Pitch

Previously on Pitch...

You guys already have a menu for Screwgies?

Got to strike while the iron's hot.

Come on, Blip. I want to do this. I want to invest.

Are we just gonna, like, put off our plan to have another kid?

It's not worth your time and your energy.

Amelia, that's my brother. I'll always

have his back, so you need to get on board with this.

There's a big discrepancy here. I mean, that's got to be some

- kind of error. - I set aside 40 grand.

What about the other $32,000?

Amelia,

I need your help with something.

We want you on the Cubs, Mike.

And in exchange, we want to get you that ring.

When it's your time to lead, you can do things differently.

I hope you stay, Mike, but if you don't, I'll do exactly that.

I'm engaged.

You like chasing. You don't like having.

The second you get what you want,

you figure out a way to throw it away.

Uh, I'd love to take you to dinner.

That's Noah Casey. He's basically

the Mark Zuckerberg of mo-cap.

I'm sorry, Noah. I-I got to go.

Hey, Lawson.

Okay.

I'm not going anywhere.

My trade fell through.

I don't even know what I'm rooting for.

You're rooting for her to do it! For her to throw a n...

Shh! Two outs here in the seventh.

Baker looks in for the sign from Lawson.

Amelia, where are you?

- Ginny's pitching a n... - Don't say it.

A very nice game.

Get over here.

Here's the windup, the pitch.

Salvamini has it.

Got him!

She's through seven! Oh, my!

Really? We're doing this?

Sonny, come on, talk to me.

: Are you...? Dusty?

Fine, be that way.

Superstitious wimps.

Okay, folks.

Ginny Baker is now through seven innings.

We're gonna go to that broadcast live.

Let's join Dick Enberg and Mark Grant on the call.

Really amazing stuff.

If you're wondering why Ginny Baker is on an island

all by herself there, it's what baseball tradition is all about.

No one talks to her.

No one can even mention the words.

But with six outs

to go, there's only one question on everyone's mind.

Is Ginny Baker about to pitch a no-hitter?

Oh, thank God. If one more person ignores me,

I'm gonna lose my damn mind.

Oh, here you go. Hey, so I was...

Really?

_

You weren't answering your cell.

Uh, maybe because I was sleeping. I...

Here. I've waited long enough. I want details.

Of what?

- Of what? - (door closes)

The electoral map, Ginny.

I want details from last night!

I don't know. I-I think it got a little weird.

Oh. Like... like a good kind of weird, or

bad weird? Ooh, is he like

a Fifty Shades of Grey type billionaire?

Oh, Noah? No, it didn't get weird with him.

Well, who'd it get weird with?

I'm too tired to have this conversation...

That's what the coffee's for. Spill.

Seriously, spill, or I will. I'm not even kidding.

I left halfway through...

- to go meet Mike. - What?!

I thought he was out with the guys, and,

- you know, leaving for Chicago. - What? (stammers)

Things got weird with Mike?!

- No. It was... - Well, how far did it go?

What he... Does the carpet match the face?

Ew. No, it wasn't like that.

It was... I can't talk about this.

No, no, no, I think you can, and I think you will.

Now I want details.

Vivid, electrifying, specific details.

- Go. - (sighs) There was a hug.

Ooh, ah, go on, go on, go on. Sorry.

We were hugging good-bye,

and there was... a moment.

This intense, strange

- moment. - Say more words.

And then Oscar called and...

told Mike he wasn't being traded,

- and that was that. - Ginny, look at me. I am starving

for sexual details outside of my marriage.

Now, I want nuance.

Was there any brushing of the lips?

- (laughing): No. No. - How close did you guys get?

Did you feel his hot, warm man breath on you?

What is wrong with you? Can you back up?

Knock, knock. - Come in.

- This is so not over. - Couldn't be more over.

Hey. What's up?

- Nothing. - Everything.

Hey, Beautiful Mind, you mind telling me what's up?

We need to shut Ginny down.

Huh? Why? She's nowhere near her innings limit.

Yeah, or her pitch count. I know.

But the screwball is a total variable.

Plus, she throws it 48% of the time,

which is more than seven percent higher

than anybody else throws their specialty pitch.

By my estimation, she's actually pitched 70 more innings

than her stat sheet says she has,

which puts her way over her innings limit.

- How sure are you about this? - What, do you want a percentage?

- I'd prefer words. - Well, I'm better with percentages.

- Ross. - I'm pretty sure.

Okay. A couple of things on the docket.

You have the Rachel Patrick interview today at Petco.

Rachel Patrick?

Ginny's doing an interview with Mike's ex-wife?

She's doing an interview with a top journalist

about her place in the pantheon of female sports.

She just happens to be Mike's ex-wife.

She wasn't my first choice, either.

I'm also shopping your memoirs.

She's 23. Does she even have memoirs yet?

She's gonna find 'em in the off-season.

And somebody is going to pay you a lot of money to do it.

Little girls are gonna eat it up.

We also have to map out your appearance schedule.

Amelia, I've never had an off-season.

You'll have a break. A week, maybe even two.

But we cannot take our foot off the pedal right now.

Everybody is waiting to hear your message.

We'll talk about it later.

Hey, we'll talk about that other stuff later.

See you at the park.

What's going on with Will and the restaurant?

I found out who cashed those checks he wrote.

Some businessman in Charlotte.

So he definitely took the money.

Amelia, I so don't want to tell her, or confront him.

You don't have to. I will.

I'm not sure if that's such a good idea.

I know how to speak to Will.

Besides, it's my job.

Yeah, we're not doing that.

- This seat taken? - I knew you wouldn't leave.

I knew when push came to shove, you couldn't flip on Blip.

Yeah.

What?

Nothing.

It was you that called the trade off, right?

That's what they said.

Well, they say a lot of things.

So, it wasn't your call?

- Hey. - Hey.

You're back, obviously.

Yeah.

So, uh, uh... about last night, we don't need to...

- No. No, definitely not. - So...

- Yeah. Good. - Good.

Oh. I'm doing an interview

- with your ex-wife today. - Yeah, I know, I know.

I talked to the producer about you.

- Oh, thanks. - Yeah.

So...

- We're good? - The best.

- Good. - Good.

- Hey, Ginny, are you...? - I'm good!

So, you didn't call off the trade.

I'm back, aren't I?

Yeah, but for how long?

Mike, need to talk to you.

What's going on?

I got a recommendation from analytics to shut Ginny down.

- When? - Right away.

Why? - Exactly.

They're concerned about wear and tear.

Nice of those guys to do my job for me.

Do those geniuses notice that her velocity's exactly the same?

Yes, but apparently, her RPMs are lower.

So is my nut sack. Doesn't stop me

from getting out of bed in the morning.

Well, sometimes it does stop him

from getting out of bed in the morning.

Mike, I want to hear your opinion as her catcher.

As her catcher?

Well, as her catcher, I think that you should tell her

that her season's over, let her wrap her mind

around that for a few days, and then

tell all the fans about it, and then