"Big Hair & Baseball" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Plot

To give Carey some time to herself, Mr. Moseby reluctantly takes Zack and Cody to a Yankees-Red Sox baseball game. His lack of familiarity with the game (he was interested in ballet as a kid, not typical sports) embarrasses the boys. He also takes a win away from the Red Sox by catching a fly ball (similar to real-life incidents with Steve Bartman and the Cubs and Jeffrey Maier and the Yankees).

Meanwhile, London sets Maddie up on a date, but the humid weather makes her hair frizz out. With her hair fixed in a home spa day with London and Carey, Maddie and her date Gavin hit it off, but sitting outside at a restaurant causes her hair to tangle again. As she tries to hide this from Gavin, he begins to sweat profusely.

In the end, the boys defend Mr. Moseby in front of an angry crowd of Red Sox fans and a reporter, while Maddie and Gavin accept each other's outside appearance, as they are attracted by the person on the inside.

Quotes

• Cody: These seats are awesome!
  Moseby: This seat is filthy!
  Zack: Well we told you to dress casual!
  Moseby: This is casual, I'm wearing loafers.
• Carey: I recommend the creme brulee!
  Patrick: I recommend you go away.

Trivia

• The episode is meant to lampoon the Steve Bartman incident during the 2003 National League Championship Series, in which Bartman caught a baseball that was going to be a fly ball caught by Moises Alou, but instead was caught by Bartman. The Chicago Cubs went on to lose the game and failed to reach the World Series, which they still (as of 2006) have not been to since 1945.
• With this episode aired, the Yankees went on to win the season series against the Red Sox, and eventually won the American League East for the 8th year in a row despite both the Yankees and the Red Sox respectively had the same record (95-67).
• In real life, the catch that Mr. Moseby made would have actually counted as a home-run, resulting in the Red Sox winning the game.

References

• "Big Hair & Baseball" TV.com's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Episode Guide, August 28, 2005.

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