THE ADMIRAL AND HARM FIND THEMSELVES DEFENDING A NAVY BASEBALL PITCHER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER HE HITS A MARINE BATTER WITH A BEAN BALL PITCH, ON A REBROADCAST OF "JAG," FRIDAY, SEPT. 3

Oakland Athletics� Pitcher Barry Zito Guest Stars

"The Boast" -- Chegwidden and Harm defend a Navy All-Star baseball pitcher charged with assault after he hits a Marine batter with a bean ball pitch, on a rebroadcast of JAG, Friday, Sept. 3 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Bradford May directed the episode from a script by Matt Witten. (Originally broadcast 11/21/03)

Barry Zito, Oakland Athletics� pitcher and winner of the 2002 Cy Young Award, guest stars.

When the Navy�s star pitcher, Crawford (Zito), hits the star hitter of the Marine team with a bean ball pitch during the 15th Annual Navy-Marine All-Star Game, Chegwidden and Harm must figure out if the hit was intentional. Meanwhile, Mac is assigned to defend a Marine who boasted of killing an Iraqi POW to his date who turns out to be a newspaper reporter hungry for a good story.

Cmdr. Harmon Rabb Jr.: David James Elliott
Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie: Catherine Bell
Lt. Bud Roberts: Patrick Labyorteaux
Admiral A.J. Chegwidden: John M. Jackson
P.O. Jennifer Coates: Zoe McLellan
Secnav Sheffield: Dean Stockwell
Col. Blakely: John DeMita
Cmdr. Helfman: Jennifer Savidge
Mattie Grace: Hallee Hirsh
P.O. Crawford: Barry Zito
Lance Corp. Pete Kelly: Derek Magyar
Marine Lt. David Phelps: William Gregory Lee
Ginny Serrano: Dahlia Salem
Lance Corp. Owen: Ian Anthony Dale
Capt. Rapaport: Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Major Phelps: Chris Mulkey
Lt. Coontz: Sterling Macer
Seaman Johnson: Christian Payne
Corp. Wilson: Jon Erik
Senior Member: Mila Chagall
Omar Billah: Wolf Amer

RATING: TVPG