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How to Play Baseball is a 1942 Goofy cartoon directed by Jack Kinney.

Plot[]

Goofy takes the time to demonstrate America's national pastime, then plays a game - one in which he plays all the bases. The short describes the basics of baseball in humorous terms; the equipment, uniforms, positions, and pitches, as well as the mannerisms of the players. It then switches to a game in progress, a deciding game in the World Series between the fictional Blue Sox and Gray Sox (possibly a parody of the real-life Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox). The Blue Sox are up three runs and working a no-hitter when the Grays rally in the bottom of the ninth. In a series of events the Grays load the bases, leading to a base clearing hit.

The game is tied, but the play at the plate is too close to call for the umpire, and it then ends in an argument. The narrator then concludes the short praising the values of what makes baseball America's sport.

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Releases[]

Television[]

Home video[]

VHS

DVD

Streaming[]

Have a Laugh! changes[]

The following scenes were omitted from the short release due to time constraints:

  • The descriptions of the baseball, the bat, the glove, and the ballpark.
  • The description of the play.
  • The narrator saying, "The Sox are what the team is named after."
  • The description of the shoes being outfitted with spikes to prevent slipping.
  • The shoes being stuck in gum, which is described as "play[ing] an important part in baseball."
  • Many of the pitcher's plays to the batter: the inside curve, the outside curve, the drop, the spinner, and the slow ball (all that is scene here are the initial curve, the spit ball and the speed ball).
  • The entire first half of the World Series, up to the point where the bases are loaded.
  • The pitcher and the batter getting visibly tense as the pitcher is about to throw the half-million-dollar pitch.

Gallery[]

Reception[]

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called it "deliciously confused ... goofy burlesque".


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