TEXT: [ The apartment ] Howard: So, how does this game work? I just throw it, like a real ball? Leonard: Yeah, just nice and easy, right over the plate. Howard: All right. Raj: You suck, Wolowitz. Howard: What's that about? Raj: I'm heckling you. It's a beloved part of baseball. Sheldon: He's right. And given that you're probably still waiting to be picked for a game that was played in fifth grade, I'm sure you do suck. Penny: Hi. What's going on? Leonard: Baseball. Penny: Okay, this is not what I meant when I said go outside and play. Leonard: He's practicing. Penny: For what? Howard: The Angels wanted an astronaut to throw out the first pitch, so guess who they called? Penny: What, you? Really? Howard: Well, a lot of people who weren't available, but then me. Penny: That's so cool. Congratulations. I guess that makes you the athlete of the group. Sheldon: Well, not just him. May I remind you that you're talking to the seeker, beater, chaser and water boy of the third place Griffith Park Quidditch team. Penny: I know. Watching your boyfriend run around with a broomstick between his legs isn't something you forget. Leonard: C'mon now, throw one. Howard: All right, here we go. Raj: You look like a jackass. Howard: Cut it out. You're hurting my feelings. Leonard: Now you know why we're not outside. [SCENE_BREAK] <unk> Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state <unk> [SCENE_BREAK] <unk> Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! <unk> [SCENE_BREAK] <unk> The Earth began to cool <unk> [SCENE_BREAK] <unk> The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools <unk> [SCENE_BREAK] <unk> We built the Wall <unk> [SCENE_BREAK] We built the pyramids [SCENE_BREAK]
SUMMARY:
Howard is asked to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game for the LA Angels of Anaheim, as an astronaut, to celebrate Space Day. Despite practicing, he cannot reach home plate. At the game Howard decides to use a prototype of the Mars rover to deliver the ball, but the Rover moves so slowly across the grass to deliver the ball that Howard is booed by the crowd and his friends in the stands. Earlier Sheldon and Amy are joined by Penny and Leonard on a double date at a pub, and are baffled when Sheldon says the Shamy relationship is the stronger of the two, because they scored an 8.2 out of 10 on a scientific test used to measure a couple's compatibility. Leonard wants to take the test, but Penny refuses, worried that she and Leonard have nothing in common even though they are engaged. Leonard admits he shares this fear, but says it only strengthens his resolve that they can face it together. Penny is overwhelmed by Leonard's commitment, while Amy wishes Sheldon would say romantic things like that to her. Sheldon tells her that she should trust him that she is already happy because of their test score.