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[Instrumental music]

[Crowd cheering]

(Female #1) Let's go! Wooh!'

Be a hitter, Ben.

Come on, Sam.

[Cheering]

[Grunts]

Safe!

[Crowd booing]

Loser.

You're a loser, Sam.

- Shut up.
- You suck.

You play like a girl.

Shut up, Ben.

[Indistinct chatter]

(Female #2)
'Strike him out, Ben.'

come on, Sammy, let's go.

Hey. Eyes in. Here we go.

Strike one.

Come on, Sammy,
use your head, son.

Come on, Sam.

Attaboy, come on now.

[Cheering]

(Male #1) 'Come
on, I'm filming you.'

come on, Sammy, get
your shoulders back.

Come on, like I taught you now.

You are out

[crowd cheering]

(Female #3) 'I'll see
you back at the hall.'

[dramatic music]

[Indistinct chatter]

I'll catch you later.

(Male #2) 'Call 911!'

(male #3) 'Get an
ambulance. Quick!'

- this is unfreaking believable.
- What?

Some kid at a youth
league baseball game

just bashed another boy's
head in with a baseball bat.

Oh, my god.

He walked right up
he swung full on and hit

the other team's
pitcher in the head.

- No helmet, nothing.
- How old are they?

Thirteen, fourteen.
They're just kids.

God, his poor parents.

It's just ridiculous.

It's unbelievable.

Sports has turned into a
bunch of chest-bumping

high-fiving,
trash-talking idiots.

And this is the result.

Some kid can't stand losing

so he grabs a bat and
bashes the winner's head in.

So, how do we handle this?

As far as I'm concerned, we
can charge him with murder.

Steve, he's just 14.

That's old enough
to know better.

You swing a bat
at somebody's head

you are not intending
to scare them.

Are there any other details?

Is it, uh, gang-related,
robbery attempt?

This is a youth
league baseball game

with a bunch of parents
sipping wine coolers.

I don't think there were
many gang members there.

[Instrumental music]

[Sighs]

[Indistinct chatter]

Bat boy's waiting in
the box with his folks.

They've waived
the right to counsel.

They want to cooperate.

Well, that's our vicious killer.

Yes, ma'am.

All 100 pounds of him.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Sighs]

I'm detective Williams.

This is annabeth chase
from the da's office.

She's here to determine

what charges to
file against your son.

I'm frank berringer.
I'm Sammy's dad.

This is Carrie, my ex-wife.

We both feel
terrible about this.

I know Sammy does, too.

Why don't you tell her
what happened, Sammy?

Sam?

I just lost it.

You know how kids
are. You know, he..

'He-he saw red for a second.'

he-he just lost his temper
in the heat of the moment.

Right, Sam?

It was after the game.

Everything was over.

I was really, really mad.

I had the bat in my hands and..

I... i walked over to Ben.

I-I swung at him.

His team won and your team lost?

Mm-hmm.

Were you upset about that?

I don't know.

Is there anything else
you were mad about?

I don't know.

Did this boy..

Ben. Ben brown.

We've known Ben and his
mom since the boys started t-ball.

Did Ben say anything

or do anything to
make you mad today?

'Was he harassing you?'

(frank) 'Hey, Ben's a
competitor, you know?'

the-they're both competitive.

That's no excuse for
what happened but that..

That's just the way it is.

It's my fault. Ben didn't
do anything wrong.

(Frank) 'Look, uh, Ms. Chase'

we take full responsibility
for what happened.

'Now, you, you do whatever
you have to do but I want you'

'to know that this kid is gonna
get punished on our end.'

that's right.

(Frank) 'We understand
that there'll be'

penalties to pay, uh,
community service

a fine of some
kind, probation or..

What is it? What's wrong?

I don't think you understand.

Ben died on the
way to the hospital.

This is a murder case.

Oh, my god.

No, no, no..

In a tragic story
that puts the spotlight

on the hyper-competitive culture
which surrounds youth sports

'a 14-year-old Indianapolis
boy was arrested today'

'for killing another boy
on the baseball field.'

according to
coaches of both boys

they've been playing since
they were seven years old.

They're gonna run this
story right into the ground.

Can you blame them?

We should get a statement
ready for annabeth.

I'll get into it.

(Woman on TV) 'We'll bring
that to you as soon as we can.'

uh, hey, Maureen,
can I talk to you?

- Yes, Danny.
- I, um, I just.. Your..

I don't know how to say this.

Try using words.

Your sister's been arrested.

- Which sister? For what?
- I don't know.

Rob Burke just called
from the precinct.

He said something
about shoplifting.

Get someone to cover my
arraignments this afternoon.

Danny, don't say
anything to anybody.

About what?

(Annabeth) 'I'm so sorry
about your son, Mrs. Moran.'

have the boys been
fighting, Sammy and Ben?

No.

They were friends.

I mean, look at them together.

They're friends.

Our families are close.

I mean, that's
what makes this so..

Witnesses say there was a lot
of trash-talking during the game.

That's just what
boys their age do.

They tease each
other mercilessly

give each other a hard time.

That's how they communicate.

They do it at all the games.

I don't understand
why it happened.

I am so sorry.

Sam's mother called me.

And she asked me if she
could come to Ben's funeral.

I didn't know what to say.

I mean, what would you say?

I never imagined
my little boy's funeral.

I imagined his wedding
day, his graduation day..

But not in his grave.

Not standing over his grave.

Here you go. In there.

What has gotten into you?

I was going to pay for
everything, I swear to god.

Why didn't you stop
when the sensor went off?

Those things go
off all the time.

Cassie.

I tried to explain
it at the store.

'Please, I just wanna go home.'

we are way past this
being a misunderstanding.

I accidentally walked
out with a couple of things.

It's not a big deal.

A scarf, earrings,
a silk blouse?

It's a big deal to the store.

They're lucky I don't sue them.

That guard hurt my arm.

They have witnesses.

So, what, you don't
believe me either?

'Great. Whatever.'

can you just fix this?

Talk to someone so
I can leave, please?

You can give me a lecture later.

No, I can't.

God, Maureen, you are like
some big fancy prosecutor

and I am your sister.
Can't you do me one favor?

Is that the only reason you
called me 'cause you thought

I could somehow
get you out of this?

The store is insisting
on pressing charges.

Forget it.

How big of a fine will it be?

Can I pay it today?

It may not just be a fine.

But ultimately,
it's up to the judge.

Can you at least
handle everything?

I don't want Roger
to find out about this.

It's a matter of public record.
He's going to hear about it.

You're gonna need an attorney.

There'll be an
arraignment, a hearing.

Oh, god. A trial?

God!

Am I going to jail?

That isn't likely.

It's your first offense.

[Sighs]

Everything's gonna be okay.

I just need to know
what's going on with you.

Why are you stealing
things, Cassie?

I'm fine.

I just made a stupid
mistake, that's all.

You can't help
me with it. Got it.

(Annabeth) 'The victim's
mother is grieving.'

'i don't think we can
put her through a trial.'

'I'd like to try to
plead this out.'

the prosecutor in me
says he'll get to a jury.

If you wanna charge
him as a juvenile, fine

but I want voluntary
manslaughter, 12 to 20 years.

Steve, the kid is not a monster.

I think we should go for
assault with a deadly weapon.

That's four years.

What if this were your child?

What if this child only picked
up a glove and played baseball?

I raised two boys,
both can play ball

and I gotta tell you, if someone
did that to one of my kids

four years in a juvenile
detention facility

wouldn't nearly be enough.

Alright, you want
12, I want four.

Let's meet in the middle.

I can live with that.

Involuntary manslaughter?

What does that mean?

It means your son meant
to hit Ben with the bat

but he didn't
intend to kill him.

Look, we all agree he needs
to be punished, but eight years..

With all due respect,
we're not talking about

a small child who
picked up a gun

and didn't know how it worked.

We're talking about a young
man who picked up a baseball bat

and killed someone with it.

Ms. Chase, would you mind

if we discussed this
plea offer in private?

You know what, counselor,
there's nothing to discuss

because we're gonna
pass on the offer.

You don't wanna do
that. You really don't.

He's a kid, and
this was an accident

a horrible, tragic accident.

A boy is dead, Mr. Berringer.

You think we don't know that?

You think we won't
live with this every day?

Look, we'll pay restitution,
we'll do what we can

but I will not let you lock
him up and send him to prison.

- Dad, it's okay.
- No, it's not okay!

If you reject this plea offer

you're gonna force my office
to try your son as an adult.

- 'He made one mistake.'
- And a boy died because of it.

Ms. Chase, look...
What could I do?

We both gave them the facts.

- It's their decision.
- Here's a fact.

If your clients force me
to try their son as an adult

I'll convict him of
second degree murder

and he'll spend the next
20 years behind bars.

- Maybe.
- What do you mean maybe?

I have a stadium
full of witnesses.

Don't dismiss me,
annabeth. I'm good at this.

And all I need is one
juror to look past the facts

and see a young boy
that belongs in a classroom

and not a five-by-nine cell.

My offer has rescinded.

[Instrumental music]

Judy..

I thought our plea
bargain offer was fair

but they're willing to
take their chances at trial.

This is outrageous. What
are his parents thinking?

They're willing
to drag my family

through a long, drawn-out trial?

I know how hard this must be.

I want to be forgiving.

I really do.

I pray for the
strength to forgive.

What exactly is
this kid's defense?

Bottom line we need to
be ready for everything.

I'm sure they'll say
he was provoked.

Maybe even swung
in self-defense.

- Nice. Blame the victim.
- What else are they gonna do?

So, what story are
you gonna tell the jury?

There's only one story to tell.

An angry kid who lashed out

and killed in front of
dozens of witnesses.

By all accounts

Sammy swung the bat
right at the victim's head.

Actually, there are a couple of

conflicting
statements about that.

Different people saw
the same event differently.

They always do.

And a lot of the team
parents, like Sammy's mom

so they're not too keen
on testifying against him.

There has to be umpteen
parents videotaping that game.

I mean, we videotape
every waking minute

of my daughter's life.

Let's get all the team parents
together at the baseball field

and subpoena their camcorders

and show the jury
exactly what happened.

[Instrumental music]

[No audio]

[Music continues]

Talked to a friend
of mine at the firm

and he thinks that cass might
just might get off on a warning

if we can get in front
of the right judge.

It's what happened to his niece.

- Someone at the firm?
- Yeah.

'Does he have all the facts?'

did you tell him it was your
wife at a designer boutique

not a teenager on a
dare at the mini-mart?

Roger, I talked to
the arresting officer

and tried to get the
charges reduced.

'But Cassandra had over
$2000 worth of merchandise'

and it was not on impulse.

She moved from
department to department.

It's all on video.

She has a problem.

You have no idea

what your sister's problems are.

The last thing she needs
right now is a criminal record.

I have seen this
a thousand times.

And stealing is just a symptom
of a much bigger problem.

And the problem
is not just Cassie's.

You need to pay
attention to her.

I can't believe you're
turning this back on me.

I know my sister.

Really?

Did you know that she
lost the baby last month?

Maureen?

Did you know that
she had a miscarriage?

Did you even know she was
pregnant in the first place?

If you don't wanna help
out your own family, fine

that's your choice

but don't tell me to
pay attention to my wife

because I am the only
one who pays attention.

I don't know if cass got a
chance to tell you this before

how proud we both are
about your new promotion.

I was packing up
the batting helmets

when I saw Sammy
stomp by, holding a bat.

I told him I'd take it 'cause
I was packing the stuff

but he just kept going.

'And I could tell he
was mad, real mad.'

he walked right over to Ben
and just hit him in the head.

I mean, just boom, right
there. Didn't say a word.

I'll need your permission
for Joshua to testify in court.

Of course.

We were so proud when
Josh made this team.

Coach whiting is a legend.

I mean, he's like a
father to these kids.

And Sammy is one
of his favorite ones.

I just never saw this coming.

(Annabeth) Where were
you during the attack?

I was right here.

I was going over
scheduling changes

with my assistant coaches.

I was gonna add
a batting practice

before the next playoff game.

- Did you see Sammy hit Ben?
- No.

Do you know why
he went after Ben?

No idea.

It was the playoffs.

It was a best of five series

and we just lost
two games in a row.

One more and we were out.

Sammy hates losing.

I teach these boys
to give everything

they got to this game.

They play their hearts out.

It's tough not to win.

- You tape these games, right?
- Yeah.

All coaches do. It's
a good learning tool.

I'd like to see tapes
from both teams if I could.

Okay.

These are the tapes we
received from the team parents.

Okay, the beating/killing
is over at 2:58.

Now check this out.

This was recorded
one minute earlier.

Just after Sammy struck out
and his team lost the game.

- 'Ready?'
- that's it. Hold it like that.

That's it, right there. Okay.

Now, follow through
this line, alright?

Be patient. The payoff's coming.

I enhanced it.

[Indistinct chatter on tape]

Okay, right there.

Coach tosses the murder
weapon at the defendant at 2:57

the murder's over at 2:58.

What did he say?

I mean, this is great,
but I-I can't use it in court

unless I know
exactly what he says.

You don't need sound
to know he's not saying

"nice game, son."

(Steve) 'Let me get this
straight. You get a kid with a bat.'

'a kid who took that bat
and killed somebody..'

and now, instead of
moving forward with the trial

you wanna investigate his coach.

We're going to trial, Steve,
this kid will be punished.

I'm just saying
something or someone

pushed him over the edge.

Yeah. It's called competition.

It may look like a game
to you, but it's not to them.

Look, I saw the tape.

That coach was
right in Sammy's face.

It looks to me
like he was incited.

- What were his exact words?
- I-I don't know.

We don't have audio yet.

[Chuckles]

I'm working on it.

He's a coach, annabeth.

He gets in your
face. That's the job.

He demands more, and
you rise to the challenge.

Sammy was pushed. You
don't think that matters?

Sure. And his mom
didn't feed him right

and his dad didn't
hug him enough.

See, that's the way it is
today, there's no accountability

just blame somebody else.

You are a prosecutor, annabeth.

It's not your job
to defend this kid.

I'm not, but a great
prosecutor once told me

to have all the facts
before I make a decision.

That'd be me.

But if he was incited to kill

why haven't we heard it
from the defense attorney

at least as a mitigating factor?

His attorney won't
let him say anything.

- Why not?
- His attorney's cliff reardon.

He's not interested
in mitigation

he's interested in an acquittal.

Reardon, somebody
ought to punch his bar ticket.

(Annabeth) 'I'm still
prosecuting this kid'

but I need to
find the truth here.

If his coach put
Sammy up to this

we can't just let it go.

Right now, dozens of parents

are leaving their kids
in his direct control.

What if he's unstable?

What if he's pushing
kids to be violent?

Okay, fine, investigate
the coach. But I want more.

You need to fill in the
holes in this videotape.

And yelling at one
kid isn't gonna do it.

I need to see a pattern
of abusive behavior

something that'll
hold up in court.

Okay.

Have you got anything
to corroborate your video

between the coach and the kid?

Nothing that'll stand up to
an evidentiary challenge.

Audio tech can't
pull anything useful

to fill in the blanks
in that section.

The camcorder was so far away

there's not enough
audio to work with.

So now what?

Now we have to get closer.

Who was on the field when
the coach got to Sammy?

It's hard to say,
the ump, some kids.

Okay, see if you
can find the ump.

- I'll track down the kids.
- Okay.

(Annabeth) What
exactly did you see?

I didn't really hear that much.

My brother left his
mitt in the dugout

so I went to go get it
for him after the game.

All I saw was the
coach yelling at Sammy.

Well, he screams at
the players all the time

so I didn't really pay
attention that much.

Have you ever noticed
anything off about coach whiting?

Like I told the police,
I like coach whiting.

Does he push the kids? Yeah.

But the truth is, most of
these kids need to be pushed.

So, how long you
been calling games?

Twenty years.

You sell insurance 9:00 to 5:00

you find ways to
get out of the office.

You know, the truth is

I used to love it,
the kids, the game.

It was important. It
was about families.

Now, now, it's about money.

Kids, they see
more than the game

they see
scholarships, contracts.

Ben moran's dead because
the game isn't a game anymore.

Did you see what happened?

I saw whiting go
to town on Sammy

screaming at him
for losing the game.

You know what he said? He said
he was ashamed to be his coach.

- Is that all you heard?
- 'I didn't wanna hear.'

I just grabbed my gear
and headed for the car.

Next thing I knew, Ben
moran was on the ground

with his skull crushed in.

Okay.

Thanks for your
help, Mr. Martin.

Sure.

Hey, you wanna
know about whiting

you talk to wynn markel.

He took his kid off the team
after game one of the series.

That-that's the city
championship series.

He still pulled his kid.

Thank you.

(Annabeth) 'Please state
your full name for the record.'

Christopher markel.

Chris, do you understand

what giving a sworn
statement means?

Yeah. If I lie,
you'll put me in jail.

Well, I wouldn't go that far.

But this does go on the record

so you'll need to
be truthful, okay?

How long did you
play for coach whiting?

Three years, since I was 11.

- And what position do you play?
- Pitcher.

Well, I did, until I had
to get off the team.

Can you tell me why
you got off the team?

We made it to the
city championships

and coach let me pitch game one.

I was doing okay, we
were tied in the sixth.

Two outs, man on third.

Chris... it's okay,
you can tell us.

Ben was up, and
he's their best player.

He almost always gets on base.

Coach told me to hit him.

He told you to hit Ben
moran with a pitch?

"Bean him," that's what he said.

Take him out so
they wouldn't win.

'And I said, "no,"
because I didn't wanna'

get kicked out of the game.

Coach said to
do it for the team.

So what did you do?

I pitched anyway.

Ben hit a double to left..

And we lost.

Did you know about this?

I should've come forward before.

Chris told me after the game.

I called whiting,
confronted him.

He denied ever saying it.

'I told him Chris
was off the team.'

I don't want that guy
anywhere near my son.

(Annabeth) Coach whiting
told him to throw at Ben's head.

He wanted their
star player hurt.

He couldn't Chris to do it
so he used Sammy instead.

Okay, assuming that did
happen, what are you proposing?

We arrest the coach.

Charge him with inducing
aggravated battery.

You don't have enough.

Maureen, he pushed those kids.

And he needs to go down, I agree

but we need more on this
guy before we go to trial.

[Instrumental music]

I wish you would have
told me about the baby.

I called you three times.

You didn't call
me back, Maureen.

I've just been... Busy.

I'm sorry.

I get home at 10
o'clock half the time

and I don't wanna call too late.

- That's not an excuse...
- It's okay.

It wouldn't have
made any difference.

[Sighs] Maybe it's a good
thing how it turned out.

I mean, look at me. I'm
not ready to be a mommy.

- Cassie..
- Roger gives me everything.

Anything I want, I have, and..

I'm still a mess.

The stealing is not about that.

You're going through a trauma

and you've been going
through it by yourself.

I don't want you to feel
like I'm your problem.

You are not a problem.

You are my sister.

And we haven't been
spending enough time together.

Well, you're in luck.

I'm not going anywhere,
you put me on probation.

No. See, you did
that to yourself

and you should be thankful

that it's only probation
and community service.

[Sighs]

I don't mean to
lecture you, I'm sorry.

I just want us to be okay.

We are okay.

We aren't seeing
enough of each other.

But that's gonna change.

We can pick up trash
together along the highway.

Not on your life.

Nice try, though.

Okay, bathroom.

- Be right back.
- Okay.

[Instrumental music]

He tried to have the
kid hit with a pitch?

And that was game one.

Game two, he switched
from a ball to a bat.

- How old are these kids?
- Fourteen.

Come on, here. Open up. Ha!

I'm sorry, you don't, you don't
kill people at 14, you know?

You read comics
or... Stare at girls

try to take your own braces off.

You tried to take
your own braces off?

With pliers.

[Telephone ringing]

Brutal.

All I'm saying is, these kids

they're 14 going on 40.

Hello?

Yeah, hang on.

- Detective Williams.
- Mm.

(Williams) 'Sorry about
calling you at home.'

I-I hope I'm not interrupting
your family dinnertime.

What's up?

'You've been looking
for a pattern of behavior.'

well, I think I found it.

I ran coach
whiting's team roster

for the past five years
through our criminal database.

And?

'He's got two
ex-players in juvie'

for violent crimes and
two more on probation.

None of these kids had records

until after they
played for whiting.

I don't think he's just teaching
these boys how to compete.

He's teaching them to
literally beat the competition.

If you really think that
coach put a deadly weapon

into that boy's
hands, arrest him.

If we arrest him
now, he lawyers up

and I never get to question him.

What about the tape?

You don't even know
what he said to that kid.

So we play hide the ball.

Swear him in, put him on
the stand in Sammy's trial

and get him to
implicate himself.

Look, I really, I-I wanna
stay neutral here, you know?

I don't wanna hurt this kid.

I'm not gonna ask
you to do anything

more than confirm the facts.

Okay. So just the facts.

Exactly.

So, at the end of the game
during the final handshakes

you were busy looking
at the stat sheets.

Correct.

You didn't notice any exchange

or hostility between
the two boys at the time?

Afraid not, no.

What was the score by the way?

We lost by a run.

'And what game was
this of the series?'

game two of five.

And you'd lost both games, so..

One more loss and the
series would be over.

Well, we'll never know.

Out-out of respect
for the tragedy, the, uh

the league decided to forfeit
the championship series.

Did you have a
pitcher on your team

named Christopher markel?

[Instrumental music]

I did.

Uh, he wasn't with us
for game two, though.

Why is that?

He shook off one sign too many.

You can't play the game
if you can't take orders.

He was an uncoachable kid.

Chris markel says
he quit after game one

because you came
out to the mound

and instructed him
to bean Ben moran

'to throw the ball at his head.'

never happened.

So it's your sworn testimony

that this player lied

under oath in his deposition

that his father lied under
oath in his deposition

'and that none of your
players in this team'

'or any other teams
you coached in the past'

will testify that you ordered
them to commit similar acts

against rival teams' players?

I'm sorry, I-I don't know
what we're talking about here.

Your honor, may we approach?

Your honor, the prosecution is..

Confusing me.

Is there a reason

you're shifting blame
from the accused

to the prosecution's
own witness?

Your honor, it's
certainly not my intent

to absolve the defendant.

I'm just trying to illustrate
the full context of his actions.

You sure you know
where this is going?

I do.

This has done nothing
to alleviate my confusion.

So, Christopher markel
refused to obey your orders.

He said if he deliberately
threw the ball at Ben's head

he'd get yanked out of the game.

And you told him, quote

"that's a trade I'd make
any day of the week."

I never said that.

He swears you did.

Then that boy is a liar.

You wanted to take Ben
moran out of the game

and you were
willing to sacrifice

one of your own players
to get the job done.

I never said,
"throw at his head."

I-I might have said, you know,
"brush him back. Scare him."

'That's just baseball.'

you know, that's how
the game is played.

Is it fair to say your
players look up to you?

Ask.. You have to ask them.

Is it fair to say

you're used to your players

obeying your instructions?

Yes. Yeah, that would be fair.

'So, after game two,
with the series on the line'

when you got in
Sam berringer's face

and told him to take
a swing at Ben moran

'he knew you meant business.'

I never said any such thing.

I never told him to hit anyone.

That's interesting

because I have
videotape that shows

you doing exactly that.

Your honor, we haven't
had access to this

and if this impugns
my client in any way..

What are you talking
about? We've turned over

more than 2000 hours of
videotape to the defense.

'We've shared every tape'

every interview,
every deposition.

In all good conscience

I cannot charge my
clients $300 an hour

for viewing home videos
of youth league games.

Well, don't blame me for
not doing your homework.

I'm going to allow the
prosecution to proceed.

[Intense music]

[Indistinct chatter on TV]

- 'You guys ready?'
- 'That's it.'

[no audio]

- 'Yeah. Good one.'
- 'Good, honey.'

- 'do you wanna hit..'
- 'Alright.'

(female #4) 'Good
job. Let's do it again.'

go hit some..

Do you want me to keep
playing this tape for the jury

or would you like to tell
us what happens next?

Look, I didn't tell
him to hit anybody.

I, I knew he was
friends with Ben.

I mean, I might have said,
"quit whining and complaining."

I might have said that.
Yeah, I was angry, alright?

We lost. And he
cost us the game.

'Thanks to him, we
were losing the series'

and probably the season.

So, yeah, I-I might have
waved the bat at him.

Yeah, I might have
said, "next time, try hitting

something with it."

I... never thought

he would swing it at Ben.

I never thought
he'd kill anybody.

I mean, this was,
this was a key game.

This was our shot.

You were up for a
college coaching spot

so you had to win.

And if that meant
sending out your players

to injure and maim
the other team, so be it.

This was never about the boys.

This was about you.

Look, that kid was a threat

and he was a
dirty player himself.

If my boys were gonna
have any shot at winning..

We needed him off the field.

[Indistinct chatter]

No further questions.

Oh, so, I'm done?

I'm done?

You can't set me up
like that then walk away.

No further
questions, your honor.

Counsel?

- No questions, your honor.
- The witness may step down.

So, what, you haul me up here
to make me look like some kind of

some kind of maniac?
And what, is that..

- Is that what you want?
- No further questions.

Well, I've taken six
teams to the finals.

'Six teams! I've
molded these boys.'

I've turned losers into winners.

The witness will step down!

I didn't do this,
alright? He did it!

Son, you did this!
I didn't do this!

- 'Officer of the court!'
- Alright, fine. I'm fine.

Alright? Just don't.

Ms. Chase, before
anything gets said in here

I just wanna thank you
for what you just did.

Mr. Whiting will be charged

'with inciting a minor
to commit felony battery'

contributing to the
delinquency of a minor

and whatever else
we can charge him with

to keep him from
working with young people

for the rest of his life.

'But don't think
you're off the hook.'

I will tell the
jury that your son

still needs to be held
responsible for his crime.

'He could have said no.
Could have not swung that bat.'

the best you can hope
for is 12 to 20 years.

She's right.

I spoke to Ben's mom

and she agreed with this.

I'm not gonna
make this offer again

so let's put it to bed now.

Because of the
mitigating circumstances

I'm willing to offer eight
years in juvenile detention.

You will go to school,
you'll get counseling

and you'll get out
when you're 21.

I think that sounds fair.

We'll take it.

Good luck, Sam.

Heard you really
snaked a guy today.

Is that the legal term?

Good going.

Thanks.

[Instrumental music]

Jack, honey? Coming to bed?

What's all this?

That is me.

Thirteen and ready for action.

Oh, my god, look at you.

Somebody get that
kid a pair of pliers.

[Chuckles]

Is that yours?

- My dad bought me this.
- Oh.

I remember he put
the ball in the pocket

and he tied it up real tight and
he showed me how to oil down

the leather so it stays soft.

Are you okay, honey?

Yeah.

I just think about it, you know?

Playing ball,
hanging out with dad.

It was fun.

I just, sometimes I
wonder if I ever, you know..

If you'll ever have
that same kind of fun

with your daughter?

I will. And it'll be great.

I don't know. I just, sometimes

might be pretty great
to have a son, too.

You think you could
help me with that?

Now?

Now... or later.

I do know I wanna try again.

How many times?

At least enough
to cover the infield.

[Chuckles] Wow.

Come here.

(Annabeth) Stay tuned for
scenes from our next episode.

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