Baseball: Difference between revisions

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Three episodes have featured baseball as a major theme:
Three episodes have featured baseball as a major theme:
* The introduction of Casey in ''[[EP118|The Double Trouble Header]]'' contained many baseball references. Aside from the title itself, Team Rocket had a baseball themed motto and the final confrontation took place on a baseball field.
* The introduction of Casey in ''[[EP118|The Double Trouble Header]]'' contained many baseball references. Aside from the title itself, Team Rocket had a baseball-themed motto and the final confrontation took place on a baseball field.
* In ''[[SS011|A Date with Delcatty]]'', [[Georgio]] wanted to go on a date with {{an|Misty}} to the Starmie-Electabuzz game.
* In ''[[SS011|A Date with Delcatty]]'', [[Georgio]] wanted to go on a date with {{an|Misty}} to the Starmie-Electabuzz game.
* Casey managed to help her team in ''[[SS017|Those Darn Electabuzz]]'' by helping their star pitcher to regain his confidence.
* Casey managed to help her team in ''[[SS017|Those Darn Electabuzz]]'' by helping their star pitcher to regain his confidence.
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* The inclusion of baseball in Pokémon, where the focus is on [[Pokémon battle]]s, is likely due to its high popularity in Japan. During the baseball season, it is common for there to be weeks where no new episode of Pokémon airs due to [[TV Tokyo]] choosing to broadcast the game instead.
* The inclusion of baseball in Pokémon, where the focus is on [[Pokémon battle]]s, is likely due to its high popularity in Japan. During the baseball season, it is common for there to be weeks where no new episode of Pokémon airs due to [[TV Tokyo]] choosing to broadcast the game instead.
* {{an|Brock}} used baseball as a theme when he made an appeal with his {{TP|Brock|Bonsly|Sudowoodo}} in the contest in ''[[AG167|What I Did for Love]]''. He pitched baseballs to Bonsly, who caught and juggled them.
* {{an|Brock}} used baseball as a theme when he made an appeal with his {{TP|Brock|Bonsly|Sudowoodo}} in the contest in ''[[AG167|What I Did for Love]]''. He pitched baseballs to Bonsly, who caught and juggled them.
* The colors of Team Electabuzz; black and gold; are the same colors as that of the {{wp|Pittsburgh Pirates}}.<!--I don't think it matters to mention the other Pittsburgh teams in this case, since the Steelers are a football team and the Penguins are a hockey team-->


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