Mommy, Dearest

Commissioner Radcliffe's mother seizes control of the league, and is ten times worse than her son. When a bunch of bizarre and arbitrary new rules are suddenly imposed on the league, no one can figure out what's going on. Then comes the revelation that Radcliffe has lost control of his empire to the one cat on earth more ruthless than he is: his mother, a pint-sized battle-axe who terrorizes her son. While Rip tries unsuccessfully to persuade Radcliffe's mother to lighten up, another maternal presence arrives- in the person of Ma Mungo, who is here to visit her boys. Steve, Jeff and Jackie are overjoyed to see her, but are baffled when Ma turns tearful for no apparent reason. Discovering that the Mungos have forgotten their mother's birthday, Nikki jumps to an inspired realization: perhaps Ma Radcliffe's nose is out of joint for a similar reason! The Mynas set out to solve the problem by staging a gala birthday bash- but Ma Radcliffe just gets angrier than ever. All seems lost...until Radcliffe melts his mother's heart in the last way that anyone would have expected.

Ebbet Myna, Nikki Tinker, Rip Hickory, Lucinda "Lefty" Lane, Jeff Mungo, Jackie Mungo, Steve Mungo, Sammy Spinoza, Mudflap Flammen, Reggie Stainback, The Flamingo Kid, Big Tree Powell, The Pigs, The Beavers, The Weasels, The Elephants, Commissioner Radcliffe, Schlitzy, Paully, Divinity Plunkett, Harry, Barry, Bart, Ma Mungo, Ma Radcliffe.

Inspired by the works of baseball writer W.P. Kinsella.