Save Our Sailors (It Ain't Easy episode)

"Save Our Sailors" is the third episode of the second season of It Ain't Easy. It first aired on RKOx in the on August 21, 2007. In this episode, Giselle, William and Adam find out that their favorite Minor League Baseball team, the New Orleans Sailors, is being relocated to and try to prevent its relocation.

The episode had its story written by Genevieve LaClotte and Joey Moody with a teleplay by LaClotte, and was directed by Kevin Hungerford. It guest stars as Leonard O. Davidson, the owner of the Sailors, and Phelan Morkel as Philip Studebaker, a representative of the city of Evanston.

The episode received highly positive reviews from critics and is often cited as the episode that "put the series on the map". The episode inspired the naming of the Evanston Sailors, a minor league baseball team that began playing in 2015.

Plot
The staff of Alphonse's Inn attend a home game of their favorite minor league team, the New Orleans Sailors. Adam uses his "movie star credentials" to sneak him and his friends into a post-game press conference. During the press conference, the team's owner, Leonard O. Davidson, announces that he's planning to move the team to. Outraged, Giselle, William and Adam lead the Alphonse's Inn staff in organizing a movement to prevent the relocation.

The next day, Alphonse's Inn receives a visit from Philip Studebaker, a representative of the city of Evanston. He tries to convince them to stop their campaign, but Adam chases him out.

Production
Genevieve LaClotte and Joey Moody wrote the episode's story, while Moody wrote the teleplay. The two were inspired by when the (then the New Orleans Hornets)  to  following.

Most of the episode was filmed at Zephyr Field (now the ) in, then the home ballpark of the New Orleans Zephyrs (later the ).