team to promote teamwork, Jessica says that he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to, to involve her, she takes it personally, and immediately decides to manage a rival softball team out of spite.spite.
* PungeonMaster: Marvin's desire to be one causes him to be InnocentlyInsensitive. He even waits until the last play of the game to clear things up just so he can tag Nicole with the ball and say she's "Out".
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* ComingOutStory: The episode begins with Nicole finally coming out to her mother, and a significant plot is her struggling with whether or not to tell Marvin as well.
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* SayingTooMuch: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Jessica later spots him talking with Nicole, and asks if Nicole's admitted her sexuality to him yet. She hadn't, and Jessica spends the next seen feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.

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* SayingTooMuch: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Jessica later spots him talking with Nicole, and asks if Nicole's admitted her sexuality to him yet. She hadn't, and Jessica spends the next seen scene feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.

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* BaseballEpisode: The episode focuses on Louis organizing an amateur baseball team out of the Cattleman's Ranch employees, and facing off against a rival team that Jessica commands leadership of.

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* BaseballEpisode: The episode focuses on Louis organizing an amateur baseball softball team out of the Cattleman's Ranch employees, and facing off against a rival team that Jessica commands leadership of.of.
* DrenchCelebration: After Marvin helps Cattleman's win in the final play of the game, Louis and Matthew end up drenched in celebration, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption ruining the jersey that Eddie had spent the whole episode trying to keep clean]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Eddie spends the entire episode trying to keep the customized baseball jersey he ordered clean, even faking a twisted ankle to prevent it getting dirty during the game. It seems like it'll be safe once it's given to his replacement on the team, the very un-athletic Matthew Chestnut, but it's caught in the DrenchCelebration at the end of the game and completely wrecked.



* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving Cattleman's Ranch making a softball team to promote teamwork, Jessica says that she doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to, she immediately decides to manage a rival baseball team out of spite.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving Cattleman's Ranch making a softball team to promote teamwork, Jessica says that she he doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to, she immediately decides to manage a rival baseball softball team out of spite.
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* BaseballEpisode: The episode focuses on Louis organizing an amateur baseball team out of the Cattleman's Ranch employees, and facing off against a rival team that Jessica commands leadership of.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Matthew Chestnut is completely against the idea of a Cattleman's Ranch softball team at first, and when he's drafted into the team, Louis thinks he's purposely sabotaging things so they'll stop playing early. When confronted, however, Matthew admits that he was against it because he's genuinely a poor athlete that was always excluded from such events as a kid, and that being a part of Louis' team has completely changed his outlook on it.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Marvin (who's on Louis' team due to Cattleman's being short on members) notices they're playing against the lesbian bar (which Nicole volunteered to play for), he decides to make a "playing for the other team" pun without realizing that Nicole's been hiding her sexuality. After Jessica's SayingTooMuch moment, he uses the last play of the game to explain that he doesn't actually have anything against lesbians, but couldn't resist making the pun, and that he accepts Nicole for who she genuinely is.
* InternalReveal: Jessica finally learns that her favorite bar is actually a lesbian bar when Nicole uses it to confess her sexuality to Honey.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When Louis brings home paperwork involving Cattleman's Ranch making a softball team to promote teamwork, Jessica says that she doesn't need to involve her...but when he says he wasn't planning to, she immediately decides to manage a rival baseball team out of spite.
* SayingTooMuch: After Marvin's InnocentlyInsensitive moment, Jessica later spots him talking with Nicole, and asks if Nicole's admitted her sexuality to him yet. She hadn't, and Jessica spends the next seen feeling guilty and unworthy of being a manager for outing her.

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