The Rookie


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'There's a story told in the town of Big Lake, Texas -

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'a story of the town's beginnings.

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'It's the story of the Santa Rita Number One, birthplace of West Texas Oil.

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'Now, as with most Texas legends,

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'there was a man who thought oil was right beneath his feet.

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'And, as with most such stories,

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'no-one else believed him.

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'Except, in this case, for two nuns

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'who, in 1923,

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'met the man and believed so much in him and his dream

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'that they invested money no-one knew they had.

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'Now, when the nuns told their parish priest about the man's dream

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'and their investment in it,

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'he counselled them to try and get their money back.

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'Sheepishly, they admitted

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'that it was too late, that the money was already spent.

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'Well, the priest, he sighed, shook his head

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'and offered just one, small bit of advice.

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'"Bless the site with rose petals

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'"and invoke the help

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'"of St Rita, patron saint of impossible dreams."

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'And while the workers waited for the oil that would eventually come,

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'they played baseball.

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'They played baseball so well that some were able

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'to give up the dirt and the despair and went on to play Major League ball

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'in the glory days of Ruth and Gehrig.'

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MEN'S VOICES

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Come on!

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'I've heard and told that story on many occasions.

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'But that was long before St Rita decided to bless our little town

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'just one more time.'

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Yeah!

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First game in the big leagues,

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and Jimmy Morris has a no-hitter going.

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Jimmy! Don't throw so hard - my hands are cold.

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-What are you doing?

-Waiting until spring!

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Jimmy! Your father and I need to talk to you.

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I hear Virginia's real nice.

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At least, that's what the Navy folks told your father.

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-Isn't that right, Jim?

-We'll just be moving again.

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It's my job to decide when we move.

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-It's your job to make the best of it.

-Jim, please.

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Who knows? Maybe it won't snow so much in Virginia!

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'Jimmy Morris...'

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another masterful pitching performance.

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Well on his way

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to another World Series title.

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Jimmy!

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Your father and I need to talk to you.

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HE SIGHS

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MAN: Give it to 'em, Jimmy! That's it.

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Strike out!

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-Hey!

-Jimmy.

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-MAN: Hey, partner! How ya doin'?

-Hey.

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Hey, Dad.

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Jimmy.

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Hmm?

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-I had a good game. 13 strike outs.

-Did you win?

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I just found out there's a chance we may be re-stationed again.

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-How much of a chance?

-It's in west Texas. The Navy wants me to be a recruiter there.

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-Texas? When?

-Three weeks.

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-But we've still got half our season to play.

-I'm aware of that.

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-Maybe I can stay with the Johnsons.

-Uh-uh. We move as a family.

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I don't have a choice in this.

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What kind of baseball do they have?

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They don't.

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I hear they might be starting some summer ball.

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Yes, sir.

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DOOR SLAMS

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-What are those things?

-What?

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-The things moving up and down.

-Oil rigs. When they're moving up and down, it means times are good.

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Looks like times are good.

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MACHINERY GROANS AND CLANKS

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Shoot! We must've left some of them back in Florida.

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-Left what?

-I packed a couple of boxes with socks and things.

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I could've sworn... Jimmy, did you find that one box?

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Oh, no!

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-It's OK, Mom.

-Don't worry, honey.

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We'll find it.

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-I've never known a boy get so upset about losing his socks.

-His glove was in there.

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-What?

-His GLOVE was in there.

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Oh, quit moping and grab a box!

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Did you hear me?

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There are more important things in life than baseball.

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The sooner you figure that out, the better.

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BELL TINKLES

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< MAN SPEAKS VEHEMENTLY

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..I guarantee you within two years, three years, tops, he's going to run that company

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right out of business. Ain't that right, young man?

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Eileen?

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Eilee-een!

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I guess she's gone to lunch.

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-Help you find something, son?

-Socks.

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Socks we have. In contrast to common sense, which we seem to be running short on today.

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I'll be right down. ..Don't look at my dominoes.

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We've got white socks with red stripes, black stripes, blue stripes.

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Over there you've got your solids - black, blue, brown and grey. Just take your pick.

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That's a real nice pair, right there. You visiting?

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We just moved here.

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-Oh! Well, then, I'm Henry Sampson.

-Nice to meet you. Jimmy Morris.

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Welcome to Big Lake, Mr Jimmy Morris.

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RACK SQUEAKS

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You know, son, I can probably tell you where it is a whole lot quicker than you can find it.

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Got any baseball stuff?

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Ah - baseball stuff. Don't get much call for baseball stuff round these parts.

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Now, if it was football, it'd be a whole different story.

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You know what? I've got a catalogue that might help us out. Let's take a look.

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Yeah - I think we might find something in here.

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You know, if you're interested in baseball, there's a story that people here in this town tell

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-you ought to hear.

-You said nobody cared about baseball.

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Oh...they care about this.

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It all started with a couple of nuns

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and a piece of ground not too far from here.

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SCUFFING

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HINGES CREAK

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-Morning, Esther.

-Morning, Jimmy.

-Any more rattlesnakes on the playground?

-Yeah, two this morning.

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I swear they show up every time the oil business goes bad.

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-going to bring the kids in?

-Maybe.

-Don't these families have enough to worry about?

-Mmm.

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-Coach.

-Counsellor.

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-Don't report that, Esther.

-I never do.

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"Sum" means that we're adding. We have at least two items.

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Don't make this hard. What are we adding here? Protons and...?

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-Neutrons?

-Neutrons.

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Neutrons! So, David...

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these protons and neutrons are inside of...

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what?

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The...nucleus?

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Don't say it like a question, son. Just say it like you know it.

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-The nucleus.

-That's right - the nucleus.

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Congratulations. Go home tonight

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and tell your parents you figured out the mass number of an atom.

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-# Chestnuts roasting on an open... #

-Frank, isn't it a little late to be playing this song?

-It's 8.30.

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-It's March.

-That song's too good to play for only one month.

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-Partner, you want cheese on that?

-Yes, sir.

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-Besides, he smoked three packs a day.

-Who?

-Nat King Cole -

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-to make his voice deeper.

-And Frank Sinatra was a poster child for vocal care(!)

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-Who died in his 40s? You take care of yourself, things work out.

-Oh, is that right? What about Jimmy?

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He took real good care of himself. How many surgeries was it, Jimmy?

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-Four?

-They put this thing from his ankle up to his shoulder.

-Ow!

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We're talking about singin', not pitchin'.

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-Hunter, do us all a favour - don't tell us that bit about the ankle any more.

-Mel Torme in June.

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- What are you talking about now? - Mel Torme wrote that song on a beach.

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There weren't no Jack Frost nipping his nose that day.

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-Daddy?

-Yeah?

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Does your arm ever hurt any more?

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Only when I have to drag you out of bed in the morning for school.

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I'm just kidding. It hasn't hurt in a long time.

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How long?

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Why do you want to know?

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Just wondering.

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Well, let's see. Er...

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It never hurt when I was in high school, cos we didn't have a baseball team.

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And it never hurt when I was in junior college, cos that's why I got drafted.

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And then, er...I don't know. It just started hurting.

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Is that why you didn't make it?

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It's never one thing.

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CLANG!

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CLANG!

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CLANG!

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CLANG!

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CLANG!

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BABY CRIES

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HE BREATHES DEEPLY

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HE GROWLS

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-CRYING CONTINUES

-I'll get her.

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Is that a real "I'll get her"? Or are you just waiting for me to say, "Go back to sleep"?

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I haven't decided yet.

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Go back to sleep.

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CRYING REDOUBLES

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O-o-oh!

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O-o-oh!

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Yeah.

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What's all that crying about?

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I think it's my turn.

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It's your turn to sleep.

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OK.

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You sure?

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Yeah.

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Come on, baby.

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-There we are.

-Good night.

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Night.

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There we go.

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Ssh.

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Mmm.

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(There we go.)

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Rudy, when was the last game you had? >

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-Like, a year ago?

-Not me, man.

-Come on, man! You're kidding me!

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-You, too, Rudy. Don't be laughing!

-All set, Coach.

-Gimme a ball.

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Hey, Coach! I forgot my glove.

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Check the bag.

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-Ten players - nine gloves.

-Yeah.

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-How do they look?

-Couple of holes.

-Right, get in line.

-Thanks, man.

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Hey, Coach! They putting down any grass seed in the field this year?

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-Man, it's a gold track out here.

-Just waiting for the seed to take.

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What seed?

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-Ain't no seed out here, man.

-Wack!

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How come we get dirt and the football field is like Tiger Woods' back yard?

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-They don't even play for six months!

-Just let me worry about the field.

-You plan on worrying any time soon?

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OK, Wack. You can get your running done early today.

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OK, I'll get my running in early.

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OK - bring it home!

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Hey, Coach. You want to throw?

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You know, I seen you out there at the old field at night.

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Sometimes, it helps when you throw to have somebody catching for you.

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A ball, a glove - that kind of thing.

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I'll throw a couple.

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Really?

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All right!

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How come you throw out there all by yourself?

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Helps me relax.

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You know, I been doing it a pretty long time.

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-Coach, back when you were really throwing, how fast were you bringing it?

-I dunno.

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85. 86.

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-That's not bad.

-Well, it is when the other guy's throwing 90.

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Coach, come on - let's see you bring one.

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Can't. I promised too many doctors.

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Come on, Coach - one is not going to kill you.

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-Now, come on - feed me.

-Yeah, Dad, bring the heat!

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Feed me.

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WHUMP!

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-Wow!

-Coach... where did that come from?

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I forgot how good that sounded.

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Yes!

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Unbelievable!

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-How fast do you think those were coming?

-Not as fast as you think.

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Hey, do me a favour, all right? Let's keep this between you and me.

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-OK.

-I could barely see that last one.

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-That goes for you, too, all right? No telling Mom.

-Why?

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Because I said so.

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Night, Ray.

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I know why your grass isn't growin'.

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Usually get three or four out here every night.

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I put the seed down - they pick it up.

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Once it comes in, they don't like it as much. That's why the football field looks so good.

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Yeah? Maybe those football guys are paying off these deer with all that big-budget money they got.

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HEY!

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GO ON!

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GET OUTTA HERE!

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I thought deer are supposed to be skittish.

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-ROMANTIC SONG PLAYS SOFTLY

-Need me to top that off?

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Nothing like wine bought with a Chevron credit card.

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-Well, I know what a demanding consumer you can be.

-Yeah?

-Mmm.

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I threw today.

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To Joel, after practice.

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-You threw?

-I threw.

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How hard?

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Pretty hard.

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Uh...don't worry. If it starts to hurt, I'll stop.

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All right? Promise.

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I got to check on the kids.

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I got the muffler changed, buddy, on the Jeep.

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You can't hear me coming from miles away.

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-Ray! Check out the screw ball.

-Katy's lovin' the Jeep!

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Come on, man.

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All right, bring it in for some BP.

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-We can't. Rudy's not here.

-Where is he?

-Locker room.

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Something about only having one shoe.

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Somebody grab a bat.

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-You're throwing batting practice?

-Yeah.

-I'm up first, man.

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-I am next.

-I hit the Lotto!

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Come on, Wack! Send it, baby!

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Send it! What do you say, Wack?

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Whoooo! Looks like that one's going to land in another time zone, Coach.

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Reset your watch before this next one. See that?

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Yes.

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(Come on.)

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Yeah!

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WACK LAUGHS

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What was that?!

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-Man!

-Wait till he warms up.

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-Let's see another one of those.

-No. It's batting practice, not pitching practice.

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All right.

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Oh, my God!

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-I'm already down two bits.

-How many job applications you planning on sending out, Jimmy?

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-As many as it takes, I guess.

-So the little boy coming in to my store to buy socks after a dozen moves

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is planning on a move of his own now?

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This is different.

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It always is.

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-I hear you diagnosed the problem with your baseball field.

-His POTENTIAL field.

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-It's the curing part I'm having trouble with.

-I'll take five.

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-I had the same trouble a few springs back.

-You did?

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-What did you do?

-Oh, hell! Give me five, too.

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How many games you got on that field the next couple of weeks?

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We play next Friday, but then we're not back till the end of the month.

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Can you keep your boys off the field for that length of time? No practice - nothing whatsoever?

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Henry, I get the feeling this is something I don't want to know about.

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-I'll take back two of them old ones, if that's OK.

-Here's what you do.

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You give me three weeks, and I'll have that field looking greener than Dublin on St Paddy's Day.

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50 cents, fellas.

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-OVER TANNOY:

-Rudy Bonilla, hoping to spark a Big Lake rally.

-Come on, Rudy!

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Be a hitter!

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-Strike three.

-Strike three and the Owls drop their season opener.

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-It's all right. Good effort. Only one.

-If we don't start hitting, it won't be the only one.

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-OVER TANNOY:

-Drive safely on your way home, now, folks.

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COUNTRY SONG PLAYS ON RADIO

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Where do you keep your brooms, Cal?

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Closet.

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-Right here, sweetheart.

-Go on, Cory, give it a ride!

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Play it, Cory!

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The guy couldn't throw a fit!

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SHOUTING

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Play for second, Miguel!

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Blue!

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Time!

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-UMPIRE:

-And the Owls are down...

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ten.

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-It's not your day, Rudy.

-Not my year.

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Looks like Coach Jimmy Morris is making a pitching change.

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< Shake it off, Rudy!

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Just a reminder, folks, the concession stand is still open.

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Anybody want to tell me how we lost that game? Hmm?

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No?

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How about taking a look at the numbers on that scoreboard there?

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What do those numbers tell you?

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How to get hold of Bo's Tire Barn?

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You quit.

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You quit out there. You quit on me and, worse, you quit on yourselves.

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You think people don't care about baseball around here?

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Think the school's going to drop the programme?

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You're just making it easy for 'em.

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The sad part is, I see it and you don't.

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Look, guys,

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most of you...you're going to finish up school here, you're going to work the rigs,

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you're going to work at Bo's Tire Barn, raise a family, retire, and do all that right here in Big Lake.

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And there's nothing wrong with that.

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A lot of real good people have done that. I'm doin' it.

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But if you're looking for something more after you're done here,

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you'd better give some serious thought as to how you're going to play out the rest of this season.

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What difference does it make?

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It's not like any of us are getting scholarships.

0:31:220:31:25

I'm not talking about college. I'm talking about wanting things in life.

0:31:260:31:31

I'm talking about having dreams.

0:31:330:31:35

And all that starts right here.

0:31:350:31:38

Here. OK? Right here.

0:31:380:31:41

-Without dreams, you don't have anything.

-Coach, what about you?

0:31:420:31:47

I mean, you talk about OUR dreams.

0:31:470:31:49

-I...I've been catching...

-Joel, we are not talking about me.

0:31:490:31:53

Come on, Coach. Every time you throw, I've got to ice my hand. Every time.

0:31:530:31:58

You're the one who should be wanting something more.

0:31:590:32:03

And the sad part is, I mean... we see it and you don't.

0:32:030:32:07

No, I've had my shot, all right? Just...

0:32:090:32:12

Look...we got practice tomorrow.

0:32:130:32:15

-Let's go.

-So you take another shot.

0:32:160:32:19

-It doesn't work like that.

-It does if you throw hard enough.

-I don't throw hard enough, all right?

0:32:190:32:25

-Hit the showers.

-Wait a minute. We start winning, you try out again.

0:32:250:32:30

-Last time I checked, scouts aren't looking for high school science teachers.

-Not many science teachers

0:32:340:32:40

-throw like you.

-Yeah.

0:32:400:32:43

- No kidding. - Yeah. - No lie.

0:32:430:32:45

-Take a heck of a lot more than a couple of wins to get me to make a fool of myself.

-All right.

0:32:460:32:52

What if we win district, huh? What if we win district and go to state playoffs. Then?

0:32:520:32:58

-You're serious?

-Yeah, absolutely.

0:33:010:33:04

-You're serious.

-Yes.

0:33:040:33:07

Yeah.

0:33:070:33:09

-All I have to do is find some kind of tryout somewhere?

-That's it, man.

0:33:110:33:16

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

-All right.

0:33:160:33:19

ALL TALK AT ONCE

0:33:190:33:21

-You win district.

-Yeah.

0:33:210:33:23

-We can do this.

-Right on, man!

0:33:230:33:25

THEY ALL TALK EXCITEDLY

0:33:250:33:28

I don't got to tell Mom about this, do I?

0:33:330:33:36

# I got an old blue shirt and it suits me just fine

0:34:000:34:05

# I like the way it feels so I wear it all the time

0:34:060:34:11

# I got an old guitar won't ever stay in tune

0:34:120:34:17

# I like the way it sounds

0:34:190:34:21

# In a dark and empty room

0:34:210:34:24

# I got an old pair of boots and they fit just right... #

0:34:240:34:29

Hmm.

0:34:290:34:30

# ..Well, I can work all day and I can dance all night

0:34:320:34:37

# I got an old used car

0:34:370:34:39

# And it runs just like a top

0:34:390:34:42

# I get the feeling it ain't ever going to stop

0:34:440:34:49

# Stuff that works

0:34:500:34:52

# Stuff that holds up

0:34:520:34:55

# The kind of stuff you don't hang on the wall

0:34:570:35:01

# Stuff that's real

0:35:020:35:05

# Stuff you feel

0:35:050:35:07

# The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall

0:35:100:35:14

# Stuff that works

0:35:150:35:17

# Stuff that holds up

0:35:170:35:20

# The kind of stuff you don't hang on the wall

0:35:210:35:27

# Stuff that's real

0:35:270:35:29

# Stuff you feel

0:35:300:35:32

# The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall

0:35:330:35:37

# Stuff that works

0:35:370:35:39

# Stuff that holds up... #

0:35:410:35:43

HE GRUNTS

0:35:430:35:45

# ..The kind of stuff you don't hang on the wall

0:35:450:35:49

# Stuff that's real

0:35:500:35:53

# Stuff you feel

0:35:530:35:55

# The kind of stuff you reach for when you fall. #

0:35:570:36:01

'Are you sure about this, Henry?'

0:36:360:36:39

Yeah. Deer get a whiff of human hair,

0:36:390:36:41

they just keep on movin' till they don't smell it no more.

0:36:410:36:45

I figure we put us a circle

0:36:450:36:47

-all the way around the field here.

-That's a lot of hair!

0:36:470:36:52

Well, from the looks of things, contrary to popular opinion,

0:36:520:36:55

Cal ain't been cheatin' nobody down there at his shop.

0:36:550:36:59

THEY LAUGH

0:36:590:37:00

It helps if you actually wear those goggles, Miss Martinez.

0:37:040:37:09

-<

-Er...Coach!

0:37:090:37:10

- Yeah, baby. - Is that what I think it is?

0:37:140:37:17

That, gentlemen, is Bermuda hybrid number five.

0:37:180:37:22

We're going to have a baseball field.

0:37:220:37:24

DOORBELL DING-DONGS

0:37:250:37:28

-Maybe he's not home.

-But he said he'd be here.

0:37:280:37:32

-Hey, Grandpa!

-Hunter! I was reading in the paper today that someone in your family is having a birthday.

0:37:370:37:44

-That's a kid joke, Grandpa.

-Kid joke? No kidding?

0:37:440:37:48

-Jimmy.

-Sir.

0:37:510:37:52

Wow!

0:38:020:38:04

-It's kinda big.

-Oh, you'll grow into it faster than you think.

0:38:050:38:09

Look, Dad - it doesn't have any fingers.

0:38:090:38:13

That's cos it's a first baseman's mitt.

0:38:130:38:16

Er...is that wrong?

0:38:170:38:19

Well, you know, I've probably got the receipt somewhere...

0:38:210:38:25

We can get another one, one with fingers.

0:38:250:38:28

That's OK, Grandpa. I like first base.

0:38:280:38:32

-Could I go outside and play, Dad?

-Er...yeah.

0:38:340:38:38

What do you say first?

0:38:380:38:41

-Thank you, Grandpa. I really like it a lot.

-Oh, oh...

0:38:410:38:45

-Stay in the yard.

-If he decides he wants one with fingers...

0:38:520:38:57

I'll take care of it.

0:38:570:38:59

I didn't know you had these.

0:39:120:39:14

Oh, yeah.

0:39:160:39:17

Your mother gave me a few.

0:39:180:39:20

Mmm.

0:39:200:39:22

She'd be the one to have 'em.

0:39:220:39:24

# Happy birthday to you

0:39:330:39:36

# Happy birthday to you

0:39:360:39:40

# Happy birthday, dear Hunter

0:39:400:39:45

# Happy birthday to you. #

0:39:450:39:50

-Jessica!

-Don't worry. Your wish still counts.

0:39:510:39:55

Charles! Do you think that ice cream machine is going to start spinning itself?

0:39:550:40:00

SQUEAKERS SQUEAK

0:40:000:40:02

-Oh! I got to go get a knife.

-I'll help you, Mom.

0:40:020:40:05

I think we need plates, hon, too!

0:40:050:40:08

-Seems like five minutes ago I was watching you blow out those candles.

-Are you trying to make me feel old?

0:40:130:40:19

Come talk to me in 20 years!

0:40:190:40:21

Hunter said you spent some time at your father's today.

0:40:230:40:27

Yeah.

0:40:270:40:28

-You know where I'm going with that.

-Yes, ma'am, I do.

0:40:280:40:32

Lorri says he's trying real hard to be a good grandfather.

0:40:320:40:37

-Yeah, well...

-Jimmy, I swear the one thing you got from him is his stubborn side.

0:40:370:40:42

-That's not true.

-SHE SIGHS

0:40:420:40:44

Well, what do you want me to do? Pretend everything was perfect?

0:40:440:40:48

You've been blaming your father for too many things for too many years.

0:40:480:40:53

I just call 'em like I see 'em, Mom.

0:40:550:40:57

You can sell that story someplace else. I ain't buyin'.

0:40:570:41:01

You got your shot at baseball. You got hurt.

0:41:020:41:05

Simple as that. It had nothing to do with your father.

0:41:050:41:09

You think he didn't have dreams?

0:41:100:41:13

Is that why it didn't work out with you two?

0:41:140:41:17

I'm going to need a longer street for THAT talk.

0:41:170:41:21

'OK, let's get to.'

0:41:250:41:27

-Come on, Wack!

-How long we got to practise here?

0:41:290:41:32

-A couple more days.

-Getting old out here, Coach!

-Playing in a gravel yard.

0:41:320:41:37

OK, Wack, come on in for batting practice.

0:41:370:41:41

This is not a ball field!

0:41:410:41:43

-Come on, let's go.

-OK, OK.

0:41:450:41:47

OK.

0:41:540:41:56

Nice, easy swings.

0:41:560:41:58

Turn your hips.

0:41:580:42:00

Throw your hands at the ball.

0:42:000:42:03

Come on, Coach. If we're going to start winning, we need to see some better pitching.

0:42:050:42:10

-You going to help us or not?

-Right here, Coach.

0:42:100:42:12

Show us some action!

0:42:150:42:17

Come on, Wack! >

0:42:230:42:25

# Hummmm

0:42:300:42:32

# Well, you may run on for a long time

0:42:320:42:35

-# Run on for a long time

-Run on for a long time

0:42:350:42:39

# Let me tell you God Almighty's going to cut you down

0:42:390:42:42

# Go tell that long-tongued liar

0:42:420:42:44

# Go tell that midnight rider

0:42:440:42:46

# Tell the gambler, the rambler, the back-biter

0:42:460:42:48

# Tell them God Almighty's going to cut them down

0:42:480:42:51

# You may throw your rock and hide your hand

0:42:510:42:53

# Working in the dark 'gainst your fellow man

0:42:530:42:56

# As sure as God made the day and the night

0:42:560:42:58

# What you do in the dark will be brought to the light... #

0:42:580:43:02

-Man!

-Oh-ho-ho-ho!

0:43:100:43:12

Right on, man!

0:43:120:43:14

-I pizza'd that one!

-Now...you get all of it.

0:43:150:43:19

THE BOYS SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

0:43:190:43:23

CHEERING

0:43:260:43:28

Go, man, go!

0:43:280:43:30

Go, go, go, go, go!

0:43:300:43:32

That's the way, Wack!

0:43:320:43:35

Hot dog!

0:43:350:43:37

Run, boy, run!

0:43:400:43:42

UMPIRE: Out!

0:43:510:43:52

-Take it, Joel!

-Got it!

0:43:580:44:00

Yeah!

0:44:040:44:06

THEY CHEER

0:44:060:44:09

You won, Joel!

0:44:140:44:15

Wack! Eye on the ball, buddy!

0:44:160:44:19

# When I was a boy

0:44:250:44:26

# I thought it just came to ya

0:44:270:44:30

# But I never could

0:44:300:44:32

# Tell what's mine

0:44:320:44:34

# So it didn't matter anyway

0:44:340:44:36

# My only pride and joy

0:44:380:44:40

# Was this racket down here

0:44:410:44:43

# Bangin' on an old guitar... #

0:44:440:44:46

-CAL OVER TANNOY:

-Owls win again and that is five in a row!

0:44:460:44:51

# ..It's been a slow turnin'

0:44:510:44:54

# From the inside out

0:44:550:44:57

# A slow turnin', baby

0:44:590:45:02

# But you come about

0:45:020:45:04

# A slow learnin'

0:45:060:45:08

# But you learn to sway, hey, hey, hey... #

0:45:090:45:12

Yeah, baby!

0:45:120:45:14

Come on! You can do it!

0:45:140:45:16

#..Not fade away, not fade away

0:45:160:45:19

# Not fade away

0:45:190:45:21

# Time is short and here's the damn thing about it

0:45:210:45:25

# You're going to die, going to die for sure

0:45:250:45:28

# You can learn to live with love or without it

0:45:280:45:31

# But there ain't no cure

0:45:310:45:33

# There's just a slow turnin'

0:45:350:45:37

# From the inside out

0:45:380:45:40

# A slow turnin'

0:45:420:45:44

# To come about

0:45:460:45:48

# A slow turnin', baby

0:45:480:45:51

# But you learn to sway, hey, hey

0:45:530:45:56

# A slow turnin'

0:45:560:45:59

# Not fade away, not fade away, not fade away... #

0:45:590:46:04

-BANGING

-Hey, hey, hey!

0:46:060:46:09

Keep it down. Folks'll think the football season's started already!

0:46:090:46:13

THEY WHOOP AND CHEER

0:46:130:46:16

A lot of coaches would say they're really proud of you right now.

0:46:160:46:20

And I am.

0:46:200:46:21

A lot of coaches... A lot of coaches would say

0:46:210:46:24

that it's amazing that we won this many games in a row. And it is.

0:46:240:46:29

But...

0:46:290:46:30

but...

0:46:300:46:32

but...but...but...but...but...

0:46:320:46:34

I am not going to say that I do not care about tomorrow's game. Because I do.

0:46:340:46:39

So let's finish this thing up.

0:46:390:46:42

THEY CHEER

0:46:420:46:44

-Quite a group you got there.

-Thanks.

-Steve Dearborn.

0:46:470:46:51

I'm with the Barton School District in Fort Worth. I was hoping we could talk about the application you sent.

0:46:510:46:57

Er...sure.

0:46:570:46:59

INAUDIBLE

0:47:060:47:12

-They'll understand.

-I've got most of them coming back.

0:47:140:47:18

-You'll always have kids coming back.

-Not these kids.

0:47:180:47:21

It's Fort Worth.

0:47:210:47:23

High school coaching jobs don't get any better.

0:47:230:47:27

You get to coach. You get to teach.

0:47:270:47:30

And not that it's the most important thing in life, but it is twice the money, Jimmy.

0:47:300:47:36

-We sure could use it.

-I know.

0:47:360:47:38

Well...I'm done telling you to sleep on it,

0:47:410:47:45

cos that sure ain't working.

0:47:450:47:47

Three years ago...this programme

0:48:360:48:40

ended the season with only one win.

0:48:400:48:43

Two years ago, one win.

0:48:460:48:49

Last year...

0:48:490:48:50

..same story.

0:48:510:48:53

This year...

0:48:540:48:56

..we have won 16 games.

0:48:580:49:01

But, gentlemen...

0:49:040:49:05

..we need 17.

0:49:080:49:10

Anybody got any questions?

0:49:120:49:15

-Hmm?

-Coach...

0:49:150:49:18

..coming back next year?

0:49:190:49:21

Wack...

0:49:230:49:25

why don't we worry about this year first, all right?

0:49:250:49:29

All right, gentlemen, hats off.

0:49:310:49:34

Lord, we humbly thank you for bringing us through this season without injury and inspiring us...

0:49:390:49:45

MAN: # ..Twilight's last gleaming

0:49:450:49:49

# And the rocket's red glare

0:49:490:49:52

# The bombs bursting in air

0:49:520:49:56

# Gave proof through the night

0:49:560:50:00

# That our flag was still there

0:50:000:50:06

# Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

0:50:060:50:17

# O'er the land of the free

0:50:170:50:22

# And the home of the brave? #

0:50:220:50:30

-CAL OVER TANNOY:

-A stirring rendition from Big Lake's Rotary president, Henry Sampson.

0:50:320:50:38

All right. We're a different team than the last time we played these guys. They're ripe for the pickin'.

0:50:490:50:55

Let's not be nervous out there.

0:50:550:50:57

Nothing to be nervous about.

0:51:000:51:02

-Let's play baseball!

-CHEERING

0:51:080:51:12

-Yeah!

-Come on, guys!

-Guys, come on! Settle down!

0:51:210:51:25

-What?

-Gimme the ball.

0:51:260:51:29

-The boys from Big Lake in an early hole. Two to nought.

-Keep your heads up.

0:51:300:51:36

You can swing back to even.

0:51:360:51:37

All right. Grab some wood. Joe David, you're on deck.

0:51:370:51:42

Right, this guy's fast ball stinks. So look out for his curve.

0:51:420:51:46

One hit at a time, one swing at a time, one run at a time.

0:51:460:51:50

- Come on, man. - Watch 'em. Let's go.

0:51:500:51:53

Come on. Let's get a hit. Let's get a hit.

0:51:530:51:56

UMPIRE: Out!

0:52:000:52:02

Owls still with that zero up on the board.

0:52:020:52:05

-Out!

-They near took our boy's head off!

0:52:110:52:14

Slide! Slide!

0:52:240:52:26

Safe! That puts Big Lake at fourth position.

0:52:280:52:30

All right?

0:52:300:52:32

-CAL:

-Rudy Bonilla coming to the plate.

0:52:340:52:37

Come on!

0:52:450:52:46

-Safe! Safe!

-Yeah!

0:52:590:53:01

A suicide squeeze and the Owls are on the scoreboard.

0:53:010:53:05

Go!

0:53:160:53:17

Yeah!

0:53:220:53:23

A spectacular catch and the Owls are hangin' in there!

0:53:300:53:34

Come on, Wack!

0:53:350:53:36

-CAL:

-Joe David is still on first base.

0:53:360:53:39

THEY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT TO WACK

0:53:390:53:43

Come on, Wack! Let's go!

0:53:430:53:45

-Come on, man, let's go!

-Come on, Wack!

0:53:450:53:48

Go, Wack! Go, Wack!

0:53:480:53:50

Come on, Wack!

0:53:500:53:51

Joe David!

0:54:240:54:25

Big Lake takes the lead.

0:54:310:54:33

Rudy Bonilla working with a full count.

0:54:390:54:42

Ruff Neck runners on first and second.

0:54:420:54:45

Ball - four.

0:54:530:54:54

The bases have four Ruff Necks.

0:54:560:54:59

BOTH SIDES' SUPPORTERS SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

0:55:020:55:06

< Knock him down, Rudy! Knock him down!

0:55:100:55:14

Last year's district MVP, Cory Jones, coming to the plate.

0:55:140:55:18

UMPIRE: Ball!

0:55:380:55:39

Come on, now, Rudy. Come on, baby. Get this last out!

0:55:490:55:53

Strike!

0:56:100:56:11

Oh, he is having to dig deep now. One and one count.

0:56:140:56:18

Foul ball!

0:56:390:56:40

Let me tell you, folks, they don't make foul balls any scarier than that one!

0:56:430:56:49

-Come on, Rudy! Let's go!

-You can do it!

-Bear down, baby!

0:56:490:56:53

What do you say, Rudy? Come on! He can't hit you!

0:56:590:57:03

-He can't hit you!

-WACK: Get this one, baby!

0:57:030:57:06

Go, Rudy. This is a long strike. Here we go.

0:57:060:57:09

Come on! You got to do this one! This punk can't hit you, Rudy! Come on!

0:57:090:57:14

He got nothing on you. Dig deep.

0:57:140:57:17

One time - let's go, babe.

0:57:170:57:19

Come on, Rudy, what do you say? Strike this guy out!

0:57:190:57:23

Strike three!

0:57:380:57:40

-CAL:

-Owls win!

0:57:400:57:42

Owls win! Owls win! Owls win! Owls win!

0:57:420:57:47

Owls win!

0:57:470:57:49

Whoo-hoo!

0:58:070:58:09

-Yeah!

-Owls win! Owls win! Owls win!

0:58:230:58:28

HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY

0:58:280:58:30

BOYS' SHOUTS DROWN LYRICS OF SONG

0:58:440:58:47

Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey!

0:59:040:59:06

Settle down, fellas.

0:59:060:59:08

-Quiet down.

-To the man who taught us about wanting something more -

0:59:080:59:12

Coach Jimmy Morris of the district-champion Big Lake Owls!

0:59:120:59:17

THEY CHEER

0:59:170:59:19

We wanted it and now we got it. Yeah!

0:59:190:59:23

THEY CHEER AND WHOOP

0:59:230:59:26

Now it's your turn, Coach.

0:59:350:59:37

It's your turn, Coach.

0:59:440:59:46

-Your turn, Coach.

-It's your turn, Coach.

0:59:510:59:55

It's your turn, Coach.

0:59:581:00:00

It's your turn, Coach.

1:00:011:00:03

-It's your turn, Coach.

-It's your turn, Coach.

1:00:031:00:06

Your turn, Coach.

1:00:071:00:10

BABY CRIES

1:00:371:00:39

There you go.

1:00:391:00:41

-Eat your cereal. Come on.

-First day of summer registration. I'm going to have to skip breakfast.

1:00:411:00:47

-You can take some Mr Crunch.

-He's a Captain. Don't go bustin' rank on him.

1:00:471:00:51

Thanks anyway, hon. You got anything on today?

1:00:511:00:55

Me?

1:00:551:00:58

-No.

-We need to go see the real estate guy.

1:00:581:01:00

-Waaah!

-He's been a captain for ever. Why don't they make him something better?

-What - like Admiral Crunch?

1:01:001:01:07

-Say "yes, ma'am" so I know you heard me.

-Yes, ma'am.

1:01:071:01:10

Take 'em all with you if you go.

1:01:101:01:13

You kids mind your daddy.

1:01:141:01:16

Remind me not to forget Jamie if we go anywhere.

1:01:161:01:19

They got lots of players, Daddy.

1:01:461:01:48

'Sign in here.'

1:02:221:02:23

Have your players get in line, Coach. Everybody signs in.

1:02:231:02:28

Jim Morris. ..Dave Patterson. I saw you when the Brewers drafted you. Must have been...

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A while back. How you doing, Dave?

1:02:351:02:38

-Good.

-You still looking at players?

-The looking's the easy part. It's the finding that gives me trouble.

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You bringing some kids... besides your own?

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I'm...I'm here for me.

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-For you?

-Uh-huh.

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Well, aren't you?!

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-Uh...that's good.

-Good to see you.

-Mm-hm.

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Sign here.

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# I've got a long list of real good reasons

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# For all the things I've done... #

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Come on, let's go.

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# ..I've got a picture in the back of my mind

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# Of what I've lost and what I've won

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# I've survived every situation knowing when to freeze and when to run

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# And regret is just a memory written on my brow

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# And there's nothin' I can do about it now

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# I've got a wild and a restless spirit

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# I held my price through every deal

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# I've seen the fire of a woman scorned

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# Turn her heart of gold to steel

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# I've got the song of the voice inside me

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# Set to the rhythm of the wheel

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# And I've been dreamin' like a child since the cradle broke the bough

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# And there's nothin' I can do about it now... #

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-JAMIE WAILS

-Shut up!

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That's the last diaper.

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It's OK. We're out of here as soon as Jamie's set to go.

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-But, Dad...

-No "but Dad"s, OK? I'm dealing with enough butts as it is.

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Come on, honey, Daddy's almost done.

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Hunter...

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..I promised to try out. There's nothing I can do if they won't take a look at me.

1:04:311:04:36

Jimmy! Come on, you're up!

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Just a second!

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I'm not doin' it.

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Right, look...you stay right here and look after your sister, OK?

1:04:501:04:55

Let's go. JAMIE WAILS LUSTILY

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-CRYING CONTINUES

-Be right back.

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What have we got here? ..All right.

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-Do you need to warm up?

-Er...no. I'm good.

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All right. Don't hurt yourself.

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Whenever you're ready!

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Yeah, whenever I'm ready.

1:05:381:05:41

# Help me, fellas I'm feeling kinda weak

1:06:041:06:08

# The way I'm livin' just ain't right

1:06:081:06:13

# I need somebody to watch over me

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# All my blue moon night

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# I want a girl to take me by the hand

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# Follow me right down the line

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# Hold me gently while we dance

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# All my blue moon night... #

1:06:341:06:38

D'you want me to keep going?

1:06:391:06:42

A couple more.

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# Help me, fellas It's getting kinda late

1:06:581:07:01

# Running out of precious time

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# She might pass me while I wait

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# All my blue moon night

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# Heaven only knows I don't want to be

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# Just a fool passing through

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# Won't you send an angel to walk with me?

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# All my blue moon night

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# All my blue moon night... #

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That's good, Jim.

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Hey! Man, you were bringing some heat out there.

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-Oh, come on.

-You got 'em talking.

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You got 'em talking. Good job, man.

1:07:541:07:56

CAR HONKS

1:07:561:07:58

That was Jessica.

1:07:581:08:00

Jim. >

1:08:031:08:04

How fast were you throwing 15 years ago?

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Slow enough the scouts stopped using the word "fast".

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How fast were you throwing?

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I don't know... 85, 86? Why?

1:08:161:08:20

You just threw 98 miles an hour.

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-Nah!

-A dozen straight pitches.

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Three radar guns, same thing on all of them.

1:08:251:08:29

Nah, they...there's no way...

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I've been a scout a long time and rule number one is arms slow down when they get old.

1:08:321:08:36

Listen, Jim, I call the office and tell them I got a guy here,

1:08:361:08:40

almost twice these kids' age, I'm going to get laughed at.

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But if I don't call in a 98mph fast ball, I'm going to get fired.

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I'm just letting you know that you might get a call on this.

1:08:461:08:49

You figure out what I saw out there today, you let me know. OK?

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OK.

1:08:591:09:00

ANSAPHONE BEEPS

1:09:311:09:32

'Hey, hon, don't fix dinner, we're getting some pizza.' Oh, God.

1:09:321:09:36

'Jim, this is Dan Jordan with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I'll call you back later.'

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BEEP

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'Jim, Mark Dreyfuss from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Dave Patterson told me about this afternoon.

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-'I'll try you in the morning.'

-BEEP

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'Hey, Jim, this is Dave. Listen, we're going to have you throw

1:09:501:09:54

again in a couple of days just to make sure.'

1:09:541:09:57

Mommy!

1:10:021:10:04

Daddy told me to give you a pizza and not say anything else.

1:10:091:10:12

Thank you, sweetpea.

1:10:131:10:16

I'm sure that's exactly what he told you.

1:10:161:10:19

BABY GURGLES

1:10:191:10:21

All right. Go ahead.

1:10:211:10:23

-There were, like, a thousand players, it was so hot and Daddy was pitching really hard.

-Oh, yeah?

1:10:251:10:30

-And it was really hot, but it was fun.

-Yeah.

-I got my nose burnt.

1:10:301:10:35

Hm.

1:10:351:10:37

The guy thought that the damn radar gun was broken.

1:10:371:10:40

Do you know how many guys can throw the ball 98 miles an hour?

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Not many.

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You can count 'em on one hand. I still don't believe it.

1:10:461:10:49

-Those are Major League scouts on our message machine.

-I know.

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It's great.

1:10:541:10:55

Um, listen, why didn't you tell me about all this?

1:10:581:11:01

-Well, I just...thought you'd laugh at me.

-Oh, come on!

1:11:011:11:04

It was just...this thing to get the kids to start playing.

1:11:041:11:09

I thought I'd just go there, throw a few pitches and be done with it.

1:11:091:11:12

So, you considering this?

1:11:201:11:22

I...I don't know.

1:11:221:11:24

I-I don't know. I...

1:11:271:11:30

I have never thrown that hard before.

1:11:301:11:32

-What?

-Mm?

1:11:361:11:39

You don't seem too excited.

1:11:411:11:43

No, I am! Really.

1:11:431:11:46

TV COMMENTARY ON

1:11:511:11:53

HE TURNS UP VOLUME

1:12:011:12:03

TV OFF

1:12:191:12:21

Ain't nothing wrong with that.

1:13:041:13:06

So much for his falling off, huh?

1:13:231:13:25

CAR ENGINE RUNS

1:13:421:13:45

ENGINE OFF

1:13:581:13:59

-Jimmy?

-Yeah. Yes, sir.

1:14:041:14:06

I was just driving by. I saw that...your light was on.

1:14:061:14:10

It'll be on for a few more hours.

1:14:101:14:13

You want to come in?

1:14:141:14:15

Uh, no, that's all right. I was, um... I got to be heading back.

1:14:151:14:19

I just, uh, wanted to, uh...

1:14:191:14:24

-Uh, Lorri called.

-Yeah?

1:14:241:14:27

I guess the scouts saw what they wanted to see.

1:14:271:14:30

Um...I don't know what to do.

1:14:321:14:36

Give it some time.

1:14:361:14:37

HE SIGHS

1:14:371:14:40

I haven't got a lot of that.

1:14:401:14:41

You're asking me?

1:14:441:14:46

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

1:14:461:14:48

Yes, sir.

1:14:511:14:53

Your grandfather once told me it was OK to think about what you want to do

1:14:591:15:05

until it was time to start doing what you were meant to do.

1:15:051:15:09

That may not be what you wanted to hear.

1:15:111:15:13

-Good night, Jimmy.

-'Night.

1:15:301:15:33

Sometimes I think he lies in bed at night just figuring out

1:15:491:15:52

the one thing he can say that hurts the most.

1:15:521:15:55

-I was this close to thinking he was going to give me some good advice.

-Maybe he did.

1:15:551:16:00

What?

1:16:001:16:03

Oh, boy.

1:16:031:16:05

Listen, Jimmy, I love you.

1:16:051:16:07

Lord knows, I think it's great you going to the tryout.

1:16:071:16:11

But I'm a little concerned that you might be losing sight of the fact you have a family who needs you

1:16:111:16:17

-and a decent job waiting for you at Fort Worth.

-I never said I was going to do this.

-Jimmy, I know you.

1:16:171:16:23

-I was hoping for a little more support.

-So this didn't concern me or the kids(?)

1:16:231:16:29

You can't eat dreams, Jimmy, and they don't pay for clothes or shoes or gas or babysitters.

1:16:291:16:33

I do not want to be the bad guy but somebody has to be rational.

1:16:331:16:37

That's all I've been my whole life.

1:16:371:16:40

What about MY life?

1:16:401:16:41

I was there too, remember?

1:16:411:16:44

Every time you got hurt, I got a front-row seat to watch you shut yourself off from the world...

1:16:441:16:49

and from me.

1:16:491:16:51

Truth is, I was happy when you quit.

1:16:541:16:57

Happy.

1:16:591:17:01

Yeah.

1:17:041:17:06

Because I don't want to see you get hurt again.

1:17:061:17:09

Kids down?

1:18:451:18:47

For a while at least.

1:18:471:18:49

I'm sorry.

1:18:511:18:54

Yeah.

1:18:541:18:56

Me too.

1:18:561:18:58

I've been thinking...

1:18:581:19:01

-So have I. I think you should do this.

-No.

1:19:011:19:05

-You were right.

-No. I don't think so.

1:19:051:19:08

We've got an eight-year-old boy inside this house

1:19:141:19:17

who waited all day in the sun to see his daddy try to do something that nobody believed he could do.

1:19:171:19:23

And what are we telling him if...

1:19:231:19:26

..if you don't try now?

1:19:281:19:30

I can't leave you here with all this.

1:19:401:19:42

Jimmy Morris, I'm a Texas woman which means I don't need the help of a man to keep things running.

1:19:421:19:48

OK?

1:19:511:19:53

OK.

1:20:041:20:06

OK.

1:20:091:20:10

Great.

1:20:101:20:12

See you soon, little man.

1:20:541:20:56

Excuse me.

1:22:061:22:07

Excuse me.

1:22:071:22:09

Are you the old guy?

1:22:141:22:16

I'm the old guy.

1:22:161:22:17

Do you use a walker or do the other players carry you?

1:22:251:22:29

Welcome to last place.

1:22:351:22:37

Hey, skipper, why not bring your dad to work?

1:22:401:22:43

Way to go!

1:22:481:22:50

-TANNOY:

-Orlando...

1:22:521:22:54

now pitching number nine, Johnny Morris.

1:22:541:22:59

No, Jimmy Morris.

1:22:591:23:01

And now, it's time to guess the winning car...

1:23:011:23:04

Work fast. We've got a long bus trip.

1:23:141:23:16

-TANNOY:

-Let's go.

1:23:161:23:19

MUSIC PLAYS

1:23:191:23:21

MUSIC STOPS

1:23:351:23:37

MAN: Hey, do I look like a strike zone to you?!

1:23:451:23:50

CROWD JEERS

1:23:501:23:54

'I can't believe they let you pitch your first game. How did you do?'

1:23:541:23:57

Not bad.

1:23:571:23:58

I had a few of them get away from me.

1:24:011:24:03

-'Did the fans all yell?'

-Yeah. Oh, they were yelling, all right.

1:24:031:24:07

Oh, that's just great. Let me get the kids.

1:24:071:24:10

No. Uh...

1:24:101:24:11

Tell them I'll call tomorrow from wherever we're going.

1:24:111:24:15

OK. I will.

1:24:151:24:17

I love you.

1:24:201:24:22

I love you too.

1:24:251:24:26

Take care.

1:24:261:24:28

Blue!

1:26:051:26:06

-'OK, what's four times four?

-17.'

1:26:091:26:12

No, it's not 17.

1:26:121:26:14

You're guessing. Just add it up.

1:26:141:26:16

-16?

-16.

1:26:171:26:19

You ought to be able to look at four times four and just know it's 16

1:26:191:26:23

without even having to think about it.

1:26:231:26:26

-Let's do your fives.

-Oh, Daddy, I've already done my fives.

-What's...?

1:26:261:26:30

-Well, if you want to learn how to multiply, you have to practise.

-OK.

1:26:351:26:39

-Dad...

-Yeah?

-Told you when you're going to the big leagues yet?

1:26:391:26:43

Could you put your mum on?

1:26:451:26:47

-OK?

-OK.

1:26:471:26:49

Oh, thank you, son.

1:26:541:26:56

Hey, you. Jessie says they left you in one too many pitches.

1:26:571:27:01

Jessie needs to learn how to keep a secret with her father.

1:27:011:27:04

How are things going?

1:27:041:27:06

-Things are good. There's a field trip on Friday and...

-That's not what I meant.

1:27:061:27:11

I know.

1:27:111:27:13

It's not bad.

1:27:131:27:15

-We're a little behind.

-How much?

1:27:151:27:18

Well, they took the bed but they left the night stand.

1:27:181:27:20

Are you all right?

1:27:251:27:27

I'm just tired.

1:27:271:27:29

Love you.

1:27:301:27:31

-Love you too.

-Bye.

-OK.

-Good night.

1:27:311:27:34

Listen, man, this is the only long-distance phone we have here.

1:27:421:27:46

You see someone waiting, you keep it to ten minutes, OK?

1:27:461:27:50

What? Now you all talked out?

1:27:521:27:54

Use it all up on your girlfriend?

1:27:561:27:58

It was my son.

1:28:001:28:02

He needed help with his homework.

1:28:021:28:05

-Hi.

-Sir.

1:28:171:28:20

Hey, Jim.

1:28:251:28:27

Come here a minute.

1:28:271:28:29

-Jim, I want you to meet Tim Stewart from ABC News.

-It's a pleasure. Thanks for taking the time.

1:28:331:28:38

-Want to sit down?

-We've got a jersey for you.

1:28:381:28:41

Can you believe that? Look where they've got the camera.

1:28:411:28:46

-Man's been pitching good enough to talk about it.

-He's old enough. Maybe he's talking about retiring.

1:28:461:28:51

Ol' man river. Moving kinda slow.

1:29:421:29:45

Yeah. Six hours on a bus.

1:29:451:29:48

-Yeah?

-Never mind.

1:29:481:29:50

Come on, man. I've got just the recipe to loosen your bones up.

1:29:501:29:54

Gentlemen.

1:30:051:30:06

To the diet that put Babe Ruth in the Hall of Fame.

1:30:061:30:10

What was it like watching the Babe play?

1:30:101:30:13

Sure you want to start this?

1:30:131:30:16

How many fans did you guys lose when you raised ticket prices to 50 cents?

1:30:161:30:20

-Not as many as we lose when you pitch.

-Oh. This game is over.

1:30:201:30:24

If you were this funny all the time, nobody would say nothing.

1:30:241:30:27

About what?

1:30:291:30:31

What do you mean?

1:30:351:30:36

What are they saying, Brooks?

1:30:361:30:38

Some of the guys figure, you know... the way the team's pushing your story that...

1:30:381:30:44

You think I'm some kind of publicity stunt?

1:30:441:30:47

Is that what they're thinking?

1:30:481:30:50

They think I'm taking somebody's spot?

1:30:501:30:53

What do you think, Brooks?

1:30:551:30:56

You're too fast for me. That's all I know.

1:30:581:31:03

CHEERING

1:31:091:31:11

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

1:31:111:31:14

Want to warm up?

1:31:191:31:20

Nice job, Brooks. >

1:31:201:31:22

You both know it's going to be Brooks.

1:31:531:31:55

There's been more than one player called up before.

1:31:551:31:59

One my age?

1:31:591:32:00

What are you thinking?

1:32:021:32:04

I don't know. I got a pile of unpaid bills at home, I got a good job

1:32:041:32:09

where I earn 600 a month. I've got a family I haven't seen in three months.

1:32:091:32:14

You still got some season left.

1:32:141:32:16

Somebody...once told me it's OK to think about what you want to do

1:32:191:32:24

until it's time to start doing what you were meant to do.

1:32:241:32:28

Just so you know,

1:32:281:32:30

you were my best relief pitcher this past month.

1:32:301:32:34

Thanks for that.

1:32:381:32:40

Just give me that back! It's mine.

1:32:491:32:51

Mummy.

1:32:531:32:54

PHONE RINGS

1:32:541:32:56

Ssh!

1:32:561:32:58

-Hello.

-Hey.

-Hey! I didn't think I'd hear from you for a little while.

1:32:591:33:04

I'm coming home.

1:33:061:33:07

-Did you get hurt?

-No.

1:33:091:33:12

I'm fine. Um...

1:33:121:33:13

It's just time.

1:33:141:33:16

You called Fort Worth?

1:33:161:33:18

Uh-huh. I told them I'd be there in two weeks.

1:33:181:33:22

So pitch for two weeks.

1:33:221:33:25

-There's too much to do.

-I'll take care of it.

1:33:251:33:30

-It's been OK for three months...

-Lorri...

1:33:301:33:33

I...I'm wasting my time down here.

1:33:361:33:39

Listen, Jimmy, Lord knows I'm ready for both sides of the bed to be warm

1:33:401:33:45

but if you're going to do this, make sure you're doing it for the right reasons

1:33:451:33:49

-because you're the one who's going to have to live with it.

-I'll be fine.

1:33:491:33:53

Do you still love it?

1:33:541:33:56

Just think about that, OK?

1:34:001:34:02

TV ON

1:34:181:34:20

MEN LAUGH

1:34:221:34:24

TV: 'At batting practice in high school, he found he was throwing the ball a 95mph.'

1:34:251:34:32

He doesn't know how that happened. But guess what it did to his dreams.

1:34:321:34:35

Here's Darren Brown.

1:34:351:34:37

Jim Morris is afraid to tell his mother he quit his old job as a high school teacher

1:34:371:34:42

for his new one as relief pitcher in minor league.

1:34:421:34:46

He is really old, too old to be in the minors

1:34:461:34:49

but he's also throwing harder and better than he did as a 20-year-old kid

1:34:491:34:54

and so he's back in that strange and wonderful land called minor league baseball

1:34:541:34:59

with bull-snort smoke on every home run.

1:34:591:35:03

'I made a challenge for the guys to follow their dreams to motivate them

1:35:031:35:09

'and they turned it around on me and told me to follow my own dreams.

1:35:091:35:14

-'They're a great bunch of guys.'

-Quiet.

1:35:141:35:18

'I had a lot of really good support from my family and friends

1:35:181:35:23

'and the townspeople around there. Just great.

1:35:231:35:27

'It's been the true love of my life, other than my wife Lorri.

1:35:271:35:32

'I had a dream as little boy of playing professional baseball.

1:35:321:35:37

'I used to imagine myself, like every other kid in this country,

1:35:371:35:42

'being in the World Series,

1:35:421:35:44

'pitching in the seventh game in the big league ballpark.

1:35:441:35:48

'There's drama in it. There's...

1:35:481:35:51

'suspense. There's a camaraderie with the other players.

1:35:511:35:55

'The fans in the stadium, you add that to it,

1:35:551:35:58

'it's...it's a great game.'

1:35:581:36:01

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:36:071:36:09

CHEERING

1:36:161:36:19

Do you know what we get to do today, Brooks?

1:37:091:37:12

We get to play baseball.

1:37:121:37:14

CROWD CHEERS AND WHISTLES

1:37:151:37:18

ANNOUNCER: 'Morris really on top of his game.'

1:37:241:37:28

Hope he's really bringing it tonight.

1:37:281:37:31

'Call. Strike free.

1:37:341:37:36

'This is the third strike of the evening.'

1:37:361:37:40

Thanks for cleaning up my mess tonight.

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You pitched seven good innings. I wouldn't call that a mess.

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Jimmy...

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Close the door.

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Jimmy, I just got off the phone with the big club.

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They're calling up Brooks.

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That's great.

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-He won't be back.

-He respects you

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and I thought you might want to be the one to tell him.

1:38:441:38:47

Sure.

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You can say you're going too.

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They're calling me up?

1:39:001:39:02

The two of you fly out tonight to join the team in the morning.

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-Where?

-They're on the road right now.

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In Texas.

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PHONE RINGS

1:39:401:39:42

Hello.

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-Hey, Lorri.

-Hey, you.

1:39:531:39:55

Hey. Hey, um...

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Do you know that blue sport coat that I never wear?

1:39:571:40:02

Hang on a sec.

1:40:031:40:05

-What about the blue coat?

-Would you mind bringing it to Arlington tomorrow?

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Arlington? I thought you were...

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You tell me right now, Jimmy Morris!

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Uh...

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apparently...there's a dress code in the Major Leagues.

1:40:231:40:27

-Lorri?

-Yeah, I'm here.

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They're flying me out in an hour.

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-Can you tell everybody?

-Sure. You just have to tell one person first.

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..Hunter!

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It's your daddy. He's got some news to tell you.

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Hey, Dad.

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Hey, buddy.

1:40:501:40:52

-Hey, guess what.

-What?

1:40:521:40:55

Um...your daddy is going to be a Major League pitcher.

1:40:551:40:59

-Really?

-Yeah, really. What do you think about that?

1:40:591:41:02

Cool.

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I can't believe it. Who are you going to play for?

1:41:041:41:07

-We're called the Devil Rays.

-What's a Devil Ray?

1:41:071:41:11

-It's a fish.

-What colour is it?

1:41:111:41:14

-Black.

-Can you eat it?

1:41:141:41:17

-I don't know, buddy. It's got a stinger.

-Cool.

1:41:171:41:20

My daddy's a Devil Ray pitcher.

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CHEERING

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# There is a light at the edge of the shadows

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# Show a little faith try and believe

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# Meditate round the corner

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# Dropping on your knees is all you need

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# There is a light at the edge of the shadows

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# There is a light. #

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Team won't be here for a couple of hours. Feel free to look around.

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We ain't in Kansas any more, are we?

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ANNOUNCER: 'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Ballpark.

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'It's baseball time in Texas.

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'Tonight's game - the Tampa Bay Devil Rays against your Texas Rangers.'

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HE SIGHS CONTENTEDLY

1:45:061:45:10

Jimmy!

1:45:251:45:27

Jimmy Morris!

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Dad!

1:45:281:45:30

-Hi, Dad!

-Hi.

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You look great.

1:45:401:45:41

Kids, doesn't your daddy look great?

1:45:411:45:44

-Yup.

-Yeah.

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-Hey.

-Hey.

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Ha! I can't believe it.

1:45:501:45:53

-Hi, sweetheart.

-Hi, Daddy.

1:45:541:45:56

-You're so big.

-Yeah.

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Hey, partner. I missed you.

1:45:581:46:01

Me, too.

1:46:011:46:03

ANNOUNCER: 'Here are the starting line-ups for tonight's game...'

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Well, kids, we better let your daddy get to work.

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See you after.

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'..the Devils went down one, two, three at the top of the first,

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'and now Rangers try to get their high-scoring offence on track.'

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'For Rangers, number 24, Tom Goodwood!'

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CROWD CHEERS

1:46:471:46:49

'Three balls and a strike, one out. Pitch on the way...

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'It is low. Ball four. Runners at first and second. A scoring chance for Texas.'

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'Here's the pitch.' CROWD CHEERS

1:47:131:47:16

'Rangers have a 1-0 lead. There's a swing and a base hit to right field,

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'and this game is now a 1-1 tie.'

1:47:261:47:29

'Now with the fourth inning about to get under way, it's Rangers 1...'

1:47:321:47:36

CROWD CHEERS

1:47:361:47:38

TELEPHONE RINGS

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SPEECH INAUDIBLE

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Clanton, Miller.

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'Pitch is on the way, a shot to the right centre field, extra bases.'

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'Rangers 3, Devil Rays 1 here at the bottom of the sixth.'

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'Runners at first and second, a golden chance for the Rangers. Here's the set.

1:48:141:48:19

'The pitch on the way, a swing and a smash.

1:48:191:48:21

'Up the alley of left centre field. That will score two.

1:48:211:48:25

'It's the Rangers 5, the Devil Rays 1. Texas has broken it open.'

1:48:251:48:30

'Devil Rays and Rangers also play on Sunday night, game time 7.05...'

1:48:361:48:40

TELEPHONE RINGS

1:48:401:48:42

Morris!

1:48:481:48:50

Start warming up.

1:48:501:48:52

Mommy! He's down in the ball pen.

1:48:571:49:00

Oh, my Lord.

1:49:001:49:03

There he is. There he is!

1:49:071:49:11

There he is! He looks good.

1:49:111:49:14

CROWD CHEERS

1:49:271:49:28

CROWD CHEERS WILDLY

1:49:321:49:34

The coach.

1:49:451:49:46

-Come on!

-Go, Coach!

1:49:511:49:53

'The Tampa Bay trainer is on his way out. The Devil Rays might have to make a pitching change.'

1:49:551:50:01

Morris!

1:50:011:50:02

You're in.

1:50:021:50:04

THE BOYS CHEER

1:50:561:50:58

'Just a few months ago, he was grading chemistry tests.

1:51:001:51:04

'Now Jim Morris finds himself on the mound in a Major League ballpark.'

1:51:041:51:10

A little louder than back home?

1:51:101:51:13

Well, then, let's not make this too hard.

1:51:131:51:15

You remember that fast ball you were showing me before the game?

1:51:151:51:19

-I think so.

-Well, I need three of 'em.

1:51:191:51:22

'Coming in to pitch for Tampa Bay, a fellow Texan.

1:51:221:51:26

'Making his Major League debut, Jim Morris.'

1:51:261:51:30

'Morris will be facing Rangers' shortstop, Royce Clayton.

1:51:311:51:35

'Royce has had a very strong second half and has not cooled off any here in the month of September.'

1:51:351:51:41

Come on, Dad!

1:51:411:51:42

CROWD WHISTLES AND CHEERS

1:51:461:51:49

THEY CHEER

1:52:101:52:13

One more time!

1:52:161:52:18

-Strike two!

-Oh, what?

1:52:301:52:32

CROWD BOOS AND CHEERS

1:52:411:52:43

CROWD CHEERS WILDLY

1:53:141:53:17

SHE SCREAMS

1:53:191:53:20

Whoo!

1:53:221:53:24

Jimmy, what pitches did you throw to get that strike out?

1:53:441:53:47

Um... Fast ball...

1:53:501:53:52

-Mm-hm.

-..fast ball and...

1:53:521:53:56

-fast ball.

-How'd it feel? Pitching in the Major Leagues?

1:53:561:53:59

Just like I hoped it would.

1:53:591:54:01

How's the arm feel?

1:54:011:54:03

Er...

1:54:051:54:07

Could you excuse me for just... just one second?

1:54:091:54:13

Sir.

1:54:211:54:23

I-I didn't know you were here.

1:54:231:54:25

Wasn't missing this one.

1:54:271:54:29

Watching you tonight...

1:54:361:54:39

..not many fathers get a chance to do that.

1:54:431:54:47

I guess I let too many of those things get away.

1:54:501:54:54

So did I.

1:54:591:55:02

Well, then...

1:55:071:55:09

Hey, Dad...

1:55:091:55:10

Yeah?

1:55:111:55:13

Thanks for coming.

1:55:311:55:34

Does this mean I don't get a baseball?

1:56:111:56:13

That's all I got left.

1:56:231:56:24

Well, a girl could do worse.

1:56:241:56:26

So, how does it feel being the oldest rookie in the last 30 years?

1:56:321:56:36

-Well...I don't know. I'm tired.

-SHE LAUGHS

1:56:361:56:40

-So where are the kids?

-Hunter is with Henry and Jessica's...fine.

1:56:411:56:46

Oh, don't tell me you left Jessica with Cal?

1:56:461:56:48

Oh, Cal had a little help.

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PEOPLE CHEER

1:56:501:56:52

Daddy!

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