It’s also an episode that perfectly embodies the traction that The Simpsons started to establish during its early years on the air.
This is one of the most quintessential episodes of The Simpsons ever made, and its acknowledgment by the MLB is a fitting anniversary gift.
The iconography of “Homer at the Bat” extends far beyond its obvious passion for the MLB.
Beyond that, in the years since “Homer at the Bat” first aired, it has gone on to regularly make the cut on a wide variety of “Top Simpsons Episodes” lists.