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  • Baseball Episode: David joins Patrick's amateur team while Johnny joins Ronnie's for the championship game.
  • Bat Deduction: Stevie somehow figures out that Bob is trying to mime a man with amnesia from his endless "knock knock" clue.
  • Expansion Pack Past: Alexis was briefly a member of the Pussycat Dolls (before being asked to leave because "I was too pretty."). For some reason, their rehearsals were just a few hours of kegels.
  • Friendship Moment: Alexis steps in and intervenes with Moira on Stevie's behalf, recognizing how difficult the play is for her.
  • Funny Background Event: A sound-only version. While Moira and Stevie have a heart-to-heart, Jocelyn, Twila,and Alexis try to figure out who Bob is a game of charades, with increasingly terrible and nonsensical guesses, while Bob only gives the same clue over and over, saying "knock knock."
  • Good Parents: Johnny cares more about David than the outcome of the ball game.
  • Hidden Depths: It is Alexis who recognizes Stevie's rehearsal distress and intervenes with Moira on her behalf, arguably saving the production.
  • Jock Dad, Nerd Son: Played with: Johnny is way more into baseball than David, but his Hebrew School team sounds pretty nerdy.
  • Masculine–Feminine Gay Couple: The fact that David is a Camp Gay and Patrick is a Straight Gay is central to this episode.
  • Obsessed with Food: Patrick lures David into playing on his team with the promise of a post-game barbeque, and David even goes and snags some chips from the barbeque guy before making the winning hit.
  • Papa Wolf: Johnny doesn't respond well to Roland and Ronnie ragging on David and opts to stay with David and Patrick rather than go with them to their pre-game event.
  • Serious Business: Ronnie, Patrick, and Roland all definitely take the game seriously. Johnny, meanwhile, is focused on helping David.
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Ronnie is this to Patrick.
  • Smooch of Victory: David gets one of these from Patrick when he wins the game for his team.
  • Spirited Competitor: Patrick, Ronnie, Roland, and Johnny all exhibit competitiveness, while David does not.

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