1 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:20,478 Look alive! 2 00:01:44,469 --> 00:01:46,733 Okay, you bums. Let's look alive! 3 00:01:46,838 --> 00:01:49,898 Okay, batter, batter, batter. Gimme one here, gimme one here. Yeah. 4 00:01:50,008 --> 00:01:52,568 All right. He's got a piece on him. Let's knock him. Come on! 5 00:01:52,677 --> 00:01:55,646 No batter, babe. Comin' in there, big fish. Throw 'im a rope, throw 'im a rope! 6 00:01:55,747 --> 00:01:57,840 No hitter. Come on, come on! 7 00:01:57,949 --> 00:01:59,917 Get one, get one! 8 00:02:00,018 --> 00:02:03,510 - Easy throw there. Right to you, man. - Whoa.! 9 00:02:03,622 --> 00:02:07,490 - Good arm, good arm. - All right! Man, seems just like yesterday. 10 00:02:07,592 --> 00:02:10,026 Well, now if somebody'll just sew his arm back on. 11 00:02:10,128 --> 00:02:12,358 Do you think we can survive a week of this? 12 00:02:12,464 --> 00:02:15,194 Hey, Woodman, bring it home! 13 00:02:17,269 --> 00:02:19,499 Get it, Sam! 14 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,607 Oh! 15 00:02:36,721 --> 00:02:39,246 - Good morning, Miss Holt. - Mr. Steele. 16 00:02:39,357 --> 00:02:41,484 Up a little early, aren't we? 17 00:02:47,632 --> 00:02:52,592 Laura, didn't we pay off those two small, uniformed extortionists two weeks ago? 18 00:02:52,704 --> 00:02:54,899 - You mean the boys from the Little League? - Hmm. 19 00:02:55,006 --> 00:02:58,737 - Sure, I always support the local team. - Huh. 20 00:02:58,843 --> 00:03:01,141 Perhaps our check bounced. 21 00:03:05,083 --> 00:03:08,917 The Golden Dugout! No, Mr. Kelsey. 22 00:03:09,020 --> 00:03:12,046 - I'm afraid that I- - It's that baseball camp for adults, right? 23 00:03:12,157 --> 00:03:14,955 - Run by the L.A. Sluggers? - That's it. 24 00:03:15,060 --> 00:03:17,528 - Oh-ho.! - Some of my old high school teammates and I... 25 00:03:17,629 --> 00:03:20,097 are there right now having a sort of reunion- 26 00:03:20,198 --> 00:03:24,794 us mere mortals rubbing elbows with the greats like Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford. 27 00:03:24,903 --> 00:03:27,269 What exactly seems to be the problem, Mr. Kelsey? 28 00:03:27,372 --> 00:03:31,968 Well, they want to close the camp for the rest of my session. 29 00:03:32,077 --> 00:03:36,309 - Why? - Since my group arrived there a few days ago... 30 00:03:36,414 --> 00:03:38,678 there've been two suspicious accidents. 31 00:03:38,783 --> 00:03:41,980 Now, nobody's been hurt, you see, but the management feels that... 32 00:03:42,087 --> 00:03:46,456 well, maybe somebody in my group is responsible- pulling pranks or something. 33 00:03:46,558 --> 00:03:49,288 So, uh, one more strike and we're out of there. 34 00:03:49,394 --> 00:03:52,522 Why would someone from your group want to sabotage the camp? 35 00:03:52,631 --> 00:03:55,623 That's what I say. It just doesn't make sense. 36 00:03:55,734 --> 00:03:59,226 I'm sure that these accidents are just coincidence. 37 00:03:59,337 --> 00:04:03,103 But I'd feel a lot better, Mr. Steele, if you could... 38 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:05,904 you know, just kind of hang around the camp incognito... 39 00:04:06,011 --> 00:04:08,309 just to make sure that everything's square. 40 00:04:08,413 --> 00:04:12,008 Naturally, I'll foot the bill. 41 00:04:12,117 --> 00:04:15,143 Eh, f-forgive me for saying so, Mr. Kelsey... 42 00:04:15,253 --> 00:04:17,983 but aren't you going to an awful lot of trouble just to preserve a game? 43 00:04:18,089 --> 00:04:21,252 - I mean- - A game? 44 00:04:21,359 --> 00:04:25,591 Baseball's a lot more than just a game, Mr. Steele. It's a- It's a way of life. 45 00:04:25,697 --> 00:04:28,131 It's- 46 00:04:28,233 --> 00:04:30,201 It's America. 47 00:04:30,302 --> 00:04:35,171 - America. - I don't think Mr. Steele has ever played baseball. 48 00:04:35,273 --> 00:04:38,640 - Oh. - I may not have played, Miss Holt... 49 00:04:38,743 --> 00:04:41,871 but I'm a keen observer of your national pastime. 50 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:45,211 So, uh, you'll take the case? 51 00:04:45,317 --> 00:04:48,980 I'm sure Mr. Steele will play ball. Won't you, sir? 52 00:04:49,087 --> 00:04:51,681 Certainly. When do we kick off? 53 00:04:57,629 --> 00:05:02,032 - All right! All right! All right! - Ho! Listen up, you bums. 54 00:05:02,133 --> 00:05:06,263 That means you too, Mantle. Remember, I seen you strike out four times in a row. 55 00:05:06,371 --> 00:05:09,067 All right. This here is Brendan St. James. 56 00:05:09,174 --> 00:05:11,233 He's from England. Make him feel welcome. 57 00:05:11,343 --> 00:05:13,311 Yes, thank you very much. Thank you. 58 00:05:13,411 --> 00:05:16,903 Well, I'm absolutely bonkers about your American pastime. 59 00:05:17,015 --> 00:05:21,076 I can't say I understand it entirely, but Mr. Crowley here... 60 00:05:21,186 --> 00:05:25,885 has graciously consented to my joining your training session, albeit rather late. 61 00:05:25,990 --> 00:05:28,458 I just hope I won't be a bother to anyone. 62 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,893 Always room for one more nut. Ralph Kelsey, Muncie, Indiana. 63 00:05:31,996 --> 00:05:34,464 When I'm not playing first base, I'm into machine tooling. 64 00:05:34,566 --> 00:05:37,763 - Oh, how do you do? - These are some of my old high school teammates here. 65 00:05:37,869 --> 00:05:39,996 This is Sam Woodman, the world's greatest high school teacher. 66 00:05:40,105 --> 00:05:42,073 - Welcome aboard. - Thank you. 67 00:05:42,173 --> 00:05:45,472 - Doc Gridley, formerly of Muncie, now from Miami Beach. - Ah, a doctor. 68 00:05:45,577 --> 00:05:48,444 - Proctologist. - Ah, yes. Very good with the glove, I presume. 69 00:05:50,615 --> 00:05:54,642 Like your style, man. Slats Kittridge, bus driver from friendly Cleveland, Ohio. 70 00:05:54,753 --> 00:05:59,156 - Oh, nice to meet you. - Chubby Bitterman. Taught Mickey Mantle everything he knows. 71 00:05:59,257 --> 00:06:02,988 - Everything I know about selling used cars in Oxnard. - Hey! 72 00:06:07,766 --> 00:06:11,327 - Jake Crowley! - All right. Don't get your leg warmers in an uproar, lady. 73 00:06:11,436 --> 00:06:14,132 - I'm Jake Crowley. Who are you? - I'm Mickey Boggs. 74 00:06:14,239 --> 00:06:17,731 My plane was grounded in Chicago. I believe you're expecting me. 75 00:06:17,842 --> 00:06:20,538 - You're Boggs? But I- - Jake, I tried to explain to her- 76 00:06:20,645 --> 00:06:23,546 Explain what, buster? That women aren't allowed? 77 00:06:23,648 --> 00:06:26,082 Come on, lady. Baseball's a man's sport here. 78 00:06:26,184 --> 00:06:30,314 - No broads, and that's final. - Absolutely! Throw the baggage out. Yes. 79 00:06:30,422 --> 00:06:34,688 - Yeah! - I'm sorry, gentlemen, but if you don't know the law of the land... 80 00:06:34,793 --> 00:06:38,923 Miss Zugsmith of the Equal Rights Commission will be happy to elaborate. 81 00:06:39,030 --> 00:06:43,433 - Now, wait a minute here. - Hey, cool it, turkey. Now, it's your choice, fellas. 82 00:06:43,535 --> 00:06:46,595 You can either play hardball here or in the courtroom. 83 00:06:46,704 --> 00:06:48,672 - Oh.! - Come on! - I-I mean it. 84 00:06:48,773 --> 00:06:53,267 I am talking civil suit. I'm talking injunction. I'm talking ugly P.R. 85 00:06:53,378 --> 00:06:56,643 All right. Now, listen, fellas. I got enough problems as it is. 86 00:06:56,748 --> 00:07:00,514 - You want to play ball that bad, lady? You got it. - Thank you very much. 87 00:07:00,618 --> 00:07:05,214 - Man, what a drag. - If this delicate creature wants to be one of the boys... 88 00:07:05,323 --> 00:07:07,518 I fear we have no choice but to cooperate. 89 00:07:07,625 --> 00:07:10,958 Okay, Boggs. You get out there at shortstop with St. James. Let's see what you can do. 90 00:07:11,062 --> 00:07:15,260 - Gridley, you move over to third base. Let's go everybody! 91 00:07:15,366 --> 00:07:20,702 - Yeah, yeah! Whoa! - Something tells me there's a real tiger under that uniform. 92 00:07:20,805 --> 00:07:24,241 Hee-yah! 93 00:07:24,342 --> 00:07:27,778 Hey, batter, batter. Double play. Come on. Get two. Get a pair. 94 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:29,847 - Laura, where do I stand? - Let's go over there. 95 00:07:29,948 --> 00:07:31,916 - Oh, fine, fine. - All right! 96 00:07:32,016 --> 00:07:35,042 - Get two, get two. - Let's go.! Let's have it.! 97 00:07:35,153 --> 00:07:38,281 All right, Mickey. The lady wants to play ball. Let's play ball. 98 00:07:38,389 --> 00:07:43,122 All right.! Hey, batter, batter.! Come on. Double play. Whoo.! 99 00:07:43,228 --> 00:07:47,392 - Good shot, Laura. - Come on.! Play.! Shoot it high. Let's go.! 100 00:07:47,499 --> 00:07:49,592 Hey, way to go, Mickey! 101 00:07:49,701 --> 00:07:52,226 Okay, St. James. Get two, get two! 102 00:07:52,337 --> 00:07:55,534 All right, St. James. It's yours. Let's go. Let's play. 103 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,542 - Ah! - Let's play.! Let's go.! 104 00:07:59,644 --> 00:08:03,011 - Throw the ball, ya bum! - Toss it to second base. 105 00:08:03,114 --> 00:08:05,810 I know what to do, Laura. I'm just savoring the moment. 106 00:08:05,917 --> 00:08:07,885 After all, it's my first ground ball. Huh! 107 00:08:07,986 --> 00:08:11,683 Rather like one's first kiss or the first time behind the wheel of a car. 108 00:08:11,789 --> 00:08:14,087 Throw the lousy ball! 109 00:08:18,696 --> 00:08:20,664 It's only a game, Laura. 110 00:08:24,369 --> 00:08:27,338 Hey, hey, hey, hey! 111 00:08:31,242 --> 00:08:34,734 - You understand we don't have ladies' lockers here. - I understand. 112 00:08:34,846 --> 00:08:38,077 Okay. I want you to give Mickey her privacy when she's in the room. 113 00:08:38,182 --> 00:08:40,707 Okay? 114 00:08:44,856 --> 00:08:48,519 - Uh, good luck, kid. You're on your own. - Thanks, Coach. 115 00:08:50,128 --> 00:08:52,221 I really appreciate your doing this. 116 00:08:52,330 --> 00:08:54,764 How could I refuse? 117 00:08:59,871 --> 00:09:02,203 If you married lads will excuse me... 118 00:09:02,307 --> 00:09:06,004 I'm gonna see if Miss Boggs needs anything in the way of razor blades or- 119 00:09:09,414 --> 00:09:11,382 Hmm! 120 00:09:14,519 --> 00:09:19,923 Well, we've managed to make it to first base without an error, eh? 121 00:09:20,024 --> 00:09:22,652 Hmm! Glad to see you're picking up the lingo. 122 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,093 Just don't let the locker-room attitude go to your head. 123 00:09:26,197 --> 00:09:30,099 I have to make it appear to be lusting after you, Laura, to justify, uh... 124 00:09:30,201 --> 00:09:32,431 touching base, as it were. 125 00:09:32,537 --> 00:09:35,506 I don't hear much chatter in here! 126 00:09:35,607 --> 00:09:38,371 - Keep your hands to yourself, pal. - Ooh! 127 00:09:38,476 --> 00:09:41,172 - And- - Aww! 128 00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:43,406 I think that- 129 00:09:47,652 --> 00:09:50,382 Handle yourself pretty well, Miss Holt. 130 00:09:50,488 --> 00:09:53,423 I've had a lot of experience working in a man's world, Coach. 131 00:09:53,524 --> 00:09:55,492 Thanks for letting us go undercover. 132 00:09:55,593 --> 00:09:58,824 Well, Kelsey took it all so personal, I figure I had to give him a chance... 133 00:09:58,930 --> 00:10:01,194 to keep the session going, and since he's paying ya- 134 00:10:01,299 --> 00:10:04,496 What makes you think someone from the current group is behind all this? 135 00:10:04,602 --> 00:10:06,729 Call 'em like I see 'em, Miss Holt. 136 00:10:06,838 --> 00:10:09,136 This camp's always had a spotless safety record. 137 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,006 This group comes in, and a couple of days later we got two suspicious accidents? 138 00:10:13,111 --> 00:10:16,046 Only people here at the camp could have arranged such a thing. 139 00:10:16,147 --> 00:10:20,083 When your pitcher's in trouble, Miss Holt, you pull him before it costs you the game. 140 00:10:20,184 --> 00:10:23,119 - What do you mean? - Well, there's a bum apple in this bunch... 141 00:10:23,221 --> 00:10:26,554 and I'd rather throw out the whole bushel than risk the camp's reputation. 142 00:10:26,658 --> 00:10:28,683 This is the one. 143 00:10:28,793 --> 00:10:30,761 Huh. 144 00:10:32,463 --> 00:10:34,431 There. 145 00:10:34,532 --> 00:10:37,023 Ernie, the maintenance guy, said it could be metal fatigue. 146 00:10:38,436 --> 00:10:40,996 Or hacksaw fatigue... 147 00:10:41,105 --> 00:10:44,302 engineered the night before under cover of darkness- 148 00:10:44,409 --> 00:10:47,503 activated by a slight push at the right time. 149 00:10:47,612 --> 00:10:49,580 Any eyewitnesses? 150 00:10:49,681 --> 00:10:53,617 Nothin'. Nobody saw a thing- like they was all umpires. 151 00:10:57,989 --> 00:10:59,957 Hoo! Hoo! 152 00:11:00,058 --> 00:11:02,856 That's what they call the "high hard one," old chap. 153 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,724 I thought you said these gloves were padded, Slats. 154 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:08,560 You just got to learn how to catch it right. 155 00:11:08,666 --> 00:11:12,898 No, no! Could we have five minutes for my hand to return to normal size, please? 156 00:11:13,004 --> 00:11:15,063 No problem. 157 00:11:15,173 --> 00:11:17,141 Did you hear about the accident yesterday? 158 00:11:17,241 --> 00:11:19,266 Oh, yeah. Hey, Woodman almost bought it. 159 00:11:19,377 --> 00:11:22,403 Yeah. I hear you had a bit of bad luck yourself the day before. 160 00:11:22,513 --> 00:11:25,505 At the sliding pit. Yeah. The metal stake they use to hold the bag down... 161 00:11:25,616 --> 00:11:29,108 worked itself up somehow, and nobody noticed it, 'cause it was covered with sand. 162 00:11:29,220 --> 00:11:32,189 I got a nasty scratch coming in though. No big deal. 163 00:11:32,290 --> 00:11:36,249 But if I'd slid a little bit more to the left, I'd be singing soprano today. 164 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,660 I happen to know a solicitor who specializes in personal injury, that kind of thing. 165 00:11:40,765 --> 00:11:43,734 Hey, it was an accident, right? I told Crowley, "Forget about it. " 166 00:11:43,835 --> 00:11:46,303 There's no way that I'm gonna mess up this reunion. 167 00:11:46,404 --> 00:11:51,398 Hey, Woodman, Kelsey, Gridley, Chubby, me? We all played on the same team back in Muncie- 168 00:11:51,509 --> 00:11:53,841 - the Eastlake High School Wildcats. - Oh! 169 00:11:53,945 --> 00:11:57,278 State champs in '64. Greatest bunch of guys in the world. 170 00:11:57,381 --> 00:12:00,942 Yeah. I'm surprised you can afford this place. Must cost a bloody fortune. 171 00:12:01,052 --> 00:12:05,148 Don't I know it. When my main man Ralphie called and told me about this little get-together... 172 00:12:05,256 --> 00:12:07,451 I told him, "No way. I can't hack it. " 173 00:12:07,558 --> 00:12:11,995 He told me, get my fanny on a plane to California. He'd pay the freight. 174 00:12:12,096 --> 00:12:14,860 - Can you believe that? After 20 years. - Yeah, extraordinary. 175 00:12:14,966 --> 00:12:18,333 - Absolutely extraordinary. - Hey, St. James. 176 00:12:18,436 --> 00:12:20,961 Come on. Let's see how you handle my slider. 177 00:12:21,072 --> 00:12:25,133 Uh, yeah. Let's see how I handle a slider. Oh, boy. 178 00:12:35,353 --> 00:12:37,321 - Hi. - Hi, hi, hi. 179 00:12:37,421 --> 00:12:40,254 - What have you been up to? - I believe it's called "catching"... 180 00:12:40,358 --> 00:12:43,350 although "chasing" would better describe my experience. 181 00:12:43,461 --> 00:12:46,521 Stick to it, old sport. Just takes a little practice. 182 00:12:46,631 --> 00:12:49,156 Uh-huh, and iron hands- not to mention ankles... 183 00:12:49,267 --> 00:12:52,930 - knees, arms, neck, shoulder, backs. - Find out anything? 184 00:12:53,037 --> 00:12:57,098 Well, from Slats's description, the first accident could have been deliberate and deadly. 185 00:12:57,208 --> 00:12:59,369 But, well, there's no way of knowing that. 186 00:12:59,477 --> 00:13:02,776 - Well, that about summarizes my chat with Crowley. 187 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:08,341 Incidentally, Kelsey paid Slats's way here. 188 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:14,082 I don't believe in coincidental accidents. 189 00:13:14,192 --> 00:13:17,320 Looks like we'll have to play ball for a while. 190 00:13:17,428 --> 00:13:19,919 Think you can stand it, Mr. Steele? 191 00:13:20,031 --> 00:13:22,226 Laura, look out! 192 00:13:33,344 --> 00:13:35,642 Moisture weakened the glue. 193 00:13:35,746 --> 00:13:39,341 Mm-hmm. Seepage from the air-conditioning pipes behind the wall, you think? 194 00:13:39,450 --> 00:13:44,285 Possibly, but it looks like the water came from the front of the wall- 195 00:13:44,388 --> 00:13:47,619 - almost as if it had been injected. - Mm-hmm. Syringe perhaps? 196 00:13:47,725 --> 00:13:50,421 Perhaps. 197 00:13:50,528 --> 00:13:54,931 But if this wasn't an accident, though, who was the intended victim? 198 00:13:55,032 --> 00:13:58,968 Me? Or simply the next member of the team to use the equipment? 199 00:13:59,070 --> 00:14:04,167 That Championship Season. Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern. Cannon Films, 1982. 200 00:14:04,275 --> 00:14:09,713 A seemingly touching reunion of former athletes erupts into a litany of anger and hatred. 201 00:14:09,814 --> 00:14:13,978 - And murder? - Well, no, but that's the general gist of the thing. 202 00:14:14,085 --> 00:14:17,054 You may be on the right track. 203 00:14:17,154 --> 00:14:20,351 Let's explore just how genuine these 20-year-old friendships are... 204 00:14:20,458 --> 00:14:24,224 between the Eastlake Wildcats of 1964. 205 00:14:24,328 --> 00:14:28,128 I'll cozy up to Doc Gridley. Why don't you check in with Sam Woodman? 206 00:14:35,806 --> 00:14:38,036 Hi. Hope you don't mind, Dr. Gridley. 207 00:14:38,142 --> 00:14:41,908 Huh? Oh, no. Oh, no. Not at all. 208 00:14:42,013 --> 00:14:45,414 - Ahh! - And please, my friends call me "Doc. " 209 00:14:47,184 --> 00:14:51,621 Well- Hah! Thanks again for the locker. 210 00:14:51,722 --> 00:14:55,988 - Oh, my! Those bubbles do have a way of sneaking up on you. - Yeah. 211 00:14:56,093 --> 00:15:00,325 - Some bubbles have all the luck. Here. Those jets are adjustable. - Oh! 212 00:15:00,431 --> 00:15:02,365 Ahh, thank you. Mm-hmm. 213 00:15:02,466 --> 00:15:06,698 Eh, I was watching you today. You toss that old apple around pretty good. 214 00:15:06,804 --> 00:15:11,104 Well, I can't compare with you and those old teammates of yours. 215 00:15:11,208 --> 00:15:15,269 What a wonderful thing, having a reunion after all these years. 216 00:15:15,379 --> 00:15:20,442 Yep. Old Ralph said it was about time we all got together and forgive and forget. 217 00:15:20,551 --> 00:15:24,180 - Forgive and forget what? - Well, you know, the usual things. 218 00:15:24,288 --> 00:15:28,281 - Such as? - Oh, that's all yesterday's news, Mickey. 219 00:15:28,392 --> 00:15:31,725 We gotta concentrate on today. 220 00:15:31,829 --> 00:15:36,027 The five of you must have been very close. Oh, my God! 221 00:15:36,133 --> 00:15:39,591 Something's there! Aah! Ohh! 222 00:15:44,742 --> 00:15:46,710 I am so sorry. 223 00:15:46,811 --> 00:15:50,508 I just can't- I can't seem to relax. It's just terrible! 224 00:16:11,969 --> 00:16:15,803 Mr. St. James.! 225 00:16:15,906 --> 00:16:18,238 Yonder. 226 00:16:19,977 --> 00:16:24,539 It's amazing how the desert air revitalizes one's marriage. Eh, Laura? 227 00:16:24,648 --> 00:16:28,482 I'll say, especially considering they're not married to each other. 228 00:16:28,586 --> 00:16:32,386 Mm-hmm. There's more going on here than stolen bases, I suspect. 229 00:16:35,459 --> 00:16:38,121 So they'rejust about to play the National Anthem... 230 00:16:38,229 --> 00:16:40,356 and here comes the skywriter that Chubby hired. 231 00:16:40,464 --> 00:16:42,932 - You know? It's spellin' out "Lincoln High"- - "Lincoln High stinks. " 232 00:16:43,034 --> 00:16:46,868 - Vera! - You know how many times I've heard this story? 233 00:16:46,971 --> 00:16:49,064 Hey, hey, look at this, will ya? 234 00:16:49,173 --> 00:16:51,141 - What you got there? - It's us! Look at th- 235 00:16:51,242 --> 00:16:53,767 Not an ounce of flab either. 236 00:16:53,878 --> 00:16:56,540 - And look at you now. - Hey, hey! 237 00:16:56,647 --> 00:16:58,945 Hey, you leave Ralphie's love handles alone. 238 00:16:59,050 --> 00:17:02,281 - Hey, you mean there is sex after 40, huh? What? - Sam! Stop. 239 00:17:02,386 --> 00:17:05,287 Bet she didn't say that last night. Right, Sam? 240 00:17:05,389 --> 00:17:08,654 Better watch out, Ralph, or I'm gonna tell 'em about our honeymoon. 241 00:17:10,161 --> 00:17:12,561 The four of you must have known each other a long time. 242 00:17:12,663 --> 00:17:15,689 - Yeah, too long. - Shush. 243 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,893 Sam's my ex-husband. 244 00:17:19,904 --> 00:17:22,270 Aha! 245 00:17:22,373 --> 00:17:25,399 And I was married to Ralph. 246 00:17:25,509 --> 00:17:31,175 - Oh. Oh! Oh, how nice for you. - Huh! 247 00:17:31,282 --> 00:17:34,979 And what's amazing is the four of us are still the best of friends. 248 00:17:35,086 --> 00:17:37,680 "Incredible" might be a better word. 249 00:17:40,891 --> 00:17:43,689 What? 250 00:17:46,597 --> 00:17:50,226 I've heard of love triangles, but tetrahedron? 251 00:17:50,334 --> 00:17:52,461 It's very confusing. 252 00:17:52,570 --> 00:17:54,629 Psst! 253 00:17:54,738 --> 00:17:57,036 It's all right, Mildred. We're alone. What's up? 254 00:17:57,141 --> 00:17:59,609 I've been running those background checks like you told me... 255 00:17:59,710 --> 00:18:01,678 and I may have found something. 256 00:18:01,779 --> 00:18:05,943 Five years ago, Chubby Bitterman borrowed a quarter of a million dollars from Ralph Kelsey... 257 00:18:06,050 --> 00:18:08,610 to open an automobile dealership. 258 00:18:08,719 --> 00:18:11,813 - And? - And two years later, it went belly-up. 259 00:18:11,922 --> 00:18:14,584 Chubby was wiped out. 260 00:18:14,692 --> 00:18:19,061 Well, Mr. Steele, it may be a brand-new ball game. 261 00:18:28,038 --> 00:18:29,938 Hey, where's the handle, St. James? 262 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,975 - What happened there, St. James? - I lost it in the sun, Coach. 263 00:18:37,848 --> 00:18:40,373 Now for the fun and games. 264 00:18:41,452 --> 00:18:44,046 Come on, Ralph. 265 00:18:44,155 --> 00:18:47,818 Hey, it's Babe Ruth. It's the Ruth.! Babe Ruth. 266 00:18:47,925 --> 00:18:52,760 All right. Come on, Ralph. What's it gonna be? All right. 267 00:18:55,699 --> 00:18:58,691 Okay, folks. Here they are, the Klutz Brothers in person. 268 00:19:05,342 --> 00:19:07,310 Hey, talk about d�j� vu, huh, Ralph? 269 00:19:07,411 --> 00:19:09,902 - Hey, it was just one of those things. All right? - Oh, yeah, sure. 270 00:19:10,014 --> 00:19:13,745 - Hey, just get off of it! - Hey, man, it's cool. 271 00:19:13,851 --> 00:19:15,785 Hey, I didn't mean it, Ralphie. 272 00:19:15,886 --> 00:19:17,751 Let him go. 273 00:19:17,855 --> 00:19:19,880 Let's watch that play again. 274 00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:22,288 See how you chowderheads can avoid making the same mistake in the future. 275 00:19:22,393 --> 00:19:24,361 - Happened before, has it? - Yeah, 20 years ago. 276 00:19:24,461 --> 00:19:27,897 Ralph was being scouted by a couple of major league teams and whammo! 277 00:19:27,998 --> 00:19:30,967 - Huh. Whammo? - Yeah, last game of the legion play-offs. 278 00:19:31,068 --> 00:19:34,663 He and Slats collided under a pop fly. Ralph tore up the cartilage in his knee. 279 00:19:34,772 --> 00:19:36,933 - Bye-bye, big time. - Oh, bad luck. 280 00:19:37,041 --> 00:19:40,238 Ohh! The worst. Ralph lived for the game. 281 00:19:40,344 --> 00:19:43,313 Uh, deep down, I don't think he's ever forgiven Slats. 282 00:19:43,414 --> 00:19:45,382 If I can have everybody's attention, please. 283 00:19:46,684 --> 00:19:48,879 I wanna take a look at the batting practice tape... 284 00:19:48,986 --> 00:19:51,477 if you got the stomach for it. 285 00:19:51,589 --> 00:19:55,525 Chubby's loan. Slats's collision. 286 00:19:55,626 --> 00:19:58,527 Seems our dear friend Ralph Kelsey has a few axes to grind. 287 00:19:58,629 --> 00:20:01,393 Hmm, three to be exact, assuming he's onto... 288 00:20:01,498 --> 00:20:05,332 Sam Woodman's dalliance among the ice cubes with sweet little Margie. 289 00:20:30,594 --> 00:20:33,256 The reunion was Kelsey's idea to begin with. 290 00:20:33,364 --> 00:20:36,458 He seemed to make sure that everybody he wanted here could make it. 291 00:20:38,636 --> 00:20:42,504 Do you think he only invited them here so he could take a crack at them one by one? 292 00:20:42,606 --> 00:20:45,131 That would explain his desperation to keep the camp session going. 293 00:20:45,242 --> 00:20:47,904 I mean- when else would he have all his mates together again? 294 00:20:48,012 --> 00:20:50,776 Exactly. But he seemed so sincere. 295 00:20:50,881 --> 00:20:53,213 Oh, yeah? So was Jack the Ripper presumably. 296 00:20:53,317 --> 00:20:55,615 No.! 297 00:20:55,719 --> 00:20:59,485 Ralph! Oh, God, Ralph! 298 00:20:59,590 --> 00:21:01,820 Oh! Oh! 299 00:21:10,734 --> 00:21:13,100 - Come on, come on. - Those bastards! 300 00:21:16,206 --> 00:21:18,834 - Come here. - No! No! 301 00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:33,584 - Well, that does it. I gotta close the place down. - Now, hold on, Coach. 302 00:21:33,691 --> 00:21:37,923 - If you fold up now, you stand to lose the whole ball game. - What are you talking about? 303 00:21:38,028 --> 00:21:40,963 Well, the police are blaming Kelsey's death on the batting machine. 304 00:21:41,065 --> 00:21:43,966 I mean, your program could be in for some deadly publicity. 305 00:21:44,068 --> 00:21:47,765 If we can prove that there was a killer at work, the Golden Dugout will be in the clear. 306 00:21:47,871 --> 00:21:49,839 And Ralph Kelsey will rest in peace. 307 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:52,568 Hm. Eh, you got a point there. 308 00:21:52,676 --> 00:21:55,042 Only one more day left of the session anyway. 309 00:21:55,145 --> 00:21:57,113 Think of it this way. Your team is in a jam... 310 00:21:57,214 --> 00:21:59,580 and you just called in Goose Gossage to bail you out. 311 00:21:59,683 --> 00:22:02,948 - Okay? - Okay, kid. Your inning. 312 00:22:03,053 --> 00:22:06,784 - Goose Gossage? - I'll explain later. 313 00:22:10,627 --> 00:22:15,189 Right now, I think Mickey Boggs'll pay a call on the widow Kelsey. 314 00:22:17,735 --> 00:22:20,966 All right, Coach. Let's see how this contraption works. 315 00:22:21,071 --> 00:22:24,040 - I want to know exactly what happened. - All right. 316 00:22:24,141 --> 00:22:26,234 Grab a bat. Get up there. 317 00:22:26,343 --> 00:22:28,311 Now, it's a little tricky. 318 00:22:28,412 --> 00:22:31,108 Now, just relax. Try and meet the ball. 319 00:22:31,215 --> 00:22:34,309 - All right? - Yes. 320 00:22:34,418 --> 00:22:35,747 - You ready? - Oh, yeah, sure. 321 00:22:35,782 --> 00:22:37,076 - You ready? - Oh, yeah, sure. 322 00:22:40,891 --> 00:22:43,451 Is that the idea? 323 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,790 Beginner's luck. 324 00:23:06,850 --> 00:23:09,751 That all part of the game, is it? Huh! 325 00:23:09,853 --> 00:23:13,380 Oh, boy. 326 00:23:13,490 --> 00:23:15,788 Well, I'll be. 327 00:23:15,893 --> 00:23:17,861 What is it? 328 00:23:21,098 --> 00:23:24,226 Aha. Yeah. 329 00:23:24,334 --> 00:23:27,963 Just off-centered enough to alter the normal flight of the ball. 330 00:23:28,071 --> 00:23:30,335 Clever, very clever. 331 00:23:50,794 --> 00:23:52,762 Sorry to barge in, Mrs. Kelsey. 332 00:23:52,863 --> 00:23:55,889 - I really need to be alone right now. - I understand. 333 00:23:55,999 --> 00:24:00,936 I was just wondering if you think what happened to your husband was an accident. 334 00:24:01,038 --> 00:24:05,134 - What are you suggesting? - I'm not suggesting anything. 335 00:24:05,242 --> 00:24:07,972 All I know is your husband was a really nice guy... 336 00:24:08,078 --> 00:24:12,674 I liked him, and he isn't dead an hour when I see you playing around with your ex. 337 00:24:12,783 --> 00:24:17,015 - You saw us? - It was hard to miss. 338 00:24:22,626 --> 00:24:24,594 I see. 339 00:24:25,629 --> 00:24:27,859 I'm no stool pigeon, Mrs. Kelsey... 340 00:24:27,965 --> 00:24:31,765 but where I come from, people stand up for their teammates. 341 00:24:31,869 --> 00:24:37,171 So why shouldn't I just call up the police and tell 'em what I know? 342 00:24:37,274 --> 00:24:40,539 I may be guilty of adultery, Miss Boggs, but not murder. 343 00:24:40,644 --> 00:24:43,613 Sam and I broke off our marriage... 344 00:24:43,714 --> 00:24:46,706 because we were too much alike- strong willed, hot tempered. 345 00:24:46,817 --> 00:24:49,217 Led to a lot of arguments. 346 00:24:49,319 --> 00:24:54,120 - When I married Ralph, I knew I was marrying stability. - And a lot of money. 347 00:24:54,224 --> 00:24:56,419 Mm, yes. 348 00:24:57,461 --> 00:24:59,429 But as I learned... 349 00:24:59,530 --> 00:25:03,694 it takes more than furs to keep a woman warm on a cold Indiana night. 350 00:25:06,403 --> 00:25:08,928 Ralph was good and decent, but- Well, you saw him. 351 00:25:09,039 --> 00:25:12,008 The only real passion in his life was spent on a game... 352 00:25:12,109 --> 00:25:15,044 that uses wooden sticks and a little white ball. 353 00:25:15,145 --> 00:25:17,204 And reenter Sam Woodman. 354 00:25:17,314 --> 00:25:19,839 Ah, for the time being. 355 00:25:19,950 --> 00:25:24,387 Although, I- I hadn't expected to feel the way I do about him. 356 00:25:24,488 --> 00:25:26,649 Weren't you worried that Ralph would find out? 357 00:25:26,757 --> 00:25:30,557 - His mind was on baseball. - And what about Vera Woodman? 358 00:25:30,661 --> 00:25:32,925 Vera? No. 359 00:25:33,030 --> 00:25:37,967 Well, I don't know if she was onto us, but she had nothing to worry about in either case. 360 00:25:39,870 --> 00:25:42,964 I come from a poor family. I like having money. 361 00:25:43,073 --> 00:25:45,041 Vera knows that. 362 00:25:45,142 --> 00:25:48,942 Vera knows that I could never have left the security of Ralph's checkbook... 363 00:25:49,046 --> 00:25:51,071 for Sam's salary as a teacher. 364 00:25:54,551 --> 00:25:56,519 Now... 365 00:26:01,358 --> 00:26:03,326 if you'd excuse me. 366 00:26:04,928 --> 00:26:06,896 Sure. 367 00:26:09,099 --> 00:26:11,693 I was just wondering, Mrs. Kelsey. 368 00:26:13,904 --> 00:26:17,806 Now that Ralph's dead, you can have all his money... 369 00:26:17,908 --> 00:26:20,138 and Sam too. 370 00:26:20,243 --> 00:26:22,211 Can't you? 371 00:26:43,467 --> 00:26:46,903 Ah, Miss Boggs. Care to join me? 372 00:26:47,004 --> 00:26:50,269 I have a tapioca pudding here that's going begging. 373 00:26:50,374 --> 00:26:52,501 Uhh, yeah. It's good, isn't it? 374 00:26:52,609 --> 00:26:56,238 The murder weapon was a baseball doctored with buckshot. 375 00:26:56,346 --> 00:26:59,338 Crowley says anyone in the camp could have set it up. 376 00:26:59,449 --> 00:27:02,782 The pitching machine is always accessible for practice. 377 00:27:02,886 --> 00:27:06,515 Whoever is behind this knew Ralph Kelsey awfully well. 378 00:27:06,623 --> 00:27:09,148 He or she knew the videotape of Ralph's botched play... 379 00:27:09,259 --> 00:27:12,194 would drive him to the batting cage to work off his anger. 380 00:27:12,295 --> 00:27:17,232 - Yes, well, that makes sense. - Unless Kelsey was a random victim. 381 00:27:17,334 --> 00:27:20,030 That's what I love about you, Laura. 382 00:27:20,137 --> 00:27:22,833 You keep narrowing this case down to include everybody. 383 00:27:22,939 --> 00:27:24,907 - Sure you don't want this tapioca pudding? - It looks- 384 00:27:25,008 --> 00:27:26,976 - Hello, Miss Boggs. - Oh. 385 00:27:27,077 --> 00:27:29,705 - Mind if I join you? - Not at all, Miss Zugsmith. 386 00:27:31,882 --> 00:27:34,749 I hit another home run at the computer. 387 00:27:34,851 --> 00:27:36,819 Turns out that 10 years ago... 388 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,081 Ralph Kelsey went to see Dr. Howard Gridley... 389 00:27:39,189 --> 00:27:41,157 for a routine operation... 390 00:27:41,258 --> 00:27:43,818 and ended up on his back for two months. 391 00:27:43,927 --> 00:27:46,521 Kelsey sued for malpractice and won. 392 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:50,157 After that, ol' Doc Gridley moved from Muncie to Miami. 393 00:27:50,267 --> 00:27:52,235 Oh, great work, Mildred. 394 00:27:52,335 --> 00:27:56,135 - How about a raise? - How about some tapioca pudding? 395 00:27:56,239 --> 00:27:58,366 Well, if that's the best I can do. 396 00:27:58,475 --> 00:28:01,672 I think it's about time you paid the good doctor another visit. Don't you? 397 00:28:01,778 --> 00:28:03,939 Wait a minute. 398 00:28:04,047 --> 00:28:07,813 Not 20 minutes ago I saw tender, loving Sam Woodman... 399 00:28:07,918 --> 00:28:11,581 pay an extremely convincing condolence call on Marge Kelsey. 400 00:28:11,688 --> 00:28:16,557 Fascinating. Do you think Vera knows that Sam and Margie have rekindled the old flame? 401 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:19,720 I don't know. But Margie doesn't seem to care. 402 00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:22,162 Vera doesn't look like a woman scorned to me. 403 00:28:22,265 --> 00:28:24,495 I don't get it. 404 00:28:24,601 --> 00:28:27,092 Well, it's almost as confusing as our relationship. 405 00:28:38,014 --> 00:28:40,539 Doesn't that man ever stop joking? 406 00:28:46,890 --> 00:28:51,452 Strange isn't it? A doctor finding out about muscles he never knew he had. 407 00:28:51,561 --> 00:28:54,792 Uuh! Sit down. Join the agony. 408 00:28:54,898 --> 00:28:57,423 Heard the rumor going around? 409 00:28:57,534 --> 00:29:00,469 - No. What? - Ralph Kelsey's been murdered. 410 00:29:00,570 --> 00:29:03,630 What? How? Why? 411 00:29:03,740 --> 00:29:06,334 Oh, just a rumor, old bean. Just a rumor. 412 00:29:06,443 --> 00:29:10,846 There's another rumor that you and Kelsey had a big falling out a few years ago. 413 00:29:10,947 --> 00:29:15,316 Hey, wait a minute, little lady. I mean, that malpractice suit is ancient history. 414 00:29:15,418 --> 00:29:20,549 Sure, I hated old Ralph's guts for the first few years after I had to move to Florida. 415 00:29:20,657 --> 00:29:24,218 Trying to scrape together a new practice isn't exactly a cakewalk. 416 00:29:24,327 --> 00:29:27,490 But... we both agreed that this reunion... 417 00:29:27,597 --> 00:29:30,725 would be the best way to bury the hatchet. 418 00:29:30,834 --> 00:29:33,530 A figure of speech! 419 00:29:34,905 --> 00:29:39,604 Listen, if there was anybody that had a perfect motive... 420 00:29:39,709 --> 00:29:41,677 it's that silly jerk over there. 421 00:29:46,116 --> 00:29:49,108 Silly like a fox. 422 00:29:49,219 --> 00:29:52,950 Ralph made out better than all of us, and Chubby took advantage of him. 423 00:29:53,056 --> 00:29:58,688 Borrowed a quarter of a million dollars on a handshake and then lost every dime of it. 424 00:29:58,795 --> 00:30:02,162 A handshake? Meaning there was no formal document. 425 00:30:02,265 --> 00:30:06,201 Ergo, no Ralph, no quarter of a million dollars to repay. 426 00:30:06,303 --> 00:30:10,569 Hey, you catch on quick, Sherlock! Excuse me, darlin'. 427 00:30:13,844 --> 00:30:15,812 Hmm. 428 00:30:17,047 --> 00:30:20,312 Mm-hmm. Smooth performance. 429 00:30:20,417 --> 00:30:24,877 Could be he's a first-rate liar, and he's just trying to divert suspicion to old Chubby. 430 00:30:27,357 --> 00:30:32,989 Ah, great, Chubby, great. BestJerry Lewis imitation I've seen so far. 431 00:30:33,096 --> 00:30:35,724 Help! Help! 432 00:30:35,832 --> 00:30:38,630 It's no act! Come on! 433 00:30:38,735 --> 00:30:40,930 Ah-ah! Hold it. That's it, that's it! 434 00:30:41,037 --> 00:30:43,005 Just steady, steady, steady. 435 00:30:43,106 --> 00:30:45,631 Stand up! Okay. Here you go. 436 00:30:45,742 --> 00:30:48,905 Get your foot out. That's it. Come on, boy! 437 00:30:49,012 --> 00:30:52,243 - All right, Chubby. We'll just get to the shower. All right? 438 00:30:52,349 --> 00:30:54,317 Just breathe normally. 439 00:30:54,417 --> 00:30:58,012 Chubby, stay with us, mate. Stay with us, Chubby. 440 00:30:58,121 --> 00:31:00,715 That's it. Okay, here you go. Here you go. 441 00:31:00,824 --> 00:31:03,315 All right, son. 442 00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:06,054 Come here. Come on. Breathe, Chubby, breathe. 443 00:31:06,162 --> 00:31:09,063 - Another accident, do you think? - I'll be right back. 444 00:31:09,165 --> 00:31:11,656 Please, Chubby, please. 445 00:31:11,768 --> 00:31:15,033 Give me a sign, mate. Give me a sign. 446 00:31:15,138 --> 00:31:19,165 - I must have lost 10 pounds! - Hah! Hah! 447 00:31:21,278 --> 00:31:23,246 Come on. 448 00:31:27,484 --> 00:31:30,044 - How you doin', Ol' Paint? - Okay. 449 00:31:30,153 --> 00:31:33,816 Thanks for your help. Couldn't get my foot out. Huh! Yeah, thanks. 450 00:31:33,924 --> 00:31:35,892 - Mm-hmm. - Both of you. 451 00:31:35,992 --> 00:31:38,654 - You all right? - Oh, okay. I- I just need a nap. 452 00:31:38,762 --> 00:31:40,730 - Uh-huh. - A long nap. 453 00:31:40,830 --> 00:31:42,798 Good. 454 00:31:42,899 --> 00:31:44,867 - The stirrup was bent. - Oh? 455 00:31:44,968 --> 00:31:47,493 Whoever put his foot in next wasn't gonna get it out. 456 00:31:47,604 --> 00:31:51,700 It could be someone is trying to kill off all the reunion members. 457 00:31:51,808 --> 00:31:54,971 Mm-hmm. And Then There Were None. 458 00:31:55,078 --> 00:31:57,376 - Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston. - I remember. 459 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,381 - Oh! - The problem is Ralph Kelsey is the only one... 460 00:32:00,483 --> 00:32:03,850 that would have had such a motive, and he's dead. 461 00:32:03,954 --> 00:32:08,288 Unless... Kelsey was the intended victim all along. 462 00:32:08,391 --> 00:32:11,292 Then the killer has masked his crime with several accidents... 463 00:32:11,394 --> 00:32:13,954 of which Chubby's is only the latest. 464 00:32:14,064 --> 00:32:17,261 A variation on The Alphabet Murders. Tony Randall, Robert Morley. 465 00:32:17,367 --> 00:32:19,335 - I know, I know. - Oh, oh. 466 00:32:19,436 --> 00:32:22,963 - The problem is how best to proceed. - Well, we can rule out Chubby. 467 00:32:23,073 --> 00:32:26,668 Not necessarily. He may be a consummate actor. 468 00:32:26,776 --> 00:32:30,712 The Exercycle incident, while harrowing, could hardly have proved fatal. 469 00:32:30,814 --> 00:32:34,807 Good heavens, Laura. Can't we eliminate anyone as a suspect? 470 00:32:34,918 --> 00:32:37,443 - Huh? - There's always you, Mr. St. James. 471 00:32:39,522 --> 00:32:41,490 Just a second- 472 00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:54,330 - What's wrong? - Someone's been in here. 473 00:32:54,437 --> 00:32:56,928 Oh? How can you tell? 474 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:01,807 I didn't need my wallet this evening, so I put it in the very back of the bureau drawer. 475 00:33:01,911 --> 00:33:04,072 And? 476 00:33:04,180 --> 00:33:06,808 Well, are you sure you put it in the drawer? 477 00:33:06,916 --> 00:33:10,477 My compulsions are an endless source of amusement for you, Mr. Steele... 478 00:33:10,587 --> 00:33:13,283 so it should come as no surprise for you to learn... 479 00:33:13,390 --> 00:33:16,723 that I always check and double-check my motel room before I leave it. 480 00:33:16,826 --> 00:33:20,193 - The wallet was in the drawer. - Oh. Anything missing? 481 00:33:20,296 --> 00:33:24,392 - Doesn't seem to be. - Um, are you thinking what I'm thinking? 482 00:33:24,501 --> 00:33:29,632 Someone grew suspicious of us, decided to sneak in the room to check up on my identity... 483 00:33:29,739 --> 00:33:34,142 and, through a sudden fear or plain carelessness, left the wallet out. 484 00:33:34,244 --> 00:33:37,213 My private investigator license is right here. 485 00:33:39,015 --> 00:33:41,643 If the intruder is the killer, he's onto us. 486 00:33:41,751 --> 00:33:45,152 Uh, not to be unsympathetic, Laura, but, uh... 487 00:33:45,255 --> 00:33:47,917 what do you mean by "us," kemosabe? 488 00:33:56,533 --> 00:33:58,831 Oh. 489 00:33:58,935 --> 00:34:01,836 Oh. Oh, I see. Huh! 490 00:34:01,938 --> 00:34:03,906 Not even my good side. 491 00:34:25,895 --> 00:34:30,127 Hey, fellas, this is it. Your last day at the Golden Dugout. 492 00:34:30,233 --> 00:34:32,929 Here's your chance to play against the pros you all grew up with. 493 00:34:33,036 --> 00:34:37,996 Now, you worked hard this week. Here's where you show what you learned, if anything. 494 00:34:38,108 --> 00:34:40,303 Go on.! Hey, go on, Coach. 495 00:34:40,410 --> 00:34:43,538 Now, just because your friends and wives may be out there... 496 00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:47,446 I don't want no grandstanding, just good solid baseball. 497 00:34:47,550 --> 00:34:51,646 Okay? Sam Woodman here wants to say a few words before we hit the field. 498 00:34:51,754 --> 00:34:55,087 - All right! - Thanks, Coach. 499 00:34:55,191 --> 00:34:57,955 Guys, we had a little ritual at Eastlake High... 500 00:34:58,061 --> 00:35:01,656 I'd like you all tojoin in on. 501 00:35:01,764 --> 00:35:03,732 Get your hands in here. 502 00:35:09,906 --> 00:35:11,897 Now, Ralph... 503 00:35:12,008 --> 00:35:14,738 you went out the way you always wanted to, with a bat in your hand. 504 00:35:14,844 --> 00:35:19,247 And we know that wherever you are up there in that big bullpen in the sky... 505 00:35:19,349 --> 00:35:22,409 you'd want us to play today like we did 20 years ago. 506 00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:25,579 - This one's for you, Ralphie. - We'll get 'em, baby. 507 00:35:25,688 --> 00:35:29,954 You were the best of all of us, big guy. 508 00:35:30,059 --> 00:35:33,722 Now, let's go, Wildcats! 509 00:35:38,368 --> 00:35:40,893 Not exactly what I'd call Murderers' Row. 510 00:35:41,004 --> 00:35:43,165 Still, one of those men is a killer. 511 00:35:43,273 --> 00:35:45,468 I sure hope you two have something up your sleeve. 512 00:35:45,575 --> 00:35:48,510 The media's already giving me lots of heat about the safety here. 513 00:35:48,611 --> 00:35:51,705 Piece of cake, Coach. This case'll be history by the end of the game. 514 00:35:51,814 --> 00:35:54,977 Yeah? Well, I'm glad to hear it. 515 00:35:55,084 --> 00:35:57,814 - See you out there. - Yep. 516 00:35:57,921 --> 00:36:00,412 Laura, what are you saying? 517 00:36:00,523 --> 00:36:03,424 I work best under pressure. Ho-oh-oh! 518 00:36:03,526 --> 00:36:07,519 - Laura- - Relax, will you? I have a plan. 519 00:36:07,630 --> 00:36:10,030 - Yoo-hoo.! - Morning, Mildred. 520 00:36:10,133 --> 00:36:13,261 - Did the computer render any more pertinent information? - Bubkes. 521 00:36:13,369 --> 00:36:15,929 Oh, really? Another baseball term, is it? 522 00:36:16,039 --> 00:36:18,132 Crowley gave me a master key to all the motel rooms. 523 00:36:18,241 --> 00:36:20,209 I want you to go through them while we're playing. 524 00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:22,403 - See if you can come up with anything useful. - Okay. 525 00:36:22,512 --> 00:36:25,481 All right. Here we go. 526 00:36:29,152 --> 00:36:31,746 All right. Let's play ball! 527 00:36:31,854 --> 00:36:34,322 Let's go! 528 00:36:34,424 --> 00:36:37,154 No sticks, no sweat. Throw hard, throw strikes! 529 00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:41,219 Okay, batter, batter, batter. Gimme one here, gimme one here. Yeah.! 530 00:36:43,433 --> 00:36:45,924 - Get one, get one.! - All right! 531 00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:49,038 - Out! - Whoo-hoo! 532 00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:52,799 Well played, Miss Boggs. Well played. 533 00:36:52,909 --> 00:36:55,434 Now, uh- What's this plan of yours? 534 00:36:55,545 --> 00:36:58,207 - We're assuming the killer is onto us. Right? - Right. 535 00:36:58,314 --> 00:37:01,681 - It's likely he feels we're closing in on him. - Aah! 536 00:37:01,784 --> 00:37:04,412 Later. 537 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,488 All right.! Get the second out.! 538 00:37:06,589 --> 00:37:10,423 No sticks, no sticks, no sweat. Throw hard, throw strikes. 539 00:37:15,231 --> 00:37:20,168 - Way to go, St. James.! - All right.! Great catch, St. James.! 540 00:37:21,938 --> 00:37:23,997 All right.! 541 00:37:24,107 --> 00:37:26,701 It's simple. The killer is bound to come after us. 542 00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:29,607 All we have to do is catch him at it before he succeeds. 543 00:37:29,712 --> 00:37:32,840 - That's the plan? - Batter. 544 00:37:36,753 --> 00:37:39,119 All right! Let's go, let's go, let's go! 545 00:37:52,402 --> 00:37:54,666 Nice catch, Doc. 546 00:37:54,771 --> 00:37:57,365 That's not a plan. It's a bloody death warrant. 547 00:37:57,473 --> 00:38:00,909 It's the only one I could come up with, so watch your back. Ha-ha! 548 00:38:01,010 --> 00:38:03,808 Any one of the old Wildcats could be our boy. 549 00:38:03,913 --> 00:38:06,643 - All right! Great, team. All right! - Yeah, fellas! 550 00:38:06,749 --> 00:38:08,717 - Yeah! - Whoo-whoo! 551 00:38:10,286 --> 00:38:12,413 Batter up! Come on! Let's go! 552 00:38:19,195 --> 00:38:21,186 Come on, grandma! Let's see some heat! 553 00:38:25,568 --> 00:38:27,934 You're out! 554 00:38:28,037 --> 00:38:29,732 - All right, Woody! - Come on! 555 00:38:29,839 --> 00:38:33,536 Go get 'em, Woody! All right! 556 00:38:35,345 --> 00:38:37,939 Somethin' the matter, St. James? 557 00:38:38,047 --> 00:38:41,813 - I find meditation a great comfort during a game. - Nerves, huh? 558 00:38:41,918 --> 00:38:43,886 - Hm. - Here, try a little chewing tobacco. 559 00:38:43,986 --> 00:38:45,954 - Well- - Calm you right down. 560 00:38:46,055 --> 00:38:48,751 - No, no, really- - Come on. It's part of your education. 561 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,598 Stee-rike! 562 00:39:06,008 --> 00:39:07,976 Here you go, Mick. 563 00:39:08,077 --> 00:39:11,478 - Oh, gee, Chubby, thanks. I am thirsty. - Good! 564 00:39:18,421 --> 00:39:22,084 Come on.! Get down.! Get down.! Come on.! Get down.! 565 00:39:22,191 --> 00:39:24,159 Out! 566 00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:31,633 Come on, St. James. Spit out your cud and grab your glove. That's three outs. 567 00:39:38,374 --> 00:39:41,400 Look at that. He couldn't hit the ball if it was on a tee. 568 00:39:51,721 --> 00:39:54,485 I doubt he could pick that ball up if it came with a handle. 569 00:40:06,402 --> 00:40:08,666 - Stri-i-ike! - Come on, Ump. 570 00:40:08,771 --> 00:40:12,673 - I've seen potatoes with better eyes than that. - Come on. Get in there and hit. 571 00:40:15,111 --> 00:40:17,636 My granddaughter Bret can swing better than you! 572 00:40:42,638 --> 00:40:46,199 - Stri-ike.! - Ump, you're getting a little old for this kind of stuff. 573 00:40:46,309 --> 00:40:49,506 - You shouldn't be umping anymore. - You're short. Come on. You're short. Come on. 574 00:40:49,612 --> 00:40:51,910 - Come on. Bear down. - All right. Come on. 575 00:41:22,578 --> 00:41:24,546 Come on.! Let's go.! 576 00:41:43,566 --> 00:41:48,697 All right.! Come on now.! Let's go.! Don't give up.! 577 00:41:48,804 --> 00:41:52,501 St. James, you're up. Grab a bat. Boggs, you're on deck. 578 00:41:52,608 --> 00:41:56,567 Hit somethin' anyway. Let's make this a dignified disaster. 579 00:42:12,528 --> 00:42:14,792 Miss Boggs? 580 00:42:18,634 --> 00:42:20,602 You come up with anything? 581 00:42:20,703 --> 00:42:24,537 Nothing obvious, but I- I pulled these from some wastepaper baskets. 582 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,973 - I thought there might be something. - Good work. 583 00:42:34,517 --> 00:42:37,816 - Ball one! - Come on, blind man. Bear down. 584 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,788 - Come on, Whitey. Give me something I can hit, eh? - My niece has better stuff. 585 00:42:41,891 --> 00:42:44,291 - Oh, my gosh. - What is it? 586 00:42:44,393 --> 00:42:48,796 This receipt. It's a list of ingredients for a type of putty explosive... 587 00:42:48,898 --> 00:42:51,389 that becomes very volatile when it dries. 588 00:42:51,500 --> 00:42:53,468 Whose room is this from? 589 00:42:53,569 --> 00:42:56,367 - There were so many. - Mildred! 590 00:42:56,472 --> 00:42:59,032 - Oh, uh, I'm trying. - Ohh! 591 00:43:09,752 --> 00:43:12,619 All right, chaps. 592 00:43:16,726 --> 00:43:20,822 - The bat! No! - Strike! 593 00:43:20,930 --> 00:43:23,330 Thank God! 594 00:43:28,137 --> 00:43:31,231 - Don't swing at any more pitches. - Let's play ball here.! 595 00:43:31,340 --> 00:43:33,308 - What? - I'll explain later. - Come on.! 596 00:43:33,409 --> 00:43:35,536 Don't swing. 597 00:43:35,645 --> 00:43:38,842 - Get a strike.! - Let's play ball.! - Come on now.! 598 00:43:38,948 --> 00:43:41,917 Line drive.! Get a hit.! 599 00:43:42,018 --> 00:43:44,714 - Meet the ball. - Get it started. - Let's go. 600 00:43:44,820 --> 00:43:47,755 Strike two! 601 00:43:47,857 --> 00:43:50,587 That looked good, St. James. Come on. 602 00:43:50,693 --> 00:43:54,595 Laura, I don't know what you're up to, but I've worked very hard to improve my swing... 603 00:43:54,697 --> 00:43:58,258 and I've no intention of going down to ignominious defeat with the bat on my shoulder. 604 00:43:58,367 --> 00:44:02,963 Take a look at the top of your bat, DiMaggio, and don't make it look obvious. 605 00:44:04,774 --> 00:44:07,902 It's loaded with explosives. You meet the ball, and you'll make a hit... 606 00:44:08,010 --> 00:44:11,002 - that no one will forget if they live. - Huh! 607 00:44:11,113 --> 00:44:14,310 - Don't swing! - Don't swing. 608 00:44:14,417 --> 00:44:17,215 Don't swing. 609 00:44:20,756 --> 00:44:23,782 - Wait for yours.! - Good cut, good cut.! 610 00:44:23,893 --> 00:44:26,293 All right. Make him pitch to ya. 611 00:44:26,395 --> 00:44:28,522 - Ball two! - Are you sure? 612 00:44:28,631 --> 00:44:31,099 - It looked like a strike to me. - Will you get in there and hit? 613 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,566 Fine. 614 00:44:35,371 --> 00:44:37,771 Give it a rip.! Get on. 615 00:44:37,873 --> 00:44:41,036 - Strike three. You're out! - Oh! Oh! Oh, bless you. 616 00:44:41,143 --> 00:44:43,111 - Thank you very much. Thank you. - Get out of here. 617 00:44:43,212 --> 00:44:45,544 - Come on. Next hitter. Let's go. - Thank you. Okay. 618 00:44:45,648 --> 00:44:48,116 Laura. Now what, Laura? 619 00:44:48,217 --> 00:44:50,913 - I have a plan. - Oh, good. I can't wait. 620 00:44:52,388 --> 00:44:54,447 Now, I'm gonna keep mine, and you keep yours. Okay? 621 00:44:54,557 --> 00:44:56,616 - What's that chick up to? - I don't know. 622 00:44:56,726 --> 00:45:00,423 - 'Cause this one's, uh- I think that this one might be- - Well, I just, uh- 623 00:45:00,529 --> 00:45:02,895 - Yeah, this is better. - Okay. Thanks. 624 00:45:09,038 --> 00:45:13,134 Aah! That Boggs is a strange bird. 625 00:45:13,242 --> 00:45:15,437 She wanted to try my bat. 626 00:45:15,544 --> 00:45:18,945 Most peculiar. Yeah. 627 00:45:19,048 --> 00:45:21,312 Let's go, Mick. Make him pitch to ya. 628 00:45:21,417 --> 00:45:23,317 - Just wait for it. - Time. - Big hit now. 629 00:45:23,419 --> 00:45:28,584 - Time! - You're right, St. James. This bat's too heavy! 630 00:45:28,691 --> 00:45:30,818 I need mine back! 631 00:45:49,578 --> 00:45:52,843 - Aah! Aah! - Hit the dirt, Woodman.! 632 00:45:56,485 --> 00:45:59,420 It only looked like we exchanged bats, Woodman. 633 00:45:59,522 --> 00:46:01,649 This is your murder weapon right here, mate. 634 00:46:04,260 --> 00:46:06,922 What in the Sam Hill is goin' on here? 635 00:46:07,029 --> 00:46:09,224 That's the man who murdered Ralph Kelsey! 636 00:46:09,331 --> 00:46:11,299 Sam! 637 00:46:15,304 --> 00:46:19,536 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Fore! 638 00:46:24,947 --> 00:46:27,347 I believe that's what's called a grand slam, hmm? 639 00:46:32,121 --> 00:46:36,148 Thank you. Thank you. Hah! 640 00:46:39,295 --> 00:46:41,923 So it was Vera and Sam all along. 641 00:46:42,031 --> 00:46:44,158 Mm-hmm. Yes, Mildred. 642 00:46:44,266 --> 00:46:49,636 It was a classic tale of greed and envy to match James M. Cain at his nastiest. 643 00:46:49,738 --> 00:46:53,037 Sam was gonna divorce Vera, remarry Margie... 644 00:46:53,142 --> 00:46:57,545 then get her out of the way so he and Vera could enjoy Ralph's fortune. 645 00:46:57,646 --> 00:47:02,276 Oh! I think I'll stick with the Irish Sweepstakes for my millions. 646 00:47:02,384 --> 00:47:06,218 Mmm. How about a double feature tonight to take our minds off the case? 647 00:47:06,322 --> 00:47:10,088 - What's playing? - Fear Strikes Out and Pride of the Yankees. 648 00:47:10,192 --> 00:47:13,286 - I think I have another baseball convert on my hands. 649 00:47:13,395 --> 00:47:15,363 Oh, indeed. 650 00:47:15,464 --> 00:47:19,628 As a matter of fact, I thought I might give you a few pointers in making contact. 651 00:47:21,570 --> 00:47:24,437 Are we still talking baseball, Mr. Steele? 652 00:47:24,540 --> 00:47:27,168 Oh, oh, I'm sure we'll get around to it eventually. 653 00:47:27,276 --> 00:47:30,473 - Aha. - Batter up, Miss Holt? 654 00:47:30,579 --> 00:47:32,547 Batter up, Mr. Steele. 655 00:47:32,597 --> 00:47:37,147 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0