1 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:36,990 You got a gift, Roy. But it's not enough. 2 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:40,118 Rely on your gift alone and you're gonna fail. 3 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:42,788 You gotta develop yourself. 4 00:02:43,372 --> 00:02:45,791 The secret is confidence and concentration. 5 00:02:46,458 --> 00:02:49,461 You got them, you don't need much else. 6 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:55,425 Iris! 7 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:58,345 Roy, just pick a spot and work at it. 8 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:00,972 A clear mind and the ability to see with the heart. 9 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:03,558 - That's real strength. - Iris! 10 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:07,938 Iris! 11 00:03:08,105 --> 00:03:10,190 I gotta go. 12 00:03:13,652 --> 00:03:15,362 This is your spot, Roy. 13 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:18,198 Pay attention to it. 14 00:03:53,984 --> 00:03:55,026 Roy. 15 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:57,529 Roy. 16 00:05:57,732 --> 00:06:00,443 Roy! Roy, what is it? 17 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:02,612 The cubs have sent for me. 18 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:06,199 - Oh, wouldn't your daddy be proud? - I gotta reach for the best that's in me. 19 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:11,830 - Wait, it's just a tryout. I haven't made it. - You're gonna make it. 20 00:06:11,997 --> 00:06:14,916 - So when do you have to go? - Tomorrow. 21 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:19,379 Oh, God. I've never been on a train before. 22 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:23,550 It makes you feel important. 23 00:06:26,094 --> 00:06:29,306 I want you to marry me. I do. 24 00:06:29,973 --> 00:06:31,766 I love you so much. 25 00:06:31,933 --> 00:06:33,935 I wanna send for you. 26 00:06:40,692 --> 00:06:42,402 It's all right. 27 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:27,072 Max, this is Roy Hobbs. 28 00:07:27,236 --> 00:07:29,656 Roy, say hello to Max Mercy, the syndicated sportswriter. 29 00:07:29,756 --> 00:07:32,396 - I'm pleased to meet you. - And this here's the Whammer, son. 30 00:07:32,496 --> 00:07:33,789 - How do you do? - How you doing? 31 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,634 You sure look different in street clothes. 32 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:38,667 Thank you. It's always nice to meet a member of the general public. 33 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,293 You boys heading to Chicago too? 34 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:44,047 - That's right. - I've been invited to see the Cubs. 35 00:07:44,161 --> 00:07:46,241 I thought you might've heard of his eight no-hitters. 36 00:07:46,341 --> 00:07:48,927 He sure mowed them down last year in that Sabotac Valley league. 37 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:50,845 Come on, Max, let's play some cards. 38 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:55,475 Kid, keep up those no-hitters, or they'll be looking for you back at soda Pop valley. 39 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:56,977 Sabotac. 40 00:07:57,894 --> 00:08:00,897 Whatever. Hang on to the water wagon, old-timer. 41 00:08:01,773 --> 00:08:05,276 - Hey, mister... - Forget it, Roy. Forget it. 42 00:08:05,443 --> 00:08:06,820 What'll it be, slugger? 43 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,120 - You see this? - What's that, Max? 44 00:08:15,286 --> 00:08:18,206 An olympic athlete was shot, and just one day after the slaying 45 00:08:18,373 --> 00:08:21,668 of a football star, Johnny Zirowski. 46 00:08:21,835 --> 00:08:24,087 In each case, a silver bullet was used. 47 00:08:24,254 --> 00:08:25,839 - A silver bullet? - Yeah. 48 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:27,966 That's crazy. 49 00:08:31,136 --> 00:08:33,096 Something wrong, Roy? 50 00:08:33,263 --> 00:08:35,056 Maybe I'm not ready for the Majors. 51 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:37,934 Hey, hold it there, hold it there. 52 00:08:38,101 --> 00:08:40,581 You're not gonna let that big ape get under your skin, are you? 53 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:43,398 - A year or two of semipro ball... - Semi nothing. 54 00:08:43,565 --> 00:08:46,317 You know what your father said to me once? 55 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:49,946 He said, "one day that boy's gonna walk down the streets... 56 00:08:50,113 --> 00:08:52,574 and people are gonna say, 'there goes Roy Hobbs... 57 00:08:52,741 --> 00:08:54,617 The best there ever was in the game.' 58 00:08:54,784 --> 00:08:57,912 and the whole country's gonna be saying it before long." 59 00:08:58,079 --> 00:08:59,789 Next stop, Iola. 60 00:08:59,956 --> 00:09:03,543 Half-hour water stop in Iola. 61 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:07,422 Watch your step there. 62 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,633 Mind the time now. Half-hour only. 63 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,270 Another home run! 64 00:09:22,437 --> 00:09:24,898 Okay, Whammer, thattaway to hit them, boy! 65 00:09:25,065 --> 00:09:27,442 Come on, Whammer. Hit another one, Whammer. 66 00:09:30,278 --> 00:09:31,404 Is he the best? 67 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:35,575 Best there ever was. Best there is now and best there ever will be. 68 00:09:37,952 --> 00:09:39,788 All right, that's it, folks! 69 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:43,333 Come on, Whammer! You got a good audience out here! 70 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:46,086 - You wanna see some more? - Yeah! 71 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:48,132 You'll have to come to Chicago and buy a ticket! 72 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:50,673 Hey, your bat! Here, pal. 73 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,760 You keep that bat, compliments of me. Nice job! Keep it up! 74 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:55,386 There he goes, folks! 75 00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:59,265 The Whammer! The best baseball player in the country! 76 00:10:03,561 --> 00:10:05,188 Hey, Busher! 77 00:10:05,563 --> 00:10:08,316 Pitch one in here. I'll knock it to the moon, huh? 78 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:12,737 - Whammer. - Whammer! 79 00:10:18,409 --> 00:10:20,495 You sure can pick them, Simpson. 80 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:25,667 I got $10 here says he strikes Wambold out on three pitch balls. 81 00:10:25,834 --> 00:10:28,086 You old boozer, your brain must be full of mush. 82 00:10:28,253 --> 00:10:30,839 This shit-kicker couldn't strike me out with 100 pitches. 83 00:10:31,005 --> 00:10:33,591 Three is all he'll need, Whammer. 84 00:10:33,758 --> 00:10:35,260 I love contests of skill. 85 00:10:35,426 --> 00:10:37,846 Do you, honey? So do I. 86 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:40,431 What about you there, Huckleberry? Scared? 87 00:10:40,598 --> 00:10:41,599 Not of you, I'm not. 88 00:10:41,766 --> 00:10:45,728 We'll go on the other side of the railroad tracks, so nobody gets hurt. All right? 89 00:10:45,895 --> 00:10:48,398 There's gonna be three pitches. I'll call them, okay? 90 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,567 Sixty feet 6 inches, exactly. 91 00:10:50,733 --> 00:10:51,985 Let's go. Batter up, come on. 92 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:53,778 Keep your shirt on, Max. 93 00:10:53,945 --> 00:10:56,823 Batter up! Let's go! Play ball! 94 00:10:56,986 --> 00:10:59,238 - Help you down there? - Throw it here, plowboy! 95 00:10:59,338 --> 00:11:01,440 - It don't get no lighter. - Chuck it down his whammy. 96 00:11:01,540 --> 00:11:03,083 - Come on, boy. - Hold it! 97 00:11:03,246 --> 00:11:05,999 If he tries to dust me off, I'll crack his skull. You both got that? 98 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,333 Burn it by him. 99 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,335 Give him a shave with it! 100 00:11:11,796 --> 00:11:14,174 Strike one! 101 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,634 - You okay, Sam? - It's all right, Roy. 102 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:18,469 This damn glove. 103 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:24,475 Max, how you gonna call them from way back there? 104 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:27,228 - He looks wild to me. - Them your knees I hear shaking, Max? 105 00:11:27,395 --> 00:11:29,731 Mind your business, red-nose, and play ball! 106 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:33,651 Throw it in here, greenhorn. 107 00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:36,404 All right, do it again, Roy. Come on, boy. 108 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:44,412 - Strike two! - He must be throwing spitballs! 109 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:47,957 In a pig's poop. That ball's as dry as your granddaddy's scalp. 110 00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:50,418 This one's it, Whammer. This is it. 111 00:11:50,585 --> 00:11:52,295 Here you go, I'll take that. 112 00:11:56,966 --> 00:12:00,428 Come on, Roy. Right by him, baby. March him out. 113 00:12:05,058 --> 00:12:07,143 Yeah, there we go. 114 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:46,975 Strike three. 115 00:12:47,976 --> 00:12:49,477 You're out. 116 00:13:02,073 --> 00:13:05,159 Hey, mister, you forgot this! 117 00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:11,165 Wait, mister! 118 00:13:11,332 --> 00:13:12,625 What's your name? 119 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:14,669 Roy Hobbs! 120 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:15,962 Here! 121 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:33,563 Hello. I'm Harriet Bird. 122 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:38,735 And the way everyone rallied around you! 123 00:13:38,901 --> 00:13:41,321 They'll be talking about today for years to come. 124 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:47,660 It was just like watching Sir Lancelot jousting Sir Turquine. 125 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:51,289 Or was it Maldamor? I'm not sure. 126 00:13:53,624 --> 00:13:57,128 - Have you ever read Homer? - Homer? 127 00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:03,634 Well, only homer I know has four bases in it. 128 00:14:05,636 --> 00:14:08,348 Homer lived ages ago, and wrote about heroes and gods. 129 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:12,101 And he would've had it in mind to write about baseball... 130 00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:14,187 had he seen you out there today. 131 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,731 You know what? Someday... 132 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,233 I'm gonna break every record in the book. 133 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:20,902 I know I got it in me. 134 00:14:21,069 --> 00:14:22,945 And what will you hope to accomplish? 135 00:14:23,537 --> 00:14:25,890 When I walk down the street, people will look at me and say... 136 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:28,409 "There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was." 137 00:14:31,162 --> 00:14:32,830 Is that all? 138 00:14:32,997 --> 00:14:35,833 Well, what else is there? 139 00:14:36,834 --> 00:14:39,587 Isn't there something more? 140 00:14:39,754 --> 00:14:42,256 - More? - More glorious? 141 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,344 Do you have a girl? 142 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,149 - I'm gonna say good night now. - Harriet. 143 00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:04,904 Would you come watch me play sometime? 144 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:08,783 Oh, Roy, you are priceless. 145 00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:11,911 - Well, will you? - Of course. 146 00:15:29,770 --> 00:15:32,081 I could throw a ball in here and never hit the end of it. 147 00:15:32,181 --> 00:15:34,559 - That's for sure, kid. - How far is it to the stadium? 148 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,310 We're going to the hotel first. 149 00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:44,318 - Hello. - Hello, Roy. 150 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:46,195 - This is Harriet. - Excuse me? 151 00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:49,615 Harriet Bird, silly. 152 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,659 Are you by yourself? 153 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,329 - Where are you? - Come down to 602. 154 00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:57,540 Let me welcome you to the city. 155 00:16:06,757 --> 00:16:08,634 The door's open. 156 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:19,562 Hello? 157 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:25,485 How did you know I was staying at this hotel? 158 00:16:31,073 --> 00:16:32,492 What's going on here? 159 00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:34,785 Roy? 160 00:16:34,952 --> 00:16:37,330 Will you be the best there ever was in the game? 161 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:39,415 That's right. 162 00:17:05,608 --> 00:17:10,363 All right, kid. Throw strikes now. Put something on it now! 163 00:17:12,156 --> 00:17:13,199 Look at this, Red. 164 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:16,661 He's walking the whole ballpark, and he's the best pitcher we got. 165 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:19,121 I should've been a farmer. 166 00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:22,416 Since the day I was born, I should have been a farmer. 167 00:17:22,583 --> 00:17:25,461 For Pittsburgh, number 38... 168 00:17:25,628 --> 00:17:27,838 Stu Jenkins. 169 00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:31,676 I love chickens and pigs and ducks. 170 00:17:31,842 --> 00:17:34,387 I'm kind of fond of nanny goats, I am. 171 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:38,099 Oh, come on, Fowler! Throw strikes! 172 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:40,476 - Fowler's killing worms, Pop. - Hey, Fowler! 173 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:43,563 Don't you know how I hate losing to the Pirates? 174 00:17:46,190 --> 00:17:48,859 You know, Red, my ma urged me to get out of this game. 175 00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:51,737 When I was a kid, she pleaded with me. 176 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:54,740 And I meant to. You know what I mean? But she died. 177 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:56,867 Tough. 178 00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:58,327 Now look at me. 179 00:17:58,494 --> 00:18:02,790 I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club... 180 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:04,584 and I'm choking to death! 181 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:18,514 Wouldn't you think that I could get a fresh drink of water 182 00:18:18,681 --> 00:18:20,725 after all the years I spent in this game? 183 00:18:20,891 --> 00:18:25,062 Red, did you talk to that bastard partner of mine about the drinking fountain? 184 00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:27,273 Well, the Judge said he's working on it, Pop. 185 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:29,859 Working on it? 186 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:32,820 Son of a bitch. 187 00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:36,449 - All right, pick it up now! - Ball! 188 00:18:37,241 --> 00:18:40,077 You know, the day that snake walked into this ballpark... 189 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:43,414 One of the darkest days of my life, Red. 190 00:18:45,166 --> 00:18:47,960 What do we got here, Red? The Salvation Army band? 191 00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:51,339 - Pop Fisher? - Who wants to know? 192 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:53,716 I'm Roy Hobbs, your new right fielder. 193 00:18:53,883 --> 00:18:56,594 - My what? - It's right here. 194 00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:04,143 - Scotty Carson sent you here? - That's right. 195 00:19:05,227 --> 00:19:06,812 He must be nuts. 196 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:08,773 Where do they find these guys, Red? 197 00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:15,112 Fella, you don't start playing ball at your age. You retire. 198 00:19:15,446 --> 00:19:16,489 Where'd he find you? 199 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,282 The Heeber Oilers. 200 00:19:18,384 --> 00:19:20,184 The Heeber Oilers? I never heard of them. 201 00:19:20,284 --> 00:19:21,577 They're semipro. 202 00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:24,622 Semipro. 203 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:26,791 Schultz, go warm up. 204 00:19:29,377 --> 00:19:31,587 Did you ever play organised ball in your life? 205 00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:33,839 I just got back in the game. 206 00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:35,966 What does that mean? 207 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:38,969 I used to play in high school. 208 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,931 Excuse me? 209 00:19:42,306 --> 00:19:44,266 I used to play in high school. 210 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,936 Red, he used to play in high school. 211 00:19:47,103 --> 00:19:49,021 That's nice. 212 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,148 Scotty Carson signs him up... 213 00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:53,859 the Judge okays the deal, they ain't talked to me yet. 214 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:57,905 I got that in my deal for as long as I live. They gotta talk to me! 215 00:19:58,072 --> 00:20:00,783 - I got a contract. - I wanna see it. 216 00:20:03,911 --> 00:20:05,996 Aw, come on, Hinkle! 217 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:10,418 Five hundred dollars they give this guy to play with us. 218 00:20:10,584 --> 00:20:11,627 This ain't legal. 219 00:20:12,250 --> 00:20:14,460 - Is Carson your chief scout? - Yeah, so what if he is? 220 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,160 He said he had the authority to sign me. 221 00:20:16,260 --> 00:20:17,720 Yeah, well, he don't have. 222 00:20:18,467 --> 00:20:20,886 Let me talk to you just a minute. 223 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:23,597 Now batting for Pittsburgh... 224 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,349 He has, Pop. 225 00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:29,145 You said so yourself, if he ever found anybody decent. 226 00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:31,397 I know, Red, but look at this guy. 227 00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:34,650 We don't need no middle-aged rookies. 228 00:20:35,192 --> 00:20:37,695 Well, we sure need somebody. 229 00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:45,327 Hey, fella. All right, you come at a bad time. 230 00:20:45,494 --> 00:20:46,871 Like Red says... 231 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:50,207 Scotty Carson seen something in you. 232 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:52,835 Go find Doctor Dizzy and suit up. 233 00:20:59,175 --> 00:21:01,552 Red, I should've been a farmer. 234 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:06,182 Number 11. That's a bad-luck number. I won't go into that. 235 00:21:06,348 --> 00:21:07,641 What about nine? 236 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:10,311 Nine? Well, you got me. 237 00:21:10,478 --> 00:21:13,355 Nine it is. What's in the case? 238 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:16,108 - My bat. - A bat? 239 00:21:17,234 --> 00:21:18,819 Follow me. Second locker down. 240 00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:25,201 Slip this on. See if you got enough room underneath the arms. 241 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:26,994 - Thanks. - You're welcome. 242 00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:32,541 If it was close, why didn't you slide? 243 00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:35,711 I had a cigar in my back pocket. I didn't wanna break it. 244 00:21:37,971 --> 00:21:40,074 What's this rumour I hear about you and Memo getting hitched? 245 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:42,974 I don't know where you heard that. She's been saying that to everybody. 246 00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:45,137 - Yeah? - It's not true. 247 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,598 What's this? Another victim? 248 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:49,433 Bump Bailey. 249 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,522 - What are you? A new coach? - New player. Roy Hobbs. 250 00:21:54,688 --> 00:21:56,232 No kidding? 251 00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:00,569 I didn't catch your name. What was it? 252 00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:05,574 - Roy Hobbs. - Max Mercy. 253 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:09,328 Oh, Fowler, I wanna ask you something. 254 00:22:12,918 --> 00:22:14,418 Hobbs... 255 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:18,045 there'll be a room for you at the Ellicott Hotel. 256 00:22:18,212 --> 00:22:20,631 Why don't you meet me in the lobby about 6:30. 257 00:22:20,798 --> 00:22:23,425 We'll get something to eat, have a little talk. 258 00:22:23,592 --> 00:22:24,969 Fine. 259 00:22:28,639 --> 00:22:32,685 Another brilliant find from our scouting system. Geniuses. 260 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,395 Here. Try this on for size. 261 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:41,652 Welcome to the Majors. 262 00:23:18,564 --> 00:23:20,232 We're not moving. 263 00:23:32,995 --> 00:23:35,581 - Hey, Pop. - Hi, honey. 264 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:38,459 You together? 265 00:23:39,877 --> 00:23:41,462 No, I'm meeting Bump. 266 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:47,301 Oh. That's my niece, Memo Paris. Roy Hobbs. 267 00:23:47,468 --> 00:23:49,386 He's a new player. 268 00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:50,596 How do you do? 269 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,559 What position do you play? 270 00:23:55,726 --> 00:23:58,103 - He just started today. - Right field. 271 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,775 Right? That's Bump's position. Isn't it, Pop? 272 00:24:03,188 --> 00:24:04,814 I tell you, Mr Hobbs is brand-new... 273 00:24:04,914 --> 00:24:06,684 and we're not sure what we're gonna do with him. 274 00:24:06,784 --> 00:24:08,953 Come on, sweetie, I'll walk you to a cab. 275 00:24:11,659 --> 00:24:13,494 - Bye. - Bye. 276 00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:23,045 Anything wrong? 277 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,548 No, just not used to hotels. 278 00:24:26,715 --> 00:24:28,258 Let's go. 279 00:24:43,691 --> 00:24:46,819 - How long were you with the Oilers? - Two weeks. 280 00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:49,863 Two weeks? 281 00:24:51,115 --> 00:24:53,492 And... before that? 282 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:57,997 Just knocked around from here to there. 283 00:24:58,414 --> 00:25:01,500 You don't mind me asking these questions, do you? 284 00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:05,462 I read Scotty's report on you. 285 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:08,048 Said you're one hell of a hitter. 286 00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:11,719 How come you didn't start playing when you was a little younger? 287 00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:16,015 I did play when I was younger. 288 00:25:16,974 --> 00:25:18,976 We're already eating. We got our food already. 289 00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:20,894 We've already ordered. 290 00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:24,148 But you gave it up? 291 00:25:24,773 --> 00:25:28,277 Sort of. But my mind was always on the game. 292 00:25:28,444 --> 00:25:30,279 So I figured... 293 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,865 to give it another try. 294 00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:36,076 Uh-huh. Just like that? 295 00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:38,829 Just like that. 296 00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:40,748 Where you from? 297 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,500 Does it matter? 298 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:51,467 You don't put out a hell of a lot of information, do you? 299 00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:54,678 Well, just what took you so long to get here? 300 00:25:56,346 --> 00:25:57,723 I got lost, I guess. 301 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:02,352 Do you always talk this way about yourself? 302 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,860 Do I know her? 303 00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:12,112 Let me tell you something about Pop. 304 00:26:12,863 --> 00:26:15,532 He gave his heart and soul to the game... 305 00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:18,035 only to get it trampled on. 306 00:26:20,537 --> 00:26:22,456 Pop thinks he's jinxed. 307 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:27,336 I'd give my right arm to get him the pennant. 308 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:31,882 Go ahead. 309 00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:36,470 It's mostly Bump's fault. 310 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,851 - How's that? - Well, he's lazy. 311 00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:45,270 I'd have traded him off a long time ago, 312 00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:49,691 but Pop seems to think a hitter like him could be a leader. 313 00:26:50,943 --> 00:26:52,820 Turn the ball club around like magic. 314 00:26:55,531 --> 00:26:59,743 Red, it took me 16 years to get here. 315 00:27:00,369 --> 00:27:01,995 You play me... 316 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:03,956 and you'll get the best I got. 317 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,416 I believe you. 318 00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:10,420 Pretty good food, huh? 319 00:27:10,587 --> 00:27:12,339 It's damn good. 320 00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:15,676 You can't spell it, but it eats pretty good, don't it? 321 00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:21,140 All right, come on. A little hustle, a little hustle! 322 00:27:21,814 --> 00:27:24,168 Pop, I don't know where they're piping that water in, but... 323 00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:27,729 Never mind about the water. Stand up there and hit the ball, big guy. 324 00:27:30,941 --> 00:27:32,401 You wanna sit this one out? 325 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:43,287 Can you imagine that Judge, Red, sending me a middle-aged rookie? 326 00:27:43,745 --> 00:27:45,998 I'm gonna pay his contract. 327 00:27:46,165 --> 00:27:47,791 I ain't gonna play him. 328 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:49,543 Never. 329 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:53,213 Well, Pop's in one hell of a fix. 330 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:55,924 He had some financial problems last year... 331 00:27:56,091 --> 00:27:59,094 And he had to sell the Judge 10 percent of his shares. 332 00:27:59,261 --> 00:28:02,723 That made the Judge majority stockholder of the Knights. 333 00:28:02,890 --> 00:28:05,330 Well, the Judge has been doing everything he could think of... 334 00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:07,978 to make things rough on Pop. 335 00:28:08,145 --> 00:28:11,648 He's made all sorts of trades on us that only hurt the team. 336 00:28:11,815 --> 00:28:14,568 But Pop got one condition in his contract. 337 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:16,445 If he can win the pennant this season... 338 00:28:16,612 --> 00:28:19,239 he can buy back the shares, and the Judge is out. 339 00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:20,866 And winner take all. 340 00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:26,580 He figures I'm one of those trades? 341 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,649 That's kind of a bad play there. 342 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:09,706 Relieve you of the fears and anxieties, 343 00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:14,211 which are so inherently symptomatic of a losing team. 344 00:29:14,378 --> 00:29:16,880 Sorry, Doc, I had a little... you know. 345 00:29:17,381 --> 00:29:20,217 The mind is a strange thing, men. 346 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:23,470 We must begin by asking it... 347 00:29:23,637 --> 00:29:25,555 "What is losing?" 348 00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:29,434 Losing is a disease... 349 00:29:30,185 --> 00:29:32,562 as contagious as polio. 350 00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:43,532 Losing is a disease... 351 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:46,368 as contagious as syphilis. 352 00:29:50,163 --> 00:29:53,250 Losing is a disease... 353 00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:55,877 as contagious as bubonic plague... 354 00:29:56,503 --> 00:29:58,505 attacking one... 355 00:29:58,672 --> 00:30:01,300 but infecting all. 356 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,599 But curable. 357 00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,478 Now, I want you to imagine... 358 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:16,356 you are on a ship at sea... 359 00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:19,818 on a vast, calm ocean. 360 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:23,530 Hobbs, you wanna sit back down there and pay attention? 361 00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:25,824 Gently rocking. 362 00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,326 Hobbs, get back in here! 363 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:30,162 Gently rocking. 364 00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:34,541 Gently rocking. 365 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,878 Gently rocking. 366 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,432 Hobbs. 367 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:56,146 I'm sending you down, Hobbs. Class B ball. 368 00:30:56,313 --> 00:31:00,025 Tomorrow morning you go to the Great Lakes Association. 369 00:31:00,484 --> 00:31:02,694 - Okay, you make the rules. - That's right. 370 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,113 That's right. And you ain't been playing by them. 371 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,657 All these other guys play by them. 372 00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:11,745 - Don't you remember signing a contract? - Yeah, I remember signing to play ball. 373 00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:15,165 Not to be put to sleep by some two-bit carnie hypnotist. I won't do that. 374 00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:16,375 You're going down. 375 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:19,169 It took me a long time to get here, Pop. I won't do it! 376 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:21,296 I can't. 377 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:24,841 I came here to play ball. 378 00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:30,931 Hobbs, come back here! 379 00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:42,067 Batting practice tomorrow. 380 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,319 Be there. 381 00:31:44,986 --> 00:31:47,948 I have been. Every day. 382 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,427 - Yeah. - There it is. 383 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:10,053 You all squared away? 384 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:11,471 - Yeah. - All right. 385 00:32:11,638 --> 00:32:14,433 Get in the cage. Let's see what you can do. 386 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:16,560 Get out of there, Bump. 387 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:27,821 Show us what you can do. 388 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,002 Bear down on him. 389 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:58,518 Try this one, grandpa. 390 00:33:32,401 --> 00:33:33,601 Hobbs! 391 00:33:34,483 --> 00:33:35,683 Roy! 392 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:37,891 Come here! 393 00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:40,060 Let me see that bat. 394 00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:46,983 Not bad, kid. 395 00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:50,612 Where'd you get this? 396 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:53,365 I made it myself from a tree near home. 397 00:33:53,907 --> 00:33:56,868 "Wonderboy." you put that on there? 398 00:33:58,537 --> 00:33:59,663 What does it mean? 399 00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:02,958 I made it a long time ago when I was a kid. 400 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,460 I wanted it to be a very special bat. 401 00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:08,296 How about this? This lightning bolt? 402 00:34:08,672 --> 00:34:11,049 The tree that I made it from was split open by lightning. 403 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:13,426 I don't figure this. 404 00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:17,514 All those years and you never played organised baseball? 405 00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:21,977 Well, I sort of got sidetracked. 406 00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:27,941 Red, measure that and weigh it. 407 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,279 If it comes up to specifications, we'll let you use it. 408 00:34:32,946 --> 00:34:35,365 Now, go on out there and shag some flies. 409 00:34:37,701 --> 00:34:39,286 Better late than never, Pop. 410 00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:42,747 Red, this is practice. 411 00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:45,208 We'll see. 412 00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:48,169 The Knights lead Philadelphia, 3-2. 413 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:49,838 A golden opportunity to break 414 00:34:50,005 --> 00:34:52,591 the longest losing streak in Knights' history. Fowler throws. 415 00:34:52,752 --> 00:34:54,921 Here's the swing. Long fly ball. Bivens moving under. 416 00:34:55,001 --> 00:34:57,314 Wait a minute, here comes Bailey! Bailey knocks the ball 417 00:34:57,404 --> 00:34:59,549 - and the ball rolls to the wall! - You stink, Bailey! 418 00:34:59,649 --> 00:35:03,152 And now one run moving across the plate. That's gonna make it 3-3. 419 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:06,479 And here he comes around third base. Bivens throws the ball to second base. 420 00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:08,273 Now it's 4-3, the Phillies. 421 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,859 A golden opportunity and it goes down the drain 422 00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:14,279 as Bailey boggles the situation and knocks the ball... 423 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:16,364 ...loose from Bivens' glove. 424 00:35:16,531 --> 00:35:19,451 The Knights can do nothing right, no matter what they try. 425 00:35:19,618 --> 00:35:23,371 You ain't nailed to the ground. Move, move. A little hustle! 426 00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:24,956 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 427 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,001 Bumper, I wanna see you in my office after the game. 428 00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:30,420 Hey, I lost it in the sun. 429 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:34,341 Blinding. 430 00:35:38,887 --> 00:35:40,263 First! To first base! 431 00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:45,685 All right, all right, all right! 432 00:35:45,848 --> 00:35:48,726 Stay put, Bumper. You're gonna sit this one out. 433 00:35:48,826 --> 00:35:51,513 - Hey, what are you trying to do, huh? - I'm taking you out of the game. 434 00:35:51,613 --> 00:35:53,865 - Sit down, will you? - What you want from me, an apology? 435 00:35:54,027 --> 00:35:55,747 Forget it, because I ain't gonna apologise. 436 00:35:55,886 --> 00:35:57,806 - Listen to me good, okay? - Yeah, I'm listening. 437 00:35:57,906 --> 00:35:59,491 I'm the manager, you're the player. 438 00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:01,618 You sit down there and keep your mouth shut! 439 00:36:01,785 --> 00:36:04,162 - What do you want from me? - I want you to sit down! 440 00:36:04,329 --> 00:36:07,457 Gabby, Boone, help this guy find his seat! Hobbs, you're up. 441 00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:09,084 What's the matter with you? 442 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:11,044 Sit down and shut up, you mouthy prima donna. 443 00:36:11,211 --> 00:36:13,338 What do you want from me? An apology? Forget it! 444 00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:16,132 - Sit down and shut up! - Trade me and get it over with! 445 00:36:16,299 --> 00:36:18,176 Hey, Fisher, let me have a hitter up here. 446 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,011 Come on, Hobbs! You're up! 447 00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:39,781 All right, Hobbs. Knock the cover off the ball. 448 00:36:39,948 --> 00:36:42,033 Now batting for Bump Bailey... 449 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,994 number nine, Roy Hobbs. 450 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:46,663 Here's a surprise. 451 00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:49,249 Pop Fisher's gonna replace Bump Bailey with number nine. 452 00:36:49,416 --> 00:36:51,042 Number nine is Roy Hobbs. 453 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,849 Hobbs was brought up in midseason. I don't know too much about him. 454 00:36:53,972 --> 00:36:55,572 We'll try to find out something for you. 455 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:58,258 Apparently, Fisher's very upset with Bump Bailey. 456 00:36:58,425 --> 00:37:01,219 Bailey messed up that play out in centre field with Bivens. 457 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,888 Two runs came in. That made it the Phillies 4-3 458 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,849 when the Knights had a nice 3-2 lead... 459 00:37:06,015 --> 00:37:08,685 and trying to get themselves out of this terrible losing streak. 460 00:37:08,852 --> 00:37:12,063 Macbride's gonna look in again at Hobbs right now. 461 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,023 He's gonna check Bivens at first base. 462 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,859 Baker leading off of second base. 463 00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:17,986 - And here comes the pitch. - Strike one! 464 00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:20,739 Fastball, inside corner, strike one. 465 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:24,200 Hobbs didn't like the call. Welcome to the Majors, Mr Hobbs. 466 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:28,037 Macbride gave him a good, strong fastball on the inside corner. 467 00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:23,343 Let me see the ball. 468 00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:30,099 - Not all that junk, the ball! - That junk is the ball. 469 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,894 - That's a ball? - Jesus, he shot it to pieces! 470 00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:34,938 That's no ball! We want a real ball! 471 00:38:52,455 --> 00:38:54,541 Pop, was that for real, that cover coming off? 472 00:38:54,702 --> 00:38:57,539 - Well, you were there. You saw it. - Yeah, I know. 473 00:38:57,639 --> 00:39:00,076 Hey, Hobbs, how do you explain that cover coming off that ball? 474 00:39:00,176 --> 00:39:01,845 I hit it as hard as I could. 475 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:04,050 Is it true he just walked in off the street one day? 476 00:39:04,217 --> 00:39:05,760 Can we see the bat Hobbs used? 477 00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:07,387 That's the way to grease them. 478 00:39:07,554 --> 00:39:08,596 Ain't no mystery. 479 00:39:08,763 --> 00:39:10,765 Pop, give us a break! Where'd you find him? 480 00:39:10,932 --> 00:39:13,518 The scouts found him. They're always looking for young players. 481 00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:16,729 Young? He doesn't look too young to me, Pop. Is he 35, 36? 482 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:18,022 That's young to me. 483 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:20,358 Come on, where in the hell did you find him? 484 00:39:21,020 --> 00:39:24,566 As my chief scout, Mr Carson, I'm relying on your honour. 485 00:39:24,666 --> 00:39:26,686 I'm doing what you asked me to do. 486 00:39:26,786 --> 00:39:29,247 Hobbs is an absolute joke, a nobody from nowhere. 487 00:39:29,409 --> 00:39:32,120 Yes, that's just what concerns me, Mr Carson. 488 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:36,082 It's about time we found out just who he is and where he's from. 489 00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:37,584 Good day. 490 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:49,762 ♪ ...and when I'm taking trips to her tasty lips ♪ 491 00:39:51,218 --> 00:39:53,218 Nice bat. 492 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:55,143 You like it? 493 00:39:56,936 --> 00:40:00,523 Do you think I'll be able to make one of those bats? 494 00:40:03,151 --> 00:40:04,694 Tell you what. 495 00:40:05,077 --> 00:40:06,679 Why don't you go down to the lumberyard, 496 00:40:06,779 --> 00:40:09,741 pick yourself out a really good piece of wood 497 00:40:10,491 --> 00:40:13,620 - and we'll work on it together. - All right. Thanks. 498 00:40:14,454 --> 00:40:16,497 - See you. - See you. 499 00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:34,807 Hey, Hobbs, Hobbs. 500 00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:37,727 I'm Max Mercy. I met you in the locker room with Bump. 501 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:40,146 - Yeah. - Interesting way you mistreat a baseball. 502 00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:43,858 Can I buy you a beer? 503 00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:46,486 - No, thanks, I'm in a hurry. - I wanna ask you something. 504 00:40:47,987 --> 00:40:50,073 - Do I look familiar to you? - You? No. 505 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,533 Because you sure as hell look familiar to me. 506 00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:55,244 - Where you from, Hobbs? - Nowhere special. 507 00:40:55,411 --> 00:40:57,830 Wait a minute. You ever play in the Cardinal Organisation? 508 00:41:01,876 --> 00:41:06,589 Well, it'll come to me in a minute. I got a terrific Memory. 509 00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:08,883 See you around, Hobbs. 510 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:15,390 Okay, here we go. 511 00:41:16,224 --> 00:41:17,976 - Want me to do it? - It's your story. 512 00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:21,688 - Okay. Look out, step back. - Okay, here we go. 513 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:23,648 All right. 514 00:41:28,444 --> 00:41:29,988 Jeez! 515 00:41:32,407 --> 00:41:34,951 There's something a lot stronger than wood in his bat... 516 00:41:35,118 --> 00:41:37,203 And that's my column. 517 00:41:48,965 --> 00:41:50,008 Hi, Al. 518 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:53,052 - Hi, Iris. How was your weekend? - Oh, swell. 519 00:41:53,219 --> 00:41:54,595 What can I get you? 520 00:41:54,762 --> 00:41:56,389 One of those, cup of coffee. 521 00:41:56,556 --> 00:41:57,765 Okay. Help yourself. 522 00:41:57,932 --> 00:42:01,769 - Hey, Al, did you read Mercy's article? - Why should I read it? I heard it. 523 00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:04,731 Must've been the rain. Stitches probably got loose. 524 00:42:04,897 --> 00:42:07,567 Come on, it didn't start to rain till after he hit the ball. 525 00:42:07,734 --> 00:42:12,321 - The ball was defective. - "Defective." He made a meal out of it. 526 00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:14,949 - What's the name of his bat? - Wonderboy! 527 00:42:15,116 --> 00:42:16,242 "Wonderboy." 528 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:17,827 Wonderboy... 529 00:42:17,994 --> 00:42:21,748 Ah, you guys. You know, people are always running down amazing things. 530 00:42:21,914 --> 00:42:25,752 This guy Hobbs, you ain't seen nothing yet. I got a feeling about him. 531 00:42:25,918 --> 00:42:29,797 Wonderboy. You gotta be kidding! 532 00:42:29,964 --> 00:42:31,132 See you later, Al. 533 00:42:31,299 --> 00:42:33,342 Okay, Ralph. 534 00:42:46,022 --> 00:42:49,025 Our cameras turn to the world of sports. 535 00:42:49,192 --> 00:42:51,712 In response to sportswriter Max Mercy's accusation 536 00:42:51,861 --> 00:42:53,654 that Wonderboy was a loaded bat, 537 00:42:53,821 --> 00:42:55,907 Commissioner gates made this statement. 538 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:57,867 We measured and weighed the bat... 539 00:42:58,034 --> 00:43:00,536 and it is within league specifications. 540 00:43:00,703 --> 00:43:04,624 Therefore, the bat is legal and may be used in league play. 541 00:43:04,791 --> 00:43:06,751 Hold up the bat! 542 00:43:06,918 --> 00:43:10,296 "Wonderboy"! And, oh, what a bat it is! 543 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:12,882 I'm gonna level with you. 544 00:43:13,883 --> 00:43:18,096 My gut tells me, Red agrees with me. 545 00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:22,809 See, we figure Hobbs can replace you very neatly. 546 00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:25,019 So I'll tell you what. 547 00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:29,190 We're gonna give you one more chance to shape up. 548 00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:31,609 Otherwise, it's the bench. 549 00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:37,073 Starting today, you're gonna play your chops off. 550 00:43:58,094 --> 00:43:59,345 Okay, boys, who's got it? 551 00:44:05,935 --> 00:44:07,270 Lose something, Roy? 552 00:44:11,983 --> 00:44:13,401 Is this it? 553 00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:14,819 Wonderboy. 554 00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:17,446 I found it there in the laundry basket. Imagine that. 555 00:44:17,613 --> 00:44:19,574 I don't know how it got there. 556 00:44:24,704 --> 00:44:27,832 - You wanna give it here? - Sure. 557 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:36,591 Give it here. 558 00:44:39,010 --> 00:44:42,346 All right, you guys. Let's go, let's go. Let's get dressed. 559 00:44:42,513 --> 00:44:43,764 Can't take a joke? 560 00:44:43,931 --> 00:44:46,017 Hobbs, you gonna work out in street clothes today? 561 00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:51,189 Top of the seventh. Knights leading Boston, 6-3. 562 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,024 Bump Bailey's having a terrific afternoon. 563 00:44:53,191 --> 00:44:55,610 He's 2 for 2 and made a great catch off the right-field wall. 564 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:57,361 Bump Bailey at the top of his game. 565 00:44:57,737 --> 00:45:00,198 Looks like your little talk to Bump is paying off. 566 00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:02,617 I gotta believe you're right. 567 00:45:02,783 --> 00:45:04,663 Fowler has been strong today, very good control. 568 00:45:04,827 --> 00:45:06,954 Abel is taking a slight leadoff to second base... 569 00:45:07,121 --> 00:45:08,831 Fowler begins to try to move him back. 570 00:45:08,998 --> 00:45:11,626 Fastball, swung on. Long fly ball out there! 571 00:45:11,792 --> 00:45:14,587 Bailey going way, way back for it! This ball is hit real deep. 572 00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:18,883 Bailey looks up! He hits off the wall! The ball rolls free. 573 00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:21,636 Bailey went through the wall, folks. He went through the wall. 574 00:45:21,750 --> 00:45:23,830 There's no movement out there. I think Bailey's hurt. 575 00:45:23,930 --> 00:45:25,431 He's certainly down. 576 00:45:25,598 --> 00:45:27,767 Bailey looks like he's seriously hurt. 577 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,615 In a stirring ceremony at Knights Field... 578 00:45:42,782 --> 00:45:44,867 Star right-fielder Bump Bailey's ashes 579 00:45:45,034 --> 00:45:48,162 were dropped from a biplane as fans and ballplayers stood 580 00:45:48,537 --> 00:45:50,706 and paid their last respects. 581 00:45:50,873 --> 00:45:52,750 Bump Bailey died after crashing 582 00:45:52,917 --> 00:45:56,921 headfirst into the right-field wall in pursuit of a fly ball. 583 00:45:57,088 --> 00:46:00,174 A great catch that almost was. 584 00:46:00,341 --> 00:46:02,468 Rest in peace, Bump Bailey. 585 00:46:02,635 --> 00:46:05,388 Baseball will miss you. 586 00:46:07,682 --> 00:46:09,058 Play ball! 587 00:46:09,221 --> 00:46:11,056 Over 27,000 fans here 588 00:46:11,156 --> 00:46:12,842 as they pay their respects to Bump Bailey. 589 00:46:12,942 --> 00:46:14,944 Roy Hobbs stepping up to bat right now. 590 00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:17,817 Just the other day, Roy Hobbs knocked the cover off the ball. 591 00:46:17,959 --> 00:46:19,719 That's right, knocked the cover off the ball. 592 00:46:19,819 --> 00:46:21,988 So he certainly had an auspicious beginning. 593 00:46:22,154 --> 00:46:23,572 Hobbs hitting from the left side. 594 00:46:23,739 --> 00:46:25,992 Looking in right now, Hobbs in his stance. 595 00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:29,495 Here comes the pitch. He swings. Long fly ball! 596 00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:31,163 Way, way, way back! 597 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:36,210 Way up into the rafters there! An unbelievable hit from Roy Hobbs! 598 00:46:36,377 --> 00:46:37,712 Incredible power! 599 00:46:40,047 --> 00:46:41,924 As good a hit as I've seen all year. 600 00:46:42,091 --> 00:46:45,970 Hobbs rounds the bases. Roy Hobbs, 2 for 2. 601 00:46:46,554 --> 00:46:49,598 Maybe we can expect some good things from Roy Hobbs. 602 00:46:56,230 --> 00:46:58,482 You'd never seen Hobbs before you came here? 603 00:46:58,649 --> 00:47:02,445 No, I already told you that. What do you got on your mind? 604 00:47:04,155 --> 00:47:05,823 Strange. 605 00:47:09,251 --> 00:47:11,687 Roy, you were really throwing that lumber around out there today. 606 00:47:11,787 --> 00:47:14,415 Yeah, we broke a few windows, didn't we? 607 00:47:15,291 --> 00:47:18,627 Real good. You know, there's not a mark on it. Not a nick. 608 00:47:18,794 --> 00:47:21,297 I boned it so it wouldn't chip. 609 00:47:21,922 --> 00:47:23,007 You know what I like? 610 00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:26,761 I like this lightning bolt. 611 00:47:26,927 --> 00:47:30,514 When I was a kid, my father gave me his collection of squadron insignias. 612 00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:32,892 The kind flying aces used to wear. 613 00:47:33,059 --> 00:47:34,935 It reminds me of that. 614 00:47:35,311 --> 00:47:37,855 - Good night, fellas. - Nice game, guys. 615 00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:39,582 Wait up. You wanna get something to eat? 616 00:47:40,816 --> 00:47:42,318 Sure. 617 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,742 Hey, Olsen, nice patch. Try putting it over your eye. 618 00:47:50,826 --> 00:47:54,038 All right, I ain't talking, I'm hitting. 619 00:47:54,914 --> 00:47:56,290 Whoa! 620 00:47:57,083 --> 00:47:59,168 - Impressive. - It must be the patch. 621 00:47:59,335 --> 00:48:01,337 It's like Samson with his hair. 622 00:48:04,799 --> 00:48:06,092 He came alive. 623 00:48:06,258 --> 00:48:07,510 Well, he sure did. 624 00:48:07,676 --> 00:48:11,055 Seems to be a slight mistake. Olsen's hitting the ball. 625 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,682 I want one of those for myself. 626 00:48:13,849 --> 00:48:18,437 ♪ And the rocket's red glare 627 00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:23,526 ♪ The bombs bursting in air 628 00:48:23,692 --> 00:48:28,948 ♪ Gave proof through the night 629 00:48:29,115 --> 00:48:34,662 ♪ That our flag was still there 630 00:48:34,829 --> 00:48:41,502 ♪ Oh, say does that star-spangled 631 00:48:41,669 --> 00:48:48,843 ♪ Banner yet wave 632 00:48:49,009 --> 00:48:57,009 ♪ O'er the land of the free 633 00:48:58,686 --> 00:49:06,686 ♪ And the home of the brave? ♪ 634 00:49:54,325 --> 00:49:56,660 Hobbs' homer, goes into the 11th! 635 00:49:56,827 --> 00:49:59,413 Home runs, triples, singles... 636 00:49:59,580 --> 00:50:01,749 anything he wants to hit, he hits. 637 00:50:02,333 --> 00:50:04,084 I've never seen anything like it. 638 00:50:04,251 --> 00:50:05,920 It's incredible! 639 00:50:06,086 --> 00:50:08,297 Anything he wants to do, he does! 640 00:50:08,464 --> 00:50:12,301 I mean, how can somebody play that well that came from nowhere? 641 00:50:14,386 --> 00:50:17,515 New York Knights' powerhouse hitter Roy Hobbs, 642 00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:19,642 a shining example to his young fans. 643 00:50:19,808 --> 00:50:22,728 Though embarrassed by praise and shy of the press... 644 00:50:22,895 --> 00:50:25,564 Hobbs is always there for an autograph. 645 00:50:26,315 --> 00:50:28,484 Well, I'm sure gonna try real hard. 646 00:50:28,651 --> 00:50:30,861 Hey, Roy, what's it take to be a big leaguer? 647 00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:33,268 Well, you have to have a lot of little boy in you... 648 00:50:33,405 --> 00:50:35,324 so I think all you guys qualify pretty well. 649 00:50:35,950 --> 00:50:38,786 - What's your name? - Andrea. 650 00:50:39,328 --> 00:50:41,830 And with a few words of wisdom that, 651 00:50:41,997 --> 00:50:44,166 who knows, might alter the destiny 652 00:50:44,333 --> 00:50:46,669 of one of these fine young fans. 653 00:50:52,383 --> 00:50:53,968 "If I Had You." 654 00:50:57,471 --> 00:50:58,889 "Small Hotel." 655 00:51:05,938 --> 00:51:07,773 "Dear Old Girl." 656 00:51:09,525 --> 00:51:16,365 ♪ She speaks of how I love you 657 00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:20,995 ♪ Old girl ♪ 658 00:51:21,161 --> 00:51:24,707 I'd have bet money you wouldn't know that song! 659 00:51:28,544 --> 00:51:30,087 Hey, Roy, pitch it in! 660 00:51:30,254 --> 00:51:32,923 Come on, let me see what you got! Let me see what you got! 661 00:51:33,924 --> 00:51:36,927 - Aw, come on, one more. Just one more. - Throw him one, Roy. 662 00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:39,597 Come on, Roy, I wanna knock it into the stands! 663 00:51:39,763 --> 00:51:42,057 Come on, Roy, pitch it in! 664 00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:43,976 Bet you 10 bucks he can whiff you, molasses. 665 00:51:44,143 --> 00:51:45,686 You already owe me $10. 666 00:51:45,853 --> 00:51:47,893 - Double or nothing, then. - You're on, sweet knees. 667 00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:50,107 Come on, pitch it in, Roy! 668 00:51:50,274 --> 00:51:52,610 One more, Roy! Right into the stands! 669 00:51:52,776 --> 00:51:54,737 Left field, Roy. Right into the stands. 670 00:52:02,578 --> 00:52:04,705 Okay, Roy, barrel one down his main street now! 671 00:52:23,557 --> 00:52:25,517 - He really burnt that in there. - See that? 672 00:53:15,359 --> 00:53:16,527 Hey, Roy? 673 00:53:18,696 --> 00:53:21,073 - Yeah? - Roy, you wanna come in here a minute? 674 00:53:23,492 --> 00:53:24,785 What's up? 675 00:53:25,285 --> 00:53:26,787 Ask the Judge. 676 00:53:28,914 --> 00:53:29,998 The Judge? 677 00:53:30,165 --> 00:53:31,625 Yeah, he wants to see you. 678 00:53:34,837 --> 00:53:36,255 Maybe I should go with you. 679 00:53:38,090 --> 00:53:39,967 No, I can handle it. 680 00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:46,098 I hope so. 681 00:53:51,645 --> 00:53:53,230 - I'm Roy Hobbs. - Yes, Mr Hobbs. 682 00:53:53,397 --> 00:53:54,773 The Judge is expecting you. 683 00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:56,608 Go right in. 684 00:53:57,067 --> 00:53:58,610 Thank you. 685 00:54:03,031 --> 00:54:04,241 Mr Hobbs. 686 00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:06,994 Come in. Come in. 687 00:54:11,415 --> 00:54:13,125 We meet at last. 688 00:54:15,961 --> 00:54:17,421 This is a swell office. 689 00:54:18,130 --> 00:54:20,507 Mere creature comforts. 690 00:54:20,841 --> 00:54:23,510 Could use a little more light though. 691 00:54:28,223 --> 00:54:29,767 Where you from, Hobbs? 692 00:54:31,059 --> 00:54:34,104 All around, really. What about you? 693 00:54:35,397 --> 00:54:37,107 Please... 694 00:54:37,274 --> 00:54:40,152 Please pardon the absence of light. 695 00:54:40,652 --> 00:54:44,448 You see, as a youngster I was frightened of the dark 696 00:54:44,615 --> 00:54:48,160 and I used to wake up sobbing in it as if it was water 697 00:54:48,327 --> 00:54:49,828 and I was drowning in it. 698 00:54:50,871 --> 00:54:52,414 But, as you will observe, I have 699 00:54:52,581 --> 00:54:55,292 so thoroughly disciplined myself against that fear, 700 00:54:55,459 --> 00:54:58,962 that now I much prefer a dark room. 701 00:55:00,339 --> 00:55:03,592 The only thing I know about the dark is, you can't see in it. 702 00:55:05,219 --> 00:55:06,553 A pure canard. 703 00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:07,930 What's a canard? 704 00:55:09,223 --> 00:55:10,390 A prevarication. 705 00:55:10,766 --> 00:55:12,851 - What does that mean? - A lie. 706 00:55:14,436 --> 00:55:16,605 You can see, you know. 707 00:55:18,106 --> 00:55:19,358 Well, not good enough. 708 00:55:20,108 --> 00:55:22,110 You see me, don't you? 709 00:55:22,861 --> 00:55:24,238 Maybe I do, maybe I don't. 710 00:55:32,704 --> 00:55:36,333 I asked you here because I wanted to pay you my compliments 711 00:55:36,500 --> 00:55:39,586 for your performance in the field. 712 00:55:42,464 --> 00:55:43,632 It's been fun. 713 00:55:43,799 --> 00:55:47,010 Oh, you've made a great contribution. 714 00:55:47,511 --> 00:55:50,806 Stands have been constantly filled. 715 00:55:51,765 --> 00:55:54,017 Financial fortunes have been radically reversed 716 00:55:54,184 --> 00:55:55,769 since you joined the organisation. 717 00:55:56,478 --> 00:55:57,604 I hadn't noticed. 718 00:55:58,355 --> 00:56:01,191 You're not fascinated by the almighty dollar? 719 00:56:03,026 --> 00:56:04,570 I never gave it much thought. 720 00:56:06,238 --> 00:56:08,907 You're above such mundane thoughts, huh? 721 00:56:09,074 --> 00:56:10,617 I didn't say that. 722 00:56:10,784 --> 00:56:13,620 No, I'm as interested in a buck as anybody else. 723 00:56:13,787 --> 00:56:18,166 And I am not one to let good deeds go unrewarded. 724 00:56:18,333 --> 00:56:21,670 - Would a new contract interest you? - Yeah. 725 00:56:23,130 --> 00:56:24,214 For more money. 726 00:56:25,716 --> 00:56:27,968 You wanna pay me more money, that's up to you. 727 00:56:29,928 --> 00:56:33,348 I don't detect any gratitude on your part, Mr Hobbs. 728 00:56:34,057 --> 00:56:37,519 You know, I'm under no legal obligation to pay you one penny more. 729 00:56:39,313 --> 00:56:41,356 Either way, I play to win. 730 00:56:41,815 --> 00:56:44,568 A young man your age ought to be thinking about your future. 731 00:56:45,110 --> 00:56:47,362 Well, let me put it to you this way... 732 00:56:49,156 --> 00:56:52,534 there's no way I'm gonna let you steal this club from Pop. 733 00:56:53,739 --> 00:56:55,782 The fact is, Pop Fisher is a jinxed man. 734 00:56:55,882 --> 00:56:58,569 And not you, nor all the Roy Hobbses in the world are gonna change that. 735 00:56:58,669 --> 00:57:02,757 - Well, it'll be a team effort. - You're a very impudent man, Mr Hobbs. 736 00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:05,005 The interview is ended. 737 00:57:13,013 --> 00:57:16,892 You come back here and turn off that infernal light! 738 00:57:22,981 --> 00:57:24,816 He's not as greedy as Bump. 739 00:57:25,734 --> 00:57:28,695 He'll be hard to work with, but we'll get him. 740 00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:41,416 How'd it go up there, kiddo? 741 00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:42,960 What are you doing here, Mercy? 742 00:57:43,126 --> 00:57:45,504 Why don't you stay home in bed and quit tailing me around? 743 00:57:45,671 --> 00:57:48,840 You really are a riddle, aren't you? What are you trying to hide anyway? 744 00:57:49,007 --> 00:57:52,010 - I ain't hiding a thing. - Well, who says you are? 745 00:57:52,177 --> 00:57:57,849 You know, old Sam Simpson died before he could give me the lowdown on you. 746 00:57:58,016 --> 00:58:01,353 But I want you to look at this. 747 00:58:01,979 --> 00:58:04,856 What you have in your hand there is a great story, but I want it all. 748 00:58:05,023 --> 00:58:07,985 A Max Mercy exclusive. 749 00:58:08,314 --> 00:58:10,775 I wouldn't want the public to get the wrong idea about you. 750 00:58:10,875 --> 00:58:12,769 There are a lot of stories floating around about you. 751 00:58:12,869 --> 00:58:15,414 One says that you used to play for another major-league team. 752 00:58:15,909 --> 00:58:18,578 One says you used to be an acrobat in the circus. 753 00:58:18,745 --> 00:58:21,790 There's even a crazy story that said you killed someone. 754 00:58:23,583 --> 00:58:25,585 Let them believe what they wanna believe. 755 00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:29,589 My paper will guarantee you 5 grand, cash, for your story. 756 00:58:30,090 --> 00:58:35,303 It'll give your fans something to keep up their goodwill in you. Okay? 757 00:58:35,887 --> 00:58:38,682 Once you get to know me better, you're gonna like me. 758 00:58:56,408 --> 00:58:57,868 Are you bored, doll? 759 00:58:58,035 --> 00:58:59,202 Come here. 760 00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:01,830 Do you know what you need? 761 00:59:02,456 --> 00:59:05,625 You need a place like this. 762 00:59:05,788 --> 00:59:09,125 - Somewhere out there, Gus. - Out there? No, not out there. 763 00:59:09,225 --> 00:59:11,286 Looker like you out there, you'll get into all kinds of trouble. 764 00:59:11,386 --> 00:59:13,847 I've seen it happen any number of times. 765 00:59:14,009 --> 00:59:15,677 What I need is protection. 766 00:59:15,844 --> 00:59:18,221 Twenty-four hours a day. 767 00:59:20,057 --> 00:59:23,143 The world's lousy without money, isn't it, pal? 768 00:59:23,310 --> 00:59:24,895 - Yep. - Yep. 769 00:59:25,062 --> 00:59:29,441 In my business, the secret is knowing what's going to happen before it happens. 770 00:59:29,608 --> 00:59:31,443 Do you understand? 771 00:59:32,819 --> 00:59:36,698 You miss Bump, Sugar? 772 00:59:37,115 --> 00:59:38,950 No. Do you? 773 00:59:40,285 --> 00:59:43,371 Well, I miss anybody who can be had. 774 00:59:44,122 --> 00:59:47,125 And it's yokels like Bump... 775 00:59:48,001 --> 00:59:50,504 That make all of this possible. 776 00:59:50,670 --> 00:59:52,881 I know. It's so peaceful here. 777 00:59:53,048 --> 00:59:55,467 You have any ideas? 778 00:59:58,053 --> 01:00:02,599 Well, I bought the most gorgeous pair of silk pyjamas today. 779 01:00:04,101 --> 01:00:06,269 Would you like to see them? 780 01:00:06,812 --> 01:00:08,897 Yes, I would. 781 01:00:14,945 --> 01:00:16,780 Hi, kid. How you doing? How are you? 782 01:00:16,947 --> 01:00:18,615 Nice to see you. 783 01:00:19,324 --> 01:00:22,536 Now, we're gonna meet a guy named Gus Sands, all right? 784 01:00:22,702 --> 01:00:23,745 Who's he? 785 01:00:23,912 --> 01:00:26,748 You gotta be kidding. He's only a $10 million-a-year bookie. 786 01:00:26,915 --> 01:00:29,000 - You never heard of him? - Uh-uh. No. 787 01:00:29,167 --> 01:00:31,503 Awfully nice guy. Awfully nice. 788 01:00:32,254 --> 01:00:35,132 Like that? They don't have bands like that in Nebraska, do they? 789 01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:37,858 That's not where I'm from, but they don't have them there either. 790 01:00:44,266 --> 01:00:47,227 Gus? You know... Here. You know Roy Hobbs. 791 01:00:47,394 --> 01:00:49,729 Oh, yeah, sure. I know all about Roy Hobbs. 792 01:00:49,896 --> 01:00:51,731 Everybody here know everybody? 793 01:00:51,898 --> 01:00:53,817 Sit down. Sit down. 794 01:00:54,734 --> 01:00:57,362 - Have a drink, slugger? - No, thanks. 795 01:00:57,529 --> 01:00:59,281 Strictly a Wheaties man, right? 796 01:00:59,447 --> 01:01:01,366 Well, the eyes. 797 01:01:01,992 --> 01:01:04,035 - Gotta keep them clear. - Ah, yes, yes. 798 01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:05,704 So how'd it go today, slugger? 799 01:01:05,871 --> 01:01:07,539 Well, he did better than we did. 800 01:01:07,706 --> 01:01:11,376 He got, what, 5 out of 5 in the first and 3 for 4 in the second. 801 01:01:11,543 --> 01:01:13,837 Oh, what do you know? That's gonna cost me a pretty penny. 802 01:01:14,296 --> 01:01:16,673 - Oh, how's that? - Well, I bet against you today. 803 01:01:17,591 --> 01:01:20,302 - You bet against the Knights? - No, no, no. Just against you, kid. 804 01:01:21,887 --> 01:01:24,139 I didn't know you could bet against just one player. 805 01:01:24,306 --> 01:01:26,641 Oh, you can bet against anybody, anything. 806 01:01:26,808 --> 01:01:30,604 Strikes, balls, hits, runs, errors. Anything, take your pick. 807 01:01:31,062 --> 01:01:35,609 I once bet $100,000 on three pitched balls. 808 01:01:36,109 --> 01:01:37,152 How'd you make out? 809 01:01:40,864 --> 01:01:44,159 But the next week, I ruined the guy with a different deal. 810 01:01:44,868 --> 01:01:47,787 Ah, sometimes you win, sometimes you don't. 811 01:01:47,954 --> 01:01:50,665 I lost with you today... 812 01:01:50,832 --> 01:01:53,501 but some other time, I'll clean up double. 813 01:01:53,877 --> 01:01:55,003 How are you gonna do that? 814 01:01:55,962 --> 01:01:57,756 When you're not batting so good. 815 01:01:58,465 --> 01:02:00,300 Well, how will you know when to bet on that? 816 01:02:00,967 --> 01:02:03,887 The magic eye. It sees all. 817 01:02:04,054 --> 01:02:06,514 Gus, why don't you show him how it works? Go on. 818 01:02:06,681 --> 01:02:09,517 Yeah, sure. Why not? 819 01:02:10,268 --> 01:02:14,981 I'll bet that I can tell, within a buck either way, 820 01:02:15,148 --> 01:02:17,400 how much money you've got in your pocket right now. 821 01:02:20,195 --> 01:02:21,488 I'll take that chance. 822 01:02:22,030 --> 01:02:23,323 For a thousand dollars? 823 01:02:25,158 --> 01:02:27,786 Better make it a hundred. You know the Judge. 824 01:02:27,953 --> 01:02:30,163 A hundred it is. 825 01:02:42,801 --> 01:02:45,220 You got 10 bucks. 826 01:02:54,896 --> 01:02:57,023 - What is it? - Eight dollars. 827 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,483 You lose. 828 01:02:59,651 --> 01:03:01,069 And the silver? 829 01:03:04,364 --> 01:03:05,907 The silver. 830 01:03:10,412 --> 01:03:12,247 A dollar, what, 37? 831 01:03:14,582 --> 01:03:16,543 Never misses. Right, Sugar? 832 01:03:16,710 --> 01:03:18,962 Just a lucky guy, Gus. 833 01:03:19,129 --> 01:03:21,423 That's pretty good. I owe you 100. 834 01:03:21,589 --> 01:03:23,550 Ah, forget it. Forget it. 835 01:03:23,717 --> 01:03:26,720 Someday you'll maybe do me a favour? 836 01:03:28,430 --> 01:03:29,597 Don't bet on it. 837 01:03:33,476 --> 01:03:35,061 Excuse me. 838 01:03:41,359 --> 01:03:42,402 What? 839 01:03:45,905 --> 01:03:47,365 I think you overlooked these, Gus. 840 01:03:49,451 --> 01:03:50,702 We call it even? 841 01:03:54,581 --> 01:03:55,957 Would you like to dance? 842 01:04:00,837 --> 01:04:02,547 What do you know about this guy, Max? 843 01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:05,675 Not much. Not very much. 844 01:04:07,218 --> 01:04:10,722 But I got a questionnaire out in a thousand papers all over the west. 845 01:04:10,889 --> 01:04:12,557 Somebody's gotta claim him, right? 846 01:04:12,724 --> 01:04:14,142 Right. 847 01:04:14,893 --> 01:04:17,937 - So are you interested? - Yeah, I could be, Max. Could be. 848 01:04:18,104 --> 01:04:21,149 I can't pay enough for good information these days. 849 01:04:22,233 --> 01:04:24,027 Thank you. 850 01:04:24,402 --> 01:04:27,530 It's nice to know my hair is full of silver. 851 01:04:28,698 --> 01:04:30,825 Can you read my mind too? 852 01:04:30,992 --> 01:04:33,328 No. I'm not good at that. 853 01:04:33,828 --> 01:04:36,289 You don't mind if I just look? 854 01:04:37,457 --> 01:04:39,667 Isn't that what you've been doing? 855 01:04:39,834 --> 01:04:41,669 So far. 856 01:04:43,505 --> 01:04:45,465 So far it's fun. 857 01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:49,135 Does it get better in private? 858 01:04:52,472 --> 01:04:54,391 I have a car. 859 01:04:54,974 --> 01:04:56,935 What about Gus? 860 01:04:58,561 --> 01:05:01,106 I'll tell him you made me disappear. 861 01:05:13,076 --> 01:05:16,162 My father walked out on us when I was a little girl. 862 01:05:18,039 --> 01:05:21,251 I don't really remember being happy till I was about 18 or 19. 863 01:05:21,418 --> 01:05:23,044 Then what happened? 864 01:05:23,628 --> 01:05:25,463 Then I won a beauty contest. 865 01:05:26,297 --> 01:05:27,674 How could you lose? 866 01:05:31,803 --> 01:05:35,557 You know, it's strange, I don't know what it is, 867 01:05:35,974 --> 01:05:38,768 but ever since the hotel, I feel like... 868 01:05:38,935 --> 01:05:41,229 I feel like we've met before. 869 01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:50,613 Anyway, they sent me off to Hollywood to become a starlet. 870 01:05:51,448 --> 01:05:53,908 I went to acting school 871 01:05:54,075 --> 01:05:55,952 and I was good. 872 01:05:57,996 --> 01:06:00,373 No, I really was good. 873 01:06:02,041 --> 01:06:03,918 See, I could make myself... 874 01:06:04,085 --> 01:06:07,755 like in my thoughts, I could make myself into anybody I wanted to be. 875 01:06:10,550 --> 01:06:15,263 Like, almost like... like I had past lives. 876 01:06:23,563 --> 01:06:27,692 Well, after all that, I came east to visit Pop. 877 01:06:27,859 --> 01:06:30,528 Met Bump and decided to stay. 878 01:06:31,905 --> 01:06:33,656 It's too bad about Bump. 879 01:06:35,624 --> 01:06:37,435 Yeah, but you never knew what he was gonna do, 880 01:06:37,535 --> 01:06:39,662 on or off the field. 881 01:06:40,371 --> 01:06:44,209 So, what about you? So now it's your turn to tell. 882 01:06:44,709 --> 01:06:47,795 Me? I got nothing to tell. 883 01:06:48,505 --> 01:06:50,423 Come on. I have no secrets. 884 01:06:50,590 --> 01:06:52,634 Maybe. But I do. 885 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:57,847 Maybe we all do. 886 01:07:00,475 --> 01:07:02,185 Better that way. 887 01:07:03,353 --> 01:07:05,563 Do you like being famous? 888 01:07:05,730 --> 01:07:08,983 Maybe. Ask me in five years. 889 01:07:09,150 --> 01:07:13,196 Yeah, but in five years, question will be, do you like being rich? 890 01:07:13,363 --> 01:07:16,157 Well, that's a lot of maybes. 891 01:07:16,324 --> 01:07:17,992 What about magic? 892 01:07:18,159 --> 01:07:20,161 Where'd you learn magic? 893 01:07:20,328 --> 01:07:23,915 Oh, I just picked it up around, through the years, like a lot of things. 894 01:07:25,583 --> 01:07:27,168 Like what? 895 01:07:27,335 --> 01:07:28,920 Baseball. 896 01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:32,298 "Baseball." Max was right. 897 01:07:32,465 --> 01:07:35,176 You're just a mystery. I mean, I don't know... 898 01:07:35,343 --> 01:07:39,264 Max. He's just after a story. 899 01:07:39,430 --> 01:07:42,016 What about Gus? He's quite a character. 900 01:07:43,810 --> 01:07:46,062 Well, Bump introduced us. 901 01:07:48,273 --> 01:07:50,817 He picked me up when I was down. 902 01:07:52,235 --> 01:07:54,112 He's a friend. 903 01:07:56,447 --> 01:07:59,117 He has a penthouse on Central Park West. 904 01:08:01,995 --> 01:08:03,871 You should see it. 905 01:08:06,708 --> 01:08:09,961 I'm not waiting for true love to come along, Roy. 906 01:08:10,753 --> 01:08:12,755 I never have. 907 01:08:14,424 --> 01:08:16,301 I've known a million guys. 908 01:08:17,635 --> 01:08:18,761 Bump was swell. 909 01:08:18,928 --> 01:08:21,598 He was real swell, but typical. 910 01:08:23,099 --> 01:08:25,059 You're not like him... 911 01:08:25,476 --> 01:08:26,936 or anyone else. 912 01:08:30,898 --> 01:08:32,442 Gus gives me things. 913 01:08:35,570 --> 01:08:37,989 Things I've never had in my life. 914 01:08:40,325 --> 01:08:42,493 Anything wrong with that? 915 01:08:43,077 --> 01:08:45,246 Not if you understand the risks. 916 01:08:49,876 --> 01:08:52,712 There are always risks. 917 01:09:10,855 --> 01:09:12,565 Touch me. 918 01:09:47,975 --> 01:09:50,061 Three-twelve, please. 919 01:09:57,985 --> 01:09:59,654 See you later. 920 01:10:03,324 --> 01:10:05,493 - You know what time it is? - Yeah. 921 01:10:05,660 --> 01:10:08,579 I could fine you. And I would too, if you were making any money. 922 01:10:08,746 --> 01:10:10,039 Wait till next year. 923 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:14,377 There might not be a next year for you, you keep pulling stunts like this. 924 01:10:14,544 --> 01:10:16,462 How long you been seeing her anyway? 925 01:10:16,629 --> 01:10:18,464 Since tonight. 926 01:10:18,631 --> 01:10:20,800 Well, I'd better tell you something. 927 01:10:21,426 --> 01:10:22,802 You're a full-grown man. 928 01:10:22,969 --> 01:10:25,805 What you do with your personal time is your own business. 929 01:10:25,972 --> 01:10:28,558 But I got it in the back of my mind, that girl's bad luck. 930 01:10:29,267 --> 01:10:32,311 - Well, you're a swell uncle. - Got nothing to do with it. 931 01:10:32,478 --> 01:10:34,105 I love her. 932 01:10:34,731 --> 01:10:38,609 But I believe that bad luck has a way of rubbing itself off on other people. 933 01:10:38,776 --> 01:10:40,111 Pop, don't worry about me. 934 01:10:40,278 --> 01:10:41,320 Well, I am. 935 01:10:41,487 --> 01:10:43,281 See, I'm just considering you. 936 01:10:43,448 --> 01:10:44,991 I'll consider me. 937 01:10:51,205 --> 01:10:53,332 Strike three! 938 01:11:09,474 --> 01:11:10,641 Where were you? 939 01:11:11,350 --> 01:11:12,935 Oh, I was with Gus. 940 01:11:15,605 --> 01:11:18,483 He thought something happened to me last night. 941 01:11:19,468 --> 01:11:20,968 It did. 942 01:11:39,253 --> 01:11:41,130 Strike three! 943 01:11:41,714 --> 01:11:44,759 - Are you all right? - Yeah, we'll get them next time. 944 01:11:47,136 --> 01:11:49,138 Haven't you been paying attention? 945 01:11:50,139 --> 01:11:51,182 Strike three! 946 01:11:59,774 --> 01:12:01,400 You miss me? 947 01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:06,989 Strike! 948 01:12:25,341 --> 01:12:26,717 What? 949 01:12:28,386 --> 01:12:29,846 Are you... Are you all right? 950 01:12:30,012 --> 01:12:31,597 Oh, yeah. 951 01:12:31,764 --> 01:12:33,224 It's all right. 952 01:12:33,391 --> 01:12:34,517 Sorry, I... 953 01:12:34,684 --> 01:12:36,143 - It's all right. - I just... 954 01:12:37,186 --> 01:12:38,729 I just touched you right here. 955 01:12:39,355 --> 01:12:40,523 It's okay. 956 01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:47,962 What are you doing, calling that man out? 957 01:12:48,114 --> 01:12:49,282 Because he was out! 958 01:12:49,448 --> 01:12:51,576 Do you need eyeglasses? 959 01:12:55,872 --> 01:12:59,208 The team bus is now at the 34th Street entrance. 960 01:12:59,375 --> 01:13:01,878 Bus is at the 34th Street entrance. 961 01:13:03,296 --> 01:13:05,006 Let's go. 962 01:13:11,345 --> 01:13:14,432 - Straighten that good-looking tie. - Okay. 963 01:13:21,063 --> 01:13:23,691 - Hey. How you doing? - What? 964 01:13:23,858 --> 01:13:26,277 Well, okay. 965 01:14:01,270 --> 01:14:02,396 Iris. 966 01:14:52,405 --> 01:14:53,781 It's all yours, sir. 967 01:14:53,948 --> 01:14:56,283 I was just finishing up. 968 01:15:18,681 --> 01:15:19,890 Cub programme! 969 01:15:20,057 --> 01:15:23,394 Get your Cubs programme here! Ten cents. 970 01:15:23,561 --> 01:15:26,564 Get your official Cubs program here! Ten cents. 971 01:15:32,153 --> 01:15:34,071 Peanuts! Five cents. 972 01:15:34,947 --> 01:15:38,993 Now batting for New York, number nine, Roy Hobbs. 973 01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:41,162 Hobbs coming to bat right now. 974 01:15:41,328 --> 01:15:42,913 Hobbs has a terrible batting score. 975 01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:46,250 He just can't seem to get himself on track at all. 976 01:15:49,128 --> 01:15:52,048 Hobbs, trying to get something started. 977 01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:54,091 And here comes the pitch. 978 01:15:54,258 --> 01:15:55,801 Strike! 979 01:15:56,177 --> 01:15:58,304 Strike the burn out! 980 01:15:58,471 --> 01:16:00,222 Strike two! 981 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:02,433 Lazy pitch there. Strike three! 982 01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:04,852 Hobbs goes down. Three pitches, three strikes. 983 01:16:05,019 --> 01:16:06,771 You're a bum! 984 01:16:08,105 --> 01:16:09,982 Maybe you ought to try another bat. 985 01:16:10,149 --> 01:16:12,026 Whatever's wrong isn't the bat. 986 01:16:17,455 --> 01:16:19,350 Sixth inning, Knights lead the Cubs 2-1. 987 01:16:19,450 --> 01:16:22,203 Fowler stepping up to bat right now. Short ball, a hit! 988 01:16:22,334 --> 01:16:23,814 That's gonna be out into right field. 989 01:16:23,914 --> 01:16:26,393 Hobbs is gonna dig it out. He'll fire the ball into third base. 990 01:16:26,493 --> 01:16:28,203 Down, down, down! 991 01:16:28,334 --> 01:16:30,419 Safe at third base! 992 01:16:31,796 --> 01:16:35,257 At the end of the sixth, it's all tied up, 3-3. 993 01:16:36,258 --> 01:16:38,302 Top of the ninth inning, Cubs leading by one run. 994 01:16:38,465 --> 01:16:40,759 Bivens at the plate. He swings. Fly ball. 995 01:16:40,859 --> 01:16:42,753 Hit to Camaretti, who's having problems with the sun. 996 01:16:42,853 --> 01:16:45,064 And he bobbles the ball! Bivens heads to second base. 997 01:16:45,226 --> 01:16:48,896 Here comes the throw! Bivens is gonna take it standing up. 998 01:16:59,365 --> 01:17:00,866 Safe! 999 01:17:01,534 --> 01:17:04,370 Now batting for New York, number 18... 1000 01:17:04,537 --> 01:17:06,038 John Olsen. 1001 01:17:33,566 --> 01:17:35,568 Safe! 1002 01:17:35,734 --> 01:17:40,156 Now batting for New York, number nine, Roy Hobbs. 1003 01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:46,829 Hobbs just can't get himself on track. He's 0 for 2 today. 1004 01:17:46,996 --> 01:17:48,998 Stepping up right now, he gets the signal. 1005 01:17:49,165 --> 01:17:52,459 Bivens is at third base, 3 to 3. 1006 01:17:52,626 --> 01:17:54,044 Strike one! 1007 01:17:55,087 --> 01:17:57,339 Pop Fisher's not happy. Here comes the pitch again. 1008 01:17:57,965 --> 01:18:00,551 - Swings and... - Strike two! 1009 01:18:02,803 --> 01:18:06,891 He just can't get himself set. He hasn't had the concentration. 1010 01:18:08,225 --> 01:18:09,768 Sit down! 1011 01:18:09,935 --> 01:18:12,980 - Hey, sit down! - Sit down! 1012 01:19:01,487 --> 01:19:04,365 Folks, I'm telling you, I've seen some power before, 1013 01:19:04,531 --> 01:19:06,992 but certainly Hobbs... 1014 01:19:08,077 --> 01:19:09,828 - Over here! - Where you going? 1015 01:19:09,995 --> 01:19:12,748 You ever hit one that far before? 1016 01:19:17,670 --> 01:19:19,463 Hobbs, turn around, will you? 1017 01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:21,257 What's he looking at? 1018 01:19:21,423 --> 01:19:23,634 - One more. - Hobbs, over here. 1019 01:19:26,303 --> 01:19:28,138 Hobbs. Come on. 1020 01:19:30,349 --> 01:19:32,268 This is for you. 1021 01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:35,479 Nice lady. 1022 01:20:27,197 --> 01:20:28,407 Are you married? 1023 01:20:29,575 --> 01:20:31,869 Hi, folks. What can I get you? 1024 01:20:32,036 --> 01:20:34,496 Ai. I'd like you to meet Roy Hobbs. 1025 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:35,831 - Are you kidding? - Hi, al. 1026 01:20:35,998 --> 01:20:39,543 What do you think I ran over here for? We got Jiffy service? The pleasure's mine. 1027 01:20:39,710 --> 01:20:41,086 He's a great fan of yours. 1028 01:20:41,253 --> 01:20:43,380 - What can I get you? - You got any lemonade? 1029 01:20:43,547 --> 01:20:45,049 Sure have. 1030 01:20:45,215 --> 01:20:48,427 - I'd like the same too, please. - Two lemonades, coming up. 1031 01:20:49,970 --> 01:20:52,890 No, not married. 1032 01:20:53,891 --> 01:20:55,059 Are you? 1033 01:20:59,229 --> 01:21:02,149 Hard to believe someone with your looks would be on the loose so long. 1034 01:21:02,316 --> 01:21:03,942 Well... 1035 01:21:04,943 --> 01:21:06,278 I don't get lonely. 1036 01:21:11,241 --> 01:21:13,786 How is it the girls missed you? 1037 01:21:14,203 --> 01:21:18,290 I didn't see any point in settling down. 1038 01:21:19,625 --> 01:21:21,668 Two lemonades. 1039 01:21:21,835 --> 01:21:23,045 Oh, boy. 1040 01:21:23,212 --> 01:21:25,172 Ain't she a peach? 1041 01:21:26,673 --> 01:21:28,342 I come here a lot. 1042 01:21:31,470 --> 01:21:32,721 You go to many games? 1043 01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:38,394 So why did you come? 1044 01:21:39,186 --> 01:21:40,479 Maybe I shouldn't have. 1045 01:21:41,146 --> 01:21:42,564 No, I'm glad you did. 1046 01:21:43,065 --> 01:21:44,817 Well, I don't know. 1047 01:21:44,983 --> 01:21:46,735 We're not kids anymore. 1048 01:21:46,902 --> 01:21:48,612 Things are never the same. 1049 01:21:51,031 --> 01:21:52,324 Am I different? 1050 01:21:53,992 --> 01:21:55,536 Am I? 1051 01:22:08,715 --> 01:22:12,010 I thought I saw you once in a train station here. 1052 01:22:17,850 --> 01:22:20,644 I used to look for you in crowds... 1053 01:22:21,019 --> 01:22:24,314 thinking someday maybe you'd be there. 1054 01:22:25,983 --> 01:22:28,402 Somewhere I stopped. 1055 01:22:34,783 --> 01:22:37,202 What happened to you, Roy? 1056 01:22:51,633 --> 01:22:54,553 My life didn't turn out the way I expected. 1057 01:23:00,267 --> 01:23:01,310 Well... 1058 01:23:01,477 --> 01:23:03,770 - What is it? - Well, I've gotta go. 1059 01:23:03,937 --> 01:23:05,022 How come? 1060 01:23:05,189 --> 01:23:07,274 I've just got to. 1061 01:23:10,986 --> 01:23:13,155 I'd like you to come to the game tomorrow. 1062 01:23:13,322 --> 01:23:16,283 I can't. I... I came today. 1063 01:23:16,700 --> 01:23:17,993 I see. You work? 1064 01:23:22,289 --> 01:23:23,332 Come. 1065 01:23:44,937 --> 01:23:47,356 - Hello. - Surprise! 1066 01:23:47,523 --> 01:23:49,316 It's me, Memo. 1067 01:23:49,947 --> 01:23:51,147 Hi. 1068 01:23:51,777 --> 01:23:53,195 Where are you? 1069 01:23:53,362 --> 01:23:55,239 I'm here in my room... 1070 01:23:55,405 --> 01:23:59,785 sitting in a white slip, thinking of you. 1071 01:24:00,953 --> 01:24:03,205 Hey, I miss you. 1072 01:24:03,372 --> 01:24:05,290 I miss you too. 1073 01:24:06,333 --> 01:24:07,834 Did you hear? We won today. 1074 01:24:08,460 --> 01:24:11,255 Yeah, I did. I heard it on the radio. 1075 01:24:13,590 --> 01:24:14,675 Congratulations. 1076 01:24:15,669 --> 01:24:16,869 Thanks. 1077 01:24:18,262 --> 01:24:20,597 But you better get some rest. 1078 01:24:21,223 --> 01:24:22,683 You'll need it. 1079 01:24:23,600 --> 01:24:26,228 - Good night. - Good night, Roy. 1080 01:24:32,359 --> 01:24:34,695 And I love you too. 1081 01:24:37,531 --> 01:24:39,032 Oh, that was cute. 1082 01:24:39,616 --> 01:24:41,743 Smooth enough? 1083 01:24:44,079 --> 01:24:46,873 You are in control, aren't you, pal? 1084 01:24:48,500 --> 01:24:50,377 Sure, Gus. 1085 01:24:51,545 --> 01:24:53,005 Sure. 1086 01:24:54,381 --> 01:24:57,092 Hobbs at bat. He shattered the clock yesterday. 1087 01:24:57,259 --> 01:25:00,846 Hobbs swings! That's gone! Bottom of the third inning. Hobbs looking in. 1088 01:25:01,013 --> 01:25:04,641 He swings! There's no doubt about that one! Goodbye, Mr Spalding! 1089 01:25:04,808 --> 01:25:07,144 Nine to three. Bottom of the sixth. Hobbs sets himself. 1090 01:25:07,307 --> 01:25:10,893 He swings! There it goes! Oh, my! 1091 01:25:10,993 --> 01:25:13,180 Ninth inning. Hobbs has been a one-man wrecking crew today. 1092 01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:15,782 Here's the pitch. He swings! I don't believe it! 1093 01:25:15,944 --> 01:25:19,865 Four in a row! What a day for Hobbs! 1094 01:25:29,458 --> 01:25:31,585 I just wanted to... 1095 01:25:31,918 --> 01:25:33,795 I'm glad you came. 1096 01:25:37,424 --> 01:25:39,509 Just think what I would've missed. 1097 01:25:39,676 --> 01:25:41,511 That was just luck. 1098 01:25:41,678 --> 01:25:43,472 I know better. 1099 01:25:45,974 --> 01:25:47,768 Wait. Are you going? 1100 01:25:48,977 --> 01:25:51,647 Can we... 1101 01:25:53,148 --> 01:25:54,983 Walk a bit? 1102 01:25:56,401 --> 01:25:57,986 All right. 1103 01:26:03,241 --> 01:26:06,078 I met a woman on a train to Chicago, 1104 01:26:06,453 --> 01:26:09,665 and it was a mistake. 1105 01:26:09,831 --> 01:26:12,459 - Do you mean when you first left? - Yeah. 1106 01:26:12,626 --> 01:26:15,253 And I guess that was the beginning of a lot of mistakes... 1107 01:26:21,009 --> 01:26:23,804 I was in the hospital for a couple of years. 1108 01:26:25,013 --> 01:26:28,600 Finally I got out, and they told me I couldn't play ball. 1109 01:26:31,978 --> 01:26:35,148 I didn't have any money, and jobs were hard to come by. 1110 01:26:35,315 --> 01:26:37,025 I lost my confidence. 1111 01:26:37,192 --> 01:26:39,319 Then there was just no going back. 1112 01:26:39,486 --> 01:26:41,613 Were you in Chicago the whole time? 1113 01:26:41,780 --> 01:26:44,074 No, I was sent to Baltimore. 1114 01:26:44,241 --> 01:26:46,159 I was there the longest. 1115 01:26:46,326 --> 01:26:48,870 And how long have you been in Chicago? 1116 01:26:49,037 --> 01:26:52,666 Well, I guess now it's about 10 years. 1117 01:27:04,886 --> 01:27:07,305 - Would you like coffee? - No, thank you. I don't have time. 1118 01:27:07,472 --> 01:27:09,224 - You sure? - No. I don't wanna put you out. 1119 01:27:09,387 --> 01:27:11,681 It's not putting me out at all. I'll just brew it up. 1120 01:27:11,781 --> 01:27:13,425 - Nice cup of coffee? - No, that's all right. 1121 01:27:13,525 --> 01:27:15,360 Just something simple, if you have iced tea? 1122 01:27:15,522 --> 01:27:18,400 Iced tea. I don't have any, but I'll brew some. 1123 01:27:18,567 --> 01:27:20,026 - Oh, you have to brew some? - Yeah. 1124 01:27:20,193 --> 01:27:23,947 - Then I'll have some coffee, okay? - Okay. 1125 01:27:29,453 --> 01:27:31,246 This is a swell apartment. 1126 01:27:38,837 --> 01:27:40,213 Did you sell the farm? 1127 01:27:42,382 --> 01:27:44,176 I'll always have that. 1128 01:27:48,346 --> 01:27:49,431 It's home. 1129 01:28:25,425 --> 01:28:27,010 It's my son's. 1130 01:28:33,475 --> 01:28:35,936 He means the world to me. 1131 01:28:37,938 --> 01:28:40,023 He's a great kid. 1132 01:28:51,326 --> 01:28:52,661 I'd like to meet him. 1133 01:28:53,203 --> 01:28:54,788 He's coming home pretty soon. 1134 01:28:56,540 --> 01:28:57,999 Is he with his father? 1135 01:29:03,839 --> 01:29:06,007 His father lives in New York. 1136 01:29:09,010 --> 01:29:10,136 Oh, you're... 1137 01:29:10,303 --> 01:29:15,100 But I've been thinking that he needs his father now. He's at that age. 1138 01:29:15,767 --> 01:29:17,185 I think he needs him. 1139 01:29:21,106 --> 01:29:22,649 Sure. 1140 01:29:23,817 --> 01:29:25,610 A father makes all the difference. 1141 01:30:03,565 --> 01:30:05,025 You gotta catch your train. 1142 01:30:05,191 --> 01:30:07,986 - I can stay. - No, I think you'd better go. 1143 01:30:13,909 --> 01:30:15,452 Okay. 1144 01:30:17,162 --> 01:30:18,622 Where to next? 1145 01:30:21,666 --> 01:30:23,251 Boston. 1146 01:30:28,173 --> 01:30:29,424 I'm sorry I missed your boy. 1147 01:30:32,510 --> 01:30:33,929 Roy Hobbs. 1148 01:30:34,596 --> 01:30:36,640 He won't believe it. 1149 01:31:39,995 --> 01:31:41,079 That's good! 1150 01:31:41,246 --> 01:31:42,580 Do a goose step now! 1151 01:31:43,665 --> 01:31:45,834 I'm trying to shelter this guy. 1152 01:31:46,001 --> 01:31:47,961 Have a peanut, Bobby. 1153 01:31:48,336 --> 01:31:50,672 No, it's too late. He's gonna be too old. 1154 01:31:50,839 --> 01:31:52,549 Did you do your homework? 1155 01:31:54,884 --> 01:31:57,095 - All right! - Here goes nothing. 1156 01:32:02,308 --> 01:32:05,061 Blew a little too hard there. 1157 01:32:10,817 --> 01:32:14,654 Hobbs is making the whole situation impossible to predict. 1158 01:32:14,821 --> 01:32:17,949 Forget what you're thinking. Everything is falling into place. 1159 01:32:18,950 --> 01:32:21,411 I'm telling you, we're leaving too much to chance. 1160 01:32:22,162 --> 01:32:24,664 I know what I see. 1161 01:32:24,831 --> 01:32:30,545 Hobbs will make it more interesting, he won't make the difference. 1162 01:32:34,841 --> 01:32:37,177 - There were two brothers? - No, three. 1163 01:32:37,343 --> 01:32:38,803 Who's the guy in the white shorts? 1164 01:32:38,970 --> 01:32:41,473 Mr Hobbs! Telephone call for you. 1165 01:32:41,639 --> 01:32:43,058 You can take it in the booth. 1166 01:32:44,392 --> 01:32:45,894 Where? 1167 01:32:46,936 --> 01:32:49,856 - Catch you upstairs, Roy. - Yeah. 1168 01:32:53,026 --> 01:32:57,363 Hey, mister, I think your call's in this booth. 1169 01:33:08,124 --> 01:33:10,752 I was on my way back from the Cape. 1170 01:33:10,919 --> 01:33:14,506 You know, it's lonely. 1171 01:33:16,341 --> 01:33:19,344 Was it this crowded in Chicago? 1172 01:33:22,680 --> 01:33:25,183 I hadn't thought about it till now. 1173 01:33:26,017 --> 01:33:28,103 Well, think hard. 1174 01:33:52,085 --> 01:33:54,963 Safe! Safe! He dropped the ball! 1175 01:34:00,176 --> 01:34:03,346 Here's the pitch. Hobbs swings! Long fly ball! 1176 01:34:03,513 --> 01:34:06,349 That's right! Goodbye, Mr Spalding! 1177 01:34:06,516 --> 01:34:10,019 The Knights have tied for the finish! They've tied for the finish! 1178 01:34:10,353 --> 01:34:14,065 You can hear this crowd! They're going crazy! They got Hobbs... 1179 01:34:17,610 --> 01:34:20,280 Don't waste it. Don't waste it. 1180 01:34:35,128 --> 01:34:37,005 Hey! Hey, hey, hey! 1181 01:34:37,172 --> 01:34:39,090 Knock it off! 1182 01:34:39,632 --> 01:34:41,426 Hey, knock it off! 1183 01:34:45,305 --> 01:34:47,724 We gotta win another game before this is over. 1184 01:34:47,891 --> 01:34:50,476 Don't jinx this. Look at this. 1185 01:34:52,937 --> 01:34:54,731 Now, come on. 1186 01:34:54,898 --> 01:34:56,691 Go home, get some sleep. 1187 01:34:57,066 --> 01:34:59,068 Knock off the booze. No booze! 1188 01:35:15,919 --> 01:35:17,712 I'm sorry, but there's no answer. 1189 01:35:17,879 --> 01:35:21,883 - Would you place your call again later? - Okay, thanks. 1190 01:35:24,510 --> 01:35:26,888 The Knights simply have to win 1191 01:35:27,055 --> 01:35:29,557 one of their final three games against the Phillidelphia Phillies 1192 01:35:29,724 --> 01:35:31,893 - to put them in the world series. - Mercy. 1193 01:35:32,060 --> 01:35:34,771 That's gonna wrap it up here for this post-game show. 1194 01:35:34,938 --> 01:35:37,232 I'll be right over to pick him up. 1195 01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:40,360 Protect your car with Valvoline motor oil. 1196 01:35:40,526 --> 01:35:43,154 This is Jim Bauer inviting you to join us tomorrow... 1197 01:35:55,458 --> 01:35:59,420 Boy, did I miss you. 1198 01:36:02,590 --> 01:36:05,385 What's going on here? 1199 01:36:05,551 --> 01:36:07,470 A victory party. 1200 01:36:07,637 --> 01:36:09,681 We haven't won yet. Whose place is this? 1201 01:36:09,847 --> 01:36:11,432 Mine. 1202 01:36:11,975 --> 01:36:13,476 At least it will be in a week. 1203 01:36:13,643 --> 01:36:15,645 You must've hocked your fur coat for it. 1204 01:36:15,812 --> 01:36:18,731 Never. Gus chipped in. 1205 01:36:20,692 --> 01:36:22,110 How do you like it? 1206 01:36:25,989 --> 01:36:28,324 I'm not so sure anymore... 1207 01:36:28,491 --> 01:36:30,201 after Chicago. 1208 01:36:30,368 --> 01:36:32,829 Come on, Memo, how about a dance? 1209 01:36:32,996 --> 01:36:34,247 Sure, Al. 1210 01:36:34,414 --> 01:36:36,624 Don't wait up, grandpa. 1211 01:36:46,676 --> 01:36:49,220 Welcome home, slugger. 1212 01:36:50,263 --> 01:36:51,848 - Some blowout, huh? - Yeah. 1213 01:36:52,015 --> 01:36:54,934 All fresh food from Jack and Charlie's. 1214 01:36:55,101 --> 01:36:56,853 So how's the team holding up? 1215 01:36:57,020 --> 01:36:58,354 They can do no wrong. 1216 01:36:58,521 --> 01:37:01,607 When you're on a roll, it's like that sometimes. 1217 01:37:01,774 --> 01:37:05,236 And when you're not, every little thing gets you down. What about you? 1218 01:37:05,403 --> 01:37:06,529 What about me? 1219 01:37:06,696 --> 01:37:09,741 I see you dug yourself out of that hole you were in. 1220 01:37:10,867 --> 01:37:12,452 It must have cost you a couple bucks. 1221 01:37:12,618 --> 01:37:15,455 You're up, you're down. 1222 01:37:15,621 --> 01:37:17,081 How's the Judge treating you? 1223 01:37:18,541 --> 01:37:21,210 - What's it to you? - Nothing. 1224 01:37:21,377 --> 01:37:23,838 Except it's a crying shame that son of a bitch is paying... 1225 01:37:24,005 --> 01:37:26,716 A good player like you rock-bottom salary. 1226 01:37:26,883 --> 01:37:30,428 - I can live with it. - You gotta look to the future. 1227 01:37:30,845 --> 01:37:33,890 You can't build on what you don't got. 1228 01:37:34,057 --> 01:37:37,185 It's really nice to know a guy like you worries so much about a guy like me. 1229 01:37:37,352 --> 01:37:39,771 Please, please. Listen, I'm just bringing it up... 1230 01:37:39,937 --> 01:37:42,065 because I know that Memo's crazy about you. 1231 01:37:42,231 --> 01:37:46,527 I mean, I wouldn't like to see you lose her to a better provider. 1232 01:37:46,694 --> 01:37:48,988 Fame isn't enough, kid. 1233 01:37:50,656 --> 01:37:51,741 I'll take my chances. 1234 01:37:51,908 --> 01:37:56,371 Why should you, when we can all profit from these little chats? 1235 01:37:56,871 --> 01:37:59,457 I mean, take tomorrow, for example. 1236 01:37:59,624 --> 01:38:01,751 Tomorrow I wouldn't bet against me. 1237 01:38:01,918 --> 01:38:04,253 You're missing the point, kid. 1238 01:38:04,420 --> 01:38:06,672 I already have. 1239 01:38:14,055 --> 01:38:16,057 You can't hang on to the game forever, kid. 1240 01:38:17,558 --> 01:38:19,977 You can't get back into it from jail either. 1241 01:38:24,941 --> 01:38:26,984 Ah, isn't she something? 1242 01:38:27,151 --> 01:38:28,986 - Yeah, she is. - Yeah. 1243 01:38:29,153 --> 01:38:32,782 What every guy would give to be in your shoes, huh? 1244 01:38:34,659 --> 01:38:36,160 You're standing awful close, Gus. 1245 01:38:36,327 --> 01:38:38,788 I can't tell whether it's your toes I'm feeling or mine. 1246 01:38:54,220 --> 01:38:56,681 I misjudged your boy. 1247 01:38:57,974 --> 01:39:00,852 I don't like being disappointed. 1248 01:39:04,564 --> 01:39:07,650 - Try some of these éclairs. - I was gonna go on this little... 1249 01:39:07,817 --> 01:39:11,112 Nah, nah, nah. The whipped cream's a little... nah, no, no. I don't like it. 1250 01:39:11,279 --> 01:39:12,822 It's not good for my stomach. 1251 01:39:12,989 --> 01:39:14,824 Try one of these. 1252 01:39:14,991 --> 01:39:17,660 Here. Try this. 1253 01:39:19,370 --> 01:39:20,955 Thank you. 1254 01:39:25,293 --> 01:39:28,671 ♪ Remember when we get there, baby 1255 01:39:28,838 --> 01:39:30,965 ♪ Two-steps we're gonna have 'em all 1256 01:39:31,132 --> 01:39:34,635 ♪ We're gonna dance off both of our shoes 1257 01:39:34,802 --> 01:39:37,263 ♪ When they play those "jelly roll blues" 1258 01:39:37,430 --> 01:39:39,515 ♪ Tonight... tomorrow night ♪ 1259 01:39:39,682 --> 01:39:41,142 I don't know what I'm doing... 1260 01:39:41,309 --> 01:39:44,145 But I'm having a great time, take it, everybody! 1261 01:39:44,312 --> 01:39:47,982 ♪ I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey 1262 01:39:48,149 --> 01:39:51,611 ♪ You better be ready about half past 8 1263 01:39:51,777 --> 01:39:53,988 ♪ Come on, baby, don't be late 1264 01:39:54,155 --> 01:39:58,201 ♪ I want to be there when the band starts playing 1265 01:39:58,367 --> 01:40:01,621 ♪ Remember when we get there, honey 1266 01:40:01,787 --> 01:40:04,165 ♪ Two-steps we're gonna have 'em all ♪ 1267 01:40:10,421 --> 01:40:12,298 You okay? 1268 01:40:12,465 --> 01:40:14,634 Roy, you okay? You okay? 1269 01:40:14,800 --> 01:40:15,885 Where's Pop? 1270 01:40:16,469 --> 01:40:18,387 "Where's Pop?" What are you, nuts? 1271 01:40:21,807 --> 01:40:23,518 Hey, guys... 1272 01:40:23,684 --> 01:40:25,937 I think you better get me out of here. 1273 01:40:26,646 --> 01:40:28,564 - Come on, let's go. - Call a cab. 1274 01:40:29,774 --> 01:40:31,526 Come on, come on. 1275 01:40:50,044 --> 01:40:52,547 And how are we feeling today? 1276 01:40:56,926 --> 01:40:58,469 Okay. 1277 01:41:00,471 --> 01:41:01,847 Where am I? 1278 01:41:02,014 --> 01:41:04,225 Tower Maternity, Roy. 1279 01:41:04,809 --> 01:41:06,269 I'm Dr Newman. 1280 01:41:06,435 --> 01:41:09,063 It was an emergency, and we were the closest. 1281 01:41:11,399 --> 01:41:15,069 - But... - They... They lost three in a row. 1282 01:41:15,236 --> 01:41:17,029 What's done is done. 1283 01:41:19,615 --> 01:41:21,033 Am I okay to play Monday? 1284 01:41:21,576 --> 01:41:23,578 I'm afraid there's some bad news. 1285 01:41:24,245 --> 01:41:27,540 The lining of your stomach has been gradually deteriorating... 1286 01:41:27,707 --> 01:41:29,208 due to a previous injury. 1287 01:41:29,709 --> 01:41:33,879 We pumped your stomach and came up with this. 1288 01:41:34,422 --> 01:41:38,467 This silver bullet head has been in your stomach for some time. 1289 01:41:38,634 --> 01:41:40,011 Years, I would say. 1290 01:41:40,803 --> 01:41:42,346 It doesn't matter. It's history. 1291 01:41:42,513 --> 01:41:46,475 Yes, but it could prove fatal if you continue to play baseball. 1292 01:41:46,642 --> 01:41:49,562 Stop now, and in time it could heal properly. 1293 01:41:50,354 --> 01:41:51,897 Can I play Monday? 1294 01:41:52,064 --> 01:41:54,567 The odds and your age would be against you. 1295 01:41:55,985 --> 01:42:00,323 One day, your stomach could easily just blow apart, kill you on the spot. 1296 01:42:02,950 --> 01:42:04,452 I'm sorry. 1297 01:42:07,538 --> 01:42:10,218 Roy Hobbs, New York Knights star, remains laid up... 1298 01:42:10,333 --> 01:42:13,002 At Tower Maternity Hospital in New York City. 1299 01:42:13,169 --> 01:42:16,589 The full nature and extent of his illness is as yet undisclosed. 1300 01:42:16,756 --> 01:42:20,009 His availability for Monday's National League playoff game 1301 01:42:20,176 --> 01:42:22,845 remains a question mark. Turning to local news... 1302 01:42:36,525 --> 01:42:38,402 May I come in? 1303 01:42:43,824 --> 01:42:45,785 You must've had a snoot full. 1304 01:42:45,951 --> 01:42:47,745 It was a great party. 1305 01:42:58,839 --> 01:43:02,426 I heard Gus and Max talking last night. 1306 01:43:03,219 --> 01:43:04,261 What about? 1307 01:43:05,471 --> 01:43:08,724 He said that if you played Monday, it could kill you. 1308 01:43:09,058 --> 01:43:11,936 - It's a lie. - No, it's not. 1309 01:43:14,855 --> 01:43:18,734 I mean, you're not gonna play. Really, are you? 1310 01:43:19,860 --> 01:43:21,612 It would just be my last game. 1311 01:43:22,988 --> 01:43:26,492 It's his last game! 1312 01:43:26,659 --> 01:43:28,411 Well, that's rich. 1313 01:43:28,577 --> 01:43:31,338 What are you trying to do? You're trying to kill yourself, aren't you? 1314 01:43:31,789 --> 01:43:33,791 Doc's making it out worse than it is. 1315 01:43:34,709 --> 01:43:37,795 Oh, he is? Oh, sure he is! 1316 01:43:37,962 --> 01:43:40,423 Hey, why not? 1317 01:43:40,589 --> 01:43:44,051 Hey, I look swell in black. Don't you think I look swell in black? 1318 01:43:44,677 --> 01:43:45,720 I sure do. 1319 01:43:47,430 --> 01:43:50,850 Why don't we just get away? Let's just go away right now. 1320 01:43:51,726 --> 01:43:53,769 I've been away long enough. 1321 01:43:53,936 --> 01:43:55,646 Oh, my God. 1322 01:43:56,272 --> 01:43:58,274 Why are you doing this? 1323 01:44:00,109 --> 01:44:02,445 Just to play in one last game, is that it? 1324 01:44:03,028 --> 01:44:05,197 It's all I've got left. 1325 01:44:05,531 --> 01:44:06,866 Then I can walk away. 1326 01:44:08,117 --> 01:44:10,578 Well, I have a small favour to ask. 1327 01:44:11,328 --> 01:44:12,913 Walk away right now... 1328 01:44:14,123 --> 01:44:15,750 and you'll live for sure. 1329 01:44:16,333 --> 01:44:19,462 And that way we can see a whole lot more of each other. 1330 01:44:25,134 --> 01:44:27,970 And you won't walk away empty-handed. 1331 01:44:28,471 --> 01:44:29,930 That's for sure. 1332 01:44:31,682 --> 01:44:33,309 What do you mean? 1333 01:44:35,311 --> 01:44:38,230 I mean, Gus will stake us to a lot of money. 1334 01:44:39,648 --> 01:44:42,902 We can buy into a company. Everybody does that. 1335 01:44:44,111 --> 01:44:48,657 Think what we can do, Roy. With your name, we'll make out fine. 1336 01:44:50,367 --> 01:44:52,077 If I skip the playoff? 1337 01:44:52,244 --> 01:44:54,872 Come on, Roy, you understand. 1338 01:44:55,039 --> 01:44:58,042 You make up your mind to have certain things. 1339 01:44:58,667 --> 01:45:00,878 You know how it is. 1340 01:45:01,712 --> 01:45:03,506 Yes, I do. 1341 01:45:05,216 --> 01:45:06,926 Do you? 1342 01:45:19,271 --> 01:45:21,232 Just a few practice swings, that's all. 1343 01:45:21,398 --> 01:45:23,067 Just to get back my timing. 1344 01:45:23,234 --> 01:45:24,819 It's my ass if Pop finds out. 1345 01:45:24,985 --> 01:45:27,363 We heard about that. We heard about it already. 1346 01:45:27,530 --> 01:45:30,449 Just make sure you take it easy. 1347 01:45:30,616 --> 01:45:33,202 Roy's the money. And if he gets hurt, we're both out of a job! 1348 01:45:33,369 --> 01:45:34,662 We know to take it easy. 1349 01:45:34,829 --> 01:45:37,623 Just making a point. Take it easy. 1350 01:45:37,790 --> 01:45:40,876 I don't know. Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing in this game. 1351 01:45:41,043 --> 01:45:43,254 How do I get myself in situations like this anyway? 1352 01:45:43,416 --> 01:45:46,169 Diz, I think maybe we heard that a couple of times. 1353 01:45:46,269 --> 01:45:48,330 Cab and hospital and the clubhouse, he's saying that. 1354 01:45:48,430 --> 01:45:50,057 - He's making me nuts. - Yeah. 1355 01:45:52,555 --> 01:45:54,056 All right, here we go. 1356 01:45:59,520 --> 01:46:01,063 Come on, Diz. 1357 01:46:09,530 --> 01:46:12,199 You get that, Max? Give me a ball. 1358 01:46:12,366 --> 01:46:14,743 Don't ever look back, Max! Ever! 1359 01:46:20,916 --> 01:46:22,084 Roy. Diz! 1360 01:46:22,251 --> 01:46:23,335 Oh, my God! 1361 01:46:26,046 --> 01:46:28,382 - Can you stand? Roy, can you stand? - Yeah, yeah. 1362 01:46:28,549 --> 01:46:32,553 - We should've had more sense! - It's all right, Diz. No one will know. 1363 01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:34,430 No one's gonna know. 1364 01:46:34,597 --> 01:46:35,973 Take it easy. 1365 01:46:36,140 --> 01:46:38,225 We better get you back to the hospital. 1366 01:46:52,323 --> 01:46:53,449 Who's there? 1367 01:46:53,616 --> 01:46:55,367 Don't be alarmed. 1368 01:46:57,786 --> 01:47:00,956 I understand that you are playing. 1369 01:47:02,124 --> 01:47:05,085 - I wouldn't want you to dock my pay. - Oh, on the contrary. 1370 01:47:05,252 --> 01:47:09,381 I wish to augment it with a bonus. 1371 01:47:09,965 --> 01:47:14,261 Now, as you may know, we are favoured to win. 1372 01:47:14,970 --> 01:47:17,181 Which puts you back on the bench, working night court. 1373 01:47:17,348 --> 01:47:20,643 Oh, I have decided that would be a grave mistake. 1374 01:47:20,809 --> 01:47:25,314 Now, financially speaking, I can do better by not winning. 1375 01:47:25,481 --> 01:47:26,857 With your help, of course. 1376 01:47:27,274 --> 01:47:29,276 You put that in writing for Pop. 1377 01:47:29,443 --> 01:47:30,694 Now, as you may know, 1378 01:47:30,861 --> 01:47:35,741 the prevailing rate for this sort of thing is $10,000. 1379 01:47:35,908 --> 01:47:38,202 I'm offering you twice that. 1380 01:47:38,744 --> 01:47:40,454 You're wasting your time. 1381 01:47:40,621 --> 01:47:43,832 You know as well as I do that you're in no condition to play. 1382 01:47:45,501 --> 01:47:47,002 Then why the 20,000? 1383 01:47:47,169 --> 01:47:49,213 Insurance. 1384 01:47:50,673 --> 01:47:52,466 You could get into the game. 1385 01:47:52,633 --> 01:47:55,803 You could wreck it with an unexpected blow. 1386 01:47:57,846 --> 01:47:59,223 That'd be the beauty of it. 1387 01:47:59,390 --> 01:48:02,142 It's a monumental mistake, Hobbs, 1388 01:48:02,434 --> 01:48:08,023 in light of certain information that I now possess. 1389 01:48:09,024 --> 01:48:10,943 Police photographs 1390 01:48:11,694 --> 01:48:14,822 taken, oh, 15 years ago 1391 01:48:15,489 --> 01:48:17,616 in a hotel room. 1392 01:48:18,325 --> 01:48:19,785 By the way, 1393 01:48:20,244 --> 01:48:22,037 that's you. 1394 01:48:22,204 --> 01:48:24,540 A nice young boy. 1395 01:48:25,040 --> 01:48:26,625 Half-naked lady 1396 01:48:26,792 --> 01:48:28,419 lying in the street. 1397 01:48:28,585 --> 01:48:32,548 You, in her room, shot. 1398 01:48:33,090 --> 01:48:34,550 Nasty business. 1399 01:48:34,717 --> 01:48:35,843 Mercy. 1400 01:48:36,010 --> 01:48:38,679 Of course, full disclosure of this scandal in the eyes 1401 01:48:38,846 --> 01:48:40,431 of your admirers and loved ones, 1402 01:48:40,597 --> 01:48:43,350 could only cause humiliation. 1403 01:48:43,517 --> 01:48:44,768 Embarrassment. 1404 01:48:45,936 --> 01:48:47,312 It was suicide. 1405 01:48:47,479 --> 01:48:50,190 Oh, Mr Hobbs... 1406 01:48:50,733 --> 01:48:53,485 if kids should see this... 1407 01:48:55,112 --> 01:48:58,198 Now, it's a surprisingly simple procedure. 1408 01:48:58,365 --> 01:49:01,618 You're to play your normal game except when you are at bat. 1409 01:49:01,785 --> 01:49:05,622 And then, under no circumstances, are you to hit the ball safely. 1410 01:49:06,248 --> 01:49:07,833 They'll beat you without me. 1411 01:49:08,000 --> 01:49:11,211 Without you, they lost three in a row. 1412 01:49:11,795 --> 01:49:16,633 Now, what is more, I have a contingency plan for their flat failure. 1413 01:49:18,093 --> 01:49:19,720 Who else is in on this? 1414 01:49:20,554 --> 01:49:21,847 A key man. 1415 01:49:31,940 --> 01:49:34,359 Good night, Mr Hobbs. 1416 01:49:50,501 --> 01:49:52,086 Here's another. Listen. 1417 01:49:52,252 --> 01:49:54,546 "To Roy. We love to watch you hit that ball. 1418 01:49:54,713 --> 01:49:56,340 "We cheer when you're connecting. 1419 01:49:56,507 --> 01:49:59,802 But it really shocked us, one and all, to hear that you're expecting." 1420 01:50:01,678 --> 01:50:03,639 Hold it. I didn't write those lines. 1421 01:50:03,806 --> 01:50:05,390 I didn't think you could read, Diz. 1422 01:50:07,518 --> 01:50:08,977 Gentlemen, the babies. Please. 1423 01:50:09,144 --> 01:50:10,354 What about the babies? 1424 01:50:11,529 --> 01:50:13,590 How'd you like to wake up to this every morning, huh? 1425 01:50:13,690 --> 01:50:16,318 I can't have this noise. You're disturbing all the mothers. 1426 01:50:16,485 --> 01:50:18,237 I guess that's you, guys. 1427 01:50:19,029 --> 01:50:20,531 Take care. Get well quick. 1428 01:50:21,115 --> 01:50:23,659 You just go out there and play great ball, you guys. 1429 01:50:23,826 --> 01:50:24,868 Take care. 1430 01:50:26,870 --> 01:50:28,747 Get well. We need you. Take care. 1431 01:50:29,164 --> 01:50:33,502 Look out on the way out. Just keep your eyes straight ahead. 1432 01:50:33,919 --> 01:50:36,088 It's gonna be tough without you, Roy. 1433 01:50:36,255 --> 01:50:37,923 Thanks, Diz. 1434 01:50:54,773 --> 01:50:58,944 Miss. Hi, I'm Max Mercy, sports columnist for the Daily Mirror. 1435 01:50:59,111 --> 01:51:01,655 I saw your picture in the paper. Very nice. 1436 01:51:01,822 --> 01:51:04,533 Roy and I go... back a long way. 1437 01:51:04,700 --> 01:51:06,368 I wonder if you could help on this. 1438 01:51:06,535 --> 01:51:10,873 See, I need a little help, if you could give me some. 1439 01:51:11,039 --> 01:51:13,792 For Roy's defence, okay? 1440 01:51:13,959 --> 01:51:17,171 Now, you know this woman? You know what happened? 1441 01:51:18,458 --> 01:51:21,879 Anything to do with, like, a love quarrel? 1442 01:51:21,979 --> 01:51:24,249 You might have known her, she knew you, a love triangle, 1443 01:51:24,349 --> 01:51:26,351 or something like that? 1444 01:51:26,513 --> 01:51:29,224 A bad joke. 1445 01:51:29,391 --> 01:51:33,187 But maybe, I thought you might be able to help us with some little clue. 1446 01:51:34,980 --> 01:51:38,525 You know, I'm gonna do everything I can to keep this story from breaking. 1447 01:51:39,860 --> 01:51:41,069 Hey, miss? 1448 01:51:56,376 --> 01:51:58,378 Hello. 1449 01:52:02,049 --> 01:52:03,675 Is there... 1450 01:52:04,843 --> 01:52:06,428 A chair? 1451 01:52:13,644 --> 01:52:15,896 Doc says I have to quit baseball. 1452 01:52:17,272 --> 01:52:18,815 Why? 1453 01:52:23,654 --> 01:52:27,074 Some mistakes I guess we never stop paying for. 1454 01:52:33,413 --> 01:52:35,082 I didn't even know her. 1455 01:52:36,416 --> 01:52:37,709 The girl on the train? 1456 01:52:45,467 --> 01:52:47,052 You liked her, didn't you? 1457 01:52:50,056 --> 01:52:51,256 Yes. 1458 01:52:55,060 --> 01:52:56,478 But I didn't see it coming. 1459 01:52:57,396 --> 01:53:00,691 How could you possibly know she'd hurt you? How could anyone? 1460 01:53:01,650 --> 01:53:03,860 - I didn't see it coming. - You think you should've? 1461 01:53:04,061 --> 01:53:05,261 Yes. 1462 01:53:05,862 --> 01:53:07,656 But I didn't. 1463 01:53:08,907 --> 01:53:10,575 Why didn't I? 1464 01:53:12,536 --> 01:53:14,663 You were so young. 1465 01:53:24,673 --> 01:53:26,425 Things sure turned out different. 1466 01:53:27,092 --> 01:53:28,135 In what way? 1467 01:53:29,384 --> 01:53:30,884 Different. 1468 01:53:33,432 --> 01:53:37,978 For 16 years, I've lived with the idea that I could be... 1469 01:53:38,145 --> 01:53:39,646 could've been the best in the game. 1470 01:53:40,856 --> 01:53:43,025 You're so good now! 1471 01:53:43,191 --> 01:53:45,319 I could've been better. 1472 01:53:47,571 --> 01:53:49,740 I could've broke every record in the book. 1473 01:53:49,906 --> 01:53:51,783 And then? 1474 01:53:52,743 --> 01:53:54,369 "And then?" 1475 01:53:56,204 --> 01:53:58,832 And then when I walked down the street, people would've looked and said... 1476 01:53:58,999 --> 01:54:03,712 "There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game." 1477 01:54:14,348 --> 01:54:16,975 You know, I believe we have two lives. 1478 01:54:18,602 --> 01:54:20,020 How? What do you mean? 1479 01:54:20,937 --> 01:54:25,525 The life we learn with and the life we live with after that. 1480 01:54:27,444 --> 01:54:29,237 With or without the records... 1481 01:54:30,280 --> 01:54:32,282 they'll remember you. 1482 01:54:34,242 --> 01:54:38,622 Think of all those young boys you've influenced. 1483 01:54:38,789 --> 01:54:40,874 There are so many of them. 1484 01:54:45,837 --> 01:54:48,173 That day in Chicago, why did you stand up? 1485 01:54:48,924 --> 01:54:51,718 I didn't want to see you fail. 1486 01:54:59,768 --> 01:55:01,770 I wish dad could've... 1487 01:55:06,274 --> 01:55:08,693 God, I love baseball. 1488 01:55:16,785 --> 01:55:18,870 Are you gonna go to the game tomorrow? 1489 01:55:20,372 --> 01:55:21,540 Yup. 1490 01:55:24,251 --> 01:55:25,627 Is your son with you? 1491 01:55:29,172 --> 01:55:31,007 He is. 1492 01:55:33,468 --> 01:55:34,803 He... 1493 01:55:36,638 --> 01:55:37,931 Excuse me. 1494 01:55:48,859 --> 01:55:51,403 Well, I gotta go. 1495 01:56:10,630 --> 01:56:12,632 You got a gift, Roy. 1496 01:56:13,633 --> 01:56:15,635 But it's not enough. 1497 01:56:16,720 --> 01:56:20,056 A clear mind and the ability to see from the heart. 1498 01:56:20,223 --> 01:56:22,476 That's the real strength. 1499 01:56:24,644 --> 01:56:26,563 Just pick a spot and work at it. 1500 01:56:29,733 --> 01:56:32,277 The secret is confidence and concentration. 1501 01:56:33,195 --> 01:56:36,114 Confidence, concentration. 1502 01:56:37,574 --> 01:56:39,367 All right, that's good. 1503 01:56:39,534 --> 01:56:41,953 You got them, you don't need much else. 1504 01:57:22,452 --> 01:57:25,997 Tomorrow, after we've lost, 1505 01:57:26,164 --> 01:57:29,626 I want Pop Fisher out of here, bag and baggage. 1506 01:57:29,793 --> 01:57:33,505 That's right. Lay it all on the line, Harry. All of it. That's right. You heard me. 1507 01:57:41,012 --> 01:57:42,430 I'll call back. 1508 01:57:45,308 --> 01:57:46,768 Hey, slugger, you okay? 1509 01:57:48,353 --> 01:57:49,437 I'm fine. 1510 01:57:49,604 --> 01:57:51,856 - You look a little lost. - I'm not. 1511 01:57:55,902 --> 01:57:58,113 You dropped this on your way out. 1512 01:58:00,323 --> 01:58:01,533 Something seems amiss. 1513 01:58:01,700 --> 01:58:04,411 Correct me if I'm wrong, Hobbs, but we had a deal. 1514 01:58:08,498 --> 01:58:10,166 Those are your winnings, slugger. 1515 01:58:10,333 --> 01:58:12,419 This is a gag, Hobbs. Pick it up. Get out of here. 1516 01:58:12,586 --> 01:58:16,006 If it isn't enough money, tell us what you've got in mind. 1517 01:58:16,172 --> 01:58:17,966 To hit away. 1518 01:58:19,926 --> 01:58:22,095 I thought I could rely on your honour, Hobbs. 1519 01:58:22,262 --> 01:58:23,346 You're about to. 1520 01:58:23,763 --> 01:58:26,349 You're a foolish, foolish man. 1521 01:58:26,516 --> 01:58:28,810 You've forgotten something. 1522 01:58:29,853 --> 01:58:32,981 - Your past. - I don't care. Go on. 1523 01:58:33,148 --> 01:58:34,941 Get on the phone. 1524 01:58:35,384 --> 01:58:36,584 No. 1525 01:58:37,027 --> 01:58:38,236 That won't be necessary. 1526 01:58:39,779 --> 01:58:41,489 I like the action. 1527 01:58:45,535 --> 01:58:46,870 Then let it ride. 1528 01:58:49,414 --> 01:58:50,957 You bastard! 1529 01:59:03,720 --> 01:59:05,597 I hate you. 1530 01:59:14,356 --> 01:59:15,732 I hate you. 1531 01:59:24,449 --> 01:59:26,451 You were right, Memo. 1532 01:59:27,661 --> 01:59:29,871 We have met before. 1533 01:59:30,622 --> 01:59:33,041 You know, you're a lot weaker than I thought. 1534 01:59:33,208 --> 01:59:34,876 What do you think this changes? 1535 01:59:35,627 --> 01:59:37,712 Why don't you have Max draw you a picture? 1536 01:59:37,879 --> 01:59:40,006 You can read about it in the morning paper. 1537 01:59:40,715 --> 01:59:43,385 You're yesterday's news, kid. 1538 01:59:43,551 --> 01:59:46,429 You had a great gift, a talent. But it's not enough. 1539 01:59:51,267 --> 01:59:53,103 I think you're a loser. 1540 02:00:03,988 --> 02:00:06,199 You can't let him go. 1541 02:00:06,658 --> 02:00:08,410 Roy... 1542 02:00:09,035 --> 02:00:10,495 Relax. 1543 02:00:10,662 --> 02:00:14,708 With his insides, he's as good to us now as he was before. 1544 02:00:15,375 --> 02:00:18,044 Besides, we're $20,000 richer. 1545 02:00:28,346 --> 02:00:29,973 Red, I wanted to win that pennant 1546 02:00:30,140 --> 02:00:32,809 worse than I wanted any goddamned thing in my life. 1547 02:00:32,976 --> 02:00:36,521 And you'd think I could just this once, wouldn't you? 1548 02:00:37,272 --> 02:00:40,066 I didn't care nothing about the Series. 1549 02:00:40,400 --> 02:00:43,945 Win or lose, I'd have been satisfied. 1550 02:00:44,112 --> 02:00:48,158 I'd have walked away from baseball and I'd have bought a farm. 1551 02:00:49,117 --> 02:00:50,827 Nothing like a farm. 1552 02:00:54,744 --> 02:00:57,580 Nothing like being around animals, fixing things. 1553 02:00:57,680 --> 02:01:00,575 There's nothing like being in the field by yourself with the vegetables 1554 02:01:00,675 --> 02:01:02,594 and the corn and the winter wheat. 1555 02:01:07,010 --> 02:01:09,095 The greenest stuff you ever saw. 1556 02:01:10,430 --> 02:01:13,641 You know, my mother told me I ought to be a farmer. 1557 02:01:17,020 --> 02:01:19,731 My dad wanted me to be a baseball player. 1558 02:01:21,900 --> 02:01:24,778 Well, you're better than anyone I ever had. 1559 02:01:26,070 --> 02:01:28,698 And you're the best goddamn hitter I ever saw. 1560 02:01:32,619 --> 02:01:34,370 Suit up. 1561 02:01:42,136 --> 02:01:43,947 This is your announcer, Jim Bauer. 1562 02:01:44,045 --> 02:01:45,713 Oh, what a game we have for you tonight. 1563 02:01:45,812 --> 02:01:47,873 The Pittsburgh Pirates versus the New York Knights 1564 02:01:47,973 --> 02:01:51,185 in a playoff game to decide the National League pennant. 1565 02:01:51,346 --> 02:01:54,265 The fans are pouring in to Knights Field, 1566 02:01:54,432 --> 02:01:56,810 which will be bursting at the seams. 1567 02:01:56,976 --> 02:01:59,270 Who would've imagined midway through the season, 1568 02:01:59,437 --> 02:02:02,941 that Pop Fisher's perennial also-rans would be facing... 1569 02:02:10,698 --> 02:02:11,741 Hey. 1570 02:02:11,908 --> 02:02:15,453 - Still dogging me, huh, Max? - Yeah. 1571 02:02:15,620 --> 02:02:17,038 End of the road, Hobbs. 1572 02:02:17,205 --> 02:02:19,999 You wanna hear what I think our chances are? 1573 02:02:20,166 --> 02:02:22,627 You read my mind. 1574 02:02:22,794 --> 02:02:24,504 That takes all of three seconds. 1575 02:02:26,130 --> 02:02:29,050 They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go. 1576 02:02:29,170 --> 02:02:30,330 I'm gonna tell you something. 1577 02:02:30,430 --> 02:02:32,825 I'll be around here a lot longer than you or anybody else here. 1578 02:02:32,925 --> 02:02:34,969 I'm here to protect this game. 1579 02:02:36,599 --> 02:02:38,268 Whose game? 1580 02:02:38,935 --> 02:02:42,647 I do it by making or breaking the likes of you. 1581 02:02:43,690 --> 02:02:45,817 Did you ever play ball, Max? 1582 02:02:51,072 --> 02:02:52,949 No, never have. 1583 02:02:53,116 --> 02:02:55,869 But I make it a little more fun to watch, you see. 1584 02:02:56,035 --> 02:02:59,163 And after today, whether you're a goat or a hero... 1585 02:02:59,330 --> 02:03:01,332 you're gonna make me a great story. 1586 02:03:02,584 --> 02:03:03,626 Okay? 1587 02:03:04,836 --> 02:03:05,879 See you around. 1588 02:03:14,178 --> 02:03:17,390 Here come the New York Knights on the field. 1589 02:03:17,537 --> 02:03:19,737 Of course, everyone will have their eyes on Roy Hobbs, 1590 02:03:19,837 --> 02:03:21,356 whose recent illness came so close 1591 02:03:21,456 --> 02:03:23,833 to shattering the Knights' dream of a pennant. 1592 02:03:23,980 --> 02:03:26,691 Hobbs moving out to his position in right field. 1593 02:03:26,858 --> 02:03:31,571 And just listen to the sound of that crowd go wild for Hobbs! 1594 02:03:32,780 --> 02:03:35,116 Unbelievable! 1595 02:03:35,658 --> 02:03:38,453 Go, Hobbs! 1596 02:03:43,708 --> 02:03:45,209 Let's go, Knights! 1597 02:03:45,376 --> 02:03:47,670 He looks like he's set and ready to go. 1598 02:03:47,837 --> 02:03:50,673 This is for the National League pennant! 1599 02:03:50,840 --> 02:03:54,260 The Knights versus Pittsburgh! The playoff game! 1600 02:03:54,427 --> 02:03:55,470 Play ball! 1601 02:03:56,054 --> 02:03:57,263 Al Fowler on the mound. 1602 02:03:57,430 --> 02:04:00,141 Two outs as he faces Schaffer. Here comes the pitch. 1603 02:04:00,850 --> 02:04:05,104 Schaffer swings! Fly ball hit out into right field. Hobbs moving back. 1604 02:04:12,236 --> 02:04:14,864 The Pirates go down one-two-three in the top half of the first. 1605 02:04:15,031 --> 02:04:16,324 - Feel okay? - Yeah. 1606 02:04:16,491 --> 02:04:18,534 Bivens looking in right now against Youngberry. 1607 02:04:18,701 --> 02:04:20,787 Youngberry, excellent control. 1608 02:04:20,954 --> 02:04:23,748 Eighteen and nine on the season. The pitch! 1609 02:04:23,915 --> 02:04:26,501 Strike three, inside corner! 1610 02:04:27,001 --> 02:04:31,214 Now batting, number 18, John Olsen. 1611 02:04:31,923 --> 02:04:35,468 - Come on, Roy! - Come on, Roy! 1612 02:04:35,885 --> 02:04:38,596 And strike one on Olsen. 1613 02:04:39,222 --> 02:04:40,807 - Strike! - Strike two! 1614 02:04:40,974 --> 02:04:45,186 Hobbs kneels next to young Bobby Savoy, the batboy for the Knights. 1615 02:04:46,562 --> 02:04:49,148 - Strike three! - Strike three! Olsen badly fooled! 1616 02:04:49,315 --> 02:04:52,819 Now batting, number nine, Roy Hobbs! 1617 02:04:52,986 --> 02:04:54,404 Come on, Roy! 1618 02:04:54,570 --> 02:04:57,824 And listen to that chant! The Roy Hobbs chant! 1619 02:04:57,991 --> 02:04:59,701 Hobbs stepping to the plate. 1620 02:04:59,867 --> 02:05:02,829 Roy! Roy! Roy! 1621 02:05:11,963 --> 02:05:14,090 Hobbs against Youngberry. 1622 02:05:14,799 --> 02:05:18,845 Youngberry faced him twice this year. Here's the pitch! 1623 02:05:19,012 --> 02:05:20,179 Swung on and missed! 1624 02:05:20,346 --> 02:05:22,473 Hobbs fooled by that pitch. 1625 02:05:22,640 --> 02:05:25,059 As I was about to say, against Youngberry 1626 02:05:25,226 --> 02:05:28,271 Hobbs has been 3 for 6 so far this season. 1627 02:05:28,438 --> 02:05:30,690 Youngberry looking in for the sign. 1628 02:05:30,857 --> 02:05:33,067 He goes to the wind-up. 1629 02:05:33,234 --> 02:05:34,277 The pitch! 1630 02:05:34,444 --> 02:05:38,072 Inside corner, strike two! And that crowd was not happy with the pitch. 1631 02:05:38,239 --> 02:05:39,407 An excellent call. 1632 02:05:39,574 --> 02:05:41,159 Youngberry looks in once again. 1633 02:05:41,325 --> 02:05:44,245 Hobbs sets himself. The concentration. 1634 02:05:44,412 --> 02:05:46,205 Youngberry to the wind-up. The pitch! 1635 02:05:47,415 --> 02:05:50,001 - Strike three! - Strike three! Hobbs is out of there. 1636 02:05:50,168 --> 02:05:53,379 And so at the end of one inning, no score at all. 1637 02:05:53,546 --> 02:05:56,758 The big question is whether or not Hobbs can get his timing back. 1638 02:05:56,856 --> 02:05:59,416 After a four-day layoff, sometimes it's difficult for a hitter 1639 02:05:59,515 --> 02:06:01,451 to suddenly just be able to step into the game. 1640 02:06:01,551 --> 02:06:03,678 Hobbs came directly from the hospital to the field. 1641 02:06:03,806 --> 02:06:06,225 He had absolutely no batting practice this afternoon. 1642 02:06:07,477 --> 02:06:09,645 And so at the end of three innings, no score at all. 1643 02:06:09,812 --> 02:06:14,400 Fowler looking in against Boyle. Boyle, the count, three and one. 1644 02:06:14,901 --> 02:06:16,569 - The pitch! And he walks. - Ball four! 1645 02:06:16,736 --> 02:06:17,945 You need glasses, ump! 1646 02:06:18,529 --> 02:06:21,365 Fowler's had excellent control up until this point. 1647 02:06:21,532 --> 02:06:24,243 Terrific so far this afternoon. Here comes Collins. 1648 02:06:24,952 --> 02:06:28,998 Collins' last time up grounded out to first base. Fowler looking in. 1649 02:06:29,165 --> 02:06:30,666 Boyle over on first base. 1650 02:06:31,167 --> 02:06:33,503 Collins has good power. 1651 02:06:34,087 --> 02:06:36,380 Fowler to the wind-up. The pitch. 1652 02:06:37,548 --> 02:06:39,092 Collins swings! Fly ball! 1653 02:06:39,258 --> 02:06:41,260 Back, back! Hobbs drifting back. 1654 02:06:41,427 --> 02:06:43,513 That's out of here! Home run for Collins. 1655 02:06:43,679 --> 02:06:46,808 So that quickly, the score is now 2-0... 1656 02:06:46,974 --> 02:06:48,601 As Pittsburgh strikes first. 1657 02:06:50,686 --> 02:06:54,482 Fowler, up to this point, has been absolutely outstanding. 1658 02:06:54,649 --> 02:06:57,902 That one got away from him. Fowler not happy with it at all. 1659 02:06:58,069 --> 02:06:59,737 You got time! Come on! 1660 02:07:00,988 --> 02:07:02,532 You can feel the anxiety spreading. 1661 02:07:04,158 --> 02:07:05,535 Time! 1662 02:07:05,701 --> 02:07:07,495 Wait a minute, this is a little unusual. 1663 02:07:07,662 --> 02:07:11,958 Roy Hobbs has called time-out and is heading in to see Fowler. 1664 02:07:12,458 --> 02:07:15,169 It's kind of an unusual situation. 1665 02:07:16,546 --> 02:07:17,797 Play ball! 1666 02:07:19,924 --> 02:07:20,967 Don't do it. 1667 02:07:21,134 --> 02:07:23,594 If this is for show, you can cut the crap, big shot. 1668 02:07:23,761 --> 02:07:26,889 Hey, come on, what is this, a picnic?! 1669 02:07:27,056 --> 02:07:29,016 Give them the real stuff, Al. 1670 02:07:29,725 --> 02:07:31,644 I'll start pitching when you start hitting. 1671 02:07:33,938 --> 02:07:35,398 What the hell's going on out here? 1672 02:07:36,107 --> 02:07:38,776 - It's a surprise. - It's okay, Pop. 1673 02:07:39,735 --> 02:07:40,778 Let's play ball. 1674 02:07:51,289 --> 02:07:53,374 Two to nothing, and the Knights coming to bat. 1675 02:07:53,749 --> 02:07:56,752 - This is it, Roy! - Swing it, Hobbs! 1676 02:07:56,919 --> 02:08:01,549 Now batting, number nine, Roy Hobbs! 1677 02:08:04,719 --> 02:08:05,928 Come on, Roy! 1678 02:08:09,891 --> 02:08:11,851 Youngberry, the pitch! 1679 02:08:12,685 --> 02:08:15,146 A swing and a miss. Hobbs misses. 1680 02:08:15,938 --> 02:08:17,523 Swing and a miss! Strike two! 1681 02:08:17,690 --> 02:08:18,941 Come on, Roy! 1682 02:08:20,860 --> 02:08:23,905 Strike three! And Hobbs falls to the ground! 1683 02:08:24,363 --> 02:08:26,949 Hobbs tried to meet that ball and totally missed it. 1684 02:08:27,116 --> 02:08:28,367 Knocked to the ground. 1685 02:08:28,534 --> 02:08:31,412 Picks himself up again. Youngberry overpowering. 1686 02:08:31,579 --> 02:08:35,833 Hobbs just hasn't been able to put it together this evening. 1687 02:08:36,500 --> 02:08:38,753 - Where are you going? - I'll be right back. 1688 02:08:38,920 --> 02:08:40,588 Excuse me. 1689 02:08:42,215 --> 02:08:43,841 It's all right, slugger! 1690 02:08:44,008 --> 02:08:45,551 Come on, Hobbs! 1691 02:08:45,718 --> 02:08:48,221 It's very important that Roy Hobbs gets this. 1692 02:08:48,387 --> 02:08:49,931 I'm sorry, I just can't do it, lady. 1693 02:08:50,097 --> 02:08:53,226 I know. But you must understand, I have his son in the stands. 1694 02:08:53,392 --> 02:08:54,977 He doesn't know his son is here. 1695 02:08:55,144 --> 02:08:58,064 - I just can't do it. - Please, I don't know what to say. 1696 02:08:59,023 --> 02:09:02,026 At the end of six, no score at all for the Knights. 1697 02:09:02,193 --> 02:09:03,361 Fowler! 1698 02:09:04,195 --> 02:09:07,823 Long fly ball! Back to the wall! He has it! 1699 02:09:11,244 --> 02:09:14,664 So at the end of six innings, again, 2-0. 1700 02:09:14,830 --> 02:09:18,209 The Knights still on the short end of the stick. 1701 02:09:38,062 --> 02:09:40,064 Strike! 1702 02:09:51,659 --> 02:09:53,452 Strike! 1703 02:10:42,835 --> 02:10:46,297 Frenchie going for two! Here comes the throw! 1704 02:10:46,464 --> 02:10:48,591 And Frenchie is out of there! 1705 02:10:48,758 --> 02:10:50,301 He never should have gone for two, 1706 02:10:50,468 --> 02:10:52,553 but I guess he's trying to get something started. 1707 02:10:52,720 --> 02:10:55,806 And so at the end of seven, 2-0, Pittsburgh. 1708 02:10:56,349 --> 02:10:59,143 Fowler's been overpowering ever since the 4th inning. 1709 02:10:59,310 --> 02:11:00,978 Getting himself set on the mound. 1710 02:11:01,145 --> 02:11:03,481 Fowler looking in against Jenkins. The pitch! 1711 02:11:03,647 --> 02:11:06,025 Throw, swing and a miss! Strike three! 1712 02:11:06,192 --> 02:11:10,029 And so at the top half of the ninth, still 2-0. 1713 02:11:10,196 --> 02:11:14,325 Two outs right now. Bivens going back to get himself another bat. 1714 02:11:14,492 --> 02:11:17,286 Nothing has worked so far. Maybe he'll try another one. 1715 02:11:17,453 --> 02:11:21,248 Bivens 0 for 2 today. The pitch! He swings! 1716 02:11:21,415 --> 02:11:23,334 There's a shot over the right field! 1717 02:11:24,460 --> 02:11:27,046 Collins picks it up. He's throwing it! 1718 02:11:27,213 --> 02:11:29,006 There's the throw! And he is safe! 1719 02:11:29,173 --> 02:11:31,634 - Safe! - Unbelievable! 1720 02:11:32,802 --> 02:11:35,638 Oh, my! Two outs! 1721 02:11:35,805 --> 02:11:38,432 Now batting, number 18, John Olsen. 1722 02:11:38,599 --> 02:11:40,267 Okay, hit her now. 1723 02:11:50,736 --> 02:11:53,614 I'm telling you, what a game we have tonight! 1724 02:11:53,781 --> 02:11:57,034 From the stretch, Youngberry looks... 1725 02:11:57,201 --> 02:11:58,452 The pitch! 1726 02:11:58,619 --> 02:12:02,748 Olsen swings! Ground ball to third! He bobbles! He throws over to first base! 1727 02:12:02,915 --> 02:12:04,708 Run, you son of a bitch! Run! 1728 02:12:05,918 --> 02:12:06,961 Safe! 1729 02:12:07,128 --> 02:12:09,547 The ball rolls free! Bivens takes third! 1730 02:12:14,510 --> 02:12:18,264 Now batting, number nine, Roy Hobbs. 1731 02:12:18,431 --> 02:12:22,143 Roy! Roy! Roy! 1732 02:12:31,819 --> 02:12:33,696 Come on, Roy! 1733 02:12:47,960 --> 02:12:49,503 The pitch! 1734 02:12:49,670 --> 02:12:51,922 - Ball! - Ball! Outside corner! 1735 02:12:55,509 --> 02:12:57,011 Hobbs, the determination! 1736 02:12:57,178 --> 02:13:00,389 Hobbs has been an outstanding player all year! 1737 02:13:00,556 --> 02:13:04,894 Trying to get his team into the world series for Pop Fisher. 1738 02:13:05,060 --> 02:13:08,731 Youngberry! The pitch again! Inside, ball two! 1739 02:13:08,898 --> 02:13:10,149 Time! 1740 02:13:10,316 --> 02:13:13,569 Calls time-out. Heads for the mound. 1741 02:13:13,736 --> 02:13:18,240 Could be it for Youngberry. Taking no chances at all. There he goes. 1742 02:13:18,407 --> 02:13:20,242 He's gonna go for a left-hander. 1743 02:13:20,409 --> 02:13:22,411 Youngberry not happy at all about this. 1744 02:13:22,578 --> 02:13:25,456 Youngberry has only given up three hits in the entire game. 1745 02:13:25,623 --> 02:13:27,583 A beautiful pitching performance. 1746 02:13:27,750 --> 02:13:28,792 Let's go! 1747 02:13:28,959 --> 02:13:31,462 Young John Rhoades strides to the mound. 1748 02:13:31,629 --> 02:13:34,298 A Nebraska farm boy, blazing left-handed speed. 1749 02:13:36,050 --> 02:13:39,053 This Pirate organisation expects great things for him. 1750 02:13:39,220 --> 02:13:41,013 You can hit it! You can hit it! 1751 02:13:41,180 --> 02:13:45,518 They say he's got the best fastball in the major leagues right now. 1752 02:13:47,520 --> 02:13:49,688 This is the game for the World Series. 1753 02:13:49,855 --> 02:13:54,151 One of these teams will be, tomorrow, playing in the World Series. 1754 02:13:54,318 --> 02:13:55,861 It comes down to this. 1755 02:13:56,028 --> 02:13:59,114 And Roy Hobbs is the man of the hour. 1756 02:13:59,823 --> 02:14:03,494 John Rhoades checks the man at first. Checks the man at third. 1757 02:14:04,453 --> 02:14:07,748 Hobbs, with determination, trying to make it happen. 1758 02:14:09,500 --> 02:14:11,043 The pitch! He swings! 1759 02:14:11,210 --> 02:14:12,753 Oh, my God! 1760 02:14:12,920 --> 02:14:15,798 He shattered the glass to the press box right next to us! 1761 02:14:15,965 --> 02:14:19,718 Absolutely broke the glass right next to our radio booth here! 1762 02:14:21,929 --> 02:14:23,347 Hobbs, incredible power! 1763 02:14:33,023 --> 02:14:34,149 The pitch! 1764 02:14:34,942 --> 02:14:36,485 Strike! 1765 02:14:40,656 --> 02:14:42,032 You can do it! 1766 02:14:49,373 --> 02:14:51,834 This is it! This is the game right now. 1767 02:14:52,001 --> 02:14:55,045 Hobbs is at bat still. He brought them this far. 1768 02:14:55,212 --> 02:14:59,133 Will he take them all the way? The pitch! Hobbs swings! Fly ball! 1769 02:14:59,842 --> 02:15:03,137 Fading, fading, it's a foul ball! 1770 02:15:19,862 --> 02:15:21,864 Let's go! 1771 02:15:35,085 --> 02:15:39,089 - Go pick me out a winner, Bobby. - Okay. 1772 02:16:05,866 --> 02:16:07,868 Come on, Roy! 1773 02:16:26,595 --> 02:16:29,890 Roy! Roy! Roy! 1774 02:16:39,358 --> 02:16:43,570 This crowd is going absolutely crazy here. 1775 02:16:43,737 --> 02:16:46,865 If the Knights can get into the world series... 1776 02:16:47,700 --> 02:16:49,993 Roy. Are you all right, fella? 1777 02:16:52,579 --> 02:16:54,373 Let's play ball. 1778 02:17:04,299 --> 02:17:06,343 Hobbs setting himself. 1779 02:17:06,510 --> 02:17:08,470 Rhoades looking in, first and third. 1780 02:17:22,067 --> 02:17:24,445 You can do it! You can do it! Out of here, Roy! Out of here! 1781 02:17:24,611 --> 02:17:25,863 Come on, Roy! 1782 02:17:28,949 --> 02:17:30,367 Come on, big Roy, one time! 1783 02:17:32,035 --> 02:17:33,579 Attaboy, Roy! 1784 02:17:47,718 --> 02:17:50,971 And it's spinning way, way back up, into the right field! 1785 02:17:51,138 --> 02:17:55,058 That ball is still going! It's way back, high up in the air!