The National Pastime / Public Relations

[NIGEL, spoken]
Ivy, let's go to Studio B and brush up the "Public Relations" number. Chloe, go over "National Pastime" before we break for lunch

[CHLOE]
Okay, guys. From the top... a-five, six, seven, eight —

[KAREN, sung]
Fellas!

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Yeah?

[KAREN]
Fellas!

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Is it?

[KAREN]
Hey, team!

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Off the benches, it's Marilyn!

[KAREN]
I just got a date

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
She just got a date

[KAREN]
With baseball's Joltin' Joe

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
That lucky so-and-so!

[KAREN]
So, run me 'round the bases
Put me through my paces
And teach me all the things a slugger's lover
Should know!

Fellas, what's that there?

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
That's the team bullpen

[KAREN]
Well, I like the odds I'm seeing — no girls, all men

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Batter up!

[KAREN, MALE ENSEMBLE]
Play ball!
You better give it your all
'Cause all men like to play at

[KAREN]
The national pastime

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
We don't care

[KAREN, MALE ENSEMBLE]
We don't care if we ever get back!

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
When the season's over, the play won't end

[KAREN]
'Cause a baseball diamond is a girl's best friend...

[KAREN, MALE ENSEMBLE]
Yes, my style and my fashion'll (Yes, her style and her fashion'll)

[KAREN, MALE ENSEMBLE]
Elevate the national pastime!

[NIGEL, spoken]
Just the dance, Ivy. Watch what I do:
[sung] I relate to men of so many —
[spoken] You missed the bump
[sung] But public relations are my —
[spoken] Oh, this is new:
Ball-change, kick, cross, turn, bump, bump, and switch!

[IVY]
Oh my God, Nigel

[NIGEL]
Still got it. Four walks —
[sung] — can lead to frustrations
But public relations
[spoken] Shorty George
[sung] I have never declined
[spoken] Maybe a leap here?

[IVY]
Oh, not in heels, baby

[NIGEL]
Alright, a Fosse walk —
[sung] — men with pad and pen
Is a way to have some fun

[IVY, spoken]
Uh-huh!

[NIGEL, sung]
But ladies, listen to me

[IVY]
Confidentially
Nothing ever beats a one-on-one

[NIGEL, spoken]
Three drags!
[sung] I am glad you crave —
[spoken] Step-shuffle
[sung] — conjugations
[spoken] Four of these...
[sung] Public rela—
[spoken] Kick, kick
[sung] It's my favorite —

[IVY, spoken]
I love this part —

[NIGEL, sung]
'Cause when —
[spoken] Uh oh, god, my hip...

[IVY]
Are you alright?

[NIGEL]
I'm fine. Keep doing it
[sung] — the fourth estate is —
[spoken] Left, right, and walk, walk, yes
Ivy, you're a dream!
I need ice!