Which character should be the umpire?

@Background Pony #4FC8
Yes, that was… a day… where stuff happened…

FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 2021

PLAY BALL!

Looks like it’s gonna be a beautiful day for a ball game

Here’s the wind up…and the pitch!

Heeeey! batter (x4) swing batter!

All my fave ponies are there, but I hate sport!

The Flower Trio are all here but in different spots, Lyra and Bon Bon are here but in different spots… Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie still have yet to be seen apart.
 
Of course, it’s always good to see them again anyway.
 
(Yes, Sunny’s here. The catcher’s head blocks her but you can still see some of her hair, but he moves, revealing Sunny but blocking Peachy.)
 
I wonder why we almost never see those two, as well as Archer and Sun Glimmer. Yeah, those last two were just quick repaints so the CMC wouldn’t be in AB’s class before she officially meets them, but Archer got to be in Hearts and Hooves Day and is in the Gameloft game with a name and everything.

The first team to score 10 points wins!

Wow ruby pinch is not with button mash now!

Thunderlane? where /)_-

Gabby being a lefty confirmed.

Interesting, she bats left taloned

@monolyth  
“Why would ponies invent baseball if they can’t grip the bat? Or the ball?”  
 
 
 
 
Yeah I don’t think that’s an issue in this setting.

Snails is a better catcher.

looks for Derpy Nope, not in this shot.
 
Also, Bon Bon got front-row tickets and Lyra didn’t get them. Haha.

Holy shit, button mash. Look at the green hat.

baseball been berry berry good to her.

Shiggy parody when

@monolyth  
Unicorns can levitate the bats and gloves. Earth Ponies can use their mouths to grip them, and wouldn’t Pegasi make good outfielders?

@monolyth  
They could use the bat with their mouth or tail, or it could have been invented by other species that live in Equestria like Griffons

@monolyth  

 
Could be a tri-species game like the sport from last week. I could see unicorns (or species with hands) as the batters, pegasi as the outfielders (and maybe pinch-runners), and earthponies as the position players. We’ve seen ponies “grip” things before via Cartoon Bullshit so earthponies could throw the ball, or just have unicorns be the pitcher while earthponies cover the rest.

@monolyth  
Maybe another race invented it.
 
Assuming they get to do things like that, and ponies don’t mind a little appropriation.

…what is this episode about?  
Why would ponies invent baseball if they can’t grip the bat? Or the ball?