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<i>♪ When the sun comes up
On a sleepy little town ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Down around San Antone ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And the folks are risin'
For another day ♪</i>

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<i>♪ 'Round about their homes ♪</i>

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<i>♪ The people of the town
Are strange ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And they're proud
Of where they came ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Well, you're talkin' 'bout
The China Grove ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh
China Grove ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Well, the preacher
And the teacher ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Lord, they're a caution ♪</i>

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<i>♪ They are the talk
Of the town ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When the gossip
gets to flyin'
And they ain't lyin' ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When the sun
Goes fallin' down ♪</i>

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<i>♪ They say that
The father's insane ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And dear Mrs. Perkin's
A game ♪</i>

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You're cheatin'.

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Girls don't know spit
about baseball.

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Crippled as you are, you can't
make no full body rotation.

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If you ain't cheatin',
then how did you--

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I just can.

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- That's a homer.
- Nuh-uh.

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Boy, I know what
a homer looks like.

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It don't count unless
you're battin' in the majors.

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Majors? Boy, you're never gonna
play one inning in the majors.

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Never say never.

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You really believe?

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- Cross your heart
and hope to die?
- That's a heathen vow.

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Still think I'm cheatin'?

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I think you're crazy.

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But you are my boyfriend.

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See you later, alligator.

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Don't even think
of gettin' sweet on her!

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She's Earl Shantz's.

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Man drinks like a steer
on a tank at noon,

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and is mean enough to steal the
pennies off a dead man's eyes.

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Connie?

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Come here.

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We don't speak ill
of our neighbors.

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I'm just looking out for Rickey.

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Well, Rickey's got to learn
to look out for himself.

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He's playing the game of love.

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And that's run by women
and lost by men.

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So I want you both to interpret
Ephesians 4:25 tonight.

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You know that?

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"Speak truth, each one of you,
with his neighbor,

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for we are members
of one another."

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That's real good.

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You go on and get in the car.

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Come on. Connie,
you can help me lock up, okay?

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How does he do that?

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Honey, Rickey's got a gift.

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<i>♪ So I'll cherish
The old rugged cross ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Till my trophies ♪</i>

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<i>♪ At last, I lay down ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I will cling to ♪</i>

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<i>♪ The old rugged cross ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And exchange it one day ♪</i>

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<i>♪ For a crown ♪</i>

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"Give me a man that
we may fight together."

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-  Amen.
- Those are the words of
the giant Philistine, Goliath,

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taunting the armies of Israel,

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and no one would come out
and fight him, no one but David.

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And how did David smite Goliath?

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- A stone!
- Amen, brother Hill.

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A stone!

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A stone, it says right here
in verse 41st Samuel.

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And so David stopped by a brook

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and chose him
five smooth stones.

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Well, why didn't David
gather the largest stone,

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or the most jagged stone?

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David knew jagged rocks
got a will of their own!

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Things can veer off and
shimmy all over creation.

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- He made a savvy bet!
- Savvy indeed.

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But maybe we ought to
let some other members

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of the congregation
voice their response.

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So, I say this:
what shapes a stone?

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God's water shapes a stone.

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And we, as Christians,
as children of God,

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we are being constantly shaped.

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And after we're baptized,
we are sent out into the world

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as His messengers,
and we fly straight and true

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- to the very snout of Satan,
so that we...

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...can fight our own Goliath,
and--

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You know, I myself
have been afraid to say this,

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but I'm just gonna say it.

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Sister Babbit.

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Brother Shantz...

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You uplift me with your presence
here today. You do.

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May I kindly ask you
to refrain from smoking

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and from chewing and dipping
during Sunday services?

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I work six days on a live well,
ready to burst into
fire and brimstone any time.

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Now, if you knew a thing
about wildcattin',

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you'd appreciate that I get
exactly zero smoke breaks.

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But can't you see
how you and Sister Babbit

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are defiling
His glorious sanctuary

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with your spit

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and with your ashes
all over His floor?

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It's a weakness born of man.

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Oh, I see the weakness.

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High and mighty man
collects $50 a month

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to preach to some decent,
hardscrabble folk

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he's never even stepped off
the pulpit to get to know.

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We hardly got
a pleasure in life.

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I expect the Almighty can see
His way around our frailties.

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I am your pastor.

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So it is my place--
in fact, it's my duty--

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to preserve the sanctity
of God's house.

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Ain't about to allow
some holier-than-thou preacher

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to toss me a few crumbs
over a damn smoke!

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And I am not gonna
let the Lord's house

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look and smell
like Satan's saloon!

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Mrs. Babbit.

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Wouldn't they ask you to
pour oil on troubled waters?

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- Do you wanna clean tobacco
juice off the church floor?
- No.

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- I'm gonna... close up.
- Okay.

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- We missin' it?
- Not if we get there
in three minutes.

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Let's go!

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You're his wife. You should
talk some sense to him.

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I'm tryin', Mama.

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Where are them three off to?

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Oh...

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they're just being children.

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Seems unfair. We paid admission
for peace and quiet.

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They're the preacher's kids.
Ain't got a nickel
to rub together.

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<i>Meanwhile,
Richardson scores.</i>

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<i>One strike on Mantle.
And there it goes,</i>

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<i>- over the right field fence.</i>

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Gonna feel so charitable
when they bust your window?

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- That's gonna be you one day.
-  Thanks.

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Come on!

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Doc says you get
those braces off next year.

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They were supposed to
take them off last year.

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Bring it on. I'll knock it out
just like Mantle.

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Greetings out there in TV land!

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We're back at the 50-yard line.

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- The what?
- Well, I hate baseball.

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Nobody takes it easy on you
in the majors.

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Put some fire on it.

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Koufax warms his arm here
at the Yankee Stadium.

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Tie game, bottom of the ninth.

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At bat, Rickey Hill.

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Koufax hurls a surprise slider.

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Hill swings,
swats a long fly ball!

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Might be... could be... it is!

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Hill's third moon shot tonight.

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The faster it comes in,

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the faster it goes out.

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Oh, my gosh! What did you do?

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Let's go!

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Let's get out of here!

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- What are you doing?
- What Daddy taught.

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Whatever you done,
take responsibility for it.

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You hit this rock?

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Sorry, Mister.
I'll get a job to pay for it.

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Now, hold up. You tellin' me...

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that you hit this rock
over them trees

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and into my windshield
with that lousy stick?

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That's a couple hundred feet, easy.

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And you done it
wearing them things?

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Imagine that.

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You know what a prodigy is?

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- No, sir.
- Well, look it up.

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When you get
them legs healed up,

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I'm gonna be the first guy
at the gate to buy a ticket.

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- But I owe you.
- Forget the windshield.

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I got two yards across the state
full of more old windshields

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than I can ever pawn off
in a lifetime.

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But miracles...

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them I'm a little shy on.

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I want you to do it again.

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Show me.

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Now, go on.

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Well, I'll be.

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We receive your bounty, Lord,

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to better fortify our bodies and
minds so that we may serve you.

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We pray in the name
of your son, Jesus.

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- Amen.
-  Amen.

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It's a mite hard to muster
when He provideth so little.

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Y'all see Daddy peg down
that old crow Spit-And-Chew
this morning?

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Along with some
ticked-off church folk,

181
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grousin' how your daddy has
a bent for bitin' the hand
that barely feeds his family.

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Fifty dollars a month.

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Your children are starving.

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You know, sometimes,
Lilian, doing God's work

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takes the sacrifice
of the Apostles.

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None of the Apostles
had bad bones.

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That's enough.
Do you hear me? Enough.

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You can shut me down.

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How you gonna quiet the voice
in your head,

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saying that you starved
that boy down to nothing
and put him in a wheelchair?

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Most devout man I know.

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Your eyes are so busy
studying heaven,

193
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you don't see the misery you're
putting your family through!

194
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I am not going to apologize
for my devotion to God.

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Mama, stop.

196
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You see that woman?
That's your daughter.

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She's got faith. You never
hear one complaint out of her.

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She's got faith. You...

199
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It's all I got.

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And it sustains me.

201
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But I live here on Earth.

202
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And your son needs doctorin',
and that takes money.

203
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You can see he's already
outgrown them braces.

204
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He ain't gonna get no better
without new ones.

205
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New ones?

206
00:15:42,854 --> 00:15:45,683
Rickey,
the doctor believes that...

207
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Can I be excused?

208
00:15:47,293 --> 00:15:48,816
Yes, son.

209
00:15:57,347 --> 00:15:59,001
You satisfied, Lilian?

210
00:16:00,089 --> 00:16:02,265
Here, son. Have my cornbread.

211
00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:08,010
"...very great."

212
00:16:11,143 --> 00:16:12,492
You know what?

213
00:16:12,492 --> 00:16:14,277
I got a little
something for you.

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-  How'd you get these?
-  Saved up.
Three months.

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00:16:25,766 --> 00:16:27,246
- Mickey Mantle!

216
00:16:27,246 --> 00:16:28,900
What's going on in here?

217
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You're supposed to be
reading your Bible verses.

218
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Robert?

219
00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:36,908
What you hidin'?
Hand me your Bible.

220
00:16:37,778 --> 00:16:39,345
Hand me your Bible, Robert.

221
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Baseball cards.

222
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I don't approve of this.

223
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This sells the worship
of false idols.

224
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No. They-- they sell gum.

225
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You think I'm kidding?

226
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- Hmm? Is that what you think?
- N-No, sir.

227
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Robert, are these yours?

228
00:17:01,672 --> 00:17:03,239
Yes-- yes, sir.

229
00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:06,459
Robert, you are
your younger brother's keeper.

230
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And you are responsible
for what you put in his mind.

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You hear me?

232
00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:15,294
I know. It's just that...

233
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- Rickey loves baseball, and I--
-  He's not
gonna play baseball.

234
00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:26,784
Rickey, now, I've seen you
out there behind the church,
swinging that stick.

235
00:17:26,784 --> 00:17:30,614
And you'd be out there
all day long if you could,

236
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even when you're suffering pain.

237
00:17:33,834 --> 00:17:35,532
But you can't play baseball.

238
00:17:35,532 --> 00:17:37,795
You can't even run.

239
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And if you try,
you're gonna get ridiculed,

240
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you're gonna get made fun of,
and you're gonna wind up

241
00:17:43,453 --> 00:17:46,282
with an injury that
you'll never get over.

242
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- My legs?
- No, son.

243
00:17:49,676 --> 00:17:51,635
I'm talking about your spirit.

244
00:17:51,635 --> 00:17:54,812
Now, listen. You're special.

245
00:17:54,812 --> 00:17:56,814
You got the heart of a lion.

246
00:17:56,814 --> 00:18:00,122
But you got the soul
of a tender lamb.

247
00:18:00,861 --> 00:18:04,300
And I wanna protect that.

248
00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:08,260
If you're not playing baseball,
you got your time all freed up

249
00:18:08,260 --> 00:18:14,005
to pursue a higher calling,
preaching God's word.

250
00:18:14,005 --> 00:18:16,921
Where your earthly legs
have failed you,

251
00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:20,794
God's gonna give you
wings to fly.

252
00:18:20,794 --> 00:18:23,101
You understand me,
don't you, son?

253
00:18:25,625 --> 00:18:26,887
That's my boy.

254
00:18:27,801 --> 00:18:29,063
Love you.

255
00:18:33,851 --> 00:18:36,549
Read your verses. I'm listening.

256
00:18:48,387 --> 00:18:53,087
"Those that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength."

257
00:18:53,087 --> 00:18:56,178
"They shall run
and not be weary."

258
00:19:22,116 --> 00:19:25,076
What's going on here, Earl?

259
00:19:25,076 --> 00:19:27,513
Seems like the flock
and the shepherd have...

260
00:19:28,645 --> 00:19:29,863
hit an impasse.

261
00:19:29,863 --> 00:19:32,039
Is that right?

262
00:19:32,039 --> 00:19:34,128
Some of us are
sure gonna miss you.

263
00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,916
- But we just got here.
- And we just kicked you out!

264
00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:41,353
Now, be quick.
We need that house back.

265
00:19:42,789 --> 00:19:44,574
Well, don't you worry.

266
00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:48,099
We don't stay
where we're not wanted.

267
00:19:48,969 --> 00:19:50,536
We'll be gone by morning.

268
00:19:55,976 --> 00:19:58,631
- Helen!
- You ought to be ashamed.

269
00:19:58,631 --> 00:20:01,243
Oh, shi-- Shoot.

270
00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:03,767
- Shoot.
- My husband is a fine man.

271
00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,248
He's good, righteous,

272
00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:09,947
and given his life and
happiness to serve the Lord.

273
00:20:09,947 --> 00:20:12,254
He placed you all
above his own children.

274
00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:15,039
How do you repay
such selfless devotion?

275
00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:16,910
You run him out
of his own church

276
00:20:16,910 --> 00:20:20,349
and put his kids on the street.

277
00:20:21,437 --> 00:20:22,829
Why?

278
00:20:22,829 --> 00:20:24,744
'Cause your pastor
asked you to behave

279
00:20:24,744 --> 00:20:28,792
like the God-fearing people
he believed you were?

280
00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:31,055
"Decent, hardscrabble folk."

281
00:20:31,795 --> 00:20:33,100
No.

282
00:20:35,102 --> 00:20:38,280
You do not deserve James Hill.

283
00:20:52,511 --> 00:20:55,297
- Helen, I--
- We're gonna be fine.

284
00:21:01,215 --> 00:21:03,174
I wish you were staying.

285
00:21:03,174 --> 00:21:05,655
I wish we weren't going.

286
00:21:05,655 --> 00:21:09,006
Am I ever gonna see
my only-ever boyfriend again?

287
00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:12,096
I don't know.

288
00:21:13,097 --> 00:21:14,664
I'll miss you.

289
00:21:14,664 --> 00:21:16,622
Later, gator.

290
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,061
Is that Earl?

291
00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:06,280
He's drunk, Daddy.

292
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,457
He's gonna
kill somebody.

293
00:22:14,463 --> 00:22:15,507
Earl.

294
00:22:16,726 --> 00:22:18,075
- Earl.

295
00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:20,947
You're drunk.
You shouldn't be driving.

296
00:22:20,947 --> 00:22:24,560
And you shouldn't be
acting like you still
got weight in this town.

297
00:22:25,996 --> 00:22:28,433
Don't let
the screen door hit ya!

298
00:22:34,613 --> 00:22:36,398
I can't let you drive.

299
00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:37,660
Rickey!

300
00:22:41,228 --> 00:22:44,101
Fine. Have it your way.

301
00:22:44,101 --> 00:22:46,495
He's just trying
to save your neck!

302
00:22:47,583 --> 00:22:49,019
My neck? My neck?

303
00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:50,324
Hey!

304
00:22:53,023 --> 00:22:54,764
Don't you touch my boy.

305
00:22:54,764 --> 00:22:56,592
You stay away from my kid.

306
00:23:03,947 --> 00:23:05,601
Daddy's a badass.

307
00:23:07,690 --> 00:23:09,169
Get in the car.

308
00:23:10,475 --> 00:23:12,782
What were you doing?

309
00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:14,697
Come on, Earl. Stand up.

310
00:23:16,089 --> 00:23:18,657
- You think you're
better than me?
- Nope.

311
00:23:18,657 --> 00:23:21,965
I'm sure you'd kick my butt if
you weren't so drunk. Watch it.

312
00:23:21,965 --> 00:23:25,098
You think you're better than me
'cause you can read that book.

313
00:23:25,098 --> 00:23:26,970
Just get in the house.

314
00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:29,407
Earl, get in the house.

315
00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:38,634
My fault.

316
00:23:41,027 --> 00:23:43,465
What were y'all
quarreling about?

317
00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:46,293
You.

318
00:23:46,293 --> 00:23:49,209
He's dangerous when
he gets like this.

319
00:23:49,209 --> 00:23:51,211
And he's like this
more and more.

320
00:23:51,211 --> 00:23:53,213
Thank you, Pastor.

321
00:23:54,824 --> 00:23:56,826
Just save it for Sheriff Dalton.

322
00:23:56,826 --> 00:24:00,960
I imagine he's gonna be
making a visit here shortly.

323
00:24:03,659 --> 00:24:04,834
Hey, Pastor.

324
00:24:06,705 --> 00:24:09,708
You gave it your best,
the only way you know.

325
00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:12,668
Won't a soul appreciate that
till you're gone.

326
00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:13,843
Thank you.

327
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,193
God bless you.

328
00:25:04,763 --> 00:25:10,508
<i>♪ To prepare us
A dwelling place there ♪</i>

329
00:25:10,508 --> 00:25:14,643
<i>♪ In the sweet by and by ♪</i>

330
00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:19,299
<i>♪ We shall meet on
That beautiful shore ♪</i>

331
00:25:19,299 --> 00:25:21,301
<i>♪ In the sweet... ♪</i>

332
00:25:26,132 --> 00:25:30,136
<i>♪ Then sings my soul ♪</i>

333
00:25:31,703 --> 00:25:35,794
<i>♪ My savior God, to Thee ♪</i>

334
00:25:37,056 --> 00:25:41,104
<i>♪ How great Thou art ♪</i>

335
00:25:42,453 --> 00:25:45,499
<i>♪ How great Thou art ♪</i>

336
00:26:19,925 --> 00:26:22,754
Jesus. Jesus, help me, Jesus.

337
00:26:22,754 --> 00:26:25,061
I'm at the end of my rope.
Please help me.

338
00:26:26,628 --> 00:26:28,760
With you,
all things are possible, Lord.

339
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,283
Please...

340
00:26:30,283 --> 00:26:32,416
give me a sign.

341
00:26:32,416 --> 00:26:34,853
Please give me a sign.

342
00:26:48,693 --> 00:26:52,654
- God dang! God-- God!

343
00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:54,525
God! God!

344
00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:02,968
You okay, Daddy?

345
00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:05,667
I'm just tired, son.

346
00:27:06,537 --> 00:27:08,670
- James.

347
00:27:10,236 --> 00:27:11,673
We're out of gas.

348
00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,892
All right, well,
someone's gonna come along.

349
00:27:13,892 --> 00:27:17,853
Let's just--
Meanwhile, let's, you know,
get the spare put on.

350
00:27:17,853 --> 00:27:19,376
We ain't got no spare.

351
00:27:19,376 --> 00:27:22,074
Daddy,
I patched it up yesterday.

352
00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:24,555
I traded it for gas last night.

353
00:27:28,341 --> 00:27:29,995
And you done right.

354
00:27:29,995 --> 00:27:34,478
That's how hardscrabble folk
get by, minute to minute.

355
00:27:34,478 --> 00:27:38,177
Makin' tough calls
in a mean world.

356
00:27:38,177 --> 00:27:41,050
Doin' their damnedest.
Times come,

357
00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:44,967
it don't matter how well
you mean or how hard you try.

358
00:27:45,924 --> 00:27:47,186
It don't work.

359
00:27:47,186 --> 00:27:50,581
And that's no man's fault.

360
00:27:50,581 --> 00:27:52,975
Well, it can't get
much worse than this, huh?

361
00:28:04,987 --> 00:28:10,383
We gotta be
the unluckiest family
in all of Texas.

362
00:28:10,383 --> 00:28:12,777
Probably Oklahoma, too.

363
00:28:30,316 --> 00:28:33,798
Well, look at this.

364
00:28:33,798 --> 00:28:38,542
Only the Master Painter could
paint a picture such as this.

365
00:28:44,678 --> 00:28:45,767
Oh!

366
00:28:50,684 --> 00:28:52,425
Let's get in the car.

367
00:28:56,386 --> 00:28:59,650
-  Come on, Rickey!

368
00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:18,277
Y'all need a ride?

369
00:29:18,277 --> 00:29:20,192
Yes!

370
00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:21,890
Well, come on!

371
00:29:55,358 --> 00:29:57,229
I never seen one in color.

372
00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,579
Back up. You'll go blind.

373
00:30:04,541 --> 00:30:06,151
Fine ice cream, Miss Flora.

374
00:30:06,151 --> 00:30:09,459
- Pleased you're
enjoying it, sir.
-"Sir"?

375
00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:14,333
If she knew you--
If you knew Rickey,
you wouldn't call him "sir."

376
00:30:14,333 --> 00:30:17,206
Oh, I expect I know him.

377
00:30:17,206 --> 00:30:18,947
If you say so.

378
00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:24,430
Mrs. Linda,
you sure have a beautiful home.

379
00:30:24,430 --> 00:30:26,606
It's brought us a lot of joy.

380
00:30:26,606 --> 00:30:28,434
I need to get you more to eat.

381
00:30:28,434 --> 00:30:31,046
Oh. No, no.

382
00:30:31,046 --> 00:30:34,223
If I had another bite,
I think I'd bust a gut.

383
00:30:34,223 --> 00:30:35,877
- Thank you.

384
00:30:35,877 --> 00:30:38,401
I don't know how we'll ever
thank you for your help.

385
00:30:38,401 --> 00:30:40,577
We sure needed it.

386
00:30:40,577 --> 00:30:42,884
Well, now,
there-- there might be a way.

387
00:30:42,884 --> 00:30:45,930
But this j-- I don't know.
This job, it's just
probably beneath

388
00:30:45,930 --> 00:30:48,933
a man of your education
and experience.

389
00:30:48,933 --> 00:30:51,240
Oh, no. No.
No, you'd be surprised.

390
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,766
My brother Dennis
over Bowie City way
tells me First Baptist

391
00:30:55,766 --> 00:30:59,422
been looking for a new pastor
goin' on a year now.

392
00:30:59,422 --> 00:31:01,467
But, uh, no takers.

393
00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:04,688
- Well, that's a crying shame.
- Well, you ain't
seen Bowie City.

394
00:31:04,688 --> 00:31:07,038
"One-horse town"
is overselling it.

395
00:31:07,038 --> 00:31:09,127
It ain't got a window
to throw it out of.

396
00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,217
But they're good people.

397
00:31:12,217 --> 00:31:14,524
There's a rectory.

398
00:31:14,524 --> 00:31:17,440
A mite modest. I suppose
it ain't for you, but--

399
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,920
- We'll take it.
- Yes, we will.

400
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,748
- Mm-hmm.
-  Brother Josh...

401
00:31:21,748 --> 00:31:25,622
it was not by accident
that you found us on the road.

402
00:31:25,622 --> 00:31:29,539
When the good Lord shuts
a door, he opens a window.

403
00:31:29,539 --> 00:31:34,761
- But don't y'all wanna
hear more about this--
- Only amen. Can I get an amen?

404
00:31:34,761 --> 00:31:37,503
-  Amen!

405
00:31:37,503 --> 00:31:40,637
<i>Roger, and lift-off.</i>

406
00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:43,118
<i>And the clock is operating.
Sigma Seven...</i>

407
00:31:43,118 --> 00:31:44,946
Lift-off!

408
00:31:46,643 --> 00:31:48,471
Th-- those kids.

409
00:31:48,471 --> 00:31:51,213
They get really excited.

410
00:31:58,089 --> 00:31:59,395
There!

411
00:31:59,395 --> 00:32:01,919
-  Where?
-  There!

412
00:32:03,921 --> 00:32:06,358
Mission Control
reports that the craft

413
00:32:06,358 --> 00:32:10,014
has left Earth's atmosphere,
as we get closer and closer.

414
00:32:10,014 --> 00:32:13,322
As man again sails the heavens.

415
00:32:16,194 --> 00:32:17,282
I see it!

416
00:32:18,196 --> 00:32:19,284
Big as day!

417
00:32:24,202 --> 00:32:25,725
Let's head inside.

418
00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:31,166
You comin', Daddy?

419
00:32:33,211 --> 00:32:35,779
Oh, you go ahead, son.

420
00:32:35,779 --> 00:32:38,434
I'm gonna visit a spell
with the heaven I know.

421
00:33:01,109 --> 00:33:03,676
Howdy, Pastor.
How you doin'?

422
00:33:03,676 --> 00:33:05,417
Welcome to home, sweet home.

423
00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,506
Try "dump, sweet dump."

424
00:33:07,506 --> 00:33:09,117
- Ow!
- James Hill.

425
00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:11,684
Nice to meet you.
Brother's told me all about you.

426
00:33:11,684 --> 00:33:13,643
Yeah, your brother
was real nice to us.

427
00:33:13,643 --> 00:33:15,558
- Dennis, right?
- That's right.

428
00:33:15,558 --> 00:33:17,777
Appealing to the eye she ain't,

429
00:33:17,777 --> 00:33:20,824
but come monsoons,
tornadoes, and flash floods,

430
00:33:20,824 --> 00:33:22,826
she'll leave you high and dry.

431
00:33:22,826 --> 00:33:24,784
I'm already feelin' just that.

432
00:33:24,784 --> 00:33:27,657
- What's that?
- Used to be a mortuary.

433
00:33:27,657 --> 00:33:31,574
Wait till you see the church.
You're gonna love the church.

434
00:33:31,574 --> 00:33:33,141
Where's the church?

435
00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:35,230
The church is just
on down the road here.

436
00:33:35,230 --> 00:33:39,364
Y'all wanna go see the church
first or go inside?

437
00:33:41,149 --> 00:33:43,151
I guess we're gonna
see the church first.

438
00:33:43,151 --> 00:33:45,153
- They're gonna love the church.
- Yeah.

439
00:33:50,288 --> 00:33:52,029
Here she is!

440
00:33:56,164 --> 00:33:58,557
Now y'all see what I was sayin'?

441
00:33:58,557 --> 00:34:00,037
Plenty of room.

442
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:04,911
It's got... possibilities.

443
00:34:04,911 --> 00:34:07,088
I love it in here!

444
00:34:08,872 --> 00:34:10,613
I can run in here!

445
00:34:10,613 --> 00:34:13,006
Boy's got a heck
of a lot of energy.

446
00:34:15,661 --> 00:34:18,360
Yeah,
and a mind to confound Solomon.

447
00:34:20,884 --> 00:34:22,799
When do I start?

448
00:34:26,107 --> 00:34:28,718
<i>♪ Tell you a story ♪</i>

449
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:31,329
<i>♪ It happened long time ago ♪</i>

450
00:34:31,329 --> 00:34:33,723
<i>♪ About the little bitty
Pretty things ♪</i>

451
00:34:33,723 --> 00:34:37,814
<i>♪ We found along that road ♪</i>

452
00:34:37,814 --> 00:34:42,819
<i>♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪</i>

453
00:34:42,819 --> 00:34:44,951
<i>♪ Little bitty pretty things ♪</i>

454
00:34:44,951 --> 00:34:47,911
<i>♪ That we get to see ♪</i>

455
00:34:47,911 --> 00:34:50,043
<i>♪ I wonder what
The day'll bring ♪</i>

456
00:34:50,043 --> 00:34:52,742
<i>♪ Come walk along with me ♪</i>

457
00:34:55,266 --> 00:34:59,836
<i>♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪</i>

458
00:34:59,836 --> 00:35:01,664
<i>♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪</i>

459
00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:03,753
- Man up, J-bird.

460
00:35:03,753 --> 00:35:05,581
We're just gettin' started.

461
00:35:16,461 --> 00:35:17,984
You need two more?

462
00:35:17,984 --> 00:35:20,509
-  Him and who else?
- I'll hit off him.

463
00:35:20,509 --> 00:35:22,467
With all that crap on your legs?

464
00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:26,645
My dad is a pastor, and he calls
them "corrective restraints."

465
00:35:26,645 --> 00:35:28,343
Hey!
Don't get all Bible camp on me.

466
00:35:28,343 --> 00:35:30,693
I ain't playin' with
no-- no robot boy.

467
00:35:30,693 --> 00:35:34,218
- Put the non-gimp in left.
- He don't play, I don't play.

468
00:35:34,218 --> 00:35:37,352
Oh, yeah. Like you're
first-round draft material.

469
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:42,008
- Who do I brush back next?

470
00:35:43,009 --> 00:35:44,228
Come on.

471
00:35:45,011 --> 00:35:47,057
Hey, flamethrower.

472
00:35:47,057 --> 00:35:48,972
I hit off you, we both play.

473
00:35:48,972 --> 00:35:51,366
And it's gotta
clear the infield.

474
00:35:53,455 --> 00:35:56,371
Nobody's ever pitched to you
with the heat he brings.

475
00:35:56,371 --> 00:35:58,460
Whiff in front of
these townies, and...

476
00:35:58,460 --> 00:36:01,376
they'll never let you
forget it, much less play.

477
00:36:01,376 --> 00:36:03,987
I ain't gonna whiff.

478
00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:07,077
Hey, robo boy.
Where do we bury you?

479
00:36:07,077 --> 00:36:09,210
The cemetery or the junkyard?

480
00:36:12,648 --> 00:36:14,127
Three swings.

481
00:36:14,127 --> 00:36:16,956
Hey, whatever. You ain't
even gonna see the ball.

482
00:36:22,092 --> 00:36:24,050
Y'all best stay in the outfield.

483
00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:26,009
Boy, you got no idea.

484
00:36:26,009 --> 00:36:27,576
It's Rickey Hill.

485
00:36:28,707 --> 00:36:30,405
Rickey Hill.

486
00:36:30,405 --> 00:36:34,060
You got a lot of guts,
but not so many smarts.

487
00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:36,411
Guys with legs that work
can't hit him.

488
00:36:38,108 --> 00:36:39,936
Don't say I didn't warn you.

489
00:36:39,936 --> 00:36:41,938
You ready, robot boy?

490
00:36:44,157 --> 00:36:46,029
Little late on that one.

491
00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:49,685
Robot boy! Gonna keep whiffin',
or are you quittin'?

492
00:36:49,685 --> 00:36:51,208
- Start hittin'.

493
00:36:51,208 --> 00:36:54,124
Oh-ho-ho! Oh, robot boy's
gonna start hittin'.

494
00:36:54,124 --> 00:36:56,257
All right, jelly legs, come on.

495
00:37:02,785 --> 00:37:04,700
Hey, RB!
Quit while you're behind.

496
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,311
- All right, enough!
- Come on,
before you get really hurt.

497
00:37:07,311 --> 00:37:10,140
- Three strikes.
- So he can kill you?

498
00:37:11,837 --> 00:37:13,535
I stay down here, I'm dead.

499
00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,284
Better bring a quicker bat.

500
00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:33,555
What are you doing?

501
00:37:33,555 --> 00:37:35,296
Look at robot boy.

502
00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:38,516
Full... body... rotation!

503
00:37:55,141 --> 00:37:57,056
Folks gotta do
what they gotta do.

504
00:38:01,060 --> 00:38:03,585
How do you know
you can do it, Rickey?

505
00:38:05,761 --> 00:38:07,458
I just know it.

506
00:38:10,026 --> 00:38:12,071
All right, fun's over.

507
00:38:12,071 --> 00:38:15,336
Time to say night-night
and bye-bye to robot boy.

508
00:38:32,483 --> 00:38:34,224
-  You done it!
-  Wow!

509
00:38:36,835 --> 00:38:39,403
- You hit!
- That don't count!

510
00:38:39,403 --> 00:38:42,711
Screw you guys. I ain't playin'
with no-- no cripple kid.

511
00:38:42,711 --> 00:38:45,191
- We made a deal.
-  I made no such thing.

512
00:38:45,191 --> 00:38:47,063
Liar!
I seen you nod your head!

513
00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:50,719
Nobody calls me a liar,
robot boy.

514
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,721
Aw, you think you can stomp me?

515
00:38:54,592 --> 00:38:57,247
- He already did.
-  Hey, stop it!

516
00:38:57,247 --> 00:38:59,554
Coach says one more fight
and you're done!

517
00:39:02,992 --> 00:39:04,472
Damn you!

518
00:39:05,995 --> 00:39:07,649
You white trash no-'counts.

519
00:39:09,085 --> 00:39:11,043
Not worth it anyway.

520
00:39:13,132 --> 00:39:15,744
Come on.
There ain't no game for us here.

521
00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:17,049
But I hit off of him.

522
00:39:17,049 --> 00:39:19,008
That's what counts.

523
00:39:19,008 --> 00:39:21,184
Goodbye, Rickey Hill.

524
00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:26,711
Okay.

525
00:39:26,711 --> 00:39:29,714
Anybody else wanna say grace?

526
00:39:34,850 --> 00:39:38,636
Is there some kind of revelation
that I'm not aware of?

527
00:39:46,862 --> 00:39:48,472
Oh, my God.

528
00:39:53,259 --> 00:39:55,566
- Is there pain?
- Not a lick.

529
00:39:58,003 --> 00:40:00,310
How?

530
00:40:00,310 --> 00:40:04,836
Well, sir,
it seems one of my braces--

531
00:40:04,836 --> 00:40:07,273
the left one, I think--

532
00:40:07,273 --> 00:40:09,580
well, it broke first, so--

533
00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:12,235
So you had to take the other one
off to walk, right?

534
00:40:12,235 --> 00:40:15,151
- Yes.
- Right?

535
00:40:15,151 --> 00:40:16,631
Thank you, Lord.

536
00:40:19,808 --> 00:40:21,853
Well, show me. Just...

537
00:40:28,338 --> 00:40:30,819
Okay, everybody up.
We're going for ice cream.

538
00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:33,561
- And we're gonna walk.
- James, we can't afford it.

539
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:36,912
You just keep that
ice cream man busy,
and I'm gonna steal us a gallon.

540
00:40:36,912 --> 00:40:40,132
- Oh, no, you won't.
- Oh, yes, I will!
I'm feelin' adventurous.

541
00:40:40,132 --> 00:40:42,395
He's not gonna steal a thing.

542
00:40:42,395 --> 00:40:44,746
It ain't curin' polio, boys.

543
00:40:44,746 --> 00:40:50,099
All it takes to be on my team
is, A, attend practice
every day, 4:00 to 6:00.

544
00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:53,842
B, be prepared to
work your hind ends off.

545
00:40:53,842 --> 00:40:57,715
And C, cut the crap
and swing the bat,
'cause I ain't your mama.

546
00:40:57,715 --> 00:41:01,023
Now, if I catch any one of
y'all half-assing out there,

547
00:41:01,023 --> 00:41:03,373
I'll boot your whole ass
off my field.

548
00:41:03,373 --> 00:41:05,636
Now, if you ain't turned
one of these in yet,

549
00:41:05,636 --> 00:41:09,031
I need your folks' John Hancock
on one of these
permission slips.

550
00:41:09,031 --> 00:41:14,210
Come on. Bring it back to me
3:00 p.m. Tuesday, signed.

551
00:41:16,604 --> 00:41:17,648
All right?

552
00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:22,697
Oh, now, son.

553
00:41:22,697 --> 00:41:26,135
It mayn't be your doin',
but you're already half-assin'.

554
00:41:26,135 --> 00:41:28,529
Or making sacrifices.

555
00:41:29,965 --> 00:41:31,880
Well spoke.

556
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,838
I'll give you through tryouts.

557
00:41:33,838 --> 00:41:37,538
Hey! But you better
bring me some magic.

558
00:41:39,801 --> 00:41:42,543
Think Mom will sign this
without telling Daddy?

559
00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:45,850
Even if she did, he'd find out.

560
00:41:58,254 --> 00:42:00,299
How's my little lion?

561
00:42:02,127 --> 00:42:05,740
What's on your mind? You got
something behind your back.

562
00:42:16,925 --> 00:42:18,883
Why don't you calm your mind?

563
00:42:18,883 --> 00:42:22,452
Let's hear Psalm 23.

564
00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:26,021
-"The Lord is my shepherd--"
- More conviction.

565
00:42:27,283 --> 00:42:29,764
"I shall not want."

566
00:42:29,764 --> 00:42:33,202
Daddy...
I know what you're gonna say.

567
00:42:33,202 --> 00:42:35,552
But I'm better.

568
00:42:37,075 --> 00:42:38,642
Son...

569
00:42:38,642 --> 00:42:41,819
you might be better,
but you are not healed.

570
00:42:43,255 --> 00:42:44,822
Your bones...

571
00:42:46,084 --> 00:42:47,608
they're green.

572
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:50,436
They're like twigs.

573
00:42:50,436 --> 00:42:54,223
Daddy, all I wanna do is play.

574
00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:57,922
You will not play.

575
00:42:58,923 --> 00:42:59,968
Ever.

576
00:43:01,534 --> 00:43:05,147
Now, you might think that
your affliction is an injustice,

577
00:43:05,147 --> 00:43:08,063
but God has a plan for you.

578
00:43:08,063 --> 00:43:14,635
It's a sign.
It's a sign of something greater
that you are supposed to become.

579
00:43:21,424 --> 00:43:23,078
<i>What is important?</i>

580
00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:26,342
Many things are important.

581
00:43:27,082 --> 00:43:29,519
But what is vital?

582
00:43:30,999 --> 00:43:35,743
One practice: doing God's work.

583
00:43:35,743 --> 00:43:41,836
I want you to seek out
every opportunity that you have
to serve Him.

584
00:43:41,836 --> 00:43:45,753
And the next time that
you even consider sinning,

585
00:43:45,753 --> 00:43:48,669
I want you to ask yourself
this question:

586
00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:53,151
how will God judge me?

587
00:43:53,151 --> 00:43:57,939
The Holy Spirit sees all,

588
00:43:57,939 --> 00:43:59,592
knows all,

589
00:43:59,592 --> 00:44:02,639
punishes every misdeed.

590
00:44:07,949 --> 00:44:11,430
So let us ask God

591
00:44:12,257 --> 00:44:15,565
for a sin-free week.

592
00:44:22,615 --> 00:44:25,140
This place is worse
than the last.

593
00:44:25,140 --> 00:44:27,403
See that man smoking?

594
00:44:27,403 --> 00:44:29,361
Why didn't Daddy
put a stop to that?

595
00:44:29,361 --> 00:44:32,800
To grow his flock, your father
must endure a few black sheep.

596
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,019
- Have a great day.
- You too.

597
00:44:35,019 --> 00:44:36,717
This came for you.

598
00:44:38,631 --> 00:44:42,200
- Must be from Gracie!
- No way.

599
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,421
Yeah, he pocketed it so quick,
I thought his hand was on fire.

600
00:44:45,421 --> 00:44:47,728
Nah. Just his heart.

601
00:44:54,256 --> 00:44:56,998
I'm gonna go... stretch my legs.

602
00:44:56,998 --> 00:45:00,262
Daddy finds out you've been
swatting that baseball
on the Sabbath...

603
00:45:00,262 --> 00:45:01,524
I'm just gonna watch.

604
00:45:02,307 --> 00:45:03,613
You?

605
00:45:05,267 --> 00:45:06,921
Come on.

606
00:45:09,793 --> 00:45:13,884
<i>♪ You belong to me
Why can't you see ♪</i>

607
00:45:13,884 --> 00:45:17,409
One Blast-Off Burger,
one order of fries,
and one Coke.

608
00:45:17,409 --> 00:45:20,195
75 cents,
and that's what I got.

609
00:45:21,718 --> 00:45:25,287
One Blast-Off Burger,

610
00:45:25,287 --> 00:45:27,942
one order of fries,
and one Coke?

611
00:45:27,942 --> 00:45:30,553
That ain't nearly enough
to feed all three of you kids.

612
00:45:30,553 --> 00:45:32,294
We just
need the one order.

613
00:45:32,294 --> 00:45:33,730
I tried to tell him,

614
00:45:33,730 --> 00:45:36,515
but he just came in here
like a crazy man.

615
00:45:36,515 --> 00:45:39,823
Well... he counted too quick.

616
00:45:39,823 --> 00:45:42,043
We're just a quarter short, actually.

617
00:45:43,174 --> 00:45:45,916
Well, I ain't so hot at numbers.

618
00:45:45,916 --> 00:45:48,005
I'll come back
when I get the rest.

619
00:45:48,005 --> 00:45:52,749
Wait. It just so happens...
I have a quarter.

620
00:45:52,749 --> 00:45:55,839
-  Okay,
I've got 'em closed.
-  Keep 'em closed.

621
00:45:55,839 --> 00:45:59,408
I will, I will. I've never
been more in the dark.

622
00:45:59,408 --> 00:46:02,019
Here,
bring him this way.

623
00:46:02,019 --> 00:46:03,629
- Oh!

624
00:46:03,629 --> 00:46:06,545
Well, I guess I'm going to
sit down, is that right?

625
00:46:10,898 --> 00:46:13,683
We all know turkey's
your favorite, but...

626
00:46:13,683 --> 00:46:16,642
but we wanted to get
something special instead.

627
00:46:16,642 --> 00:46:18,427
Can I open my eyes?

628
00:46:18,427 --> 00:46:19,863
Yep.

629
00:46:23,432 --> 00:46:26,783
Why, it's my second favorite.

630
00:46:27,784 --> 00:46:29,917
And a more thoughtful gift, I--

631
00:46:32,006 --> 00:46:33,529
I can't remember.

632
00:46:33,529 --> 00:46:36,793
You take care of us
all year, so, uh...

633
00:46:37,838 --> 00:46:40,231
today we wanna take care of you.

634
00:46:40,231 --> 00:46:44,105
The most beautiful gift
I have ever been blessed with

635
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,543
is not this delicious burger.

636
00:46:49,414 --> 00:46:54,376
It's the joy of sharing it
with all of you.

637
00:46:54,376 --> 00:46:56,900
You're my beautiful family.

638
00:46:56,900 --> 00:46:59,076
We ain't hungry.

639
00:46:59,076 --> 00:47:00,861
Stuffed.

640
00:47:00,861 --> 00:47:01,949
Slimming.

641
00:47:03,472 --> 00:47:05,213
All us girls are.

642
00:47:08,216 --> 00:47:09,782
Well, I'm starvin'.

643
00:47:15,353 --> 00:47:16,398
Mmm!

644
00:47:22,317 --> 00:47:26,756
<i>"Me and my mama are
heading to Oklahoma City
to live with my grandfolks.</i>

645
00:47:26,756 --> 00:47:29,498
<i>Hey, has anyone in
your new town figured out</i>

646
00:47:29,498 --> 00:47:31,195
<i>how you're cheatin'
at batting yet?</i>

647
00:47:31,195 --> 00:47:34,677
<i>Heh. Truly,
I hope you're still swingin'</i>

648
00:47:34,677 --> 00:47:36,548
<i>no matter how your legs are.</i>

649
00:47:36,548 --> 00:47:38,986
<i>Knowing you, I bet you
a Buffalo nickel</i>

650
00:47:38,986 --> 00:47:41,075
<i>you're still dreamin'
of the majors.</i>

651
00:47:41,075 --> 00:47:43,555
<i>Me,
I've run clean out of dreams.</i>

652
00:47:43,555 --> 00:47:47,733
<i>I guess it's up to you to make
one come true for both of us.</i>

653
00:47:47,733 --> 00:47:50,258
<i>If anyone can, it's you.</i>

654
00:47:50,258 --> 00:47:52,913
<i>you're still my boyfriend!"</i>

655
00:48:01,486 --> 00:48:03,271
Since when ain't you tryin' out?

656
00:48:03,271 --> 00:48:06,448
Since my daddy refused to sign.

657
00:48:06,448 --> 00:48:10,800
Check out Coach Don.
He look like he's up all night
verifying signatures?

658
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:14,282
Hold up. You're sayin'...

659
00:48:14,282 --> 00:48:16,110
Fake Daddy's signature?

660
00:48:16,110 --> 00:48:19,635
Yep. Seems like the real sin
is stopping you from playin'.

661
00:48:19,635 --> 00:48:21,071
Jason's right.

662
00:48:22,246 --> 00:48:23,944
Plus...

663
00:48:23,944 --> 00:48:27,077
I don't know a soul who's
owed this shot more than you.

664
00:48:29,645 --> 00:48:30,951
Give it to me.

665
00:48:33,997 --> 00:48:36,086
Hope the good Lord
sees it that way.

666
00:48:46,270 --> 00:48:48,011
Oh. Evening, ma'am.

667
00:48:48,011 --> 00:48:50,796
Uh, Don Fisher,
youth baseball coach.

668
00:48:50,796 --> 00:48:55,845
Oh. I'm sorry, our boys
aren't allowed to play.

669
00:48:55,845 --> 00:48:58,804
Uh, better iron that out
with your husband, ma'am.

670
00:48:58,804 --> 00:49:01,155
He-- he signed
Rickey's permission slip.

671
00:49:01,155 --> 00:49:05,028
- Oh, um, come in.
-  Oh, uh... ah!

672
00:49:05,028 --> 00:49:07,074
- Who, by the way,

673
00:49:07,074 --> 00:49:09,990
is knocking the tar out
of anything we throw at him.

674
00:49:09,990 --> 00:49:12,993
What is this?
I didn't sign nothin'.

675
00:49:17,649 --> 00:49:20,348
That's not my handwriting.
That's forgery.

676
00:49:20,348 --> 00:49:22,089
Well...

677
00:49:22,089 --> 00:49:24,178
you know boys.

678
00:49:24,178 --> 00:49:28,051
Anyhoo, he-- he is
one heck of a hitter.

679
00:49:28,051 --> 00:49:32,403
The only way I can figure
how your boy can
possibly hit the ball

680
00:49:32,403 --> 00:49:35,406
as far and as hard as he can...

681
00:49:36,407 --> 00:49:38,627
the Lord give him a gift.

682
00:49:38,627 --> 00:49:40,498
Well, he's not gonna be playing.

683
00:49:40,498 --> 00:49:43,458
- You ain't gonna let him play?
- Nope.

684
00:49:43,458 --> 00:49:47,201
Look, I've pastored 13 years
up in the Panhandle,

685
00:49:47,201 --> 00:49:50,726
and I know good and well
what a miracle looks like.

686
00:49:51,596 --> 00:49:53,207
And Rickey is one.

687
00:49:54,686 --> 00:49:56,949
So my counsel to you, Pastor,

688
00:49:56,949 --> 00:49:59,909
is figure out why
you're so hellbent on

689
00:49:59,909 --> 00:50:03,043
crushing the boy's soul
and squandering his blessing.

690
00:50:03,913 --> 00:50:06,133
God bless you. Amen, good night.

691
00:50:16,447 --> 00:50:17,753
Rickey?

692
00:50:18,580 --> 00:50:19,885
Rickey!

693
00:50:27,545 --> 00:50:28,720
I done it.

694
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:30,766
He's covering for me.

695
00:50:32,028 --> 00:50:34,074
I-- I said for him to play,

696
00:50:35,336 --> 00:50:36,946
and doctored the slip.

697
00:50:36,946 --> 00:50:40,254
He was just trying to help me
do the one thing I love.

698
00:50:40,254 --> 00:50:41,951
The one thing you love?

699
00:50:42,821 --> 00:50:44,345
That's the truth.

700
00:50:44,345 --> 00:50:48,436
It ain't about me
swinging a stick to hit a stone.

701
00:50:48,436 --> 00:50:51,743
When I swing that bat,
I ain't crippled no more.

702
00:50:51,743 --> 00:50:54,268
I am David taking down Goliath.

703
00:50:54,268 --> 00:50:57,314
Everybody can see how much
this means to me but you, Daddy.

704
00:50:57,314 --> 00:51:01,710
- Don't you backtalk me, boy.
- Don't you dare
run that child down!

705
00:51:01,710 --> 00:51:03,581
Give him his say.
He's earned it.

706
00:51:03,581 --> 00:51:06,497
You stay out of this.
This ain't none of
your business.

707
00:51:06,497 --> 00:51:08,978
My business is the family

708
00:51:08,978 --> 00:51:10,849
that you've turned into sheep.

709
00:51:10,849 --> 00:51:12,938
Helen and the kids,
they love you so much,

710
00:51:12,938 --> 00:51:16,986
they let you just suck
all the joy out of their lives.

711
00:51:16,986 --> 00:51:19,728
I'm too old and mean
to stand by another minute

712
00:51:19,728 --> 00:51:21,860
while you make
your misery theirs.

713
00:51:21,860 --> 00:51:26,517
"To seek out the one true
calling God has placed us
on Earth to answer

714
00:51:26,517 --> 00:51:30,652
is no less than our duty to
fulfill it with pure devotion,

715
00:51:30,652 --> 00:51:32,349
no less than
our divine destiny."

716
00:51:32,349 --> 00:51:34,177
Yeah, see right there?

717
00:51:34,177 --> 00:51:38,007
Even a blind man could tell
you're born to be a preacher.

718
00:51:38,007 --> 00:51:40,662
You said those words.
That's your sermon.

719
00:51:40,662 --> 00:51:43,230
Are those words the truth?

720
00:51:46,537 --> 00:51:49,410
You think baseball is your duty?

721
00:51:49,410 --> 00:51:51,151
Ever since I can remember.

722
00:51:51,151 --> 00:51:53,936
So much you'd lie about it?

723
00:51:53,936 --> 00:51:57,418
See that? That's a lie.

724
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:00,508
Now,
I'm gonna give you a choice.

725
00:52:02,379 --> 00:52:04,164
God's will...

726
00:52:05,556 --> 00:52:06,557
or your will.

727
00:52:14,957 --> 00:52:17,351
- Robert...

728
00:52:17,351 --> 00:52:19,396
...you lied.

729
00:52:19,396 --> 00:52:21,529
You deceived.

730
00:52:21,529 --> 00:52:23,008
You misguided your brother.

731
00:52:23,008 --> 00:52:25,054
Now, we got rules in this house.

732
00:52:26,447 --> 00:52:28,884
And you know there's
consequences to those rules.

733
00:52:28,884 --> 00:52:30,625
Yes, sir.

734
00:52:30,625 --> 00:52:32,366
Get out back.

735
00:52:33,367 --> 00:52:35,456
And I mean now.

736
00:52:35,456 --> 00:52:37,545
Daddy, it should be me!

737
00:52:41,810 --> 00:52:43,072
Robert.

738
00:52:46,945 --> 00:52:48,773
You deceived me.

739
00:52:48,773 --> 00:52:50,993
I can't tell you how that hurts.

740
00:52:52,734 --> 00:52:54,910
And you know I love you.

741
00:52:54,910 --> 00:52:57,565
This is about saving your soul.

742
00:52:57,565 --> 00:52:59,393
You ain't gonna save me.

743
00:53:01,525 --> 00:53:03,223
You can beat me all night.

744
00:53:05,790 --> 00:53:07,401
It ain't gonna change Rickey.

745
00:53:08,967 --> 00:53:11,231
Rickey's confused.

746
00:53:11,231 --> 00:53:13,233
He's lost.

747
00:53:13,233 --> 00:53:15,409
He ain't the one who's lost.

748
00:53:16,627 --> 00:53:17,976
What's he doin'?

749
00:53:23,765 --> 00:53:25,070
Growing up.

750
00:53:26,463 --> 00:53:27,638
You turn around.

751
00:53:53,273 --> 00:53:54,274
Go inside.

752
00:53:56,798 --> 00:53:58,756
- I said go inside.
- Daddy?

753
00:53:58,756 --> 00:54:00,410
Just leave me be. Go inside.

754
00:54:34,836 --> 00:54:36,533
It ain't fair.

755
00:54:36,533 --> 00:54:39,884
I can't go this entire summer
without playing baseball.

756
00:54:39,884 --> 00:54:44,411
Well, till you can find
a way to preach and play
at the same time...

757
00:54:46,021 --> 00:54:47,327
you're benched.

758
00:54:57,989 --> 00:54:59,077
Son.

759
00:55:01,036 --> 00:55:04,169
You know you're not
supposed to interrupt me
when I'm writing my sermon.

760
00:55:05,823 --> 00:55:07,085
Yes, sir.

761
00:55:08,957 --> 00:55:13,353
I came here to ask you
what to do when I need to
tell you something.

762
00:55:15,572 --> 00:55:16,834
Now.

763
00:55:22,013 --> 00:55:23,667
All right.

764
00:55:24,625 --> 00:55:26,148
Say your piece.

765
00:55:30,544 --> 00:55:34,374
Last night,
you gave me a choice.

766
00:55:34,374 --> 00:55:37,377
And I've been thinking
real hard on it.

767
00:55:38,769 --> 00:55:41,381
You're right. God is number one.

768
00:55:41,381 --> 00:55:44,949
He has, is, and always will be.

769
00:55:44,949 --> 00:55:47,387
And like you've preached
so many times,

770
00:55:48,170 --> 00:55:49,867
God don't make mistakes.

771
00:55:49,867 --> 00:55:51,173
Amen.

772
00:55:53,610 --> 00:55:58,746
I feel His perfection guiding me
when I swing that bat.

773
00:55:58,746 --> 00:56:04,099
I bear witness to His power
when the ball sails over
the backfield fence.

774
00:56:04,099 --> 00:56:07,929
I'm not following your logic.
What?

775
00:56:07,929 --> 00:56:09,278
'Cause I ain't done.

776
00:56:11,802 --> 00:56:13,238
I choose both.

777
00:56:13,238 --> 00:56:18,505
You choose God and baseball?

778
00:56:18,505 --> 00:56:20,202
Only answer.

779
00:56:21,638 --> 00:56:25,337
In His perfection,
He handed me two gifts:

780
00:56:25,337 --> 00:56:29,472
preaching with fire, and playing
by the power of His hand.

781
00:56:29,472 --> 00:56:32,649
"Each blessing to His glory.

782
00:56:34,608 --> 00:56:39,090
I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me."

783
00:56:39,090 --> 00:56:42,137
Philippians 4:13.

784
00:56:53,061 --> 00:56:54,541
What is that?

785
00:57:16,127 --> 00:57:18,826
Thank you for
all you taught me, Daddy.

786
00:57:46,201 --> 00:57:48,290
<i>Now batting for the Buffaloes,</i>

787
00:57:48,290 --> 00:57:52,120
<i>center fielder,
number 17, Rickey Hill!</i>

788
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:53,861
- Rickey!
- Rickey!

789
00:58:05,002 --> 00:58:09,877
<i>- And gone!</i>

790
00:58:09,877 --> 00:58:14,795
<i>- Ladies and gentlemen,
the 1973 season opener ends</i>

791
00:58:14,795 --> 00:58:16,971
<i>with another
game-winning home run</i>

792
00:58:16,971 --> 00:58:20,714
<i>from Buffaloes senior sensation,
Rickey Hill!</i>

793
00:58:20,714 --> 00:58:24,065
- That's our brother!
- Oh, man, you're flyin'!

794
00:58:24,065 --> 00:58:25,980
- There you go, Rickey!
- Rickey!

795
00:58:25,980 --> 00:58:27,634
-  Come on!

796
00:58:31,072 --> 00:58:33,422
You set him up so good.

797
00:58:33,422 --> 00:58:35,555
Laid off the slider
the whole game...

798
00:58:35,555 --> 00:58:37,861
I almost got caught
with my foot in the bucket.

799
00:58:37,861 --> 00:58:40,777
Oh, man.

800
00:58:40,777 --> 00:58:42,562
All right, I'm gonna git.

801
00:58:42,562 --> 00:58:45,086
Um, see you Monday
after practice.

802
00:58:45,086 --> 00:58:48,045
- Yeah.
- All right. We got some
work to do on that old car.

803
00:58:48,045 --> 00:58:49,699
- I'll be there.
- Well, have fun tonight.

804
00:58:49,699 --> 00:58:51,745
- All right. Night.
- Good to see you, buddy.

805
00:58:51,745 --> 00:58:55,052
Four for four. Again.
Officially battin' above 400.

806
00:58:55,052 --> 00:58:56,750
Sure he ain't cheatin'?

807
00:58:58,316 --> 00:59:00,928
Girls don't know spit
about baseball.

808
00:59:00,928 --> 00:59:02,538
No, I see it.

809
00:59:02,538 --> 00:59:05,802
Finally got full body rotation.

810
00:59:05,802 --> 00:59:06,977
Found your power.

811
00:59:06,977 --> 00:59:08,544
Well?

812
00:59:10,111 --> 00:59:11,416
Did you miss me?

813
00:59:11,416 --> 00:59:13,854
Now, I only want the truth.

814
00:59:17,118 --> 00:59:18,598
Gracie?

815
00:59:19,860 --> 00:59:22,950
- Last I heard, you--
- Well, I came back.

816
00:59:22,950 --> 00:59:24,908
To see an old friend.

817
00:59:25,953 --> 00:59:27,432
Me?

818
00:59:27,432 --> 00:59:29,913
Still know how to charm a girl.

819
00:59:29,913 --> 00:59:32,394
I been tracking your career.

820
00:59:32,394 --> 00:59:35,266
We've gotta go... fix something.

821
00:59:35,266 --> 00:59:37,138
Fix somethin'!

822
00:59:37,138 --> 00:59:40,794
Oh! Yeah, we-- Okay. We can go.

823
00:59:40,794 --> 00:59:42,622
You sure showed me.

824
00:59:44,536 --> 00:59:47,714
- I talk big.
-  You believe big.

825
00:59:47,714 --> 00:59:50,934
Me? I couldn't see past
getting out of that house.

826
00:59:53,023 --> 00:59:55,504
How long you gonna be in town?

827
00:59:56,287 --> 00:59:57,898
I don't know.

828
00:59:57,898 --> 00:59:59,421
A few days.

829
00:59:59,421 --> 01:00:01,423
Baby, is it always this hot?

830
01:00:01,423 --> 01:00:03,120
- Uh...
- I need a drink.

831
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:05,862
Ned, this is my friend, Rickey.

832
01:00:05,862 --> 01:00:09,692
The Rickey? The Rickey Hill,
the batting phenom?

833
01:00:09,692 --> 01:00:12,390
You know what?
I actually owe you a thank-you.

834
01:00:12,390 --> 01:00:14,392
For what, exactly?

835
01:00:14,392 --> 01:00:17,439
I backed him.
Fifty bucks, running 5:1.

836
01:00:17,439 --> 01:00:20,007
You paid out like a Vegas slot,
my friend.

837
01:00:20,007 --> 01:00:23,097
Well,
when he's not being crude,
Ned's a sports writer.

838
01:00:23,097 --> 01:00:25,316
<i>Eastern Chronicle.</i> I edit him.

839
01:00:25,316 --> 01:00:27,362
Thought you two should meet.

840
01:00:27,362 --> 01:00:29,059
Your mom invited us to supper.

841
01:00:29,059 --> 01:00:31,453
Cool.

842
01:00:31,453 --> 01:00:35,587
Well, he'd just hit four homers
in this one game.

843
01:00:35,587 --> 01:00:38,416
You a good, clean sports writer,
are ya?

844
01:00:38,416 --> 01:00:41,985
Oh. Uh, well,
I'd like to think so.

845
01:00:41,985 --> 01:00:44,205
Punchy. Not windy,

846
01:00:44,205 --> 01:00:48,252
in the way that
McCormack blowhard goes on.
You know him?

847
01:00:48,252 --> 01:00:52,169
I am that McCormack... blowhard.

848
01:00:52,169 --> 01:00:54,781
-  Well, then,

849
01:00:54,781 --> 01:00:58,262
you have something more to chew
on than gamblin' and drinkin'.

850
01:01:00,090 --> 01:01:03,050
Is that that little seedlin'
that got planted so long ago?

851
01:01:03,050 --> 01:01:07,097
Gracie, you done bloomed
into a beautiful rose, girl.

852
01:01:07,097 --> 01:01:10,057
Come here and hug my neck.
Oh, oh!

853
01:01:13,408 --> 01:01:17,281
Are you gonna come
celebrate Sunday services
with us tomorrow?

854
01:01:17,281 --> 01:01:19,457
- I'd love to.
- It would make me so happy.

855
01:01:19,457 --> 01:01:22,156
Well, hon, I mean,
slugger's got his game tomorrow.

856
01:01:22,156 --> 01:01:26,508
Ned McCormack, by the way.
So nice to meet you.
Thanks for having us over.

857
01:01:26,508 --> 01:01:29,903
I love everything you've done
with the... everything.

858
01:01:29,903 --> 01:01:32,470
Don't tell me you people
don't play on Sundays.

859
01:01:32,470 --> 01:01:37,084
Well, his father failed
to lead him to a higher path.

860
01:01:37,084 --> 01:01:40,391
Higher path.

861
01:01:40,391 --> 01:01:42,611
I'm sorry,
I don't mean any disrespect,

862
01:01:42,611 --> 01:01:44,700
but, I mean,
certainly you can see,

863
01:01:44,700 --> 01:01:47,485
whenever he plays,
he's a-- he's a phenom.

864
01:01:48,530 --> 01:01:50,532
I've never seen him play.

865
01:01:51,968 --> 01:01:53,448
You never seen him play?

866
01:01:55,189 --> 01:01:56,494
No.

867
01:01:57,974 --> 01:02:01,543
Well... uh,
I'm gonna get washed up.

868
01:02:02,805 --> 01:02:05,460
Be right back.
Good to see you, Gracie.

869
01:02:07,418 --> 01:02:08,855
I'll be there.

870
01:02:17,124 --> 01:02:18,560
Great game today.

871
01:02:19,996 --> 01:02:22,869
Did your... guy leave?

872
01:02:24,261 --> 01:02:25,959
Ned is not my guy.

873
01:02:25,959 --> 01:02:28,744
I realized that at dinner
last night and broke it off.

874
01:02:28,744 --> 01:02:31,573
He took it like a gentleman,
then fired me.

875
01:02:31,573 --> 01:02:34,532
Oh! Well...

876
01:02:34,532 --> 01:02:35,969
you're smart.

877
01:02:37,318 --> 01:02:38,841
I bet something finds you.

878
01:02:38,841 --> 01:02:41,539
If that optimism
comes in bottles,

879
01:02:41,539 --> 01:02:43,585
I'll take a whole case.

880
01:02:45,630 --> 01:02:47,415
You wanna know what a dork I am?

881
01:02:47,415 --> 01:02:48,720
It's not apparent.

882
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:50,635
- Fill me in.

883
01:02:50,635 --> 01:02:54,639
Every stinkin' letter you wrote
since you were nine,

884
01:02:54,639 --> 01:02:58,208
- I kept.
-  Lord!

885
01:02:58,208 --> 01:02:59,819
Did they fill a whole tub?

886
01:03:01,429 --> 01:03:02,691
No.

887
01:03:04,084 --> 01:03:05,259
We're both dorks, then.

888
01:03:06,521 --> 01:03:08,044
You kept mine?

889
01:03:08,044 --> 01:03:10,177
Both of 'em.

890
01:03:10,177 --> 01:03:13,180
I'm not much of a writer.

891
01:03:14,616 --> 01:03:16,661
Was that why you stopped?

892
01:03:17,401 --> 01:03:18,707
No.

893
01:03:21,362 --> 01:03:24,713
Your career was taking off and
I figured you forgot about me.

894
01:03:26,193 --> 01:03:27,803
Not for one day.

895
01:03:33,548 --> 01:03:37,160
Rickey, that's twice now!
What is going on?

896
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,032
I just...

897
01:03:39,032 --> 01:03:41,338
I get sore from hittin'.

898
01:03:41,338 --> 01:03:43,514
That ain't sore. That's agony.

899
01:03:43,514 --> 01:03:44,820
How long?

900
01:03:45,603 --> 01:03:47,344
My whole life.

901
01:03:47,344 --> 01:03:50,173
- What do your doctors say?
- Nothin'.

902
01:03:50,173 --> 01:03:53,568
I see a doctor, they're just
gonna tell me to stop.

903
01:03:57,137 --> 01:04:00,053
I'm sick of it.
I'm sick and tired

904
01:04:00,053 --> 01:04:02,011
of all these other
high school players

905
01:04:02,011 --> 01:04:05,362
who got scouts out
watchin' 'em, and...

906
01:04:05,362 --> 01:04:08,975
and here you are, the hardest
damn hitter I ever seen,

907
01:04:08,975 --> 01:04:10,237
and nothin'.

908
01:04:10,237 --> 01:04:12,021
And the clock is tickin'.

909
01:04:12,021 --> 01:04:14,763
In four months,
you're graduatin' high school,

910
01:04:14,763 --> 01:04:18,506
and right now is when all
the scouts are snatching up
all the good ones,

911
01:04:18,506 --> 01:04:21,378
and, son,
you're better than good.

912
01:04:21,378 --> 01:04:23,424
Do you wanna play in the majors?

913
01:04:23,424 --> 01:04:24,904
That's all I want.

914
01:04:26,470 --> 01:04:28,820
- But Ray...
- But jack squat.

915
01:04:31,606 --> 01:04:33,913
After all the hell
you been through,

916
01:04:33,913 --> 01:04:36,785
I'm not about to
let you lose hope now.

917
01:04:36,785 --> 01:04:38,613
We're going straight to the top.

918
01:04:38,613 --> 01:04:41,616
I'm not talkin' about
just anybody.

919
01:04:41,616 --> 01:04:45,837
- I'm callin' Mike Toliver.
- Who's Mike Toliver?

920
01:04:45,837 --> 01:04:48,362
Mike Toliver's one of the
best scouts in the business.

921
01:04:48,362 --> 01:04:51,582
And I'm gonna get him to come to
one of your high school games.

922
01:04:56,805 --> 01:04:59,764
- Hey. Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

923
01:04:59,764 --> 01:05:02,767
- Who's he talking to?
- It's one of them scouts.

924
01:05:02,767 --> 01:05:05,031
- Really?
- That wasn't bad at all.

925
01:05:05,031 --> 01:05:08,121
-  Good.
- Gonna be worth it. I'm looking
forward to seeing Rickey.

926
01:05:08,121 --> 01:05:10,297
He's something else.
Thank you, Mr. Toliver.

927
01:05:12,038 --> 01:05:15,650
Robot boy.
Looks like we're gonna
finally finish what we started.

928
01:05:15,650 --> 01:05:17,521
Don't worry. I'll make it quick.

929
01:05:17,521 --> 01:05:20,524
Wouldn't wanna see you suffer
in front of all of these folks.

930
01:05:20,524 --> 01:05:23,701
<i>Well,
there they are, folks,
the Bowie City Buffaloes.</i>

931
01:05:23,701 --> 01:05:26,748
<i>This should be some
regional matchup tonight,</i>

932
01:05:26,748 --> 01:05:30,578
<i>as Bowie faces county rivals,
the Wildcats.</i>

933
01:05:33,276 --> 01:05:34,756
I got it!

934
01:05:44,287 --> 01:05:47,508
Scouting report said that kid's
bat speed's off the chart.

935
01:05:47,508 --> 01:05:49,466
Didn't say nothin'
about that arm.

936
01:05:54,732 --> 01:05:56,865
Strike three! Batter's out!

937
01:05:56,865 --> 01:05:59,563
<i>Now batting
cleanup for the Buffaloes...</i>

938
01:05:59,563 --> 01:06:01,304
You reckon they'll pitch to him?

939
01:06:01,304 --> 01:06:03,915
<i>- ...one-man hitting machine...</i>
- Well, it's on the line,

940
01:06:03,915 --> 01:06:06,744
tying run on second. Would you?

941
01:06:06,744 --> 01:06:08,790
<i>...Rickey Hill!</i>

942
01:06:08,790 --> 01:06:11,227
Nowhere to hide now, robot boy.

943
01:06:21,585 --> 01:06:23,370
I'm not walkin' him again.

944
01:06:25,285 --> 01:06:29,158
Ends right here, tonight.

945
01:06:44,739 --> 01:06:46,045
Strike!

946
01:06:50,701 --> 01:06:52,442
Come on, Rickey!

947
01:07:17,424 --> 01:07:19,948
- Rickey!
- Come on! Whoo!

948
01:07:19,948 --> 01:07:22,255
- Yeah!

949
01:07:24,822 --> 01:07:27,260
That looked so good!

950
01:07:34,136 --> 01:07:36,269
The faster it comes in,
the faster it goes out.

951
01:07:49,673 --> 01:07:50,979
I got it!

952
01:07:55,636 --> 01:07:57,855
Ow!

953
01:08:02,164 --> 01:08:05,863
- Rickey?

954
01:08:05,863 --> 01:08:07,648
- Don't move.

955
01:08:07,648 --> 01:08:09,128
I-- I can finish.

956
01:08:12,827 --> 01:08:14,481
I stepped on somethin'.

957
01:08:18,354 --> 01:08:19,399
Sprinkler head.

958
01:08:28,451 --> 01:08:30,801
Fracture's bad...

959
01:08:30,801 --> 01:08:32,847
but the least of my worries.

960
01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:34,414
These ligament bands,

961
01:08:34,414 --> 01:08:38,505
they hold the joint together,
but, Rickey...

962
01:08:40,028 --> 01:08:41,856
they're torn to bits.

963
01:08:41,856 --> 01:08:44,989
They can't connect your ankle
to your calf bone.

964
01:08:44,989 --> 01:08:47,862
And these two peroneal tendons?

965
01:08:47,862 --> 01:08:51,039
They're not torn.
They're completely severed.

966
01:08:51,039 --> 01:08:53,911
All right, well,
how long before I can play?

967
01:08:53,911 --> 01:08:58,307
Son...
it'll be a miracle if
you ever walk again.

968
01:09:00,048 --> 01:09:02,311
I'd like to attempt
to save the ankle.

969
01:09:02,311 --> 01:09:03,878
Attempt?

970
01:09:03,878 --> 01:09:06,620
Pastor,
the only guarantee I can offer,

971
01:09:06,620 --> 01:09:11,059
multiple surgeries
broken up with long,
excruciating recoveries.

972
01:09:13,801 --> 01:09:15,281
Well, how much?

973
01:09:16,412 --> 01:09:18,240
$7,000, probably more.

974
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:20,547
And then there's
the other condition.

975
01:09:20,547 --> 01:09:23,376
Other condition?

976
01:09:23,376 --> 01:09:26,553
Advanced degenerative
spinal disease.

977
01:09:26,553 --> 01:09:30,731
Rickey, your bones are
rapidly depleting protein,

978
01:09:30,731 --> 01:09:34,082
causing your spine
to age prematurely.

979
01:09:34,778 --> 01:09:37,085
How prematurely?

980
01:09:37,085 --> 01:09:40,436
Your son has the spine
of a 60-year-old man,

981
01:09:40,436 --> 01:09:43,265
and there's nothing
I can do to reverse that.

982
01:10:01,152 --> 01:10:03,024
Let me get that for you.

983
01:10:11,598 --> 01:10:13,991
My heart breaks for you, Rickey.

984
01:10:14,992 --> 01:10:17,299
Even as my faith sustains me.

985
01:10:18,996 --> 01:10:22,304
Next you're gonna tell me
it was God's will.

986
01:10:22,304 --> 01:10:25,264
Shred my ankle,
twist up my spine.

987
01:10:25,264 --> 01:10:28,223
Why, Dad? What, he wants me
to suffer my whole life,

988
01:10:28,223 --> 01:10:30,834
same as it started,
a pitiful cripple?

989
01:10:30,834 --> 01:10:34,621
Don't you talk
about yourself that way.
I won't hear it, you hear me?

990
01:10:34,621 --> 01:10:36,797
You're being tested, son.

991
01:10:36,797 --> 01:10:40,235
You're being tested,
sorely tested,

992
01:10:40,235 --> 01:10:43,020
and you got to
hang on to your faith,

993
01:10:43,020 --> 01:10:46,023
because that's all
we got in this world.

994
01:10:46,023 --> 01:10:49,984
Now, baseball,
it had to end eventually.

995
01:10:49,984 --> 01:10:53,422
And if I'm gonna get bad news,
I'd rather get it
sooner than later,

996
01:10:53,422 --> 01:10:57,818
so having it taken away from you
while you're still young...

997
01:10:57,818 --> 01:10:59,776
now, maybe that's a good thing.

998
01:10:59,776 --> 01:11:04,346
It-- it gives you time

999
01:11:04,346 --> 01:11:08,263
to figure out what you're gonna
do with the rest of your life.

1000
01:11:09,873 --> 01:11:13,486
First time you ever talk to me
like a real old man...

1001
01:11:15,575 --> 01:11:18,491
is to say "forget the only thing
you ever cared for"?

1002
01:11:19,709 --> 01:11:20,884
No.

1003
01:11:23,017 --> 01:11:26,325
No, that's not
what I'm sayin', Rickey.

1004
01:11:28,631 --> 01:11:31,765
When you were ten, you said
you were going to majors

1005
01:11:31,765 --> 01:11:33,157
and you had no idea how.

1006
01:11:34,028 --> 01:11:36,247
You did everything you could,

1007
01:11:36,247 --> 01:11:39,903
and the rest you took on faith.

1008
01:11:39,903 --> 01:11:41,731
Yeah, and look where it got me.

1009
01:11:42,776 --> 01:11:44,604
Same crap, different day.

1010
01:11:46,083 --> 01:11:47,911
Rickey,
we're gonna raise that money.

1011
01:11:47,911 --> 01:11:49,870
All $7,000 of it.

1012
01:11:49,870 --> 01:11:52,133
It might as well be ten million.

1013
01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:55,702
Maybe Ned will kick in,
write a story.

1014
01:11:55,702 --> 01:11:58,574
Yeah, "How I helped the gimp
and won the girl."

1015
01:11:59,749 --> 01:12:02,099
Gotta admit, it makes sense.

1016
01:12:04,754 --> 01:12:07,453
Boys don't know spit about love.

1017
01:12:11,065 --> 01:12:13,067
Why'd you come back here?

1018
01:12:15,635 --> 01:12:18,725
Something got torn out of me
when I was just a little girl.

1019
01:12:18,725 --> 01:12:20,727
It left a hole in my soul.

1020
01:12:22,424 --> 01:12:25,645
No matter what I tried
or-- or who I met,

1021
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:28,778
it never healed.

1022
01:12:32,129 --> 01:12:35,655
A few months back,
I was on my last nerve.

1023
01:12:37,004 --> 01:12:39,398
I truly was lost.

1024
01:12:40,486 --> 01:12:42,096
What saved ya?

1025
01:12:42,966 --> 01:12:45,229
I remembered my first boyfriend.

1026
01:12:51,584 --> 01:12:54,935
Wouldn't it be something
if he ended up being your last?

1027
01:12:54,935 --> 01:13:00,244
Now, if that's a proposal,
you're gonna have to do a whole
lot better than that.

1028
01:13:00,244 --> 01:13:02,333
- What, that wasn't good?
-  No.

1029
01:13:03,117 --> 01:13:05,467
But I'll take it. Go on.

1030
01:14:30,552 --> 01:14:32,554
Hey, how's
Operation Rickey Hill going?

1031
01:14:32,554 --> 01:14:34,861
Nine weeks,
we're up about $2,000.

1032
01:14:34,861 --> 01:14:38,342
Well, I'll tell you what.
I got a brand-new 50 here

1033
01:14:38,342 --> 01:14:42,521
that says that you'll
hit the entire jackpot
right on up to tryouts.

1034
01:14:42,521 --> 01:14:45,524
So you just keep swingin', slugger.

1035
01:14:45,524 --> 01:14:47,308
We're all countin' on ya.

1036
01:14:47,308 --> 01:14:48,831
Thank you, sir.

1037
01:14:52,531 --> 01:14:54,794
We're never
gonna make it in time.

1038
01:15:14,814 --> 01:15:15,902
Gram.

1039
01:15:16,903 --> 01:15:19,166
Ladies. Miss Helen.

1040
01:15:19,166 --> 01:15:22,125
Rickey. You seen this?

1041
01:15:22,125 --> 01:15:24,258
Top of the sports page.

1042
01:15:24,258 --> 01:15:28,088
"A co-op of four baseball teams
will be holding
major league tryouts

1043
01:15:28,088 --> 01:15:30,220
at Rockwood Park Field
in Brenham.

1044
01:15:30,220 --> 01:15:35,530
The scouting staffs will
evaluate qualified players
over a two-day period."

1045
01:15:36,792 --> 01:15:38,359
That's two months away.

1046
01:15:38,359 --> 01:15:41,449
It'll be tough,
but you can recover.

1047
01:15:41,449 --> 01:15:44,365
- Recover from what?
- Surgery.

1048
01:15:44,365 --> 01:15:50,110
- The sooner we get you in there,
we can get--
- Ray, Ray, we-- we tried.

1049
01:15:50,110 --> 01:15:53,417
It's over,
and we didn't raise the money.

1050
01:15:53,417 --> 01:15:57,073
Money, money, money.
The root of all evil.

1051
01:15:57,073 --> 01:15:59,902
Well, not always.

1052
01:15:59,902 --> 01:16:03,645
- What are you doin'?
-  Seems obvious enough.

1053
01:16:03,645 --> 01:16:07,518
-  Ray, I can't take it.
- Who's giving it?

1054
01:16:07,518 --> 01:16:10,870
This is a loan
against future earnings.

1055
01:16:10,870 --> 01:16:13,263
- At the scrapyard?
-  The scrapyard?

1056
01:16:13,263 --> 01:16:15,483
On what I pay you?

1057
01:16:15,483 --> 01:16:19,487
Son, you'd die broke
at that scrapyard.

1058
01:16:19,487 --> 01:16:21,750
Gracie,
how much are y'all short?

1059
01:16:21,750 --> 01:16:24,753
Actually,
better I don't know the amount.

1060
01:16:24,753 --> 01:16:25,798
Ray.

1061
01:16:27,364 --> 01:16:30,324
- Pastor.
- My son is not gonna be

1062
01:16:30,324 --> 01:16:32,500
trying out for
professional baseball.

1063
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:36,199
No, he is gonna try out.
The boy's been trying out
for professional baseball

1064
01:16:36,199 --> 01:16:39,899
since he was nine years old
and busted a hole in
my windshield over there.

1065
01:16:39,899 --> 01:16:43,598
I don't need you comin'
around here, filling him
full of false hope...

1066
01:16:44,381 --> 01:16:45,992
and puttin' him into debt.

1067
01:16:45,992 --> 01:16:48,472
Pastor... I'm beggin' you.

1068
01:16:50,561 --> 01:16:55,262
Give that boy
one solitary chance

1069
01:16:55,262 --> 01:16:58,526
to show the right people
what he was born to do.

1070
01:16:58,526 --> 01:17:02,269
You're gonna paralyze him.
That's what you're gonna do.

1071
01:17:02,269 --> 01:17:05,011
Now, he's my son, not yours.

1072
01:17:05,011 --> 01:17:07,317
I know him better than you do.

1073
01:17:07,317 --> 01:17:10,407
And you heard him.
We don't need your money.

1074
01:17:10,407 --> 01:17:14,020
Now, I think it's about time
you stopped meddling
in this family's affairs

1075
01:17:14,020 --> 01:17:17,545
and get in your truck
and get on down the road.

1076
01:17:17,545 --> 01:17:19,590
- That tears it!

1077
01:17:20,548 --> 01:17:22,115
Bring that check yonder.

1078
01:17:22,115 --> 01:17:23,986
Lilian!

1079
01:17:31,254 --> 01:17:33,735
"Pay the sum of..." Gracie?

1080
01:17:33,735 --> 01:17:37,696
- $4,652.
- What?

1081
01:17:47,009 --> 01:17:49,490
You're a good man, Raymond.

1082
01:17:49,490 --> 01:17:52,058
Even if you're
a bit of a heathen.

1083
01:17:53,973 --> 01:17:55,539
Thank you.

1084
01:18:24,090 --> 01:18:26,919
I believe you are an angel.

1085
01:18:26,919 --> 01:18:29,791
That's sweet,
but that's the morphine talkin'.

1086
01:18:29,791 --> 01:18:33,012
The truth's the truth.

1087
01:18:33,012 --> 01:18:34,491
What about me?

1088
01:18:34,491 --> 01:18:36,102
You're still my angel, Mama.

1089
01:18:36,102 --> 01:18:39,975
Mmm? Just as good-lookin'
as this sweet girl?

1090
01:18:39,975 --> 01:18:42,238
- You could be twins.
-  Oh.

1091
01:18:42,238 --> 01:18:43,587
Uh...

1092
01:18:46,329 --> 01:18:47,766
How come you look worried?

1093
01:18:47,766 --> 01:18:49,898
I mean,
even more worried than usual.

1094
01:18:49,898 --> 01:18:52,596
The damage was worse
than we expected.

1095
01:18:52,596 --> 01:18:55,556
We're still hopeful
for a full recovery,

1096
01:18:55,556 --> 01:18:57,688
but it's gonna take some time.

1097
01:18:57,688 --> 01:19:00,169
Tryouts are in seven weeks.

1098
01:19:00,169 --> 01:19:02,084
Not for you.

1099
01:19:02,084 --> 01:19:03,607
I'm sorry.

1100
01:20:24,558 --> 01:20:26,952
Hey, mister?

1101
01:20:26,952 --> 01:20:30,738
For a guy who can hardly walk,
you sure can hit.

1102
01:20:30,738 --> 01:20:33,828
- You like baseball?
-  Love it.

1103
01:20:39,312 --> 01:20:40,661
Keep at it.

1104
01:20:42,097 --> 01:20:43,229
You might have a chance.

1105
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:58,897
Hey, what is your rush?

1106
01:21:00,463 --> 01:21:02,248
I wanna take you someplace nice.

1107
01:21:03,249 --> 01:21:04,903
Talk about the future.

1108
01:21:04,903 --> 01:21:08,167
Well...
if we're gonna talk about us,

1109
01:21:08,167 --> 01:21:10,169
we should probably be us.

1110
01:21:10,169 --> 01:21:11,822
Come on.

1111
01:21:21,310 --> 01:21:23,530
It's so cold tonight.

1112
01:21:23,530 --> 01:21:27,316
We'll be eating better
when I start earning
some serious money.

1113
01:21:27,316 --> 01:21:29,101
Not on a rookie's salary.

1114
01:21:32,582 --> 01:21:33,844
Gracie...

1115
01:21:37,500 --> 01:21:39,285
it's all stacked against me.

1116
01:21:39,285 --> 01:21:40,939
Too risky.

1117
01:21:42,027 --> 01:21:43,332
You're quittin'?

1118
01:21:43,332 --> 01:21:46,422
Stuck in a chair,
a bed for life?

1119
01:21:46,422 --> 01:21:49,860
- I wouldn't be any good to you.
- Don't you make this about me.

1120
01:21:51,427 --> 01:21:53,821
I'm scared.

1121
01:21:53,821 --> 01:21:56,519
I grew up in shackles.
I don't chance going back.

1122
01:21:56,519 --> 01:22:00,523
I was raised by a man
who gave up.

1123
01:22:00,523 --> 01:22:01,829
He lost hope.

1124
01:22:01,829 --> 01:22:04,745
And I saw what that did to him.

1125
01:22:04,745 --> 01:22:07,139
Now, if you don't try,

1126
01:22:07,139 --> 01:22:09,315
you're gonna die inside.

1127
01:22:09,315 --> 01:22:12,274
And that's the one thing
I won't stick around to watch.

1128
01:22:13,536 --> 01:22:15,234
Now, I want my dreamer back.

1129
01:22:15,234 --> 01:22:19,151
I need him.
I'm gonna take my chances.

1130
01:22:20,195 --> 01:22:21,327
I can't.

1131
01:22:23,720 --> 01:22:25,374
Rickey...

1132
01:22:55,883 --> 01:22:57,145
Come on.

1133
01:22:58,364 --> 01:22:59,800
Come on, get in!

1134
01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:02,542
What's got you so spooked?

1135
01:23:02,542 --> 01:23:06,459
Come on.

1136
01:23:13,596 --> 01:23:15,294
That my slugger?

1137
01:23:19,428 --> 01:23:22,997
- You're gon-- You're gonna
come through this, Gram. You--
-  Hush.

1138
01:23:22,997 --> 01:23:25,521
You know doctors and
their doom and their gloom.

1139
01:23:25,521 --> 01:23:27,567
Shush, shush, shush, shush.

1140
01:23:27,567 --> 01:23:30,222
I'm going on to His glory.

1141
01:23:36,793 --> 01:23:38,230
Lookin' for these?

1142
01:23:44,279 --> 01:23:46,064
When I was a girl...

1143
01:23:48,805 --> 01:23:52,418
all I wanted
was to breed horses.

1144
01:23:52,418 --> 01:23:56,683
And one summer--
I expect I was no more than 17--

1145
01:23:56,683 --> 01:23:59,077
I got a job at a ranch.

1146
01:23:59,077 --> 01:24:05,822
Oh, glory, if I didn't love
every blessed minute there.

1147
01:24:05,822 --> 01:24:11,263
And late that spring,
it was about a month
before I was set to return,

1148
01:24:12,307 --> 01:24:15,528
I met this handsome...

1149
01:24:16,833 --> 01:24:18,357
young dude.

1150
01:24:22,752 --> 01:24:27,192
And, uh... out of the deal, I--

1151
01:24:27,192 --> 01:24:29,237
I got y'all.

1152
01:24:33,850 --> 01:24:35,113
Regret...

1153
01:24:36,984 --> 01:24:41,467
it's an ache in your bones
that don't ever stop.

1154
01:24:43,730 --> 01:24:45,949
- James.
- Yes.

1155
01:24:47,690 --> 01:24:49,257
You're a good man.

1156
01:24:51,868 --> 01:24:55,133
But tonight I'm gonna
ask you to be a great one.

1157
01:24:57,352 --> 01:24:59,485
Give your son his dream.

1158
01:25:16,545 --> 01:25:18,068
I never doubted ya.

1159
01:25:20,723 --> 01:25:24,858
All right, then. Next week...

1160
01:25:24,858 --> 01:25:28,470
when you step up
at them tryouts,

1161
01:25:28,470 --> 01:25:30,603
sling that stone.

1162
01:25:32,039 --> 01:25:34,041
Bring down Goliath.

1163
01:25:35,912 --> 01:25:39,351
Just know... I'll be watching.

1164
01:25:45,226 --> 01:25:47,663
<i>And these three things remain.</i>

1165
01:25:47,663 --> 01:25:52,059
Faith, hope, love.

1166
01:25:52,059 --> 01:25:54,975
And the greatest
of these is love.

1167
01:25:56,542 --> 01:26:02,200
And she gave of herself
and her love in such abundance

1168
01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:05,899
and reserved for us a blessing,

1169
01:26:06,769 --> 01:26:09,207
to speak the unvarnished truth,

1170
01:26:10,469 --> 01:26:13,167
whether we wanted
to hear it or not.

1171
01:26:15,952 --> 01:26:17,824
I will miss her.

1172
01:26:17,824 --> 01:26:20,479
May her fierce spirit

1173
01:26:20,479 --> 01:26:22,872
guard the foals of spring.

1174
01:26:22,872 --> 01:26:25,092
What's that quote from?

1175
01:26:26,615 --> 01:26:28,574
A man's heart.

1176
01:27:36,555 --> 01:27:40,080
What do you want first?
Bad news, or the worst?

1177
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:42,125
Will you stop
sugarcoating things?

1178
01:27:42,125 --> 01:27:47,174
Tryout next week will be
teeming with pro scouts.

1179
01:27:49,350 --> 01:27:51,787
Exactly how is that a bad thing?

1180
01:27:51,787 --> 01:27:54,529
Well...
'cause one of 'em's Red Murff.

1181
01:27:54,529 --> 01:27:56,618
The Nolan Ryan Red?

1182
01:27:56,618 --> 01:27:58,011
That Red.

1183
01:27:58,011 --> 01:28:00,970
The toughest scout in the game.

1184
01:28:00,970 --> 01:28:04,670
Now, I told you
you're gonna get your chance
to show 'em your stuff.

1185
01:28:04,670 --> 01:28:05,714
You ready?

1186
01:28:08,761 --> 01:28:12,373
- As I can be.
- Well, hell, I'd have
taken a little more, like,

1187
01:28:12,373 --> 01:28:15,202
- emphatic "Hell yeah," but...

1188
01:28:15,202 --> 01:28:17,509
Now, you just remember
one thing, though.

1189
01:28:17,509 --> 01:28:20,773
All old Red's gotta do
is see you hit.

1190
01:28:49,279 --> 01:28:52,239
Nice. That was bad on my part.
You all right?

1191
01:28:53,240 --> 01:28:55,242
<i>Tomorrow, I--</i>

1192
01:28:55,242 --> 01:28:58,114
<i>I face one of
my greatest trials.</i>

1193
01:28:59,464 --> 01:29:01,727
I will prevail not for myself,

1194
01:29:02,858 --> 01:29:04,773
nor to defy my earthly father,

1195
01:29:07,254 --> 01:29:10,039
who, through your grace,

1196
01:29:10,039 --> 01:29:13,565
I've come to love
and understand more.

1197
01:29:14,827 --> 01:29:16,524
I know I've been selfish...

1198
01:29:18,570 --> 01:29:22,835
that his beliefs and works at
your service come before mine.

1199
01:29:22,835 --> 01:29:27,405
<i>I will try to find some
other way to deserve his love</i>

1200
01:29:28,667 --> 01:29:30,277
<i>and make him proud.</i>

1201
01:29:34,803 --> 01:29:36,588
<i>But tomorrow, Lord,</i>

1202
01:29:36,588 --> 01:29:38,590
be at my side.

1203
01:29:43,029 --> 01:29:44,813
I cannot do this alone.

1204
01:30:27,377 --> 01:30:31,991
-  200 top baseball talents.

1205
01:30:31,991 --> 01:30:36,604
That's how many of you qualified
to stand here this morning.

1206
01:30:36,604 --> 01:30:42,131
By the end of the longest,
toughest day of baseball
any of you have endured,

1207
01:30:42,131 --> 01:30:44,960
only a handful of you
will remain.

1208
01:30:44,960 --> 01:30:47,702
You'll be divided
into two teams.

1209
01:30:47,702 --> 01:30:52,054
Tomorrow night,
you'll go head-to-head
in the big boy park.

1210
01:30:52,054 --> 01:30:54,840
And make no mistake.

1211
01:30:54,840 --> 01:30:57,364
You're not just playing to win.

1212
01:30:57,364 --> 01:31:01,890
You're playing
to join the elite.

1213
01:31:01,890 --> 01:31:05,415
I ain't here wasting my time
with guys who play baseball.

1214
01:31:05,415 --> 01:31:08,201
We're lookin' for
baseball players.

1215
01:31:08,201 --> 01:31:12,510
Hopes, dreams,
determination don't matter.

1216
01:31:12,510 --> 01:31:16,601
This comes down to one thing:
who's best.

1217
01:31:16,601 --> 01:31:19,865
We'll be sending you off
in groups to various fields

1218
01:31:19,865 --> 01:31:24,130
where these men will be making
the calls as to who moves up

1219
01:31:24,130 --> 01:31:26,088
and who goes home.

1220
01:31:26,088 --> 01:31:27,699
Your only goal:

1221
01:31:27,699 --> 01:31:30,528
convince them
to send you to the stadium.

1222
01:31:30,528 --> 01:31:33,574
That stadium
is the winner's circle,

1223
01:31:33,574 --> 01:31:37,883
where you will face the last man
to decide your fate...

1224
01:31:39,580 --> 01:31:40,625
me.

1225
01:31:42,104 --> 01:31:43,410
Last up...

1226
01:31:44,629 --> 01:31:46,587
one rule:

1227
01:31:46,587 --> 01:31:50,199
no talking to the scouts
unless they talk to you.

1228
01:31:50,199 --> 01:31:52,898
Let your play
show 'em what you got.

1229
01:31:52,898 --> 01:31:54,769
And if they say you're done...

1230
01:31:56,597 --> 01:31:58,730
you're done.

1231
01:31:58,730 --> 01:32:01,210
All right, ladies.
Get your assignments.

1232
01:32:01,210 --> 01:32:02,560
Let's head to the field.

1233
01:32:07,869 --> 01:32:09,523
Jason!

1234
01:32:09,523 --> 01:32:12,526
They tried to tell me
Rickey Hill was finished.

1235
01:32:12,526 --> 01:32:16,008
I said, "Nah. Hill's got himself
another mountain to climb.

1236
01:32:16,008 --> 01:32:19,098
He's too hard-headed to quit
and too dumb to listen."

1237
01:32:19,098 --> 01:32:20,795
Pitchers and catchers!

1238
01:32:20,795 --> 01:32:23,058
To the stadium with Red now.
Let's go!

1239
01:32:23,058 --> 01:32:25,931
That's me. Good luck.

1240
01:32:25,931 --> 01:32:27,759
- Hey.

1241
01:32:28,977 --> 01:32:30,457
You didn't bring Quinn with you?

1242
01:32:30,457 --> 01:32:33,286
After you went yard on him,

1243
01:32:33,286 --> 01:32:35,593
all the air got leaked
out of that balloon.

1244
01:33:06,232 --> 01:33:08,843
Run! Run hard!
Run hard! Harder!

1245
01:33:47,055 --> 01:33:49,318
- How's he doing?
- He's hurtin'.

1246
01:33:49,318 --> 01:33:52,713
But he is-- he's hittin'
the best I've ever seen.

1247
01:33:52,713 --> 01:33:54,976
Hey, Hill.

1248
01:33:54,976 --> 01:33:57,500
Don't seem to be making
much of a difference.

1249
01:33:57,500 --> 01:34:00,939
No, Coach, you ain't cuttin' me.
I'm still doing
my second round of hitting.

1250
01:34:00,939 --> 01:34:04,551
I'm not wasting our time.
You can-- you can swing,
you just can't run.

1251
01:34:04,551 --> 01:34:07,293
I don't think they're
giving him a contract to sign.

1252
01:34:07,293 --> 01:34:10,862
They can't cut him yet.
Red hasn't seen him hit.

1253
01:34:10,862 --> 01:34:13,212
All right,
if you give me my last at-bat

1254
01:34:13,212 --> 01:34:15,605
and I don't
moon-shot every pitch,

1255
01:34:15,605 --> 01:34:18,696
- I'll cut myself.
- I'm not negotiating with you!

1256
01:34:18,696 --> 01:34:21,873
But I'll tell you what,
if that's what it takes
for you to leave,

1257
01:34:21,873 --> 01:34:23,352
then grab your bat.

1258
01:34:23,352 --> 01:34:24,702
Yes, sir.

1259
01:35:13,402 --> 01:35:16,188
Hey. Watch where
you're throwin', son.

1260
01:35:17,406 --> 01:35:19,234
All right. Then four catchers...

1261
01:35:21,280 --> 01:35:22,934
-  Incomin'!
- Watch out.

1262
01:35:26,807 --> 01:35:28,287
What's he doin'?

1263
01:35:28,287 --> 01:35:30,637
Breakin' windshields.

1264
01:35:34,032 --> 01:35:36,382
Can someone tell me
what the hell's going on?

1265
01:35:43,345 --> 01:35:45,304
Gracious!

1266
01:35:45,304 --> 01:35:48,873
Question is, is that boy hittin'
from home plate or second base?

1267
01:35:52,180 --> 01:35:54,139
No, that's over 400 foot.

1268
01:35:55,096 --> 01:35:56,271
Every bit of it.

1269
01:35:57,969 --> 01:36:00,232
How about we stop
whoever's bombing us

1270
01:36:00,232 --> 01:36:02,321
and check the boy's bat?

1271
01:36:02,321 --> 01:36:04,149
Want me to shut him down, Red?

1272
01:36:07,717 --> 01:36:09,502
Do it now
before he kills someone.

1273
01:36:09,502 --> 01:36:11,243
- Yes, sir.
- Whoa!

1274
01:37:14,393 --> 01:37:17,004
How many homers was that?

1275
01:37:17,004 --> 01:37:18,571
I don't know.

1276
01:37:18,571 --> 01:37:21,008
I lost count after 16.

1277
01:37:32,106 --> 01:37:34,717
- That's a homer.
- Nuh-uh.

1278
01:37:34,717 --> 01:37:36,894
Boy,
I know what a homer looks like.

1279
01:37:36,894 --> 01:37:39,940
It don't count unless
you're batting in the majors.

1280
01:38:24,028 --> 01:38:25,943
Red. It's him.

1281
01:38:28,336 --> 01:38:33,298
- Mr. Murff? I'm--
- Rickey Hill.
Never forget a name.

1282
01:38:33,298 --> 01:38:36,431
Sir, I'm one of the best hitters
you're ever gonna see.

1283
01:38:36,431 --> 01:38:39,347
If I hadn't seem them bombs you
been droppin' with my own eyes,

1284
01:38:39,347 --> 01:38:42,350
I'd be calling all hat
and no cattle on that claim.

1285
01:38:42,350 --> 01:38:43,830
Well,
it ain't no claim.

1286
01:38:43,830 --> 01:38:46,354
Today,
you should've seen me hit.

1287
01:38:46,354 --> 01:38:49,792
Because I got a bum ankle
that's gonna heal...

1288
01:38:50,837 --> 01:38:52,186
they wouldn't bring me up.

1289
01:38:52,186 --> 01:38:55,320
For good reason.
You don't belong here.

1290
01:38:55,320 --> 01:38:59,193
A bad leg could cost
a team wins and money.

1291
01:38:59,193 --> 01:39:03,893
- Money?
- Pro ball ain't just a game.
It's a damn business.

1292
01:39:03,893 --> 01:39:05,852
Come back next year
when you heal up.

1293
01:39:05,852 --> 01:39:07,723
I can't wait until next year.

1294
01:39:07,723 --> 01:39:11,379
Boy's got him some <i>cojones.</i>

1295
01:39:11,379 --> 01:39:14,948
- Know what, that's enough--
-  No, no. No, let him be.

1296
01:39:14,948 --> 01:39:18,125
I gotta admit, I'm curious.

1297
01:39:18,125 --> 01:39:21,737
Tell you what. We're gonna
settle this fair and square.

1298
01:39:21,737 --> 01:39:27,265
- How?
- Put you up against the best
pitching talent in the game.

1299
01:39:27,265 --> 01:39:29,484
Tomorrow night?

1300
01:39:29,484 --> 01:39:34,707
That game's gonna be as close to
a pro game as you'll ever get.

1301
01:39:34,707 --> 01:39:38,972
I'm gonna let you
DH for both teams.

1302
01:39:38,972 --> 01:39:42,019
Then we can get
a nice, long look at you.

1303
01:39:43,890 --> 01:39:45,457
I won't embarrass you.

1304
01:39:46,719 --> 01:39:48,721
You got my word.

1305
01:39:48,721 --> 01:39:51,985
I'm gonna give you
this shot here.

1306
01:39:51,985 --> 01:39:54,901
But you don't perform,
it's the end of the road.

1307
01:39:55,771 --> 01:39:57,469
Get you a new dream.

1308
01:40:10,786 --> 01:40:12,919
-"Salvation."

1309
01:40:12,919 --> 01:40:15,313
Does that sound
a little old-fashioned to you?

1310
01:40:16,357 --> 01:40:17,750
- Helen?
-  Hello?

1311
01:40:18,620 --> 01:40:20,057
It's another reporter!

1312
01:40:21,884 --> 01:40:24,887
Not a mistake.
Rickey's gonna be designated
hitter for both teams.

1313
01:40:26,280 --> 01:40:28,717
Sure. Yeah, the whole
family's gonna be there.

1314
01:40:28,717 --> 01:40:31,720
It's so frizzy!

1315
01:40:31,720 --> 01:40:33,940
- It's the best I ever seen it.
-  Oh--

1316
01:40:36,334 --> 01:40:38,466
Hello? Oh, well...

1317
01:40:40,816 --> 01:40:42,122
Sorry, Mama.

1318
01:40:45,821 --> 01:40:47,997
Half your congregation
isn't gonna be there.

1319
01:40:47,997 --> 01:40:52,437
Wherever two or more
are gathered.

1320
01:40:53,655 --> 01:40:55,875
Now, may I have my eggs?

1321
01:40:57,485 --> 01:41:00,053
Down here in front of me.
May I have my eggs?

1322
01:41:00,053 --> 01:41:01,315
Mm-hmm.

1323
01:41:09,976 --> 01:41:13,110
What on Earth
has gotten into you?

1324
01:41:16,113 --> 01:41:18,811
I need-- I need Mama.

1325
01:41:18,811 --> 01:41:21,422
She understood.

1326
01:41:21,422 --> 01:41:24,469
She said you didn't
do a thing wrong.

1327
01:41:25,992 --> 01:41:28,647
Your boy, he's not a freak.

1328
01:41:28,647 --> 01:41:30,562
He's special.

1329
01:41:30,562 --> 01:41:33,826
He's... perfect.

1330
01:41:34,914 --> 01:41:36,959
When he was born,
I saw him first.

1331
01:41:36,959 --> 01:41:42,530
His legs so thin and frail,
they said, "He will never walk,"
and he ran.

1332
01:41:42,530 --> 01:41:45,794
They said, "He will never live
through the operations,"

1333
01:41:45,794 --> 01:41:47,840
and he survived!

1334
01:41:47,840 --> 01:41:50,799
They said he would
never be good enough,

1335
01:41:50,799 --> 01:41:53,280
and he is the best.

1336
01:41:54,803 --> 01:41:57,937
How many miracles do you need?

1337
01:42:00,853 --> 01:42:02,507
- Stop it.

1338
01:42:31,536 --> 01:42:33,364
However you're cheatin',

1339
01:42:33,364 --> 01:42:35,975
you've gotten so good,
I can't even catch it.

1340
01:42:40,327 --> 01:42:43,374
- Wanna know my secret?
- Mm-hmm.

1341
01:42:46,507 --> 01:42:47,943
I ain't doin' it.

1342
01:42:49,945 --> 01:42:51,991
Well, then who is?

1343
01:42:57,214 --> 01:43:00,652
I guess you'd have to be
living in the cave of Lazarus

1344
01:43:00,652 --> 01:43:04,308
not to know why there's
so few of us here tonight.

1345
01:43:04,308 --> 01:43:09,095
My son Rickey,
he's got a baseball game.

1346
01:43:09,835 --> 01:43:11,576
Very important.

1347
01:43:13,708 --> 01:43:15,406
And if he does well...

1348
01:43:16,972 --> 01:43:19,801
he will have the opportunity

1349
01:43:19,801 --> 01:43:23,196
to become a Major League player.

1350
01:43:23,196 --> 01:43:27,548
To play professionally
is his heart's desire.

1351
01:43:27,548 --> 01:43:30,247
I've always known that he's had

1352
01:43:31,465 --> 01:43:35,252
an exceptional ability
to hit a baseball.

1353
01:43:35,252 --> 01:43:38,124
So you might find it curious

1354
01:43:38,124 --> 01:43:44,522
to know that I have
never seen Rickey play.

1355
01:43:45,479 --> 01:43:47,699
That is a fact

1356
01:43:47,699 --> 01:43:50,136
that I have, uh...

1357
01:43:51,398 --> 01:43:52,704
been proud of

1358
01:43:54,314 --> 01:43:56,490
the whole time that he's played.

1359
01:43:58,840 --> 01:44:00,625
Right up until this very night.

1360
01:45:03,122 --> 01:45:06,560
<i>Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to an exhibition game</i>

1361
01:45:06,560 --> 01:45:09,998
<i>showcasing the best-ever
players
in the great state of Texas.</i>

1362
01:45:09,998 --> 01:45:11,348
Go get 'em!

1363
01:45:12,218 --> 01:45:13,785
Lord knows you've earned it.

1364
01:45:13,785 --> 01:45:15,526
Proud of you, Rickey.

1365
01:45:30,236 --> 01:45:32,891
Let me get this straight.

1366
01:45:32,891 --> 01:45:36,938
- I hear they got you hitting
for both sides tonight?
- Yeah.

1367
01:45:36,938 --> 01:45:39,158
That's some heavy liftin'.

1368
01:45:39,158 --> 01:45:43,336
You know,
the boys and I were talkin'.

1369
01:45:43,336 --> 01:45:46,513
And if you was to manage
one more home run
for the blue team...

1370
01:45:46,513 --> 01:45:49,386
- ...got a ice-cold six-pack
of RC Cola

1371
01:45:49,386 --> 01:45:51,126
waitin' for you
in the clubhouse.

1372
01:45:51,126 --> 01:45:53,085
I'll see what I can do for ya.

1373
01:45:53,085 --> 01:45:54,565
All right.

1374
01:45:54,565 --> 01:45:56,436
The starting pitcher
for the red team,

1375
01:45:56,436 --> 01:45:59,874
four-time college
All-American Jake Wilford.

1376
01:46:08,970 --> 01:46:11,364
It's your time, Rickey!

1377
01:46:11,364 --> 01:46:14,367
<i>Tonight, we are in
for a special treat, folks.</i>

1378
01:46:14,367 --> 01:46:17,979
A local high school baseball
star by the name of Rickey Hill.

1379
01:46:17,979 --> 01:46:19,633
<i>Now, this kid has
quite a story.</i>

1380
01:46:19,633 --> 01:46:22,114
<i>He's battled degenerative
spinal disease</i>

1381
01:46:22,114 --> 01:46:25,465
<i>since he was a little boy,
and recently suffered
a real bad setback</i>

1382
01:46:25,465 --> 01:46:28,642
<i>where he fractured his ankle,
resulting in surgery.</i>

1383
01:46:28,642 --> 01:46:31,863
<i>You know, he's overcome a lot,
and he's on a mission.</i>

1384
01:46:34,518 --> 01:46:36,824
<i>Red Murff is gonna give him
a shot of a lifetime</i>

1385
01:46:36,824 --> 01:46:41,481
<i>by being the DH on both teams
to prove to him if he can hit</i>

1386
01:46:41,481 --> 01:46:44,049
<i>and really get
to the big leagues.</i>

1387
01:46:44,049 --> 01:46:46,138
Don't take it easy on him, Jake.

1388
01:46:46,138 --> 01:46:48,140
He calls himself a hitter.

1389
01:46:52,666 --> 01:46:56,191
-  Play ball!
<i>- Can you imagine what's
going through Hill's mind,</i>

1390
01:46:56,191 --> 01:46:58,542
<i>all that he had to do,
just to get to this point</i>

1391
01:46:58,542 --> 01:47:00,761
<i>to prove he belongs as a
hitter?</i>

1392
01:47:03,982 --> 01:47:06,985
<i>Digs into the batter's box.</i>

1393
01:47:06,985 --> 01:47:11,511
<i>We're about to see if
Hill is ready for the task.</i>

1394
01:47:11,511 --> 01:47:14,601
<i>Wilford on the mound, getting
ready to throw the first pitch.</i>

1395
01:47:18,039 --> 01:47:20,215
<i>Rocks back
and delivers a fastball.</i>

1396
01:47:20,215 --> 01:47:22,087
-  Strike one!
<i>- Right by Hill.</i>

1397
01:47:22,087 --> 01:47:24,785
<i>Looked like he was on his
front foot. Probably anxious,</i>

1398
01:47:24,785 --> 01:47:27,484
<i>just seeing that velocity
for the first time.</i>

1399
01:47:34,969 --> 01:47:37,624
-  Strike two!
<i>- Curveball, and a beauty.</i>

1400
01:47:37,624 --> 01:47:40,540
<i>Drops off the table.
That had a lot of break on it.</i>

1401
01:47:40,540 --> 01:47:43,848
<i>And really quickly,
Hill is 0-2 in the count.</i>

1402
01:47:46,459 --> 01:47:48,679
<i>Two strikes on Hill.</i>

1403
01:47:48,679 --> 01:47:50,376
<i>Wilford delivers.</i>

1404
01:47:50,376 --> 01:47:52,726
<i>- That's a line drive base hit.</i>

1405
01:47:52,726 --> 01:47:55,207
<i>That's gotta feel good for Hill.</i>

1406
01:47:55,207 --> 01:47:58,515
Good hit, Rickey!
That'll shake the cobwebs off.

1407
01:47:58,515 --> 01:48:01,082
- What, his or yours?

1408
01:48:01,082 --> 01:48:05,217
<i>That's gotta
take a lot of pressure off
of him to start the day.</i>

1409
01:48:09,482 --> 01:48:12,311
<i>And a pinch runner
steps in for Hill.</i>

1410
01:48:14,095 --> 01:48:15,967
I have been selfish.

1411
01:48:18,056 --> 01:48:20,537
I have been arrogant.

1412
01:48:21,755 --> 01:48:23,452
I, uh--

1413
01:48:24,932 --> 01:48:26,934
Even cruel.

1414
01:48:26,934 --> 01:48:31,199
I thought that

1415
01:48:31,199 --> 01:48:34,725
I knew God's plan for my son.

1416
01:48:34,725 --> 01:48:39,251
And I raised him in obedience
to that plan.

1417
01:48:41,514 --> 01:48:43,560
But it wasn't God's plan.

1418
01:48:45,953 --> 01:48:47,912
It was my plan.

1419
01:48:52,699 --> 01:48:55,136
Rickey had to w--

1420
01:48:55,136 --> 01:48:58,923
wear braces on his legs
just to walk.

1421
01:48:58,923 --> 01:49:03,884
And no matter how he does
in that game tonight,

1422
01:49:03,884 --> 01:49:09,803
he has overcome that
terrible burden that he has
had to carry his whole life.

1423
01:49:12,676 --> 01:49:15,374
I've been the one
that's been the cripple.

1424
01:49:15,374 --> 01:49:20,335
I just couldn't see past
what I thought my son should be

1425
01:49:20,335 --> 01:49:25,471
and just see who he really is

1426
01:49:25,471 --> 01:49:27,865
in the eyes of God.

1427
01:49:34,001 --> 01:49:38,397
I'm supposed to be your pastor,
your spiritual leader.

1428
01:49:39,964 --> 01:49:41,052
But...

1429
01:49:42,488 --> 01:49:44,838
right now I just feel...

1430
01:49:44,838 --> 01:49:47,014
so ignorant.

1431
01:49:47,014 --> 01:49:48,755
And shamed.

1432
01:49:53,455 --> 01:49:55,762
I can't even ask
your forgiveness.

1433
01:49:58,199 --> 01:50:02,247
I guess I gotta
go to God for that.

1434
01:50:02,247 --> 01:50:06,338
<i>Now batting,
this time for the red team,
designated hitter Rickey Hill.</i>

1435
01:50:06,338 --> 01:50:08,601
-  Rickey!
<i>- As he gets in the box,</i>

1436
01:50:08,601 --> 01:50:11,169
<i>Red goes out to the mound
to talk to his pitcher.</i>

1437
01:50:11,169 --> 01:50:13,867
Take him down. Let's end this.

1438
01:50:18,872 --> 01:50:21,353
<i>The pitcher gets back
on the rubber, looks back,</i>

1439
01:50:21,353 --> 01:50:23,485
<i>and says to himself, I'm sure,</i>

1440
01:50:23,485 --> 01:50:26,532
<i>"I never pitched a ball with
a guy standing right behind
me."</i>

1441
01:50:26,532 --> 01:50:31,232
<i>Red Murff, a legend in this
game, is planted right
by the pitcher.</i>

1442
01:50:37,238 --> 01:50:40,241
<i>Wind-up... and the pitch.</i>

1443
01:50:40,241 --> 01:50:43,201
<i>Blazed straight up the middle!
Red had to get out of the way.</i>

1444
01:50:43,201 --> 01:50:45,812
<i>Another base hit
in his second at-bat.</i>

1445
01:50:45,812 --> 01:50:49,120
I haven't seen Red
move like that in 20 years.

1446
01:50:49,120 --> 01:50:53,341
<i>Kind of gives a head of
acknowledgment to,
"Okay, that's two."</i>

1447
01:51:43,522 --> 01:51:47,918
<i>Hill has been ten for ten.
He gets another hit.</i>

1448
01:51:52,313 --> 01:51:56,448
<i>Who would've thought that Hill
could've done this after
all that he's been through?</i>

1449
01:51:56,448 --> 01:51:58,929
<i>The surgeries, the comeback.</i>

1450
01:51:58,929 --> 01:52:03,020
<i>Pretty amazing story,
as he steps in now
for his 11th at-bat.</i>

1451
01:52:03,020 --> 01:52:06,458
<i>Red goes to the mound.
Looks like he's gonna
make a change, and he is.</i>

1452
01:52:06,458 --> 01:52:08,199
<i>Making a change to the bullpen.</i>

1453
01:52:10,027 --> 01:52:11,724
What am I missing?

1454
01:52:11,724 --> 01:52:15,336
Red.
Playin' his last stink card.

1455
01:52:15,336 --> 01:52:19,819
- Oh, ladies and gentlemen, this
is gonna be a treat right here.

1456
01:52:19,819 --> 01:52:22,126
<i>This is big-league pitcher
Jimmy Hammer.</i>

1457
01:52:23,388 --> 01:52:25,782
Hammer. The all-star.

1458
01:52:25,782 --> 01:52:29,481
Makes major leaguers
look like Cinderella.

1459
01:52:29,481 --> 01:52:34,486
He's just here for rehab.
Now Red's bringing him in
to ruin Rickey's night.

1460
01:52:34,486 --> 01:52:36,140
Well, Rickey can hit anyone.

1461
01:52:37,228 --> 01:52:38,490
Right?

1462
01:52:41,232 --> 01:52:43,060
Go ahead and warm up.

1463
01:52:44,757 --> 01:52:47,455
Don't need it.
I'm gonna sit him down.

1464
01:52:47,455 --> 01:52:51,720
<i>This is a guy
who's used to putting out
the game with heat,</i>

1465
01:52:51,720 --> 01:52:54,767
<i>comes in and silences
all the at-bats.</i>

1466
01:52:54,767 --> 01:52:58,249
<i>Hill digs in.
You would think 11 for 11</i>

1467
01:52:58,249 --> 01:53:02,993
<i>is a very daunting task
against the big right-hander.</i>

1468
01:53:02,993 --> 01:53:07,954
<i>As he toes the mound and
gets ready for his first pitch,
here it comes.</i>

1469
01:53:07,954 --> 01:53:12,045
-  Strike one!
<i>- Fastball, right by him.
Little bit of a flinch.</i>

1470
01:53:23,361 --> 01:53:26,668
-  Strike two!
-  <i>Swing and a miss.</i>

1471
01:53:26,668 --> 01:53:28,932
<i>Hill looks around in amazement,</i>

1472
01:53:28,932 --> 01:53:32,283
<i>as Red knew probably this is
what he needed to see</i>

1473
01:53:32,283 --> 01:53:37,810
<i>to make his challenge against
Hill about as big as it gets.</i>

1474
01:53:43,729 --> 01:53:45,600
-  Foul ball!

1475
01:53:45,600 --> 01:53:47,689
<i>Foul ball
down the right field line.</i>

1476
01:53:47,689 --> 01:53:49,126
<i>He got a piece of that.</i>

1477
01:53:52,520 --> 01:53:56,916
<i>Hill processing everything
right now, and Hammer knows
he's got one task,</i>

1478
01:53:56,916 --> 01:54:01,007
<i>and that's to strike out Hill
and show him what he's made of.</i>

1479
01:54:01,007 --> 01:54:04,315
<i>Hammer delivering
a two-strike pitch.
Here it comes.</i>

1480
01:54:04,315 --> 01:54:07,361
<i>- Oh, no, high and tight.
Dusted him.</i>

1481
01:54:07,361 --> 01:54:11,148
<i>It hit Hill right in
the rib area, and he is down.</i>

1482
01:54:11,148 --> 01:54:15,761
<i>In obvious pain.
Here comes Red to the
batter's box to check on him.</i>

1483
01:54:18,111 --> 01:54:20,287
Come on, Rickey.

1484
01:54:20,287 --> 01:54:22,724
Get up!

1485
01:54:22,724 --> 01:54:25,118
What next?
He-- he takes a base, right?

1486
01:54:25,118 --> 01:54:28,556
- He goes to first.
- With everything that
Hill has been through,

1487
01:54:28,556 --> 01:54:30,776
you just wonder if
this is one of those things

1488
01:54:30,776 --> 01:54:33,039
<i>that might not
allow him to continue.</i>

1489
01:54:33,039 --> 01:54:35,302
<i>It looks like
he's in a lot of pain.</i>

1490
01:54:35,302 --> 01:54:37,217
You done, kid?

1491
01:54:37,217 --> 01:54:40,133
Walk it off. Take your base.

1492
01:54:42,222 --> 01:54:44,529
No.

1493
01:54:44,529 --> 01:54:47,097
What do you mean, no?

1494
01:54:47,097 --> 01:54:49,055
Take your damn base.

1495
01:54:50,883 --> 01:54:53,668
I don't have to take my base.

1496
01:54:56,236 --> 01:54:57,759
It's not a real game.

1497
01:54:59,022 --> 01:55:00,327
It's a tryout.

1498
01:55:02,503 --> 01:55:04,288
You're ten for ten.

1499
01:55:05,332 --> 01:55:07,856
You got nothing left to prove.

1500
01:55:10,033 --> 01:55:11,991
<i>He's gonna stay in and hit.</i>

1501
01:55:11,991 --> 01:55:14,428
<i>We're watching
an incredible moment, folks.</i>

1502
01:55:14,428 --> 01:55:16,778
<i>This is something
that normally doesn't happen.</i>

1503
01:55:16,778 --> 01:55:18,955
Hey, what's he doing?

1504
01:55:18,955 --> 01:55:21,348
Well, take a base, Rickey!

1505
01:55:28,181 --> 01:55:31,445
<i>Again, ten for ten
and then getting hit.</i>

1506
01:55:31,445 --> 01:55:34,405
<i>He wants to stay in the box
and try to go 11 for 11.</i>

1507
01:55:34,405 --> 01:55:38,017
<i>- Imagine everything
going through his mind</i>

1508
01:55:38,017 --> 01:55:40,889
<i>as he processes
this whole day of events.</i>

1509
01:55:40,889 --> 01:55:44,328
You do that again, you're done.

1510
01:56:10,223 --> 01:56:11,442
Play ball!

1511
01:56:21,234 --> 01:56:23,584
<i>This battle's gonna continue.</i>

1512
01:56:23,584 --> 01:56:26,370
<i>Hill could've taken his base,
but he's standing at home plate,</i>

1513
01:56:26,370 --> 01:56:28,676
<i>staring the bully in the face.</i>

1514
01:56:28,676 --> 01:56:32,506
<i>Hammer on the mound with
an 0-2 pitch ready to be
delivered. Here it comes.</i>

1515
01:56:32,506 --> 01:56:36,510
<i>Swung on. Hill smokes
this ball to left center.</i>

1516
01:56:38,382 --> 01:56:42,603
<i>This ball is far,
and it is gone over the wall!</i>

1517
01:56:42,603 --> 01:56:45,824
<i>Can you believe it?
In the 11th at-bat,
after getting hit,</i>

1518
01:56:45,824 --> 01:56:48,044
<i>Hill has hit a home run.</i>

1519
01:56:48,044 --> 01:56:50,524
<i>What a moment
this must be for him!</i>

1520
01:58:18,960 --> 01:58:21,267
I guess I'll have to
get used to this.

1521
01:58:24,357 --> 01:58:27,143
God's not through
working on both of us.

1522
01:59:43,480 --> 01:59:47,440
"
by Randy Houser playing]

1523
01:59:50,835 --> 01:59:54,273
<i>♪ I heard it the first time
I skinned my knee ♪</i>

1524
01:59:54,273 --> 01:59:57,058
<i>♪ Daddy said
"Don't be scared to bleed" ♪</i>

1525
01:59:57,058 --> 01:59:59,539
<i>♪ Years later
From a baseball coach ♪</i>

1526
01:59:59,539 --> 02:00:02,760
<i>♪ Sliding into home
"That's the way it goes" ♪</i>

1527
02:00:02,760 --> 02:00:06,416
<i>♪ We didn't win that game
But the lesson learned ♪</i>

1528
02:00:06,416 --> 02:00:09,375
<i>♪ You gotta shake off them
Scrapes and burns ♪</i>

1529
02:00:09,375 --> 02:00:11,725
<i>♪ When the world
Don't turn your way ♪</i>

1530
02:00:11,725 --> 02:00:14,162
<i>♪ Sometimes all you can say ♪</i>

1531
02:00:14,162 --> 02:00:17,470
<i>♪ Is rub a little dirt on it ♪</i>

1532
02:00:17,470 --> 02:00:20,168
<i>♪ Shake the dust
Right out of your mind ♪</i>

1533
02:00:20,168 --> 02:00:23,650
<i>♪ Let a cool breeze work on it
♪</i>

1534
02:00:23,650 --> 02:00:27,480
<i>♪ You'll feel the healin'
Comin' on right on time ♪</i>

1535
02:00:27,480 --> 02:00:33,486
<i>♪ Crack a six-pack open
Somewhere under an open sky ♪</i>

1536
02:00:33,486 --> 02:00:36,750
<i>♪ When life gets
A little hurt on it ♪</i>

1537
02:00:36,750 --> 02:00:42,278
<i>♪ Get in the middle of nowhere
And rub a little dirt on it ♪</i>

1538
02:00:46,325 --> 02:00:49,285
<i>♪ Nothin' knocks the cobwebs
Off your soul ♪</i>

1539
02:00:49,285 --> 02:00:52,331
<i>♪ Like some SpiderWire
On a fishin' hole ♪</i>

1540
02:00:52,331 --> 02:00:55,987
<i>♪ It'll take your breath
Takin' in a sunset ♪</i>

1541
02:00:55,987 --> 02:00:58,511
<i>♪ From a flat bottom boat ♪</i>

1542
02:00:58,511 --> 02:01:01,601
<i>♪ That heavy load
Layin' on your chest ♪</i>

1543
02:01:01,601 --> 02:01:04,778
<i>♪ Got your mind
All twisted up in a mess ♪</i>

1544
02:01:04,778 --> 02:01:08,216
<i>♪ Well, life scatters
All your stuff sometimes ♪</i>

1545
02:01:08,216 --> 02:01:13,004
<i>♪ To clean it up, you gotta
Rub a little dirt on it ♪</i>

1546
02:01:13,004 --> 02:01:15,528
<i>♪ Shake the dust
Right out of your mind ♪</i>

1547
02:01:15,528 --> 02:01:18,966
<i>♪ Let a cool breeze work on it
♪</i>

1548
02:01:18,966 --> 02:01:22,883
<i>♪ You'll feel the healin'
Comin' on right on time ♪</i>

1549
02:01:22,883 --> 02:01:29,194
<i>♪ Crack a six-pack open
Somewhere under an open sky ♪</i>

1550
02:01:29,194 --> 02:01:32,066
<i>♪ When life gets
A little hurt on it ♪</i>

1551
02:01:32,066 --> 02:01:37,724
<i>♪ Get in the middle of nowhere
And rub a little dirt on it ♪</i>

1552
02:01:41,075 --> 02:01:43,687
<i>♪ A little dirt on it ♪</i>

1553
02:01:47,908 --> 02:01:50,128
<i>♪ Crack a six-pack open ♪</i>

1554
02:01:50,128 --> 02:01:53,697
<i>♪ Somewhere under an open sky ♪</i>

1555
02:01:53,697 --> 02:01:56,830
<i>♪ When life gets
A little hurt on it ♪</i>

1556
02:01:56,830 --> 02:02:02,445
<i>♪ Get in the middle of nowhere
And rub a little dirt on it ♪</i>

1557
02:02:04,621 --> 02:02:09,539
<i>♪ Yeah
Rub a little dirt on it, mmm ♪</i>

1558
02:02:12,759 --> 02:02:15,762
<i>♪ I heard it the first time
I skinned my knee ♪</i>

1559
02:02:15,762 --> 02:02:19,505
<i>♪ Daddy said
"Don't be scared to bleed" ♪</i>

1560
02:02:21,028 --> 02:02:22,378
<i>♪ Yeah ♪</i>