Head Games

what happens

The Lawrence Jr. High baseball team is blowing a big lead and is about to lose the game. Things get so bad Coach Tugnut puts in Twitty, who hasn't pitched all year. Surprisingly, he strikes out the rest of the side and saves the day. At school the next day, Twitty is congratulated by everyone, but Louis talks about him being the star player every one depends on so much that it begins to make him nervous. Now with his confidence shaken, Twitty pitches terribly in the next game while Artie Ryan broadcasts to everyone how he blew it. After the game, Twitty blames Louis and all his talk for his pitching problems. Twiity is sitting at home depressed when Tawny and Louis come over to help snap him out of it. Tawny suggests ""behavior modification,"" giving Twitty a reward for having good thoughts and giving him a whiff of Louis' old socks for bad ones! It doesn't work, so Tawny asks Louis to bring his brother Donnie over to help. Donnie tells about when he had similar problems and says a trip

who made it

directed

Peter Baldwin

written

Tom Burkhard

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• LLauren Frost as Ruby Mendel
• Margo Harshman as Tawny Dean
• A.J. Trauth as Alan Twitty
• Jim Wise as Coach Tugnut
• JJerry Messing as Artie Ryan
• Brandon Davis as Bobby Deaver