 Ralphs surname was changed near the end of the first season from  Hinkley to Hanley because of the names negative connection with  John Hinckley (qv) (the man who attempted to assassinate President  Ronald Reagan (I) (qv) on March 30, 1981). Ralphs last name was  changed back to Hinkley in the first episode of Season 2 (The Two  Hundred Mile an Hour Fastball), after the furor over his name  subsided. Interestingly enough, the unaired 1986 "Greatest American  Heroine" pilot includes a scene in which Ralph Hinkley meets the  President of the United States (who was still Ronald Reagan in  real