Cory Matthews gets detention after school for trying to listen to a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game in class while his teacher—Mr. Feeny—teaches the class the great value that love has in all of their lives, using Romeo and Juliet as a guide.

When Alan lets Cory stay up late to watch a baseball game, a no-hitter, Cory falls asleep in class the next day at school, and fails a test — which Mr. Feeny refuses to let him make up.