1 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:13,971 JOE BUCK [ON TV]: And now Mark McGwire, his historic chase continues. 2 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:16,432 One home run shy of Babe Ruth. 3 00:00:16,599 --> 00:00:19,059 Two shy of Roger Maris' 61. 4 00:00:19,227 --> 00:00:20,436 He's facing a Reds team... 5 00:00:20,603 --> 00:00:24,064 ...that hasn't allowed a McGwire home run all year. 6 00:00:24,232 --> 00:00:25,232 [CROWD CHEERING] 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,944 Into left field. They can't say it anymore. 8 00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:30,612 Sixty. 9 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:34,783 And now Mark McGwire is one home run away... 10 00:00:34,951 --> 00:00:39,455 ...from tying a 37-year-old record held by Roger Maris. 11 00:00:40,749 --> 00:00:42,708 I wonder what Dad would've thought of this. 12 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:46,253 It's weird. In some ways, it's like the best season Dad ever had. 13 00:00:46,421 --> 00:00:47,880 Yeah, he's not even here to see it. 14 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,090 JOE BUCK [ON TV]: --with the souvenir of a lifetime. 15 00:00:50,258 --> 00:00:52,384 -You guys ready to go? -Just waiting for Mom. 16 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:57,806 JOE BUCK: McGwire's date with destiny rapidly approaches. 17 00:00:57,974 --> 00:00:59,725 Thoughts of 1961... 18 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:03,520 ...when two Yankee teammates and that great home run race. 19 00:01:03,688 --> 00:01:08,484 Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, chasing another Yankee great, Babe Ruth. 20 00:01:08,651 --> 00:01:13,489 Sixty-one home runs in a season, a record they said would never be broken. 21 00:01:13,656 --> 00:01:17,868 And as the Maris family makes their way to st. Louis to witness history... 22 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:23,207 ...you're all invited to watch Mark McGwire continue this home run chase. 23 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:27,836 -Awave to the crowd, a fist into the air. -Okay, I'm ready, let's go. 24 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:29,380 JOE BUCK: Folks, don't go anywhere. 25 00:01:29,547 --> 00:01:33,425 The way he's swinging the bat, this could happen soon. 26 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:47,189 Maybe he won't do it. 27 00:01:47,732 --> 00:01:50,275 RANDY: Come on, Susan, there's 25 games left. 28 00:01:50,443 --> 00:01:52,069 If he does, he better do it this weekend. 29 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:54,530 I don't wanna follow him around for the next two weeks. 30 00:01:54,698 --> 00:01:56,115 [GASPS] 31 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:58,492 -Mom? -Mom? 32 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:00,536 -Mom, what is it? KEVIN: Mom, what's the matter? 33 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:02,371 I can't catch my breath. 34 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:06,792 PAT: Well, the doctor said it wasn't a heart attack, it's my arrhythmia. 35 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,044 I'm fine. Really, Susan. 36 00:02:09,212 --> 00:02:12,506 I slept well. I feel great this morning. 37 00:02:13,216 --> 00:02:15,009 -Hi, Mom. PAT: Hi, Kev. 38 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:17,428 What's that? 39 00:02:18,555 --> 00:02:19,555 It's Dad's bat. 40 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,890 It's the one he hit the 61st with. 41 00:02:22,058 --> 00:02:25,477 The Hall of Fame sent it to the hotel. They said Mark wanted to hold it. 42 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:30,858 Can I see it? 43 00:02:46,624 --> 00:02:48,334 [CROWD CHEERING] 44 00:02:49,336 --> 00:02:53,005 JACK BUCK [ON TV]: The family of Roger Maris aIso came to town. 45 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:57,968 pat Maris, the widow of Roger Maris, had to be hospitalized upon arrival. 46 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:00,179 That ball is going, and it's clear. 47 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:04,058 It is a home run. Number 61. 48 00:03:04,225 --> 00:03:06,060 He has tied Maris. 49 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:07,978 [CROWD CHEERING] 50 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:16,320 One more to go for Mark McGwire and his rendezvous with history. 51 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:21,617 JOE BUCK: We would like to welcome those who have been watching... 52 00:03:21,785 --> 00:03:24,036 ...the Houston Astros and the Cincinnati Reds... 53 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:30,501 ...as Matt McGwire looks on, wondering if this is the at-bat, Tuesday, September 8... 54 00:03:30,669 --> 00:03:35,381 ...that Mark McGwire moves one place in front of Roger Maris. 55 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:41,553 Down the left field line. Is it enough? 56 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:43,222 [CROWD CHEERING] 57 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:11,500 -Hey, Rog. -Yeah. 58 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:15,921 -Take it easy, you wanna break your leg? -Oh, come on, Bob, it's opening day. 59 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,674 Hello, everybody, this is Mel Allen with Phil Rizzuto... 60 00:04:18,842 --> 00:04:20,968 ...coming to you live from Yankee Stadium... 61 00:04:21,136 --> 00:04:24,763 ...where we're just about an hour away from opening day of the 1961 season. 62 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:26,682 Mel, I still get goose bumps out here. 63 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:29,143 -Even in a suit, I'll tell you. -I'm sure you do. 64 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:31,854 RIZZUTO: Absolutely, and new Yankee Ralph Houk's got some team... 65 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,690 ...what with Yogi and Eli Howard behind the plate... 66 00:04:34,858 --> 00:04:37,776 ...chairman of the board, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowran at first... 67 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:41,822 ...and up the middle, we got Richardson and Tony Kubek, and Clete Boyer at third. 68 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:45,576 And not to mention those bombers, Roger Maris and the great Mickey Mantle. 69 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:47,202 Who the...? 70 00:04:49,539 --> 00:04:50,789 GUS: How does this feel, Mick? 71 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:52,499 MICKEY: Feels good. 72 00:04:56,046 --> 00:05:00,132 Oh, baby. Good God. 73 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:02,968 Hey, Whitey, look at that. 74 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:05,554 She likes to read to the blind. 75 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:07,389 She's not your type, slick. 76 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,391 Yeah, I like women with small hands. 77 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:12,519 -Makes my dick look bigger. -Yeah, right. 78 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:15,731 Hey, Mick, you read Sam Simon's column today? 79 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:18,233 No. You know I don't read that shit. 80 00:05:18,401 --> 00:05:23,530 That son of a bitch has been after me since day one. What's it say? 81 00:05:23,698 --> 00:05:25,991 All I wrote is he should be coming into his prime. 82 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:28,077 Instead, he's had two off years in a row. 83 00:05:28,244 --> 00:05:30,746 You're the owner, Dan. You know what I'm talking about. 84 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:33,749 Oh, for chrissakes, Sam. He hit 40 home runs last season. 85 00:05:33,917 --> 00:05:36,543 Every guy in the league would kill to have that off year. 86 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:39,630 It's amazing the guy can play considering how much pain he's in. 87 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:42,883 If he took better care of himself, he wouldn't be injured so much. 88 00:05:43,051 --> 00:05:45,844 You should be thanking me for leaving that out of the paper. 89 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:51,266 ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: And for the Yankees, at second base, number 133. 90 00:05:51,434 --> 00:05:53,686 MAN 1: All right, three more. Three more. 91 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:55,437 PLAYER 1: Hey, Mick. PLAYER 2: Mickey. 92 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:57,231 MAN 1: Okay, let's go. 93 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:00,150 KAHN: Mickey, how you doing? GREEN: How you doing, Mick? 94 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:03,278 Hey, Mick. Mick, you're in the cage. 95 00:06:03,446 --> 00:06:06,448 Opening day, big guy, opening day. 96 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:15,958 [CROWD CHEERING] 97 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:18,711 Mick's up. 98 00:06:26,261 --> 00:06:29,888 MAN 2: Come on, Mickey! MAN 3: Go! 99 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:34,810 [CROWD CHEERING] 100 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:40,441 Big deal. Only counts as one. 101 00:06:40,608 --> 00:06:43,235 You can write what you want, Sam. The fans love this guy. 102 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:45,112 They love him. 103 00:06:48,491 --> 00:06:49,825 What the hell does he eat? 104 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:55,414 Christ, he's unbelievable. 105 00:06:55,582 --> 00:07:00,127 I've been covering this guy 10 years. He still puts me on the edge of my seat. 106 00:07:02,005 --> 00:07:04,381 Oh, look at this. Mr. Ambidextrial. 107 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:05,799 Ambidextrical? 108 00:07:05,967 --> 00:07:08,344 Ambidextrial. You know, that side, this side. 109 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:10,220 -You know. -Oh. 110 00:07:11,848 --> 00:07:13,349 [CROWD CHEERING] 111 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,272 Mick, Mick, you gotta concentrate. You're not concentrating. 112 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,025 Ninety percent of the game is half mental. 113 00:07:23,193 --> 00:07:25,152 -Remember that. WOMAN: Come on, Mickey! 114 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:28,864 [CROWD CHEERING] 115 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:34,661 Did you see that catch? 116 00:07:34,829 --> 00:07:37,623 This kid may be the best right fielder in the league. 117 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:41,335 -That's because it was Mantle. -Oh, come on, Maris works hard every day. 118 00:07:41,503 --> 00:07:44,046 You're like a chipmunk running around looking for nuts. 119 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:45,798 Maris comes over from Kansas City. 120 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:49,885 First year with the team, beats Mickey for the MVP, closest vote in baseball history. 121 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:53,597 Telling me Mantle wouldn't be pissed? Maris doesn't have something to prove? 122 00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:55,891 I don't speculate, Artie. I write what I know. 123 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:59,645 Look, with all due respect, Milt, I don't have a regular column. 124 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:03,524 There's 15 papers in this town and we can't all write the same thing. 125 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:06,902 Daddy! 126 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:11,824 -Daddy. -Hi, honey. 127 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:14,743 BATBOY: Here you go, Rog. -Oh, thanks, Greg. 128 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:16,662 Kids up to see Pop get his big award? 129 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,831 Yeah. Just Pat and Susan. 130 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:20,332 The other ones are too little. 131 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:21,875 -They're back in Missouri. -Uh-huh. 132 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:25,170 Came up for opening day, you know, and then back tomorrow. Merlyn here? 133 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:28,340 She's back in Dallas with the boys. Doesn't like it much up here. 134 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:30,384 -Who doesn't like it up here? -Your wife. 135 00:08:30,552 --> 00:08:32,636 She likes it down there. You know what I mean? 136 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,889 Mick, what do you say? Is there a rivalry between you and the MVP? 137 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:38,726 Oh, you want rivalry? Who'd you vote for anyway? 138 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:42,354 -You know I can't tell you that. -See, Rog, the little prick voted for you. 139 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:45,441 How about the home run record? Think you got a shot at The Babe? 140 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:47,234 -What, are you crazy? -Oh, come on. 141 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:49,611 With expansion, the pitching's gonna be thinner. 142 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:51,613 Best year I ever had, I only hit 52. 143 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,199 This year, you got eight extra games on the schedule. 144 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:57,870 It can't be done. Even if you get close, you ain't gonna get nothing to hit. 145 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,664 You're being modest. If you stay healthy you could do it. 146 00:09:00,832 --> 00:09:04,710 Great. One guy's got me all washed up, the other one's got me beating Ruth's record. 147 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,004 You ought to get together, make up your mind... 148 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,089 ...tell me how I am so I know how to play. 149 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:11,258 -What do you say, Rog? -I don't know, Artie. 150 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:13,135 We haven't even played a game yet... 151 00:09:13,303 --> 00:09:15,346 ...so maybe we'll see after we've played one. 152 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:17,639 MAN 2: Let's go, Roger! MAN 3: Go, Maris! 153 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,105 [CROWD CHEERING] 154 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:28,484 Look at that, you got the perfect swing for this ballpark. 155 00:09:28,651 --> 00:09:31,862 l don't know. I think if anybody's gonna do it, it's gonna be Mickey. 156 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:34,490 You know, he hits from both sides of the plate. 157 00:09:34,657 --> 00:09:36,116 And you don't think you got a shot? 158 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:37,326 [GRUNTS] 159 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:40,162 With that short porch out there, huh? 160 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:44,083 I don't know, Artie, I don't think about that. 161 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:47,044 I'm sorry, you know? I don't know what you want me to say. 162 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:49,463 I just don't think about that sort of stuff. 163 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:51,632 Come on. 164 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:56,637 Look, I gotta get ready for the game, Artie, so I'll talk to you later. 165 00:09:57,013 --> 00:09:59,264 -All right, I'll catch you later. MAN 3: Come on, Roger! 166 00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:00,683 [GRUNTS] 167 00:10:00,892 --> 00:10:02,226 [CROWD CHEERING] 168 00:10:04,187 --> 00:10:07,564 I should've talked to you first, but I met with some of the writers... 169 00:10:07,732 --> 00:10:10,234 ...and I told them I'm expecting you to be our leader. 170 00:10:10,402 --> 00:10:14,196 Oh, shit, Ralph, I don't know, you know? I mean, what about Whitey or Yogi? 171 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:15,948 They've been here longer than me. 172 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:18,283 You're the heart and soul of this team. 173 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:21,995 I know Casey can be rough on you, but whatever happened with him is over. 174 00:10:22,163 --> 00:10:24,957 I'm the manager now, and this is what I expect. 175 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:28,210 I'm not just talking about on the field. 176 00:10:28,378 --> 00:10:30,838 Nothing gets in the way of me coming to the ballpark. 177 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:32,798 -You know that. -Oh, I know, I know. 178 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,176 And I got nothing against blowing off a little steam... 179 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:38,470 ...but the guys look up to you. 180 00:10:39,681 --> 00:10:42,516 And there's a responsibility that comes with that. 181 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:44,893 You got to be the one. 182 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:47,521 SHEPPARD [OVER PA]: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen... 183 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:49,398 ...welcome to Yankee Stadium. 184 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:52,901 We direct your attention now to home plate. 185 00:10:53,069 --> 00:10:57,364 So please welcome the voice of the Yankees, Mel Allen. 186 00:10:57,532 --> 00:10:59,408 MAN: Go, go! 187 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:01,577 Thank you, Bob Sheppard. 188 00:11:01,745 --> 00:11:04,038 Hello there, everybody. Ha-ha-ha! 189 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:06,040 [CROWD CHEERING] 190 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:09,001 And now, please give a warm welcome... 191 00:11:09,461 --> 00:11:12,880 ...to the commissioner of baseball, Mr. Ford Frick. 192 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:14,089 [CROWD CHEERING AND BOOING] 193 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:16,759 -Thank you, Mel, thank you. -This guy died and nobody told him. 194 00:11:16,926 --> 00:11:21,597 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the house that Ruth built. 195 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:23,515 [CROWD CHEERING] 196 00:11:25,143 --> 00:11:29,229 As I stand here this afternoon, it is impossible not to think of The Babe... 197 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:32,733 ...not to feel his presence here even now. 198 00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:34,443 He was more than a ballplayer. 199 00:11:34,611 --> 00:11:37,196 He was everything that is special about this game. 200 00:11:37,364 --> 00:11:40,366 He was everything that is special about America. 201 00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:42,785 I'll bet I got more pussy than he did. 202 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:43,952 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 203 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:49,124 And so it is a great honor for me to present to you... 204 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:52,586 ...The Babe's widow, Mrs. Claire Ruth. 205 00:11:52,754 --> 00:11:57,549 She will present the award for last year's Most Valuable Player. 206 00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:00,260 Mrs. Claire Ruth. 207 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:23,200 On behalf of The Babe, I'm very proud to present this award... 208 00:12:23,368 --> 00:12:29,206 ...to another Yankee, right fielder Roger Maris. 209 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:30,666 [CROWD CHEERING] 210 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:38,298 The Babe would've been very proud of you. 211 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:41,510 Have a wonderful season. 212 00:12:55,692 --> 00:12:56,775 Bottom of the sixth now. 213 00:12:57,193 --> 00:12:59,862 Yankees down four runs. They could use a lift here, phil. 214 00:13:00,030 --> 00:13:03,365 RIZZUTO: Oh, yeah. The fans would love to see Mick put one out of here right now. 215 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:07,202 ALLEN: Oh, yeah, now's the time. All right, here's the wind up, pascual delivers. 216 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:09,371 UMPIRE: Strike three! -Cold, that will do it here in the sixth. 217 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:10,539 [CROWD BOOING] 218 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:12,458 Tough day, the fans are letting him hear it. 219 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,668 RIZZUTO: Oh, I'll say, listen to them huckleberries. 220 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:17,254 -Jeez. -Loser! 221 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,506 Hey, Bob. 222 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,343 Does this sound like love to you? 223 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:23,719 Hey, this is your fault. 224 00:13:23,887 --> 00:13:26,138 You guys make him out to be some kind of superman. 225 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,890 Who could live up to that? 226 00:13:28,058 --> 00:13:29,558 Schmuck. 227 00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:32,728 ALLEN: Holy cow, and the boo birds are out already. 228 00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:36,231 RIZZUTO: Boy, oh, boy, this is gonna be some cannoli of a season, I'll tell you. 229 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:39,318 MICKEY: Come on, Sam, what are we talking about? It's one game. 230 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:42,404 They scored more runs than we did. That's all there is to it. 231 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:46,241 Oh, by the way, I loved your column today. Simon says shove it up your ass. 232 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:48,577 -I wasn't finished yet. MICKEY: Yeah, you were. 233 00:13:48,745 --> 00:13:51,330 KAHN: Rog, you feeling any extra pressure now after last year? 234 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,874 No. Not really, no. 235 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:58,170 KAHN: Houk says Mick is the leader of the team. You got a comment on that? 236 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,755 Well, yeah, he is. 237 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:03,509 GREEN: You turned things around last year. You're the one that makes the team go. 238 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:05,761 Oh, I don't know, Artie. 239 00:14:05,929 --> 00:14:10,808 I mean, Mickey's been here, what, ten years and won eight pennants, five World Series. 240 00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:12,810 Not too bad. 241 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:15,562 Just gonna grab a shower. 242 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:19,108 MVP. Most Vacant Personality. 243 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:21,902 SUSAN: Daddy? -Yeah. 244 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:24,822 Are you gonna live here with Bob? 245 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:28,283 Yeah. Yeah, just for the season, then I'll be back home. 246 00:14:28,451 --> 00:14:30,452 -Daddy. -Yeah? 247 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:34,707 I liked it better when you played in Kansas City. 248 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,291 Yeah, I know, me too. 249 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:39,461 -But it will go real fast. You'll see. CERV: Susan, you know what? 250 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:44,800 If I don't hit the ball a real long way, I'll be back in Kansas City soon too. 251 00:14:45,969 --> 00:14:47,720 Yeah. 252 00:14:48,263 --> 00:14:49,596 [BOTTLES CLINK] 253 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:58,147 Hey, why don't you get Uncle Bob to teach you how to juggle. 254 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:04,653 What? 255 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:07,406 Just watching you. 256 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:12,828 Well, there's steaks for the freezer and plenty of beer, eggs, cold cuts... 257 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:15,497 ...and take care. 258 00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:18,334 Oh, boy, I'm gonna miss you. 259 00:15:19,336 --> 00:15:21,086 It's only six weeks till you're home. 260 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:23,464 Three days, and then I'm back on the road again. 261 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:25,507 You'll be back again in August, right? 262 00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:28,010 -Yeah. -Maybe just in time for the baby. 263 00:15:28,511 --> 00:15:31,180 Oh, Pat, I hope so. I don't wanna miss this one. 264 00:15:32,682 --> 00:15:34,433 Well, you're one for three so far. 265 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:38,354 That will get you into the Hall of Fame, right? 266 00:15:38,521 --> 00:15:41,690 Yeah. You see, I should be with you, you know? 267 00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:44,902 -A family should be together. -Oh, Roger, we talked about this. 268 00:15:45,070 --> 00:15:47,488 -We can't afford two households. -Yeah. 269 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:51,408 Thirty-eight thousand goes a lot farther in Missouri than it does in New York. 270 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:53,994 I really wanna be near my doctor this time. 271 00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:56,538 -You're feeling all right, right? -Oh, I'm fine. 272 00:15:56,706 --> 00:16:00,542 I just wanna be safe this time. Don't worry about that. 273 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:03,045 -All right. -Okay. 274 00:16:03,213 --> 00:16:05,631 I just hate saying goodbye. 275 00:16:20,855 --> 00:16:22,481 [CROWD CHEERING] 276 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:36,829 [CROWD BOOING] 277 00:16:39,916 --> 00:16:41,333 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 278 00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:46,422 [CROWD CHEERING] 279 00:17:03,064 --> 00:17:06,233 ALLEN [OVER PA]: And it flies. That ball is going, going. 280 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:07,443 It is gone. 281 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,280 How about that? 282 00:17:12,073 --> 00:17:14,491 We're not playing good ball now. What can I tell you? 283 00:17:14,659 --> 00:17:18,287 You're 25 games into the season and your MVP's batting .200 with three homers. 284 00:17:18,455 --> 00:17:20,622 Don't blame Rog. He does things to help us win. 285 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:23,417 But you're not winning, Ralph. Come on, Ralph. 286 00:17:23,585 --> 00:17:25,836 -Ralph, come here. PLAYER: You gotta hang in there, kid. 287 00:17:26,004 --> 00:17:29,131 YOGI: We're losing more than we're winning. How can that be good? 288 00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:30,924 ELSTON: We'll turn it around. Don't worry. 289 00:17:31,092 --> 00:17:34,386 REPORTER: Mickey, I know it's still early, but you already got nine home runs. 290 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:36,013 That's way ahead of Ruth's pace. 291 00:17:36,181 --> 00:17:39,058 Damn right, and I don't wanna hear this when we ain't winning. 292 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:41,518 Are you surprised the fans are getting on Rog? 293 00:17:41,686 --> 00:17:44,104 Yeah, you know, but you can't figure this stuff out. 294 00:17:44,272 --> 00:17:45,606 I mean, he'll come around. 295 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,024 [BELCHES] 296 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:49,318 Rog, you got a minute? 297 00:17:49,486 --> 00:17:52,279 No. Look, Milt, you know, I had a tough one out there today. 298 00:17:52,447 --> 00:17:53,906 I just rather not talk about it. 299 00:17:54,074 --> 00:17:57,993 No, no, I don't wanna talk about that anyway. This is just between us. 300 00:17:58,161 --> 00:18:03,624 Look, this might just be talk, but the word is you may be traded. 301 00:18:03,792 --> 00:18:05,000 Huh? 302 00:18:05,168 --> 00:18:09,713 Hey, you've always been straight with me. I thought you should know. 303 00:18:13,301 --> 00:18:14,343 PAT: Trade you? 304 00:18:14,928 --> 00:18:17,388 What about last year, doesn't that mean anything? 305 00:18:17,555 --> 00:18:19,056 Mommy, can I have more juice? 306 00:18:19,224 --> 00:18:22,309 No, the only thing that matters to them is if you're producing now. 307 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:26,313 Everybody goes through a slump from time to time. They're not gonna trade you. 308 00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:27,940 Oh, honey, you don't understand. 309 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:32,903 This is New York. I mean, these rumors don't just come from nowhere. 310 00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:35,280 I'm a piece of meat to them. They can do what they want. 311 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:36,657 [KNOCKS] 312 00:18:38,368 --> 00:18:41,036 -You wanted to see me, Ralph? -Come on in, Roger. 313 00:18:41,705 --> 00:18:43,956 -Hey there, Mr. Topping. -Sit down, Rog. 314 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:45,666 Yeah. 315 00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:54,466 Obviously, you're not off to the kind of start we'd all hoped for. 316 00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:57,636 We thought maybe there were some problems we weren't aware of. 317 00:18:58,013 --> 00:19:00,055 No, no, no problems. No. 318 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:02,558 TOPPING: How are things at home? -Well, how do you mean? 319 00:19:02,726 --> 00:19:06,687 Well, I understand pat's pregnant again. Everything all right with that? 320 00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:11,191 Well, she's had a tough time with this one and we lost one a while back... 321 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,529 ...but no, I don't think it's affecting my play, if that's what you mean. 322 00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:17,990 You're not worried about hitting .300, are you? 323 00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:20,743 I'd like to get a couple of hits, get myself started... 324 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:23,245 ...but it's just not happening, so-- 325 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:25,414 I don't care about your average, Rog. 326 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,417 I'm paying you to hit home runs. Home runs and RBI's. 327 00:19:28,585 --> 00:19:31,920 You should be swinging for the fences. That's why we brought you here. 328 00:19:34,341 --> 00:19:36,091 Yeah, sure. Yeah, all right, then. 329 00:19:36,259 --> 00:19:37,926 Okay. Relax. 330 00:19:38,636 --> 00:19:40,554 -Play ball. -Yes, sir. 331 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,932 Talk to you later, Ralph. 332 00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:47,936 -Stick around, will you, Rog? -Yeah. 333 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:49,813 -Hey, Mick. MICKEY: Yeah? 334 00:19:49,981 --> 00:19:51,273 HOUK: Come here a minute. 335 00:19:56,446 --> 00:19:58,447 Shut the door, would you? 336 00:20:01,076 --> 00:20:02,117 What's going on? 337 00:20:07,791 --> 00:20:10,501 I wanna switch around the lineup, shake things up a bit. 338 00:20:10,669 --> 00:20:14,630 I'm gonna move Roger to the number three spot hitting before you, Mick. 339 00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:17,466 The way you're swinging the bat, he'll see better pitches. 340 00:20:17,634 --> 00:20:19,843 Ralph, I really don't think you need to do that. 341 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:22,596 I'm starting to feel better. I'm gonna come out of this. 342 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:25,849 Oh, I know. Let's just give it a shot and see what happens. 343 00:20:26,017 --> 00:20:27,768 Whatever's best for the team. 344 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:30,896 VENDOR: Programs. Get your programs here. 345 00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:32,981 Get your programs. Oh, thanks. 346 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:36,318 ANNOUNCER: Batting second, number 10, the short stop, Tony Kubek. 347 00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:45,494 I can't figure this guy out. Struck me out twice with that off-speed junk. 348 00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:47,746 MICKEY: He's got you thinking about it now. -Yup. 349 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,790 That's why he's gonna throw a fast ball. 350 00:20:49,958 --> 00:20:52,710 -Really? -I'll tell you something else. 351 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:57,256 That blonde back there has got the biggest tits I've ever seen in my life. 352 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,177 -Thanks. -Go get them. 353 00:21:02,345 --> 00:21:04,972 Man, the lasagna at that place. 354 00:21:05,140 --> 00:21:07,850 -They gave me, like, 16 layers-- -That's a good thought. 355 00:21:08,018 --> 00:21:09,435 Here, here it comes, phil. 356 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,937 RIZZUTO: Okay, Roger steps in. 357 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:13,772 -Oh, he needs a hit. MICKEY: Come on, Rog. 358 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:17,526 RIZZUTO: Mantle over there on deck today because Roger's batting in the third spot. 359 00:21:17,694 --> 00:21:21,655 And Kubek leads off first. And there's Richardson inching off second. 360 00:21:21,823 --> 00:21:24,616 Ralph Houk has juggled the lineup today to get Maris started. 361 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:28,203 And, boy, Roger needs it. He's like my car on a cold day, I'll tell you. 362 00:21:28,371 --> 00:21:30,164 ALLEN: Ha, ha. Still got that car, Phil? 363 00:21:30,331 --> 00:21:33,208 Now here's Frank Lary on the mound, he looks Richardson back. 364 00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:34,626 And here's the pitch. 365 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,839 RIZZUTO: It's a line drive to right center field. 366 00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:40,215 This could be in between them. 367 00:21:40,383 --> 00:21:42,718 Richardson will score. It's off the wall. 368 00:21:43,261 --> 00:21:45,846 -Maris rounds first, digging for second. -Dig, Rog, dig. 369 00:21:46,348 --> 00:21:48,807 Kaline up with the ball. Here's the throw. 370 00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:52,436 UMPIRE: Safe! -In there! 371 00:21:53,688 --> 00:21:56,023 RIZZUTO: Holy cow, line drive double for Roger Maris. 372 00:21:56,191 --> 00:21:57,816 And that just could get him started, Mel. 373 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,401 ALLEN: Well, I hope so, Scooter. 374 00:21:59,569 --> 00:22:02,112 Man, did he hit that ball, a screaming line drive. 375 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,822 And here comes Mickey. 376 00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:06,408 ANNOUNCER: Now batting, center field, Mickey Mantle. 377 00:22:06,743 --> 00:22:08,160 [CROWD BOOING] 378 00:22:08,578 --> 00:22:10,371 RIZZUTO: Oh, no, they're gonna walk Mantle. 379 00:22:10,538 --> 00:22:11,580 They're gonna put him on. 380 00:22:11,748 --> 00:22:15,542 -Good baseball, but I don't have to like it. -Shit, come on. 381 00:22:16,044 --> 00:22:19,922 With first base open, the huckleberries are gonna walk Mickey because he's red-hot. 382 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:22,716 ALLEN: My, my, and I'll tell you, Mickey's not gonna like that. 383 00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:30,140 [PEOPLE APPLAUDING] 384 00:22:44,322 --> 00:22:46,365 -Thanks. -Thanks. 385 00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:48,283 MAN: Take a look at Mick over there. 386 00:22:48,451 --> 00:22:50,494 WOMAN: Mickey. -Hi. 387 00:22:53,456 --> 00:22:54,790 So anyway, where was l? 388 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:57,793 ROGER: You were talking about this girl. -Right, okay. 389 00:22:57,961 --> 00:23:00,254 So I take her back to the hotel, right? 390 00:23:00,422 --> 00:23:02,923 We start getting undressed, you know, fumbling around. 391 00:23:03,091 --> 00:23:04,758 All of a sudden, she stops. 392 00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:07,970 And she looks me dead in the eye and she says, "I thought you's a homo." 393 00:23:08,138 --> 00:23:09,304 [ALL CHUCKLING] 394 00:23:10,473 --> 00:23:12,558 I said, "What the hell are you talking about?" 395 00:23:12,726 --> 00:23:14,643 She says, "Well, I heard you's a switch hitter." 396 00:23:14,811 --> 00:23:16,145 [ALL LAUGHING] 397 00:23:20,859 --> 00:23:22,735 Oh, thank you. Put it on my tab, hon. 398 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:25,696 No, shit, you've been getting them all. Let me get this one. 399 00:23:25,864 --> 00:23:28,240 MICKEY: Oh, get out of here, I got it. 400 00:23:28,408 --> 00:23:31,076 Hey, a toast, to Roger Maris, who's on a hitting streak... 401 00:23:31,244 --> 00:23:34,329 ...because he's getting all them fastballs hitting in front of me. 402 00:23:34,497 --> 00:23:37,416 -You son of a bitch. ALL: To Roger. 403 00:23:39,627 --> 00:23:42,171 I heard DiMaggio's throwing out the first ball tomorrow. 404 00:23:42,547 --> 00:23:43,922 -Yeah, Joe D.? CERV: Himself. 405 00:23:44,341 --> 00:23:46,133 No shit? 406 00:23:47,802 --> 00:23:49,136 Damn it. 407 00:23:51,890 --> 00:23:53,849 I'm gonna get a real drink. Be right back. 408 00:23:54,017 --> 00:23:55,184 WHITEY: All right. 409 00:23:56,353 --> 00:23:58,520 CERV: I shouldn't have said anything. -Yeah, well-- 410 00:23:58,688 --> 00:23:59,855 What, what did you say? 411 00:24:03,526 --> 00:24:05,027 What? 412 00:24:05,737 --> 00:24:07,363 Something between Mickey and Joe? 413 00:24:09,866 --> 00:24:13,702 When Mickey first came up, he's 18. Everybody's saying he's the next DiMaggio. 414 00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:17,539 -He was gonna be better than DiMaggio. -Joe D. didn't like that too much. 415 00:24:17,707 --> 00:24:19,541 Nobody's got more pride than that guy. 416 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:22,544 Wasn't friendly to begin with, wouldn't say a word to Mick. 417 00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:24,963 Not one word that whole year. That wasn't right. 418 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:26,340 Mickey was never that way. 419 00:24:26,508 --> 00:24:29,843 When I first came up, he was the first guy to take me out with the guys. 420 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:33,597 Spring training my rookie year, we're all down in St. Pete. 421 00:24:33,765 --> 00:24:37,601 They wouldn't let me eat in the restaurant, so Mickey, he gets his food... 422 00:24:37,769 --> 00:24:40,312 ...comes out to the bus, and he has dinner with me. 423 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,564 -You think DiMaggio would have did that? CERV: Pfft. 424 00:24:42,732 --> 00:24:44,817 He finally talked to him once in the series. 425 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:48,028 -Wasn't much of a conversation, though. -I'll say. 426 00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:50,406 Remember the '51 Series against the Giants? 427 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,408 Yeah, I guess. What happened, Whitey? 428 00:24:52,575 --> 00:24:56,412 DiMaggio's in center, Mickey's in right. Casey goes over to Mickey before the game. 429 00:24:56,579 --> 00:25:00,290 He says, "I want you to take everything. The old man can't run like he used to." 430 00:25:00,458 --> 00:25:02,042 So Willie Mays gets up, right? 431 00:25:02,210 --> 00:25:05,421 He hits a fly ball to right center field and Mickey takes off running. 432 00:25:05,588 --> 00:25:08,173 Could he fly then? You never seen a guy run like this. 433 00:25:08,341 --> 00:25:10,509 Three-point-one seconds to first base. 434 00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:13,971 So Mickey's digging for the ball. He's got a bead on it, no sweat. 435 00:25:14,139 --> 00:25:17,558 All of a sudden, at the last minute, he hears DiMaggio. 436 00:25:17,726 --> 00:25:19,601 "I got it. I got it." 437 00:25:19,769 --> 00:25:22,855 Mickey pulls up and steps into one of those drains in the outfield. 438 00:25:23,023 --> 00:25:25,607 -Oh, shit. -His knee exploded, tore it apart. 439 00:25:25,775 --> 00:25:27,317 You could hear it in the bullpen. 440 00:25:27,485 --> 00:25:28,777 -Yeah? -Yeah. 441 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:32,239 After the game, Mick's dad's there and he's helping him into the cab... 442 00:25:32,407 --> 00:25:35,492 ...to go to the hospital and Mickey leans on him for help. 443 00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:39,038 His dad collapses. Turns out he's filled up with cancer. 444 00:25:39,956 --> 00:25:43,625 Then they ended up at the same hospital, lying next to each other. 445 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:47,129 It was a little while after that, his dad died. 446 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,006 It was a tough time for Mick. 447 00:25:49,174 --> 00:25:52,551 WOMAN: Cheers. -Cheers. Yeah. 448 00:25:53,595 --> 00:25:55,346 [KNOCKING] 449 00:25:58,641 --> 00:26:00,059 Shit. 450 00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:02,394 Yeah, who is it? 451 00:26:02,562 --> 00:26:05,314 -It's Whitey. -Oh, shit. 452 00:26:05,482 --> 00:26:06,982 Get dressed. I need your help. 453 00:26:11,154 --> 00:26:12,196 [MICKEY LAUGHING] 454 00:26:12,364 --> 00:26:15,741 -I didn't want him to drive, I have my car. -Hey, fellows, how you doing? 455 00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:17,493 He kept saying he was fine. 456 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,119 -He's fine, all right. -I'm fine. 457 00:26:19,287 --> 00:26:22,331 We're weaving all over the road and he's laughing. See what I mean? 458 00:26:22,499 --> 00:26:24,833 -I tried to give him coffee-- -Thank you very much. 459 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:26,293 -I couldn't. -You can, okay? 460 00:26:26,461 --> 00:26:29,922 -Make sure she gets home in a cab, please? -Okay, cab. 461 00:26:30,507 --> 00:26:33,133 Hey, Elmer, that's a hell of a parking job you did there. 462 00:26:33,301 --> 00:26:34,885 -Thanks, slick. -Come on, come on. 463 00:26:35,053 --> 00:26:36,929 -Hey, where are we going? -How you doing? 464 00:26:37,097 --> 00:26:39,348 -We're gonna take you home, all right? -Home? 465 00:26:39,516 --> 00:26:41,183 ROGER: Yeah. MICKEY: I don't wanna go home. 466 00:26:41,351 --> 00:26:43,936 -Let's go to the Copa. ROGER: Well, we got a game. 467 00:26:44,104 --> 00:26:46,730 -You didn't see anything either, right? MICKEY: Look at the car. 468 00:26:46,898 --> 00:26:48,816 Who parked a car like that? 469 00:26:48,983 --> 00:26:50,025 ROGER: Get up. Get up. 470 00:26:50,193 --> 00:26:52,111 MICKEY: I love Mickey. Mickey who? 471 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:53,529 ROGER: Pipe down. 472 00:26:53,905 --> 00:26:55,698 MANAGER: This is the St. Moritz. 473 00:26:55,865 --> 00:26:57,866 I�ve got guests complaining about the noise. 474 00:26:58,034 --> 00:27:00,536 He's got girls coming and going all hours of the night. 475 00:27:00,704 --> 00:27:03,956 Don't get me wrong, he's stayed with us for years, we love having him. 476 00:27:04,124 --> 00:27:06,208 -But this, we can't go on doing this. -Right. 477 00:27:06,376 --> 00:27:08,210 -It's gonna end up in the papers. -Sure. 478 00:27:08,378 --> 00:27:11,880 -It's bad for the hotel. -Hey, am I in my room yet? 479 00:27:15,051 --> 00:27:16,510 MICKEY: Ooh. 480 00:27:17,095 --> 00:27:19,054 Boy, you got some place here, man. 481 00:27:19,222 --> 00:27:21,223 -I appreciate you helping us out here. -Yes. 482 00:27:21,391 --> 00:27:23,308 Really. I mean, listen. 483 00:27:23,476 --> 00:27:24,852 We'll talk to Mickey, okay? 484 00:27:25,020 --> 00:27:26,061 -Thank you. -No sweat. 485 00:27:26,855 --> 00:27:30,274 -Hey, monsieur, I'm expecting a guest. MANAGER: Mm-hm. 486 00:27:30,442 --> 00:27:32,735 And his name is Mr. Jack Daniels. 487 00:27:33,945 --> 00:27:36,363 [MICKEY LAUGHING] 488 00:27:37,407 --> 00:27:39,408 Now here's a little something for yourself. 489 00:27:39,576 --> 00:27:42,578 -Send him right up when he comes over. -Thank you, sir. 490 00:27:43,038 --> 00:27:47,416 Hey, slick, how come every time you get drunk, it costs me money? Huh? 491 00:27:47,584 --> 00:27:49,585 Come on. Whitey, just get him in the shower. 492 00:27:49,753 --> 00:27:52,463 -Relax, I'll take care of it from here, okay? ROGER: You sure? 493 00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:54,381 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it. I got it. 494 00:27:54,841 --> 00:27:56,383 -Yeah, I got it. -All right, then. 495 00:27:56,551 --> 00:27:59,345 -All right, see you at the park. -Good night, Mick. 496 00:28:02,307 --> 00:28:04,558 I got a big mouth. 497 00:28:05,101 --> 00:28:07,394 -Not your fault. -I shouldn't have said anything. 498 00:28:07,562 --> 00:28:09,355 I feel good. Come here. 499 00:28:09,731 --> 00:28:10,898 [VOMITING] 500 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:16,028 You know, Joe D.'s here. 501 00:28:16,196 --> 00:28:18,238 I'll handle the writers. 502 00:28:19,783 --> 00:28:23,160 You better not come in right now. You know, it's just not a good time. 503 00:28:23,328 --> 00:28:25,329 -Just right now, all right? -Okay. 504 00:28:25,497 --> 00:28:26,955 [MICKEY GROANING] 505 00:28:28,625 --> 00:28:30,292 GUS: Here you go, kid. 506 00:28:31,586 --> 00:28:33,295 Breakfast of champions. 507 00:28:36,466 --> 00:28:39,843 DIMAGGIO: I know, it's gonna be a good year. I like this club. 508 00:28:40,011 --> 00:28:42,638 -Oh, there's Mickey. -Hey, Mickey. 509 00:28:43,807 --> 00:28:45,933 -Howdy, Joe. -Hey. 510 00:28:46,101 --> 00:28:47,559 How you doing? 511 00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:50,312 I'm good. You're not feeling too good, huh? 512 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,857 I just got a little touch of the flu, but I'll be all right for the game. 513 00:28:54,025 --> 00:28:56,568 Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. 514 00:28:57,153 --> 00:29:00,739 Yeah. 515 00:29:00,907 --> 00:29:03,283 I'm here to throw out the ball. 516 00:29:03,451 --> 00:29:05,244 I just wanted to say hi. 517 00:29:06,913 --> 00:29:08,414 Well, it's good to see you. 518 00:29:08,832 --> 00:29:10,958 Good to see you too. 519 00:29:11,126 --> 00:29:14,294 -Take care of yourself, huh, Mick? -Yeah. 520 00:29:14,921 --> 00:29:16,588 Okay. 521 00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:22,678 -A tough day for Mickey, three strikeouts. -I'll say. 522 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:27,599 MICKEY: Hit the fucking ball. 523 00:29:29,853 --> 00:29:32,312 Curveball bullshit. 524 00:29:41,031 --> 00:29:43,782 CERV: I agree with Roger on this, Moose. 525 00:29:43,950 --> 00:29:46,785 MOOSE: We've seen it a million times. ELSTON: Been going on for a while. 526 00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:48,704 ROGER: Yeah, I know. -Look, Rog, that's Mick. 527 00:29:48,872 --> 00:29:50,622 Always been Mick, always gonna be Mick. 528 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:54,626 -Don't make a mountain out of it. -What's this, the Geneva Convention? 529 00:29:55,045 --> 00:29:57,296 No, we're just a little worried about Mick. 530 00:29:57,464 --> 00:30:00,049 -Why, where is he? -He's in the training room. 531 00:30:00,216 --> 00:30:03,135 You know, we're all pretty concerned. 532 00:30:03,303 --> 00:30:05,512 Well, don't be. Mickey can take care of himself. 533 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,514 YOGI: Right. -Well, he couldn't this morning. 534 00:30:07,682 --> 00:30:10,184 I just figured we should all watch out for him. 535 00:30:10,352 --> 00:30:13,604 He had a rough night, you know? It happens to all of us. 536 00:30:13,772 --> 00:30:17,566 Look, Rog, you've only been here one year. You don't know Mickey like we know him. 537 00:30:17,734 --> 00:30:21,403 You try dragging yourself out there every day with no cartilage in your knee... 538 00:30:21,571 --> 00:30:24,656 ...and your shoulder hurting so bad, you can't even comb your hair. 539 00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:27,910 I mean, the guy's taped up like a mummy, and he's still pretty good. 540 00:30:28,078 --> 00:30:29,161 -Yeah. ELSTON: Yeah, I'd say. 541 00:30:29,329 --> 00:30:32,956 So if he's gotta go out, try to relax, have a couple of belts... 542 00:30:33,124 --> 00:30:36,877 ...that's what he's gonna do, so let's not get riled up about nothing, all right? 543 00:30:37,045 --> 00:30:38,337 I'm not riled up, Whitey. 544 00:30:38,505 --> 00:30:41,924 I'm just concerned. I'm not a priest, you know? 545 00:30:42,384 --> 00:30:45,010 He has a rough one last night, he has a bad game today... 546 00:30:45,178 --> 00:30:48,430 ...and I wanna get back to the Series as much as you fellows do... 547 00:30:48,598 --> 00:30:50,432 ...and we can't do that without Mickey. 548 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,268 MOOSE: Yeah, that's for sure. -That's all I'm saying. 549 00:31:02,237 --> 00:31:04,113 MICKEY: Hi, Gus. 550 00:31:04,322 --> 00:31:05,572 ROGER: Mm-hm. 551 00:31:06,825 --> 00:31:09,451 Get me another one of these, huh? 552 00:31:11,538 --> 00:31:12,871 Ow. 553 00:31:13,707 --> 00:31:16,208 -Hi, Rog. -How are you, man? 554 00:31:19,254 --> 00:31:20,754 [MICKEY GROANS] 555 00:31:21,131 --> 00:31:22,339 MICKEY: What the matter? 556 00:31:22,507 --> 00:31:27,219 Oh, nothing much. Just sprained it sliding into second. 557 00:31:28,930 --> 00:31:33,392 -How are you feeling? -Well, my knees are killing me. 558 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,519 No, I was-- 559 00:31:36,688 --> 00:31:38,939 You had a pretty rough one last night. 560 00:31:39,441 --> 00:31:43,152 Oh, that. No, I just had a little headache today, that's all. 561 00:31:43,862 --> 00:31:45,112 Hm. 562 00:31:46,823 --> 00:31:48,240 What am I supposed to do, man? 563 00:31:48,408 --> 00:31:52,286 Every place I go, even the hotels, "Mickey, have a drink. Hey, Mick have a drink." 564 00:31:52,454 --> 00:31:56,165 -This is a tough town not to have fun in. -No, I can imagine. 565 00:31:56,833 --> 00:31:59,460 -You know how it is. -Yeah. 566 00:32:00,837 --> 00:32:06,467 Well, listen, Mick, you know, Cerv and l got this place in Queens, you know? 567 00:32:06,634 --> 00:32:12,598 It's real nice and it's quiet and a real nice place, good neighborhood. 568 00:32:12,766 --> 00:32:17,019 You know, and heck, sometimes we cook for ourselves and eat in... 569 00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:21,023 ...and other times we're sending out. 570 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:25,319 What the hell are you talking about? 571 00:32:26,196 --> 00:32:27,738 Yeah, l-- 572 00:32:27,906 --> 00:32:31,492 Well, I was just thinking maybe you'd like to come and live with us. 573 00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:33,369 Let me get this straight. 574 00:32:33,536 --> 00:32:36,830 I got a big fucking suite at the St. Moritz Hotel... 575 00:32:36,998 --> 00:32:39,333 ...and you want me to move to Queens? 576 00:32:39,501 --> 00:32:40,959 ROGER: Well, there she is. 577 00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:43,504 Pretty comfortable. You know, we like it. 578 00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:47,174 There's a Chinese place up here, a laundry right next door. 579 00:32:47,342 --> 00:32:50,427 -Deli around the corner. -Delivers food anytime we need it. 580 00:32:50,595 --> 00:32:52,012 It's a perfect location, Mick. 581 00:32:52,180 --> 00:32:54,890 Fifteen from the city, half an hour from the stadium. 582 00:32:57,936 --> 00:32:59,687 Well, this is it. 583 00:33:00,355 --> 00:33:04,942 It's got air conditioning. You know, dining room's in here. 584 00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:09,071 Pretty good-sized living room. 585 00:33:09,739 --> 00:33:13,033 A TV and the stereo hi-fi there. 586 00:33:13,201 --> 00:33:17,830 We got a maid, comes in every day and cleans the place up, makes the beds. 587 00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:23,252 Yeah, and then the kitchen's back in here, and then the bedrooms down the hall. 588 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:24,628 Uh-huh. 589 00:33:26,256 --> 00:33:28,340 And this here is the other one, you know? 590 00:33:28,508 --> 00:33:31,593 Lots of closet space, comfortable bed, lots of light. 591 00:33:31,761 --> 00:33:33,971 Uh-huh. I don't get it. There's only two bedrooms. 592 00:33:34,139 --> 00:33:36,015 Me and Bob, we're sharing the other one. 593 00:33:36,182 --> 00:33:38,058 Oh, no, fellas. Now, I couldn't do that. 594 00:33:38,226 --> 00:33:39,852 No, Mickey, it's fine. Right, Bob? 595 00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:42,021 Oh, yeah, yeah. As long he pays more rent. 596 00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:46,608 Oh, come on, we're not too worried about that, but, you know it's.... 597 00:33:46,776 --> 00:33:48,318 Uh-huh. 598 00:33:54,117 --> 00:33:56,702 ROGER: Well, that's the tour. It's pretty much it. 599 00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:59,413 -Did you tell him about that other thing? -No, did you? 600 00:33:59,581 --> 00:34:01,290 -No, you said you would. -All right. 601 00:34:01,458 --> 00:34:02,958 Tell him. 602 00:34:03,626 --> 00:34:09,590 So, Mickey, you know, it's-- 603 00:34:09,758 --> 00:34:12,176 You know, Bob and I are trying to keep it quiet here. 604 00:34:12,344 --> 00:34:15,429 So you know, have a few beers every now and then, but-- 605 00:34:15,597 --> 00:34:16,805 What, no broads? 606 00:34:16,973 --> 00:34:18,974 -Right. -Right, yeah. 607 00:34:19,142 --> 00:34:22,770 So you know, it's not the St. Moritz, but it's quiet, right? 608 00:34:22,937 --> 00:34:24,605 -There's no distractions, and-- -Mm-mm. 609 00:34:24,773 --> 00:34:27,024 And it's fun. We'll have a good time. 610 00:34:27,192 --> 00:34:28,901 What do you think? 611 00:34:29,069 --> 00:34:30,652 [THEME SONG PLAYING] 612 00:34:33,823 --> 00:34:35,657 [WHISTLING THEME SONG] 613 00:34:47,671 --> 00:34:49,630 OPIE [ON TV]: Look, pa, ain't it slick? 614 00:34:49,798 --> 00:34:52,007 MICKEY: Yeah, honey, it was my idea. 615 00:34:52,175 --> 00:34:55,886 No, you know how it is at the hotel, all the reporters and the fans all the time. 616 00:34:56,054 --> 00:34:57,846 And this is great. 617 00:34:58,014 --> 00:35:00,349 Well, just me and Roger and Cer. 618 00:35:00,517 --> 00:35:02,726 Hey, you look kind of sexy in that. 619 00:35:02,894 --> 00:35:04,895 No, there ain't no girls here. That's Roger. 620 00:35:05,063 --> 00:35:08,315 He's wearing a stupid little girly apron and cooking up some bacon. 621 00:35:08,483 --> 00:35:09,983 Rog, say hi to Merlyn. 622 00:35:10,151 --> 00:35:11,402 Howdy, Merlyn. 623 00:35:11,569 --> 00:35:12,820 All right? Oh, here's Bob. 624 00:35:12,987 --> 00:35:16,031 -Say hi, Bob. -Hi, Bob. 625 00:35:16,574 --> 00:35:20,077 See? Now I'm gonna be a real domesticated now. 626 00:35:20,245 --> 00:35:22,413 Well, all right. I gotta go. 627 00:35:22,580 --> 00:35:24,540 Breakfast is getting cold. 628 00:35:24,708 --> 00:35:27,793 All right, well, say hi to the boys. Okay. 629 00:35:27,961 --> 00:35:29,586 Bye. 630 00:35:31,047 --> 00:35:32,297 So how are your boys doing? 631 00:35:32,465 --> 00:35:35,467 Oh, you know, they're good. They're in school, they're all right. 632 00:35:35,635 --> 00:35:38,512 So you ever think of bringing them up here? 633 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:39,805 Yeah, I tried that once. 634 00:35:39,973 --> 00:35:43,475 I was living out in Jersey, but, you know, it's too hard when they're here. 635 00:35:43,643 --> 00:35:46,770 You wanna go out after the game and they want you to drive them. 636 00:35:46,938 --> 00:35:49,606 And it gets to be a pain. 637 00:35:49,774 --> 00:35:53,944 I mean, I miss them and all. It's just better for everybody this way. 638 00:35:57,282 --> 00:36:01,076 ROGER: And there you go, Mick. -What the hell's that? 639 00:36:01,453 --> 00:36:03,871 Roger's special eggs. 640 00:36:04,748 --> 00:36:06,707 -Well, that's disgusting. -No kidding. 641 00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:10,085 -Well, you don't have to have any, Bob. -Oh, thank you. 642 00:36:15,008 --> 00:36:17,092 I'm sorry, Roger, but I'm gonna have to pass. 643 00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:19,386 Mick, I'm telling you. Don't listen to Bob. 644 00:36:19,554 --> 00:36:22,097 The last few times I ate these, I hit home runs. 645 00:36:31,107 --> 00:36:33,275 Sorry, Bob, looks like somebody likes them. 646 00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:36,445 -You like them? -No, they're shit. 647 00:36:36,613 --> 00:36:39,615 But I'm in a bit of a slump. I'll try anything. 648 00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:44,078 [CROWD CHEERING] 649 00:36:46,456 --> 00:36:48,457 -Love them eggs. -Ha-ha-ha. 650 00:36:58,051 --> 00:36:59,218 ALLEN: There's one. 651 00:36:59,386 --> 00:37:00,969 That ball is going, going, gone. 652 00:37:01,137 --> 00:37:03,305 -He got a piece of that, didn't he? RIZZUTO: Big piece. 653 00:37:03,473 --> 00:37:04,932 Man, it was a meatball. 654 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:07,226 Oh, those MandM Boys. 655 00:37:07,394 --> 00:37:09,561 PAT: Daddy's gonna love this one. 656 00:37:13,108 --> 00:37:15,943 -You coming out or hanging with the wife? -Oh, fuck you. 657 00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:18,612 ALLEN: There it is. 658 00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:21,156 Another blast for the MandM Boys. 659 00:37:22,659 --> 00:37:23,951 [CROWD CHEERING] 660 00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:25,994 Holy cow. Wow. 661 00:37:26,162 --> 00:37:28,747 -Mickey's on some kind of roll. -It's unbelievable. 662 00:37:28,915 --> 00:37:32,501 Mantle catches him at 27, Maris comes right back with 28. 663 00:37:32,669 --> 00:37:34,586 These guys are really pushing each other. 664 00:37:35,422 --> 00:37:36,714 How come Maris never smiles? 665 00:37:36,881 --> 00:37:41,260 Having the season of his life, the Yanks are winning, and he looks like a zombie. 666 00:37:45,473 --> 00:37:47,266 [CROWD BOOING] 667 00:37:48,393 --> 00:37:50,728 ALLEN: There it is. Number 31 for Roger Maris. 668 00:37:50,895 --> 00:37:53,313 RIZZUTO: They're gonna send out a search party for that ball. 669 00:37:53,481 --> 00:37:55,357 ALLEN: How about that? 670 00:37:56,109 --> 00:37:58,736 -Curveball? -Yeah, but it didn't cure. 671 00:37:58,903 --> 00:38:01,363 KAHN: So, MandM Boys, what do you think of your new nickname? 672 00:38:01,531 --> 00:38:04,116 I think it's got a real nice ring to it. 673 00:38:05,827 --> 00:38:08,370 ALLEN: Wow, Phil, that ball went 500 feet. 674 00:38:08,538 --> 00:38:10,164 -A blast. UMPIRE: Safe! 675 00:38:10,373 --> 00:38:14,335 Well, Mick and I have been getting a lot of offers for endorsements... 676 00:38:14,502 --> 00:38:16,503 ...so we thought we'd form this partnership. 677 00:38:16,671 --> 00:38:18,547 You ought to cut Mrs. Ruth in on the deal? 678 00:38:18,715 --> 00:38:20,549 Why? She hit a lot of home runs? 679 00:38:20,717 --> 00:38:22,051 [ALL LAUGHING] 680 00:38:22,218 --> 00:38:24,053 Cheers, Mick. 681 00:38:26,723 --> 00:38:27,806 ALLEN: There it is. 682 00:38:27,974 --> 00:38:33,103 Number 34 for Roger Maris. How about that? 683 00:38:33,271 --> 00:38:36,273 RIZZUTO: Wow, Mantle crushes one over the Green Monster. so hard. 684 00:38:36,441 --> 00:38:38,192 ALLEN: And they're buzzing here at Fenway. 685 00:38:39,194 --> 00:38:42,529 Right now you're on pace for 68 homers. You think you got a shot at it? 686 00:38:42,697 --> 00:38:44,990 I don't know, Milt. I'm still a long way's off. 687 00:38:45,158 --> 00:38:48,035 -Getting better pitches hitting ahead? -I don't know, I guess. 688 00:38:48,203 --> 00:38:50,579 -What if Houk switches you? -I don't know why. 689 00:38:50,747 --> 00:38:53,916 We're both hot right now. The team's doing great, so-- 690 00:38:54,084 --> 00:38:58,212 I don't know, I don't see any reason why he'd change it, you know. 691 00:38:58,838 --> 00:39:03,342 ALLEN: There's a low fly ball to right field. That ball is going, going, it is gone. 692 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:06,387 -It's a home run. RIZZUTO: Maris is running to right field. 693 00:39:06,554 --> 00:39:08,180 Get the ball. What a catch. 694 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,307 ALLEN: Here comes Mickey. RIZZUTO: Amazing. 695 00:39:10,475 --> 00:39:11,475 ALLEN: A base hit. 696 00:39:11,643 --> 00:39:13,477 RIZZUTO: Roger Maris in the field, what a play. 697 00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:15,104 ALLEN: Here's the throw. He's got him. 698 00:39:15,271 --> 00:39:17,064 -How about that? MAN: Tickets. 699 00:39:18,608 --> 00:39:19,858 DIRECTOR: Action. -Oh, thanks. 700 00:39:20,026 --> 00:39:21,068 Sure. 701 00:39:21,236 --> 00:39:22,861 -There you are, Mick. -Thanks. 702 00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:27,783 Say, Mickey, shouldn't we be in the field? What are we doing in the stands? 703 00:39:27,951 --> 00:39:29,660 Because these-- 704 00:39:30,829 --> 00:39:32,121 What are you laughing at? 705 00:39:32,288 --> 00:39:33,622 -Shit. DIRECTOR: Cut. 706 00:39:33,790 --> 00:39:37,251 Hey, Mickey, what are we doing in the stands? Shouldn't we be on the field? 707 00:39:37,669 --> 00:39:38,961 [MICKEY SNICKERING] 708 00:39:39,963 --> 00:39:42,256 DIRECTOR: Cut. -Maybe we ought to take a break. 709 00:39:43,174 --> 00:39:44,216 [CROWD CHEERING] 710 00:39:44,384 --> 00:39:46,260 ALLEN: How about that? 711 00:39:46,428 --> 00:39:50,639 Now I'm gonna call out Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. 712 00:39:50,807 --> 00:39:51,974 There's Daddy. 713 00:39:52,183 --> 00:39:53,934 [AUDIENCE CHEERING] 714 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,441 GREEN: Maris has 35, Mantle's got 32, we're only in mid-July. 715 00:40:00,608 --> 00:40:02,526 They still got 75 games left. 716 00:40:02,694 --> 00:40:03,861 SIMON: For Pete's sake, Artie. 717 00:40:04,029 --> 00:40:06,405 Every year somebody has a couple of good months... 718 00:40:06,573 --> 00:40:09,158 ...and everybody thinks they're gonna hit 60, all right? 719 00:40:09,325 --> 00:40:12,327 Greenberg had 58 with a week left in the season... 720 00:40:12,495 --> 00:40:14,163 ...he couldn't handle the pressure. 721 00:40:14,330 --> 00:40:17,082 They didn't give him anything to hit because he was a Jew. 722 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,834 -No, come on. SIMON: Oh, come on. 723 00:40:19,002 --> 00:40:20,753 Come on, Milt. They always cool off. 724 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,298 I'm gonna bet you a hundred bucks neither one of them hits 50. 725 00:40:24,466 --> 00:40:26,592 Maris will crap out at 45. You wanna bet? 726 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,969 You're on, you're on. Put it down, 45. 727 00:40:29,137 --> 00:40:31,347 -No, no, no. 48, George. WRITER 1: How much? 728 00:40:31,514 --> 00:40:33,015 -Forty-eight. WRITER 1: How much? 729 00:40:33,183 --> 00:40:35,517 Let's remember why I called this meeting. 730 00:40:35,685 --> 00:40:39,355 This is the most respected record in all of sports. 731 00:40:39,522 --> 00:40:42,274 And I'm concerned that its integrity will be compromised... 732 00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:46,695 ...by this new 162-game season. 733 00:40:46,863 --> 00:40:49,156 A lot of you are already writing about this. 734 00:40:49,324 --> 00:40:51,367 So obviously you're concerned too. 735 00:40:51,534 --> 00:40:54,536 That's right. Ruth hit 17 that September. 736 00:40:54,704 --> 00:40:57,456 Oh, baby, what he would've done with eight extra games, huh? 737 00:40:57,624 --> 00:40:59,708 -Yeah, he might've hit 70. SIMON: That's right. 738 00:40:59,876 --> 00:41:03,295 Okay, okay, what if Mantle breaks it on the last game of the season? 739 00:41:03,463 --> 00:41:04,838 Is that fair to The Babe? 740 00:41:05,006 --> 00:41:07,549 I think Mantle's got a shot at it if he stays healthy. 741 00:41:07,717 --> 00:41:09,885 But this Maris is in a groove like I never seen. 742 00:41:10,053 --> 00:41:11,553 Yeah, wouldn't that be a story? 743 00:41:11,721 --> 00:41:13,972 The crew cut from Fargo becomes the new Babe Ruth. 744 00:41:14,140 --> 00:41:16,850 "Hey, Roger, how does it feel to be the new home run king?" 745 00:41:17,018 --> 00:41:18,602 [IMITATING ROGER] "Pretty good, I guess." 746 00:41:18,770 --> 00:41:20,104 [WRITERS LAUGHING] 747 00:41:21,898 --> 00:41:24,108 With all respect to these guys, and they are-- 748 00:41:24,275 --> 00:41:26,110 They're great players. 749 00:41:26,277 --> 00:41:28,237 The year that Babe hit 60... 750 00:41:28,405 --> 00:41:33,492 ...he had more home runs than every team in the American League. 751 00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:36,495 What if they both break it? That would tarnish the record. 752 00:41:36,663 --> 00:41:37,705 What, tarnish? What? 753 00:41:37,872 --> 00:41:39,915 This is a fantastic story, fellows. 754 00:41:40,083 --> 00:41:44,336 Two Yankees playing in the house that Ruth built, both going after his record. 755 00:41:44,504 --> 00:41:45,838 It's great for baseball. 756 00:41:46,006 --> 00:41:49,758 And if I may be permitted a clich�, records are made to be broken. 757 00:41:49,926 --> 00:41:51,927 If it's broken in the same number of games. 758 00:41:52,095 --> 00:41:54,013 KAHN: Bullshit, Sam. Bullshit. 759 00:41:54,180 --> 00:41:56,932 You know, when Ruth set his first record back in 1921... 760 00:41:57,100 --> 00:42:00,019 ...he played in 14 more games than the guy who set the record. 761 00:42:00,186 --> 00:42:03,772 Where was the uproar then? No, I say a season's a season. 762 00:42:03,940 --> 00:42:05,566 We know what you're saying, Milt... 763 00:42:05,734 --> 00:42:08,360 ...but something about this, it just doesn't seem right. 764 00:42:08,528 --> 00:42:10,779 WRITER 1: I agree. -Then there should be separate records. 765 00:42:10,947 --> 00:42:12,823 One for each season, right, Ford? 766 00:42:12,991 --> 00:42:15,034 Separate records? What are we doing here? 767 00:42:15,201 --> 00:42:16,869 And we can put an asterisk in it. 768 00:42:17,037 --> 00:42:18,704 -To show the difference. WRITER 1: Why not? 769 00:42:18,872 --> 00:42:19,913 WRITER 2: Yeah, how about that? 770 00:42:20,081 --> 00:42:22,374 WRITER 1: Yeah, otherwise it would not be fair to The Babe. 771 00:42:22,542 --> 00:42:26,128 Gentlemen, thank you for coming. I have a brief statement. 772 00:42:26,296 --> 00:42:30,132 As commissioner of Major League Baseball, it is my determination... 773 00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:32,301 ...given the length of this year's season... 774 00:42:32,469 --> 00:42:36,472 ...that any record broken in more than 154 games... 775 00:42:36,639 --> 00:42:39,391 ...will be held as a distinct and separate record. 776 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:40,976 REPORTER 1: Commissioner. 777 00:42:41,144 --> 00:42:44,355 Is this ruling directed at the MandM Boys and their chase at Ruth's record? 778 00:42:44,522 --> 00:42:46,065 No. This goes for any record. 779 00:42:46,232 --> 00:42:47,775 REPORTER 1: Any record? -Let me repeat. 780 00:42:48,276 --> 00:42:49,318 Any record. 781 00:42:49,486 --> 00:42:51,320 Commissioner, according to my schedule... 782 00:42:51,488 --> 00:42:53,781 ...game 154 is September 20th in Baltimore. 783 00:42:53,948 --> 00:42:56,367 -Isn't that where the Babe was born? REPORTER 2: That's right. 784 00:42:56,534 --> 00:42:57,785 [REPORTERS LAUGHING] 785 00:42:57,952 --> 00:43:01,163 What are you gonna do, Rog? Frick used to be The Babe's ghost writer. 786 00:43:01,331 --> 00:43:03,415 -They were tight. -Yeah, but it stinks, Yogi. 787 00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:07,169 -It's a crock of shit's what it is. -Fucking Frick, this is gonna be a circus. 788 00:43:07,337 --> 00:43:09,171 ELSTON: A zoo. -Yeah. 789 00:43:09,923 --> 00:43:11,632 I think Frick's right. 790 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,635 If I'd got it in 155, I wouldn't want it. 791 00:43:14,803 --> 00:43:16,762 Wouldn't want it? How could you not? 792 00:43:16,930 --> 00:43:19,640 Not if it had one them thingamajiggers on the end of it. 793 00:43:19,808 --> 00:43:22,685 How about you, Rog? Do you think it's right, this asterisk? 794 00:43:22,852 --> 00:43:23,852 I don't know, fellas. 795 00:43:24,020 --> 00:43:26,855 Say Mickey breaks it in 154 and then I pass him later. 796 00:43:27,023 --> 00:43:29,358 What are they gonna say if that happens? Huh? 797 00:43:29,526 --> 00:43:31,193 In my mind, a season's a season. 798 00:43:31,361 --> 00:43:33,237 Then you disagree with Frick's ruling? 799 00:43:33,405 --> 00:43:35,614 ROGER: He's the commissioner. It's not my place. 800 00:43:35,782 --> 00:43:37,533 We got eight extra games, it's true... 801 00:43:37,701 --> 00:43:40,953 ...but Ruth never had to fly to the West Coast or play in night games. 802 00:43:41,121 --> 00:43:42,579 I just think it's harder for us. 803 00:43:42,747 --> 00:43:44,665 Babe hit .343 the year he set the record. 804 00:43:44,833 --> 00:43:47,042 You're hitting .270. You feel bad about that? 805 00:43:47,210 --> 00:43:50,504 No. Why should I feel bad when I'm doing the best I can, Artie? 806 00:43:50,672 --> 00:43:53,882 Think if you focused less on the record, you'd hit for better average? 807 00:43:54,050 --> 00:43:56,260 I'm not focusing on the record, you guys are. 808 00:43:58,096 --> 00:43:59,138 I'm gonna go hit. 809 00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:01,181 GREEN: Wait, Rog, I got a couple more questions. 810 00:44:01,349 --> 00:44:02,349 Watch out, Artie. 811 00:44:02,517 --> 00:44:04,351 Jeez, man, I saved your life. 812 00:44:04,519 --> 00:44:06,478 Look, fellows, all this is bullshit. 813 00:44:06,646 --> 00:44:11,525 When one of us has got 50 coming in the last month, talk to us then. 814 00:44:11,693 --> 00:44:13,527 GREEN: Maris took a shot at the commissioner... 815 00:44:13,695 --> 00:44:15,320 ...by saying that The Babe had it easier. 816 00:44:15,488 --> 00:44:18,741 I did not say The Babe had it easier. Do you believe this shit? 817 00:44:18,908 --> 00:44:19,908 You got to be careful. 818 00:44:20,076 --> 00:44:22,369 You'd think I was trying to replace Jesus Christ. 819 00:44:22,537 --> 00:44:24,747 -Then don't read the Daily News. ROGER: What? 820 00:44:24,914 --> 00:44:28,625 Look, in '56, I had 52 home runs. That's all anybody could ever talk about. 821 00:44:28,793 --> 00:44:31,503 Ruth this, Ruth that, 24 hours a day. 822 00:44:31,671 --> 00:44:33,297 We're chasing a ghost, Rog. 823 00:44:33,465 --> 00:44:36,759 You go in that clubhouse, he's there. You're at home plate, he's there. 824 00:44:36,926 --> 00:44:40,012 You're in the outfield, he's there, the fat fuck. He's everywhere. 825 00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:41,430 We're playing in his house. 826 00:44:41,598 --> 00:44:43,891 You got it worse. You're playing in his position. 827 00:44:44,059 --> 00:44:46,602 But this is ridiculous. I don't give a damn about Ruth. 828 00:44:46,770 --> 00:44:49,188 Well, you better, because he's a god to these people. 829 00:44:49,356 --> 00:44:52,232 Well, screw it then. I'm just not gonna do anymore interviews. 830 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,943 You can't do that neither. They're gonna come after you. 831 00:44:55,111 --> 00:44:58,113 -You gotta give them something. -What am I supposed to give them? 832 00:44:58,281 --> 00:45:00,115 I don't know, something about yourself. 833 00:45:00,283 --> 00:45:04,745 I mean, I don't know if you noticed, but you ain't that big a talker. 834 00:45:04,913 --> 00:45:09,041 Well, I don't know what to talk about. I don't know what I'm supposed to say. 835 00:45:09,626 --> 00:45:11,794 I don't know, Rog. 836 00:45:12,295 --> 00:45:14,463 I�ve been living with you most of the season... 837 00:45:14,631 --> 00:45:16,632 ...and I don't know nothing about you. 838 00:45:17,384 --> 00:45:21,637 Well, I was raised in Fargo, I played baseball, basketball, football. 839 00:45:22,430 --> 00:45:24,640 I married my high school sweetheart. 840 00:45:24,808 --> 00:45:27,226 You know, chose baseball and played in the Minors... 841 00:45:27,394 --> 00:45:31,105 ...came up with Cleveland, got traded to Kansas City, then I came here. 842 00:45:31,272 --> 00:45:33,941 -You're right, don't talk to them. -Shit. 843 00:45:34,109 --> 00:45:35,651 [ALL LAUGHING] 844 00:45:38,822 --> 00:45:40,823 A real pitcher's duel here tonight. 845 00:45:40,990 --> 00:45:43,242 Game tied at one here in the bottom of the sixth. 846 00:45:43,410 --> 00:45:47,329 Two outs, Richardson on third, and here comes the big guy, Roger Maris. 847 00:45:47,497 --> 00:45:50,666 RIZZUTO: Okay, Roger's stepping in there. And, boy, they're playing him deep. 848 00:45:50,834 --> 00:45:53,502 Look at that, the second baseman is actually on the grass. 849 00:45:53,670 --> 00:45:56,505 Boy, that's where the outfield used to play me. 850 00:46:04,472 --> 00:46:07,349 -Get a hit now, Rog. -He always hits good against this guy. 851 00:46:07,517 --> 00:46:10,019 -Come on, Rog, knock one. -Come on, get some wood. 852 00:46:10,186 --> 00:46:13,272 ALLEN: Roger hasn't had one in a week and he'd love to get a hold of one. 853 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:16,608 RIZZUTO: Can I wish a happy birthday--? -No, here comes the pitch, phil. 854 00:46:16,776 --> 00:46:18,861 RIZZUTO: He bunts. Holy cow, it's a squeeze play. 855 00:46:19,029 --> 00:46:21,655 Richardson's looking for home, Maris going to first. 856 00:46:21,823 --> 00:46:23,198 Richardson's safe. 857 00:46:23,366 --> 00:46:25,034 UMPIRE: Safe. TEAM: Yeah! 858 00:46:25,201 --> 00:46:26,243 Yeah. 859 00:46:26,411 --> 00:46:29,788 RIZZUTO: Wow, Yanks take the lead 2 to 1. Holy cow. 860 00:46:30,373 --> 00:46:32,249 Perfect placement. That's a player. 861 00:46:32,417 --> 00:46:35,002 MVP. Most Valuable Player. 862 00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:37,796 -Yeah, yeah. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 863 00:46:37,964 --> 00:46:40,549 They were playing me deep and we really needed that run. 864 00:46:40,717 --> 00:46:42,051 They don't pay you to bunt. 865 00:46:42,218 --> 00:46:44,636 They pay me to help the team win. That's what I did. 866 00:46:44,804 --> 00:46:47,931 Look, Mickey's ahead 43 to 41. You haven't had a home run in a week. 867 00:46:48,099 --> 00:46:49,892 You're falling behind Ruth's pace. 868 00:46:50,060 --> 00:46:52,603 Is the pressure starting to get to you? Feeling gun-shy? 869 00:46:52,771 --> 00:46:55,230 I strike out and you say I'm swinging for the fences. 870 00:46:55,398 --> 00:46:57,399 I bunt, you say I'm afraid to hit home runs. 871 00:46:57,567 --> 00:46:59,234 WRITER 1: You're a game up on the Tigers. 872 00:46:59,402 --> 00:47:01,904 Shouldn't you focus on winning the pennant? 873 00:47:02,072 --> 00:47:03,113 That's what I'm doing. 874 00:47:03,281 --> 00:47:06,075 SIMON: Have you seen the poll? -No, I try not to read the papers. 875 00:47:06,242 --> 00:47:08,869 It says 80 percent of the fans are rooting for Mickey. 876 00:47:09,037 --> 00:47:11,580 Eighty percent. Well, I guess that seems right, yeah. 877 00:47:11,748 --> 00:47:12,748 Why is that? 878 00:47:12,916 --> 00:47:14,833 Maybe I'm not a New York kind of guy, Sam. 879 00:47:15,001 --> 00:47:16,835 I'm some dumb redneck from North Dakota. 880 00:47:17,003 --> 00:47:19,046 Think that's the way the fans think of you? 881 00:47:19,214 --> 00:47:20,923 Shit, I don't know how they see me. 882 00:47:21,091 --> 00:47:22,174 WRITER 2: Give us something. 883 00:47:22,342 --> 00:47:23,842 -Come on. ROGER: Could you help me out? 884 00:47:24,010 --> 00:47:28,389 -What's going on here, Milt? -Wild dogs. 885 00:47:28,556 --> 00:47:30,641 All right, that's it for tonight. That's all. 886 00:47:30,809 --> 00:47:31,975 WRITER 1: We have a job to do. 887 00:47:32,143 --> 00:47:34,269 SIMON: He's getting a little full of himself, Ralph. 888 00:47:37,607 --> 00:47:39,525 ROGER: I'm some dumb redneck from North Dakota. 889 00:47:39,693 --> 00:47:41,402 Shit, I don't know how they see me. 890 00:47:41,569 --> 00:47:43,445 Maybe I'm just not a New York kind of guy. 891 00:47:43,613 --> 00:47:45,614 Why don't you go back home where you belong? 892 00:47:45,782 --> 00:47:47,116 Nobody wants you here. 893 00:47:47,283 --> 00:47:48,826 You go ahead and get out of here. 894 00:47:48,993 --> 00:47:51,078 This is the Bronx. This is Mickey's town. 895 00:47:51,246 --> 00:47:52,454 [BAT CRACKS] [CROWD BOOING] 896 00:47:52,622 --> 00:47:54,665 ALLEN: There it is, number 45 for Roger Maris. 897 00:47:54,833 --> 00:47:57,334 RIZZUTO: Oh, they're letting him have it here at Griffith Park. 898 00:47:57,502 --> 00:48:00,713 Roger Maris with his 45th home run drawing a lot of boos. 899 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:05,134 -Boy, these Boston fans are tough. ALLEN: You can say that again. 900 00:48:05,635 --> 00:48:07,594 You believe this crap? 901 00:48:08,638 --> 00:48:11,098 NEWSCASTER [ON TV]: MandM fever has gripped the nation. 902 00:48:11,266 --> 00:48:12,558 At the White House today... 903 00:48:12,726 --> 00:48:15,227 ...president Kennedy interrupted a press conference... 904 00:48:15,395 --> 00:48:18,939 ...to announce that Roger Maris hit his 47th and 48th home runs. 905 00:48:19,107 --> 00:48:22,151 That's seven home runs for Maris in his last six games. 906 00:48:22,318 --> 00:48:25,571 But with Mickey Mantle right on his heels with 45... 907 00:48:25,739 --> 00:48:27,990 ...the race is still very much alive. 908 00:48:28,158 --> 00:48:31,827 Still six weeks until Frick's deadline as the Yankees head to the West Coast... 909 00:48:31,995 --> 00:48:36,832 ...to play the new Los Angeles Angelis and Roger Maris just 12 home runs away. 910 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,586 Woo-hoo! Hot damn, honey, this is great news. 911 00:48:40,754 --> 00:48:42,087 Oh, wow. 912 00:48:42,255 --> 00:48:44,006 So you all right? Everything's fine? 913 00:48:44,174 --> 00:48:46,091 -I'm fine. -Oh, good. 914 00:48:46,259 --> 00:48:49,261 -Three more days, I would have been there. -Don't worry about it. 915 00:48:49,429 --> 00:48:52,431 I tried to wait for you, but Randy had other ideas. 916 00:48:52,599 --> 00:48:54,433 Yeah, I bet he did. 917 00:48:54,601 --> 00:48:56,727 I can't wait to tell the fellas. This is great. 918 00:48:56,895 --> 00:49:01,940 -So who does he look like? -Well, I hate to say it, but Babe Ruth. 919 00:49:02,108 --> 00:49:03,525 -What? -Roger, I'm kidding. 920 00:49:03,693 --> 00:49:05,444 Oh, sorry, honey. Yeah, I'm a little-- 921 00:49:05,612 --> 00:49:08,030 Hey, Rog, I hear you got good news. Congratulations. 922 00:49:08,198 --> 00:49:09,239 -Yeah. -What's his name? 923 00:49:09,407 --> 00:49:10,449 -Ruth. -Very funny. 924 00:49:10,617 --> 00:49:13,243 Oh, that's wonderful, honey. That's really, really great. 925 00:49:13,411 --> 00:49:15,120 -Hey, Rog-- -Hey, Artie, do you mind? 926 00:49:15,288 --> 00:49:16,330 I'm talking to my wife. 927 00:49:16,498 --> 00:49:17,873 How much did he weigh? We got a pool going. 928 00:49:18,041 --> 00:49:19,041 [RANDY CRYING] 929 00:49:19,209 --> 00:49:21,377 Hear that? Your son wants you to hit him a home run tonight. 930 00:49:21,544 --> 00:49:24,129 Honey, if it were that easy I'd do it every time. 931 00:49:24,297 --> 00:49:25,547 Are you okay? 932 00:49:25,715 --> 00:49:29,718 Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I just, you know, should have been there. 933 00:49:29,886 --> 00:49:32,137 GARAGIOLA: Two and 0 the count. Here's the pitch. 934 00:49:32,305 --> 00:49:34,807 There it goes. Back to the wall. 935 00:49:34,974 --> 00:49:37,601 It's gone. Oh, doctor. 936 00:49:37,769 --> 00:49:41,855 Fifty home runs and he still has 29 games to break Ruth's record. 937 00:49:42,023 --> 00:49:45,067 You know, I think this may be the real news flash of the day, gang. 938 00:49:45,235 --> 00:49:47,569 Roger Maris is actually smiling. 939 00:49:52,575 --> 00:49:54,201 What the hell is this now? 940 00:49:54,369 --> 00:49:56,453 REPORTER 1: Roger, Roger. REPORTER 2: Roger. 941 00:49:56,621 --> 00:49:58,831 REPORTER 3: Roger. REPORTER 4: Roger. 942 00:49:59,124 --> 00:50:01,375 [REPORTERS AND FANS Shouting] 943 00:50:01,876 --> 00:50:03,544 Back away from the door, please. 944 00:50:03,712 --> 00:50:06,505 REPORTER 1: May I ask you a few questions? ROGER: Back off of the door. 945 00:50:06,673 --> 00:50:09,091 -Roger, how does it feel to hit 50? ROGER: I'm sorry, fellas. 946 00:50:09,259 --> 00:50:11,093 This is my home, this is not the ball park. 947 00:50:11,261 --> 00:50:13,929 -You think you could break the record? -Get off the grass. 948 00:50:14,097 --> 00:50:15,139 I don't have a comment. 949 00:50:15,306 --> 00:50:17,433 Watch the bushes. Could you watch the bushes? 950 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:19,685 How'd you get this address? 951 00:50:19,853 --> 00:50:21,812 I just followed the crowd. 952 00:50:21,980 --> 00:50:23,647 REPORTER 5: Roger. Photo, please. 953 00:50:23,815 --> 00:50:26,442 Folks, leave me alone, this is my home. 954 00:50:27,235 --> 00:50:29,570 Daddy. 955 00:50:29,738 --> 00:50:31,447 Hi. Hi, sugar. 956 00:50:31,614 --> 00:50:33,532 Daddy, all these people are here for you. 957 00:50:33,700 --> 00:50:37,036 Yeah, I know. It's okay. 958 00:50:38,121 --> 00:50:41,081 -How did they get this address? -One of the papers published it. 959 00:50:41,249 --> 00:50:42,750 Which one? I'm gonna call now. 960 00:50:42,917 --> 00:50:44,043 PAT: Roger. -Yeah? 961 00:50:44,210 --> 00:50:48,297 -Wouldn't you like to meet your new son? -Oh, God, of course, Pat. 962 00:50:48,465 --> 00:50:52,134 I'm sorry. I just-- Those reporters. 963 00:50:52,302 --> 00:50:53,761 Hey. 964 00:50:55,347 --> 00:50:56,555 Ohh. 965 00:50:58,183 --> 00:51:00,976 Ohh. Look at you. 966 00:51:02,312 --> 00:51:03,854 Come here. 967 00:51:06,691 --> 00:51:08,442 Hi there. 968 00:51:11,112 --> 00:51:12,237 [LAUGHS] 969 00:51:12,405 --> 00:51:15,449 He does look like The Babe, doesn't he? 970 00:51:18,578 --> 00:51:20,829 [COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO] 971 00:51:24,376 --> 00:51:25,709 Yeehaw! 972 00:51:27,754 --> 00:51:29,505 Whoa! Whoo! 973 00:51:29,923 --> 00:51:31,632 I�ve got you. 974 00:51:33,009 --> 00:51:34,510 Try it. 975 00:51:35,970 --> 00:51:37,846 Hey, Rog. Now, this is good. 976 00:51:38,014 --> 00:51:39,890 -A lot better than them eggs. PAT: Ha-ha-ha. 977 00:51:40,058 --> 00:51:42,017 -You try those? -God, no. 978 00:51:42,185 --> 00:51:45,020 ROGER: Ha, ha. You love them. -Beer, Mickey? 979 00:51:46,481 --> 00:51:50,192 Uh, no. No, this is good. 980 00:51:52,529 --> 00:51:54,113 Is he all right? 981 00:51:55,115 --> 00:51:56,407 Uh.... 982 00:51:56,825 --> 00:51:58,659 You know, it's been hard. 983 00:51:58,827 --> 00:52:05,332 With the pressure and New York and the papers. 984 00:52:08,044 --> 00:52:11,380 But he's having a hell of a season, that little son of a bitch. 985 00:52:11,548 --> 00:52:13,048 Pardon me. 986 00:52:14,342 --> 00:52:17,469 Three days just isn't enough. 987 00:52:17,637 --> 00:52:20,889 And by the time he's ready to be here, it's time for him to leave. 988 00:52:21,850 --> 00:52:23,851 ROGER: All right, let's go eat. 989 00:52:24,978 --> 00:52:28,105 Whoo! Come on, Junior. 990 00:52:30,442 --> 00:52:32,067 -How's the eats? MICKEY: Great. 991 00:52:32,235 --> 00:52:33,444 -Good. Yeah. -Daddy. 992 00:52:33,611 --> 00:52:36,030 I know who the best baseball player in the world is. 993 00:52:36,197 --> 00:52:38,323 -Who's that, honey? -Mickey. 994 00:52:38,491 --> 00:52:39,575 [ALL LAUGH] 995 00:52:39,743 --> 00:52:41,869 -Who told you that? -Mickey. 996 00:52:42,037 --> 00:52:45,039 -Hey, she asked. -That's about right. 997 00:52:45,206 --> 00:52:46,415 [PHONE RINGING] 998 00:52:46,583 --> 00:52:47,750 I'll get that. 999 00:52:52,589 --> 00:52:54,214 Hello? 1000 00:52:56,968 --> 00:52:58,635 Who is this? 1001 00:52:59,346 --> 00:53:01,430 ROGER: What's wrong, Pat? -Roger. 1002 00:53:02,974 --> 00:53:04,433 Who is it? 1003 00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:06,935 Thanks very much. I appreciate your help. 1004 00:53:07,103 --> 00:53:08,479 You bet. 1005 00:53:21,951 --> 00:53:25,788 Well, the detective says 99 percent it's just a prank. 1006 00:53:25,955 --> 00:53:27,498 You know. 1007 00:53:28,291 --> 00:53:30,084 If somebody's gonna kidnap your kid... 1008 00:53:30,251 --> 00:53:32,461 ...they're not gonna call and warn you about it. 1009 00:53:32,629 --> 00:53:34,630 Well, that makes sense. 1010 00:53:35,382 --> 00:53:36,423 But just to be safe... 1011 00:53:36,591 --> 00:53:39,968 ...they're gonna leave some of the guys stationed around the house so.... 1012 00:53:40,345 --> 00:53:41,720 Do you want me to stay over? 1013 00:53:42,889 --> 00:53:45,766 No, it's.... It's all right. 1014 00:53:46,643 --> 00:53:48,560 Oh, I'm probably in the way here anyway. 1015 00:53:48,728 --> 00:53:52,314 No, Mickey, we really appreciate you being here. 1016 00:53:52,482 --> 00:53:56,318 -Listen, do me a favor, would you? -Oh, yeah, anything, Rog. 1017 00:53:56,486 --> 00:53:59,530 Just don't tell anybody about this, you know. Not even the fellas. 1018 00:53:59,698 --> 00:54:00,781 Oh, of course. 1019 00:54:00,949 --> 00:54:05,369 I just don't wanna find it making its way into the papers, you know. 1020 00:54:06,287 --> 00:54:07,913 You sure know how to spoil a good time. 1021 00:54:08,081 --> 00:54:09,665 [CHUCKLES] 1022 00:54:13,169 --> 00:54:15,087 -Good night. -Yeah. 1023 00:54:15,255 --> 00:54:17,172 -I'll see you at the park. -Yeah. 1024 00:54:17,340 --> 00:54:20,551 Thanks for the day. 1025 00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,177 All right. 1026 00:54:37,986 --> 00:54:39,987 [BABY FUSSING] 1027 00:54:40,238 --> 00:54:41,864 ROGER: Shh. 1028 00:54:54,669 --> 00:54:56,378 Hey, Merlyn, it's me. 1029 00:54:56,546 --> 00:54:58,756 MERLYN [OVER PHONE]: What time is it? -I don't know. 1030 00:54:58,923 --> 00:55:00,049 What's wrong? 1031 00:55:00,216 --> 00:55:02,885 Well, I just called to say hi to the boys. 1032 00:55:03,053 --> 00:55:05,471 Oh, Jesus. 1033 00:55:05,638 --> 00:55:07,723 Mickey, it's 2:30. 1034 00:55:08,892 --> 00:55:13,896 Well, I just called to make sure everybody's all right. 1035 00:55:14,064 --> 00:55:16,815 Well, they'd like to talk to you more. 1036 00:55:17,650 --> 00:55:21,070 -That's why I'm calling. -Well, it's a little bit past their bedtime. 1037 00:55:21,237 --> 00:55:24,531 Okay, then I'll call back tomorrow. 1038 00:55:25,825 --> 00:55:27,576 What time do they get up for school? 1039 00:55:27,744 --> 00:55:31,413 Mickey, it's August. 1040 00:55:31,915 --> 00:55:33,290 Oh. 1041 00:55:34,834 --> 00:55:36,960 God, I'm stupid. 1042 00:55:38,922 --> 00:55:41,048 I'll tell them you called. 1043 00:55:41,216 --> 00:55:42,591 [SIGHS] 1044 00:55:43,093 --> 00:55:53,394 Mickey? 1045 00:55:54,854 --> 00:55:58,148 -Not when these hot dogs are so good. -Good? They're a home run. 1046 00:55:58,316 --> 00:56:00,275 Home run? They're a grand slam. 1047 00:56:00,443 --> 00:56:01,777 Just like at the ballpark. 1048 00:56:01,945 --> 00:56:03,696 ANNOUNCER: MandM Hot Dogs at Daitch shopwell. 1049 00:56:03,863 --> 00:56:06,198 -Hey. -Oh, tough luck, Mick. 1050 00:56:06,366 --> 00:56:07,783 Right into the water hole. 1051 00:56:07,951 --> 00:56:09,451 --would resume nuclear testing. 1052 00:56:09,619 --> 00:56:12,121 -Everyone is concerned about one thing. -Look at this. 1053 00:56:12,288 --> 00:56:14,915 Who's going to break Babe Ruth's home-run record? 1054 00:56:15,083 --> 00:56:17,960 Roger Maris comes into this crucial Labor Day weekend series... 1055 00:56:18,128 --> 00:56:20,504 ...against the second place Tigers with 51. 1056 00:56:20,672 --> 00:56:23,549 But Mickey Mantle is right behind him with 48. 1057 00:56:23,717 --> 00:56:26,927 So the only question now is which M to root for. 1058 00:56:27,095 --> 00:56:29,346 Well, no doubt. I mean, it's Mickey Mantle. 1059 00:56:29,514 --> 00:56:31,348 He's the greatest player that ever was. 1060 00:56:31,516 --> 00:56:35,144 Well, I don't wanna see Roger Maris break the record. 1061 00:56:35,311 --> 00:56:36,770 He's always frowning. 1062 00:56:36,938 --> 00:56:38,814 Besides, Mickey's such a dreamboat. 1063 00:56:39,774 --> 00:56:40,816 Hey, dreamboat. 1064 00:56:40,984 --> 00:56:44,403 If anyone's gonna break the record, I think it ought to be Mantle. 1065 00:56:44,571 --> 00:56:48,532 Because after all, he's really a Yankee. 1066 00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:51,118 I mean, the real Yankee kind of guy. 1067 00:56:51,286 --> 00:56:54,663 I never heard of this guy, Maris, till last year. 1068 00:56:54,831 --> 00:56:57,916 And I don't know. He leaves me flat. 1069 00:56:58,084 --> 00:57:00,419 REPORTER: And who are you rooting for? -I want Roger. 1070 00:57:00,587 --> 00:57:02,838 -There you go, you got a vote. REPORTER: And why is that? 1071 00:57:03,006 --> 00:57:06,342 Well, because everyone else is rooting for Mickey. 1072 00:57:06,509 --> 00:57:10,346 REPORTER: The year Ruth hit 60, his teammate, Lou Gehrig, hammered 47. 1073 00:57:10,513 --> 00:57:13,015 They were bitter rivals and barely spoke. 1074 00:57:13,183 --> 00:57:15,976 As for the MandM boys, I'm told there's also a rift. 1075 00:57:16,144 --> 00:57:17,728 Even a feud growing between them. 1076 00:57:17,896 --> 00:57:20,939 -Are we feuding? -Yeah, I guess so. It's on TV. 1077 00:57:21,107 --> 00:57:23,484 -Well, fuck you, then. -Up yours. 1078 00:57:23,651 --> 00:57:26,028 --Yankee players are pulling for Mantle. 1079 00:57:26,404 --> 00:57:28,072 But you didn't hear that from me. 1080 00:57:28,239 --> 00:57:31,617 From Yankee Stadium, I'm Gabe pressman. 1081 00:57:31,910 --> 00:57:33,911 [UPBEAT JINGLE PLAYING OVER TV] 1082 00:57:36,039 --> 00:57:39,541 -Oh. Time for Andy Griffith. -Oh, yeah? 1083 00:57:44,714 --> 00:57:46,048 Hey, Bob, are you awake? 1084 00:57:47,550 --> 00:57:50,094 Yeah, sort of. 1085 00:57:51,554 --> 00:57:53,263 Is it true... 1086 00:57:54,015 --> 00:57:56,350 ...what they're saying on TV there about Mickey... 1087 00:57:57,727 --> 00:57:59,478 ...and all the fellas rooting for him? 1088 00:57:59,646 --> 00:58:01,230 Oh, jeez, don't ask me this. 1089 00:58:02,232 --> 00:58:05,317 Look, it's all right, you know, I just wanna know. 1090 00:58:08,697 --> 00:58:12,074 What are you, a reporter all of a sudden? Heh-heh. 1091 00:58:17,580 --> 00:58:20,082 How should I know what anybody thinks? 1092 00:58:20,917 --> 00:58:22,584 I mean, Mickey's been here forever. 1093 00:58:22,961 --> 00:58:24,003 Yeah, I know. 1094 00:58:24,170 --> 00:58:26,797 Most of the guys, they've known him five years, 10 years. 1095 00:58:26,965 --> 00:58:30,217 -They came up with him in the farm system. -Yeah. 1096 00:58:30,385 --> 00:58:35,097 Well, I'm not saying that's what it is, you know? 1097 00:58:35,974 --> 00:58:39,018 We don't talk about it. I don't know. 1098 00:58:40,103 --> 00:58:43,814 I mean, it's nothing personal if they do. 1099 00:58:43,982 --> 00:58:47,109 But I'm not saying they do because I don't know. 1100 00:58:47,777 --> 00:58:49,778 But if they were... 1101 00:58:50,447 --> 00:58:52,614 ...it's not personal, you know? 1102 00:58:52,782 --> 00:58:54,199 Yeah. 1103 00:58:54,451 --> 00:58:55,784 Sure. 1104 00:58:56,453 --> 00:58:58,746 I don't hear nothing. 1105 00:59:02,751 --> 00:59:04,209 Thanks. 1106 00:59:06,629 --> 00:59:08,255 MAN 1 : Mickey, sign this for me. 1107 00:59:08,423 --> 00:59:10,424 [CROWD CLAMORING] 1108 00:59:12,135 --> 00:59:13,635 WOMAN: I love you. 1109 00:59:13,803 --> 00:59:15,304 I love you, Mickey! 1110 00:59:17,557 --> 00:59:19,975 MAN 2: Gathering over here. MAN 3: Hey, Maris! 1111 00:59:20,143 --> 00:59:23,979 Hey, Maris, if I was batting in front of Mickey, I'd have 50 homers too. 1112 00:59:24,147 --> 00:59:25,939 Roger. Roger. 1113 00:59:26,107 --> 00:59:28,108 Please, Roger. Make it for my sick kid. 1114 00:59:28,276 --> 00:59:30,652 -He loves you, Roger, please. -Sure. 1115 00:59:30,820 --> 00:59:32,821 -Just put your X on the ball, please. -Okay. 1116 00:59:32,989 --> 00:59:36,325 Oh, God. Thank you, thank you. We love you, we love you. 1117 00:59:36,493 --> 00:59:38,410 Hey. Hey, hold on a second. 1118 00:59:39,287 --> 00:59:41,163 MAN: Maris! 1119 00:59:42,374 --> 00:59:43,666 An X? 1120 00:59:43,833 --> 00:59:45,834 What am l, fucking stupid? 1121 00:59:46,002 --> 00:59:47,670 Fuck you, Maris. Fuck you. 1122 00:59:49,631 --> 00:59:51,048 Dan? 1123 00:59:52,175 --> 00:59:53,842 Sit down, Ralph. 1124 00:59:55,679 --> 00:59:57,429 HOUK: You wanted to see me? 1125 00:59:58,098 --> 01:00:01,642 I just love sitting here in the quiet before a game. 1126 01:00:02,310 --> 01:00:04,853 What these seats have seen, huh? 1127 01:00:05,730 --> 01:00:08,023 I've been thinking. I wondered what you thought... 1128 01:00:08,191 --> 01:00:10,859 ...about changing the lineup tonight. 1129 01:00:11,194 --> 01:00:12,736 What kind of change? 1130 01:00:12,904 --> 01:00:15,280 Switching Mantle and Maris. 1131 01:00:15,448 --> 01:00:17,032 You serious? 1132 01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:21,245 We're a game and a half up on the Tigers and you want me to screw with it? 1133 01:00:21,413 --> 01:00:23,205 What is this about? The home runs? 1134 01:00:23,373 --> 01:00:26,375 You reading the fan mail? You wanna let the fans manage the team? 1135 01:00:26,543 --> 01:00:29,044 The fans pay your salary, Ralph. 1136 01:00:29,212 --> 01:00:32,715 Well, you can change the lineup if you want. 1137 01:00:32,882 --> 01:00:34,425 But not while I'm manager. 1138 01:00:34,592 --> 01:00:35,884 And I'll tell you something. 1139 01:00:36,052 --> 01:00:39,054 The right guy is gonna break that stupid record. 1140 01:00:39,597 --> 01:00:41,807 Change the fucking lineup. 1141 01:00:44,769 --> 01:00:46,854 ANNOUNCER: Number six, Al Kaline. 1142 01:00:47,022 --> 01:00:51,316 Well, we got a 10-20 here, my friends. Top of the fifth in a scoreless game. 1143 01:00:51,484 --> 01:00:53,402 Two outs, runner on first. 1144 01:00:53,570 --> 01:00:56,280 Here comes Al Kaline to the plate. 1145 01:00:59,826 --> 01:01:01,201 Phil: But there goes Wood. 1146 01:01:01,995 --> 01:01:04,913 With a line drive through the gap. Boy, this could be trouble. 1147 01:01:05,081 --> 01:01:06,707 It's gonna go in between them. 1148 01:01:06,875 --> 01:01:11,420 There's Maris. Maris makes a great play. Tips it to Mantle and here comes the relay. 1149 01:01:11,588 --> 01:01:15,382 -Faster, hold up, wait a minute! MEL: They're gonna hold him at third. 1150 01:01:18,261 --> 01:01:19,511 -Damn. MEL: Wow, look at that. 1151 01:01:19,679 --> 01:01:21,388 -How about that? PHIL: Holy cow. 1152 01:01:21,556 --> 01:01:24,933 Maris, with one of the best plays I've seen to save a run for the Yanks. 1153 01:01:25,101 --> 01:01:28,270 Boy, the MandM Boys doing it with the glove. 1154 01:01:28,438 --> 01:01:30,481 -No homers tonight. -We won the game. 1155 01:01:30,648 --> 01:01:32,191 You getting a little tired, Rog? 1156 01:01:32,359 --> 01:01:34,610 I'm getting tired of these questions, that's what. 1157 01:01:34,778 --> 01:01:36,111 I understand, just one more. 1158 01:01:36,279 --> 01:01:38,614 I don't think you do understand. You were there. 1159 01:01:38,782 --> 01:01:40,949 Moose won the game for us, Ellie's batting .340. 1160 01:01:41,117 --> 01:01:44,286 Whitey's gonna win 20 games this season. Why don't you talk to them? 1161 01:01:44,454 --> 01:01:46,538 -I'm not the only one on this team. -I got it. 1162 01:01:46,706 --> 01:01:49,124 Rog, one more thing. What's with your new autograph? 1163 01:01:49,292 --> 01:01:50,709 What are you talking about? 1164 01:01:50,877 --> 01:01:53,128 The guy says, "Put an X on this ball for my kid." 1165 01:01:53,296 --> 01:01:55,506 So I sign it X and the son of a bitch takes off. 1166 01:01:55,674 --> 01:01:58,258 I was gonna give him a real one, I was kidding. Shit. 1167 01:01:58,426 --> 01:02:00,552 We win the most important game of the season... 1168 01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:02,680 ...and this is the horseshit they write? 1169 01:02:02,847 --> 01:02:04,056 Hey, Bob, I'm eating here. 1170 01:02:04,224 --> 01:02:07,142 Sorry, Mick. You know you're not the only one with a bum knee. 1171 01:02:07,310 --> 01:02:09,895 I don't know what smells worse, your foot or these eggs. 1172 01:02:10,063 --> 01:02:11,814 This is horseshit, this is horseshit. 1173 01:02:11,981 --> 01:02:13,482 I'd never make a kid cry. 1174 01:02:13,650 --> 01:02:16,026 For a guy who don't like the press, you read a lot. 1175 01:02:16,194 --> 01:02:17,861 Yeah, well, Mickey, listen. 1176 01:02:18,029 --> 01:02:22,032 They wanna write about whatever happens on the ball field, that's fair game, but this? 1177 01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,410 This is cheap-shot bullshit. 1178 01:02:24,577 --> 01:02:26,704 Hey, cheap shots, man. That's part of the deal. 1179 01:02:26,871 --> 01:02:30,833 In '53, I tried to volunteer for the Army, but I got rejected on account of my knees. 1180 01:02:31,001 --> 01:02:32,835 Papers started calling me a draft dodger. 1181 01:02:33,003 --> 01:02:35,796 Don't matter what the truth is. I still get booed for that. 1182 01:02:35,964 --> 01:02:39,258 -What do you do? You just get used to it? -No, but you got to. 1183 01:02:39,426 --> 01:02:40,884 -Ow. -What are you doing? 1184 01:02:41,052 --> 01:02:42,344 This hangnail's killing me. 1185 01:02:42,512 --> 01:02:44,680 -Take it in the bedroom. That's disgusting. -Ow. 1186 01:02:44,848 --> 01:02:45,889 "Mean-spirited Roger." 1187 01:02:46,057 --> 01:02:48,809 Hey, I'm not even good enough for people to write about. 1188 01:02:49,853 --> 01:02:52,855 Why are you reading this stuff, Roger? It's not helping you. 1189 01:02:53,023 --> 01:02:56,567 Look, whether you guys break this record or not... 1190 01:02:56,735 --> 01:03:00,446 ...it ain't gonna mean nothing unless we get back to the World Series, you know? 1191 01:03:00,613 --> 01:03:03,115 They may have to cut my knee at the end of the season. 1192 01:03:03,283 --> 01:03:04,992 I might need that 8000 bucks. 1193 01:03:06,036 --> 01:03:08,203 I know, I'm sorry about that. 1194 01:03:10,206 --> 01:03:11,582 Oh. 1195 01:03:11,916 --> 01:03:14,626 Aw. Now look what you've done. 1196 01:03:14,794 --> 01:03:17,004 Probably make it taste better. 1197 01:03:17,505 --> 01:03:21,175 MEL: Maris already hit his 52nd homer today and he's looking for number 53. 1198 01:03:21,593 --> 01:03:24,136 Lary on the mound and the wind up. Here's the pitch. 1199 01:03:25,221 --> 01:03:26,388 Oh, he's got it. 1200 01:03:26,556 --> 01:03:29,558 That ball is deep into right field, hairline back to the wall. 1201 01:03:30,435 --> 01:03:32,811 That ball is going, going.... 1202 01:03:32,979 --> 01:03:36,732 It is gone. Number 53 for Roger Maris. 1203 01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:38,484 How about that? 1204 01:03:38,651 --> 01:03:40,069 MAN: Come on! CROWD: Boo! 1205 01:03:40,236 --> 01:03:41,570 [CROWD BOOING] 1206 01:03:45,867 --> 01:03:48,660 Can you believe this? They're booing him in his own ballpark. 1207 01:03:48,828 --> 01:03:50,954 Yeah, I wonder why, Artie. 1208 01:03:52,499 --> 01:03:54,875 -Bum! MEL: I don't understand this, Phil. 1209 01:03:55,043 --> 01:03:58,253 No, there's a couple of huckleberries out there letting Roger know... 1210 01:03:58,421 --> 01:04:00,798 ...they don't want him to break Ruth's record, jeez. 1211 01:04:00,965 --> 01:04:02,883 -Nice one. MAN: Did hit the ball. 1212 01:04:03,051 --> 01:04:04,760 You'd never know he has 53 home runs. 1213 01:04:04,928 --> 01:04:06,887 Damned if he does, damned if he don't. 1214 01:04:07,055 --> 01:04:08,263 Nice shot, Rog. 1215 01:04:08,431 --> 01:04:09,765 Good job, Roger. Good job. 1216 01:04:09,933 --> 01:04:12,101 -Good job, Rog. -Put a price on it, baby. 1217 01:04:12,268 --> 01:04:17,690 ANNOUNCER: Number seven, the center fielder, Mickey Mantle. 1218 01:04:17,857 --> 01:04:19,400 Number seven. 1219 01:04:19,567 --> 01:04:21,026 FAN 1: Mickey! 1220 01:04:21,194 --> 01:04:23,445 Come on, Mick! Mickey, let's go! 1221 01:04:23,613 --> 01:04:24,780 Come on, Mick! 1222 01:04:24,948 --> 01:04:28,200 FAN 2: Mickey! FAN 3: You can do it, Mickey! 1223 01:04:28,368 --> 01:04:30,285 [CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] 1224 01:04:39,629 --> 01:04:41,130 Time. 1225 01:04:46,636 --> 01:04:49,096 I�ve never seen him get a hand like this before. 1226 01:04:49,264 --> 01:04:51,640 He's never been the underdog before. 1227 01:04:52,100 --> 01:04:54,101 [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING CONTINUE] 1228 01:05:04,779 --> 01:05:06,780 Now, this is really something, folks. 1229 01:05:06,948 --> 01:05:10,159 Mantle is at the plate, stuck on 48 home runs... 1230 01:05:10,326 --> 01:05:15,539 ...and this Yankee crowd is trying to will him back into this home run race. 1231 01:05:15,707 --> 01:05:18,417 -Come on, Mickey. MEL: It's the Yankee fans at their very best. 1232 01:05:18,585 --> 01:05:19,835 -How about that? PHIL: Wow... 1233 01:05:20,003 --> 01:05:21,337 ...and I tell you something else. 1234 01:05:21,504 --> 01:05:24,381 He gets a hold of one the way he's swinging, it's gonna go to Jersey. 1235 01:05:24,549 --> 01:05:26,008 Mark my word. 1236 01:05:31,931 --> 01:05:34,516 [GROANING] 1237 01:05:42,984 --> 01:05:44,443 Oh, no. 1238 01:05:45,820 --> 01:05:47,529 -Mick, what is it? -I'm okay. 1239 01:05:47,697 --> 01:05:49,031 Come on, let me see. 1240 01:05:49,199 --> 01:05:51,283 -What is it, Mick? -My fucking arm. 1241 01:05:51,451 --> 01:05:53,202 -Ow. -You all right? I can put Blanchard in. 1242 01:05:53,370 --> 01:05:54,370 No. 1243 01:05:54,537 --> 01:05:57,539 -You all right? -Don't ask me twice. 1244 01:06:00,043 --> 01:06:01,168 God. 1245 01:06:14,140 --> 01:06:16,725 You know, I heard Bunting's pitching tomorrow. 1246 01:06:17,227 --> 01:06:18,394 Yup. 1247 01:06:18,561 --> 01:06:20,813 -He's tough. MICKEY: Yup. 1248 01:06:20,980 --> 01:06:22,731 Win tomorrow and sweep. 1249 01:06:22,899 --> 01:06:24,566 Damn straight. 1250 01:06:25,443 --> 01:06:26,985 We'll get them. 1251 01:06:35,995 --> 01:06:38,872 ANNOUNCER: Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen. 1252 01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:41,041 Here are the starting lineups. 1253 01:06:42,919 --> 01:06:45,295 I always knew I'd end up tying your shoes, Mick. 1254 01:06:45,463 --> 01:06:47,172 I just figured it would be in a nursing home. 1255 01:06:47,340 --> 01:06:48,924 Ow! Fuck, Gus. 1256 01:06:49,092 --> 01:06:51,427 [DOOR OPENS] 1257 01:06:53,179 --> 01:06:54,763 How you doing there, Mickey? 1258 01:06:54,931 --> 01:06:56,265 I'm okay. 1259 01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:00,644 Maybe you ought to sit this one out. 1260 01:07:00,812 --> 01:07:03,272 No fucking way, Ralph. I'm playing. 1261 01:07:05,608 --> 01:07:08,944 What are you looking at him for? It's my arm. I say I'm okay, I'm okay. 1262 01:07:11,406 --> 01:07:12,781 I'm playing. 1263 01:07:12,949 --> 01:07:13,991 [CROWD CHEERING] 1264 01:07:14,159 --> 01:07:17,578 ANNOUNCER: Number seven, the center fielder, Mickey Mantle. 1265 01:07:17,746 --> 01:07:19,538 Number seven. 1266 01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:24,918 -I can't believe he's out there. -You should've seen him last night. 1267 01:07:25,170 --> 01:07:26,628 I know. 1268 01:07:33,303 --> 01:07:34,803 FAN 1: Let's go! 1269 01:07:35,638 --> 01:07:38,140 MEL: Maris leads off first. 1270 01:07:38,308 --> 01:07:40,017 Here we go, here's the pitch. 1271 01:07:40,185 --> 01:07:42,853 That's gotta hurt with that pulled muscle in his forearm. 1272 01:07:43,021 --> 01:07:45,814 PHIL: Boy, it hurts me just to watch him, Mel. 1273 01:07:47,442 --> 01:07:49,360 Go ahead, try that again. 1274 01:07:55,575 --> 01:07:57,409 FAN 2: Come on, Mick! 1275 01:08:09,756 --> 01:08:11,006 MEL: Bunting sets. 1276 01:08:11,174 --> 01:08:12,633 Here's the pitch. 1277 01:08:12,801 --> 01:08:14,134 [GRUNTS] 1278 01:08:17,013 --> 01:08:21,183 MEL: Oh, my God. It's a long fly ball deep into right center field. 1279 01:08:21,351 --> 01:08:23,644 Rudy goes back, he's not gonna get there. It's out of here. 1280 01:08:23,812 --> 01:08:26,021 [CHEERING] 1281 01:08:26,189 --> 01:08:28,649 He's a fucking god. 1282 01:08:29,192 --> 01:08:31,026 -Oh, yeah. -Forty-nine. 1283 01:08:31,194 --> 01:08:34,697 MEL: Mickey Mantle hit that ball over 450 feet. How about that? 1284 01:08:34,864 --> 01:08:37,157 -Forty-nine! -Forty-nine! 1285 01:08:42,956 --> 01:08:46,291 That is the gutsiest thing I�ve ever seen on a ball field. 1286 01:08:47,377 --> 01:08:49,962 MEL: They love hearing a big ball park. 1287 01:08:50,463 --> 01:08:52,256 ROGER: Hell of a hit, Mick. Put her there pal. 1288 01:08:52,424 --> 01:08:53,549 Can't do it. 1289 01:08:53,717 --> 01:08:56,719 PHIL: A one-armed home run. I can't even eat pizza with one arm. 1290 01:08:56,886 --> 01:08:58,929 Hell of a job, Mickey, hell of a job. 1291 01:08:59,889 --> 01:09:01,890 -Nice shot. MAN: He's coming to get you, Rog. 1292 01:09:02,058 --> 01:09:05,894 You're nothing without Mickey. He's coming to get you, man. 1293 01:09:06,229 --> 01:09:09,440 Can you believe that shot? One hand. One hand. Whoo. 1294 01:09:09,774 --> 01:09:11,400 [DOOR UNLOCKING] 1295 01:09:16,573 --> 01:09:17,614 [GIGGLES] 1296 01:09:17,782 --> 01:09:19,033 Shh. 1297 01:09:28,418 --> 01:09:30,127 Let me get a drink. 1298 01:09:30,295 --> 01:09:31,628 Come on. 1299 01:09:38,094 --> 01:09:39,511 What are you doing up? 1300 01:09:40,096 --> 01:09:42,514 Oh, you know, I couldn't sleep, so.... 1301 01:09:45,352 --> 01:09:46,560 [SIGHS] 1302 01:09:47,437 --> 01:09:49,772 Is that Roger Maris? 1303 01:09:51,232 --> 01:09:53,692 I'm gonna have to take a rain check on tonight, okay? 1304 01:09:53,860 --> 01:09:55,611 -But Mickey. MICKEY: I know, I'm sorry. 1305 01:09:55,779 --> 01:09:57,279 I'll call you. 1306 01:10:07,624 --> 01:10:09,041 [SIGHS] 1307 01:10:09,501 --> 01:10:11,210 -How's the arm? -Mm. 1308 01:10:18,009 --> 01:10:20,803 You ought to go in early tomorrow, let Gus have a look at it. 1309 01:10:20,970 --> 01:10:24,014 No, I'm all right. I'll be fine. 1310 01:10:24,641 --> 01:10:25,808 Shit, Mickey. 1311 01:10:25,975 --> 01:10:28,769 We're only four games up on Detroit. Take care of yourself. 1312 01:10:28,937 --> 01:10:32,189 All right, if I needed a caretaker, I'd have moved in with my mother. 1313 01:10:41,491 --> 01:10:43,826 I know there's a lot of bullshit about this record. 1314 01:10:43,993 --> 01:10:46,453 I don't care about this stupid record, Mickey. 1315 01:10:46,621 --> 01:10:50,290 -They can shove it up their ass for all I care. -Oh, come on, give me a break. 1316 01:10:50,458 --> 01:10:53,335 -Why can't you just admit you want it too? -Oh, shut up, man. 1317 01:10:53,503 --> 01:10:55,921 Come on, Christ. Have fun with it. 1318 01:10:56,089 --> 01:10:59,925 If you can't have a good time playing baseball, there's something wrong with you. 1319 01:11:00,093 --> 01:11:02,052 Easy for you to say, isn't it, Mick? 1320 01:11:02,220 --> 01:11:03,345 Oh, come on. 1321 01:11:03,513 --> 01:11:05,848 Quit feeling so sorry for yourself, huh? 1322 01:11:06,016 --> 01:11:09,184 I mean, hey, man, I know. It's been rough on you, all that stuff. 1323 01:11:09,352 --> 01:11:12,813 But you ain't exactly helping it much. I told you how to handle them guys. 1324 01:11:12,981 --> 01:11:14,023 You don't wanna listen. 1325 01:11:14,190 --> 01:11:17,234 You told me? You told me a lot about a lot of different things. 1326 01:11:17,402 --> 01:11:20,863 Then you go and do whatever you want and nobody says shit about it to you. 1327 01:11:21,031 --> 01:11:23,824 Don't get on my case just because everybody else is on yours. 1328 01:11:23,992 --> 01:11:26,535 -It's not my problem. -Right, it's my problem. 1329 01:11:26,703 --> 01:11:28,495 My problem. 1330 01:11:28,788 --> 01:11:32,041 You, you just go out and do whatever the hell you want-- 1331 01:11:32,751 --> 01:11:34,668 Mickey, you ever just stop and think... 1332 01:11:34,836 --> 01:11:37,796 ...if you took better care, you wouldn't be getting hurt? 1333 01:11:37,964 --> 01:11:40,924 Did you see what you did out there today with only one arm? 1334 01:11:41,092 --> 01:11:42,968 And tonight, you're out screwing around. 1335 01:11:43,136 --> 01:11:45,888 How'd you do that? You're Mickey Mantle, for chrissake. 1336 01:11:46,056 --> 01:11:49,016 What's that mean? What the fuck's that supposed to mean? 1337 01:11:49,976 --> 01:11:52,770 I don't know, Mick, maybe you're the one who doesn't want it. 1338 01:11:52,937 --> 01:11:55,439 You think you know about me? You don't know shit. 1339 01:11:55,607 --> 01:11:56,982 Yeah? 1340 01:11:57,150 --> 01:11:58,650 Fine. 1341 01:11:59,778 --> 01:12:01,737 My dad died when he was 39. 1342 01:12:01,905 --> 01:12:03,072 Hodgkins. 1343 01:12:03,239 --> 01:12:05,741 My grandfather, my uncle, same thing. 1344 01:12:05,909 --> 01:12:08,243 None of them made it past the age of 45, all right? 1345 01:12:08,411 --> 01:12:10,329 So I'm gonna live my life the way I want. 1346 01:12:14,417 --> 01:12:16,919 Why don't you get off my back. Go call your wife. 1347 01:12:17,087 --> 01:12:19,088 Go cry to her about it. 1348 01:12:20,965 --> 01:12:22,424 All right, then. 1349 01:12:24,427 --> 01:12:25,469 Shit. 1350 01:12:25,637 --> 01:12:27,221 Man. 1351 01:12:48,618 --> 01:12:50,619 [PHONE RINGING] 1352 01:12:51,663 --> 01:12:52,788 PAT [OVER PHONE]: Hello? 1353 01:12:52,956 --> 01:12:53,956 ROGER: Hi, it's me. 1354 01:12:54,124 --> 01:12:56,667 PAT: Oh, it's late. Is everything all right? 1355 01:12:57,877 --> 01:12:59,878 ROGER: Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. 1356 01:13:00,046 --> 01:13:01,296 PAT: What's wrong? 1357 01:13:01,464 --> 01:13:03,007 [CHATTERING] 1358 01:13:03,174 --> 01:13:06,677 PAT: Tell me. ROGER: Oh, I don't know, honey. 1359 01:13:07,220 --> 01:13:10,848 Sometimes I just feel like I'm up against the world here. 1360 01:13:11,182 --> 01:13:12,224 Look, I gotta warm up. 1361 01:13:12,392 --> 01:13:15,436 ROGER: You know, I mean, I can see it. I can see it in their eyes. 1362 01:13:15,603 --> 01:13:17,646 They're all pulling for Mickey. 1363 01:13:17,814 --> 01:13:19,398 PAT: How are you two getting along? 1364 01:13:19,566 --> 01:13:20,607 ROGER: What do you mean? 1365 01:13:20,775 --> 01:13:23,027 PAT: Well, some of the papers say you two are fighting. 1366 01:13:23,194 --> 01:13:26,530 ROGER: No, no, they're just stirring up trouble, you know. 1367 01:13:26,698 --> 01:13:28,949 I hope he hits 80 home runs, Pat, I do. 1368 01:13:29,117 --> 01:13:30,701 PAT: And you hit 81. 1369 01:13:30,869 --> 01:13:32,077 [PAT AND ROGER CHUCKLE] 1370 01:13:32,245 --> 01:13:33,579 ROGER: Yeah, of course. 1371 01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:36,665 But I just can't figure it, honey. 1372 01:13:36,833 --> 01:13:40,044 Why does it gotta be they only have room in their hearts for one guy? 1373 01:13:40,211 --> 01:13:41,879 PAT: Oh, I don't know, sweetheart. 1374 01:13:42,047 --> 01:13:43,964 ROGER: Boy, sometimes I wish they'd traded me... 1375 01:13:44,132 --> 01:13:45,799 ...at the beginning of the year, you know? 1376 01:13:45,967 --> 01:13:47,676 PAT: Oh, you know you don't mean that, Roger. 1377 01:13:47,844 --> 01:13:51,138 ROGER: No, I do. I really do. 1378 01:13:52,474 --> 01:13:55,434 PAT: Oh, I wish I could be there with you. 1379 01:13:55,602 --> 01:13:57,019 ROGER: Yeah. 1380 01:13:57,187 --> 01:13:59,021 Yeah, me too. 1381 01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:04,401 [MEN CHATTERING] 1382 01:14:25,006 --> 01:14:27,341 MAN 1: If you want, she's got a sister. MAN 2: Okay. 1383 01:14:32,889 --> 01:14:35,057 MAN 3: Cut right through it. 1384 01:14:38,478 --> 01:14:40,604 [SNEEZES THEN GROANS] 1385 01:14:40,772 --> 01:14:43,482 Why can't I kick this goddamn flu? 1386 01:14:43,650 --> 01:14:46,235 I get it two days, goes away, get it again worse. 1387 01:14:46,403 --> 01:14:49,405 I get these chills, I can't sleep at night. 1388 01:14:49,572 --> 01:14:51,115 Mick, this is my doctor. 1389 01:14:51,282 --> 01:14:54,910 Now, he treats Eddie Fisher, Sammy Davis, a lot of entertainers. 1390 01:14:55,078 --> 01:14:56,870 He's got this magic shot. 1391 01:14:57,038 --> 01:14:59,832 I�ve been sick during the day, I take one of these shots... 1392 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:01,583 ...I do the game that night. 1393 01:15:01,876 --> 01:15:05,295 Now, his name's Max Jacobson. You give him a call, he'll take care of you. 1394 01:15:05,463 --> 01:15:06,630 Thanks, Mel. 1395 01:15:07,215 --> 01:15:08,590 You bet. 1396 01:15:10,927 --> 01:15:12,928 Seems like a good idea. 1397 01:15:16,766 --> 01:15:17,766 HOUK: Hey, Mick. 1398 01:15:17,934 --> 01:15:19,935 I'm not gonna take you out of the lineup... 1399 01:15:20,103 --> 01:15:23,397 ...but I need you for the Series, so if you need rest let me know. 1400 01:15:23,565 --> 01:15:25,274 I'll be all right. Tell you what. 1401 01:15:25,442 --> 01:15:28,610 I'll go get this shot and I'll be good as new. 1402 01:15:30,488 --> 01:15:32,781 You take care of yourself. You don't get sick. 1403 01:15:32,949 --> 01:15:35,868 Think your boy Roger's gonna do it now that he's falling apart? 1404 01:15:36,036 --> 01:15:39,288 He's not my boy, and if they pitch to him, he's still got a shot. 1405 01:15:39,456 --> 01:15:41,999 No, it's over. The record's safe. 1406 01:15:42,167 --> 01:15:44,293 -See you, Milt. -Yeah. 1407 01:15:51,426 --> 01:15:52,843 [SIGHS] 1408 01:15:56,806 --> 01:15:58,807 -Oh, hey, I look pretty good there. -Yeah. 1409 01:15:59,476 --> 01:16:01,477 Yeah, never better. 1410 01:16:08,318 --> 01:16:09,818 MICKEY: Jeez. 1411 01:16:14,407 --> 01:16:16,158 People are stupid sometimes. 1412 01:16:18,661 --> 01:16:20,037 Yeah. 1413 01:16:23,917 --> 01:16:27,711 You know, Mick, where I grew up, you went to school, you got married... 1414 01:16:27,879 --> 01:16:30,673 ...you worked hard and stayed in Fargo the rest of your life. 1415 01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:32,091 That was it. 1416 01:16:32,509 --> 01:16:35,260 I tell you what, that would've been just fine with me. 1417 01:16:35,428 --> 01:16:36,970 Except l.... 1418 01:16:37,138 --> 01:16:39,014 I could play ball. 1419 01:16:41,059 --> 01:16:43,060 And my father taught me just like you. 1420 01:16:43,228 --> 01:16:44,561 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 1421 01:16:44,729 --> 01:16:47,940 He was tough, boy. Pushed us hard. 1422 01:16:48,108 --> 01:16:51,276 My brother Rudy, he was a hell of a player. 1423 01:16:51,444 --> 01:16:53,737 He was far better than I was. 1424 01:16:53,905 --> 01:16:57,116 We all thought that he was gonna be the one. 1425 01:16:59,244 --> 01:17:01,078 I don't think I would've played ball... 1426 01:17:01,246 --> 01:17:03,706 ...if he hadn't had dragged me to the park all the time. 1427 01:17:05,375 --> 01:17:09,461 -Then he got sick with polio. -Oh, jeez. 1428 01:17:09,629 --> 01:17:11,463 It was real bad. 1429 01:17:12,716 --> 01:17:14,967 My father, he just.... 1430 01:17:15,385 --> 01:17:18,762 He just got torn up inside, you know, just.... 1431 01:17:22,684 --> 01:17:27,563 Parents started fighting all the time. Screaming and yelling about everything. 1432 01:17:29,065 --> 01:17:32,109 But nobody ever talked about it, you know. 1433 01:17:32,944 --> 01:17:35,029 Not even in the house. 1434 01:17:37,866 --> 01:17:39,950 Just kept it private. 1435 01:17:40,118 --> 01:17:44,204 You know, it was nobody's business. Your life is your life. 1436 01:17:44,998 --> 01:17:46,415 Yeah. 1437 01:17:51,087 --> 01:17:52,963 You're like a movie star to these people, you know. 1438 01:17:53,131 --> 01:17:56,425 -Oh. -No, you are, Mick. You got a way. 1439 01:17:56,760 --> 01:17:59,053 But me, if I don't wanna talk about things... 1440 01:17:59,220 --> 01:18:02,598 ...and I don't know what they wanna hear and I just wanna play ball... 1441 01:18:02,766 --> 01:18:05,768 ...what does that make me? I mean, does that make me the bad guy? 1442 01:18:05,935 --> 01:18:07,519 There is no bad guy, Rog. 1443 01:18:07,687 --> 01:18:11,774 Well, I got about a thousand more of these says you're wrong. 1444 01:18:12,609 --> 01:18:14,193 I just.... 1445 01:18:14,569 --> 01:18:17,863 I just don't understand why it's so important to them, you know? 1446 01:18:18,615 --> 01:18:22,117 Maybe you ought to forget about your mail for a while, you know? 1447 01:18:22,952 --> 01:18:25,120 Put this shit away. 1448 01:18:25,288 --> 01:18:27,873 No, I gotta write back to the kids, you know. 1449 01:18:29,250 --> 01:18:32,628 Believe it or not, there's some real nice ones in there from the kids. 1450 01:18:42,514 --> 01:18:45,349 -Good night, Rog. -Good night, Mick. 1451 01:18:46,017 --> 01:18:49,103 Happy birthday. Happy birthday, Rog. 1452 01:18:49,270 --> 01:18:51,980 From all the gang at Toots Shor. There you go, pal. 1453 01:18:52,148 --> 01:18:53,482 -Thank you. -Blow the candles. 1454 01:18:53,650 --> 01:18:55,150 -Make a wish. -Blow them out. 1455 01:18:55,318 --> 01:18:57,194 [ALL CHEER] 1456 01:18:57,362 --> 01:18:59,321 -Here we go, toast. -Happy birthday. 1457 01:18:59,489 --> 01:19:00,948 -Cheers. -Happy birthday, Rog. 1458 01:19:01,116 --> 01:19:03,659 -All right. -It's good shit, huh? 1459 01:19:03,993 --> 01:19:06,995 -Oh, that's good, Mick. -I had Toots bring out the best. 1460 01:19:07,163 --> 01:19:09,790 Man, look at you. You all right? You don't look so good. 1461 01:19:09,958 --> 01:19:12,876 I went to this stupid doctor and got a shot for my flu. 1462 01:19:13,044 --> 01:19:14,503 -Yeah? -Right in my hip. 1463 01:19:14,671 --> 01:19:18,382 Now my hip's all infected or something. It's swollen. I don't know what's wrong. 1464 01:19:18,550 --> 01:19:21,010 -I'll tell you, you should have-- TOOTS: Excuse me, fellas. 1465 01:19:21,177 --> 01:19:23,595 I got a couple of my nieces over at the bar. 1466 01:19:23,763 --> 01:19:26,098 They're nice, sweet college girls down from Boston. 1467 01:19:26,266 --> 01:19:28,183 Would you mind taking a picture with them? 1468 01:19:28,351 --> 01:19:29,935 -Yeah, yeah, sure. -Thanks, Rog. 1469 01:19:30,103 --> 01:19:32,771 Come on, let's go, sweetheart. These are busy men. 1470 01:19:32,939 --> 01:19:34,440 Smile. 1471 01:19:34,899 --> 01:19:36,233 PAT: It's everywhere. 1472 01:19:36,401 --> 01:19:38,485 Well, what do I tell my family, my friends? 1473 01:19:38,653 --> 01:19:41,488 I hope you tell them it's a crock because that's what it is. 1474 01:19:41,656 --> 01:19:44,616 I know, but I'm in the supermarket and people are whispering. 1475 01:19:45,785 --> 01:19:47,578 It's humiliating. 1476 01:19:47,912 --> 01:19:50,456 Why'd you have to go and take a picture with them? 1477 01:19:50,623 --> 01:19:52,541 -I don't know-- -It's embarrassing. 1478 01:19:52,709 --> 01:19:54,335 I don't know what you want from me. 1479 01:19:54,502 --> 01:19:56,879 -Roger. -They introduce me, say take a picture. 1480 01:19:57,047 --> 01:19:59,214 That's what they do. I don't control the press. 1481 01:19:59,382 --> 01:20:01,216 Roger, the kids were upset. 1482 01:20:01,384 --> 01:20:05,220 I was calling every 10 minutes. Just thought you were gonna be home to talk to us. 1483 01:20:05,388 --> 01:20:06,889 Look, I'm.... 1484 01:20:07,265 --> 01:20:11,143 Sorry, Pat, l.... Mickey came up to me after the game-- 1485 01:20:11,311 --> 01:20:13,312 It figures. One night out with Mickey. 1486 01:20:13,480 --> 01:20:17,066 No, this has nothing to do with Mickey. I wish you'd just leave him out of it. 1487 01:20:17,692 --> 01:20:18,817 Yeah. 1488 01:20:18,985 --> 01:20:21,236 You know, I don't have time for this, all right? 1489 01:20:21,404 --> 01:20:24,239 I don't know how many more times we can go over it. Sorry. 1490 01:20:24,407 --> 01:20:26,075 -There's nothing I can do. -Roger. 1491 01:20:26,242 --> 01:20:29,745 Look, you know, I gotta get to the airport. I'll call you from Detroit. 1492 01:20:33,875 --> 01:20:35,751 -Strike three. -Come on. 1493 01:20:35,919 --> 01:20:37,795 -That's bullshit. -I don't wanna run you. 1494 01:20:37,962 --> 01:20:40,923 Where's your strike zone? You're up, you're down. Be consistent. 1495 01:20:41,091 --> 01:20:42,675 -Roger, I won't run you. -Bullshit. 1496 01:20:42,842 --> 01:20:44,093 -Don't get tossed. -Come on. 1497 01:20:44,260 --> 01:20:47,096 -Don't get tossed. Don't. -You're better than that. 1498 01:20:47,263 --> 01:20:50,265 MAN: Hey, Roger, up here! Hey, hey! 1499 01:20:50,433 --> 01:20:52,851 Hey, it's the voice from above! 1500 01:20:53,019 --> 01:20:54,269 [LAUGHS] 1501 01:20:54,437 --> 01:20:56,271 Hey, Maris, up here! 1502 01:20:56,439 --> 01:20:57,856 It's The Babe! 1503 01:20:58,024 --> 01:20:59,066 [CROWD LAUGHING] 1504 01:21:02,278 --> 01:21:04,196 Hey, hey, you want my record? 1505 01:21:04,364 --> 01:21:05,572 You want my record? 1506 01:21:05,740 --> 01:21:08,742 You can come up and kiss my bambino ass! 1507 01:21:10,620 --> 01:21:14,915 Hey, saw you in the paper the other day! Nice hookers you got there, pal! 1508 01:21:15,458 --> 01:21:17,668 You're nothing. You got nothing! 1509 01:21:17,836 --> 01:21:19,920 You're never gonna be nothing! 1510 01:21:20,088 --> 01:21:21,964 Hey, what, you can't even face me? 1511 01:21:22,132 --> 01:21:24,216 You can't even look at me? 1512 01:21:24,384 --> 01:21:27,052 Oh, you wanna play ball? You wanna play some ball? 1513 01:21:27,220 --> 01:21:28,679 Hey, tell you what. 1514 01:21:28,847 --> 01:21:30,806 Catch this, you piece of shit. 1515 01:21:30,974 --> 01:21:32,474 [PEOPLE SHOUTING] 1516 01:21:32,642 --> 01:21:33,934 Shit. 1517 01:21:34,561 --> 01:21:37,146 Time! What are you, nuts? 1518 01:21:37,313 --> 01:21:38,647 What's the matter with you? 1519 01:21:40,442 --> 01:21:42,276 -All right, let's go, come on. -Come on. 1520 01:21:42,444 --> 01:21:46,071 You fucking maniac! What's wrong with you? 1521 01:21:47,073 --> 01:21:48,741 UMPIRE: We gotta get him off the field. 1522 01:21:48,908 --> 01:21:51,994 -Hey, Rog, we gotta get you off the field. -Horseshit, I'm staying. 1523 01:21:52,162 --> 01:21:54,913 -Ralph, we got a riot! -Hold on a second, it's his call. 1524 01:21:55,081 --> 01:21:56,832 -Wanna play? -I'm playing, staying in. 1525 01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:59,126 -He's playing. UMPIRE: We gotta get him off the field. 1526 01:21:59,294 --> 01:22:01,587 -Get this ball and get him out. HOUK: Wait a minute. 1527 01:22:01,755 --> 01:22:04,465 Don't you tell me to calm down! Don't tell me to calm down! 1528 01:22:04,632 --> 01:22:07,760 You control that field. My men should not be in danger. 1529 01:22:07,927 --> 01:22:09,428 Beat it, goddamn it. 1530 01:22:09,596 --> 01:22:12,514 -Hey, calm down, Ralph. Calm down. -Don't tell me to calm down. 1531 01:22:12,682 --> 01:22:14,767 -Are you gonna--? -Shut up. 1532 01:22:14,934 --> 01:22:17,686 -He shouldn't have to worry about his life. -Your call then. 1533 01:22:17,854 --> 01:22:20,439 You want my call? He's playing. He's playing safe. 1534 01:22:20,607 --> 01:22:21,732 MAN: Roger has been.... 1535 01:22:21,900 --> 01:22:23,901 [CHATTERING] 1536 01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:28,947 It's a madhouse out there. 1537 01:22:29,115 --> 01:22:31,867 -You all right, Rog? -Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. 1538 01:22:32,035 --> 01:22:34,703 -Wanna beer? -No. 1539 01:22:36,206 --> 01:22:37,498 [SIGHS] 1540 01:22:39,459 --> 01:22:41,335 Son of a bitch. 1541 01:22:43,421 --> 01:22:45,089 -What's wrong? -Oh, shit. 1542 01:22:45,256 --> 01:22:46,715 What is it? 1543 01:22:49,344 --> 01:22:51,303 Look at this, Gus. 1544 01:22:54,683 --> 01:22:56,684 [CHATTERING] 1545 01:23:02,899 --> 01:23:04,566 -Hey, slick, what is that? -Huh? 1546 01:23:04,734 --> 01:23:06,652 Oh, that's nothing. 1547 01:23:06,820 --> 01:23:08,904 MAN 1: You gotta be patient, man. MAN 2: You need to-- 1548 01:23:09,072 --> 01:23:11,031 Hey, Ralph, Roger won't come out of the-- 1549 01:23:11,199 --> 01:23:14,076 Will you give a guy a break? Did you see what happened today? 1550 01:23:14,244 --> 01:23:18,205 -Come on, Ralph, he's got a responsibility. -You guys are all over him day and night. 1551 01:23:18,373 --> 01:23:21,875 -This is a big story, come on. -Let the man be for a minute, can't you? 1552 01:23:22,043 --> 01:23:24,670 If you can't do that, I'll throw you out. Do you hear me? 1553 01:23:24,838 --> 01:23:27,172 -Bob, do your job. -Move back, will you? 1554 01:23:28,174 --> 01:23:30,509 ROGER: How does it look in back? -A few patches. 1555 01:23:30,677 --> 01:23:32,261 God. 1556 01:23:32,929 --> 01:23:34,346 What the hell is happening to me, Gus? 1557 01:23:34,514 --> 01:23:35,556 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 1558 01:23:35,724 --> 01:23:37,182 FISHEL: It's Fishel. 1559 01:23:37,350 --> 01:23:39,768 -Roger, I need you out there. -I'm not talking, Bob. 1560 01:23:39,936 --> 01:23:42,688 -Look, they've got a job. -What, hurt me and my family? 1561 01:23:42,856 --> 01:23:44,690 You only make it worse by not talking. 1562 01:23:44,858 --> 01:23:48,360 I need you to protect me, Bob. Once, one time. 1563 01:23:48,528 --> 01:23:50,529 Get those bloodsuckers off my back. 1564 01:23:50,697 --> 01:23:52,614 -Roger-- -No, no. I'm done, Bob, I'm done. 1565 01:23:52,782 --> 01:23:54,908 I'm not talking to anybody. You hear me? 1566 01:23:58,913 --> 01:24:01,248 REPORTER 1: Hey, Bob. REPORTER 2: Bob, Bob. 1567 01:24:01,416 --> 01:24:02,708 [SIGHS] 1568 01:24:02,876 --> 01:24:04,835 Let me see a mirror, Gus. 1569 01:24:24,939 --> 01:24:26,273 Ow! 1570 01:24:28,026 --> 01:24:29,777 [SIGHS] 1571 01:24:29,944 --> 01:24:31,362 [GROANS] 1572 01:24:38,787 --> 01:24:40,829 ROGER: I don't understand it, you know? 1573 01:24:40,997 --> 01:24:43,832 Doctor says it's stress. 1574 01:24:47,796 --> 01:24:51,674 Imagine that, hair falling out from stress. 1575 01:24:51,841 --> 01:24:54,009 Maybe you're in the wrong line of work. 1576 01:24:54,177 --> 01:24:55,886 Yeah, maybe. 1577 01:24:56,054 --> 01:24:57,721 Doctor says to me: 1578 01:24:57,889 --> 01:24:59,682 "You just stay out of pressure situations." 1579 01:24:59,849 --> 01:25:01,350 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 1580 01:25:01,518 --> 01:25:03,018 Even got me on these relaxing pills. 1581 01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:05,354 You know, fuck doctors. 1582 01:25:05,522 --> 01:25:07,314 WAITER: Excuse me. 1583 01:25:08,525 --> 01:25:10,025 -Coffee and a Coke. -Thank you. 1584 01:25:10,193 --> 01:25:11,360 Thanks. 1585 01:25:11,528 --> 01:25:12,569 You see? 1586 01:25:12,737 --> 01:25:14,863 -See how I'm taking care of myself? -Yeah. 1587 01:25:20,453 --> 01:25:23,455 What are you up to now? Five packs a day? 1588 01:25:23,623 --> 01:25:25,749 Can't be too good for you. 1589 01:25:25,917 --> 01:25:27,543 No, probably not. 1590 01:25:28,503 --> 01:25:32,214 You know, when I first come up, I was under so much pressure... 1591 01:25:32,382 --> 01:25:36,260 ...from Casey and everybody telling me I was gonna be the next Joe DiMaggio. 1592 01:25:36,428 --> 01:25:38,971 And they gave me number 6, right? 1593 01:25:39,139 --> 01:25:42,891 Ruth was 3, Gehrig was 4, DiMaggio was 5 and me, number 6. 1594 01:25:43,059 --> 01:25:46,395 I hated that, being in line with the other guys. 1595 01:25:46,563 --> 01:25:50,024 And the press, man, they was all over me. Calling me a hillbilly. 1596 01:25:50,608 --> 01:25:52,818 I mean, I was, you know? 1597 01:25:52,986 --> 01:25:57,781 I get to New York. I got a $7 suitcase and an $8 suit and... 1598 01:25:57,949 --> 01:26:02,661 ...my whole town's got 2000 people in it and Yankee Stadium's got 40 times that. 1599 01:26:02,829 --> 01:26:07,082 I'm 18 years old and everybody's expecting a home run every time I get up to the plate. 1600 01:26:07,250 --> 01:26:08,459 Yeah. 1601 01:26:09,169 --> 01:26:12,546 That was killing me. Couldn't hit the ball. 1602 01:26:13,923 --> 01:26:16,300 So Casey sent me back down to the minors... 1603 01:26:16,468 --> 01:26:20,095 ...and I couldn't hit there neither. 1604 01:26:20,597 --> 01:26:23,432 And finally, I called up my dad and told him: 1605 01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:26,518 "Well, I'm quitting. Can't do it no more." 1606 01:26:26,686 --> 01:26:29,271 And he said, "Where you at?" 1607 01:26:29,439 --> 01:26:33,817 And I told him and he come on down to Kansas City, that's where I was. 1608 01:26:34,110 --> 01:26:37,404 And throws all my shit in a suitcase and says, "Okay, let's go. 1609 01:26:37,572 --> 01:26:41,158 You can come back to work the mines with me the rest of your life." 1610 01:26:42,786 --> 01:26:46,872 I started crying and he just let me have it, boy. 1611 01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:50,459 He told me, "You know, you're being such a baby," you know. 1612 01:26:50,627 --> 01:26:53,295 "I thought I raised a man. You ain't nothing but a coward. 1613 01:26:53,463 --> 01:26:55,547 Be a man," he says. 1614 01:26:56,966 --> 01:27:02,179 -Truth was I was lonesome, scared. -Yeah. 1615 01:27:03,098 --> 01:27:06,350 Anyway, I started hitting again after that. 1616 01:27:06,518 --> 01:27:07,768 I know. 1617 01:27:07,936 --> 01:27:11,438 Came back up and they gave me number 7. 1618 01:27:12,023 --> 01:27:14,608 I was glad about it. I hated that number 6. 1619 01:27:14,776 --> 01:27:16,318 Yeah. 1620 01:27:21,199 --> 01:27:27,496 Look, I don't want no more money from that MandM Corporation and I think that-- 1621 01:27:27,664 --> 01:27:30,290 -Oh, Mickey, listen to yourself. -You're the one that's-- 1622 01:27:30,458 --> 01:27:33,293 Man, there is no MandM without the two of us so just-- 1623 01:27:33,461 --> 01:27:36,005 Yeah, well, you're the one carrying us now. 1624 01:27:36,172 --> 01:27:37,923 That ain't true, you know. 1625 01:27:38,091 --> 01:27:39,967 You do what you want with it, Rog. 1626 01:27:40,135 --> 01:27:46,140 What I'm saying is I just ain't getting there and.... 1627 01:27:47,350 --> 01:27:51,437 I just can't play no more. 1628 01:27:52,355 --> 01:27:54,064 I'm wore out. 1629 01:27:55,442 --> 01:27:56,942 Done. 1630 01:28:00,030 --> 01:28:02,031 I'm out of the race. 1631 01:28:07,370 --> 01:28:10,164 I thought I took pretty good care of myself too. 1632 01:28:10,915 --> 01:28:13,083 You did, man. 1633 01:28:13,251 --> 01:28:14,626 Damn straight, you did. 1634 01:28:17,297 --> 01:28:18,839 Well, anyway... 1635 01:28:20,342 --> 01:28:22,718 ...he's all yours if you want him. 1636 01:28:26,139 --> 01:28:28,390 You go get that fat fuck. 1637 01:28:31,478 --> 01:28:33,604 MEL: Here is the pitch to Maris. 1638 01:28:38,151 --> 01:28:40,861 -Oh, my, he got a hold of that one. -Fifty-eight. 1639 01:28:41,029 --> 01:28:44,406 MEL: Number 58 for Roger Maris, just two shy of the record. 1640 01:28:44,574 --> 01:28:49,286 He took a fastball from Jim Bunting and drilled it into the second deck. 1641 01:28:49,454 --> 01:28:51,580 How about that? 1642 01:28:52,415 --> 01:28:55,167 Well, I'd like you to come to Baltimore if you could, honey. 1643 01:28:55,335 --> 01:28:56,919 Well, I wish I could, but-- 1644 01:28:57,087 --> 01:28:59,713 You know, the kids have been sick and I can't leave them. 1645 01:28:59,881 --> 01:29:02,508 -Yeah, I know. -But I'll be able to see the game. 1646 01:29:02,676 --> 01:29:03,759 Oh, yeah? How's that? 1647 01:29:03,927 --> 01:29:06,720 Well, one of the TV stations arranged for me to see the game. 1648 01:29:06,888 --> 01:29:09,932 Some kind of special hook up or something. 1649 01:29:10,100 --> 01:29:12,851 I'll be the only one in Kansas to see you break that record. 1650 01:29:13,019 --> 01:29:16,522 Oh, that's great, honey. Oh, that's great. 1651 01:29:16,690 --> 01:29:20,609 Listen, you know, if you could come to New York next week... 1652 01:29:20,777 --> 01:29:23,612 ...you could stay through the Series, that'd be nice. 1653 01:29:23,780 --> 01:29:26,949 -I don't know with the kids, it's-- -Hey, Pat. 1654 01:29:27,951 --> 01:29:31,245 Listen, I really need you there. Um.... 1655 01:29:32,747 --> 01:29:34,873 You know, if you could try.... 1656 01:29:35,709 --> 01:29:37,960 I'll try, Roger. 1657 01:29:39,796 --> 01:29:40,963 Do you promise, honey? 1658 01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:43,132 I promise. 1659 01:29:43,299 --> 01:29:45,175 Okay, then. I gotta go. 1660 01:29:45,343 --> 01:29:48,429 So I'll talk to you soon, I love you. 1661 01:29:48,596 --> 01:29:51,515 -I love you. -All right, bye. 1662 01:29:58,648 --> 01:30:01,692 Two home runs away, Roger. How do you feel about that? 1663 01:30:01,860 --> 01:30:04,528 MAN [OVER TV]: And as the Bronx Bombers arrive today in Baltimore... 1664 01:30:04,696 --> 01:30:06,321 ...the country braces for the showdown. 1665 01:30:07,115 --> 01:30:10,659 No, it's not a showdown about the Yankees and the Orioles... 1666 01:30:10,827 --> 01:30:13,454 ...but about one man versus history. 1667 01:30:13,621 --> 01:30:15,372 And that man is Roger Maris. 1668 01:30:15,540 --> 01:30:17,750 He comes into the game with 58 home runs. 1669 01:30:17,917 --> 01:30:20,252 Should I arrange for you to go to Baltimore? 1670 01:30:20,420 --> 01:30:21,503 -Can he do it? -No. 1671 01:30:21,671 --> 01:30:24,131 Well, all of America is watching. 1672 01:30:35,143 --> 01:30:37,519 -So Milt-- -Where the hell's Roger? 1673 01:30:37,687 --> 01:30:40,022 I don't know, tried him at the hotel, nobody knows. 1674 01:30:40,190 --> 01:30:41,607 He promised me an exclusive. 1675 01:30:41,775 --> 01:30:43,734 What do you want? I don't know where he is. 1676 01:30:43,902 --> 01:30:46,487 Bob, I'm one of the guys that's defended him all year. 1677 01:30:46,654 --> 01:30:48,781 Now he stands me up? What's wrong with him? 1678 01:30:48,948 --> 01:30:50,574 He promises me an exclusive. 1679 01:30:50,742 --> 01:30:53,202 I got a deadline. Now I'm coming in with nothing. 1680 01:30:53,370 --> 01:30:54,870 You know I got 15 local papers... 1681 01:30:55,038 --> 01:30:57,581 ...and God knows how many nationals I'm competing with. 1682 01:30:57,749 --> 01:31:01,418 And he doesn't even call? Nothing? Like I don't exist? 1683 01:31:01,586 --> 01:31:03,128 -It's not right. -I'm sorry, Milt. 1684 01:31:03,296 --> 01:31:05,255 -I can get Mantle. -I don't want Mantle. 1685 01:31:05,423 --> 01:31:08,634 Mantle's not the story anymore. Where's Roger, where the hell is he? 1686 01:31:08,802 --> 01:31:11,053 I swear to God, Milt, if I knew, I'd tell you. 1687 01:31:11,221 --> 01:31:13,555 I'm sorry, Roger's been under a lot of pressure-- 1688 01:31:13,723 --> 01:31:17,059 You know what, Bob? Spare me that. Everybody's under a lot of pressure. 1689 01:31:17,227 --> 01:31:21,271 What do you think my editor's gonna say to me when I show up there empty-handed? 1690 01:31:22,190 --> 01:31:24,274 You know, there isn't a man in America... 1691 01:31:24,442 --> 01:31:27,820 ...who wouldn't give it all up to be playing right field for the Yankees. 1692 01:31:27,987 --> 01:31:30,531 Not a man and he doesn't understand that. 1693 01:31:30,699 --> 01:31:32,241 So don't give me any sob story... 1694 01:31:32,409 --> 01:31:35,244 ...about a guy being paid $38,000 just to play baseball. 1695 01:31:35,412 --> 01:31:36,620 He's been curt, rude. 1696 01:31:36,788 --> 01:31:40,332 He has been sullen, moody and I�ve been giving him the benefit of the doubt. 1697 01:31:40,500 --> 01:31:43,585 But I�ve had it, Bob, because now he's making me look bad. 1698 01:31:46,673 --> 01:31:48,382 FISHEL: Milt. 1699 01:31:51,511 --> 01:31:53,303 [THUNDER Crashing] 1700 01:33:23,144 --> 01:33:25,229 What do you mean you don't wanna play tonight? 1701 01:33:25,397 --> 01:33:27,940 I don't know, maybe it's time I took a rest, Ralph, l-- 1702 01:33:28,108 --> 01:33:30,025 You know, I could really use a day off. 1703 01:33:32,320 --> 01:33:35,364 I know we got a 10-game lead, but if we win we clinch the pennant. 1704 01:33:35,532 --> 01:33:37,408 -I wanna get it over with. -Yeah, I know. 1705 01:33:37,575 --> 01:33:41,870 You know Mickey's out. Bob's leg worse, he may need surgery by the end of the year. 1706 01:33:42,038 --> 01:33:43,622 The point is I need you. 1707 01:33:43,790 --> 01:33:47,084 Well, I'll be there for you tomorrow, Ralph, I just-- 1708 01:33:47,252 --> 01:33:50,796 You know, I really feel like I could use a day off. 1709 01:33:50,964 --> 01:33:55,217 You know, the only reason most of these fans are here is to see you play. 1710 01:33:55,552 --> 01:33:57,720 You owe it to them to give it your best shot. 1711 01:33:57,887 --> 01:33:59,680 I owe it to them? 1712 01:34:00,223 --> 01:34:01,890 What the hell do I owe them, Ralph? 1713 01:34:02,058 --> 01:34:04,727 You gotta understand, you mean something to these people. 1714 01:34:04,894 --> 01:34:06,770 Good or bad. 1715 01:34:06,938 --> 01:34:09,565 And if you quit now, they'll never forgive you. 1716 01:34:09,733 --> 01:34:12,026 Ralph, they're never gonna forgive me if I do it. 1717 01:34:12,193 --> 01:34:14,069 Is that what you're afraid of? 1718 01:34:16,322 --> 01:34:19,283 No, I just want this whole thing to be over. 1719 01:34:19,909 --> 01:34:21,201 [SIGHS] 1720 01:34:31,338 --> 01:34:35,424 Look, Rog, I'm not a sentimental-type guy, you know... 1721 01:34:35,592 --> 01:34:40,095 ...but most of us bang around the game for a while and then we're forgotten. 1722 01:34:41,139 --> 01:34:46,810 Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, DiMaggio. 1723 01:34:46,978 --> 01:34:51,106 Those guys were bigger than the game. 1724 01:34:51,274 --> 01:34:54,985 And I know that is not what you want. 1725 01:34:55,695 --> 01:34:59,323 But right now, whether you like it or not... 1726 01:35:00,950 --> 01:35:03,035 ...you're bigger than the game. 1727 01:35:03,745 --> 01:35:09,625 This is your one shot to go out there and show them what you're made of. 1728 01:35:10,877 --> 01:35:13,462 And that you owe to yourself. 1729 01:35:15,465 --> 01:35:16,507 I'll tell you what... 1730 01:35:16,675 --> 01:35:19,885 ...why don't you play the first inning and if you wanna come out... 1731 01:35:20,053 --> 01:35:22,554 ...you give me a look and I'll take you out. 1732 01:35:24,432 --> 01:35:25,974 All right, then. 1733 01:35:27,727 --> 01:35:29,311 That sounds fair. 1734 01:35:30,313 --> 01:35:33,148 MEL: Well, you couldn't have picked a worse night for Roger Maris. 1735 01:35:33,316 --> 01:35:34,400 He's got 58 home runs. 1736 01:35:34,567 --> 01:35:38,153 He needs two to tie and three to break the great Babe Ruth's record. 1737 01:35:38,321 --> 01:35:41,824 But the winds of Hurricane Esther are swirling through Memorial Stadium. 1738 01:35:41,991 --> 01:35:44,118 PHIL [OVER TV]: Yes, and as if that weren't bad enough, Mel... 1739 01:35:44,285 --> 01:35:48,664 ...he'll have to do it in The Babe's backyard where he hasn't had a home run all year. 1740 01:35:48,832 --> 01:35:51,375 So sit back, open a Ballantine, because tonight could be history. 1741 01:35:51,543 --> 01:35:52,584 [CROWD BOOING] 1742 01:35:52,752 --> 01:35:55,170 ANNOUNCER: Batting third, center fielder, Roger Maris. 1743 01:35:55,672 --> 01:35:57,881 MEL: Well, Phil, without Mantle batting behind him... 1744 01:35:58,049 --> 01:36:00,009 ...I wonder if they'll pitch around Maris. 1745 01:36:00,176 --> 01:36:02,177 Nobody wants to give up the big home run... 1746 01:36:02,345 --> 01:36:04,763 ...but I believe it's pride and they'll pitch to him. 1747 01:36:04,931 --> 01:36:06,598 MEL: I certainly hope so. PHIL: Well, you know... 1748 01:36:06,766 --> 01:36:07,933 ...I wouldn't, but that's me. 1749 01:36:08,101 --> 01:36:11,812 Okay, and here comes Maris. All eyes are on Rog. 1750 01:36:11,980 --> 01:36:15,983 Fifty-eight home runs, but it's a nasty night here in Baltimore. 1751 01:36:16,151 --> 01:36:17,651 -Go. -Come on, Rog. 1752 01:36:17,819 --> 01:36:20,029 MAN: Get a piece of it. -Get one. 1753 01:36:20,655 --> 01:36:22,364 MEL [OVER TV]: Milt pappas looks in. 1754 01:36:22,532 --> 01:36:23,866 Here's the pitch. 1755 01:36:24,868 --> 01:36:26,785 [CROWD SHOUTING] 1756 01:36:26,953 --> 01:36:28,662 MAN: Get in there. -Go, go, go. 1757 01:36:28,830 --> 01:36:29,830 MEL: That ball is high and deep to right field. 1758 01:36:29,998 --> 01:36:32,541 -No, no, no. -Shit, the wind's got it. 1759 01:36:32,709 --> 01:36:34,168 MEL: It's going. 1760 01:36:34,336 --> 01:36:36,378 Going to be caught. 1761 01:36:36,546 --> 01:36:38,547 [CROWD CHEERING] 1762 01:36:39,716 --> 01:36:42,259 -Oh, it's gonna be a tough night. MAN 1: All right, let's go. 1763 01:36:42,427 --> 01:36:45,262 -Well, guys, come on now. MAN 2: Let's go, Rog. 1764 01:36:45,430 --> 01:36:47,014 Shit. 1765 01:36:47,891 --> 01:36:49,016 ANNOUNCER: Now batting-- 1766 01:36:49,184 --> 01:36:53,228 MEL: All right, here comes Roger. Blow out to right field his first time up. 1767 01:36:53,605 --> 01:36:55,064 You know, I imagine someday... 1768 01:36:55,231 --> 01:36:57,399 ...someone will write about the month-long... 1769 01:36:57,567 --> 01:37:01,195 ...day-in, day-out pressure on Roger Maris. 1770 01:37:03,448 --> 01:37:05,449 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 1771 01:37:06,868 --> 01:37:08,535 Milt Pappas looks in. 1772 01:37:17,545 --> 01:37:19,088 Here's the pitch. 1773 01:37:20,298 --> 01:37:23,509 There's one, that ball is high and deep and into the wind. 1774 01:37:23,677 --> 01:37:25,094 Does it have enough? 1775 01:37:25,887 --> 01:37:26,970 -Come on. -Go, go, go. 1776 01:37:28,640 --> 01:37:30,391 MAN: He's got it. 1777 01:37:31,434 --> 01:37:36,271 That ball is going, going.... 1778 01:37:36,439 --> 01:37:37,690 It is gone. 1779 01:37:37,857 --> 01:37:38,941 ALL: Yeah! 1780 01:37:39,109 --> 01:37:40,275 Damn it. 1781 01:37:40,860 --> 01:37:43,195 -Son of a-- -Bitch. 1782 01:37:46,616 --> 01:37:48,325 MAN: You haven't missed anything, not at all. 1783 01:37:48,493 --> 01:37:50,119 PAT: Okay. -He came up the first time-- 1784 01:37:50,286 --> 01:37:52,705 I didn't know where to go, I got lost-- 1785 01:37:52,872 --> 01:37:55,749 MEL [OVER TV]: Number 59.... -Oh! Oh! Oh! 1786 01:37:55,917 --> 01:37:58,919 -He did it! Yes! -wow. 1787 01:37:59,087 --> 01:38:00,421 How about that? 1788 01:38:00,588 --> 01:38:02,506 He's got two more bats, maybe three. 1789 01:38:02,674 --> 01:38:05,384 What, all of a sudden you're back on his side? 1790 01:38:07,345 --> 01:38:09,471 MEL: He's only one shy now, folks. -Way to go, Rog. 1791 01:38:09,639 --> 01:38:11,390 MEL: My, my, number 59. -It's gone. 1792 01:38:11,558 --> 01:38:12,808 MEL: Don't go anywhere. 1793 01:38:14,352 --> 01:38:18,105 -Hey, great. MAN 1: All right, let's get this, Roger. 1794 01:38:18,273 --> 01:38:20,149 MAN 2: Feel great. MAN 3: Way to go, Roger. 1795 01:38:20,316 --> 01:38:22,026 MAN 4: Two more, two more. -Good job, Roger. 1796 01:38:22,193 --> 01:38:23,819 -Great job, Rog. -Yeah. 1797 01:38:24,404 --> 01:38:26,030 MAN 5: Now, that's how we do it here, huh? 1798 01:38:26,197 --> 01:38:27,531 What happened? I was in the john. 1799 01:38:27,699 --> 01:38:29,158 [CHUCKLES] 1800 01:38:30,076 --> 01:38:32,745 -Slider, huh? -Yeah, didn't slide though. 1801 01:38:32,912 --> 01:38:34,288 MICKEY: That was a good one. 1802 01:38:34,456 --> 01:38:37,833 ANNOUNCER: Now batting, left fielder, Yogi Berra. 1803 01:38:38,001 --> 01:38:39,460 [SIGHS] 1804 01:38:42,839 --> 01:38:46,342 Hall struck out Maris in the 6th, but he's got another shot here in the 7th. 1805 01:38:46,509 --> 01:38:50,346 And Hall has got that crazy side-arm delivery, it's very tough to read. 1806 01:38:50,513 --> 01:38:52,848 -Oh, what a swing by Maris. -Strike two. 1807 01:38:53,016 --> 01:38:56,518 PHIL: Boy, I tell you, every pitch could be the one. 1808 01:38:59,856 --> 01:39:00,856 One time, Rog. 1809 01:39:09,491 --> 01:39:11,200 Holy cow, number 60. 1810 01:39:11,368 --> 01:39:12,785 It's good. 1811 01:39:13,953 --> 01:39:15,704 -Go on, go. -No, no. 1812 01:39:16,915 --> 01:39:18,707 MEL: That ball is going.... 1813 01:39:18,875 --> 01:39:20,876 It is going, it is.... 1814 01:39:22,504 --> 01:39:24,004 Caught. 1815 01:39:24,172 --> 01:39:26,173 [LIGHT CHEERING] 1816 01:39:29,386 --> 01:39:30,386 Fuck. 1817 01:39:30,553 --> 01:39:33,138 It's like Ruth's ghost was pushing it back. 1818 01:39:33,306 --> 01:39:36,558 No, I thought he had it. 1819 01:39:36,726 --> 01:39:39,144 Too bad. And the way Hall's pitching tonight... 1820 01:39:39,312 --> 01:39:42,564 ...he'll never get another at bat. It's over. 1821 01:39:42,732 --> 01:39:44,358 PHIL [OVER TV]: Oh, what a shame. 1822 01:39:44,526 --> 01:39:46,735 And to go out that way, when it was so close. 1823 01:39:46,903 --> 01:39:49,571 The wind held it up. Any other night, that's out of here. 1824 01:39:50,240 --> 01:39:52,116 So unless the Yanks get a rally here... 1825 01:39:52,283 --> 01:39:55,911 ...Roger doesn't have a chance to get the 60th in a 154 games, Mel. 1826 01:39:56,079 --> 01:39:57,246 MEL: We'll see what happens, Phil. 1827 01:39:57,414 --> 01:39:59,665 ANNOUNCER: Left fielder, Yogi Berra. PHIL: It's all we can do. 1828 01:39:59,833 --> 01:40:02,710 Let's go, who's gonna start it? Let's start something here. 1829 01:40:02,877 --> 01:40:05,087 Come on, let's set something up. Come on, Yog. 1830 01:40:05,255 --> 01:40:07,798 MAN 1: Let's go, Yankees. MAN 2: Sit down. 1831 01:40:08,758 --> 01:40:10,050 MAN 3: Go. 1832 01:40:10,218 --> 01:40:11,677 [PLAYERS CHEERING AND CLAPPING] 1833 01:40:11,845 --> 01:40:13,595 MAN 1: Come on. MAN 2: Yeah. 1834 01:40:13,763 --> 01:40:16,015 MAN 3: Come on, Yog! 1835 01:40:16,182 --> 01:40:17,266 Let's go, Yogi! 1836 01:40:18,685 --> 01:40:19,727 Let's go. 1837 01:40:22,188 --> 01:40:23,230 MEL: Here we go, folks. 1838 01:40:23,398 --> 01:40:27,109 Top of the 9th, Yanks up 4-2, two outs and on the verge of clinching the pennant. 1839 01:40:27,277 --> 01:40:30,821 But nobody's thinking about that. All eyes are on Roger Maris. 1840 01:40:30,989 --> 01:40:32,322 PHIL: You said it, what a story. 1841 01:40:32,490 --> 01:40:34,700 The Yanks gotta rally to get Roger another at bat. 1842 01:40:34,868 --> 01:40:38,370 And I tell you, something's gonna happen here, I can just feel it. 1843 01:40:39,664 --> 01:40:41,999 I'm gonna make a change. 1844 01:40:42,167 --> 01:40:43,959 -Time. -Time out. 1845 01:40:44,127 --> 01:40:46,378 MEL: What's this? Time out on the field. 1846 01:40:46,546 --> 01:40:49,131 What the hell is going on? 1847 01:40:49,299 --> 01:40:51,925 HARRIS: I think it's time we call it a night. Good job. 1848 01:40:52,093 --> 01:40:53,886 MEL: They're making a pitching switch. 1849 01:40:54,929 --> 01:40:58,515 PHIL: Whoa, the man with the nastiest pitch in baseball, Hoyt Wilhelm. 1850 01:40:58,683 --> 01:40:59,808 ANNOUNCER: Attention please. 1851 01:40:59,976 --> 01:41:01,518 They're bringing in Wilhelm. 1852 01:41:01,686 --> 01:41:04,021 Don't come in unless they got a lead. What is this? 1853 01:41:04,189 --> 01:41:06,315 Son of a bitch is bringing him in to face Rog. 1854 01:41:06,483 --> 01:41:08,567 -No, this is bush. -Come on, it's a good move. 1855 01:41:08,735 --> 01:41:10,986 What? Schmuck. 1856 01:41:11,154 --> 01:41:14,865 PHIL: Folks, I gotta tell you. That knuckleball is one whoo! 1857 01:41:15,033 --> 01:41:16,158 WHITEY: Look, the big glove. 1858 01:41:16,326 --> 01:41:18,327 -What, need help? -I hate that knuckleball. 1859 01:41:18,495 --> 01:41:22,331 -In this weather, gonna be dancing all over. -If he gets wood on it, it's not going. 1860 01:41:22,499 --> 01:41:23,624 Bush leaguer! 1861 01:41:25,543 --> 01:41:27,795 HARRIS: All right, Hoyt, here's the deal. 1862 01:41:27,962 --> 01:41:31,882 You give Maris the fastball and I fine your ass 5000 bucks, you hear me? 1863 01:41:32,050 --> 01:41:34,009 Just give me the ball. 1864 01:41:35,261 --> 01:41:36,512 Go get him. 1865 01:41:36,930 --> 01:41:40,516 PHIL: Oh, boy, Mel, I hated knuckleballers. That pitch is something. 1866 01:41:40,684 --> 01:41:43,686 I mean, it's got no spin so it dances and floats. 1867 01:41:43,853 --> 01:41:45,771 You don't know where it's gonna go. 1868 01:41:48,525 --> 01:41:50,359 UMPIRE: Let's play ball. 1869 01:41:51,444 --> 01:41:54,947 -So, what's this guy throwing? -All right, here we go, folks. 1870 01:41:55,115 --> 01:41:58,450 Roger Maris with one final shot at tying The Babe... 1871 01:41:58,618 --> 01:42:02,121 ...and he's facing the man with the single toughest pitch in baseball. 1872 01:42:02,288 --> 01:42:04,999 Wilhelm takes the sign, but we all know what's coming. 1873 01:42:05,709 --> 01:42:09,294 Does Roger Maris have one last home run in him? 1874 01:42:11,423 --> 01:42:13,382 PHIL: Oh, he fouled it back. 1875 01:42:13,550 --> 01:42:15,050 MAN: Rog, we're rooting for you! 1876 01:42:15,218 --> 01:42:16,885 -Roger! -Rog, let's go! 1877 01:42:17,053 --> 01:42:21,557 PHIL: Roger had a good cut on that ball, but it's dancing all over the place. 1878 01:42:23,393 --> 01:42:24,727 And here is the 0-1. 1879 01:42:42,829 --> 01:42:44,788 PHIL: Wilhelm's got it. 1880 01:42:48,376 --> 01:42:50,502 -Out. PHIL: Too bad, too bad. 1881 01:42:54,090 --> 01:42:56,425 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention. 1882 01:42:56,593 --> 01:42:59,261 Tonight's attendance, 21,032. 1883 01:42:59,429 --> 01:43:01,847 The Orioles and Yankees thank you for your attendance. 1884 01:43:02,015 --> 01:43:04,350 Son of a gun. 1885 01:43:05,727 --> 01:43:09,104 All right, all right, shake it off. Three outs, we're clinched, let's go. 1886 01:43:09,272 --> 01:43:10,606 Yeah, yeah. 1887 01:43:10,774 --> 01:43:12,232 -Let's go. MAN: All right. 1888 01:43:12,400 --> 01:43:13,609 -Let's go. MAN 2: Come on, Yogi. 1889 01:43:13,777 --> 01:43:16,445 So that's it, folks, a valiant effort by Roger Maris. 1890 01:43:16,946 --> 01:43:18,864 But he'll fall one shy of the record. 1891 01:43:20,700 --> 01:43:22,451 How about that? 1892 01:43:23,411 --> 01:43:26,038 I'm sorry, Mrs. Maris. 1893 01:43:26,539 --> 01:43:30,042 I shouldn't have moved my chair. Jinxed him. 1894 01:43:31,294 --> 01:43:34,380 -Gave it a hell of a shot. -Yeah. Pressure got to him there. 1895 01:43:36,966 --> 01:43:39,134 Artie, you ever play baseball? 1896 01:43:39,302 --> 01:43:40,969 No, not really. 1897 01:43:42,222 --> 01:43:43,722 That's what I thought. 1898 01:43:52,232 --> 01:43:53,899 Hey, Rog. 1899 01:43:54,067 --> 01:43:56,985 We just wanna say we're proud to be your teammates. 1900 01:44:04,160 --> 01:44:05,911 Way to go, nine. 1901 01:44:07,330 --> 01:44:08,997 MAN 1: All right. MAN 2: That's it, Roger. 1902 01:44:09,165 --> 01:44:10,624 MAN 3: All right, Roger. 1903 01:44:10,792 --> 01:44:14,628 GREEN: perhaps it may sound corny, but my biggest sports thrill of 1961... 1904 01:44:14,796 --> 01:44:18,465 ...was seeing Roger Maris hit a weak squib to Hoyt Wilhelm. 1905 01:44:18,633 --> 01:44:23,345 Maris's failure to break Babe Ruth's record evokes no great regret here. 1906 01:44:23,847 --> 01:44:25,347 SIMON: If the record is to be broken... 1907 01:44:25,515 --> 01:44:28,517 ...it should be done by someone of greater baseball stature. 1908 01:44:28,685 --> 01:44:30,769 Greater color and public appeal. 1909 01:44:30,937 --> 01:44:33,772 GREEN: Maris is no more than a good big-league ball player. 1910 01:44:33,940 --> 01:44:37,860 He's colorless, he's never hit .300 and is often surly. 1911 01:44:38,028 --> 01:44:41,947 There just isn't anything deeply heroic about the man. 1912 01:44:42,115 --> 01:44:43,574 KAHN: Is there something to be said... 1913 01:44:43,742 --> 01:44:46,994 ...about fate on this gloomy night in Baltimore? 1914 01:44:47,454 --> 01:44:52,041 Did that last knuckleball flutter just past the sweet spot? 1915 01:44:52,208 --> 01:44:56,795 Did the spirit of Babe Ruth stir those gusting winds? 1916 01:44:57,213 --> 01:45:02,634 Or was Roger Maris denied because he just wasn't what we wanted? 1917 01:45:02,927 --> 01:45:04,303 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 1918 01:45:04,471 --> 01:45:07,973 Maybe some records aren't made to be broken. 1919 01:45:08,141 --> 01:45:10,517 [ALL CHEERING] 1920 01:45:11,102 --> 01:45:12,353 Come on, come up. 1921 01:45:12,520 --> 01:45:14,730 MAN 1: Where are those drinks? MAN 2: We drink them all. 1922 01:45:14,898 --> 01:45:16,273 MAN 3: Okay, press. 1923 01:45:17,359 --> 01:45:19,276 Around here, guys. 1924 01:45:22,113 --> 01:45:25,115 Congratulations, Rog, great season. 1925 01:45:25,283 --> 01:45:28,202 Rog, think you can hit two more before the next eight games? 1926 01:45:28,370 --> 01:45:30,079 I don't know, it's tough. 1927 01:45:30,246 --> 01:45:32,539 REPORTER 1: You gotta be disappointed with that swing, huh? 1928 01:45:32,707 --> 01:45:34,541 ROGER: Yeah, but Wilhelm's a hell of a pitcher. 1929 01:45:34,709 --> 01:45:36,251 He's got a great knuckleball so.... 1930 01:45:36,419 --> 01:45:38,754 MAN: Roger. Ha-ha-ha. ROGER: Hey, how are you? 1931 01:45:38,922 --> 01:45:41,840 REPORTER 2: Who do you wanna play? ROGER: I'm not thinking about that now. 1932 01:45:42,008 --> 01:45:44,593 -We got eight games to play. REPORTER 3: Gonna put two more out? 1933 01:45:44,761 --> 01:45:47,638 ROGER: Well, I don't know. You know, it's the luck of the draw so.... 1934 01:45:47,806 --> 01:45:51,183 -I'm just happy to be playing ball, fellas. REPORTER 4: Let me ask you one more. 1935 01:45:56,064 --> 01:45:58,607 PAT: I can't believe you got a suite. ROGER: Yeah. 1936 01:45:59,442 --> 01:46:02,277 -Oh, here you are. -Thank you, sir. 1937 01:46:11,496 --> 01:46:14,206 [UNZIPPING] 1938 01:46:16,126 --> 01:46:18,585 You gonna wear that hat all night? 1939 01:46:18,753 --> 01:46:19,878 No, l.... 1940 01:46:20,046 --> 01:46:21,630 It's just, uh.... 1941 01:46:24,217 --> 01:46:25,759 Let me see. 1942 01:46:27,512 --> 01:46:28,887 Yeah. 1943 01:46:31,433 --> 01:46:32,725 [SIGHS] 1944 01:46:40,150 --> 01:46:43,068 -It's not so bad. -No? 1945 01:46:45,155 --> 01:46:47,364 You're just molting. 1946 01:46:52,495 --> 01:46:56,415 You see the view? It's real nice. 1947 01:46:57,334 --> 01:46:59,626 That's Central Park out there. 1948 01:46:59,794 --> 01:47:03,088 -Yeah, I know, it's beautiful. -Yeah, real nice. 1949 01:47:03,256 --> 01:47:05,799 -Oh, I got some pictures of Randy. -Yeah? 1950 01:47:05,967 --> 01:47:08,093 Some new ones. 1951 01:47:08,261 --> 01:47:10,429 He is growing so fast. 1952 01:47:10,597 --> 01:47:13,640 The picture of Susan when she lost her tooth. 1953 01:47:18,188 --> 01:47:19,521 Look at that. 1954 01:47:38,792 --> 01:47:40,751 I didn't do it, Pat. 1955 01:47:42,879 --> 01:47:44,838 I just couldn't do it. 1956 01:48:05,652 --> 01:48:07,277 All right, listen up. 1957 01:48:08,738 --> 01:48:11,573 Cerv's recovering from his surgery, he's done for the year. 1958 01:48:11,741 --> 01:48:14,076 And we had to put Mickey in the hospital today too. 1959 01:48:14,244 --> 01:48:17,496 His hip's.... It's in real bad shape. 1960 01:48:17,914 --> 01:48:19,999 And hopefully, we'll have him for the Series. 1961 01:48:20,166 --> 01:48:23,335 If not, we're just gonna have to pick up the slack. 1962 01:48:24,295 --> 01:48:27,756 Now we got five games left so let's just make sure we stay sharp. 1963 01:48:27,924 --> 01:48:28,924 -All right? MAN 1: Got you. 1964 01:48:29,092 --> 01:48:31,010 MAN 2: Let us do it for the Mick. MAN 3: All right. 1965 01:48:31,177 --> 01:48:32,261 -Let's go. MAN 4: All right. 1966 01:48:32,429 --> 01:48:34,430 Oh, you had it. No, no, put it back. 1967 01:48:34,597 --> 01:48:36,015 -Bob, the button. -Shh-shh! Can l-- 1968 01:48:36,182 --> 01:48:37,599 Stop right there, you got it. 1969 01:48:37,767 --> 01:48:39,935 MAN 1: Come on, Rog, go get him. 1970 01:48:40,437 --> 01:48:41,854 -Go, Roger. MAN 2: All right. 1971 01:48:42,022 --> 01:48:44,523 Your husband's a terrific ball player. 1972 01:48:44,691 --> 01:48:46,442 Thank you. 1973 01:48:46,609 --> 01:48:49,403 I'm sure The Babe would've been happy it was another Yankee. 1974 01:48:49,571 --> 01:48:51,822 No, I don't think Babe would've been happy at all. 1975 01:48:51,990 --> 01:48:54,033 Babe loved this record. 1976 01:48:55,285 --> 01:48:57,786 -Well-- -It's nice of you to be here. 1977 01:48:58,955 --> 01:49:01,331 ANNOUNCER: The center fielder, number nine. 1978 01:49:01,499 --> 01:49:02,541 [CROWD CHEERING] 1979 01:49:02,709 --> 01:49:05,377 Roger Maris, number nine. 1980 01:49:05,545 --> 01:49:07,004 PHIL: Maris playing center today... 1981 01:49:07,172 --> 01:49:10,924 ...because Mantle, of course, is in the hospital with 54 home runs. 1982 01:49:11,092 --> 01:49:13,969 And I'm sure he's looking on and we wish Mickey all the best. 1983 01:49:14,637 --> 01:49:17,139 But today all eyes are on Maris. 1984 01:49:20,268 --> 01:49:21,310 There it is. 1985 01:49:21,478 --> 01:49:23,479 [CROWD CHEERING] 1986 01:49:26,900 --> 01:49:28,776 -Go! -Yeah! 1987 01:49:28,943 --> 01:49:31,820 -Don't move, put it back. -What do you want from me, Mickey? 1988 01:49:31,988 --> 01:49:36,200 PHIL: Up the deck for Roger Maris. Number 60 for Rog. 1989 01:49:36,368 --> 01:49:39,203 So now two men have hit 60 home runs in a single season. 1990 01:49:39,371 --> 01:49:43,457 Both Yankees, Roger Maris and of course the late Babe Ruth. 1991 01:49:45,043 --> 01:49:48,837 MEL: And Phil, he's got four more games to hit that 61st. 1992 01:49:49,005 --> 01:49:50,506 My, my. 1993 01:49:50,674 --> 01:49:52,675 CERV: Number 60, one more. -I know. 1994 01:49:52,842 --> 01:49:54,426 PHIL: This is getting interesting. 1995 01:49:57,931 --> 01:50:00,182 ANNOUNCER: Will Roger bump The Babe? 1996 01:50:00,350 --> 01:50:04,561 After hitting his 60th home run, Yankee right fielder, Roger Maris... 1997 01:50:04,729 --> 01:50:07,606 ...has failed in three games to hit the elusive 61st. 1998 01:50:07,774 --> 01:50:11,527 Try as he may, the slugging right fielder couldn't put one into the seats. 1999 01:50:11,695 --> 01:50:14,113 And now it's down to one final game. 2000 01:50:14,280 --> 01:50:15,739 Will it be Roger, over and out? 2001 01:50:15,907 --> 01:50:19,201 We'll find out this Sunday. 2002 01:50:19,744 --> 01:50:21,036 ROGER: You know the difference... 2003 01:50:21,204 --> 01:50:24,707 ...between hitting a home run and popping up is an eighth of an inch? 2004 01:50:24,874 --> 01:50:26,583 Probably less. 2005 01:50:28,586 --> 01:50:31,922 God, Pat, I don't know where my swing has gone the last three games. 2006 01:50:32,090 --> 01:50:33,716 I just can't seem to hit the ball. 2007 01:50:33,883 --> 01:50:36,385 Maybe you're just trying too hard. 2008 01:50:37,095 --> 01:50:39,054 Yeah, maybe. 2009 01:50:40,557 --> 01:50:43,976 You know, if I hit one tomorrow... 2010 01:50:44,144 --> 01:50:46,186 ...the ball is gonna be worth 5000 bucks? 2011 01:50:46,354 --> 01:50:48,605 Five thousand dollars for a ball? 2012 01:50:48,773 --> 01:50:52,359 -Can you believe that? -Oh, my God, it'll be a madhouse. 2013 01:50:53,862 --> 01:50:55,362 Yeah. 2014 01:51:00,910 --> 01:51:02,077 I wanna do it. 2015 01:51:03,246 --> 01:51:06,623 You know, it may not count to everybody else, but I'll know. 2016 01:51:07,959 --> 01:51:10,419 I'm gonna hit that home run... 2017 01:51:10,587 --> 01:51:12,171 ...and you'll be there. 2018 01:51:27,270 --> 01:51:29,813 -Yeah. -Yeah. 2019 01:51:29,981 --> 01:51:31,607 I will. 2020 01:51:31,775 --> 01:51:33,859 Hello, everybody, this is Mel Allen. 2021 01:51:34,027 --> 01:51:38,447 Well, you couldn't have asked for a more dramatic finish to an incredible season. 2022 01:51:38,615 --> 01:51:41,283 Last game, last chance for Roger Maris. 2023 01:51:41,451 --> 01:51:44,411 Will it be 61 in '61? We'll find out today. 2024 01:51:44,579 --> 01:51:46,914 Yeah, I got the heebie-jeebies here, I'll tell you. 2025 01:51:47,082 --> 01:51:49,458 I can't imagine what Maris is going through. 2026 01:51:49,626 --> 01:51:51,710 Look at this crowd, it's pathetic. 2027 01:51:51,878 --> 01:51:54,880 The grandstand's filled. Everybody's looking for that 5000 bucks. 2028 01:51:55,048 --> 01:51:57,007 -Is Frick coming? -I spoke to his office... 2029 01:51:57,175 --> 01:51:59,134 ...they said he was out of town. 2030 01:51:59,302 --> 01:52:02,137 -What about Mrs. Ruth? -I think she had enough the other day. 2031 01:52:02,305 --> 01:52:05,974 ANNOUNCER: Number 39, Tracy Stallard. -Pathetic. 2032 01:52:06,142 --> 01:52:08,227 MEL [OVER TV]: And here it comes. 2033 01:52:08,395 --> 01:52:10,979 Only 23,000 fans here to see this. 2034 01:52:11,147 --> 01:52:12,940 -Come on, Rog. -Here we go. 2035 01:52:13,108 --> 01:52:14,316 ANNOUNCER: Center fielder.... 2036 01:52:14,484 --> 01:52:17,569 Roger Maris comes to the plate for the second time... 2037 01:52:17,737 --> 01:52:20,155 ...and they're getting busy in right field. 2038 01:52:20,323 --> 01:52:22,324 [CROWD CHEERING] 2039 01:52:44,472 --> 01:52:46,640 PHIL: Here's the wind up. 2040 01:52:47,475 --> 01:52:49,810 Fastball in deep to right. 2041 01:52:59,279 --> 01:53:01,030 Holy cow. 2042 01:53:01,197 --> 01:53:04,491 MICKEY: Go, go, go. MEL: This could be it, where is it going? 2043 01:53:06,494 --> 01:53:07,786 [SCREAMING] 2044 01:53:07,996 --> 01:53:11,999 He did it, I don't believe it! Number 61! 2045 01:53:12,167 --> 01:53:13,208 [LAUGHING] 2046 01:53:13,376 --> 01:53:16,795 PHIL: It's unbelievable, Roger Maris. -Yeah. 2047 01:53:24,346 --> 01:53:26,347 [ALL CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] 2048 01:53:32,020 --> 01:53:34,271 PHIL: And they're fighting over it in right field. 2049 01:53:40,070 --> 01:53:41,737 How about that? 2050 01:53:41,905 --> 01:53:44,740 He ran that out just like it was his first. 2051 01:53:51,623 --> 01:53:53,624 Come on, Roger! 2052 01:54:00,882 --> 01:54:02,549 -Good boy. -You did it. 2053 01:54:02,717 --> 01:54:04,510 -Come on. -History, boys. 2054 01:54:04,678 --> 01:54:05,719 Way to go, Roger. 2055 01:54:05,887 --> 01:54:08,764 Roger, Roger, Roger. 2056 01:54:08,932 --> 01:54:10,933 CROWD [CHANTING]: Roger, Roger, Roger 2057 01:54:11,101 --> 01:54:14,103 Roger, Roger, Roger 2058 01:54:14,270 --> 01:54:16,563 -Roger, you have to go. -Get out there. 2059 01:54:16,731 --> 01:54:19,191 -Come on, this is for you. MAN 1: Come on, get out there. 2060 01:54:19,359 --> 01:54:21,402 -Go on, get out there. MAN 2: Get out there. 2061 01:54:21,569 --> 01:54:23,362 MAN 3: Who's the guy. -Get out there. 2062 01:54:23,530 --> 01:54:26,448 PLAYERS: Yeah. 2063 01:54:30,912 --> 01:54:32,538 MAN 4: Yeah, take it in. 2064 01:54:33,957 --> 01:54:35,916 WHITEY: Hey. No, stay out there. 2065 01:54:36,084 --> 01:54:38,127 MAN 5: Come on, the fans are crazy. 2066 01:54:38,294 --> 01:54:40,295 [CHEERING CONTINUES] 2067 01:54:55,812 --> 01:54:57,813 [REPORTERS CLAMORING] 2068 01:54:58,606 --> 01:55:00,899 REPORTER 1: Mr. Durante, Mr. Durante. 2069 01:55:01,067 --> 01:55:02,735 Hey, Sal. Mr. Durante. 2070 01:55:02,902 --> 01:55:04,486 MAN: Perfect. 2071 01:55:04,654 --> 01:55:06,905 Hey, Sal. Sal, Sal. 2072 01:55:07,073 --> 01:55:09,199 -What are you gonna do with the ball? SAL: Sell it. 2073 01:55:09,367 --> 01:55:11,910 Maybe put a down payment on a house. 2074 01:55:12,078 --> 01:55:13,120 Hey, Rog. 2075 01:55:13,288 --> 01:55:16,331 Don't you think that ball belongs to Roger or in the Hall of Fame? 2076 01:55:16,499 --> 01:55:18,584 Oh, no, fellas, I don't care about the ball. 2077 01:55:18,752 --> 01:55:21,003 Sal, sell it, do what you like, get your money. 2078 01:55:21,171 --> 01:55:22,921 -Thanks. REPORTER 2: Rog, Rog, Rog. 2079 01:55:23,089 --> 01:55:25,549 Rog, are you serious? You don't care about the ball? 2080 01:55:25,717 --> 01:55:28,635 No, I don't need the ball. He could use it more than I could. 2081 01:55:28,803 --> 01:55:31,472 How about the asterisk, Rog, you think that's all right? 2082 01:55:31,639 --> 01:55:34,850 Well, I don't know, Sam, l.... It's just not my decision. 2083 01:55:35,018 --> 01:55:36,352 -Roger. -Roger. 2084 01:55:36,519 --> 01:55:39,396 What'd you think about the crowd? Gave you a lot of support. 2085 01:55:39,564 --> 01:55:42,775 -Yeah, that was really nice, yeah. REPORTER 3: Rog. 2086 01:55:42,942 --> 01:55:45,486 Roger, do you think you've earned their respect... 2087 01:55:45,653 --> 01:55:47,279 ...holding up under this pressure? 2088 01:55:47,447 --> 01:55:51,533 Oh, gosh, you know, I really-- I don't know, Milt. 2089 01:55:51,701 --> 01:55:54,953 I really don't think that's something you earn on a ball field. 2090 01:55:55,121 --> 01:55:56,538 -Rog. Rog. -Rog. 2091 01:55:56,706 --> 01:55:59,375 Rog, what about next year? You think you can do it again? 2092 01:55:59,542 --> 01:56:02,378 [REPORTERS GROAN THEN TALK OVER EACH OTHER] 2093 01:56:03,213 --> 01:56:05,047 Get these fucking writers out of here. 2094 01:57:17,037 --> 01:57:18,495 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 2095 01:57:20,331 --> 01:57:22,124 Eh. Fuck you. 2096 01:57:24,711 --> 01:57:28,005 -How are you, pal? -Hey, congratulations. 2097 01:57:28,173 --> 01:57:29,882 Thanks. 2098 01:57:30,050 --> 01:57:32,634 -That was great. -Thanks, man. 2099 01:57:32,802 --> 01:57:35,971 Boy, this is some nice joint they got you in here. 2100 01:57:36,139 --> 01:57:38,849 -Oh, thanks. -Where's Bob? 2101 01:57:39,017 --> 01:57:42,644 Oh, he's in his room clipping his toenails or something. 2102 01:57:42,812 --> 01:57:43,854 -Yeah. -Yeah. 2103 01:57:44,022 --> 01:57:47,649 -So that was pretty crazy, huh? -Oh, man, the place just went nuts. 2104 01:57:47,817 --> 01:57:51,487 Yeah. I saw the guys, pushing you out of the dugout. 2105 01:57:51,654 --> 01:57:55,115 Yeah, yeah, they wouldn't let me back in so, you know. 2106 01:57:55,575 --> 01:57:59,161 I thought I saw you smiling there a little bit. 2107 01:57:59,329 --> 01:58:01,372 -Oh, yeah, a little bit. -Yeah, I caught you. 2108 01:58:01,539 --> 01:58:04,124 Yeah. Yeah, it was something else. 2109 01:58:04,292 --> 01:58:06,335 Yeah. 2110 01:58:08,755 --> 01:58:10,255 Oh.... Tsk. 2111 01:58:10,423 --> 01:58:12,007 Wish I was there. 2112 01:58:12,175 --> 01:58:14,885 Yeah. Yeah, we all did. 2113 01:58:15,053 --> 01:58:17,096 It just didn't seem right without you, Mick. 2114 01:58:17,263 --> 01:58:18,806 Well, why aren't you celebrating? 2115 01:58:18,973 --> 01:58:22,351 Oh, me and Pat, we're gonna go to Toot Shor's for dinner. 2116 01:58:22,519 --> 01:58:26,021 And I just figured I'd see how you're doing. 2117 01:58:26,815 --> 01:58:29,900 Wondering if the doctors are gonna have you ready for the Series. 2118 01:58:30,068 --> 01:58:34,405 Oh, I don't know. I hope so. I hate it here. 2119 01:58:34,572 --> 01:58:38,325 You know, the damn nurses, they wake you up to give you a sleeping pill. 2120 01:58:38,493 --> 01:58:39,535 [CHUCKLES] 2121 01:58:39,703 --> 01:58:41,161 You know? 2122 01:58:41,329 --> 01:58:44,289 I hate watching you guys on the tube. 2123 01:58:48,003 --> 01:58:50,087 You would've done it too. 2124 01:58:52,048 --> 01:58:53,632 You know that. 2125 01:58:54,509 --> 01:58:56,176 Bullshit. 2126 01:58:57,095 --> 01:58:58,387 It was you, Rog. 2127 01:58:59,556 --> 01:59:01,473 You did it. 2128 01:59:01,641 --> 01:59:04,018 You son of a bitch. 2129 01:59:04,185 --> 01:59:06,729 And nobody can ever take that away from you neither. 2130 01:59:08,857 --> 01:59:11,316 No matter what bullshit they try to tell you... 2131 01:59:11,484 --> 01:59:13,402 ...that record's yours. 2132 01:59:19,993 --> 01:59:21,744 You're a good man, Roger. 2133 01:59:29,210 --> 01:59:31,837 -Fastball, right? -Fastball, yeah. 2134 01:59:32,005 --> 01:59:34,631 -Guess it wasn't fast enough. -You got good wood on that. 2135 01:59:34,799 --> 01:59:37,593 ROGER: Oh, man, it felt good, Mick. MICKEY: I do know the feeling. 2136 01:59:37,761 --> 01:59:40,763 ROGER: Greatest season of my life. Wouldn't wanna do it again. 2137 01:59:40,930 --> 01:59:41,930 [BAT HITS BALL] 2138 01:59:42,098 --> 01:59:43,515 [CROWD CHEERING] 2139 01:59:43,683 --> 01:59:45,934 BUCK [OVER TV]: Down the right field line. Is it enough? 2140 01:59:46,102 --> 01:59:47,603 Gone. 2141 01:59:47,771 --> 01:59:51,774 There it is, 62. 2142 01:59:53,026 --> 01:59:54,568 Touch first, Mark. 2143 01:59:54,736 --> 01:59:59,281 You are the new single-season home-run king. 2144 01:59:59,449 --> 02:00:01,450 [CHEERING OVER TV CONTINUES] 2145 02:00:17,384 --> 02:00:19,635 BUCK: The Maris family watching from their seats. 2146 02:00:19,803 --> 02:00:25,099 And now here comes Sammy Sosa, in to congratulate Mark McGwire. 2147 02:00:25,266 --> 02:00:26,975 What a classy move. 2148 02:00:27,143 --> 02:00:31,355 Two men from completely different backgrounds for this home run chase. 2149 02:00:31,523 --> 02:00:35,234 It's Mark McGwire who gets to the top of the mountain first. 2150 02:00:35,402 --> 02:00:41,031 Home run number 62 in the Cardinals 145th game of the year. 2151 02:00:45,078 --> 02:00:47,913 Well, mixed emotions, I'm sure, for the Maris kids. 2152 02:00:48,081 --> 02:00:49,957 Sorry to see the record fall. 2153 02:00:50,125 --> 02:00:54,545 But on the other hand, grateful for the fame this season has brought their father. 2154 02:00:54,713 --> 02:01:00,884 As I went over to the box and talked to Roger's kids... 2155 02:01:01,052 --> 02:01:03,637 ...I told them today when I met with the Hall of Fame... 2156 02:01:03,805 --> 02:01:08,225 ...they pulled out Roger's bat that, when he hit his 61st home run. 2157 02:01:08,393 --> 02:01:11,103 [VOICE BREAKING] And I touched it. 2158 02:01:11,271 --> 02:01:13,564 I touched it with my heart. 2159 02:01:13,732 --> 02:01:17,609 Now I can honestly say that my bat will lie next to his and I'm damn proud of it. 2160 02:01:21,948 --> 02:01:23,198 [SIGHS] 2161 02:01:24,159 --> 02:01:30,164 SHEPPARD: The separate single-season home run records remained until 1991... 2162 02:01:30,331 --> 02:01:33,459 ...when Fay Vincent, the commissioner of baseball... 2163 02:01:33,626 --> 02:01:37,254 ...ordered that there be only one record. 2164 02:01:37,422 --> 02:01:40,591 Roger Maris died six years earlier... 2165 02:01:40,759 --> 02:01:46,972 ...never knowing that the record belonged to him. 2166 02:03:15,145 --> 02:03:16,603 This is Mickey Mantle, son. 2167 02:03:17,814 --> 02:03:18,981 [CROWD CHEERING] 2168 02:03:19,566 --> 02:03:22,818 -wow. -And that's a home run.