History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: When Homer tells his coworkers about his "secret weapon" for the softball game, they each have an ImagineSpot about what it might be. Charlie imagines Homer with a giant catcher's mitt, Carl imagines Homer with [[SpringJump springy shoes]] that allow him to hop from base to base, and Lenny imagines Homer [[CruelAndUnusualDeath incinerating opposing players]] with a [[DeathRay death ray gun]].

* {{Mockumentary}}: In 2017, to mark the episode's 25th anniversary, it received one called "Springfield of Dreams" featuring new animation, and contributions from Bob Uecker, Bob Costas, Joe Buck, Mehmet Oz, UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson, and Russell Brand. Its format parodies Ken Burns's ''Baseball''. Of the original episode's guest stars, only Strawberry is absent.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Eddie and Lou pin all of the unsolved crimes in Springfield on Steve Sax solely on the basis that he's from New York and they heard about an open murder case in that city. Ignoring the fact that their reasoning is InsaneTrollLogic to the n-th degree, they are nowhere near the same jurisdiction, so they would not legally be able to arrest Sax for the New York case.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Steve Sax is pulled over by the Springfield police, and once he gives his license to Wiggum which shows he's from New York, he's arrested for just about every unsolved crime in New York City for no particular reason (although perhaps the boys were still bitter about losing to the Power Plant at softball earlier in the episode). And according to a ContinuityNod in "Springfield of Dreams", Sax is still under investigation ''25 years later.''

* JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife: Steve Sax is pulled over by Eddie and Lou for speeding and ends up being charged for every unsolved murder that's ever happened in New York, with the only evidence they have being that he is from New York.

* LongerThanLifeSentence: Poor Steve Sax is looking at 6 consecutive life sentences, due to the Springfield PD inexplicably blaming him for all of the unsolved crimes in New York.

* PoliceBrutality: Steve Sax is arrested for just about every unsolved crime in New York City by the Springfield Police for no particular reason. Also DisproportionateRetribution (perhaps the boys were still bitter about losing to the Power Plant?)

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: For the twenty-fifth anniversary of the episode, Fox filmed a false documentary that aired prior to the airing of the episode called ''Springfield Of Dreams'', which had most of the baseball players that appeared pretending that working for Burns actually happened and what life was for them in the aftermath. Among other details, Steve Sax is ''still'' under investigation thanks to Wiggum pinning '''all of the unsolved crimes in the state of New York''' on him for no good reason.

* YouWatchTooMuchX: After the police had jailed Steve Sax under suspicion for every murder that's ever happened in New York just because he was from New York:
-->'''Wiggum:''' Nice work, boys. I think we'll close the book on just about every unsolved crime in our fair city.\\

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Eddie and Lou pin all of the unsolved murders in New York on Steve Sax solely on the basis that he's from New York. Ignoring the fact that their reasoning is InsaneTrollLogic to the n-th degree, they are nowhere near the same jurisdiction, so they would not legally be able to arrest Sax.

** Wade Boggs, Ken Griffey Jr., and Ozzie Smith are also in the same hall as Homer, while Mike Scioscia (Anaheim Angels) and Don Mattingly (Miami Marlins) went on to become managers. Scioscia managed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2000 to 2018, while Mattingly has done so for the Dodgers (2011-2015) and the Miami Marlins (2016-present). Scioscia also managed the U.S. national team in the 2020 Summer Olympics; they won silver.