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Man: Ther e's a story told in the town of Big Lake, Texas --

a story of the town's beginnings.

It's the story of the Santa Rita Number One,

birthplace of West Texas Oil.

Now, as with most Texas legends,

ther e was a man who thought oil was right beneath his f eet.

And as with most such stories,

no one else believed him.

Ex cept in this case f or two nuns,

who in 1923 met the man

and believed so much in him and his dr eam

that they invested money no one knew they had.

Now, when the nuns told their parish priest

about the man's dr eam and their investment in it,

now, he counseled them to try and get their money back.

Sheepishly, they admitted that it was too late,

that the money was alr eady spent.

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

and off er ed just one small bit of advice --

bless the site with rose petals,

and invoke the help of Saint Rita,

patron saint of impossible dr eams.

And while the workers waited f or the oil

that would eventually come, they played baseball.

Oil worker: He's outta here.

Played baseball so well that some wer e able to give up

the dirt and the despair

and went on to play major-league ball

in the glory days of Ruth and Gehrig.

[ Indistinct talking ]

Come on!

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

but that was long bef or e

Saint Rita decided to bless our little town

just one mor e time.

-- [ Bat cracks ball ] -- Yeah!

First game in the big leagues,

and Jimmy Morris has a no-hitter going.

Agh, Jimmy, don't throw it so hard.

My hands ar e cold.

[ Grunts ]

Agh!

What ar e you doing?

Waiting till Spring, that's what I'm doing.

Jimmy...

Your f ather and I need to talk to you.

I hear Virginia's r eal nice --

at least that's what the Navy f olks told your f ather.

Isn't that right, Jim?

We'll just be moving again.

It's my job to decide when we move.

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

Jim, please.

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

Jimmy: "Jimmy Morris,

"with another masterf ul pitching perf ormance,

"well on his way

to another World Series title."

[ Fence rattles ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Panting ]

Jimmy...

Your f ather and I need to talk to you.

[ Sighing ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

Man: Come on, Jimmy.

[ Sighs ]

[ Crowd cheers ]

Hey.

Jimmy.

[ Indistinct talking ]

Hey, partner. How you doing?

Hey.

Hey, Dad.

Jimmy.

Hmm?

I had a good game -- 13 strikeouts.

Did you win?

I just f ound out

there's a chance we may be restationed again.

-- How much of a chance? -- It's in West Texas.

The Navy wants me to be a recruiter there.

Texas? When?

Thr ee weeks.

But, Dad...

We still got half our season to play.

I'm awar e of that.

Well, maybe I could stay with the Johnsons.

Unh-unh. We move as a f amily.

I don't have a choice in this.

What kind of baseball do they have?

They don't.

I hear they might be starting some summer ball.

Yes, sir.

[ Door opens, closes ]

Kael: What are those things?

Jimmy: What?

Those things moving up and down.

Oil rigs.

When those things are moving up and down,

it means times are good.

Looks like times ar e good.

Shoot.

[ Sighs ]

We must have left some of them back in Florida.

Left what?

I packed a couple of box es with socks and things.

I could've sworn --

Jimmy, did you find that one box?

Oh, no.

It's okay, Mom.

Don't worry, honey. We'll find it.

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

His glove was in ther e.

His what?

His glove was in there.

Oh, quit moping and grab a box.

Did you hear me?

Ther e ar e mor e important things in lif e than baseball.

The sooner you figure that out, the better.

[ Bell jingles ]

[ Door cr eaks, closes ]

[ Distant conversation ]

Man: This Lee lvaco-cocus guy,

I guarantee you, within two years, three years tops,

he's gonna run that company right out of business.

Ain't that right, young man?

Eileen?

Eileen!

I guess she gone to lunch.

Help you find something, son?

Socks.

Socks we have -- in contrast to common sense,

which we seem to be running a little short on today.

I'll be right down.

Don't look at my dominoes.

All right, sir, we got white socks with red stripes,

black stripes, blue stripes.

Over ther e you got all your solids

in black, blue, brown, and gray.

Just take your pick.

That's a r eal nice pair right ther e.

You visiting?

We just moved her e.

Oh, well, then I'm Henry Sampson.

Nice to meet you. Jimmy Morris.

Welcome to Big Lake, Mr. Jimmy Morris.

You know, son, I can probably tell you wher e it is

a whole lot quicker than you can find it.

Got any baseball stuff?

Oh, baseball stuff.

Don't get much call f or baseball stuff around these parts.

Now if it was football, that'd be a whole different story. [ Chuckles ]

You know something, though?

I got a catalogue over here that just might help us out some.

Let's take a look at that.

[ Exhales deeply ]

Yeah, I think we might find something in here.

You know, if you'r e inter ested in baseball,

ther e's a story that people her e in this town tell

that you probably ought to hear.

Thought you said nobody her e car ed about baseball.

Oh, they car e about this.

It all started with a couple of nuns

and a piece of ground not too f ar f rom here.

[ Scraping ]

[ Engine turns over ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

-- Morning, Esther. -- Morning, Jimmy.

Any more rattlesnakes on the playground?

Yeah. Two this morning.

I swear those things show up

every time the oil business goes bad.

-- They gonna bring the kids in? -- They're thinking about it.

Don't these f amilies have enough to worry about?

Hmm.

Coach.

Counselor.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Don't r eport that, Esther.

I never do.

"Sum" means that we'r e adding.

We have at least two items.

Don't make this hard,

but what ar e we adding her e --

protons and...

Neutrons?

Neutrons.

Neutrons.

So, David...

These protons and these neutrons,

they're inside of...what?

The nucleus?

Well, don't say it like a question, son.

If you think you know it, just say it like you know it.

The nucleus.

That's right -- the nucleus.

[ Laughter ]

So, congratulations.

Go home tonight and tell your par ents

that you figur ed out the mass number of an atom.

Nat "King" Cole: ## Chestnuts roasting... ##

Jimmy: Frank, ain't it a little late to be playing this song?

-- It's 8:30. -- It's March.

Well, that song's too good to play f or only one month.

-- Hunter, you gonna want cheese on that? -- Yes, sir.

Cal: Besides, he smoked three packs a day.

Henry: Who?

Nat "King" Cole. He thought it'd make his voice deeper.

Frank: Oh, and Frank Sinatra was the poster child for vocal care?

Who died in his 50s?

You take care of yourself, things work out.

Oh, is that right, is it? Well, what about Jimmy, ther e?

I mean, he took r eal good car e of himself,

and, uh, how many surgeries was it, Jimmy -- f our?

Hunter: They put this thing

f rom his ankle up to his shoulder.

Ow.

We'r e talking about singing, not pitching.

And, Hunter, do us all a f avor

and don't tell us that bit about the ankle anymore.

-- Mel Torme in June. -- What in the world ar e you talking about now?

Mel Torme wrote "The Christmas Song" on a beach somewher e.

There wasn't no Jack Frost nippin' at anybody's nose that day.

-- Daddy... -- Yeah?

Your arm ever hurt anymor e?

Only when I have to drag you out of bed

in the morning f or school.

No, I'm just kidding you, bud.

It hasn't hurt in a long time.

How long?

Why do you want to know?

Just wondering.

Oh, let's see. [ Exhaling ] Uh...

It never hurt when I was in high school,

'cause we didn't have a baseball team.

And it never hurt when I was in junior college,

'cause, well, that's why I got drafted.

And then, uh...

I don't know. Just started hurting.

Is that why you didn't make it?

It's never one thing.

[ Fence rattles ]

[ Fence rattles ]

[ Rattling continues ]

[ Baby crying ]

[ Groans ]

[ Sleepily ] Mmm.

[ Inhales deeply ] I'll get her.

Is that a r eal "I'll get her,"

or ar e you just waiting f or me to say, "Go back to sleep"?

I haven't decided yet.

Go back to sleep.

[ Crying continues ]

Mm, baby...

Aww...

Oh...

Oh...

What's all that crying about?

[ Crying continues ]

[ Sighs ] I think it's my turn.

No. It's your turn to sleep.

Shh.

Okay.

You sur e?

Yeah.

Here we go. Come on, baby.

There we are.

Good night.

Good night.

Mmm.

Ther e we go.

Shh.

Mmm.

Ther e we go.

Wack: Hey, Rudy, when was the last date you had --

what, like a year ago?

Rudy: Not me, man.

Come on, man. Who you kidding?

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

All set, coach.

Give me a ball.

Owls player: Hey, coach, I forgot my glove.

-- Check the bag. -- [ Sighs ]

-- 10 players, 9 gloves. -- Yeah.

-- How do they look? -- Couple of holes.

All right, get one.

Thanks, man.

Hey, coach...

They putting down any grass seed in the field this year?

Man, it's a goat track out her e.

Just waiting f or the seed to take.

Uh-huh?

-- What seed? -- [ Chuckles ]

Ain't no seed out her e, man.

Wack!

How come we get dirt,

and the f ootball field looks like Tiger Woods' backyard?

They don't even play f or six months.

Just let me worry about the field, all right?

You plan on worrying anytime soon?

-- All right, Wack. -- [ Laughter ]

You can get your running done early today.

All right, I'll get my running in early.

Lookin' good.

Okay, bring it home!

[ Exhales deeply ]

Hey, coach... you want to throw?

You know, I seen you out there at the Old Legion Field at night.

You know, sometimes it helps

when you throw if you got somebody catching f or you.

A ball, a glove -- that kind of thing.

-- I'll throw a couple. -- Really?

All right.

How come you throw out there all by yourself?

Helps me relax.

I've been doing it... a pr etty long time.

Coach, back when you wer e r eally throwing,

how f ast wer e you bringing it?

I don't know.

85, 86.

Well, that's not bad.

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

Coach, come on. Let's see you bring one.

Can't. Promised too many doctors.

Come on, coach, one is not gonna kill you.

Now, come on. Feed me.

Yeah, Dad. Bring the heat.

Feed me, coach.

[ Air whooshes ]

Wow!

Coach...

Wher e'd that come f rom?

Forgot how good that sounded.

Yes!

[ Air whooshes ]

[ Chuckles ]

[ Hunter laughing ]

[ Air whooshing ]

[ Grunting ]

Unbelievable.

Coach, how f ast do you think those were coming?

-- Oh, not as f ast as you think. -- Oh.

Hey, uh, do me a f avor, all right?

Let's just keep this between you and me.

Okay.

Hunter: You could barely see that last one.

And that goes f or you too, all right?

-- No telling Mom. -- Why?

[ Sighs ]

Because I said so.

Good night, Ray.

I know why your grass isn't growing.

[ Crickets chirping ]

Usually get thr ee or f our out her e every night.

So I put the seed down, they pick it up.

Once it comes in, they don't like it as much.

That's why the f ootball field looks so good.

Yeah?

Maybe those f ootball guys ar e paying off these deer

with all the big budget money they got.

[ Laughs ]

Hey!

Go on! Get out of here!

I thought deer wer e supposed to be skittish.

[ Allison Moor er singing "Tumbling Down" on ster eo ]

Need me to top that off?

Nothing like wine bought with a Chevron cr edit card.

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

Mmm. Yeah?

Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

I thr ew today.

To Joel... after practice.

You thr ew?

I thr ew.

How hard?

Pr etty hard.

Uh, don't worry.

If it starts to hurt, l-l'll stop.

All right? Promise.

I gotta check on the kids.

Joe David: Wack, got the muffler changed, buddy -- the jeep.

Can't hear me coming three miles away, can you, there?

Owls player: Ray, check out the screwball!

Ladies loving the jeep.

Come on, man. Give me the rock.

All right, bring it in f or some b.p.

We can't. Rudy's not her e.

-- Well, wher e is he? -- Locker room.

Something to do with only having one shoe.

Somebody grab a bat.

You'r e throwing batting practice?

Yeah.

-- [ Laughter ] -- I'm up first, man.

Wack: I hit the Lotto!

Joe David: Come on, Wack! Send it, baby!

Send it! What do you say, Wack?

[ Laughs ]

-- Whoo! -- Yeah!

Looks like that one's gonna land in another time zone, coach!

You might want to r eset your watch bef or e this next one.

You see that?

Yeah, it's...

Come on.

Joe David: Yeah!

[ Laughs ]

[ Inhales deeply ]

-- [ Grunts ] -- [ Air whooshes ]

What was that?

Man!

Wait till he warms up.

[ Laughs ]

[ Rudy and Joe David laughing ]

Let me see another one of those.

Nope. It's batting practice, not pitching practice.

[ Chuckles ]

All right.

[ Laughing ] Oh, my God!

Cal: I'm already down two bits.

How many of them job applications you plan on sending out, Jimmy?

Many as it takes, I guess.

So the little boy coming into my stor e to buy socks after a dozen moves

is planning on making a move of his own now?

Well, this is diff er ent.

[ Laughs ] It always is.

I hear you diagnosed that problem with that baseball field of yours.

You mean his potential field.

Well, "diagnosed" part's right. It's the "curing" part I'm having trouble with.

I'll take five.

You know, I had the same trouble out at my place

a few Springs back.

You did? What'd you do?

Oh, hell. Give me five, too.

Let me ask you something --

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

Well, we -- we play ther e next Friday,

but then we'r e not back till the end of the month.

You think you can keep your boys off the field f or that length of time?

Now, I'm talking about no practice, nothing whatsoever.

Henry... why do I get the f eeling

this is something I don't want to know about?

I'm gonna take back two of them old ones if that's okay with everybody.

I'll tell you what you do.

You give me thr ee weeks, and I'll have that field

Iooking gr eener than Dublin on Saint Patty's Day.

50 cents, fellas.

[ Coins rattle ]

Woman: All right, boys. Get a hit.

Cal: [ On P.A. ] Rudy Bonilla, hoping to spark a Big Lake rally.

Come on, Rudy!

Be a hitter!

Owls player: Keep your eye on it.

Strike thr ee!

Cal: Strike three called,

and the Owls drop their season opener.

It's all right.

It's okay. Good eff ort. It's only one.

If we don't start hitting, it's not gonna be the only one.

Opposing player: Good game. Good game, buddy.

Cal: Drive safely on your way home now, folks.

Good game. Good game.

[ "Baby, I Ain't Gotta Do That No Mor e" plays ]

[ Humming ]

Wher e do you keep your brooms, Cal?

Closet.

Right her e, sweetheart.

Owls player: Come on, Cory. Give it a ride.

-- Give it a ride, now. -- [ Smooches ]

Matt: Get ready, Cory.

Owls player #2: Guy couldn't throw a fit...

Come on, Cory!

-- Yeah! -- Oh!

Joel: Play's at second, Miguel! -- [ Sighs ]

Blue!

Time!

Cal: [ On P.A. ] And the Owls are down 10.

Not your day, Rudy.

Not my year.

Looks like coach Jimmy Morris

is making a pitching change.

Owls player: Shake it off, Rudy!

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

Jimmy: Anybody want to tell me how we lost that game?

Hmm?

No?

How 'bout taking a look at the numbers

on that scoreboard out there?

What do those numbers tell you?

How to get ahold of Bo's Tir e Barn?

[ Laughter ]

You quit.

You quit out there.

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

Now, what is it?

Think people don't car e about baseball around her e?

Think the school's gonna drop the program?

You're just making it easy for 'em.

Sad part about it is, I see it and you don't.

Look, guys...

Most of you... [ Exhales sharply ]

You'r e gonna finish up school her e,

you'r e gonna work the rigs, you'r e gonna work at Bo's Tir e Barn,

you'r e gonna raise a f amily and r etir e,

and you'r e gonna do all that right her e in Big Lake.

And ther e's nothing wrong with that.

A lot of r eal good people have done that.

I'm doing it.

But if you're looking for something more

after you're done here,

you better give some serious thought

as to how you'r e gonna play out the r est of this season.

What diff er ence does it make?

I mean, it's not like any of us ar e getting scholarships.

I'm not talking about college.

I'm talking about wanting things in lif e.

I'm talking about having dr eams.

And all that starts right her e.

Okay? Right here.

You don't have dr eams, you don't have anything.

Joel: Coach, what about you?

I mean, you talk about our dr eams.

I... [ Sighs ] I mean, I've been catching yours --

Joel, we ar e not talking about me.

Yeah, come on, coach.

Every time you throw, I got to ice my hand -- every time.

Y-you'r e the one who should be wanting something mor e.

And the sad part is, I mean...

We see it and you don't.

Now, listen, I've had my shot, all right?

Just... [ Sighs ]

Look, we got practice tomorrow.

Let's go.

-- So you take another shot. -- It doesn't work like that.

It does if you throw hard enough.

I don't throw hard enough, all right?

-- Now let's hit the shower. Come on. -- N-Now wait a minute.

We start winning, you try out again.

[ Scoff s ]

[ Exhales deeply ] Last time I checked,

scouts ar en't looking f or high-school science teachers.

Well, not many science teachers throw like you.

-- No kidding. -- Yeah. -- No lie.

[ Sighs ] Take a heck of a lot mor e than a couple of Wins

to get me to make a f ool of myself.

All right.

What if we win district? Huh?

What if we win district and go to state playoff s? Then?

Ar e you serious?

Yeah, absolutely.

Ar e you serious?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And all I have to do is just find some kind of tryout somewher e?

That's it, man.

[ Clears throat ] All right.

-- Yeah! -- Yeah! -- Yeah!

If...

-- If you win district. -- Yeah!

Come on, man, we can do this!

-- Right on, man. -- Yeah, coach!

We can take it! Whoo!

Let's do this, man!

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

[ Guy Clark and Rodney Crowell's "Stuff That Works" plays ]

[ Crickets chirping ]

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

[ Brakes squeaking ]

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

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

## I like the way it sounds in a dark and empty room ##

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

Hmm.

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

## I got an old used car, and it runs just like a top ##

## I get the feeling it ain't ever gonna stop ##

## Stuff that works ##

## Stuff that holds up ##

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

## Stuff that's real ##

## That stuff you feel ##

## ls the kind of stuff you reach for when you f all ##

## Stuff that works ##

## Stuff that holds up ##

-- [ Vehicle passes by ] -- ## ls the kind of stuff you don't hang on the wall ##

## Stuff that's real ##

## That stuff you feel ##

## ls the kind of stuff you reach for when you f all ##

## The stuff that works ##

-- [ Grunting ] -- ## The stuff that holds up ##

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

-- [ Scraping ] -- ## Stuff that's real ##

-- [ Br eathes deeply ] -- ## That stuff you feel ##

## ls the kind of stuff you reach for when you f all ##

[ Br eathes deeply ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Clicking ]

Cal: You sure about this, Henry?

Yeah. Deer get a whiff of human hair,

they just keep on moving

till they don't smell it no mor e.

I figur e we put us a circle

all the way around the field her e.

This is a lot of hair.

[ Chuckles ] Well, f rom the looks of things,

contrary to popular opinion,

Cal ain't been cheating nobody down ther e at his shop.

[ All laugh ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

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

Uh, coach...

[ Chuckling ]

Joel: Yeah, baby.

Is that what I think it is?

That, gentlemen, is Bermuda Hybrid Number Five.

We'r e gonna have a baseball field.

[ Doorbell rings ]

Maybe he's not home.

But he said he'd be her e.

[ Doorbell rings ]

Hey, Grandpa.

Hunter.

I was r eading in the paper this morning

that someone in your f amily is having a birthday.

That's a kid joke, Grandpa.

Kid joke? No kidding?

Jimmy.

Sir.

Whoa!

It's kinda big.

Oh, you'll grow into it f aster than you think.

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

That's 'cause it's a first-baseman's mitt.

Uh...is that wrong?

Well, you know, l-l probably got the r eceipt somewher e.

Uh, we can just -- we can get another one, huh? One with fingers.

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

Can I go outside and play, Dad?

[ Clears throat ] Yeah.

What do you say first?

Thank you, Grandpa. I r eally like it a lot.

Oh. [ Chuckling ] Oh.

Stay in the yard.

If he decides he wants one with fingers...

I'll take car e of it.

[ Sighs ]

I didn't know you had these.

Oh, yeah.

Your mother gave me a f ew.

Hmm. She'd be the one to have 'em.

## Happy birthday to you ##

## Happy birthday to you ##

## Happy birthday, dear Hunter ##

## Happy birthday to you ##

Make a wish. Oh!

Jessica!

Lorri: Hey, don't worry, baby.

Your wish still counts.

-- [ Whistle blows ] -- Charles...

Do you think that that ice-cream machine

is gonna start spinning itself?

[ Noisemaker blows ]

Oh, I gotta go get a knif e.

I'll help you, Mom.

I think we need plates, hon, too.

-- [ Grunts ] -- [ Pop ]

Seems like five minutes ago

I was watching you blow out those candles.

Ar e you trying to make me f eel old?

Come talk to me in 20 years.

Hunter says you spent some time at your f ather's today.

Yeah.

You know wher e I'm going with that.

Yes, ma'am, I do.

Lorri says he's trying r eal hard

to be a good grandf ather.

Yeah, well...

Lord, Jimmy, I swear, the one thing you got f rom him is his stubborn side.

-- That's not true. -- [ Sighs ]

Well, what do you want me to do,

pr etend everything was perf ect?

You've been blaming your f ather f or too many things f or too many years.

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

[ Chuckles ]

Jimmy, you can sell that story someplace else, 'cause I ain't buying.

You got your shot at baseball.

You got hurt.

Simple as that.

It had nothing to do with your f ather.

You think he didn't have dr eams?

[ Sighs ]

That why it didn't work out with you two?

[ Chuckles ]

I'm gonna need a longer str eet f or that talk.

Jimmy: Okay, let's get two.

[ Bat cracks ball ]

Come on, Wack!

Come on, coach, how long we gotta practice her e?

Just a couple of more days.

Joe David: Getting old out here, coach.

Playing in a gravel yard.

Okay, Wack.

Come on in f or batting practice.

Owls player: This is not a ball field.

-- Come on, let's go. -- Okay, okay.

[ Metal squeaks ]

Okay.

Nice, easy swings.

Turn your hips.

Throw your hands at the ball.

Come on, coach, l-l mean, if we'r e gonna start winning,

we need to see some better pitching. -- Rudy: Yeah.

You gonna help us or not?

Come on, coach, right here.

Joe David: Yo, let's see some action.

[ Sighs ]

Joe David: Come on, Wack.

[ Elvis Pr esley's "Run On" plays ]

## Ooooh ##

## Well, you may run on for a long time ##

-- ## Run on for a long time ## -- [ Air whooshes ]

## Run on for a long time ##

## Let me tell you, God Almighty's gonna cut you down ##

-- ## Go tell that long-tongued liar ## -- [ Whooshing continues ]

## Go tell that midnight rider ##

## Tell the gambler, the rambler, the backbiter ##

## Tell them God Almighty's gonna cut them down ##

## You may throw your rock and hide your hand ##

## Working in the dark against your fellow man ##

## As sure as God made the day and the night ##

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

## You may run and hide, slip and slide ##

## Trying to take the mote f rom your neighbor's eye ##

## As sure as God made the rich and poor ##

-- ## You gonna reap just what you sow ## -- [ Bat nicks ball ]

Rudy: Man!

[ Laughs ]

Hey, right on, man.

Got a piece of that one!

Now...get all of it.

-- You're the man, Wack. -- Come on, Wack.

Joe David: Catching up, coach.

-- [ Air whooshes ] -- [ Bat cracks ball ]

[ Crowd cheering ]

Two, Wack! Two!

Go, go, go, go, go!

Stay up! Stay, stay, stay!

Attaway, Wack!

-- [ Crack ] -- Hustle!

[ Cheering continues ]

[ Crack ]

[ Crack ]

Run, boy, run!

[ Indistinct cheering ]

Pick it up! Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!

Umpire: Out!

[ Crack ]

-- Take it, Joel! -- Got it!

Run, run, run, run, run, run!

-- Yeah! -- Yeah! -- Yeah!

-- Yeah! -- Yeah! Whoo!

-- Whoo! -- Yeah! -- Yeah!

[ Cheering continues ]

Ther e you go, Joel! Ther e you go, baby!

Hit it, Wack! Eye on the ball, buddy!

[ John Hiatt's "Slow Turning" plays ]

[ Cheers ]

## When I was a boy ##

## I thought it just came to ya ##

## But I never could tell what's mine ##

## So it didn't matter anyway ##

Cal: [ On P.A. ] How 'bout that for an outstanding double play?

## My only pride and joy ##

## Was this racket down here ##

## Bangin' on an old guitar... ##

Cal: The Owls win again, and that is five in a row.

## ...lt's been a slow turnin' ##

Let's go.

## From the inside out ##

[ Cracking ]

-- ## A slow turnin', baby ## -- All around, all around.

## But you come about ##

Strike thr ee!

## A slow learnin' ##

-- Whoo! Yeah! -- ## But you learn to sway ##

Yeah, baby!

-- ## A slow turnin', baby ## -- Come on, get some def ense going!

## Not f ade away, not f ade away... ##

Joe David: He's taking second! -- Strike thr ee!

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

-- He's out! -- ## You're gonna die, gonna die for sure ##

## And you can learn to live with love or without it ##

## But there ain't no cure ##

## There's just a slow turnin'... ##

[ Crack ]

Cal: Going...going...

Gone!

## ...A slow turnin' ##

Whoooo!

## But you come about ##

-- The Owls clear the bases. -- ## A slow turnin', baby ##

-- [ Cheers ] -- ## But you learn to sway ##

## A slow turnin' ##

-- Yeah! -- ## Not f ade away, not f ade away ##

## Not f ade away... ##

[ All shouting ]

Hey! Hey!

Hey, hey, hey! Keep it down now,

or f olks ar e gonna think that f ootball season's started alr eady!

-- Yeah! -- Yeah! -- Yeah!

Now, a lot of coaches would say

that they'r e r eally proud of you right now,

and I am.

-- Yeah! -- Yeah! -- Yeah!

A lot of coaches -- a lot of coaches would say

that it's amazing that we won this many games in a row,

and it is.

-- Yeah! ! -- Yeah! ! -- Yeah! !

But! But!

But, but, but, but, but...

I am not gonna say that I do not car e about tomorrow's game,

'cause I do.

So let's finish this thing up.

[ Owls cheer ]

[ Chanting ] State! State! State! State!

State! State! State! State! State! State! State! State!

Quite a group you got there.

-- Well, thanks. -- I'm Steve Dearborn.

-- I'm with the Barton School District in Fort Worth. -- Oh.

I was hoping we might be able to talk about that application you sent us.

Uh...sur e.

[ Cheering continues ]

[ No audio ]

They'll understand.

[ Sighs ] I got most of 'em coming back.

Jimmy, you'r e always gonna have kids coming back.

Not these kids.

It's Fort Worth.

High-school coaching jobs don't get any better.

You get to coach, you get to teach...

And not that it's the most important thing in lif e,

but...it is twice the money, Jimmy.

We sur e could use it.

I know.

Well, I am done telling you to sleep on it,

because that sur e ain't working.

[ Exhales deeply ]

[ Clears throat ]

Thr ee years ago,

this program ended the season with only one win.

Two years ago... one win.

Last year...same story.

This year...

We have won 16 games.

And, gentlemen...

We need 17.

Anybody got any questions?

Hmm?

Wack: Coach...

Coming back next year?

Wack...

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

All right, gentlemen, hats off.

Lord, we humbly thank You

f or bringing us her e this season without injury and inspiring us...

[ "Star Spangled Banner" playing ]

Henry: [ On P.A. ] ## And the rockets' red glare ##

## The bombs bursting in air ##

## Gave proof through the night ##

## That our flag was still there ##

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

## O'er the land of the f ree ##

## And the home of the brave ##

[ Cheers and applause ]

Cal: [ On P.A. ] A stirring rendition

f rom Big Lake Rotary President,

Henry Sampson.

All right, all right.

We're a different team than last time we played these guys.

They'r e ripe f or the pickin' .

Just...let's not be nervous out ther e.

[ Panting ]

Nothing to be nervous about.

Let's play baseball.

[ Cheers ]

[ Cheering ]

Go! Go! Go!

Go all the way!

Coach: Wave him home!

Home! Home! Home!

Safe!

Yes! Yeah!

Come on, guys.

Guys, come on. Settle down.

Owls player: Shake it off, baby. Shake it off.

Wack!

Give me the ball!

Damn!

Boys f rom Big Lake ln an early hole --

2 to naught.

Keep your heads up.

Get this thing back to even.

Wack: It's all right.

Joel: Come on, boys. It's the first inning.

All right, Brandon, grab some wood.

Joe David, you'r e on deck.

This guy's f astball stinks, so be looking out f or his curve, all right?

Umpire: Batter up!

All right, one hit at a time, one swing at a time, one run at a time.

Come on, now.

Watch him! Let's go! What do you say, Miguel?

Wack: All right, Miguel. Come on.

Joel: Let's get a hit. Let's get a hit.

Umpire: He's out!

[ Groans ]

Damn.

Owls still with that zero up on the board.

Rowley player: Throw him out!

Out!

A scorcher that dang-near took our boy's head off.

[ Applause ]

[ Cheering ]

Whoo!

Come on, slide!

Saf e! And that puts Big Lake ln scoring position.

You all right?

Owls player: Whoo!

Cal: Rudy Bonilla coming to the plate.

[ Cheering continues ]

Come on, baby! Come on!

Owls player: Come on!

Let's go!

Owls player #2: Come on!

Send him home!

[ Cheering ]

Saf e! Saf e!

Yeah!

A suicide squeeze,

and the Owls ar e on the scor eboard.

Go, ball, go!

Yeah!

[ Cheering ]

Yeah!

Spectacular catch, and the Owls are hanging in there.

Come on, Wack!

Cal: Joe David is still on first base.

I see it! I see the f ear in his eyes, Wack!

Come on, baby! Come on, baby! Just do it!

Let's go, baby!

Joel: Let's go, Wack! Come on!

Come on, now!

Come on, Wack! Go, Wack!

Come on, Wack!

Come on, Wack!

Come on, Wack!

Let's go, Wack! Come on, baby!

[ Cheering ]

[ Whistling ]

Go! Go!

Go! Come on!

Stay! Stay!

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoo!

No!

Saf e!

Yeah!

Whoo!

Joe David!

Whoo!

Yes!

Big Lake takes the lead.

Rudy Bonilla working with a f ull count.

Ruff neck runners on first and second.

Owls player: Smoke it by him!

Come on, 'Necks! You can do it!

[ Grunts ]

Ball f our.

[ Groans ]

Bases now f ull of Ruff necks.

[ Cheering and applause ]

Owls player: Right here, Rudy! Right here, right now!

Owls player #2: We got him!

Owls player #3: Let's go, Rudy! Let's get this out!

Look him down, Rudy!

Look him down!

Cal: Last year's District MVP Cory Jones coming to the plate.

Rowley player: All right, Cory!

Rowley player #2: 'Necks all the way!

Owls player: Throw him some heat, Rudy!

Woman: Yeah! Whoo!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Umpire: Ball!

[ Booing ]

Come on, baby!

Joe David: Come on, Rudy!

What do you say now?!

Aw, come on, now, Rudy!

Come on, baby!

Get this last out!

-- Come on! -- Strike him out, Rudy!

Come on! Strike him out!

Jimmy: Here we go! Here we go!

Owls player: He's got nothing! He's got nothing!

Joe David: Look alive!

Man: Come on! Tighten up, now! Tighten up!

Strike!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Oh, he is having to dig deep now.

One-and-one count.

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Gasping ]

Go. Go.

Goin' f oul! Goin' f oul!

Foul ball!

[ Sighs ]

Goin' foul! Yeah!

Ball.

Let me tell you, folks,

they don't make foul balls any scarier than that one.

Come on, Rudy! Let's go!

Come on, Rudy! You can do it!

Bear down, baby! Bear down!

[ Cheering continues ]

We need another strike, Rudy.

What do you say, Rudy?! Come on!

He can't hit you!

-- He got nothing on you! -- He can't hit you!

Come on, now, rapid-fire, baby. Rapid-fire.

-- It's just a long strike now. -- You can do it, Rudy!

You own him, Rudy! Come on, baby!

You got to do this one!

This punk can't hit you, Rudy! Come on!

He got nothing on you!

Dig deep, Rudy.

One time, f or all the marbles. Let's go, baby.

Joe David: Come on, Rudy! What do you say?!

Strike this guy out! Come on!

[ Grunts ]

Strike thr ee!

[ Cheering ]

Owls win!

Owls win!

Owls win! Owls win!

Owls win!

[ Cheering continues ]

Whoo-hoo!

[ Cheering continues ]

Yeah!

Owls win!

Owls win!

Owls win!

[ "Jump Around" by House Of Pain plays on ster eo ]

[ Owls continue cheering ]

## Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin ##

## I came to win, battle me, that's a sin ##

## I won't tear the sack up, punk, you'd better back up ##

## Try and play the role and then the whole crew will act up ##

## Get up, stand up, come on, throw your hands up ##

## lf you've got the feeling jump across the ceiling ##

## Muggs is a f unk fest, someone's talking junk ##

## Yo, I'll bust 'em in the eye, and then I'll take the punks home ##

## Feel it, f unk it, amps in the trunk, and I got... ##

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

-- Settle down, fellas. -- [ Music stops ]

Wack: Yeah, come on, guys. Quiet down.

To the man who taught us about wanting something mor e.

Coach Jimmy Morris of the District Champion Big Lake Owls!

[ Cheering ]

We wanted it, and now we got it! Yeah!

[ Cheering and applause continues ]

[ Cheering and applause stops ]

Now it's your turn, coach.

It's your turn, coach.

Your turn, coach.

It's your turn, coach.

It's your turn, coach.

It's your turn, coach.

It's your turn, coach.

It's your turn, coach.

Your turn, coach.

[ Baby crying ]

Her e you go. [ Smacking ]

Eat your cereal. Come on.

[ Smacks ] Come on.

First day of summer r egistration.

I'm gonna have to skip br eakf ast.

Mommy, you can take some Mister Crunch with you if you like.

He's a captain, Jessie. Don't go bustin' rank on him.

Thanks anyway, hon.

You got anything going today?

Me?

No.

-- We need to go see the r eal estate guy. -- [ Cries ]

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

Like, you mean, like, like Admiral Crunch?

Just say, "Yes, ma'am, " so I know you heard me.

Yes, ma'am.

Take 'em all with you if you go.

[ Smooching ]

You kids mind your daddy.

Remind me not to forget Jamie if we go anywhere.

[ Brakes squeak ]

They got lots of players, Daddy.

[ Sighs ]

[ Engine stops ]

Man: Sign right here.

Have your players get in line, coach.

Everybody signs in.

Jim Morris.

Dave Patterson.

I saw you when the Br ewers drafted you.

Must have been, uhh...

Awhile back.

Yeah.

How ya doing, Dave?

Good.

You, um...

You still looking at players?

Oh, well, the looking's the easy part.

It's the finding that gives me trouble.

-- Mm. -- You bring some kids...

Besides your own?

Uh, I'm -- I'm her e f or me.

For you?

Uh-huh.

Well, all right, then.

All right.

-- Good to see you. -- That's good.

-- Good to see you. -- Uh-huh.

Sign her e.

[ "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" by Willie Nelson plays ]

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

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

Come on. Let's go.

Oops.

Oops. Ex cuse me.

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

## I've survived every situation ##

## Knowin' when to f reeze and when to run ##

## And regret is just a memory written on my brow ##

## And there's nothing I can do about it now ##

## I've got a wild and a restless spirit ##

## I kept my price through every deal ##

## I've seen the fire of a woman scorned... ##

Daddy, you can be X's this time.

Okay.

## ...l've got the song of the voice inside me ##

## Set to the rhythm of the wheel ##

## And I've been dreamin' like a child ##

## Since the cradle broke the bow ##

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

[ Crying ]

Now, now.

That's the last diaper.

Well, it's okay.

We'r e outta her e just as soon as Jamie's set to go.

But, Dad --

No "But, Dads," okay?

I'm dealing with enough butts her e as it is.

Hold on, honey. Daddy's almost done.

[ Jamie continues crying ]

Hunter...

...Look, I promised to try out,

but ther e's nothing I can do if they won't take a look at me.

Jimmy!

Come on. You'r e up.

[ Jamie continues crying ]

Just a second.

I'm not doing it.

All right, look, look, look. You just stay right her e.

You look after your sister, all right?

Come on. Let's go.

[ Jamie crying ]

Sit!

Be right back.

Who do we got her e?

All right. All right.

Need to warm up?

Uhh...no.

I'm good.

Don't hurt yourself.

Whenever you're ready.

Whenever I'm r eady.

[ Exhales deeply ]

[ Scraping ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Air whooshes, ball slaps mitt ]

[ "Blue Moon Nights" by John Fogerty plays ]

## Help me, fellas, I'm feelin' kinda weak ##

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

[ Grunts ]

[ Whispering ]

## ...All my blue moon nights ##

[ Grunts ]

## I want a girl to take me by the hand ##

[ Grunts ]

## Follow me right down the line ##

## Hold me gently while we dance... ##

[ Grunts ]

You want me to keep going?

Couple mor e.

[ Grunts ]

## ...Help me, fellas, it's gettin' kinda late ##

## Runnin' outta precious time ##

## She might pass me... ##

[ Grunts ]

## ...All my blue moon nights ##

## Heaven only knows I don't want to be just a fool ##

[ Giggling ]

## Passin' through ##

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

## All my blue moon nights ##

## All my blue moon... ##

[ Grunts ]

## ...All my... ##

That's good, Jim.

Pitch.

Pitch.

Man, you wer e bringing some heat out ther e.

Aw, come on.

You had 'em talking.

You had 'em talking.

Good job, man.

[ Horn honks ]

That was Jessica.

Jim.

Man: You did good, though, man.

How f ast wer e you throwing 15 years ago?

Slow enough that scouts stopped using the word "f ast."

Jim, how f ast wer e you throwing?

I don't know. 85, 86.

Why?

You just thr ew 98 miles an hour.

Nah.

Dozen straight pitches. Thr ee radar guns.

Same thing on all of 'em.

Nah, D-Dave, ther e's no way that I --

I've been a scout a long time now,

and Rule Number One is arms slow down when they get older.

Listen, Jim, I call the office

and I tell them I got a guy her e almost twice these kids' age,

I'm gonna get laughed at.

But if I don't call in a 98-mile-an-hour f astball,

I'm gonna get fir ed.

I'm just letting you know that there's a chance

you might get a call on this.

You figur e out what I saw out ther e today,

you let me know, okay?

Okay.

[ Beep ]

Jimmy: Hey, hon, don't fix dinner. We're getting some pizza.

Oh, thank God.

[ Beep ]

Man: Jim, this is Dan Jordan with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

I'll try you back later.

[ Beep ]

Man #2: Jim, Mark Raf us with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Dave Patterson told me about this afternoon.

I'll try you first thing in the morning.

[ Beep ]

Dave: Hey, Jim, this is Dave. Listen, uh...

We're gonna have you throw again in a couple of days just to make sure.

They're gonna send out some of the boys f rom Tampa.

[ Brakes squeak, engine stops ]

Mommy!

Daddy told me to give you the pizza

and not say anything else.

Thank you, sweet pea.

I'm sur e that's exactly what he told you.

[ Jamie cries ]

All right. All right, go. Go ahead.

Hunter: There was, like, a thousand players, and it was so hot.

And Daddy was pitching really hard.

-- Oh, yeah? Jessica: Yeah.

-- And it was really hot, but it was f un. -- Yeah.

-- And I got my nose burned really bad. -- Yeah.

Hmm.

Jimmy: The guy thought that the damn radar gun was broken.

Do you know how many guys can throw the ball

98 miles an hour?

Not many.

You can count 'em on one hand.

I still don't believe it.

I mean, those ar e major-league scouts on our message machine.

I know.

[ Chuckles ] It's gr eat.

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

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

Oh, come on.

It was just this --

it was this thing to get the kids to start playing.

I thought I'd just go ther e, I'd throw a f ew pitches,

then I'd be done with it.

So... are you considering this?

I-l don't know.

I -- I-l don't know.

I...l have never thrown that hard bef or e.

What?

Hmm?

Y-you don't seem too ex cited.

No, I am.

Really.

[ Dishes clinking ]

[ Water running ]

Announcer: [ On television ] It's a tough decision.

Do you go ahead and call in your set-up man

to try to counter the left-handed batter

with the lefty middle-reliever?

Announcer #2: [ On television ] That's right, Tom.

They have Johnson available as well as Bisou,

who did work one f ull inning on Tuesday night.

Yup, now it appears they've made up their minds...

And they're gonna go the set-up route.

And here comes Gray out of the bullpen,

making the traditional run through the outfield to the mound.

You know, Jim, I'm sure no matter how many times you've made that run,

it still has to be quite a thrill.

Right you are, Jim. Back to the action.

[ Television turns off ]

[ Remote control drops ]

[ Rain f alling ]

[ Sloshing ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Slap ]

Ain't nothing wrong with that one right ther e.

[ Grunts ]

[ Slap ]

So much f or his arm f alling off, huh?

[ Slap ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Sloshes ]

[ Engine running ]

[ Engine stops ]

Jimmy?

Yeah -- yes, sir.

[ Clears throat ] I was just driving by.

I saw that...

Your light was on.

It'll be on f or a f ew mor e hours.

You want to come in?

Oh, no. That's all right.

I was, um -- I got to be heading back.

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

[ Clears throat ]

-- Uh -- -- Lorri called.

Yeah?

Guess the scouts saw what they wanted to see.

Well...

I don't know what to do.

[ Chuckles softly ]

Give it some time.

[ Sighs deeply ]

I haven't got a lot of that.

You'r e asking me?

[ Clears throat ]

[ Smacks lips ]

[ Sighs ]

Yes, sir.

Your grandf ather once told me

it was okay to think about what you want to do,

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

That may not be what you wanted to hear.

[ Clears throat ]

Good night, Jimmy.

Good night.

I swear, sometimes I think he lies in bed at night

just figuring out the one thing that he can say

that hurts the most.

I was this close to thinking

he was gonna give me some good advice.

Maybe he did.

What?

Oh, boy. [ Sighs ] Listen, Jimmy, I love you.

Lord knows I think it's gr eat you going out ther e

and showing up the kids at the tryout.

But I'm a little concerned that you might be losing sight

of the f act you have a f amily who needs you

and a pretty decent job waiting for you up at Fort Worth.

For the r ecord, all right,

I never said I was gonna do this.

Oh, come on, Jimmy. I know you.

Although I was hoping f or a little bit mor e support on the home f ront.

Oh, so this doesn't concern me...or the kids?

You can't eat dr eams, Jimmy.

And they don't pay f or clothes or shoes or gas or babysitters.

Now, I do not want to be the bad guy in this,

but somebody around here has got to start being rational.

You know what?! That's all I've been my whole lif e!

Yeah, what about my lif e?!

I was there, too, remember?

Every time you got hurt, I got a f ront-row seat

to watch you shut yourself off f rom the r est of the world...

And f rom me.

Truth is, I was happy when you quit.

Happy.

Yeah...

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

[ Clears throat ]

[ Exhales deeply ]

[ Footsteps approaching ]

[ Sighs ] Kids down?

For a while, at least.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Me too.

[ Exhales deeply ] I've been thinking --

So have l. I think you should do this.

No. No. You wer e right.

No. I don't think so.

We've got an 8-year-old boy inside this house

who waited all day in the sun and the rain

to see his daddy try to do something

that nobody believed he could do.

Now, what are we telling him if --

if you don't try now?

[ Smacks lips ]

I can't leave you her e with all this.

Jimmy Morris, I'm a Texas woman.

Which means I don't need the help of a man

to keep things running.

Okay?

Okay.

[ Sighs ]

Okay.

Gr eat.

[ Chuckles softly ]

[ Kisses ]

[ Kisses ]

[ Kisses ]

See you soon, little man.

[ Sighs ]

[ Indistinct conversations, laughter ]

Ex cuse me.

Ex cuse me.

You the old guy?

I'm the old guy.

Man: Come on, Rays, you're on a roll!

Man #2: Hey, Big Time.

You use a walker to get to the mound,

or do the other players carry you?

Man #3: Hey, Pitch, who'd you come up with, the Senators?

Man #5: What are they paying you?

Man #5: They ought to pay us to come see you!

Welcome to last place! [ Laughs ]

Hey, Skipper!

I didn't know it was "Bring Your Dad To Work" night.

[ Cheering ]

Woman: Way to go!

Man: Way to bring up his average!

Coach: Time!

Announcer: [ On P.A. ] Pitching change for Orlando.

Now pitching, number nine, Johnny Morris.

Check that -- Jimmy Morris.

And now, f ans, it's time to guess the winning car!

[ Cheering ]

And a big crash at the first-base line!

Number one will win it this time.

Man: Who is this guy?

Work f ast. We got a long bus trip.

Let's go, Stingrays!

[ "Wooly Bully" plays on P.A. ]

## Wooly bully ##

## Wooly bully ##

## Wooly bully ##

## Wooly bully ##

## Watch it now, watch it, watch it, watch it ##

## You got it, you got it, you got it ##

[ Music stops ]

Whoa!

[ Laughter and boos ]

Man: Hey, Pitch! Do I look like a strike zone to you?!

-- You stink! -- You can't play ball!

Lorri: I can't believe they let you pitch your first game. Well, how'd you do?

Not bad.

[ Sighs ] I had a f ew of 'em get away f rom me.

Did the f ans all yell when you ran in?

Yeah. Oh, yeah, they wer e yelling, all right.

Oh, honey, that's just gr eat.

Hey, let me get the kids.

Uh, no. Um...

Just tell them I'll call them tomorrow f rom...

Wherever we're going.

Okay, I will.

[ Chuckles softly ]

I love you.

I love you, too.

Take care.

[ Sighs ]

[ Grunts ]

-- [ Slap ] -- Strike!

[ Crowd cheering ]

-- [ Grunts ] -- Strike!

-- [ Grunts ] -- Strike!

Out!

[ Slap ]

[ Crack ]

Blue!

Jimmy: Okay, what's four times four?

Hunter: 17?

No, it's not 17. You're guessing.

Just add it up.

16?

It's 16.

You got to be able to look at f our times f our,

and just know that it's 16

without even having to think about it, all right?

Now let's do your fives.

Aw, Daddy, I already done my fives.

-- What's -- -- [ Knock ]

Well, if you want to learn how to multiply,

you'r e gonna have to practice, bud.

Okay.

-- Hey, Dad. -- Yeah, partner?

Told you when you'r e going to the big leagues yet?

[ Sighs ]

Could you put your mom on? Okay?

Okay.

All right.

Oh, thanks, hon.

Hey.

Jessie says they left you in one too many pitches.

Jessie needs to learn how to keep a secr et with her f ather.

-- How ar e things going? -- Things are good.

Hunter's got a field trip on Friday,

and the rest of us are talking about --

Honey, that's not what I meant.

I know.

It's not bad. We'r e a little behind.

[ Groans ] How much?

Well, they took the bed, but they left the nightstand.

[ Sighs ]

You all right?

I'm just tired.

[ Smacks lips ] I love you.

Love you, too.

Good night.

Okay. Good night.

Good night.

[ Sighs ]

Listen, man...

This is the only long-distance phone we have her e at The Ritz.

You see someone waiting, you keep it to 10 minutes, okay?

What? Now you all talked out?

Use it all up on your girlf riend?

It was my son.

He needed help with his homework.

[ Sighs ]

[ Crack ]

[ Crack ]

Get out of her e.

It looks like a little screen time's coming for Kenny Justin.

[ Crack ]

Jim!

Hey, Jim, come here a minute.

Jim, I want you to meet Tim Stewart f rom "ABC News. "

Hey, Jim. It's a pleasur e. Thanks f or taking some time with us.

You want to sit down?

I got a jersey for you.

Can you believe that?

I go four-for-five last night and look where they got the camera.

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

Dude's old enough.

He needs to talk about retiring.

Player: Come on, let's go.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Player #2: Hey, grab my magazine.

Old Man River, you'r e moving kind of slow.

Yeah. Six hours on a bus.

Yeah?

Never mind.

Come on, man.

Look, I got just the r ecipe to loosen them bones up.

[ Rock music plays ]

Waitress: Here you go.

Gentlemen...

To the diet that put Babe Ruth in the Hall Of f ame.

Hey, River, what was it like watching The Babe play?

Mm-hmm. Okay.

You sur e you want to start this?

How many f ans did you guys lose

when you raised ticket prices to 50 cents?

Not as many as we lose when you pitch.

Ohhhh! And this game is over, baby!

River, I swear, if you were this f unny all the time,

nobody'd say nothing --

About what?

What do you mean?

What ar e they saying, Brooks?

Look, some of the guys figur e, you know,

the way the team's pushing your story and all, that --

Oh. What? Do they think I'm some kind of publicity stunt?

[ Sighs ]

Is that what they'r e thinking?

They think I'm taking somebody's spot?

What do you think, Brooks?

You'r e too f ast f or me.

That's all I know.

[ Crack ]

Player: Go, Brooksie! That's in the gap!

Go, go, go, go, go!

Player #2: All the way, Brooks!

Boy: Come on, Brooks!

Umpire: Safe!

Time!

You want to warm up?

Player: Nice job, Brooks!

Yeah.

Vendor: Peanuts!

Vendor #2: Get your programs!

Announcer: [ On P.A. ] Now batting for the Bulls,

number 38, Kenny Bryerson.

Vendor: Get your ice-cold soda!

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Mac, we both know it's gonna be Brooks.

I've had mor e than one player called up bef or e.

Anybody my age?

So, what ar e you thinking?

I got a...pile of unpaid bills at home.

I got a good job there.

I only make $600 a month here.

And I got a f amily I haven't seen in thr ee months.

We still got some season left.

Somebody, uh, once told me

that it's okay to think about what you want to do

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

Just so you know,

you wer e my best r elief pitcher this past month.

Thanks, Mac.

Hunter: Jessica, give me that back! It's mine!

-- [ Telephone ringing ] -- Jessica: No, Hunter!

I'm gonna tell mommy!

Shh-shh-Shh. Jamie's asleep.

You're gonna be in big trouble.

-- Hello? -- Jimmy: Hey.

Hey! I didn't think I'd hear f rom you till tomorrow.

I'm coming home.

What? Did you get hurt?

No.

I'm fine.

Um...it's just time.

You called Fort Worth, didn't you?

Uh-huh. Uh, I told them I'd be ther e in, uh, two weeks.

So, pitch f or two weeks.

Mm, no. T- T- There's, uh, too much to do.

I'll take car e of it.

-- We've been okay for three months. -- Lorri?

-- We'll be okay for two weeks. -- Lorri?

No, no, I'm -- I'm wasting my time out her e.

[ Sighs ] Listen, Jimmy.

Lord knows I am r eady f or both sides of the bed to be warm again.

But if you'r e gonna do this, you make sur e you'r e doing it f or the right r easons

because you'r e the one that's gonna have to live with it, okay?

I'll be fine.

You still love it?

Just think about that, okay?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ "Holding Pattern" by Dave Hole plays on jukebox ]

Charles Gibson: [ On television ] Finally tonight,

dreams that don't die.

In 1983, the Milwaukee Brewers

drafted a pitcher named Jim Morris.

You've never heard of him -- arm troubles.

He quickly dropped out of baseball, married, had kids,

taught high school chemistry.

Pitching batting practice to the high-school kids,

he found he was throwing the ball 95 miles an hour --

f aster than he could throw it years ago.

He doesn't know how that happened.

But guess what it did to his dr eam?

Here's Aaron Brown.

Aaron Brown: [ On television ] Jim Morris is af raid to tell his mother

he quit his old job as a high-school teacher

for his new one, a relief pitcher in the minor leagues.

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

but he's also throwing harder and better

than he did as a 20-year-Old kid,

and so he's back in that strange and wonderf ul land

called minor-league baseball,

where the bull snorts smoke on every home run,

and f uture stars run the bases between innings.

Jimmy: [ On television ] I made a challenge to the guys to, uh, follow their dreams.

Really, it was something to... to motivate them.

And, uh, they turned it around on me

and, uh, told me I wasn't f ollowing my own dr eams.

## ...And washed the spider out ##

Be quiet. Listen to Mr. Morris.

Jimmy: Uh, l-l grew up here.

I had a lot of really good support

f rom my f amily and f riends and townspeople around there.

This game, it's been the true love of my life,

other than my wife Lorri,

uh, since, uh, I was a little boy.

I had a dream as a little boy

of playing professional baseball.

I used to pitch and imagine myself, you know,

Iike every other kid in this country,

of being in the World Series, pitching in the seventh game,

ninth inning, big-league ballpark.

Ther e's drama in it. Ther e's, uh, suspense.

Ther e's a camaraderie with the other players,

the f ans in the stadium.

You add that to it.

It's -- It's a great game.

[ Cheering and applause ]

[ Applause ]

[ Indistinct conversations, cheering ]

Man: Heads up out there! Heads up!

Man #2: Energy up, now. Come on, boys!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Woman: Ready to play!

Man: Come on!

Riv!

[ Hands slap ]

You know what we get to do today, Brooks?

We get to play baseball.

[ Slap ]

Two!

[ Cheering and whistling ]

Announcer: 0 and 2 the count on Williams.

Morris really on top of his game.

Coach is r eally bringing it tonight.

[ Air whooshes ]

Strike!

Called strike three.

Caught him looking with a f astball.

That's Morris's third strikeout of the evening.

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ Air whooshes ]

[ Crack ]

Infield! lnfield!

I got it! I got it!

Yeah!

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Thanks f or cleaning up my mess tonight.

Hey, you pitched seven good innings. I wouldn't call that a mess.

Jimmy.

Uh, go ahead and close the door.

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

They'r e calling up Brooks.

That's gr eat.

He won't be back.

He respects you and...

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

Sur e.

Being as that you'r e going, too.

They'r e calling me up?

Two of you fly out of here tonight.

You catch up with the team tomorrow.

[ Inhales sharply ]

Wher e?

Well, they're on the road right now...

In Texas.

[ Br eathes deeply ]

[ Telephone ringing ]

Hello?

Hey, Lorri.

Hey, you.

Hey.

Uh, um, do you know that blue sport coat that I never wear?

[ Water bubbling ]

Oh, hang on a sec, hon. I'm boiling over.

[ Sighs ]

[ Chuckles ]

Now, what about the blue sport coat you never wear?

Would you mind bringing it to Arlington tomorrow?

Arlington? I thought you wer e in --

You tell me right now, Jimmy Morris.

Uh, appar ently...

Ther e's a dr ess code in the major leagues.

Lorri?

[ Voice br eaking ] Yeah, I'm her e.

[ Laughs ]

They'r e flying me out in an hour.

Can you tell everybody?

Sur e. You just have to tell one person first.

Hunter?

Your daddy's got something he wants to tell you.

Hunter: Hey, Dad.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, guess what?

What?

Um, your daddy is gonna be a major-league pitcher.

Really?

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

Cool.

I can't believe it.

Who are you gonna play for?

They're called the Devil Rays.

What's a devil ray?

Uh, it -- it's a fish.

What color is it?

Black.

Can you eat it?

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

That's cool.

My daddy's a big-league pitcher.

[ Indistinct shouting, horns honking ]

Joel: Coach Morris made it!

Rudy: Coach Morris made it to the bigs!

Wack: He's a big-leaguer now!

[ "Ther e ls A Light" by Duane Jarvis plays ]

## There is a light at the edge of the shadows ##

[ Indistinct conversations ]

## Show a little f aith and try and believe ##

## Better days around the corner ##

## Droppin' on your knees before you plead ##

## There is a light at the edge of the shadows ##

## There is a light ##

[ Music f ades ]

Team won't be her e f or a couple of hours.

Feel f r ee to look around.

[ Sighs ]

We ain't in Kansas anymor e, ar e we, Riv?

Announcer: [ On P.A. ] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

and welcome to The Ballpark in Arlington.

It's baseball time in Texas.

Tonight's game, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

against your Texas Rangers.

[ Air whooshes, ball slaps mitt ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Air whooshes, ball slaps mitt ]

[ Slaps ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Air whooshes ]

-- Hmm... -- [ Chuckles ]

[ Slaps ]

[ Air whooshes, ball slaps mitt ]

[ Fan whistling ]

Jimmy!

Jimmy Morris!

Hunter: Dad!

Man: Let's go, Rangers!

Boy: Come on, let's play ball!

Jessica: Hi, Dad.

[ Chuckling ] Hi.

You look gr eat.

Kids, doesn't your daddy look gr eat?

-- Yup. -- Yeah.

Hey.

Hey.

[ Laughing ] I can't believe it.

[ Giggling ]

Hi, sweetheart.

Hi, Daddy.

-- You'r e so big. -- Yeah.

Hey, partner.

I missed you.

Me too.

P.A. announcer: Here are the starting lineups for tonight's game.

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

See ya after.

[ Man shouting indistinctly in background ]

[ Chuckles ]

Okay.

Come on.

Radio announcer: Down at The Ballpark,

the Devil Rays went down 1-2-3 at the top of the first,

and now the Rangers try to get their high-scoring offense

on track in the bottom of the first.

P.A. announcer: Leading off for the Rangers,

the center fielder, number 2 5, Tom Goodwin.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Radio announcer: Three balls and a strike, one out.

The pitch on the way.

It is low. Ball four.

Runners at first and second -- a scoring chance for Texas.

P.A. announcer: ...Page 2 5 in your souvenir program. Here's tonight's...

Radio announcer: Here's the pitch. It is swung on and lined to center field --

-- [ Cheers and applause ] -- A base hit. A run will score.

-- You see Daddy? He's right ther e. -- Runners at first and second.

It's 1-0, Texas, and the Rangers have a 1-0 lead.

There's a swing and a base hit to right field,

and this game is now a 1- 1 tie.

[ Organ plays f anf ar e ]

-- Charge! -- Charge! -- Charge!

Radio announcer: Last half of the 5th inning about to get underway.

It's the Rangers 1 and the Devil Rays 1.

[ Slap ]

-- The pitch in the dirt again, the third one he has thrown. -- [ Telephone rings ]

And we're about to get some action, it appears, in the Tampa Bay bullpen.

Pitching coach: Blanton, Miller.

[ Telephone hangs up ]

The pitch is on the way.

Swung on, and a shot to the gap in right-center field.

It looks like extra bases.

One run is home.

Two runs are home.

The throw cut off.

The play at third -- out at third base!

Rangers 3, Devil Rays 1, here in the bottom of the 6th.

P.A. announcer: ... On this day in baseball history.

Radio announcer: Runners at first and second --

a golden chance for the Rangers. Here's the set.

The pitch on the way.

A swing and a smash up the alley in left-center field.

That will score two.

It's the Rangers 5, the Devil Rays 1.

Texas has broken it open.

[ Cheers and applause ]

P.A. announcer: The Devil Rays and Rangers also play on Sunday night.

Game time is 7 :05, and it's Cap Night.

-- [ Telephone rings ] -- All f ans 13 and under receive a Rangers cap.

Game time Sunday is 7 :05.

Morris!

Start warming up.

Mommy.

Hmm?

It's daddy in the bullpen.

Oh, my Lord.

Cal: Hey. Hey, guys.

-- Is that him? -- Ther e he is.

Ther e he is. Ther e he is.

-- Look, he's in the bullpen. -- [ Frank chuckling ]

There he is.

Yep, he looks good.

Come her e. Her e, have a look-see.

Radio announcer: Blanton trying to get out of a bases-loaded jam.

There's a swing and a smash right back at him.

He retrieves the ball in f ront of the mound,

-- [ Cheering ] -- Throws to first.

And he throws it away.

Another run will come home.

Two runs for Texas on the play,

and the Rangers have busted this game wide open.

And Blanton may have been hurt

on that rocket right back to the mound.

-- [ Air whooshes ] -- Jim Morris continues to throw in the bullpen,

-- Mmm. Mmm-hmm. See? It's coach. -- The left-hander f rom Big Lake, Texas.

P.A. announcer: ... Gift shops and novelty stands located throughout the ballpark...

Let's go! Come on!

Get loose, coach! Get loose!

Radio announcer: The Tampa Bay trainer

-- [ Telephone rings ] is on his way out to the mound to check.

It appears the Devil Rays might have to make a pitching change.

Morris!

You'r e in!

[ Cheering ]

Go, coach Morris!

Whoo! [ Whistles ]

[ Cheering continues ]

Let's go, coach!

Just three months ago, he was grading chemistry tests.

And now Jim Morris finds himself on the mound

in a major-league ballpark.

-- [ Organ plays ] -- Little louder than back home?

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

You r emember that f astball you wer e showing me bef or e the game?

-- I think so. -- Well, I need thr ee of 'em.

P.A. announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please.

Coming in to pitch for Tampa Bay,

a fellow Texan making his major-league debut, Jim Morris.

[ Indistinct talking, papers rustling ]

Radio announcer: Morris will be f acing Ranger shortstop Royce Clayton.

Royce has had a very strong second half,

and has not cooled off any here in the month of September.

Come on, Dad!

[ Scraping ]

[ Cheering and whistling ]

[ Br eathing heavily ]

[ Sighs deeply ]

[ Cheering intensifies ]

-- [ Grunts ] -- [ Air whooshes ]

-- Yeah! -- Yeah!

Yes!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Devil Rays player: One more time!

Come on, baby!

[ Air whooshes ]

Strike two!

Oh, what?

Yeah! Whoo!

[ Cheering continues ]

Come on, get him! Get him!

Come on, Jimmy! Whoo!

-- Whoo! -- Yeah!

Whoo!

[ Scraping ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Inhales deeply, grunts ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Air whooshes ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-- Yeah! -- Yeah! -- Yeah!

Yay!

Whoo!

Good job!

Congratulations, man.

-- Thanks, man. -- Gr eat job.

[ Laughing ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

Reporter: Jimmy? Jimmy?

What pitches did you throw to get that strikeout?

Um...f astball...

-- Mm-hmm. ...Fastball...

And...f astball.

-- [ All chuckling ] -- Reporter #2: How'd it feel --

pitching in the major leagues?

Just like I hoped it would.

How's the arm f eel?

Oh....

Uh, could you ex cuse me f or just -- f or one second?

Could you ex cuse me?

Sir...l-l didn't know you wer e her e.

Wasn't missing this one.

Watching you tonight...

...Not many f athers get a chance to do that.

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

[ Sighs deeply ]

S-so did l.

[ Chuckles softly ]

Well, then...

[ Sighs ]

Hey, Dad?

Yeah?

Thanks f or coming.

[ Footsteps departing ]

Does this mean I don't get a baseball?

Oh...

[ Both br eathing heavily, moaning, smooching ]

That's all I got left.

Well, a girl could do worse.

[ Chuckles ]

So, how did it f eel

to be the oldest rookie in the last 30 years?

Oh...l don't know.

I'm -- I'm tir ed.

[ Chuckles ]

So, where are -- where are the kids?

Hunter is with Henry, and Jessie's with Cal.

Oh, don't tell me you left Jessie with Cal.

Oh, Cal had a little help.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Jessica: Daddy!

Hunter: My daddy!

[ Cheers and applause continue ]

[ Indistinct talking, car doors closing ]

[ Clanking ]

[ "Some Dr eams" by Steve Earle plays ]

## When I was a little guy ##

## My daddy told me ##

## "Mister, don't ever try to climb too high ##

## "'Cause it's the f all that gets you ##

## "And some dreams can never come true ##

## They'll never come true" ##

## Well, I heard every word he said ##

## But I don't guess I listened ##

## But every time I banged my head ##

## Against the wall or system ##

## Yeah, some dreams don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## Don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## But some dreams do ##

## lf you just hang on ##

## And your heart is true ##

## And your hope is strong ##

## Well, just because you've been around ##

## And had your poor heart broken ##

## Ain't no ex cuse for lyin' there ##

## Before the last word's spoken ##

## 'Cause some dreams don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## Don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## Oh, but some dreams do ##

## When you're feelin' low ##

## And you think you're through ##

## That's when you will know ##

## Yeah, when you wish upon a star ##

## Buddy, don't you miss it ##

## Catch it 'fore it f alls too f ar ##

## And keep it with your secrets ##

## 'Cause some dreams don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## Don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## Don't ever come true ##

## Some dreams ##

## But some dreams do ##

[ "Shining" by Eileen Rose plays ]

## Sore head, and I'm calling rain ##

## Full stop -- home to meet my mama's pain ##

## Cry like she does ##

## Try like she does ##

## Oh, the world still loves a dreamer ##

## Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on shining ##

## Ooh ooh-ooh ##

## Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on shining ##

## Ooh ooh-ooh ##

## Ooh ooh-ooh ##

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