Fun gag but does not make sense; Magnum(Tom Selleck) has a prolonged conversation at the bar (not a random brief chance encounter) with Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammel, and he, a huge Tigers Fan who in other episodes proved to be able to recognize obscure players from other past teams, needs the bartender to tell him who they were. A Sense of Debt Season 4 Episode 8 Dec. 1, 1983
