Pitch

Previously on Pitch...

The video is everywhere.

I just don't want to do it anymore.

I just don't... I don't want to, like...

I don't want to take secret exits,

I don't want to smile when I don't want to smile.

We've heard all the excuses over the years.

- Really, I'm fine. - No, you're not.

You and I, what we're doing, it might have cost us the game today.

- You don't want to do this anymore? - No, that's not what I'm saying, Amelia.

Okay, then I'll say it. You know, your head wasn't really in it, anyway.

I figured you weren't dating anybody else seriously,

because you weren't over Rachel yet.

I'm still in love with you.

You only want me because you can't have me.

I got hacked. Selfies that we took from the road.

The selfies hacked from Trevor's computer have surfaced.

- Pictures are being released. - What else you got?

I can give you a home. And I promise you,

that San Diego will embrace you as one of their own.

I'm not sitting behind Mike Lawson.

Duarte is a catcher, he's coming to your team.

That guy's not taking my job.

I thought Skip was giving you the day off behind the plate.

He is.

I got screaming kids at home.

I got an excuse to be here early.

Kiki's working on my back.

You look like a waitress at Hooters.

I mean, I'm amazed that your head is the only thing that bobbles.

The front office should be throwing a fit.

Amelia, nude photos of the real me

are about to explode all over the Internet.

I need to know what we're gonna do to stop it.

We can't stop it.

I've got three law firms on this.

We can keep it out of the tabloids, but there's no way

that we can keep them from the underground Web sites.

They're already teasing them.

Eliot says that we've got four, I mean, five days tops.

So much for being "one of the guys."

So much for being a role model to little girls.

I've handled this kind of thing before.

Yeah, for bobble-headed actresses who see nudity as a career move.

I'm just saying that...

we have to be tactically creative about this.

"Tactically creative"?

Yeah, our strongest move is deniability.

It's us being able to prove that it's not you.

- It is me. - Right.

So some might fabricate a mole.

Say-say on your left hip.

Have it appear in training photos...

Wait, you-you want me to change my body to support a lie?

Are you kidding me? Never.

You wouldn't, would you?

You shouldn't. Good for you.

I need you to come up with something better. So I can focus on my job.

I have to go tell the front office.

They're already upset with me after L.A.

I know. They need to know.

They need to know today.

Hey, it's too bad about you and Mike.

I'm sorry if I was the reason it didn't work out.

Mike Lawson has some stuff that he needs to work through.

You pushed me out of the way of a speeding bullet.

Now it's my turn to help you.

That was a hard no on the fake mole, right?

- Amelia. - Good, smart. I was just testing.

With your backup catcher down, you know what that means, right?

They're gonna bring up Livan.

They're gonna bring up Livan to back you up.

- Hey, Mike... - They're gonna bring up Livan

and the minute you take a day off

or you pull a hammy and he gets the start...

- If you say Wally Pipp... - He's gonna Wally Pipp your ass.

- Who's Wally Pipp? - He's not Wally Pipping my ass.

Yeah, well tell that to the media and the fans

when they start screaming for Livan to start

the first time you go 0 for four.

Hey, Mike. Um, if you have a sec later,

can I show you how my cutter's coming along? I think I got something here.

I just caught eight innings on my day off. Love to.

"Yankees first baseman, Lou Gehrig, replaced starter, Wally Pipp,

and played in 2,130 consecutive games."

Hmm. That's Wally Pipp.

How could you be a ballplayer

and not know who Wally Pipp is?

I was born in 1992?

Try watching some Ken Burns.

Mike.

Oh, here it comes. Good luck, Wally.

- You know what this means, right? - You're calling up Livan.

- He's on a flight already. - Don't waste any time, do you?

Well, El Paso had a game in Vegas. Look, Mike,

- I want you to play some first base. - Sorry?

Charlie and Oscar want to see what Livan can do behind the dish,

and I want both your bats in the lineup.

- First base? - Not every day.

Remember spring training, Tucson?

Two errors in one game?

- Two errors in one play. - Oh, thanks, Buck.

Always good to have you doing color commentary.

Listen, Mike, you're not a rookie anymore.

This'll help prolong your career.

Now in fairness to Lawson, this sounds a lot like what you say to a guy

when you're starting to end their career.

I got to hack a whiz.

Buck, can you tell Ginny to come in here?

Yep.

Team has to come first.

And I'm the catcher on the team. Ask anyone.

- Better yet, try asking me. - This is not a Wally Pipp thing.

Think of it as a temporary move.

Well, I'm not good with moves.

Think of it as an adventure.

Moving back to Poway. Won't that be fun, Mikey?

We just moved here. You said we're never going back.

Here's a fun game.

Grab as much of your stuff as you can

in five minutes, and then we're out of here.

What about the rest of our stuff?

We'll buy new stuff. Come on, it'll be fun.

I don't know anyone here.

Then you can be anyone you want.

That's your new coach.

He seemed real nice. He'll look after you.

Can I just come with you?

You know the drill. New town... Mom's got some job interviews.

Didn't you want to play baseball again?

This is Mike.

He likes baseball.

I might be a little late to pick you up. I'll do my best, okay?

Hey, Mike. I'm Dave Grissom.

"Dave Grissom Motors."

Dave Grissom Motors.

That's right.

Looks like you didn't bring any gear.

Which is a good thing, because I've got some for you.

- Do you know the game? - I want to play first base.

- Mm. - Like "Will the Thrill."

Well...

I think we might be able to do even better than first.

We're skipping your next start.

What?

- Two days off in ten days. - What he means is,

we have two days off in the next ten days.

You're our fifth starter. That allows us to start

our number one pitcher against the Giants.

I need to pitch.

I've been working on this cutter, it's ready.

If this is about what happened in L.A...

- It's not. - I want to pitch.

And I want abs like Bradley Cooper, but it's not happening.

Who's Bradley Cooper?

- Hey. Everything okay? - They're skipping my start.

It makes sense. We got two days off in ten days. Al can pitch Sonny twice.

- I want to pitch. - And I want to catch.

It's not all about you, rookie.

You're right.

I'm actually glad I'm missing a start if you're playing first base.

I heard about spring training.

Two errors on one play?

Ball took a bad bounce, should have been scored

- a hit and an error. - Mm-hmm.

So you're working on a cutter, right?

- Yeah, you want see it? - No.

Hey. If you're here about the bobblehead,

it's just the vendor's first pass, just to get the conversation started.

Felt like more of a conversation ender to me.

Yeah, you should have seen their first crack at Lawson, it's like

they dipped his head in pencil shavings.

Nude photos of Ginny are about to explode all over the Internet.

- Huh? - An ex of hers was hacked.

He had selfies from years ago.

It's about to break on a bunch of rogue Web sites.

No, no, no, no. We can't let that happen.

There's nothing we can do. We can't even find the hacker.

We've tried lawyers, cyber-detectives, everything.

Our job now is to manage it.

Exactly how long have you known about this?

There was no point in telling you until we knew that it was unstoppable.

Yeah, right, no. Major League Baseball doesn't have any lawyers or anything.

Cease and desist orders against Web sites that sell crack

and Croatian wives? Ain't gonna cut it, Oscar.

Know what ain't gonna cut it?

Is that stuff keeps happening to your client and my player.

Are there any other surprises that I should know about?

Because it'd be nice, for once, to get in front of one.

A whole generation of young women look up to Ginny...

A whole generation of boys look up to male athletes

with far worse on their phone, and nobody gives a crap

- about that, Oscar. - You're right. It's unfair.

Women are objectified in ways that men aren't.

But that's our reality,

and this is gonna be a disaster for all of us.

Thank you for mansplaining that to me.

Always wanted to use that word.

- All right, so what's the plan? - I'm working on it.

We're not through talking about these bobbleheads, either.