Combine a childhood favorite with baseball, and buddy, you’ve got yourself a sale. After finding that there was a Real Ghostbusters episode about the boys playing a ballgame against a team of demons for one of their souls, I had no choice but to watch it.

So, for those that either a) have no desire to get the disc from Netflix or b) prefer to watch their shows by reading recaps, do continue. I must warn you, spoilers ahead. And by spoilers I mean that I intend on explaining the entire episode to you. Let us begin.

After failing to drag the rest of the Ghostbusters to see the New York Jaguars, clearly third to the Mets and Yankees in New York’s hearts and minds, Winston Zeddemore takes Slimer along to see a team of vaguely athletic-looking baseball players who wear stirrup socks. Cartoon or not, this is always a good thing.

We are also treated to a visual representation of what a Class 5 Free Roaming Vapor would would like like if he went to sporting events:

Since this is a 22 minute television show, something spooky had to happen while they were in attendance. In the middle of the game, a Pink Floyd laser light show broke out, forcing the shortstop to drop an infield pop up. I’m pretty sure this is what happened to Luis Castillo in 2009.

Later that night, Winston and the gang return to the stadium and investigate where they find an interdimensional portal on the pitching mound that transports them to a trippy hellscape where they meet the Demon Joe West:

Demon Joe West explains that Winston will be playing for “Good” in an epic battle against “Evil” with a human soul on the line. Unfortunately, Venkman, Stanz, and Egon must remain on the sidelines because the teams are full. I’m guessing that Winston won a giveaway at the Jaguars game because his inclusion is never really explained. That’s when the great baseball action starts.

For those curious, this is how a stadium in outer-space Hell would look. I wonder why Dante didn’t outline this in his Inferno:

The game then begins with an epic pitching duel between a demon and a…majestic….mustachioed unicorn, I guess. I would buy this image on a tee-shirt or a high quality digital print:

The game remained tied at 0 until the top of the ninth when Evil scored their first run thanks to their completely legal “Vanishing” play where the baserunner would completely disappear anytime someone tried to tag him out. I’m not sure why they didn’t try this earlier in the game.

You can also tell that the player is evil by the amount of showboating he does upon scoring. Maybe Bryce Harper could learn a little something by watching this episode:

With a human soul on the line, Evil brings in their closer for the bottom of the ninth. You may notice that he looks suspiciously like Rich Garces:

After blowing two fastballs (literally blowing them out of his trunk) past Winston, things look grim for Good. But Winston, expertly dressed in stirrup socks, chokes up, digs in, and…

SMACK! He hits a walk-off home run. How unexpected. This also causes the demons turn into some kind of goo.

Oddly enough, that goo even has more defensive range than Yuniesky Betancourt. Hey-ho!

Everything went better than expected!

I like baseball enough as is, but I’m not going to lie. If the World Baseball Classic featured a human soul on the line, I think more people would be waking up at 4 am to catch all the action.

That’s it for the Real Ghostbusters, but if anyone has any memories of baseball-themed episodes from their childhood, please let me know so I can put my Netflix account to good use.