Take Me out to the Holosuite

It's more about crew camaraderie than anything else...

Odo was the perfect Umpire.

I've seen the Padres play worse...

Vulcans vs The Emmissary. Ha! Note that the Niners have Mets style uniforms. Didn't distract the Vulcans though. Neither did Worf's tauntings. Ezri had some fancy dans though.

And then suddenly Miles is in charge.

Sometimes it takes a guy like Rom to remind us what the game is really about.

What had be giggling were the Ferengi oversized baseball caps.

You never know what's gonna happen!

Try explaining the game to the Wormhole Al... Er, I mean The Prophets.

Aggressive... Adversarial!

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.

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!

An episode of almost pure frivolity, as filler eps go this one is one of the best, and certainly the most fun. Yes it's mostly very silly, but it knows that it's silly and doesn't really care. You don't have to know about baseball, but I will admit that it helps. There is one truly heartfelt moment near the end concerning Rom, and to hear Worf (kinda) yell "Death to the opposition!" makes the entire episode worth watching. A must for those who get the lighter side of Trek.

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.