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A Leela of Her Own

"A Leela of Her Own"
Futurama episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 16
Directed by Swinton Scott
Written by Patric M. Verrone
Production code 3ACV16
Original air date April 7, 2002
Opening caption "Scratch Here To Reveal Prize"
Opening cartoon "The Goal Rush" (1946)
Guest appearance(s)

Bob Uecker as himself
Tom Kenny as Abner Doubledeal
Hank Aaron as himself and Hank Aaron XXIV

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Bob Uecker as himself
Tom Kenny as Abner Doubledeal
Hank Aaron as himself and Hank Aaron XXIV

"A Leela of Her Own" is the sixteenth episode in the third season of the animated series Futurama. The episode is an homage to A League of Their Own. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 7, 2002. Bob Uecker provided the voice of himself, Tom Kenny provided the voice of Abner Doubledeal, and Hank Aaron guest starred as himself and Hank Aaron XXIV.

A new pizza restaurant run by Cygnoids has moved in across the street from the Planet Express building. Leela convinces the others that they should go to greet their new neighbors. They find that the Cygnoids have much to learn about Earth customs. Fry tries to help them get adjusted, first by giving them advice on how not to make pizza (such as not using live bees as an ingredient, not crushing rats to make wine, and not letting their relatives live in the pizza oven when not in use) and then by suggesting that they learn how to play blernsball (the 30th century version of baseball as seen in "Fear of a Bot Planet").

The Planet Express staff and the Cygnoids form teams and go to a blernsball diamond in a nearby park. While playing blernsball with the Cygnoids, Leela's lack of depth perception causes her to injure opposing players by beaning them in the head. Gaining notice from Abner Doubledeal, the owner of the New New York Mets, who thinks that having a one-eyed woman repeatedly bean opposing players would be a good novelty act, she becomes the first female player to play professional blernsball. Leela sees herself as a pioneer for women in sports, but Jackie Anderson, a female star for a college blernsball team, tells her that Leela is an embarrassment who is making it harder for legitimate female athletes to be taken seriously. Leela is on the fast track to becoming the worst blernsball player ever and seeks help to prevent that by enlisting Hank Aaron XXIV, a distant relative of Hank Aaron, who is currently the worst blernsball player of all time. After taking his advice, she throws a strike and is delighted.


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