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The 'Parks and Recreation' premiere had an inside joke for baseball nerds only

'Parks and Rec' premiere has baseball inside joke

The first episode of the final season of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" premiered on Tuesday night and co-creator Michael Schur (you know him as Ken Tremendous, formerly of Fire Joe Morgan) knew you were in denial about it. So he made sure you'd have to tune in:

Yes, set two years in the future, many changes have come to the town of Pawnee, but none so important as a merger between two very statistically inclined law firms:

Since Leslie Knope's world has fast-forwarded to 2017, inquiring minds want to know: Did the Cubs win the World Series? 'Parks' says yes: