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Man: ACTUALLY, YOU GET OVER IT
FAIRLY QUICK.

YOU MIGHT NOT THINK SO,
BUT IT TRUE.

YOUE DRIVING ALONG
WITH A MAN

WHO BEEN TOLD
HE DYING,

AND YET, EVERYTHING
KEEPS GOING ON.

I MEAN, IT HAD BEEN
HARD ENOUGH ROOMING WITH HIM

WHEN HE WAS WELL.

HE CHEWED
THIS DISGUSTING TOBACCO,

HE PISSED IN THE SINK,
AND AS A CATCHER,

HE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROMISE

WORTH 2 CENTS
ON DELIVERY.

MOST PEOPLE DIDN EVEN KNOW
HE WAS WITH THE CLUB.

AND DUMB.

HE WAS ALMOST TOO DUMB
TO PLAY A JOKE ON.

AND NOW HE BEEN PLAYED
THE BIGGEST JOKE OF ALL.

Woman: BILL!
OH, BILL!

HI, MOM.

OH, BRUCE,
I SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

I SO GLAD
YOUE HOME.

HEY, BRUCE!
BRUCE, HOW ARE YOU, SON?

IT SO GOOD
TO SEE YOU.

HOW YOU BEEN?
OK.

YOUE
LOOKING GOOD.

OH, I FEEL--
FEEL FINE.

DADDY, MAMA, I WANT YOU
TO MEET HENRY.

YOU CAN CALL HIM
ARTHUR, THOUGH.

OH, IL TELL YOU,

IT AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU
HERE, HENRY WIGGEN.

I--I CAN
BELIEVE THIS!

I CAN BELIEVE
I HERE.

WONDERS
NEVER CEASE, PAPA.

HOWDY, MR. BRUCE.

HI.

YOU ALL BETTER NOW?

W-WE WAS WORRIED.

WELL, I WAS IN GOOD HANDS.

Mom: I BET
IT WAS COLD UP THERE.

NOT TOO DAMN COLD, MAMA.

Dad: BUT WHAT
WAS WRONG?

NOTHING.

ARTHUR...

TELL ME WHY IN HELL

I SWAM UP AND DOWN THIS MUD
A MILLION TIMES,

AND I NEVER DROWNDED,

AND WHY I NEVER GOT KILLED
IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM,

OR WHY I NEVER
GOT PLASTERED BY A TRUCK,

BUT I COME CLEAN THROUGH
ALL THAT,

AND NOW I GET
THIS DISEASE.

ARTHUR--

DON ASK ME QUESTIONS
I CAN ANSWER.

WELL, IE BEEN HANDED
A SHIT DEAL, BOY.

I DOOMED.

SH...

ARTHUR...

YOU KNOW THAT GAME
YOU AND JOE JAROS PLAYED,

TEGWAR?

HOW YOU PLAY IT?

TEGWAR?

YOU DON KNOW HOW
TO PLAY TEGWAR?

SPELL IT.

T-E-G-W-A-R.

STANDS FOR THE EXCITING GAME
WITHOUT ANY RULES.

T-E-G-W-A-R.

NO RULES.

NO RULES AT ALL?

I-I NOT TOO SURE
I UNDERSTANDING THIS GAME.

YOU MIGHT NEVER.

THROW DOWN
IN THE MIDDLE, SIR.

WHY? NOBODY ELSE
THREW DOWN IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT YOUR FIRST FLAG CARD.

HOW CAN YOU TELL?

IT THE RULES.

WHEN THE RULES
ARE ON.

WHAT RULES? I HAVEN BEEN
NOTICING ANY RULES.

THEY--THEY SEEM
TO KEEP CHANGING.

5 AND 6 ARE 11,
THAT WHAT.

ATTA BOY, BRUCE.

RULES CONCERNING WHAT?

THE RULES
OF ARITHMETIC.

I WOULDN PLAY THIS GAME
FOR MONEY,

I CAN TELL YOU.

DON BE DISCOURAGED.

DON
BE DISCOURAGED.

SEE, IT WAS NO
DOUBLE BIRDIE.

DOUBLE BIRDIE?

WHEREAS FOR IT COULD HAVE
BEEN A SPREAD EAGLE.

PROBABLY
YOU BEEN PLAYING

SOUTHEASTERN TEGWAR
ALL YOUR LIFE,

BUT IN THE MAJORS,

THE BOYS ALL PLAY
WESTERN CANADIAN-STYLE,

WHICH, FOR MY MONEY,
IS MUCH FASTER

AND LEAVES YOU FREE
FOR A BUTCHERED HOG

MOST ANY TIME,
WHEREAS--

WHEREAS, UH, WHEREAS--

WHEREAS WHAT?

WHEREAS IT, UH,

KEEPS YOU FROM
DROPPING DEAD ON THE BOARD.

Henry: HELLO THERE,
OLD MAID!

HI. HEH.

OHH. MMM!
HA HA!

HI. HI, BRUCE.

HI. HOW ARE YOU?
HOLLY, BELIEVE ME,

SEEING YOU HERE
IS A REAL PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

MY SON TALKED
A WHOLE LOT ABOUT YOU.

OH, WONDERS
NEVER CEASE.

HOW ARE YOU?

OH, I FINE.
NEVER BETTER.

THESE ARE
THE MEDICAL PAPERS,

JUST IN CASE.

THE DOCTORS GIVE M TO ME
IN MINNESOTA.

GOD, IT WAS COLD UP THERE.

WHAT YOU THINK
OF YOUR CONTRACT?

I DIDN READ IT.

LIKE HELL
YOU DIDN READ IT.

I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
WHERE SLAVERY WENT OUT

WHEN LINCOLN WAS SHOT.

HENRY, WHO KNOWS
ABOUT HIM?

WELL, YOU KNOW,
I KNOW,

THE MAYO CLINIC KNOWS.
MAYBE HIS FATHER.

Holly:
AND BRUCE KNOWS.

Henry: THE TALK OF
THE AQUA CLARA CAMP
THAT SPRING

WAS A KID
NAME OF PINEY WOODS,

A WILD, CRAZY CATCHER
OUT OF A PLACE CALLED
GOOD HOPE, GEORGIA.

THE SPORTS WRITERS
ALL CALLED HIM

"DUTCH GOOD HOPE
FROM GOOD HOPE."

IN THE CATCHING DEPARTMENT,
DUTCH NEEDED HOPE.

COME ON, PINEY,
EH, LET GO.

STAND CLOSE.
PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND
EACH OTHER SHOULDERS.

I RATHER NOT.

Dutch: I VERY HIGH
ON THEM, VERY HIGH.

GOT ALL THE TOOLS.
HE HITS THEM A MILE.

HE RUNS LIKE A DEER.

HIS BACKSIDE
ONE-MILE WIDE

BY ACTUAL MEASUREMENT
WHERE HIS POWER IS.

DRINKS MILK
BY THE TONS.

WHO WILL STAY?

AH! HOW DO I KNOW
IN FEBRUARY

WHO IL LOVE IN APRIL
WHEN THE FLOWERS BLOOM, HUH?

NO, NO. FLOWERS
BLOOM IN MAY.

IT APRIL SHOWERS.

SMARTEST PROSPECT
IN YEARS.

HENRY, HOW MANY
CATCHERS ON A TEAM?

NEVER THAT MANY.

HERE THE PREMIUM
FROM GEORGE, ARTHUR.

GRACIAS, GEORGE.

FIRMA TU CONTRATO,
ARTHUR.

GEORGE SAYS, "SIGN
YOUR CONTRACT, ARTHUR."

OOH-YOO, OOH-YOO,
OOH-YOO-WHEE.

MORNIN ARTHUR,
HOLLY.

HEY, UGLY.

UH, I BELIEVE
THIS, UM,

BRINGS MY INSURANCE
UP TO DATE.

KEEP IT COMIN
IT YOUR FUTURE.

WELL, UH, I HAVE TO SAVE SOME
FOR THE PRESENT, HOWEVER,

SUCH AS THESE LITTLE GIRLS
RUNNINAROUND HERE

WITH THEIR EYE
ON HANDSOME BALLPLAYERS.

HOW MUCH YOU
HOLDINOUT FOR?

$127,500.

WELL, EVEN
IF I BELIEVED YOU,

YOUL NE-E-EVER GET IT.

BUT AS A VETERAN
OF MANY A HOLDOUT,

LET ME GIVE YOU A PIECE
OF SOUND ADVICE.

DON HANG IN THE PARK,

BECAUSE YOUR EYE GLEAMS,
YOUR HAND ITCHES,

AND YOU WISH
YOU WERE PLAYINBALL.

THIS SHINES THROUGH, ARTHUR,
AND ITL COST YOU MONEY.

IT THE BOSS.

DON BE TOO COMICAL.
JUST ANSWER IT.

LET IT RING
A WHILE.

FISHING PIER.
TAPEWORMS FOR SALE.

HEY, ARTHUR,
HOW ABOUT COMING DOWN

AND PLAYINA GAME
OR 2 OF TEGWAR?

IT NOT THE BOSS.
IT JOE JAROS.

ARTHUR, COME ON DOWN.

THIS PLACE IS SWIMMING
WITH FISH.

ALL RIGHT,
WEL BE RIGHT DOWN.

Joe: WHO
WITH YOU?

WELL, ME AND BRUCE.

BRUCE PEARSON?

YEAH, UM...

HIM AND ME

PLAYED QUITE
A BIT OF TEGWAR

OVER
THE WINTER.

HE VERY GOOD.

IL STAY HERE.

FORGET IT
FOR TODAY, JOE.

NO, HENRY, YOU GO.

BRUCE AND I
WILL STAY HERE.

GO ON. GO ON.

YOU OK?

YEAH. YOU GO ON.

IL BE RIGHT DOWN, JOE.

WOULD YOU MIND
IF I WATCH?

QUARTER TO 11:00.

NO, I SAID "WOULD YOU MIND
IF I WATCH"?

P.A.: PAGING
MR. DONALD GRAHAM.

MR. DONALD GRAHAM.

YOUE HENRY WIGGEN.

HEY, WOULD YOU MIND
IF I SIT IN?

I READ YOUR BOOK, TOO.

I DIDN READ
YOUR BOOK, ARTHUR,

BUT I WILL. I WILL.
I PLAN TO.

SO FAR, IE JUST
BEEN CONCERNED

WITH THE PARTS
THAT CONCERN ME.

HEY, WHO DID YOU
USED TO BE?

I JOE JAROS.
I A COACH.

THAT GOOD.

I USED TO BE
A BABY.

HEH HEH.

THESE ARE FIFTH AND 2...

FIFTH AND QUEEN...

RED ROOSTER.

BANJO!

HA HA!

THAT THE FIRST
NATURAL BANJO

SINCE THE DAYS
OF JOE DIMAGGIO

IN ST. PETERSBURG.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
15 AND 15 IS 31.

HEY, WHAT THE NAME
OF THIS GAME?

15 PLUS 15 IS 32.

32. OH, THAT RIGHT.

THAT A DOUBLE
HONEYBEES.

NOW, I NOT SURE
IF I TOO CLEAR

ON SOME OF THESE NEW RULES.

WHAT NEW RULES?

THERE HASN BEEN
ANY NEW RULES

SINCE THE BLACK SOX
SCANDAL IN 1919.

BIG LEAGUE TEGWAR
IS BIG LEAGUE TEGWAR

KNOWN TO EVERY
BIG-TIME BALLPLAYER

FROM BOSTON
TO CALIFORNIA.

AND THIS IS
THE LAST TIME WE PLAY
WITHOUT PEARSON, JOE.

ARTHUR, YOUR MIND
IS CRUMBLING.

HE TOO DAMN DUMB.

PROMISE ME, JOE?
I PROMISE YOU!

I PROMISE YOU. I PROMISE
ON A STACK OF CARDS.

ANYWAY, THE WAY
THAT BANJO
BEEN HITTING,

PEARSON SURE TO DRIFT
DOWN AND OUT.

THEYE SENDING HIM DOWN?

I DIDN SAY NOTHING.

WELL, DUTCH SAID IT, THEN.
THEYE RELEASING PEARSON?

WELL, DON IT LOOK
QUITE OBVIOUS?

WELL, THEY CAN DO THAT.

P.A.: PAGING MR. WIGGEN.

PAGING MR. HENRY WIGGEN.

PLEASE PICK UP
THE HOUSE TELEPHONE.

FORGET IT, ARTHUR.

STICK AROUND. HANG OUT.

THAT THE BOSS.

I GOTTA GO, JOE.

DAMN IT, ARTHUR,
STICK AROUND!

Henry: FAIR?!
YOU CALL THAT FAIR?

I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
WHERE SLAVERY WENT OUT
WHEN LINCOLN WAS SHOT!

YEAH, SO YOU WROTE
ACROSS YOUR CONTRACT.

OH, NOT ACROSS
MY CONTRACT.

MAYBE THE CONTRACT
OF SOME TURNSTILE TURNER.

YOUNG BALLPLAYERS
OFTEN END UP

OLD TURNSTILE
TURNERS.

ALL RIGHT,
LET ALL CALM DOWN.

YOUE LOOKING
VERY HEALTHY
THIS MORNING.

HENRY, YOU KEEP TALKING
ABOUT $125,000.

I CAN DO BUSINESS
THAT WAY.

WEL JUST HAVE TO
GET ALONG WITHOUT HIM.

SOME OF THOSE PITCHERS
OUT THERE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON

LOOKED VERY PROMISING.

SO I HEAR.

ANY ONE OF M MIGHT WIN
4 OR 5 GAMES,

IF GOD DROPS
EVERYTHING ELSE.

I HAVE IN MY MIND

AN ABSOLUTE
MAXIMUM FIGURE OF...

$60,000.

IF YOU HAVE
A GOOD YEAR
THIS YEAR,

WEL MAKE IT
BACK TO YOU
NEXT YEAR.

I WILL GO ON
YEAR AFTER YEAR

BEING PAID
FOR THE YEAR BEFORE.

NOW, THAT SHORTS ME A YEAR
IN THE LONG RUN.

WEE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.

EVERY TIME BRADLEY
OPENS HIS MOUTH,

I RAISING MY ABSOLUTE
MINIMUM FIGURE!

ALL RIGHT, HENRY--

BRADLEY.
BRADLEY!

I HAVE IN MY MIND
AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM
FIGURE OF $60,000.

BUT SHE HAS IN HER HEART
10,000 MORE.

THAT $70,000.

I THINK YOU JUMP
AT THAT ARRANGEMENT.

Bradley: LEAP
AT THAT ARRANGEMENT.

IL TAKE IT.

GOOD. WELL, THEN,
IT SETTLED.

THERE SOMETHING I WANT
INSTEAD OF MONEY.

NOTHING INSTEAD
OF MONEY.

OH, MONEY CAN BUY NOTHING
BUT HAPPINESS.

THERE ONE CLAUSE YET
TO GO IN MY CONTRACT.

ALL RIGHT, SHOOT.

THERE MUST BE A CLAUSE
SAYING THAT I
AND BRUCE PEARSON

WILL STAY WITH THE CLUB
TOGETHER,

OR ELSE GO TOGETHER.

WHATEVER HAPPENS TO ONE
MUST HAPPEN TO THE OTHER.

TRADED. SOLD. WHATEVER.

WEE GOTTA BE TIED
IN A PACKAGE

ON ANY DEAL
UNDER THE SUN.

Bradley:
IE NEVER HEARD
OF SUCH A THING.

NO. ABSOLUTELY
OUT OF THE QUESTION.

REASON ONE, DUTCH
WOULD NEVER HEAR OF--

LOOK HERE, HENRY.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
TO GET STARTED THIS WAY--

BRADLEY, NOW
LET JUST THINK
BEFORE WE SPEAK.

LOOK, WE WON BOTHER
TO WRITE IT DOWN.

I GIVE YOU
MY SOLEMN WORD.

NO VERBAL WORDS.
MUST BE WROTE IN.

BRADLEY, CALL DUTCH.

IT HIS ONE DAY OFF.

CALL HIM.

THEY SHOULD PUT ZIPPERS
ON PAJAMAS.

TELL HIM YOUR CLAUSE.

OH, SO IT YOU
WITH THE SPECIAL CLAUSE,
ARTHUR.

IL BET IT A DILLY.

BRADLEY, RUN AND GET ME
A WET RAG, HUH?

EVERYBODY THINKS
THEYE SPECIAL.

STERLING MUST BE SHOT
FOR HAY FEVER

WITH MEDICINE MADE OUT OF
THE PISS OF A HORSE.

TERUCCI MUST HAVE
CONTACT LENSES...

GONZALEZ MUST HAVE
A BUDDY ALONG

TO TRANSLATE IN SPANISH,

AND GOLDMAN MUST GO HOME
FOR PASSOVER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW,
ARTHUR...

CHINESE NEW YEARS?

I WANT A CLAUSE TYING ME
IN A PACKAGE WITH PEARSON.

Woman:
IL BET HE OWES YOU MONEY.

JEEZ, BRADLEY,

YOU AIN GOT
MUCH STRENGTH
IN YOUR HANDS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
"TIED IN A PACKAGE"?

IF HE SOLD,
I MUST BE SOLD,

OR IF HE TRADED,
I MUST BE TRADED,
SAME PLACE.

WHEREVER HE GOES, I GO.

WELL, THIS IS TELLING ME
WHO I MUST KEEP AND WHO NOT,

WHICH NOBODY EVER
TOLD ME BEFORE,

AND NOBODY WILL EVER
TELL ME AGAIN AS LONG
AS I UPRIGHT.

IF IT MONEY,
TALK MONEY,
AND GOOD LUCK.

THEY OWN ALL THE BANKS.

TALKING MONEY
ONE THING,

BUT TALKING BUSINESS
IS ANOTHER.

AND I AS SOON AS
TRADE THE WHOLE CLUB
FOR A TIN OF BEANS

AS LEAVE ANYONE TELL ME
WHO STAYS AND WHO GETS
CUT LOOSE.

I SORRY TO HEAR THAT
BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT CLAUSE

THEREL BE NO CONTRACT.

WELL, THEN THEREL BE
NO CONTRACT,

AND I MUST SUFFER ALONG
THE BEST I CAN.

SEVERAL OF THOSE YOUNG PITCHERS
LOOKED GOOD OUT THERE YESTERDAY.

YEAH? GOOD FOR WHAT?

WILL YOU GO SELL INSURANCE?

YOU DON KNOW
A SOUL ON EARTH

TO SELL INSURANCE TO
OUTSIDE OF BALLPLAYERS.

WILL YOU SELL INSURANCE
TO OTHER INSURANCE AGENTS,
HUH? HEH HEH HEH.

AND WHERE WILL YOU
FIND PEOPLE WITH MONEY,

WITH THE LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK?

HENRY, I HARDLY EVER EVEN
SAW YOU WEAR A NECKTIE.

BRADLEY...SHUT UP,
WILL YOU?

GO GET ME A COKE.

WHAT UP BETWEEN
YOU TWO, ARTHUR?

WHAT ARE YOU, A COUPLE
OF FAIRIES OR SOMETHING?

THAT CAN BE.

BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I RUN
ACROSS FAIRIES IN BASEBALL.

JEEZ, THIS IS TOO MUCH
FOR ME.

OH, YOUL UNDERSTAND IT
SOMETIME.

WHEN?
OH, I DON KNOW.

MAYBE SOON. MAYBE NEVER.

OH, IL CERTAINLY BE
HANGING FROM MY THUMB
WAITING TO HEAR.

CHRIST ALMIGHTY,
IE SEEN YOU ON DAYS
WHEN YOU HATED PEARSON.

WHEN YOU ATE HIM OUT
AS BAD AS I MYSELF
EVER ATE HIM OUT.

I SAW YOU ONCE
GET UP FROM THE TABLE
AND WALK AWAY.

Woman:
WELL, THAT COULD BE LOVE
AS WELL AS HATE.

IT AIN LOVE.

I DIDN MEAN FAIRY LOVE.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME HE COMES
STORMING INTO MY OFFICE.

YOU CAUGHT HIM PISSING
IN THE SINK IN PITTSBURG.

CLEVELAND.

URINATING.

MUST THIS CLAUSE
GO ON FOREVER? HMM?

I HAVE 4 CATCHERS.

I HAVE A CATCHER
THAT SOLD ON THE SAUCE,

AND A BLACK CATCHER
THAT CANNOT HIT...

AND A MOTORCYCLE CATCHER,
WILD AND CRAZY,

AND PEARSON,
WHO JUST PLUM DUMB.

I GIVE BOTH MY RIGHT EYES
FOR SAM MOTT OF CINCINNATI.

BUT CINCINNATI WANTS ARTHUR,

AND I CAN GIVE ARTHUR.

OR IF I GIVE YOU I MUST HAVE
SCUTTER OR FALKLAND

WHICH THE SON OF A BITCHES
WON GIVE ME

EXCEPT FOR ALL
MY RIGHT-HAND POWER.

I COULD SPARE MY RIGHT HAND
HITTING IF I CUT A DEAL
WITH PITTSBURGH,

BUT PITTSBURGH WANTS ARTHUR,

AND IE ALREADY GIVEN YOU
TO CINCINNATI ON PAPER
FOR SAM MOTT.

SO, I MUST PLAY
MY OLD CATCHER ON DAYS

WHEN HE GETS HIMSELF
SORTED OUT,

AND PLAY MY BLACK CATCHER
ON DAYS WHEN MY HITTING
IS HITTING,

AND PLAY
MY MOTORCYCLE CATCHER

ON DAYS HE EVER COMES
TO HIS SENSES,

WHICH SO FAR
HE GIVEN ME NO SIGN
OF REALLY HAVING ANY.

IL SHIP HIM
DOWN TO QUEEN CITY

AND SEE IF THEY CAN
TALK HIM OFF HIS MOTORCYCLE.

WE MUST NEVER HAVE
ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE
IN CAMP!

IE BEEN TRYING FOR DAYS
TO GET SOME SLEEP.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I STOP
AND THINK ABOUT IT,

I LIABLE TO WIND UP
USING MY PLUM-DUMB
CATCHER MORE AND MORE.

SOMEDAY YOUL UNDERSTAND.

NO, NO.
FORGET ABOUT IT.

THAT TOO MUCH
TO ASK.

ALL RIGHT.
I WILL AGREE
TO THE CLAUSE.

IE NEVER DONE
SUCH A THING BEFORE,

AND I WOULDN
DO IT NOW,

EXCEPT THERE
A LOOK IN YOUR EYE

THAT TELLS ME
IE GOT TO.

HEY, BRUCE. BYE.

HAVE A
GOOD TRIP.

OK, I WILL.
THANK YOU.

HEY, HOLLY. HOLLY.
YOU DRIVE CAREFUL NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

BYE-BYE, BOYS.

I GONNA MISS YOU.

I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU.

IL CALL YOU
COLLECT TONIGHT, OK?

I WILL. BYE-BYE.
BYE, BRUCE.

BYE.

OH, BOY, I HOPE
IF IT HAPPENS,

IT DON HAPPEN
IN A BAD HOUR.

IT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT
PROBABLY NEVER HAPPEN.

I GOT NO FAITH
IN THOSE COCKEYED
DOCTORS UP THERE.

CURVE BALL!

TOO BAD A FELLA
CAN PITCH SPIT.

YEAH, I HAVE LOTS
OF BREAKING STUFF AROUND.

SLIDER.

YOU SEE
THE DIP ON THAT?

ARTHUR,
IF YOU WAS ON ONE CLUB
AND I WAS ON ANOTHER,

WHAT KIND OF A BOOK
WOULD YOU KEEP ON ME?

IF I WAS TO KEEP
A BOOK ON YOU,

I SAY TO MYSELF
NO NEED TO KEEP
A BOOK ON PEARSON

AUSE PEARSON
KEEPS NO BOOK ON ME.

AUSE IF
I STRIKE YOU OUT
ON SOMETHING,

LIKE A CHANGE-UP
IN HERE,

YOU DON
COME BACK TO
THE BENCH THINKING,

"THAT WIGGEN,
HE STRUCK ME OUT
IN HERE,

SO IL BE
ON THE LOOKOUT
THE NEXT TIME."

NO, NO. YOU COME BACK TO THE
BENCH THINKING

"I THINK IL EAT A FRANK."

OR "GEE, I SEE A GREAT PAIR OF
JUGS UP THERE IN THE STANDS."

SO BY THE TIME
YOU COME UP
AGAINST ME AGAIN,

YOU FORGOT ALL ABOUT
THE TIME BEFORE,

SO IL JUST
THROW YOU IN THE
SAME PLACE AGAIN.

GET PAST YOU
AGAIN, PROBABLY.

YOU GOTTA
THINK, BRUCE.

THINK AND REMEMBER.

I GONNA START
KEEPINA BOOK.

YEAH, EITHER IN
YOUR HEAD, OR, UH...

WRITE IT STILL
ON PAPER FOR A WHILE.

YOU ALREADY
HAVE TERRIFIC POWER,

BUT POWER PLUS BRAINS
IS THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN NOBODY
AND SOMEBODY.

YEAH, WELL, IE ALWAYS
BEEN PRETTY MUCH OF
A NOBODY, THOUGH,

SO I GUESS WHAT
I GOT TO DO IS
I GOT TO DEVELOP BRAINS.

PLUS CONFIDENCE.

POWER AND BRAINS
ARE NOTHING
WITHOUT CONFIDENCE.

WELL, YOU ALWAYS
HAD CONFIDENCE.

I NEVER HAD
CONFIDENCE, ARTHUR.

NO, BUT I ALWAYS
LOOKED LIKE I HAD
IT, DIDN I?

DAYS WHEN I TIRED
AND MY CURVE
IS HANGING,

IT BULLSHIT THAT
GETS ME THROUGH.

CROWD IN,
LOOK FIERCE.

WORKS WONDERS.

AND HALF THE PITCHERS
YOUE FACING,

THEYE JUST
COUNTRY BOYS LIKE YOU,

OR ELSE COUNTRY BOYS
FROM THE CITY.

COUNTRY BOY
FROM THE CITY?

THEYE NO SMARTER
THAN YOU.

YEAH, BUT IE
NEVER BEEN SMART.
THAT THE THING.

EVERYBODY SMART.

YOUE BEEN DUMB
ON ONE COUNT ONLY.

YOU LET SOMEBODY
TELL YOU YOU WERE DUMB.

DIDN YOU BUY
AN ARCTURUS
INSURANCE POLICY?

YEAH.

DIDN THAT PROVE
TO BE A SMART MOVE?

WELL, NOW,
AS FAR AS THAT GOES,
I CAN ARGUE AGAINST THAT.

IS DUTCH SMART?

OH, YEAH.
HE CERTAINLY IS.

WELL, IF YOU
WERE SO DUMB,

WHY AIN DUTCH
CUT YOU LOOSE?

WELL, HE MIGHT
IN THE END.

OH, NO.

PINEY WOODS
GOES DOWN,
YOU STAY UP.

WHO SAYS SO?

I HEARD IT
WITH MY OWN EARS.

YEAH?

YEAH.

SHIT, NOW THAT
THE BEST NEWS
IE HEARD SO FAR.

WHAT WRONG
WITH BRUCE?

HE GAVE YOU
THAT RING, DID HE?

WHO SAYS
ANYTHING IS?

HE SAYS.

HE SAYS WHAT?

HE SAYS MARRY HIM
AND CASH IN ON
A BIG SURPRISE.

HE NUTTY.

YOU GET THAT WAY
SITTINON THE BENCH
TOO MANY YEARS.

WHAT WAS HE DOING
IN MINNESOTA?

HE HAD PNEUMONIA.

NOW WHAT WOULD
YOU GO ALL THE WAY
TO MINNESOTA

WITH PNEUMONIA FOR?

WELL, WHATEVER IT IS,
IT ISN CATCHING.

THINK I BE
HIS ROOMIE IF IT WERE?

ROOMING WITH
HIM ONE THING...

LOVING ANOTHER.

OH, KATIE, HONEY,
WHY DON YOU GET
YOURSELF MARRIED

AND WRITE YOURSELF
SOME EXEMPTIONS?

WHY DON
YOU PLAY BASEBALL
FOR FREE, ARTHUR?

WHY SHOULD
A GIRL GO AMATEUR

IF SHE GOT THE STUFF
TO BE PROFESSIONAL?

I DON KNOW WHY
YOU CAN TELL ME
WHAT WRONG WITH HIM.

KATIE, IF I KNEW,
YOU KNOW I TELL YOU.

Announcer:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WILL YOU
PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US

IN SINGING
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

♪ OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE

♪ BY THE DAWN
EARLY LIGHT ♪

♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY
WE HAILED ♪

♪ AT THE TWILIGHT
LAST GLEAMING? ♪

♪ WHOSE BROAD
STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪

♪ THROUGH
THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪

♪ OR THE RAMPARTS
WE WATCHED ♪

♪ WERE SO
GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪

♪ AND THE ROCKET
RED GLARE ♪

♪ THE BOMBS BURSTING
IN AIR ♪

♪ GAVE PROOF
THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪

WHY HE
SENDING ME DOWN?

YOUL BE
BACK UP, PINEY.

I OUGHTA BE
BACK UP NOW.

STICK TO BUSINESS AND
STAY OFF MOTORCYCLES.

I LOVE MOTORCYCLES.

LOOK AT THAT
OLD WASHOUT.

DON LOSE YOUR TICKET.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR BANJO.

GUITAR.

SAY HELLO FROM ME
TO EVERYBODY DOWN
AT POINT CITY, OK?

MAYBE SOMEBODYL
DROP DEAD UP HERE,

OPEN UP
A SLOT FOR ME.

WELL,
ANYTHING POSSIBLE.

LIFE IS UNFAIR,
IL TELL YOU THAT.

Announcer:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.

TODAY WE HONOR A RECENTLY
ELECTED IMMORTAL.

BIG BENJAMIN SKYLAR.

BIG BEN, PITCHING
FOR THE NEW YORK MAMMOTHS,

STRUCK OUT 312 BATTERS
IN THE YEAR 1901.

TURN IT IN, BEN!
TURN IT IN!

SAVE THIS ONE.

Announcer: BATTING FIRST
FOR PITTSBURGH,

HEY, MAN,
THIS ONE
FOR DWAYNE.

...A LEFT-FIELDER,
LYNDON BURROUGHS.

WHAT DO YOU SAY,
HENRY, KID?!
WHAT DO YOU SAY?!

ALL THE WAY, KID!
ALL THE WAY
THIS YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU
SAY, HENRY?!

COME ON, BOY.
COME TO ME, KID.

WING IT THROUGH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, KID?

NOT GONNA HIT THE BALL!
WHOO-HOO!

HE WUNG HER THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT.

SAY, PEARSON.

I ALWAYS WONDERED,
EXACTLY HOW TALL
ARE YOU?

OH, HE ALWAYS
DID WONDER.

YEAH?
YEAH.

IE HEARD HIM.

YES, I DO.

I EXACTLY
5 FEET AND 11 INCHES.

I NEVER KNEW
THEY PILED IT THAT HIGH.

Henry: WE WERE
A STRONG CLUB.

WE HAD GREAT PITCHING
WITH BOTH HANDS,

AND GOOD RELIEF, IF F.D.
OR CASELLI CAME THROUGH.

WE HAD THE BEST OUTFIELD
IN BASEBALL, BAR NONE,

AND THE BEST
DOUBLE-PLAY COMBINATION.

IN FACT, I DIDN
THINK THERE WAS ANYONE
WHO COULD BEAT US,

EXCEPT MAYBE OURSELVES.

WE STARTED
RAGGING EACH OTHER.

I KNOW YOUE
DISCUSSING MY PERSONALITY

WHEN YOUE
SPEAKING SPANISH.

NO SUCH THING!

DON TELL ME!
SPANISH IS THE SAME
AS ITALIAN.

WEE TALKING
ABOUT MR. DUTCH,
THE MANAGER.

SHUT UP, MAN.

I DON KNOW
ABOUT YOU, BRUCE.

YOU KNOW THAT DAMN
TOBACCO YOU CHEW?

YOU EVER HEAR
OF OLD YELLER?

THAT WHAT THEYE
GONNA CALL YOUR TEETH.

AND YOU HAVE THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT HAIRDO
YOU WEAR, MAN.

YOU EVER SEEN
THAT COMMERCIAL

WITH, UH, WHAT IS IT,
JOE NAMATH OR SOMETHING,

ABOUT THE GREASY
KID STUFF?

YOU GOTTA GET HIP
LIKE THEM GUYS, MAN.

THAT PART OF,
YOU KNOW,

THE WHOLE IMAGE
OF A BASEBALL PLAYER.

HE HAS TO LOOK GOOD.

WHY DON YOU,
LIKE, YOU KNOW,

READ SOME KIND
OF FASHION MAGAZINES,
SOMETHING LIKE ESQUIRE.

YOU KNOW, ME
AND THE OTHER GUYS,
WE READ ESQUIRE,

PLAYBOY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT WHY
WE DRESS WELL.

BUT YOU, MAN,
YOUE READING
FARMER MAGAZINES

EVERY TIME I SEE YA.

Announcer: NUMBER 24.
THIRD BASEMAN.

OCVATIO MALDONADO.

HEY! HEY!

WAIT A MINUTE!

HOLD IT!
WAIT A MINUTE!

HEY!
HEY!

HEY! HEY! HEY!

COME ON. COME ON.
COME ON. COME ON.

HERE.

COME ON.
SHAKE IT OFF.

ARTHUR?

JOE TELLS ME
YOUE BEEN PLAYING
CARDS WITH PEARSON

OVER THE WINTER, HUH?

SURE. WHY NOT?

WHEN?

JUST BEFORE
CAMP BEGUN.

WHERE?

DOWN AT BRUCE.

OH, WHAT WERE
YOU DOING DOWN THERE?

YOU MEAN BESIDES
PLAYING CARDS?

QUIT STALLING.
WHY DID YOU GO THERE?

HE ALWAYS WANTED ME
TO SEE WHAT
HIS FOLKS WERE LIKE,

AND ALL HIS OLD
STOMPING GROUNDS,

AND VARIOUS
BEAUTIFUL
WHEREABOUTS.

OH, ALL RIGHT.

WAS THE MISSUS WITH YA?

SURE.

YOU DROVE DOWN
THERE BY CAR?

YES, INDEEDY.

VERY WELLING.

NOW WEE GOT
YOU AND YOUR WIFE

LOCATED BY CAR
IN GEORGIA.

LET BACK UP
THE CAR

TO WHERE YOU
SPOKE TO GOOSE

ON THE TELEPHONE
IN CHICAGO.

YOU DROVE TO GEORGIA
FROM NEW YORK,

VIA CHICAGO,
DID YOU?

I NEVER DID SPEAK
TO GOOSE IN CHICAGO.

YOU NEVER DID?
IN OTHER WORDS,

YOUE TELLING ME
GOOSE IS A LIAR?

NO, NO, I SUPPOSE
WHAT HE MEANS

IS, UH, I SPOKE
TO HIS MISSUS.

YOU KNOW VERY DAMN WELL
WHAT HE PROBABLY MEANS.

DON PROCRASTINATE,
ARTHUR.

YOUE STALLING
THE WRONG MAN.

WHEN WAS IT?

PROBABLY AROUND
IN FEBRUARY.

WHAT WERE YOU
DOING IN CHICAGO?

BESIDES SPEAKING
WITH GOOSE MISSUS?

UH...I WAS ONLY
CHANGING PLANES.

TO WHERE?

MINNEAPOLIS.

FOR WHAT?

INSURANCE MATTERS.

NAME ME SOMEBODY
YOU PLANNED ON SEEING

ON INSURANCE MATTERS
IN MINNEAPOLIS.

ALECK OLSON.

JOE! JOE!

YEAH?

WHERE THAT
ALECK OLSON
FROM IN BOSTON

THAT SWINGS
LIKE AN AX-CHOPPER?

OLSON?

YEAH.

OLSON? MINNEAPOLIS.

DID YOU SELL HIM
ANY INSURANCE?

IT ONLY
A MATTER OF TIME.

THIS IS ALL A LIE.

I GOT OLSON IN
THE PALM OF MY HAND.

I GOT A FEELING
THAT ALL YOUR LITTLE
STATEMENTS ARE TRUE,

BUT WHAT THEY ADD UP
TO IS ONE BIG LIE.
AM I RIGHT?

ABOUT WHAT?

ABOUT THE FEELING
I GOT?

I DON KNOW WHAT KIND
OF FEELING YOU GOT.

YOU SAY YOU GOT
SUCH A FEELING,
I GUESS YOU DO.

I WISH YOU COULD BE
WRAPPED IN A SACK

AND THREW
IN THE RIVER.

ALL EXCEPT
YOUR PITCHING ARM.

HEY, ALECK, CAN
I SEE YOU A MINUTE?

YEAH, SURE.
SURE CAN,
HOW IT GOIN

HEY, FELLAS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK
ABOUT FRATERNIZING.

YEAH. UNG!

DUTCH CALLED YOU.

YEAH. WHAT
IT ALL ABOUT?

WHAT HE SAY?

WHAT WERE YOU
DOING IN MINNEAPOLIS.

I SAID, UH,
BOUGHT A COAT,
THAT ALL I KNOW.

OH, HE ASKED
ABOUT INSURANCE.

DID I BUY
INSURANCE OFF YOU YET?
IS HE SELLING INSURANCE?

WHAT ELSE?

UH...HE ASKED ME,
"THEN WHAT?"

I SAID, UH,
GOT ON A BUS
TO SEE PEARSON.

THAT ALL I REMEMBER.

WHAT UP, ARTHUR?

YOU GOT A GIRL
OR SOMETHING?

DID YOU TELL HIM WHERE
I WENT TO SEE PEARSON?

WELL, I FIGURED IF YOU
GOT ON A BUS TO ROCHESTER,

YOUE GOING
TO ROCHESTER, YOU KNOW?

AIN THERE ANY PLACES
BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS
AND ROCHESTER?

CANNON FALLS?

IT JUST SO HAPPENS
WE MET IN CANNON FALLS.

WELL, LISTEN,
YOU CAN MEET ANYWHERE
YOU WANNA MEET,

EXCEPT WHAT
WOULD YOU BE DOING
IN CANNON FALLS?

FISHING.

IN 9 FEET OF ICE?

HUNTING?

YEAH, BUT YOU BE
MOST LIKELY GO UP
NORTH TO THE CITIES.

I MEAN, THAT WHERE
MOST PEOPLE GO.

YOU GUYS GOT GIRLS
IN CANNON FALLS?

ARTHUR, CONCERNING
INSURANCE, I--

NO, NO, NO.

UP NORTH, EXACTLY
WHERE I NEVER GO.

THAT WHERE
EVERYBODY GOES,
PACKED IN LIKE SARDINES.

THANKS, ALECK.

YEAH, FOR WHAT?

I JUST WANTED TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT INSURANCE.

I MEAN, COMBINING
INSURANCE WITH
ANNUITY, YOU KNOW?

NEXT TIME.
I GOTTA WARM UP.

YEAH, BUT--

Henry: WE STARTED OUT
NEAR THE TOP,

RUNNING NECK AND NECK WITH
BALTIMORE AND CINCINNATI.

BUT ALL SPRING
WE KEPT FLOATING,

NEVER DROPPING FAR BACK,
BUT NEVER GAINING EITHER.

STAYING ALIVE WITH
PITCHING ONE DAY
AND POWER THE NEXT,

BUT NEVER PUTTING
THE TWO TOGETHER.

WE WEREN
PULLING LIKE A CLUB.

I WAS WORRIED, BUT DUTCH,

HE WAS GOING
OUT OF HIS MIND.

IT NO SURPRISE
HE KEPT HOUNDING ME,

TRYING EVERY WHICH WAY

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
WAS HAPPENING TO THE CLUB.

AIN YOU AFRAID YOUE GONNA
BURN A HOLE IN YOUR CHEST?

I SIT HERE READING
THE CHICAGO BOOK...

AND I KEEP TRYING TO FIGURE
THE SON OF A BITCHES OUT.

BUT THEN YOU KNOW WHAT
I WIND UP THINKING ABOUT?

WIGGEN AND PEARSON.

DAMN IT, ARTHUR,

YOU TOLD ME
YOU WENT BACK HOME
FROM MINNEAPOLIS.

SO IT THIS AGAIN.

NO, DUTCH, I DON
BELIEVE I TOLD YOU THAT.

BUT YOU LEAD ME
TO BELIEVE IT,

WHICH IS THE SAME THING.

YOU SEE OLSON?

SURE, I SEEN OLSON.

ABOUT WHAT?

INSURANCE MATTERS.

BY THE WAY,

YOU MENTIONED
YOU CALLED THEM.
MM-HMM.

DUTCH, I WISH YOU WOULDN
PUSH THIS THING TOO FAR.

WHY NOT?

IT A PERSONAL MATTER.

FLIP UP THE BOWL.

HOW SO?

WELL...

YOUE PROBABLY GONNA THINK
I SOME KIND OF HEEL
AND ALL THAT...

BUT THERE THIS
AIRLINE STEWARDESS.

HER NAME BEING WHAT?

MARY.

MARY WHAT?

SMITH? JONES? BROWN?

MARY PISTOCOLIOGNE.

GO ON.

I TRYING VERY HARD
TO BELIEVE THIS.

SO YOU PUT A LOG
BETWEEN CHICAGO
AND MINNEAPOLIS

AND THEN YOU GET
ON A BUS IN
MINNEAPOLIS

AND YOU GO WHERE?

WELL, DIDN OLSON
TELL YA?

YOU TELL ME.

CANNON FALLS, MINNESOTA.

FOR WHAT?

TO HUNT.

YOU NEVER HUNT.

I TAKINIT UP.

WHAT KIND OF A GUN
DO YOU SHOOT?

NO KIND.

I ONLY WENT THERE
AUSE PEARSON ASKED ME TO.

WHAT YOU CATCH?

NOTHIN YOU KNOW,
WE CHANGED OUR MINDS
AND WENT BACK.

BACK WHERE?

BACK HOME.

HIM TO GEORGIA
AND ME TO NEW YORK.

YOU PROBABLY
DRILLED THEM UP
TO THE EYES BY NOW,

BUT I GONNA HEAR
HOW THIS SOUNDS
FROM HIM, ANYWAY.

BRADLEY!

SEND PEARSON IN.

I DON BELIEVE THIS
COCKEYED BULL STORY

ABOUT MARY
PISTOCOLIOGNE
FOR ONE MINUTE,

BUT IF IT TRUE,
YOUE MAKI
A VERY BIG MISTAKE.

ANYBODY WITH A WIFE
LIKE YOURS

SHOULD COUNT
HIS BLESSINGS.

WHAT PLANE DID YOU
GO UP TO MINNESOTA
IN, PEARSON?

UH, NO PLANE, SIR.

IN MY CAR.

MM-HMM.

IS, UH, CANNON FALLS
A NICE TOWN?

OH, YEAH.

WELL, TELL ME,
WHAT IS IT LIKE?

WELL, IT A PRETTY
NICE LITTLE TOWN
WITH A MAIN DRAG

AND A FEW STORES,
BUT VERY COLD.
OH.

YEAH, WE COULDN FISH
AND THE ICE WAS 9 FEET THICK,
UH-HUH.

SO WE WENT HUNTIN

WHAT YOU SHOOT?

UH, NOTHIN NO.
WE STARTED HUNTIN

BUT THEN WE CHANGED
OUR MIND, SO, UH,

AUSE I DIDN FEEL LIKE
KILLINANYTHING ANYMORE.

HMM. WELL, THAT
KNOCKS THE HELL
OUT OF HUNTING.

YES, SIR, I GUESS IT DOES.

THEN WHERE DID YOU GO
FROM MINNESOTA?

UH, BACK HOME.

ALONE?
YEAH.

YOU SURE?

YEAH, YEAH.
WEREN WE, ARTHUR?

WEREN WE, WHO?

ME AND ARTHUR.

YOU TWO WENT DOWN
FROM MINNESOTA BY CAR?

Bruce: YEAH.

FLIP UP THE BOWL AGAIN.

VERY WELL, ARTHUR.

I THINK WE MIGHT BE
HEADING TOWARDS
SOMETHING AT LAST,

FOR 2 DAYS AGO, I ASKED
YOU WHO DROVE YOUR CAR

DOWN TO BAINBRIDGE

AND YOU SAID YOU
AND YOUR WIFE DID,

BUT NOW I HEAR
SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.

DID YOU GO DOWN THERE
AND BACK HOME FOR YOUR WIFE,

OR DID HER AND
MARY PISTOCOLIOGNE

MAYBE DRIVE DOWN
WITH ALECK OLSON,

OR OTHERWISE, WHAT THE
HELL IS GOINON HERE?

BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS SURE
AS YOUR NAME IS,

THAT I GONNA GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

WELL, DUTCH,
THE JOKE ON YOU.

I LAUGHING MY ASS OFF.

BECAUSE IF YOUL BACK
THE WHOLE THING UP,

YOUL REMEMBER
I CALLED YA DURING
THIS TIME ON THE TELEPHONE

AND GIVE YA
A LITTLE PATTER, RIGHT,

AND, UH, I TOLD YA I WAS
UP HOME, BUT ALL THE TIME,

WHERE WE WERE, WE WERE
RIGHT DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS...

AND WE WOULDA WENT OUT
AND SEEN YA, BUT WE
WEREN DRESSED,

AND, UH, WE DIDN WANT TO
SEE THE MISSUS LIKE THIS

SO WE MADE A GAG
OF THE WHOLE THING.

WELL, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
ME NOT WANTING TO
GIVE AWAY A GAG LIKE THAT.

I MIGHT WANT TO USE IT
ON SOMEBODY ELSE
AT ANOTHER TIME.

GET OUT.

GET OUT!

Man: EEE KOO KOO
KOO KOO KOO!

Man: COME ON, PEARSON,
COME ON, BABY, LET GO!
HIT IT! HIT IT!

HEY, BABY,
TURN, BABY, TURN!

BACK! BACK!
HUSTLE BACK HERE!

ATTA BOY, PEARSON!

KEEP YOUR HAND
RIGHT, BRUCE!

NOT BAD, HUH, DUTCH?

YEAH, NOT BAD.

ARTHUR?

HOW DO I CHANGE
MY BENEFICIARY?

WHO DO YOU WANT
TO CHANGE IT TO?

TO KATIE.

SHE GONNA MARRY ME
AT LAST.

WHEN?

WHEN YOU CHANGE
THE BENEFICIARY?

ARTHUR, YOU GOT NO RIGHT

TELLINME WHO I CAN
AND WHO I CANNOT CHANGE
MY BENEFICIARY TO.

WHY DIDN SHE MARRY
YOU LAST YEAR

OR THE YEAR BEFORE?

WELL, SHE NEVER
LOVED ME BEFORE.

BEFORE WHAT?

BEFORE NOW.

HOW IS "NOW" DIFFERENT?

ARTHUR, WILL YOU
CHANGE IT FOR ME

OR WILL YOU NOT
CHANGE IT FOR ME?

IL WRITE IT
RIGHT TO ARCTURUS.

WELL, WHEN?

TUESDAY.

WELL, WHY NOT NOW?

BECAUSE IT TIME
TO GO TO THE BALLPARK.

OH, I SEEN YOU DASH OFF
MANY A LETTER

STANDING AGAINST THE WALL
OR WHEN YOU WAS IN A CAB.

THIS IS A MATTER
OF $137,500.

NOW, A LARGE FIGURE
LIKE THAT HAS GOTTA BE
HANDLED SITTING DOWN

WITH PLENTY OF TIME
TO WET YOUR PENCIL.

WELL, OK, BUT DON FORGET
AND DO IT TUESDAY, HUH?

HEY, YOU, ARTHUR, COME HERE.
I WANT TO TALK TO YA.

HOW ARE YOU, TOOTSIE?

PRETTY GOOD.
I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.

WHY CAN YOU MAMMOTHS
GET IT TOGETHER,
FOR HEAVEN SAKE?

WHAT WITH THE SQUABBLING?

YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING
THE PERSONNEL OF
THE ORGANIZATION,

YOU BE ON TOP OF IT
IF YOU GUYS HUNG TOGETHER.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO
ON THE ROAD, ANYWAY?

I THINK THAT
WHAT WRONG.

OH, I SORRY,
THIS HOTEL DOES NOT
PROVIDE SUCH A SERVICE.

I SORRY.

AND I WISH SOMEBODY
WOULD TELL DUTCH

TO BOLSTER UP THE CATCHING.

YOU KNOW, I GONNA
TELL HIM MYSELF
IF I SEE HIM.

YOU DO THAT, TOOTSIE.

QUICK, ARTHUR,
COME HERE.

FOR GOD SAKE,
THIS PLACE
IS FULL OF FISH!

YEAH? IL GET BRUCE.

LET HIM SLEEP.
IT TEGWAR TIME.

HE WANTS TO JOIN US.

LET HIM SLEEP!
THE TWO OF US ARE ENOUGH.

THEN LET HIM SIT IN
FOR ME.

YOU CAN DO IT,
DON YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

I PROMISED HIM,
JOE AND YOU--

SHH! YOUE
WAKINHIM UP!

YOU PROMISED ME.

"PROMISED HIM,
PROMISED ME."

YOU SOUND LIKE
A SONG.

♪ OH, PROMISE ME THAT
WE WILL NEVER PART ♪

WHAT ARE YOU TWO,
ANYHOW?
ROMEO AND JULIET?

ONE CAN PLAY CARDS
WITHOUT THE OTHER?
FORGET IT FOR TODAY, JOE.

ROMEO AND JULIET.
I DON KNOW
WHICH IS WHICH.

OH, JOE, HOW THE SHOW?

I WILL MAKE YOU
SORRY FOR THIS, ARTHUR.

I REALLY WILL.

YOUE GONNA
PAY FOR THIS, ARTHUR!

WHAT THE MATTER WITH HIM?

NOTHIN

WHAT ARE YOU READIN

WELL, YOU AIN GONNA
BELIEVE THIS,

BUT I READI
HOW SOME GIRL SAID

SHE WAS SEDUCED
BY DRACULA.

BOYS!

TODAY WE START SHAKING THE SON
OF A BITCHES OFF FOR GOOD.

HMM?

TO ME THEYE LIKE A...
"LIKE A BUZZING FLY."

A BUZZING FLY...

BUZZING AROUND YOUR HEAD
WHILE YOU SIT AND WATCH
IT FOR A WHILE

WITHOUT RAISING YOUR HAND
AGAINST IT...LIKE THIS.

BZZZ.
BZZZ.

GO AHEAD,
YOU BALTIMORE FLY.

BUZZ ME ONE MORE TIME
AND I WILL SNATCH YOU
OUT OF THE AIR

AND YOU WILL BUZZ ME
NO MORE.

¿ES COMO UNA MOSCA VOLANDO,
SABES? A RODO DE TU CABEZA.

DIEGO?!

FORGET IT, HUH?

THIS ISN SO MUCH
FOR GEORGE ANYHOW

AS, UH,
CERTAIN OTHER PEOPLE

WHO CAN CONTROL
THEIR FEELINGS
TOWARD THEIR TEAMMATES.

RULE ONE: NO DISSENSION.

NO PELEAS.

BALTIMORE, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

I SHOULD HAVE PULLED AWAY
FROM YOU BY NOW

AND NOW I THINK I WILL
SIMPLY PULL MYSELF TOGETHER

AND SQUASH OUT
YOUR MISERABLE LIFE.

FLY, YOU ARE DONE FOR.
WHACK!

SAS!

UH-HUH.
UH-HUH.

BUT ONLY ONE THING IS WRONG.

I LOOK DOWN ON MY HAND
AND I SEE NO FLY

AND I ASK MYSELF, "HOW COULD
I HAVE MISSED IT,

"WHEN I ALREADY
SEEN THE WHOLE LEAGUE,
EAST AND WEST,

"AND I KNOW THAT
I THE WINNER

IF I WORK TOGETHER."

Diego: AH, UNIDOS, UNIDOS.

BZZZ...
BZZZ...

DIEGO, FORGET IT,
ALL RIGHT?

FORGET?
YEAH.

WHAT IS FORGET?

AH! FORGET IS NOT TO REMEMBER.

BUT MISTER, IT TOO QUICK
NOT TO REMEMBER.

SHE JUST NOW-- BOOM--
HAPPEN, NO?

FORGET IT MEANS SCREW IT.

OLVIDATE, OLVIDATE,
OLVIDATE.

NO SE SABE LO
QUE ESTA DICIENDO EL.

WHY DID I LOSE WHEN
I SHOULD HAVE WON?

BECAUSE THE FLY FLEW THROUGH
MY FINGERS,

AND THE REASON THAT THE FLY
FLEW THROUGH MY FINGERS

WAS BECAUSE THE FINGERS
DID NOT WORK TOGETHER.

THE FIRST FINGER SAYING
TO THE SECOND FINGER,

"I DON LIKE YOU BECAUSE
YOU WON PLAY CARDS WITH ME,"

AND THE SECOND FINGER
SAYS TO THE THIRD FINGER,

"YOU SHOULD HEAR WHAT
FINGER NUMBER ONE

HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT YOU,"

AND THE THIRD FINGER
SAYS TO THE FOURTH FINGER,

"I DON AGREE WITH
THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN,"

AND THE FOURTH FINGER SAYS
TO THE FIFTH FINGER,

"LET YOU AND ME CUT
FINGER NUMBER 3 DOWN THERE

"AND TELL OUR DAMN WIVES
TO DO THE SAME

AND BRING UP
OUR CHILDREN LIKEWISE."

BOYS, BOYS!

THIS IS SUICIDE.

WORK TOGETHER,
PLAY TOGETHER.

THIS WAY, WHEN THE WORLD
SERIES TIME COMES AROUND,

YOUL BE THERE!

YOU WON BE HOME WATCHING
IT ON ELECTRICAL TELEVISION!

♪ LOOK SHARP

♪ DE DE DE DE DE

♪ FEEL SHARP

♪ DE DE DE DE DE

Henry:
DUTCH WAS RIGHT.

THE WHOLE CLUB
GAVE ME THE CREEPS.

I WAS LIABLE TO WAKE UP
SOME MORNING AND NOT
SPEAKINTO MYSELF.

THE RAGGINWAS EVEN
GETTINTO ME.

HEY, ROMEO,
WHERE JULIET?

ROMEO WAS
A GREAT LOVER, JOE.

ARE YOU JEALOUS?

AUSE
IF YOUE JEALOUS,

I BELIEVE YOU CAN BUY
THESE LITTLE PILLS

THAT GIVE YOU BACK
YOUR PEP IN BED

YOU LOST WHEN YOU WERE
YOUNG LIKE ME.

MIND YOUR TONGUE, BOY.

BE CAREFUL HOW YOU
RAG YOUR ELDERS.

DON PULL
YOUR RANK ON ME.

GIVE IS GIVE
AND TAKE IS TAKE.

HOW YOUR WIFE?

NICE OF YOU TO ASK.

I AIN TOOK MY WIFE
TO A BALL GAME IN 11 YEARS.

TAKE HER WHEN
WE HIT CHICAGO.

I FIRST LAID EYES
ON MY WIFE IN A BALLPARK.

I PROBABLY LOOKED
LIKE YOU BACK THEN.

I USED TO SHAVE MY FACE
EVERY DAY.

HAD HIGH HOPES.

MAKINTHE BIG CASH.

IT NEVER TOO LATE
FOR AN ARCTURUS ANNUITY.

IT MUCH TOO LATE.

I TOO OLD.

NO, NO.

JUST SERIOUS MONEY,

I COULD FIX YOU UP
WITH A PLAN AS
A STARTER.

YOU KNOW, IE BEEN
MEANING TO ASK YOU...

WHEN A GUY MY AGE
HATES TO ASK A PUNK LIKE YOU

FOR TIPS ON THINGS.

WHAT DO YOU OWN?

WHAT DO I OWN?

I OWN 2 CATCHERS MITTS

AND A BASEBALL AUTOGRAPHED
BY EACH AND EVERY MEMBER

OF THE NEW YORK MAMMOTHS.

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER,
YOU GOT A FAN IN ANY
HOCK SHOP IN CHICAGO.

WHAT I OWN IS DEBTS.

IT SIMPLE.

WEL DECLARE
BANKRUPTCY.

THAT SOMETHING
FOR A FELLOW
TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

HOW?

IL SHOW YOU,

BUT YOU GOTTA DO ME
ONE FAVOR.

WHAT THAT?

YOU GOTTA
LAY OFF PEARSON.

I JUST JOKE AROUND.

IT SOMETHING TO KEEP UP
MY SPIRITS, THAT ALL.

HE DYIN

YOU MEAN, SOON,
ANY DAY NOW?

COULD HAPPEN
ANY TIME.

DOES DUTCH KNOW?

NO. YOU MUSTN
TELL HIM, EITHER.

HEL CUT HIM LOOSE
IN A MINUTE.

ONLY ME AND YOU KNOW.

ONLY YOU AND ME KNOW?

ONLY YOU AND MEL
EVER KNOW.

OHH...

ARTHUR? ARTHUR?

ARTHUR? ARTHUR?

WHO IS IT?

ARTHUR. ARTHUR,
SOMETHING HAPPENING.

SOMETHING HAPPENING
TO ME.

YEAH, YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENING?

WHERE GOOSE?
I NEED HELP.

WHAT FOR?

YOU KNOW...

WELL, WHAT DO I DO?

YOU CAN TALK.
HORSE KNOWS.

HE TOLD ME.

YOU WEREN SUPPOSED
TO MENTION IT.

ONLY MY ROOMIE.

YOU GOTTA GO GET THIS DOCTOR.
DR. CHARLESTON P. CHAMBERS.

CHAMBERS.

I REALLY SORRY
TO HAVE WOKE YOU.

I WAS HOPING IT WOULDN
HAVE HAPPENED AT A BAD HOUR.

I WAS HOPING IT WOULDN
HAPPEN THIS TIME.

MAKE IT BACK TO ME
ANOTHER TIME.

NO, THERE NOT GONNA
BE ANOTHER TIME.

DUTCHL PROBABLY BRING
PINEY WOODS BACK UP NOW.

NOW, HE GONNA
BE REAL HAPPY.

IS THE DOCTOR
GONNA COME?

OH, YEAH, YEAH.
GOOSE WENT AFTER HIM.

GOOSE? WHY GOOSE?

WELL, HE RIGHT
DOWN THE HALL.

GOOSE, HE GOT
A HEART OF GOLD.

YEAH, THAT HE
NEVER REALLY SHOWED.

PROBABLY YOU TOLD HIM
OR SOMETHING.

I NEVER--
I NEVER TOLD A SOUL.

YEAH. PROBABLY EVERYBODY
WOULD BE NICE TO YOU

IF THEY KNEW
YOU WERE DYING.

EVERYBODY KNOWS
EVERYBODY DYING.

THAT WHY PEOPLE
ARE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE.

I SCARED.
HOLD ON TO ME.

WHO IS
THE SICK BASEBALL PLAYER?

ARE YOU
A BASEBALL PLAYER TOO?

YES, SIR.
I HENRY WIGGEN, SIR.

THANK YOU.

IE HEARD THAT NAME.

NOT THAT I FOLLOW
THE GAME.

IE DETESTED IT
SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD.

IT A DYING GAME,
I TOLD.

HMM...

HMM...

HMM...

I THINK...

I THINK
IT SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU MEAN
SOMETHING ELSE

BESIDES WHAT THEY SAID
IN MINNESOTA?

OH, I COULDN
SAY ABOUT THAT.

I ONLY MEAN THAT...

I DON THINK
THERE ANY DANGER

RIGHT AT THIS MINUTE.

OH, BOY.

AUSE IT SURE
FELT LIKE IT.

NOW YOU CAN DO ME
ONE FAVOR.

PLEASE SEND THE BILL
CARE OF MY WIFE

IN PERKINSVILLE, NEW YORK,

AND ALSO NOT LEAK ANYTHING
TO THE PAPERS.

I NOT IN THE HABIT
OF LEAKING

MY HOUSE CALLS
TO THE PAPERS.

ARTHUR, MEET MR. ROGERS.

MR. ROGERS
IS A DETECTIVE.

SIT DOWN.

MR. ROGERS HAS BEEN DOWN
TO BAINBRIDGE

AND IS NOW ON HIS WAY UP
TO MINNESOTA

FILLING IN SOME FACTS
FOR ME.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN SAVE US
SOME TIME

BY FILLING IN
THE REST OF THE STORY

WHICH MR. ROGERS HAS BEGUN.

IL CERTAINLY TRY
MY DARNDEST.

TELL HIM
WHAT YOU DISCOVERED.

IN BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA,
THE SUBJECT DOMICILE,

I DEVELOPED
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

I INTERVIEWED
A MR. JAY CLARK,

THE MAILMAN.

AND A COLORED WOMAN
NAMED JANET--

UH, NEVER MIND THE FACTS.

GIVE ME DETAILS.

THE DETAILS ARE THAT
THE SUBJECT, PEARSON,

TOLD VARIOUS PEOPLE

THAT HE WASN
FEELING SO GOOD,

AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
IN ATLANTA.

THE HOSPITAL
IN ATLANTA

RECOMMENDED THE HOSPITAL
IN MINNESOTA.

IF YOU ACTUALLY SPOKEN
TO ANYBODY WORTH THE WHILE,

YOU HAVE LEARNED
THAT PEARSON HAS

THIS OLD-TIME HABIT
OF RUNNING BACK TO ATLANTA

MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE
A MONTH.

I DOUBT YOU DEVELOPED
THAT MUCH.

NO NEED TELLING YOU
WHERE HE WENT IN ATLANTA.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

NATURALLY.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU SOMETIMES PICK UP

IN SUCH PLACES...

WHICH HE DID.

AND WHICH HE RATHER NOT
HAVE THEM TREAT

IN ATLANTA
SO CLOSE TO HOME

FOR FEAR OF IT GETTING BACK
AND EMBARRASSING HIS MOTHER.

SO, UP HE GOES TO MINNESOTA
WITH HIS FISHING GEAR,

FORGETTING THAT THE ICE
IS 9 FEET THICK

THAT TIME OF YEAR,

CHECKS IN
WITH THE MAYO BROTHERS,

GETS HIMSELF SHOT WITH
A COUPLE OF MIRACLE DRUGS,

FLIRTS WITH THE NURSES,
CHECKS OUT,

MEETS ME IN CANNON FALLS,
WE HUNTED--

WHAT? WHAT?!

WE HUNTED UP
SOME GIRLS WE KNOW.

DAMN IT.

PEARSON! PEARSON!

LOFTUS! BRADLEY,
GET ME DOC LOFTUS!

Rogers: WHAT
THE SUDDEN INTERRUPTION?

I DON KNOW.
YOUE THE DETECTIVE.

I SEE THE GIRLS
HE RUNS AROUND WITH.

SHEL GIVE IT
TO THE WHOLE CLUB.

SHEL RUN RIGHT AROUND
MY INFIELD!

TAKE DOWN YOUR PANTS.

ARE YOU OVER THE CLAP YET?

OH, YES, SIR, LONG AGO.

HOW DO WE KNOW?
CHECK HIM OVER, DOC.

ALL I NEED IS THE CLAP RUNNING
THROUGH MY BALL CLUB NOW.

HEY, ARTHUR, WHAT GOING ON
AROUND HERE?

SOMETIMES I DON KNOW
WHAT GOING ON SOMETIMES.

HE LOOKS JUST FINE TO ME.

NEVER BETTER.

HEALTHY YOUNG MAN
IF EVER I SAW ONE.

UH, SHOULD I HEAD OUT AND
DEVELOP THIS INFORMATION FURTHER

IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA?

ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA?

WHERE YOU GOT SHOT FOR THE CLAP.

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

STAY WITH IT.

SOME THINGS HAVE YET
TO BE EXPLAINED.

Henry: IN JULY WE DROPPED
A COUPLE MORE GAMES

OFF THE PACE.

IT WAS STRANGE.

THE TEAM WAS GOING LOUSY,

YET I LED BOTH LEAGUES
IN WINS.

SMELLIN25, MAYBE MORE.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN HIS LIFE,

BRUCE PLAYED REGULAR.

HE DIDN BUST DOWN FENCES
LEFT AND RIGHT,

BUT HE HIT STEADY--

.265, .270--

THAT NOT GREAT,

BUT FOR BRUCE,
IT WAS FANTASTIC.

WOULDN YOU SAY...

THAT IF
THE ARCTURIS COMPANY

DISCOVERED THAT YOUE
BEEN WRITING

PHONY LETTERS
TO PREVENT BRUCE

FROM CHANGING
HIS BENEFICIARY--

OH, THAT NOT A PHONY LETTER.
IT A REAL LETTER.

YOU WROTE IT.
THE COMPANY WROTE IT.

IF YOU DIDN WRITE IT,
YOUR WIFE WROTE IT.

THAT MY GUESS.

AND SEVERAL
BASEBALL PLAYERS TELL ME

I PROBABLY RIGHT.

MAYBE IL GO CHECK THIS
WITH THE COMPANY THEMSELF.

THEY TAKE AWAY
YOUR LICENSE.

THROW ME
IN JAIL, HUH?

RUIN YOU
AS AN INSURANCE AGENT.

HMM...

WELL, IF YOU SAY ANYTHING
TO THE ARCTURIS COMPANY,

IL STROLL DOWN TO
A CERTAIN POLICE STATION

ON 66th STREET

AND SWEAR OUT A COMPLAINT
AGAINST A CERTAIN...

ANSWERING SERVICE.

WELL...

I NOT REALLY
ANXIOUS TO COMPLAIN

TO THE ARCTURIS COMPANY.

I DON SEE ANY REASON
WHY YOU AND I CAN...

ARRANGE A SETTLEMENT
OF THIS BETWEEN US.

A DEAL?

A COMPROMISE.

I CAN COMPROMISE
WITH HIS MONEY.

THAT NONE
OF YOUR BUSINESS.

YOUE SUPPOSED TO DO
WHAT HE WANTS.

I DECIDING
WHAT HE WANTS.

THAT ILLEGAL.

I KNOW.

Henry: FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST
HIS FATHER HIT TOWN.

SAFE!

STRIKE!

Man: ALL RIGHT, THOMAS,
LET GO, LET GO!

SAFE!

Man: GET A JOB, WIGGEN!
GET A JOB!

ALL RIGHT, ARTHUR,

IT JUST
ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

IT THE LAST
OF THE ORDER, DUTCH.

YOUE DONE
A LOT OF PITCHING.

LET SOMEBODY ELSE
MOP UP.

GO AHEAD.
TAKE IT EASY.

LET GET CASELLI
IN HERE. CASELLI!

OH, HENRY.

HELLO, MR. PEARSON.

PLEASE MOVE ON AND DON
INTRUDE ON THE BALLPLAYERS.

THAT OK, JIM.

I--I AM INTRUDING
ON YOU AND I KNOW IT.

NO, YOUE NOT.

YOUE--YOUE BEEN
INTRUDED ON ENOUGH.

YEAH.
IT A BALL GAME, SIR.

YOU WIN M,
YOU LOSE M.

NO...

I MEAN REGARDING MY SON.

SIR?

YOU KNOW ABOUT...

THE CONDITION OF MY SON.

YES, SIR.

WELL, SO DO I.

YES, SIR,
I SUSPECTED YOU DID.

HOW--HOW CAN
HE BE SO SICK...

AND PLAY SO WELL?

I REALLY DON
EVEN KNOW, SIR.

IF I KNEW, I SAY.

AND NOT PLAY SO WELL,
BUT BETTER THAN EVER,

AND THAT A FACT.

THAT A FACT, SIR.

THERE NO MISTAKE
ABOUT THAT.

SO, IE BEEN WONDERING

IF THEY DIDN MAKE
SOME KIND OF A MISTAKE

OUT THERE AT THAT HOSPITAL
IN MINNESOTA

BECAUSE IT HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT IT CAN BE TRUE.

I--I, UH...

I DON THINK
I COUNT ON IT, SIR.

THEY GOT AN AWFUL FAMOUS
REPUTATION UP THERE.

I KNOW IT BEEN
A TERRIBLE STRAIN ON YOU.

IT A LOT WORSE
ON HIM, SIR,

AND ON YOU.

SO, IE BEEN--

IE BEEN THINKING...

AND I DON GENERALLY SWEAR...

YOU GO AHEAD
AND YOU SWEAR MR. PEARSON.

PLAIN OLD MOTHER TALK

AIN NOWHERE
NEAR STRONG ENOUGH

TO DESCRIBE SUCH
A TERRIBLE MIX-UP
AS LIFE, ARTHUR.

BUT I SWEARING. MY SON BEEN
HANDED ONE SHIT DEAL.

YES, SIR.

HEY, WHAT YOU
DO THAT FOR?

THAT A VERY, VERY
JUVENILE THING TO DO.

DON DO THAT.

NOW, THEY BOMBED
YOU OUT EARLY.

WHY DIDN YOU USE
YOUR ENERGY IN THE GAME?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IT
IN HERE FOR?

HONESTLY, DON--

DON MESS AROUND
WITH THAT STUFF.

EVERYBODY
GONNA BE VERY--

YOU WRITIN
A NEW BOOK, ARTHUR?

NO, JOE,
I BEING INTERRUPTED

BY SOMEBODY
BUSTININ MY ROOM.

ABOUT YOU AND PEARSON?

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO?

I DIDN UNDERSTAND
THE SITUATION.

WHAT SITUATION?

THE SITUATION YOUE PROBABLY
WRITING THE BOOK ABOUT.

PROBABLY WHAT SITUATION?

THE WAY I FEEL
ABOUT IT IS THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT PEARSON
A BETTER TEGWAR PLAYER

THAN I EVER REALIZED.

HE SHOULD PLAY WITH US
ALL THE TIME.

I SWEAR TO GOD, ARTHUR,
I SHAKING HERE.

MY KNEES ARE TREMBLING,
MY HEART IS SICK.

HE TOLD ME
ON THE AIRPLANE.

WHO TOLD YOU WHAT?

GOOSE TOLD ME.

WHY?

IE BEEN CALLING PEARSON
ROMEO AND JULIET.

WHICH IS WHICH, SEE?

NOW WHO YOU TELL?

NOBODY, ARTHUR.

ABSOLUTELY NOBODY.

I TOLD THE WIFE

AND THAT
THE END OF IT.

WHY TELL THE WIFE?

ARTHUR...

I TELL THE WIFE
EVERYTHING.

HELLO, DOC.

SYDNEY.

WHAT UP?
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

NOBODY KNOWS.

IL BET TOOTSIE KNOWS.

KNOWS WHAT, ARTHUR?

NOW, LOOK,
I KNOW SOMETHING IS UP.

THE LONG DISTANCE
BEEN FLYING FAR AND FAST.

I COULD USE 2 GRANDSTANDS
ANY WEEKEND OR NIGHT.

YEAH, WELL, TICKETS
ARE GONNA BE SCARCER

AND SCARCER
FROM HERE ON IN.

WHY DID I SEE DOC LOFTUS
JUST PASS THROUGH?

OH, DOC LOFTUS
IN THE HOTEL?

DOC LOFTUS,
TELEPHONE, PLEASE.

WHO WANTS HIM?

DUTCH WANTS HIM.

WHO SICK?

I DON KNOW.
SOMEBODY IN MINNESOTA.

I NOT CLEAR.

LOOK, I ONLY CATCH
A LITTLE BIT NOW AND THEN.

AND BESIDES,
WHO UNDERSTANDS

THIS MEDICAL TALK
THEYE TALKING?

BUT I BELIEVE HE HAS A LEAK
IN HIS BLOOD SOMEWHERE.

ROOM SERVICE?

JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE.

NOTHING SERIOUS,
BUT I DON KNOW WHO.

I NEVER HEARD OF IT.

BUT FOR 2 MORE GRANDSTANDS
ON THE FOLLOWING DAY,

I CAN TELL YOU
SOMETHING ELSE.

YEAH, I HATE
TO HEAR IT.

YOU ARE IN THE DOGHOUSE.

WHY YOU?

YOUE BEEN PLAYING
YOUR HEART OUT.

IT SOME OF THOSE OTHER
SO-CALLED BASEBALL PLAYERS

BEEN DRAGGINTHEIR BUTT.

THAT WHY WE HAVEN
WON IT YET.

WHY ME?

BECAUSE OF YOUR CONTRACT,
PEARSON.

MR. ROGERS, THE DETECTIVE,
BROKE IT OPEN.

YOU SEE, VERY EASY.

JOE JAROS AND GOOSE WILLIAMS
SPENT THE WINTER

IN MINNESOTA
WITH PEARSON.

YOU KNOW I DIDN EVEN KNOW
THEY WERE THAT FRIENDLY?

WELL, TAKES ALL KINDS.

THE TIME IS 8:06.

THIRD BASE SIDE, ARTHUR,
LOWER DECK,

NOT TOO FAR BACK,

AND NOT BEHIND
NO PILLARS NOR POSTS.

I TOLD YOU!

I TOLD YOU I GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

Henry:
GOOD MORNING TO ALL.

GOOD MORNING.

YOU SHOULDN HAVE
KEPT IT A SECRET, HENRY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND
WHY I NOT CRYING.

KEEP YOUR HANKY
HANDY, DEARY.

MAKES YOU THINK IT COULD
HAPPEN TO YOUR OWN SON.

IT UPSET JOE
SOMETHING TERRIBLE.

DON YOU THINK
WE DISCUSSED IT ENOUGH

AS FAR AS
HOW HORRIBLE IT IS?

TONIGHT IS ANOTHER
BALL GAME AS USUAL.

Joe: MAYBE WE CAN GET HELP
FROM THE COMMISSIONER.

WE CAN GET HELP THERE
AND KEEP IT IN THIS ROOM

AT THE SAME TIME.

WELL, THEN LET
THE FACTS OUT.

IT WOULDN BE HUMAN.

IS IT HUMAN TO LOSE?

WEE CALLING IN
PINEY WOODS

FROM QUEEN CITY
FOR EXTRA CATCHING.

READY ON YOUR CALL
TO PROFESSOR TRAPHAGEN.

DO WE REALLY NEED HIM?

HE WAS THE GREATEST
CATCHER I EVER SAW.

ARTHUR, YOU ARE HIS BOY.

YOU TALK HIM INTO
COMING BACK TO HELP US.

HE OUT
OF CONDITION.

HE TEACHES ENGLISH
AT A COLLEGE.

HE WON PLAY.
HEL INSTRUCT THE CATCHING.

HEL STEADY US.

HELP US MAKE IT
TO THE END.

HOW MUCH CAN
I OFFER HIM?

SKY THE LIMIT.

AND I SURE THE BOYS
WILL VOTE HIM

A FULL SERIES SHARE
IF WE WIN.

RED?

OH, TROUBLE, RED.

LOTS OF TROUBLE.

ARTHUR WANTS
TO TALK TO YOU.

YEAH, IT ARTHUR
WHO GOT US IN TROUBLE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

RED, WE GOT A CRISIS HERE.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.

YOU GET A FULL SERIES SHARE
IF WE WIN IT.

RED, HOW DO YOU
LIKE THE SOUND
OF $1,000 A WEEK?

CAN FIND A SUBSTITUTE
TO DO WHAT?

TEACH ENGLISH?

WHAT, TEACH ENGLISH?

PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH
ALREADY.

RED! RED, IT URGENT.

I SWEAR YOU WON
HAVE TO PLAY,

JUST INSTRUCT THE CATCHING.

ALL RIGHT.

HOP ON THE NEAREST PLANE.

LOVE AND KISSES, RED.

I HATE HIM.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT UP
ANYTHING YET, DOC?

I THINKING.

YOUE A SLOW THINKER.

THIS THING, THIS--
WHAT IS IT CALLED?

THE DISEASE IS NAMED
FOR HODGKIN.

HE THE MAN
WHO IDENTIFIED IT.

FIND HIM.
IS HE ALIVE HIMSELF?

MAYBE HE THOUGHT UP
A CURE BY NOW

THAT THOSE JUGHEADS
UP IN MINNESOTA
DIDN HEAR ABOUT YET.

THE HELL KIND OF A PLACE
IS THAT ANYWAY

TO BUILD A GODDAMN HOSPITAL?

IN THE WILDS OF NOWHERE?

DOES A MAN FREEZE HIS ASS OFF

BY THE TIME THEY GET HIM
DOWN ON BED?

YOU. YOU WERE THERE.

YOU SNEAKED OUT THERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER

AND ALL THE REST
WAS HORSEFEATHERS.

YOU AND MARY P FOR PILLUCA.

AND HUNTING THROUGH THE ICE

AND MIRCALE DRUGS FOR THE CLAP

AND TRICKS ON THE TELEPHONE.

WHOO-HOO!
HOWDY, PARDNER!

HEY, PINEY,
WHAT GOING ON?

WHAT HAPPENIN
MAN?

TUMBLEWEED
PINEY WOODS!

HEY, PINEY!
PINEY!

DID YOU COME HERE
FROM QUEEN CITY
ON HORSEBACK?

Piney: NO, PARDNER,
I FLEW.

HEY, IT
RED TRAPHAGEN!

WHAT UP, ARTHUR?

DAMNED IF I KNOW.

YOU KNOW I TELL YOU
IF I KNEW.

SMELLS IN HERE.
IT STINKS.

HUMAN PERSPIRATION SMELLS,
IT DOESN STINK.

WOULDN HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY, HUH?

ARTHUR, HOW ARE YOU?

JEEZ, YOUE BEEN
HAVING A GREAT YEAR.

BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE.

I BET YOU GOT A RECEPTION
LIKE THIS IN SAN FRANCISCO.

NO, THEY PRAY
I DON SHOW FOR CLASS.

WHAT UP, RED.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?

BOYS! BOYS, I WANT TO
TALK TO MY BOYS, HUH?

Reporter: WHY HE HERE,
DUTCH, WHAT HAPPENING?

IS HE GONNA PLAY?

HE HERE TO COACH
THE CATCHING,

AND PINEY HERE
TO CATCH THE CATCHING,

IN CASE
ANYTHING HAPPENS.

WHY NOW?

MENTAL LAPSE,
THAT WHY.

Joe: COME ON! COME ON!

THERE LEMONADE,
THERE COOKIES OUTSIDE.

WHY DON YOU GET GOING?
WAIT OUT FRONT.

YOU WANT A STORY,
IL GIVE IT TO YOU
LATER ON.

WHERE
YOUR GUN?

RIGHT HERE,
PARDNER.

HAND IT OVER.

I IN NO MOOD
TO SEE ANYBODY

GET KILLED BY
A BULLET WOUND.

PINEY, I HEAR
YOU HAD BULLETS
WITH IT, TOO.

YES, SIR.
THEYE IN THE GUN.

WHY THE HELL
DIDN YOU TELL ME?

WELL, I DIDN THINK
IT WOULD GO OFF.

I ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL.

THAT WHAT
EVERYBODY SAYS.

THAT WHY THE HOSPITAL
IS FULL OF BABIES.

JONAH?
Jonah: YEAH?

YOU SHOT GUNS
IN THE WAR.

NO, SIR.
I PLAYED BASEBALL.

SOME HELL OF A WAR.
CANADA?

YES, SIR.

YOU SHOT GUNS
IN VIETNAM.

RIGHT.
HERE.

TAKE AND EMPTY
THIS GUN.

WHY AM I HERE,
ARTHUR?

BOYS! BOYS.

I WANT TO WELCOME RED
BACK FROM THE COAST...

TO BOLSTER US
AND STEADY UP
THE INSTRUCTION.

I WANT TO WELCOME
PINEY WOODS

BACK FROM
THE WILD, WILD WEST

TO RIDE ALONG WITH US
ALL THE WAY NOW,

IS WHAT I HOPING.

YEAH, RIGHT ON.

YOUE ALL BEEN DOING
VERY GOOD JOBS.

MAYBE NOW AND THEN
SOME BASEBALL PLAYER

OR OTHER TYPE OF PERSON

GETS THE IDEA
THAT I NOT HUMAN.

WELL, FOR EXAMPLE,

EVEN PEARSON HERE THOUGHT

THAT I SOMETIMES
WASN HUMAN.

NO, SIR.

I, UH, PROBABLY
ATE YOU OUT
NOW AND THEN,

BUT NEVER
WITHOUT A REASON.

NO, SIR.
YOU ONLY ATE ME OUT
FOR DOING DUMB THINGS.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

I ATE YOU OUT
FOR THE GOOD
OF THE CLUB

AND FOR YOUR
OWN POCKETBOOK.

NEVER FOR
ANYTHING PERSONAL!

BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT YOU KNOW

THAT PERSONALLY
I NEVER HAD ANYTHING

BUT THE GREATEST
RESPECT FOR YOU

AS A HUMAN BEING.

YES, SIR.

THAT WAS HOW
I ALWAYS FELT.

WHEN I DIE...

WHEN I DIE...

THE PAPERS WILL WRITE
IN THE HEADLINES:

"SON OF A BITCHES
OF THE WORLD

HAVE LOST THEIR LEADER."

YET...

MANY A BOY MIGHT
SHED A TEAR OR 2

THAT RODE ALONG WITH ME
INTO THE BIG MONEY.

AND, UH, THAT WHY
MAYBE NOW AND THEN

I ATE PEARSON OUT
OR SOME OTHER
TYPE OF PERSON.

TIME, DUTCH.

YEAH, IL SAY
IT TIME!

LET GO, BOYS!

NOW THAT YOUE HERE,
TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE,
OK?

AUSE I KNOW
I GOT FAULTS.
I ALWAYS DID.

THROW THE BALL BACK
TO THE PITCHER BETTER.

MAKE IT EASY ON HIM.

RIGHT, I WILL.
I REALLY WILL NOW.

IL DO THAT.

I TOLD YOU THAT
A THOUSAND TIMES.

WHEN HE TELLS YOU
YOU BELIEVE HIM.

YEAH, BUT HE A CATCHER.
YOU AIN NO CATCHER.

WEE OF THE TRIBE
OF CATCHERS.

YEAH. HA.

OH, YEAH.
LOOK, WHEN YOU HIT,
DON CHEW.

THERE A SYSTEM
TO YOUR CHEWING.

YOU GIVE
YOURSELF AWAY.

WHEN HE TENSES UP
HE STOPS CHEWING.

THAT IT.

OH, ONE OTHER THING.
USE A LIGHTER BAT.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT
YOU USE TOO HEAVY
A BAT.

BIG STRONG BOY
LIKE YOU,

YOU JUST MEET THE BALL,
DON HURT IT.

OK.

IS SHE FAMILIAR TO YOU?

OH, YOU BET.
I SEEN HER ON TV.

PLUS, SHE WAS VOTED
MISS INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS,

NOT SO VERY LONG AGO.

I BELIEVE
I RECALL THE EVENT.

TELL MR. WIGGEN
YOUR PRESENT BUSINESS,
ANDREA.

66th STREET.

WHERE YOUE GOT
A GOLDEN LIFETIME PASS TO.

JUST AS SOON AS
I LAY MY HANDS ON

THAT CHANGE
OF BENEFICIARY FORM

TO YOU-KNOW-WHO POLICY.

MISS INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS HERE
IS A BASEBALL FAN FROM WAY BACK,

AREN YOU, HONEY?

I SURE AM.

YOU WON PLAY BALL
FOREVER.

YOU GOT A SHORT LIFE.

WHY NOT LIVE IT UP
A LITTLE BIT?

I MEAN, WHY WORRY SO MUCH
ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO

AND HIS FAMILY
AND HIS LITTLE OLPOLICY?

WHY?

WHY?

I DON KNOW WHY
YOU DON LIVE IT UP
ALL THE TIME

WHEN DYINIS JUST AROUND
THE CORNER, BUT YOU DON.

YOU THINK YOU WOULD,
BUT YOU DON.

I DON KNOW WHY.

♪ AS I WAS WALKING
THE STREETS OF LAREDO ♪

♪ AS I WALKED OUT
IN LAREDO ONE DAY ♪

♪ I SPIED A YOUNG COWBOY
ALL WRAPPED IN WHITE LINEN ♪

♪ WRAPPED IN WHITE LINEN
AS COLD AS THE CLAY ♪

THEN THE COWBOY SPEAKS.

HEY, TRY
A DIFFERENT SONG.

YEAH, I DON LIKE
THAT SONG.

Piney: NO,
THE COWBOY SPEAKS.

I DON WANNA HEAR
THE COWBOY SPEAK.

♪ I SEEN BY HIS OUTFIT
THAT HE WAS A COWBOY ♪

♪ AND AS I WALKED NEAR HIM
THESE WORDS HE DID SIGH ♪

♪ COME SIT DOWN BESIDE ME

♪ AND HEAR MY SAD STORY

♪ SHOT IN THE BREAST

YOU KNOW ANOTHER
NUMBER, PINEY?

THAT SONG
STINKS.

IT A CORNBALL SONG.

HEY, I THINK
IT LETTING UP.

LET HIM SING.

YEAH,
SOUNDS GOOD.

COWBOY TELLS
HIS SAD STORY.

♪ IT ONCE IN THE SADDLE
I USED TO GO DASHING ♪

♪ ONCE IN THE SADDLE
I USED TO GO GAY ♪

♪ FIRST DOWN TO ROSIE
AND THEN TO THE CARD HOUSE ♪

♪ SHOT IN THE BREAST,
AND I DYING TODAY ♪

♪ GET 16 GAMBLERS
TO CARRY MY COFFIN ♪

♪ GET 6 PRETTY MAIDENS
TO SING ME A SONG ♪

♪ TAKE ME TO THE VALLEY

♪ THEN LAY THE SOD
OR ME ♪

♪ I JUST A YOUNG COWBOY,
AND I KNOW I DONE WRONG ♪

COME ON, BOYS.

WHY DON YOU JOIN IN
A LITTLE LIKE THEY DO,
YOU KNOW?

♪ OH, BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY

♪ AND PLAY THE FIFE LOWLY

♪ PLAY THE DEAD MARCH
AS THEY CARRY ME ALONG ♪

♪ PUT BUNCHES OF ROSES

♪ ALL OVER MY COFFIN

♪ ROSES TO DEADEN THE CLODS
AS THEY FALL ♪

♪ A-COURTIN A PLEASURE

HEY!

♪ AND PARTING IS TRUE

ARTHUR!

HEY, ARTHUR!

Bruce: COME ON IN,
ARTHUR.

COME ON.
JOIN THE CELEBRATION.

I GUESS I WILL.
I LIVE HERE.

CELEBRATING WHAT?

UH...CELEBRATIN

CELEBRATING CELEBRATION.

YEAH, HATS OFF!

HEY, PINEY.

HE SAID
HATS OFF.

SO TAKE YOUR HAT OFF.

WELL, WHATEVER BRUCE SAYS,
IL DO,

FOR, IN MY OPINION,

THERE IS NO GREATER CATCHER
IN BASEBALL TODAY.

COME ON!
ALL RIGHT!

BALTIMORE WON.

WELL, THAT OK,
AUSE THEY AIN
GONNA BEAT US.

WELL, HATS OFF!

♪ GIVE ME A HOME
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM ♪

♪ AND THE DEER
AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY ♪

♪ WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD

Henry: I THOUGHT
I MIGHT BE DREAMING.

I FIGURED I WAKE UP

AND THEY BE RAGGING
EACH OTHER AS USUAL.

BUT IT WAS REAL.

THEY WERE THERE,

AND BRUCE AMONGST M.

IT WAS A CLUB.

♪ WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD
A DISCOURAGING WORD ♪

♪ AND THE SKIES
ARE NOT CLOUDY-- ♪

HEY, MAN!

NO, NO!
HEY! HEY!

I DON WANT TO SHOOT!

WHAT ARE YOU SHOOTIN

YOUE GONNA
SHOOT THAT?

YEAH! YEAH!

OW! MY EYE!

GLASS ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
WHERE MY SHOES?

ARTHUR.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

OH, THEYE A GREAT
BUNCH OF BOYS.

THEY ALWAYS WAS.

Henry: PUT A CARD THERE.
ALL RIGHT.

JOE, YOUE UP.

YEAH, I BETTING
RIGHT NOW.

I WANT $5.00 MORE.

I PUTTING IN 5.00.

WHAT--WHAT ARE YOU
BETTING ON?

IL TELL YOU
AFTER YOU PUT IN
THE 5.00.

AND I GONNA
RAISE YOU 2.00.

OK, WHAT ARE YOU
HOLDING THERE?

YOU GONNA RAISE 2.00?

HE CAN--
HE CAN RAISE.

YOU OWE.

2.00 AND 2.00
BETTER.
2.00 BETTER.

NOW I RAISE YOU 2.00.

HEY, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?

EASY. EASY.
WHAT ARE YOU
HOLDING, JOE?

$6.00. I GOT IT.
I GOT IT.

WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING?
COME ON. LET SEE.

NO, NO, NO.
I WANNA SEE
HIS MONEY HERE.

I CAN PLAY--
PUT IN YOUR MONEY.

ANOTHER $3.00.
THERE, GO AHEAD.

THAT IT.
3.00 MORE.

HERE IT IS.
JACK AND A 3,

AND IT ALL MINE.

WAIT A--

HEY, HEY,
WAIT A MINUTE.

15! 15!

I HAVEN EVEN
PLAYED MY HAND OUT.

NO GOOD.
NO GOOD.
NO GOOD.

WE GOT TO RUN
RIGHT THROUGH--

CAN YOU BEAT A
CONEY ISLAND 30?

WELL, WHAT ABOUT
THIS DOUBLE ACE-DEUCE?

I WISH YOU A LOT
OF LUCK WITH IT.

Henry: IT WAS A CLUB
LIKE IT SHOULDE BEEN
ALL YEAR BUT NEVER WAS,

BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME.

WE BEGUN TO PULL AHEAD.

Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME
FOR A RETURN ENGAGEMENT
ON THIS PROGRAM

THE SINGING MAMMOTHS

AND THEIR NEWEST MEMBER
BRUCE PEARSON.

♪ PLEASE EXCUSE MY TEARS

♪ AUSE IE BEEN ON THE ROAD
TO TRIBULATION ♪

♪ AND I FIND
NO CONSOLATION HERE ♪

♪ WHAT GOOD IS A LOVE SONG

♪ IF THE WORDS
ARE SECOND-HAND? ♪

♪ THEY DON BELONG
TO ANYONE ♪

♪ YOU CAN GET NEAR

♪ AUSE I LIVE
ON THE OUTSIDE ♪

♪ OF YOUR JOY AND LAUGHTER

♪ YOU GAVE ME A GOOD RIDE

♪ BUT I CAN COME AFTER

♪ WHEN ALL IS
SAID AND DONE ♪

♪ I NOT THE ONE
YOU REALLY TOOK ME FOR ♪

♪ SO YOU BETTER LOOK
BEFORE YOU LEAP ♪

♪ YEAH

YEAH.

COME ON,
BRUCE.

GO AHEAD!
WHOO!

YEAH!

NOTHING BUT
A NEW YORK
SPORT COAT.

YEAH!

WHOO!

YEAH!

♪ YEAH

WHOO!

♪ I LIVE ON THE OUTSIDE

♪ OF YOUR JOY AND LAUGHTER

♪ YOU GAVE ME A GOOD RIDE

♪ BUT I CAN COME AFTER

♪ WHEN ALL IS
SAID AND DONE ♪

♪ I NOT THE ONE
YOU REALLY TOOK ME FOR ♪

♪ AND SO YOU BETTER LOOK
BEFORE YOU LEAP ♪

♪ SO YOU BETTER LOOK
BEFORE YOU LEAP ♪

♪ SO YOU BETTER LOOK
BEFORE YOU LEAP ♪

AAAAAAH!

HEY, BRUCE!

BRUCE,
WE DID IT, MAN!

GET OVER HERE!
HEY, HEY!

GET OVER HERE!

WHAT? COME ON.

BRUCE, COME ON,
BRUCE, GET OVER HERE!

AH, NOTHIN

IL CALL A DOCTOR,
OK?

NO.

IS IT
THE REAL THING?

WELL, YES AND NO.
I JUST FEEL A LITTLE DIPSY.

MAYBE IF YOU OPEN
A WINDOW.

Bruce: HI, KATIE.

I OK.

WELL, I FEELING
A LITTLE DIPSY.

AHH.

UH, NO, I DON THINK
YOU DID.

OH, HE GETTING TO IT.
MM-HMM.

NO, HE GETTING TO IT.

YEAH.

UH...

KATIE?
BUT I DIDN--KATIE.

KATIE.

WELL, OK, YEAH,
AND I LOVE YOU, TOO.

YEAH.

IL GET PERRY TO WARM UP.

NO, NO, I OKAY.

AM I THROWING
THE BALL BACK BETTER?

OH, YEAH. AND IT HELPING
ME OUT A LOT TOO.

Henry: EVERYTHING HAD BEEN
GOING OUR WAY,

AND WHEN THE PIRATES
CAME TO TOWN,

WE HAD OURSELVES
A GOOD CUSHION.

WE WERE UNSTOPPABLE.

IT WAS ONLY
A MATTER OF TIME.

FOUL!

BALL!

KEEP IT MOVIN
DON SLOW IT DOWN.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH.

YOU DON LOOK
ALL RIGHT.

STRIKE 3!
YOUE OUT!

HEY, UH,
YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, YEAH.

Henry: BRUCE...

HE ALL RIGHT.
WEL TAKE CARE OF HIM.

Umpire: STRIKE!

ALL RIGHT, BRUCEY HERE.
ALL RIGHT, COME ON!

AH, CHECK, BRUCE.
HAVE AN IDEA,
HEY, BATTER!

Umpire: STRIKE 2!

COME ON! GO!

ALL RIGHT!
WHOO!

LET GO.
HEADS UP, BRUCE.
HEADS UP.

HE NOT TOO CLEAR
IN HIS HEAD, DUTCH.

AND WHAT DID YOU SIGN
OFF THE BENCH?

UH, TELL HORSE
TO COVER POP FLIES
AROUND THE FIELD.

ALL RIGHT.

Umpire: STRIKE!

PLAY DEFENSE IN THERE!

BALL 2!

STRIKE!

Woman:
YOU CAN GO IN NOW.

SAD.
MAKES YOU WANT
TO CRY.

IT IS SAD.

IT MAKES YOU
WANT TO LAUGH.

HEY.

HI, DOC.
HEY.

HI, JOE.

HI.

HOPE I BROUGHT
THE RIGHT
COMBINATION.

YEAH.
DID ANYONE BRING
MY SHOES?

YEAH, SURE.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING,
ARTHUR.

THANKS A LOT.

AND IL BE BACK
IN THE SPRING.

I GONNA BE IN SHAPE THEN.
YOUL SEE.

YEAH, IL SEE YOU
THEN, BRUCE.

YEAH.

SEE YOU IN
AQUA CLARA,
ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

HEY, ARTHUR,

DON FORGET TO SEND ME
A SCORECARD

FROM THE SERIES, OK?

YOU BET I WILL.
OK.

IL SEE YOU.

IL SEE YOU.

Henry: WE BREEZED
THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS

AND WRAPPED UP THE SERIES
ON A SUNDAY. MY WIN.

I TOOK THE SCORECARD HOME
AND THREW IT ON A SHELF

AND LET IT LAY THERE.

WOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLE
TO SHOVE IT IN THE MAIL.

HOW LONG
WOULD IT HAVE TOOK,

THE LINE FOR THE STAMPS?

IN MY ARCTURUS CALENDAR
FOR DECEMBER 10

IT SAYS DE SOTO
VISITED GEORGIA, 1540.

THIS HANDS ME A LAUGH.

BRUCE PEARSON
ALSO VISITED GEORGIA.

I WAS HIS PALLBEARER,

ME AND SOME LOCAL BOYS.

THERE WERE FLOWERS
FROM THE CLUB

BUT NO PERSON FROM THE CLUB.

THEY COULDE SENT SOMEBODY.

HE WASN A BAD FELLA,
NO WORSE THAN MOST

AND PROBABLY BETTER
THAN SOME.

AND NOT A BAD BALLPLAYER,
NEITHER, WHEN THEY
GAVE HIM THE CHANCE--

WHEN THEY LAID OFF OF HIM
LONG ENOUGH.

FROM HERE ON IN...

I RAG NOBODY.