In the background Mount Pilot is still on the field warming-up, taking fielding practice. Goober is addressing the team giving them a big pep-talk right before they take the field. This episode premiered 6 years after The Andy Griffith Show premiered on CBS.The name of the baseball teams are the Mayberry Giants and The Mount Pilot Comets.Ron Howard stated that this episode was his favorite.Andy is concerned about the appearance of favoritism when he decides to umpire a crucial junior baseball game for Opie, but ends up angering the town when one of his decisions loses the game for Mayberry.
