All language subtitles for American.Pastime.2007.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

[BUDDY STUART'S "DEEPLY"
PLAYING]

* Deeply *

* That's how
I feel about you *

* So deeply *

* I don't know why *

* But I do *

* One look *

* And then I'm all aflame *

* Eyes that shine
Lips divine *

* They're all to blame *

* Moments with you near me *

* Will stay within my heart *

* Moments that I'll treasure *

* If time should make us part *

* Deeply *

* And with a love... *

ANNOUNCER:
Here comes the pitch.

Strike three.
He struck him out.

[CROWD CHEERING]
* If your love is true *

* You'll feel deeply too *

[SHUTTER CLICKS]

Oh, okay.
Tommy Dorsey or Glenn Miller?

Tommy Dorsey.

Uh, why?

My Frankie.
Oh, of course.

That skinny little
Italian cat?

BOY:
Come on. Nah. No.

Come on.
How 'bout this one, huh?

What's that?

[UPBEAT SWING PLAYING
OVER SPEAKER]

[WOMEN CHATTERING]

I need your help
on Sunday.

Uh, yeah, sure.
No problem.

Oh, hey.

Well, I got the promotion.
Can you believe that?

Five years,
and I'm finally doing it.

That looks so good.

[LAUGHS]
[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

LYLE:
There's only one guy
on your team.

Is it gonna be Joe DiMaggio
or Ted Williams?

BOY:
Yankee Clipper.
Sweetest swing in the game.

LYLE:
How 'bout this one:
Bette Davis or Rita Hayworth?

Ooh.
[LAUGHS]

I'll take 'em both.

In your dreams.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Come and get it.
Hot dog, hamburger.

And Benny's
hot-and-spicy sausages.

[PLAYING SMOOTH SOLO]

Lane, get your brother.

Hey, Lyle!
What do you want?

Okay.

LYLE:
Jazz and baseball.

Faster.

The sax I picked up on my own.

The baseball, that was my dad.

Taught me everything
I know about it.

And it got me
an athletic scholarship

to San Francisco State.

Now, my older brother Lane,

he had to go straight
from high school

to working to help the family,

so I'm gonna be the first
to go to college.

Jazz and baseball.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT:
Yesterday,

December 7th, 1941,

a date which will live

in infamy.

The United States of America

was suddenly
and deliberately attacked

by naval and air forces

of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace
with that nation...

and at the solicitation
of Japan,

was still in conversation
with its government

and its emperor

looking toward
the maintenance...

[***]

LYLE:
We were given 10 days' notice.

Ten days to close
the family business,

to sell our furniture,

to clear everything
from our home.

We gave our dog
to the neighbors.

I smashed my records
and left them there.

We were only allowed to bring
what we could carry with us.

First we were held
at the Santa Anita racetrack,

living in a horse stall.

Then we were taken
further away.

Everything we had known
was gone.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT:
...determination of our people.

We will gain

the inevitable triumph,

so help us God.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHILD CRYING]

MAN:
...must proceed to Medical...

[WHISTLE BLOWING]

MAN [OVER P.A.]:
Prisoner, step away
from the fence.

SOLDIER 1:
Get on with it, now.

SOLDIER 2:
Keep away from the damn fence!

MAN:
...and keep calm.

SOLDIER 1:
Okay, keep the line moving.

SOLDIER 2:
Go to the center circle.

Find your belongings.
Stand in line.

SOLDIER 1:
Once again, those of you
exiting these vehicles

or anyone by the center circle,
keep the line moving.

Head of the line's right there.

If you're not sure what line
you're supposed to be in,

find a soldier or an officer
that is near to you

and ask them.

Once again,
once you exit this vehicle

go to the center circle
to get your belongings quickly.

Okay.
SOLDIER 1: If you're not sure,

ask one of the soldiers.
Let's go. Ah.

They will tell what line
you should be in.

Keep it moving.

Right here,
just keep it moving.

She can get her own things.
Move on. Move on.

Once you got your bag,
just move on.

Hey.

You, in the gray cap.

You understand English?

Get up, get back in line.

[WHISPERING]
Go, go, go. Go. Go!

She's my mother.
I'm okay. Go, go.

[BABY CRYING]

SOLDIER 1:
Go to the center circle,

find your belongings
and then get in line.

Present your identification.

Once again,

those of you exiting
these vehicles...

[***]

How are you?
I'm fine.

Okay.

[SPRINGS SQUEAKING]

Can we have
everyone's attention?

Inspection is
in a few minutes.

Not enough time
to go outside.

We change here.

Men and boys,
come to this side.

And will please
all the women and girls

come to this side.

KAZ:
Okay.

Block 41, Barracks 11,
bed check.

Everybody step to your cots.

[ALL MUTTERING]

Is that one of those
trick pictures

like they have
at carnivals or...?

No, my dad
played semipro ball.

See, Ruth, Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx,
they're on a barnstorming team.

They play on
my dad's all-star team.

See?

Well, this guy right here,

he's about as close
as you can get

without actually being
a real Yankee.

He's in their farm system,
Class A ball.

Line up. If you're not there
when your name is called,

you will be reported
as missing curfew.

MACK:
Nomura.

Emiko, Kazuo, Lane
and Lyle Nomura.

KAZ:
I am Kazuo.

My wife, my sons.

Good evening.

My name is Walter Watson,

and I'm the director
of this camp.

The government has
created this camp

with your well-being in mind.

Every effort has been made here
to make your transition

as smooth as possible.

You'll have an opportunity
to live and work here

and establish constructive lives

as close to those
that you previously had.

As for me personally,
I look forward

to working with each
and every one of you,

and I wish to bid you all
a very good first night.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[***]

[CROWD CHEERING]

ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]:
Single-A minor-league pro ball.

Coming to the plate,

Bees catcher Billy Burrell.

Billy's the heart and soul
of this Bees team.

WOMAN:
All right,
hit it out of the park!

ANNOUNCER:
If you ask me,
Billy is still showing

why he was once considered
a major-league prospect.

My, oh, my,

look at it fly.

Billy caught all of that one.

That's a two-run shot.

Whoo!

That's the game winner,
Billy Burrell!

Your Abraham Bees
pull it out, 6 to 5.

JOE:
He's having
a heck of a season.

His best in years.

The last time he had
a start like this

was back in Triple-A.

Don Lemon himself came out
to take a look at him.

We really thought we were gonna
get called up that year.

Hm.
[GIGGLES]

Billy's son, Billy Jr.,

played with the Bees briefly

before he shipped out
to the Pacific.

Father and son,
both doing their duty

for their country.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Oh.

[HAMMER TAPPING]

[SAXOPHONE PLAYING
MELLOW MELODY]

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

LYLE:
Hey, I can play here
if I want to, okay?

It's a free country.

Free country, huh?

If it's a free country,
let me see you take that horn

and go on the other side
of that fence and play.

Get out of here.

Hey, what is that
over there?

It's nothing for you.

Get out of here.
Go play someplace else.

What do you got back there,
old man?

You making something
with those peaches?

Is that booze?

[SIREN WAILING]

MAN:
All residents must be
in their barracks.

All residents must remain
in their barracks.

No one is allowed
out of the barracks.

BILLY:
Block 41, Barracks 11.
Name: Nomura, Lyle.

Area around this barracks,
then perimeter search.

We don't find him,
we'll do barracks-to-barracks.

We found him out near
the northeast firebreaks.

He's drunk.

NORRIS:
He was lying on the ground.
Smart-ass said he got lost.

Smells sweet.
You make some kind of home-brew?

You make the booze,
or did somebody bring it in?

Did you make it, or did
somebody bring it into the camp?

[VOMITS]

Where--?
Aw, son of a bitch!

WATSON:
Who called lockdown?

Prisoner was missing.
He wasn't in his barracks.

You are not authorized
to call lockdown.

I'm putting him in the stockade.
He's my son.

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

Everybody, listen.

We have to do what we can
to make a new home,

each one of us.

My father has spoken
to Director Watson,

and he said we're allowed
to make improvements

on our barracks.

Too many of us
have gotten sick.

We can patch the holes, uh,
make curtains,

do whatever we can to stop

the wind and dust
from coming in.

There are over 8000
of us here.

We have the skills
we can use.

Now, the government
won't help,

but they will allow us

to use mail-order catalogs

and to go outside
into town for supplies.

We have to pay our own way,
but if everyone contributes,

then like my father said,

out of necessity,

we can make a new home
for ourselves.

Says here she's a pretty nice
sort of person

when she lets her hair down.

Did you know Rita Hayworth
was actually a Mexican?

Hey, Billy.

Ed.

Camp okayed the Japs
to come in,

order some supplies directly.

Hi, I'm Kaz.

My son Lane.
Hi.

Do you have in stock?

"Fertilizer, watermelon seeds,
strawberry plants."

What's this?
Uh, ginger something?

That's gingham.

JOE:
The material?

Yeah, my mom wants it
to make curtains.

How you gonna pay
for all this?

Cash.

Now we're giving
these people cash too?

Sure, bring 'em here.

We'll take care of 'em,
we'll feed 'em.

We'll house 'em,
and you know what?

While we're at it,
why don't we give 'em

some extra cash,
just to go along with it?

No one is giving us money.

We were afraid banks
would take our savings,

so we brought money here.

Bullshit.

Leave 'em alone, Ed.

You're not gonna win
the war in here.

Let me see what
I got in stock.

As long as you can make
a buck out of it.

It's okay.
Yeah.

Katie got a letter
from your boy Jackie.

Hm.

Yeah, they're shipping him out
to the Solomons,

not far from where
your son is.

We said a prayer for him
last night at dinner.

I appreciate that,
Billy.

Yeah, we got most of it here,

but those curtains...

Gonna have to order.

Thank you.
Thanks.

Gingham curtains?

MAN:
How can we be held?

How can we be held
without being charged

with breaking any laws?

What happened
to the Constitution?

Where are all the Germans?
What about the Italians?

Demand answers.

Join us. Come on.

Demand answers.

You're afraid.
You're all afraid.

Where do you think
they're taking 'em?

Nobody knows.

They don't know where
they're going or for how long.

They got a special camp
for these guys.

They put all the bad apples
in one place

and make apple cider
out of them.

Come on. Let's go.

NORI:
Now, listen.

Where there are people,

there's gonna be drinking
and gambling.

Where there's drinking
and gambling,

there's money to be made.

You that good
of a gambler?

There's no such thing
as a good gambler.

Hey, I haven't risked
a nickel in 25 years.

The only way to win in gambling
is to be the house, the bank,

to run the games.

[PLAYING BREEZY MELODY]

NORI:
That way, I don't give a damn
who wins or loses.

Just give me a little piece
of the play.

People wanna drink,

I'll make it for nothing

and sell it to them for a buck.

Hey, it's business.

Hurry up.

Hey, what does
he wanna talk about?

[SCOFFS]
I don't know.

Yes, you do.

All right, okay.
Maybe I do.

Let's go, let's go.
Just be a big boy.

Huh, okay.

You wanted
to talk to me?

When I was a young boy...

I came to America.

I could not speak English.

Kids made fun of me.

One day, I found a game.

BOTH:
Baseball.

Yeah.

KAZ:
And I became good.

I became so good,
no one could deny it.

And the kids

stopped making fun of me.

I want to make
a league here,

just like we had at home.

You remember the first time
you put a ball in my hand?

I was 5.

You told me about
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig,

Lefty Grove.

You made me believe
that I could be Babe Ruth.

That that was possible,

that I could try
to be like him.

But you know what, Dad?

It's not true.

[PIANO PLAYING GENTLE MELODY]

GIRLS:
* With many a conflict *

* Many a doubt *

* Fightings and fears *

* Within, without *

* O Lamb of God *

* I come *

* O Lamb of God *

* I come *

[PLAYING FUN MELODY]

[GIRLS GIGGLE]

Girls.

You making fun of us?

[PLAYS THREE NOTES]

[GIRLS LAUGHING]

Shh.

I don't think
that's very funny.

I have the room here
from 4:30.

Jazz-band auditions.

Well, we're not done here yet,

so you'll just
have to wait, okay?

All right, girls, focus.

Eyes front.
Let's try it again, okay?

And...

one, two, three.
One, two, three.

GIRLS:
* Just as I am *

* Without one plea *

* But that thy blood *

* Was shed for me *

[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING
OVER RADIO]

* She's the lady
That I love... *

BILLY:
Jesus.

Hollister.

That kid Don Lemon
brought up to the Yankees?

Did he make the news
in New York?

You know, he reminded me
of Billy Jr.

I thought
he really had a chance.

I taught him things
I believe.

He never even got
an at bat.

Can you imagine that?

You spend your whole life
dreaming of making it up there,

then you get called
into the Army.

Why couldn't they at least
let him have one?

Just one stinking
big-league at bat?

Wasn't any sugar left.
Must have used it all up.

Billy, take a look
at this lineup now.

The great New York Yankees.
No DiMaggio, no Bill Dickey.

The starters
are all gone.

Yeah.

In another
few months,

the war's gonna take everybody
between the ages of 18 and 35.

We're gonna
have another chance.

I'm too damn old.

SHIRLEY:
No, no, not with
the way things are now.

The war's
changing everything.

We've just gotta get Don Lemon
here in that fancy car of his

and take another
look at you.

Big leagues,
New York City?

I haven't heard you talk like
this since I was a little girl.

Your mother's dreaming,
sweetie.

Mm-mm.

[CHUCKLES]

MAN:
All right, Lane.
Come on. Batter up.

MAN 2:
One time,
right down the middle.

[MEN SHOUT]

MAN 3:
Come on.

You too, baby.
One more, one more.

LYLE:
My brother never had
any interest in baseball.

I mean, he could barely
even throw a ball.

But it was him,
not me, who helped my father

get guys organized
and start playing.

And after that,
it just...

It was never the same between
me and my father and brother.

[MAN SINGING
IN HAWAIIAN]

* Means too much stuff *

* Aloha 'Oe
Means I love you *

* Take it easy *

[BAMBINO SINGING
IN HAWAIIAN]

Wait.

MAN:
Let's go,
come on!

Two teams.

Pick which one
you want to be on.

Home-run champ, bro.
What?

Da kine
Hawaiian league.

Shortstop,
Fresno Tigers.

Let's go, let's go.

[***]

MAN 1: Come on.
MAN 2: Go, go, go.

MAN 3:
In the middle!
We got him!

Thank you, son.

BAMBINO:
Give me something
right here.

Give me something.
Give me something.

[EXHALES]

MAN:
Come on, Lane.

[MEN SHOUTING]

LANE:
Foul, it's a foul ball.

BAMBINO:
Oh, yeah.

Home run all the way,
little brother.

LANE:
It's a foul ball.
Foul ball.

Fair ball.
Fair ball.

Foul ball.

Fair!

No way, come on.

Fair! Fair. That's fair.

Fair!

[BAND PLAYING LIVELY JAZZ]

Hey.

Hi.

Hey, come on up
and sit in.

Oh, no, no, no.
I was just curious.

I've never been to a dance
like this before.

No, come on up.

No, no, no.
Seriously, no, I can't.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't realize
you were afraid.

Let's go.

I need you
to let her sit in.

All right, we're about
to hit the melody.

Okay.

You ready?

Hey, take a verse.

What?

A verse, a solo.
Take a verse.

There's no solo
written here.

Just try it,
play what you feel.

Hey.

You weren't so bad
in there.

Oh, yeah,
right.

No, I'm serious. Uh...

Started off
a little stiff,

but you started to get
the hang of it.

When I got up, I thought
I was gonna have a heart attack.

You know, I was just like that
my first time.

Down at the Avenue.

What's the Avenue?

You want a drink?

Sure.

LYLE:
Oh, so Central Avenue,
downtown L.A.

All the best players
in the country go there.

And so this one night...

somehow I got up
the nerve

to just go on down there
for jam night.

By myself.

Oh, my gosh.

I mean,
I was so nervous...

I just stood
by the edge of the stage.

Everyone was looking at me
funny 'cause...

I mean, it's a hundred percent
colored people over there.

Oh.

So, um, they finally call
my name,

and-- And I put my horn
to my lips.

And nothing.

No.

I could not play
a note.

But, you know,
there was this-- This piano guy.

He was this old cat.

He looked at me,
and he said:

"Go ahead, son.
Play a verse."

[LAUGHING]
Oh, my God.

But I did. I did.

I started playing,
and-- And...

And it was amazing.

Me, up there...

with guys
from Count Basie's band.

Oh, wow...

Okay, I-- I never even knew
that Japs played jazz.

I'm not a Jap.

I was born here
just like you.

I-- I'm sorry,
I didn't me--

Thanks for letting me
play with the band.

Hey, big brother.

Worn out from
all that dancing?

Yeah.
It's hot in there.

Give me a cigarette.

Didn't know you still
had those moves.

Yeah, that Nancy girl's
running off my feet.

What are you doing
out here?

Oh, you know,
just needed some air.

Yeah.

So?

Why'd you ask her to come up
and play like that?

Thanks, Dad.

[WIND WHISTLING]

Our people fighting and dying
and these people here...

They start
a baseball league.

They have dances,
beauty pageants.

Yeah,
Watson and his Quakers

made this place
into a summer camp. I--

I've become
a goddamn babysitter.

MACK:
Will you get
that ball for us?

BILLY:
The ball there.

Oh, sorry.

No English.

Get the ball, pick it up,
throw it back here.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

You,
you understand English.

Throw it
back here.

If you can't get it
all the way,

just try to get it
as close to Mack, right there.

You got
a pretty good arm.

How 'bout betting a buck

and see if you can strike out
the sergeant there?

Five bucks.

Five?

I'll put up the 5.

BILLY:
One at bat.
Maximum seven pitches.

Hit, walk
or strike out.

You strike me out,
you win 5 bucks.

You don't, I win.

Call the shot, Billy.
Like Babe Ruth.

Show him where
you're gonna hit it.

NORI:
Attaboy, Lyle!

You guys didn't know he had
a scholarship to play baseball,

did you, huh? Ha, ha.

You picked up English quick,
didn't you, Tojo?

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Just a little bit.

How 'bout that? Huh?

[NORI LAUGHS]

LYLE:
Zero and two.

You wanna
double that bet?

Make it 10?

Ten bucks.

NORI:
Throw them
in there, Lyle.

Easy money,
Lyle.

We got a couple of suckers
on our hands here.

Ball one.

That was right down
the middle.

Off the outside corner.
One and two.

Ball two.

That was strike three
and you know it.

Just a "riddle" bit high,
don't you think there, Macky?

That's right.

Just a "riddle" bit,
just a "riddle" bit high.

Bullshit.

Hey, watch
your mouth, boy.

Heh. Not much question
about that one.

Full count.
Three and two.

Let's see what you do
with money on the line.

Ball four.

Where's my money,
hotshot?

You couldn't hit me
if your life depended on it.

You weren't even close
those first two.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Ten bucks.

I handle the money.

Here's your 10 bucks.

And thank you.

Thank you for
a great demonstration

of skill
and sportsmanship.

Like we say
in the old country:

Arigato.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

[***]

Let it go, Lyle.

Let it go.

Who the hell
does he think he is,

thinking he could
play baseball?

This had nothing to do
with baseball.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

Ugh! I start getting it
and then my fingers won't do it.

It's okay.

Just take it again
at half tempo,

but this time listen.

No, no.
Don't go easy on me.

I wanna-- I wanna play it fast,
jazz-style.

See? It's not about
playing it fast.

Sometimes
it's more about

what you're not playing
than what you are playing.

You just have
to listen.

I am listening.

No, you're not
listening.

You don't even know
how to listen.

I listen.

Hey, I know these guys.

They're old guys.

They told me they spent
their whole lives

trying to learn
how to play one phrase.

Listening to it,
getting it right.

You know, the sound.
Getting a feel for it.

Trust me, okay?

Let's try it again,
slowly.

Okay.

[BAT STRIKES BALL]

[CROWD CHEERING]

ANNOUNCER:
Tully rounding first
and headed for second!

Look out.

Feel like you can use
a haircut?

Don't forget about
Ed's Barbershop.

Cut it right,
cut it at Ed's.

Sure feels good to be
in first place, don't it?

Yeah, not bad, huh?

Good ball game.

Billy.

I thought you'd wanna see him
as soon as possible.

Oh, Jesus.

Billy's son.

No.
Sit down.

No.
Sit down.

[CRYING]

ALL:
* Silent night
Holy night *

* All is calm
All is bright *

* Round yon... *

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

* Holy infant
So tender and mild *

* Sleep in heavenly peace *

* Sleep in heavenly...*

Mom, Dad, Lyle.

I have something
important I wanna say.

I enlisted.

I joined the Army.

I can't be
in here anymore.

You should have
come to me--

I feel like I'm not
doing anything.

I accepted
what happened to us--

You accepted it?

I accepted it because
we didn't have a choice.

But now we have a choice.

Now I can prove that I'm
as American as anybody else.

LYLE:
You just get smarter
by the minute,

don't you, Lane?

Do you understand how much shame
you've brought our family?

KAZ:
Lane, that's enough.

I need to do this.
I need to tell him this.

LYLE:
I'm the only one in here

who's not afraid
to say what I think.

Lyle.

You lost a scholarship.
Big deal.

Everyone in here
has lost something, Lyle.

And no one
complains.

No one says anything,
no one cries, except you.

Only you.

You know what?

You go.

Go fight.

You go over there...

you get
yourself killed.

See what that proves.

[***]

Senninbari.

One thousand stitches.

One thousand mothers here
have each sewn one red stitch.

This, for my son.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

Lane.

As long as you wear this
senninbari around your waist,

you'll be protected
from harm.

Thanks, Mom.

Thinking what I'm thinking?

I doubt that
very much, Mack.

I know they're gonna be killing
Krauts and not their own...

but don't make no sense
letting 'em join our Army.

LANE:
I will wear this
with pride.

And the thought of you...

all of you,
will remind me of why I'm there.

Of what I'm fighting for.

And thanks for coming
to see me off.

I appreciate it.

So I guess
this is it.

Bye, Mom.

I'll be fine.

Yes.

Yes.

Dad.

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

[***]

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

I am what I am
because of you.

[TRUCK STARTS]

WOMAN:
Bye, Lane.

WOMAN 2: Bye.
WOMAN 3: Bye.

MAN:
Come back soon.

KIDS:
* O beautiful
For spacious skies *

* For amber waves of grain *

* For purple mountain
Majesties *

* Above the fruited plain *

* America
America *

* God shed his grace
On thee *

[SAXOPHONE PLAYING
"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"]

[FOOTSTEPS
APPROACHING]

Kazuo?

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

[HUMMING]

[SINGING ALONG
IN JAPANESE]

[***]

[FILM REEL SPOOLING]

ANNOUNCER:
Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

The Japanese-American 442nd

Regimental Combat Team
in training,

preparing to fight
for their country

and the American ideals

that are a part
of their upbringing.

Democracy and equality
of opportunity,

regardless of race, creed,
color or ancestry.

Their spirit is typified
by their slogan

of "Go for Broke."

Meaning "shoot the works,
risk everything,

go all out, never let up."

Go for broke indeed.

Go for broke.
MAN: Go for broke.

Go for broke.
Go for broke.

MAN 1:
Go for broke.

MAN 2:
Go for broke.

AUDIENCE:
Go for broke. Go for broke.

Go for broke.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENS]
BILLY: Katie!

BILLY: Katie, you here?
Yeah, I'm just here.

I, uh-- I got off
a little early,

so if you're done now,
I can drive us.

Oh, okay. Um, I just
have to finish

cleaning up
a couple things back here.

Where are
your Jap girls?

They left
a little while ago.

I'll just-- I'll
meet you at the truck.

I'll be there
in a minute.

All right.

[EXHALES]

[LAUGHING]

Oh, Lyle.
Lyle, come here. Come.

Did you see this
in the camp paper?

The Quakers are gonna offer
a scholarship.

"One player
from the camp league,

all expenses paid,
to the University of Delaware."

Whoever wins this can get
out of here, go to college?

EMI:
Yes.

He's here. Tell him.

Have you seen
the paper this morning?

If the Quakers will really
offer this scholarship,

then I can win this
and I can get out of here.

Did you hear what I said?
I can get this.

You know that.

Now...

I asked you before,
you said no to me.

EMI:
Kazuo, what he's trying
to say is--

Emi.

[TOOL SCRAPING GROUND]

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

I just want a chance for this.

I know that
I haven't been--

No booze.

Yeah, yeah, okay.

No gambling.

All right.

No seeing that girl.

What?

Well-- What does she

have to do with anything?

Everyone in camp knows.

Everyone is talking.

I-I don't care what they say.

I say.

No hakujin.

[PAPER CRUMPLES]

[***]

Kaz, it could be
a chance for him.

Quiet.

Lyle. Lyle.

If your father won't
let you play on his team,

there are other teams
to play for.

You can--
You tell my son

to turn his back on me?

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

[EXHALES]

[EXCLAIMS IN JAPANESE]

No.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Next batter.

[MAN PLAYING UKULELE]

[CROWD CHATTERING]

All right.

Whoo! What you get?
What you get? Give me one, bro.

Strike one.

Aw, come on,
brother.

You need some glasses.
Strike?

Give me another one.

[SIGHS]
Never could stand
Hawaiian music.

Well, you know
da kine jazz?

Give me one big headache,
bro.

[CROWD GASPS]

MAN:
Foul ball!

BAMBINO:
Jeez.

It was a long strike.

You know aloha means
"hello," yeah?

[LAUGHS]

Whoo! What you get?
What you get?

Whoa. Whoo!

BAMBINO:
Okay. All right.
All right.

You know,
it also means

"I love you," brother.

What you get?
What you get?

[GRUNTS]

Hey, doesn't it
also mean goodbye?

[LAUGHS]

Aloha.

I had an idea about
when I win the scholarship.

How do you know
you're gonna win it?

I'll win it.
[LAUGHS]

But when I get out of here,
I was thinking

that you would come
with me.

Come with you?

Yeah.

I've been thinking
about it a lot.

I mean, you're
a good musician, Katie.

A really good musician,
but you need to learn more.

You need to play
with other people,

you need to, you know,
get more experience.

Then maybe one day,
you know,

you could play
professionally

or you could teach.

[LAUGHS]
Lyle, I'm-- Th--

That school is in Delaware.

I've never been outside
of Abraham in my life.

Yeah, but that is
the point, Katie.

You've got to get
out of Abraham.

There's nothing there.

Delaware has this really
good music department.

Yeah?

And I already got you
an application.

We--

[EXHALES]

I want you
to come with me.

[EXHALES]

Yes.

I will.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

BILLY:
Ed, guess what. Yankees are
looking for a catcher.

Dapper Don might be
coming down here.

I don't give a shit about that.

What's the matter
with you?

I always figured Katie
and my boy Jackie

would be together someday.

And I even came to think
of her as my own daughter.

Yeah, and?

Now I don't.

You've been seeing some Jap?

[SWALLOWS]

What?

You've been seeing
some Jap boy?

Billy, what--?

BILLY:
Answer the question, Katie.

No.

No?

You haven't been seeing
that Jap Nomura?

No. No, heh,
of course not.

Well, what Ed heard is wrong.

I know
you wouldn't do that.

I know you would never
do anything like that, Katie.

Not to me,
not to our family.

Not to the memory
of your brother.

I spoke to Director Watson
about how to ease tension

between us
and the people in town.

We had an idea to have a game

between your baseball team
and our Topaz team.

Maybe we have--
No. Nobody on our team

would ever set foot
in that camp.

JOE:
Uh, delivery's
running late, uh...

They just called, said they'll
be about 15, 20 minutes.

BILLY:
I got a package

to pick up
at the post office.

Take care of their order
when the delivery comes.

A basket for you
and your wife.

JOE:
Thank you, Kaz.

[***]

This town is sick
to death of you people.

Why don't you go back
to where you came from?

I'm from Los Angeles.

[GRUNTS]

[GASPING]

[LYLE COUGHING]

[GRUNTS]

No. Get off.

[GRUNTS]

Uh.

You hungry? Go ahead, eat!

Eat!

Hey!
Hey, knock it off!

The hell are you doing
out here, Nomura?

Nomura? This that kid?

[SCREAMS]

BILLY:
All right, that's enough.

Break it up. Break it up!

Come here.
Break it up!

Everybody, go on. Get out
of here. Get out of here!

BILLY:
Take it home, Ed.

All right.
[GRUNTS]

Okay.

Are you okay?

Yeah.
Okay?

BILLY:
Get him in the jeep.

[GROANS]

No, I'm fine.
Okay.

SHIRLEY [LAUGHING]:
Who told you that one?

Mary Beth.
Ho-ho.

[LAUGHS]

We had a little trouble
in town today.

One of the prisoners
tried to run off.

Run off? Where are they
gonna run to?

I mean, there's nothing
around for 300 miles.

He wasn't trying
to escape.

He came into town with us
to get some supplies

and then he decided
he'd just wander off

and get himself
a burger.
[CHUCKLES]

That Nomura kid.

[CLEARS THROAT]
What did you do to him?

Me? Nothing.

Couple fellas in town
roughed him up a little bit.

Excuse me for just a second.

Sit your ass down.

You're not going
back to that camp, Katie.

Not tomorrow,
not the next day.

Not ever.
What?

You've been fired
from your job.

You try to go back
into that camp,

the guards will stop you.

[SILVERWARE CLATTERS]

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

[EXHALES]

Heard you didn't get
the scholarship

because of your injury.

That's too bad.

Things happen.

Whatever happens,

we have to deal with it.

Tough luck, kid.

Deal with it.

ANNOUNCER:
The Japanese-American
442nd Regimental Combat Team

moving up
from their battles in Italy

into the Vosges mountains
in France,

fighting in tough terrain
against seasoned German forces

trying to rescue a lost
battalion of fellow Americans.

Mission after mission,
these stalwart

fighting men
are proving themselves,

bringing honor to themselves
and the nation

that is proud
to call them citizens.

Hey, Billy.

You know anybody
in the Texas 36th?

No, I think Mack knows
a bunch of guys with 'em.

Well, the Krauts
cut 'em off

up in the Vosges mountains
in France.

They got ripped up bad.

None of our other guys
could get up the mountain

to help 'em.

Except for them.

The 442nd,

they took 800 casualties

to save 211 guys in the 36th.

These guys...

they're all from Topaz.

[***]

ED:
Barber says to her,
"Sweetheart,

you're gonna get hair
on your Twinkie."

She says, "I know.
I'm gonna get boobies too."

[BOTH LAUGH]

Just got off the bus
from Phoenix.

On my way to Topaz.

[EXHALES]
Thought I'd get cleaned up
before seeing my folks.

[EXHALES]
The back's kind of raggedy

so...think it could use
a trim right now.

Billy gets called up,
we're gonna be missing

a pretty big bat
next year. Hm.

Not gonna be
as easy to win

a championship again.
JOE: Mm-hm.

Still, long as Grover's
with us, you know, we got

a good arm there.

I'm kind of in a hurry here.

An MP's picking me up
in a couple minutes.

I don't cut Jap hair.

MAN:
Lieutenant Nomura.

Corporal Norris,
here to pick you up.

At ease.

Welcome back, sir.

Thank you.

[***]

Hi, Mom.

[SOBS]

Dad.

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

KAZ:
Lane, we kept everything.

He wanted to show you
how he kept them.

And I was telling him that
he was acting like a librarian.

And the news.

[LAUGHS]
And I really think that he can

still get a new job
as a librarian.

LYLE:
Hey. I heard you were back.

Hi, Lyle.

[LYLE CLEARS THROAT]

How have you been?

Fine.

EMI:
I went around
to neighbors

and got everything
you like.

When Mrs. Watanabe
came with the mochi,

I thought
it was perfect.

I have everything
I wanted.

I thought you would've
lost more weight.

You'd be like skinny,
skinny, skinny.

Now you're gonna have
home cooking again.

Sounds good.

KATIE:
I can't stand it anymore.

I'm doing nothing.
I can't--

I can't play music,
I can't come here.

I'm just stuck in that house
here in Abraham.

I have to do something.

[EXHALES]

I'm going away.

What?

I am going away

on my own.

Where are you going?

[EXHALES]
I'm going to Delaware.

To school. I got accepted.

No, that wasn't the plan.

You were going there
because I was--

I applied because of you,

but now it--

I mean, this is
an amazing chance for me.

You're the one who told me
I could do this,

I could get out of Abraham.

It was you.

You were going there
with me.

[SIGHS]

I can't see you here anyway.

BILLY [OVER MEGAPHONE]:
Prisoner, step away
from the fence.

Civilian on the outside,
get back away from the fence.

Civilian and prisoner,
both of you,

step back away
from the fence.

NORRIS:
Hey.

How's your brother
adjusting to being back?

Uh, he's doing okay.

He's a hell of a guy.

Yeah.

Hey, I'm not talking
about the Silver Star

or any of that.

That day I picked him up,
we were driving back.

He never said a word
about what happened

in that barbershop.

What barbershop?

Didn't even
faze him enough

to bother mentioning it
to you, huh?

What are you
talking about?

Just a haircut.

That's Ed Tully.

He's a barber in town.

[***]

KAZ:
Director Watson got
permission for us

to go outside of camp.

We are going
to their park.

Their home field.

[CHUCKLES]
That's great.

'Cause that is
the guy, Dad.

That day in town?

This was the guy.

I have to be
a part of this.

[KATIE EXHALES]

[FOOTSTEPS
APPROACHING]

KATIE:
Mama?
Mm-hm.

Um...

[CLEARS THROAT]
I-- I've been accepted
by a college.

I'm gonna go.

Katie. Okay.

[MUMBLING]
Delaware State University.

What--?

You wanna go to college
in Delaware?

What? College?

You never talked about anything
like this before.

I have some money
saved up from my job.

I'll use that to pay
for everything.

You're not going anywhere.
You're staying in Abraham.

When I get called up,
you're moving with us.

Billy.
I've made up my mind.

This is what I'm doing.

I'm not asking
for anything from you--

You're staying here
with us.

And when we go to New York,
we're all gonna be--

I spent my life hearing about
how things are gonna change.

How we're going
to New York.

All right, Katie--
How things will get better.

No, Mama, no. I don't wanna
wait anymore for anything.

I just wanna go.
I wanna do what I wanna do.

BILLY:
You are not
leaving home, Katie.

You are not going off
to school.

You are not going back
to that camp.

You are not seeing that Jap--

He's not a Jap!

Ha. Y-- You look at him

and you see the people
who killed Billy Jr.

Well, Lyle wasn't over there.

None of the people
at those camps were.

We're not talking about that.

Well, what are
we talking about, huh?!

All this time,
talking about them.

How they caused all this,
how they killed Billy.

Why don't we talk
about what it really is?

Why Billy Jr. was even
there to begin with,

why he wasn't here
at home.

Katie, that is enough.

All those years trying
to make him like you.

Trying to make him be you.

Forcing him to play baseball.

Making him practice hours
and hours and hours.

He never wanted it.
You don't know what he wanted.

You don't know anything--
He hated it. He hated you!

He couldn't stand
being here anymore

until he finally ran away
to the Navy.

That is why he was there.

That is why he was killed.

It was you.

You who killed him.

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!
Billy, no!

No!

[RAPID BREATHING]

[GASPS]

[FOOTSTEPS
APPROACHING]

[BILLY SOBS]

[WEEPING]

[***]

LYLE:
My father had set up the game
with the Abraham team

because he wanted us to have
a chance to prove ourselves

to the people of the town.

When I told him
I had to be there,

he never brought up
any of the things

that had happened
between us in the past.

All he said was,

"You'll have to work hard
to be ready."

NORI:
We're gonna challenge them
to a bet on the game, okay?

All of us together.

All it's gonna take
is one quarter.

NORI:
One quarter will do it.

Come on, give me a quarter.

Look,

one measly quarter,

that's all I need.
One measly quarter each. Okay?

Sweet, kid.
Put your money on your team.

BAMBINO:
Give me another one.
Another one.

Once again. Once again.

Come on.

NORI:
One quarter, your bet.
Our bet on our team.

All of us in one bet,

together.
How's that?

Drop it on in.

BAMBINO:
Attaboy. You got it.

NORI:
We're gonna get there.
Thank you.

Jeez.

[***]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

ANNOUNCER:
Welcome to Skinner Field,

home of your Abraham Bees.

We've got a special
exhibition game

between the Bees
and a team

from the Topaz Relocation Camp.

Quite a few people
from the camp

came out to take a look.

Probably the first time
they've ever seen a real game.

A little birdie put it
in my ear that

Dapper Don Lemon, the scout
of the New York Yankees,

is coming by today.

Y'all know what happened
last time Don was here.

Yep, that's right.

Jimmy Hollister was called up
to the big club. Our Jimmy.

We decided to treat this
like any other day,

act like we didn't even know
he was coming.

I heard he drives
a big fancy car.

A brand-new Roadmaster,

and he doesn't
even like driving.

[LAUGHS]

What the hell is this?

Twenty-five hundred bucks.

What?
Ten thousand quarters.

Every person in camp
is in on it.

Twenty-five hundred dollars?
That's a new Cadillac.

Yeah.

We like to gamble.

Hey, Billy.

These are the guys that wanna
put money on the game.

All right, how much?
I'm in.

Two thousand,
five hundred bucks.

[SCOFFS]

What, $2000?

What?

What's the matter, you scared?

Huh, you yellow?

You don't even belong
on the same field as us.

There's just no way we can
come up with that much money.

And you guys are gonna
back down?

Come on,

what have you got
that's worth 2500

that can cover
the bet?

Little slants just
trying to show us

how rich they are.

I have
an idea.

Since this is a league game,
it was decided that a coin toss

would determine which team
will bat first.

Topaz, you will call
the coin toss.

Heads.

Heads it is.

KAZ:
We bat last.

Topaz has elected
to bat last.

ANNOUNCER:
Looks like the Topaz team
has decided to let the Bees

lead this thing off.

Everybody,

we know what we have to do

to win today.

But...

today is not just
about winning.

Today is about...

dignity.

Dignity of the game

and the dignity we have...

here.

Enough.

Let's play ball.

You heard him.

Who are we?

ALL: Topaz!
Yellow!

Let's go, guys.

[CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING]

These guys are little,

and I mean little.

It's almost like looking at
a bunch of midgets out there.

Personally, I always get
a kick out of midgets.

You see a midget,
you gotta chuckle.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

Hey, your Abraham Bees
leadoff hitter,

first baseman Ed Tully,
steps up.

MAN:
Come on, Ed.

MAN:
Let's go, Ed.

[CROWD GROANS]

Do that again.

Throw at me.
Throw at me again. Come on.

That had more than "brush back"
written on it.

The pitcher kid winds.

Strike!

What?

Attaboy, Lyle, attaboy.

Little pitcher fella has
a decent-looking fastball.

Two!
There's a fastball

right down the middle.

Out!
Strike three.

He struck him out.

And that's one down.

Next up, we've got catcher
Billy Burrell.

We're all expecting Billy
to be called up.

No one deserves it
more than him.

I've never known a player
who respected the game more.

MAN 1: Mash it, Billy.
MAN 2: Go, Billy!

My hat's off to Billy.

I couldn't be happier for him.

Strike!
Come on,
that's outside.

[NORI WHISTLES]

Hey, it's a little different

when you both have
to play fair now, huh?

Just a little bit.

Just a little bit.

LYLE:
This time, it's straight up.

MAN 1: Come on.
MAN 2: Let's go, Burrell!

Straight up.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Down the line, hooking...

Foul.

UMPIRE:
Foul ball!

Okay.
MAN: Come on, Billy.

You're out!

NORI:
Beautiful, beautiful.

That's the way to do it, now.

That's the way.

[***]

These guys have never seen
anything like Grover.

You know, Grover really had
a shot a few years back.

He told me
that Don Lemon himself

came to take a look at him.

Talked to him about
working on his curve ball.

Coming to the plate,

this must be...
Let's see...

"Take-a-shita."

UMPIRE:
Ball one.

Strike one.

Strike two.

Grover winds.

You're out!

And down he goes.

As next batter,
this pitcher kid's coming up.

Come on, Grover, come on.

A little tap down the line.

That's two down.

Let's forget about
this exhibition game.

Teach these guys
a real lesson.

This big fella,

I don't know
what he's doing with them.

He looks colored to me.

I guess he's married to one,

or got some of their blood.

Scorecard says
he calls himself

Bambino.

Got no comment on that.

Grover winds and...

[CHUCKLING]
Oh, hey.

They don't have fastballs
like that

where they come from.

First inning: one, two, three.

Here comes the pitch.
UMPIRE: Strike!

Down he goes. Grab some pine.
Out!

Take your seat.
Out!

Grover's working
on a no-hitter.

It's damn near impossible
to tell them apart.

Top of the fourth, and Nomura--
Nom-- Nom-- Nom--

Whatever-his-name-is
delivers, and--

[CROWD CHEERING]

They don't have any bats,
but their defense

is looking good out there.

Where is he?

JOE:
Want me to go look around
and see if anyone's seen him?

Oh, would you, Joe?
I'd appreciate that.

This Topaz kid, now,
I don't know if he's throwing

some kind of special
imported pitches or what,

but he's got himself
a shutout going as well.

Strike three.
You're out.

NORI:
We call that his radio ball.

You heard it,

but didn't see it.

Did you,
sergeant-san?

[NORI LAUGHS]

Grover winds and...

[CROWD CHEERS]
Bambino, I love you!

NORI: Yeah, Bambino!
My, oh, my,

see it fly.

The Topaz team goes up, 1-0.

Yeah! Go! Yeah!

That calls for a little
liquid refreshment.

JOE:
He's here.

Oh, thank God.

Billy, he's here.

He just got here.
What?

He always reserves a seat
when he comes,

and Joe just went
to find out where he is.

[SIGHS]

New York Yankees.
New York Yankees.

[GIGGLES]

ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
please rise

for the seventh-inning stretch.

Feel like you could use
a haircut?

Don't forget about
Ed's Barbershop.

Cut it right, cut it at Ed's.

And join me in singing

"Take Me Out
to the Ball Game."

* Take *

ALL:
* Me out to the ball game *

* Take me out to the bar *

* Buy me some peanuts and... *

I bought
my bus ticket.

I leave for Delaware
day after tomorrow.

That--
That's great, Katie.

I won't go
if you don't want me to.

No.

No, I want you to,

I do.

Really?
Yeah,

really.

Oh, God.
I'm so scared, Lyle.

I have never been
anywhere by myself.

Yeah, I know. It's nothing
to be afraid of, all right?

You're gonna be fine.

I just keep thinking
about maybe next year,

maybe you could come,
you could join me.

We could--
Could be in Delaware--

[SHIRLEY LAUGHS]

Ahem.
Mom, this is Lyle.

This is my mom.

LYLE:
Hello, Mrs. Burrell.

It's a pleasure
to meet you.

It's nice to meet you.

Mom, Dad.

This is Katie.

Hello.

And her mother
and father.

Well, here we are
in the top of the ninth,

and our Bees are trailing, 1-0.

One on, two outs,

and now we got Ed Tully

coming up.

Ed hits a slow dribble
off the first-base line.

Look out.

BAMBINO:
Oh. Whoa.

What, you wanna hit somebody?
Come hit me.

Come hit me, man.

You wanna hit somebody?

UMPIRE:
Hey, catcher,

get back behind the plate.

That's Ed Tully-style baseball.

BILLY:
Stay on the base, Ed.

Next up,

we got catcher Billy Burrell.

Nomura's made Billy
look bad today.

Struck him out three times.

I can tell you right now,

Billy does not wanna strike out

to end this game.

MAN:
Go Burrell!

Two on,

two outs.

This game is on the line

right here, folks.

MAN:
Knock it out of the park,
Burrell!

[EXHALES]

[WIND WHISTLING]

[CROWD CHEERING]

Bombs away!

Billy just hit
a three-run homer.

It doesn't get any better
than this, fans.

I'm sorry, sugar.
I'm really sorry.

SHIRLEY:
What is it, Joe?

JOE:
I found out where Don Lemon
reserved his seat.

Right over there.

I made a mistake.

Don Lemon isn't here.

That's a game winner,
Billy Burrell!

That's a winner!

ANNOUNCER:
One swing of the bat
and your Abraham Bees have

taken control of this game.

We can just about
call it a day here.

Hey, everybody.

I don't wanna see

any heads hanging down.

Every one of you.

I am proud of you.

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BAMBINO: We're all here, yeah?
ALL: Yeah.

BAMBINO: We're all here, yeah?
ALL: Yeah.

Let's give 'em something
to cheer about, guys.

Who are we?
ALL: Topaz.

Who are we?
ALL: Topaz. Let's go, let's go!

Well, here we are.

Bottom of the ninth.

Your Abraham Bees 3,

Topaz 1.

All right, let's get this thing
over with. Three and out.

Grover looks fresh
as a daisy out there.

They barely touched him today.

Out.
And down he goes.

Right, that's one.
Okay, we got one here.

Grover had that one slip

against the big colored guy,

but other than that,
he's thrown a gem.

UMPIRE: You're out!
All right, we got two.

All right.

It's all over
but the shouting now.

Well, we're down
to our last out here,

and I gotta tell you,

it was more of a game
than what I expected.

This Topaz team managed
to make a decent contest of it.

Bunt!
Bunt down the first-base line.

No play at first.

Shit. Damn it.

MAN:
Yeah!

Come on, now,
come on.

Where were you?
Come on.

Now, this next batter,
he's 0-for-3.

Gone down on strikes
every time he's been up.

Grover's got him terrified
of that high-and-inside pitch.

And I gotta say,

I can't blame the little fella.

[CROWD GROANS]

Look out. That's gotta hurt.

"Take-a-shita"

takes a first "base-a."

Pardon my Italian.

That puts the tying run
on base, folks.

Still got a chance
at that 2500.

There's not gonna be
any 2500.

NORI:
I'm not saying
we're not gonna win.

What I mean is,

we're not going
to make 2500.

They don't have the money
to put up for the bet.

So, what's the bet for now?

A haircut.

A what?

Our 2500
against a haircut.

That's ridiculous.

Is it?

You want your quarter back?

I'll give you your quarter back.
I'll take care of it personally.

And anybody else who wants
their quarter back.

Two on, two outs.

The Bees better quit
fooling around

and finish these guys off.

It's all our money

against a haircut.

[ALL MURMURING]

NORRIS:
I'd like a piece of that bet.

You're on.
WOMAN:
Come on, Topaz,

let's win this thing!

We've got a bet
to win!

WOMAN 2: Let's go, Topaz!
MAN: We can do it!

MAN 2:
Come on, let's win this thing.

WOMAN 3:
Come on, Topaz!

MAN 3: Let's go.
WOMAN 4: Let's win it.

Lyle!

Go for broke, Lyle!

Go for broke.

Go for broke, Lyle.

Go for broke.

Go for broke.

Go for broke!
Go for broke!

Go for broke!
Go for broke!

Go for broke!

ALL:
Go for broke!

Come on,
go for broke!

Go for broke!

Go for broke!
Go for broke!

Something's going on
with the Topaz fans.

CROWD:
Go for broke!

They're yelling something.

Being pretty insistent
about it too.

CROWD:
Go for broke!

Go for broke! Go for broke!

Go for broke!

There's a line drive
down the line.

One run's gonna score.

The second one's
rounding third,

and he'll score.

The throw comes into the plate.
The runner heading for third.

And he's safe.

Safe at third.

[CROWD CHEERING]

We got a tie game, 3-3,

bottom of the ninth.

Coming up
is the big colored fella,

their so-called Bambino.

Billy Burrell and Ed Tully
going to the mound

to talk to Grover.

He's their only real hitter,
so keep it away from him.

Heck, no.

I say we go after him.

Come on.

And, Grover,
don't screw it up.

I got a lot of plans
for that $2500,

and I sure as hell ain't
giving no haircut.

Come on!

This is what it's all about:

pitcher versus batter.

Our best pitcher
against their best batter.

Grover getting the sign.

He's gonna throw some smoke,
I can tell you that.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Down the line. Hooking...

UMPIRE: Foul ball.
Foul!

Grover better bear down here.

Grover getting his sign.

[TO HIMSELF]
Come on.

Come on, Grover.

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Out!

What? No, no, no.
He didn't tag me!

He missed me.
Went over my head.

KAZ:
No tag! No tag!

Yeah, no tag.
He missed the tag!

UMPIRE:
The tag is good!

He was safe.

UMPIRE:
Catcher made the tag.

Hell of a play.
Way to hang in.

Goddamn it!

This runner is out.

[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]

LYLE:
His hands were way up here.

KAZ:
Missed him! He was safe!

LYLE: I was safe.
UMPIRE: Tag was good!

We'll get 'em this time.
UMPIRE: Runner is out.

Three-three tie,
we go to extra innings.

LYLE:
He missed me.

Lyle, enough. Enough.

BILLY:
Did you touch the plate?

What?

Did you touch the plate?

Yeah, I touched the plate.

Course you did.

Game's over.

[ED SCOFFS]

Tie game, extra innings.
Let's go.

He was safe.

ED:
What? The ump saw, I saw it,
everybody saw it.

He's out. Come on--
I tagged him.

I made the tag,
but I dropped the ball.

He's safe. Run scores.

I didn't see you drop
the ball, catcher.

I know you didn't.

I did.

Call it.

Catcher dropped the ball
after the tag.

Run is good at home!

No! No, you can't do that!
You can't change the call.

Game is over. Topaz wins, 4-3.
ED: He was out. You called it.

What the hell is that?!

Topaz wins?

Topaz wins! We won!
We won!

We won!
ALL: We won!

Topaz wins?

He's saying Topaz won.

[ALL CHEERING]

CROWD:
Go for broke! Go for broke!

Go for broke!
Go for broke!

Go for broke! Go for broke!

Go for broke!
Go for broke!

Go for broke! Go for broke!

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[SCISSORS SNIPPING]

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