Take Me out to the Holosuite

This episode is completely intended as a comedy, and it absolutely works. It's cheesy, yeah, but it's a whole lot of fun. Worf is comic gold here, too; once you watch it, you'll see what I mean.

Sisko arranges a baseball game against a crew of Vulcans.

For me this is a relatively amusing episode that helps if you are into baseball and DS9.

I think for fans of the sport there is a lot to take out of it, as it has a nice underdog plot and we see all the characters involved in a fun way.

I live in a country where the sport has limited exposure, but through pop culture I can appreciate certain gags such as Odo using his voice to great effect as an umpire. I also like the visual storytelling and humour in the various scenes of characters training and the game itself.

The concept of a rivalry with the Vulcan commander is a decent idea, but I think the writers overdo Sisko's desperation to win and the backstory between the two characters. It is the key concept that drives the plot and most of the humour and for me it runs out of steam quite early. I think if they had included more of the character Solok's arrogance in the buildup to the game it would have worked better. In fact, I find Sisko a bit annoying in certain scenes and after one in particular I actually want the Vulcans to win.

Rom is the only one of the 'Niners' I actually feel invested in, so it ends in a positive way.

All cast are on good form and I think the baseball scenes are put together well for a TV production.

Nothing more, well maybe a little. I will start off saying that there is nothing in this episode that has to do with the main story arc whatsoever. Some will review on the fact that Vulcans don't act emotional, yet we have seen that some do to an extent. Remember, they suppress their emotions, it's not that they don't have any. I have seen plenty of times where Spock himself and Tuvok have shown annoyance with others and arrogance as well even if ever so slightly. So having a Vulcan Starfleet captain of an all Vulcan crew showing a bit of arrogance over a human captain is not out of the realm of possibilities. There are a lot of lighthearted moments and funny moments. All in all I enjoyed it.

To anyone who is not American this episode is not interesting. Mostly, cause hardly any one outside the USA plays this game, and therefor does not understand the rules. It was boring.

The only interesting thing is that we see the cast interact with each other.

In Quarks at the end there is clearly another Klingon sitting behind Bashir. They are trying to pass him off for Worf but it is not Michael Dorn!