Baseball Luigi

**Baseball Luigi** is an episode of Super Mario Exploration.

Previous: **Baby Dino**

Next: **Luigi's Special Day**

## Summary

Luigi loves baseball! He is really good at throwing and catching the ball. However, he is not good at hitting and really wants to have his first big hit, so he and Mario need to go to the baseball stadium to see if he can really do it.

## Plot

Mario and Luigi are in their baseball outfits because they were going to be playing in a baseball game today. Luigi proved that he can throw a baseball and catch a baseball. But he had a struggle of hitting the baseball. Luigi sings a song about he can do at every baseball game and includes that he never hit a baseball. Luigi thinks that even he was going to hit the baseball later in the baseball game, the whole crowd would cheer for him. Luigi practiced and practiced and was going to give it his all. Luigi tells Mario that he really wants to hit the baseball and Mario replies to him that he knows that he can do it. Mario and Luigi had to get going to the baseball game. They ask Molly for the quickest route. Molly tells Mario and Luigi to go over Pak E. Derm's bridge and across Pitcher's Pond to get to the baseball game. She also mentions that there will be star-catching.

Mario and Luigi got going and then they stop because Nabbit was nearby. They didn't see Nabbit all they saw was a giant hot dog but it wasn't just any hot dog. Somebody was in the hot dog suit. Mario and Luigi saw that Nabbit was in there. They had to stop Nabbit 3 times by saying "Nabbit no nabbing". They did so and Nabbit falls down backwards and rolls away. After stopping Nabbit, they put their baseball equipment in Baxter for safe keeping. After that, they see Pak E. Derm bridge. Pak E. Derm tells Mario and Luigi that they can't go over his bridge unless, instead of a riddle, he wants to see if Luigi can catch all the baseballs that Pak E. Derm can hit. Pak E. Derm had a rhyme that goes: "I love to hit baseballs, baseball is great! But to get over the bridge, you have to catch 8!" Luigi tells him that he was a great catcher. Luigi catches the baseballs and the viewer catches the last baseball. Mario and Luigi had to double-check to be sure they caught all 8 baseballs. Sure enough, they caught 8 and all the baseballs formed an 8. Pak E. Derm was impressed and will now let Mario and Luigi go over his bridge. Pak E. Derm says another rhyme which went: "I'm Pak E. Derm. Yes indeed, that's my name! And I wish you good luck in your baseball game!". Mario and Luigi thank Pak E. Derm, gave him a high-five and got going over the bridge.

After going over Pak E. Derm, Mario and Luigi picked up speed. As they do so, they heard stars. They even saw a star that looked like a baseball. Mario and Luigi jumped to catch the stars as they continued running. The stars go into the star pocket. After that, Mario and Luigi reach Pitcher's Pond. When they got there, they saw a boat shaped like a giant baseball. Mario and Luigi put their life jackets on and hopped onto the baseball-shaped boat. Suddenly, they saw a gate. A Squirtle pops up and tells them: "To open the gate, pitch a baseball in the air but make sure you pitch it at the red square". The problem is that Mario and Luigi don't have a baseball. They decided to call on Speedy from the star pocket. He comes out and is ready for action. The viewer shows Speedy where the red square was. Speedy hits the red square on the gate and it opens. Suddenly, Mario and Luigi find another gate. The Squirtle pops up and says: "You opened the first gate. Nice pitch. Good for you. Now, help your star ball find the square that is blue". Mario and Luigi had to find the blue square. The viewer finds it and Speedy hits the blue square on the gate. Then, it opens. Mario and Luigi go through. Mario and Luigi had one more gate to pass through. The Squirtle pops up one last time to say: "to open this gate, find the green square. But you better look fast, because here's comes a Bewear". Mario and Luigi look behind themselves and saw the Bewear coming towards them. The viewer acted fast by telling Speedy that the green square was in the middle. Speedy hits the green square and the gate opens. Mario and Luigi pass the gate but they have to be sure the Bewear doesn't go past it. They shout "chiudere" to get the gate to close. The gate closes and the Bewear can't chase after Mario and Luigi. Soon, Mario and Luigi made it across Pitcher's Pond. They were getting close to the baseball game.

When they arrived at the baseball game, Luigi realized they needed their baseball equipment which was the baseball, the bat and their baseball mitts. They look in Baxter. Luckily, Baxter had all of Mario and Luigi's baseball equipment. The viewer gets them out and Baxter wishes them good luck in the baseball game. Each baseball equipment came towards them one at a time. As Luigi catches his baseball mitt, he catches the baseball too. Mario and Luigi enter the baseball stadium. They meet up with Lakitu, Toad, Princess Peach, the Toad Brigade, Red, Pikachu and Mario's father as their team coach. Peach was worried that Mario and Luigi weren't going to make it but Mario and Luigi are here and ready for action. Mario's father comes along. Mario tells his father that Luigi is going to hit the baseball later. Luigi tells Pappa that he has been practicing real hard. The baseball announcer tells the crowd that it was Luigi's turn to try to hit the ball. Mario's father tells Luigi that it was his turn to bat. Luigi thinks that if he hits the baseball, his team wins. The baseball announcer tells the crowd that the Bowser Monsters are changing pitchers. Replacing Wario was Bowser. Lakitu tells the team that Bowser throws the baseball really fast. Luigi had to switch his baseball hat to a baseball helmet. Mario and Luigi do a special handshake called the hammer hit. Mario hits Luigi's fist while Luigi hits Mario's fist. Luigi was up to bat.

Bowser taunts to Luigi that he'll never get a hit when he throws the baseball. Bowser pitches the baseball and Luigi misses. Strike 1! Bowser pitches a 2nd time and Luigi misses again. Strike 2! Bowser knew that it was 1 more strike before Luigi is out. Mario tells Luigi not to listen to Bowser and says that he can prove him wrong. Luigi really had to get ready for the baseball this time because he has 2 strikes. If he misses this time, he will be out! So the viewer yells out the Italian word for "ball" to Luigi for encouragement. Luigi finally hits the ball. The baseball announcer was impressed. The baseball goes over the fence. It was going, going, and gone! It was a home run for the Luigi Knights. They won the baseball game and everyone was happy for Luigi and the crowd went wild.