Baseball Bugs
1946 · 7m · USA
Directed by Friz Freleng
Genres: animation, comedy, sports
Tones: darkly comic, humorous
When the brutish Gas-House Gorillas dominate the hapless Tea Totallers at the Polo Grounds, Bugs Bunny emerges from his outfield burrow to single-handedly take on the entire opposing team, playing every position with his trademark wit and trickery.
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Bugs playing all nine positions is a fine gag and the page is private anyway. Not getting worked up over a 1946 sports cartoon.
Freleng's one-rabbit-team conceit is canonical Looney Tunes, though the youtube link reads private, which complicates recommendation. The cartoon itself remains a sturdy Bugs vehicle.
Friz Freleng has Bugs play all nine positions and turns the camera into the umpire — the staging math alone makes this a directorial feat. Page is a dead private video so I can't verify the print, but the premise is bulletproof.
Reviews
It's accessible, it's hysterical, and you don't even have to know the rules of the game to understand it.
One of the best baseball cartoons ever made, with solid voice work, nice music, and excellent animation.