Changes: Pride of the Shumways

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Season 1, Episode 8 of ALF: The Animated Series.

Gordon is the pitcher for the Orbit Guard Bouillabaseball team, and his parents ask him to have Curtis be the "fish boy" at their upcoming game, as Curtis got an award on the kids team and his parents want him to get more involved in sports. At the Orbit Guard game, Gordon stumbles, but by luck he wins for his unit. His playing attracts the attention of Max Dursky, a scout for the East Velcro Codsters, the big league team of the Shumway's locality. Gordon is perplexed by this and declines, but when he learns he can get out of mandatory Orbit Guard duty by doing this, he signs. Curtis is excited by this, as is Gordon, who buys all his friends "cat fudge sundaes".

At practice, Gordon' skills stink in comparison to the pro players, but he is encouraged by the coach. At home, the Shumway family gushes over having a big leaguer in the family and throws a barbeque in honor of this, but privately Gordon admits to his father he may sink the team. Bob tells Gordon to listen to Coach Felty and Max Dursky as they do bouilabaseball for a career. Although sage advice, it is later revealed that there is more than meets the eye, as Coach Felty praised Max Dursky for finding such a player. Jack Weenie, the corrupt owner of the Codsters, who says "Shumway is young, and will get over it, in a couple hundred years!"

The first game where Gordon plays is a championship game where he pitches against the Smeltsliders. Gordon's lousy fish pitching enable the Smeltsliders to score many runs. Audience members boo Gordon, but Curtis remains a loyal fan, saying it is not over until it is over. After the fish attract a bunch of cats, time out is called in order for Eddie to capture all the cats. During the time out, Gordon is ostracized by the fellow Codsters, and he shows Curtis a quick trip of the playing facilities. By chance, Curtis is near the office of Jack Weenie, who is taking bribes from Snarfel, the owner of the Smeltsliders. The Smeltsliders are often the bottom of the league, so Snarfel conspired with Weenie to sign the worst player they could find for the Codsters, thus allowing the Smeltsliders to win. After the championship the Codsters will be dissolved. In order for this to go through, Dursky recruited the worst player he could find so the Codsters would lose. The Codsters' coach and Max Dursky are also in on the scam, where Weenie will split the payoffs with them 60%/20%/20%, and they will leave town, with Gordon Shumway being left as the fall guy because everyone will think he lost the championship for the Codsters. Curtis tells this to Gordon, Rick and Skip, who have their own plans to beat Weenie. Gordon puts his pet fish Bismarck, who is quite elusive, into the game. When Gordon is up at splat (Melmacian term for "at bat"), Bismarck flies rings around the Smeltsliders, enabling Shumway to score many runs which cause the Codsters to advance, but not overtake the Smeltsliders. One dirty player throws a bag full of rocks at Gordon's head, knocking him out. Snarfel rigs the board so Gordon is up to splat again. Gordon, still groggy from being hit, is in no shape to play. He gives his uniform to Curtis, who is the only hope. Skip is glad Bismarck is a help, only for fresh fish to be brought in for pitching. Curtis misses twice, then hits the third time. Curtis makes enough runs to win the championship, then he is carried by fans in jubilation. While Max Dursky, Coach Felty and Boss Weenie try to make a quick getaway, they are thwarted by Snarfel and the entire team of the Smeltsliders.

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 Season 1, Episode 8 of ''[[ALF: The Animated Series]]''.
-Gordon is the star player for the [[Orbit Guard ]][[Bouillabaseball]] team, and gets recruited for a big league team, the Codsters. At the first game Gordon is the starting pitcher against the Smeltsliders. Gordon's skills stink in comparison to pro players, but [[Curtis Shumway|Curtis ]]learns that the corrupt owner of the Codsters has plans to dissolve his own team and have them absorbed into the Smeltsliders, and a losing season is the only way it will go through, hence the recruitment of Gordon. When Gordon is up to bat, he uses his pet fish Bismarck, which helps him score numerous runs for the Codsters, but one dishonest Smeltslider knocks him out. The colluding Codsters owner sees that Shumway is up to bat again. With Gordon out, little brother Curtis pretends to be Gordon and scores more runs, then exposes the conspiracy, ruining the sellout plans.
+Gordon is the pitcher for the [[Orbit Guard ]][[Bouillabaseball]] team, and his parents ask him to have [[Curtis Shumway|Curtis]] be the "fish boy" at their upcoming game, as Curtis got an award on the kids team and his parents want him to get more involved in sports. At the Orbit Guard game, Gordon stumbles, but by luck he wins for his unit. His playing attracts the attention of Max Dursky, a scout for the East Velcro Codsters, the big league team of the Shumway's locality. Gordon is perplexed by this and declines, but when he learns he can get out of mandatory Orbit Guard duty by doing this, he signs. Curtis is excited by this, as is Gordon, who buys all his friends "cat fudge sundaes".
+At practice, Gordon' skills stink in comparison to the pro players, but he is encouraged by the coach. At home, the Shumway family gushes over having a big leaguer in the family and throws a barbeque in honor of this, but privately Gordon admits to his father he may sink the team. [[Bob Shumway|Bob]] tells Gordon to listen to Coach Felty and Max Dursky as they do bouilabaseball for a career. Although sage advice, it is later revealed that there is more than meets the eye, as Coach Felty praised Max Dursky for finding such a player. Jack Weenie, the corrupt owner of the Codsters, who says "Shumway is young, and will get over it, in a couple hundred years!"
+The first game where Gordon plays is a championship game where he pitches against the Smeltsliders. Gordon's lousy fish pitching enable the Smeltsliders to score many runs. Audience members boo Gordon, but Curtis remains a loyal fan, saying it is not over until it is over. After the fish attract a bunch of cats, time out is called in order for [[Eddie]] to capture all the cats. During the time out, Gordon is ostracized by the fellow Codsters, and he shows Curtis a quick trip of the playing facilities. By chance, Curtis is near the office of Jack Weenie, who is taking bribes from Snarfel, the owner of the Smeltsliders. The Smeltsliders are often the bottom of the league, so Snarfel conspired with Weenie to sign the worst player they could find for the Codsters, thus allowing the Smeltsliders to win. After the championship the Codsters will be dissolved. In order for this to go through, Dursky recruited the worst player he could find so the Codsters would lose. The Codsters' coach and Max Dursky are also in on the scam, where Weenie will split the payoffs with them 60%/20%/20%, and they will leave town, with Gordon Shumway being left as the fall guy because everyone will think he lost the championship for the Codsters. Curtis tells this to Gordon, Rick and Skip, who have their own plans to beat Weenie. Gordon puts his pet fish Bismarck, who is quite elusive, into the game. When Gordon is up at splat (Melmacian term for "at bat"), Bismarck flies rings around the Smeltsliders, enabling Shumway to score many runs which cause the Codsters to advance, but not overtake the Smeltsliders. One dirty player throws a bag full of rocks at Gordon's head, knocking him out. Snarfel rigs the board so Gordon is up to splat again. Gordon, still groggy from being hit, is in no shape to play. He gives his uniform to Curtis, who is the only hope. Skip is glad Bismarck is a help, only for fresh fish to be brought in for pitching. Curtis misses twice, then hits the third time. Curtis makes enough runs to win the championship, then he is carried by fans in jubilation. While Max Dursky, Coach Felty and Boss Weenie try to make a quick getaway, they are thwarted by Snarfel and the entire team of the Smeltsliders.
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