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, Phelan Morkel as Philip Studebaker, a representative of the city of Evanston, and the members of  as themselves.

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. The group organizes a number of rallies to promote their cause. A majority of them end very badly, including one that ends in a riot when promised guests are forced to cancel because their tour bus pulled up to the wrong protest rally.

With many of their rallies ending badly, the group organizes one last protest by attending what is supposed to be the Sailors' final game in New Orelans. When Leonard comes out to "say goodbye" to the city, Giselle and Adam storm the field and take Leonard's microphone out of his hand, and lead the audience in a call-and-response chant of "Who are they? THE SAILORS! Where do they belong? NEW ORLEANS!" In the end, Leonard decides to call off the move out of pure spite for the fans, and has Giselle and Adam arrested, only for the rest of the fans to storm the field as well and chase him away. Watching the scenes on television, Philip calls the Mayor of Evanston and tells him that the relocation has been called off. Philip ends up telling him "Let's steal the Rockford Peaches instead. I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"

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 ).