30 Years Ago, Homer Simpson Won The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant A Legendary Softball Championship

30 years ago this weekend, Homer Simpson sealed a historic softball championship victory for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant with a single hit.

If you haven't watched 'Homer at the Bat', one of the greatest episodes of The Simpsons ever, let's give you a rundown.

The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team is truly terrible, having won two and lost 28 of their previous 30 games.

Step forward Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson and most importantly, Homer with 'Wonder Bat'.

Made out of a fallen tree branch that was struck by lightning, Homer leads his co-workers to the championship game against their bitter rivals of Shelbyville Power Plant.

On the field it's all smiles for Homer and his pals. But off it, Mr Burns is locked in an intense rivalry with Shelbyville Power Plant owner Aristotle Amadopolis.

Burns ends up betting a whopping $1 million on his team winning the championship and to do that, he enlists the help of some huge names.

To secure victory, Burns hires 90s Major League Baseball stars Steve Sax, Wade Boggs, Ozzie Smith, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry, Ken Griffey Jr., Jose Canseco and Mike Scioscia (after asking for a number who have been dead for many years) and gives them all jobs at the plant.

The team are distraught at the lengths Burns will go to and he employs a hypnotist (who can't get more than 100% because it's impossible) while also giving the team a brain and nerve tonic (more on this later.)

Wonder Bat is destroyed in training by a Clemens pitch and it looks like our beloved underdogs will be cast to the side.

That is, until a series of extraordinary circumstances. Check them all out below:

Darryl Strawberry plays the game, not without emotional damage. Daaarrryl... Daaarrryl... Daaarrryl.