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-♪ what would you do
If I sang out of tune? ♪
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♪ would you stand up
And walk out on me? ♪
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♪ lend me your ears,
And I'll sing you a song ♪
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♪ I will try not to sing
Out of key, yeah ♪
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♪ oh, baby, I get by ♪
-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ all I need is my buddies ♪
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-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ I'm sayin'
I'm gonna get higher ♪
-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ whoa-oa-oa-oa, yeah ♪
-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
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-♪ said I don't know if that's
What I'm sure to do ♪
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♪ baby ♪
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-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ said I'm gonna make it
With my friends ♪
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-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ whoa, I'm gonna keep
On trying ♪
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-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ I'm gonna keep on trying ♪
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-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
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-there's a dreamthat's as old as natural grass
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and nickel hot dogsand being young.
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-branca throws.
There's a long drive.
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It's gonna be, I believe --
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The giants win the pennant!
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The giants win the pennant!
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The giants win the pennant!
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The giants win the pennant!
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-it's a dreamevery kid shares --
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the one big moment,
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hero time.
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of course, when you're 5,
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that dream doesn't seemout of reach.
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everyone plays the gameabout the same --
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bad.
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still, for allyour shortcomings,
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you've got the one thingthat matters most --
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potential.
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then, as springtimerolls into fall
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and little league gives wayto summer jobs,
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somehow...the dream gets left behind...
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for most of us, anyway.
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-hey, I might try out
For the team this year.
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-of course, there was theoccasional glaring exception.
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-paul, you're nuts.
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You're gonna be up
Against 9th-graders.
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Only the best guys
Make the team.
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-come on. You love baseball.
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Wouldn't you like
To play on the team?
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I mean,
You hit almost as good as I do.
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-my mother hit betterthan paul did.
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-this isn't little league.
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Some of these guys can throw
Like 1,000 miles an hour.
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-no duh!
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-still, the great thingabout my best friend
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was he never gave into reality.
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-come on, kev. Think about it.
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The smell of the grass,
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The crack of the bat
In your hands...
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[ "Take me out to the ballgame"
Plays ]
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The breeze blowing in
From the outfield...
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The feeling you get
When the ball
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Hits smack in the webbing!
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The roar of the crowds,
The smell of the hot dogs!
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Kevin, this is baseball!
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Anything is possible!
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-aw, heck.
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it wasn't up to meto smash paul's dream.
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-excuse me.
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-there were plenty of other
Guys to do that.
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-thanks.
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-anything can happen.
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-well, I was his best friend,
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and if he was determinedto go through with this,
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there was only one thingI could do...
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-stee-rike two!
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-...Watch him go downin flames.
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-lomax, you holding back?
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-coach baker --the guy who made the decisions,
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the guy who stood between youand the dream,
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the guy...
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-you're throwing like a girl!
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-...Who called you a girl.
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-start following through!
Keep the ball down!
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-it wasn't fair, really.
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those other guys had skillspaul didn't,
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like hand-eye coordination.
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somebody had to give hima little support.
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-hey, paul.
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Don't let him fool you
With his curve ball.
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-that was his curve ball?
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-keep working on your stretch!
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And don't forget
To follow through!
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-open your stance up
A little bit.
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And don't crowd the plate.
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And keep the bat up.
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-keep your kit down!
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-just try to get
A piece of it.
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-okay, so maybe we hadseparate agendas here.
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but at least nowpaul had a chance of...
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-strike three!
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-...Looking goodwhile he struck out.
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-it's okay, pfeiffer.
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That's the way
To stand in there.
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-well, at least he couldn't sayI hadn't warned him.
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-anybody else?
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Come on. Let's get
Another batter up here.
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-don't worry about it.
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-I struck out.
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-hey, kid!
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What's your name?
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-kevin arnold.
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-want to take an at-bat,
Arnold?
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-no.
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[ chuckling ] no. No, thanks.
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-why not?
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If you can hit
Half as good as you coach,
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We might be able to use you.
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-no. I really didn't come
To try out, so...
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-it's up to you.
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I guess it's a lot easier
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Staring at a fastball
Behind the fence, huh?
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-well, I had a choice.
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I could either stand here
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and let this guy embarrass mein front of everybody
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or...
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...I could do it myself.
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after all,this wasn't my tryout.
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I was just gonna stand up thereand take three swings.
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-come on, now.
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-whoa!
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Pick 'em up!
Pick 'em up!
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Pick 'em up!
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[ indistinct shouting ]
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-or maybe just one.
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-get the ball. Hurry!
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-I can't believe this happened.
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-[ sighs ] me either.
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-man, first pitch
And you nailed it.
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What a lucky hit.
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-[ sighs ] sure.
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-he almost got it by you.
-I know.
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-you swung so late, you put it
In the opposite field.
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-well, it was understandable.
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what did I expect from paul --
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congratulations?
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a candygram?
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-look, paul, it was just
A lucky hit, okay?
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I mean,
There's no way I'm going back.
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-and I wasn't.
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our long-standing friendship
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meant more to me than...
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-going back where?
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-baseball tryouts.
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-oh.
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-but wait a minute.
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was that an actual glimmer ofinterest in the old man's eye?
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-you tried out for baseball?
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Hmm.
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-there's nothing quite likethe feeling you get
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when your father "Hmms" at youwith pride in his eyes.
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-well...
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-no. He just made
This one lucky hit.
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-it wasn't luck, paul.
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-so muchfor long-standing friendships.
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I nailed it on the first pitch.
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-huh. So, you went out
For the team, huh?
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-not really. He just --
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-yeah, I did.
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I thought I'd give it a shot.
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-so...Did you make the team?
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-well, there are still
Some more tryouts,
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But the coach told me
To come back tomorrow.
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-no kidding?
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-yep, when your dadlooked at you like that,
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you felt likeyou could do anything.
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-strike one!
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-well...Almost anything.
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-come on, arnold.
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Nice, easy swing,
Just like you did yesterday.
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-right.
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Got it.
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All right.
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Nice, easy swing.
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Just relax.
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-sure, relax.
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nothing on the line here,right?
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except...
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-come on, kev!
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Give it a rip!
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-...My entireadolescent manhood.
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okay, the pressure was on.
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but I was up to it.
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-strike two!
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-give it a little ride, kev!
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-all I needed herewas a little concentration.
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all I had to dowas make contact.
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all I had to do was...
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-strike three!
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-...Whiff.
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-all right, martin, you're up.
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Come on.
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Arnold, take over at second.
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-okay, then.
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I'd have to hit the fieldand try to save a little face.
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-[ grunts ]
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-or fall on it.
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[ whistle blows ]
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-all right,
Let's hit the showers.
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Let's go! Let's go!
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I'll have the list up
When you get out.
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-and there you had it --time to face up to reality,
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take my medicine like a loser.
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-coach, uh...
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-you made a couple of good plays
Out there.
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-what?
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-let's try to make
A few more tomorrow, okay?
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-you made the cut?
-uh-huh.
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-uh-huh.
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-I'd made the first cut.
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never mind I had no idea why.
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-I didn't know they had tryouts
For batboys.
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-hey, knock it off.
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Your brother did good
Out there today.
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-really?
-really?
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-coach says he has potential.
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-yeah, that must be it --"Potential."
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the magic word.
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-well, congratulations, honey.
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-so, dad, you and coach baker
Talked for a long time.
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-anything besides "Potential"come up?
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-so, what'd he say about me,
Dad?
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-don't leave anything outnow --
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adjectives, superlatives.
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-oh, yeah.
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Kevin's coach is ted baker.
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-no!
-mm-hmm.
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-you know the coach?
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-yeah, we were in the corps
Together.
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-how interesting...
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but backto the old superlatives.
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-how's his wife?
What was her name?
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-arlene.
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You know, both his kids
Are in college already.
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-no!
-mm-hmm.
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-fascinating, but what didthat have to do with me?
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-ted invited me back
For tomorrow.
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-whoops.
[ bat cracks ]
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here's what it had to dowith me.
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errors, bobbles...
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humiliation.
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not that I didn't havemy moments.
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it's just that my momentsseemed to interfere...
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[ both laugh ]
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...With their moments.
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-five errors.
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-six.
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-hey, there's always
Tomorrow, guys.
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-but I doubted it.
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-sorry, kid.
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I had to cut you.
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Better luck next time.
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Arnold, I'll see you tomorrow.
262
00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:04,535
-what was going on here?
263
00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,804
it didn't add up.
264
00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:08,672
potential was one thing, but...
265
00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:12,010
-too bad my dad's not
So buddy-buddy with the coach.
266
00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:16,747
-"Buddy-buddy with the coach"?
267
00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:21,418
-congratulations.
Teddy said you made the cut.
268
00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:22,720
-"Teddy"?
269
00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:24,688
-I found these out here.
270
00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:26,590
You can take them back tomorrow.
271
00:10:26,592 --> 00:10:28,458
-okay.
272
00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:30,694
-come on. Toss me a couple.
273
00:10:30,696 --> 00:10:32,997
-dad...
274
00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:35,232
-come on. See if you get one
Past your old man.
275
00:10:35,234 --> 00:10:37,234
-part of mewanted to know the truth,
276
00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:38,769
and part of me didn't.
277
00:10:38,771 --> 00:10:41,838
-okay, now.
Give me your best shot.
278
00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,675
Teddy says your arm needs work.
279
00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:50,982
Come on. No cream puffs!
280
00:10:50,984 --> 00:10:53,050
-I didn't know what to think...
281
00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:54,952
about dad and coach baker,
282
00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:56,553
about making the cut,
283
00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:59,090
about a childhood dreamthat just days before
284
00:10:59,092 --> 00:11:01,625
had seemed to bein the palm of my hand.
285
00:11:01,627 --> 00:11:02,793
-fire it in, now!
286
00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:05,696
-all I knew was...I was about to throw a baseball
287
00:11:05,698 --> 00:11:08,799
harder than I had everthrown one before in my life.
288
00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:10,334
-[ grunts ]
289
00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:13,971
and what had beenin the palm of my hand
290
00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:16,707
was now out of the ballpark.
291
00:11:16,709 --> 00:11:19,443
[ dog barking ]
292
00:11:23,249 --> 00:11:24,548
the crack of the bat,
293
00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:26,150
the smell of the grass,
294
00:11:26,152 --> 00:11:29,319
the lingering suspicionthat something was rotten
295
00:11:29,321 --> 00:11:31,488
in the stateof junior-high baseball.
296
00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:34,358
as tryouts continued, I triedto put all those thoughts...
297
00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,760
-hey, arnold!
298
00:11:35,762 --> 00:11:39,163
-behind me!
-oh, come on, arnold!
299
00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:41,198
-...And concentrateon the task at hand.
300
00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,901
[ grunts ]
301
00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:48,271
but it seemed like the more Iconcentrated, the worse I got.
302
00:11:48,273 --> 00:11:50,508
-arnold, will you quit aiming
For the moon?
303
00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:52,176
-I'm not aiming for the moon.
304
00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:53,878
I was aiming for anything.
305
00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,280
-so, how'd it go at tryouts?
306
00:11:56,282 --> 00:11:58,782
-six errors, two strikeouts.
307
00:11:58,784 --> 00:12:00,618
-well, there's always next year.
308
00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:02,285
-I made the cut.
309
00:12:02,287 --> 00:12:03,587
[ cash register dings ]
310
00:12:04,991 --> 00:12:07,425
-congratulations.
311
00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:09,927
-this was getting to betoo much.
312
00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:13,331
what I needed to do was justsit down with my jell-o cubes,
313
00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:16,533
my french fries...
314
00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:18,735
and my girlfriend.
315
00:12:18,737 --> 00:12:20,270
-hi!
316
00:12:20,272 --> 00:12:21,505
-hi.
317
00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:26,777
-what's wrong?
318
00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:31,115
-oh, it's nothing.
319
00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:34,251
-kevin, if something's
Bothering you, maybe I can help.
320
00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:35,719
-well, maybe I should tell her.
321
00:12:35,721 --> 00:12:38,322
if anyone would understand,it would be winnie.
322
00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:42,826
-well...It's tryouts.
323
00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:45,362
You see, I'm having
This problem...
324
00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:46,430
-uh-huh.
325
00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:49,600
-...And I can't figure it out.
326
00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:50,901
I don't know what to do.
327
00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:52,536
And I'm really trying hard,
328
00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:55,172
You know,
'cause it's important to me.
329
00:12:58,043 --> 00:13:00,844
Do you understand anything
At all I'm saying, winnie?
330
00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:02,546
-I do.
331
00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:04,348
-okay,this was what I needed --
332
00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:06,750
a little dollopof feminine sensitivity.
333
00:13:06,752 --> 00:13:08,819
-try choking up a little more.
334
00:13:08,821 --> 00:13:11,088
And widen your stance.
335
00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:12,789
That'll help you get the bat
Around quicker,
336
00:13:12,791 --> 00:13:14,358
And that way your swing
Won't be so late
337
00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,427
And you can meet the ball out
Right over the plate.
338
00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,162
-great.
339
00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:20,397
everybody's an expert.
340
00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:21,165
[ whistle blows ]
341
00:13:21,167 --> 00:13:23,134
tryout day number 3.
342
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:26,137
four strikeouts, five errors,and what's worse...
343
00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,172
-congratulations, arnold.
344
00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:29,373
You made the cut.
345
00:13:33,512 --> 00:13:35,779
-okay.this had gone far enough.
346
00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:39,583
and now it was timeto find out why...
347
00:13:42,187 --> 00:13:44,655
-arnold.
348
00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,423
-...Without mincing words.
349
00:13:46,425 --> 00:13:48,458
What time are tryouts tomorrow?
350
00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:51,128
-same time as every day.
351
00:13:51,130 --> 00:13:53,363
-right.
352
00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:54,765
-okay.
353
00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:56,566
enough chitchat.
354
00:13:56,568 --> 00:13:58,235
let's cut to the chase.
355
00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,537
-why do I keep making the cuts?
356
00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:05,742
-I think I know what
You're getting at, arnold.
357
00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:09,680
You've been making
A lot of errors.
358
00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:13,450
And you haven't been handling
The bat the way you'd like.
359
00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:15,919
And you're wondering
Why I keep you around.
360
00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:20,091
I think you and I know
The answer to that.
361
00:14:20,093 --> 00:14:21,859
His name...
362
00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:23,093
-oh, no.
363
00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:25,763
-...Is charlie hustle.
364
00:14:25,765 --> 00:14:28,065
-huh?
365
00:14:28,067 --> 00:14:30,468
-you got a lot of desire, kid,
A lot of heart.
366
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,404
That's one of the first things
I look for in a player.
367
00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:34,638
-really?
368
00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:35,906
-you bet.
369
00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:37,207
You can keep your hotshots
370
00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:39,677
Who think somebody owes them
A starting position.
371
00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:42,145
Just give me one guy
Who loves the game,
372
00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:44,314
One guy
Who plays his heart out,
373
00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:45,983
One guy you can count on.
374
00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:47,017
-one guy.
375
00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:48,685
could that be me?
376
00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:51,755
maybe I'd been all wrong.maybe I did have potential.
377
00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:53,023
maybe making the cuts
378
00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:55,426
hadn't had anything at allto do with...
379
00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:57,328
-you know your dad saved my life
In korea?
380
00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:59,162
-huh?
381
00:14:59,164 --> 00:15:00,597
-never told you, huh?
382
00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:03,467
[ chuckles ]
Doesn't surprise me.
383
00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:05,002
Yeah.
384
00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:06,937
Pulled me out
Of the line of fire once.
385
00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:12,176
There's nothing I wouldn't do
For that man.
386
00:15:12,178 --> 00:15:15,979
[ bombs whistling ]
387
00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:17,314
[ explosion ]
388
00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:19,316
[ indistinct shouting ]
389
00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:27,157
You saved my life.
390
00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:28,559
-eh, forget it.
391
00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:30,627
-no, I owe you, arnold.
392
00:15:30,629 --> 00:15:32,929
Anything. Just name it.
393
00:15:32,931 --> 00:15:36,300
-well, you know,
Someday I may have a son.
394
00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:39,369
If you're ever in a position
To put him on a baseball team,
395
00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:40,771
I'd really appreciate it.
396
00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,539
-consider it done.
397
00:15:42,541 --> 00:15:44,541
-you know, in fact, it'd be nice
398
00:15:44,543 --> 00:15:46,777
If he were a starter.
399
00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:49,013
-well, you know,
I can't promise anything.
400
00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:50,647
-look out!
401
00:15:50,649 --> 00:15:52,316
[ explosion ]
402
00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:59,090
-[ sighs ] starter it is.
403
00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:01,525
-yeah, and I'm sure
He'd like to play
Somewhere in the infield.
404
00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:02,960
-well, I don't know...
405
00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:05,128
-look out! Look out!
406
00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:06,830
[ gunfire ]
407
00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:09,066
-how about shortstop?
408
00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:13,204
-come on.
Let's get the hell out of here!
409
00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:16,339
-it gave a whole new meaningto the concept of war,
410
00:16:16,341 --> 00:16:19,777
knowing that millions ofbrave men had gone off to fight
411
00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:22,279
and save livesjust so their inept sons
412
00:16:22,281 --> 00:16:24,882
could playjunior-high-school baseball.
413
00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:29,986
-hey, you know,
I've been thinking --
414
00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:32,356
This mitt of yours
Is getting kind of ratty.
415
00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:35,959
How'd you like to go out
And get a new one?
416
00:16:35,961 --> 00:16:37,595
-a new mitt?
417
00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:38,895
-yeah. Why not?
418
00:16:38,897 --> 00:16:41,631
-[ sighs ]
I don't need a new mitt.
419
00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:42,933
-hey, wait till you get a whiff
420
00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:44,902
Of that fresh, new rawhide
On your hand.
421
00:16:44,904 --> 00:16:46,737
What do you say?
422
00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:48,906
-though moments like thisfrom my father were rare,
423
00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:51,342
it wasn't hard to seewhat he was feeling.
424
00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:55,779
unfortunately,I also had an idea of why.
425
00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:58,682
-there's no way I could break
It in in time for tomorrow.
426
00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:00,351
-'course not.
427
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:04,588
I just have a feeling you're
Gonna need it after tomorrow.
428
00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:06,957
-and there it was --the smoking gun,
429
00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:08,425
the dead giveaway.
430
00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:10,060
-we'll go down
To kel's sporting goods.
431
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:12,062
They must have a ton
In stock right now.
432
00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:15,365
Come on. It'll be fun, kev.
433
00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:16,700
Let's go.
434
00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:18,569
-look, I don't want a new mitt.
435
00:17:18,571 --> 00:17:21,271
I can do fine
With my own, okay?
436
00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:22,540
-let him get his own mitt.
437
00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:26,242
I was sick of playingsomeone else's game.
438
00:17:26,244 --> 00:17:28,312
the only thing I wantedwas to prove
439
00:17:28,314 --> 00:17:31,882
that I didn't need any favors,that I deserved to be here.
440
00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:35,118
I wanted to prove it to theguys trying out, to the coach,
441
00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:39,590
but most of all,I wanted to prove it to myself.
442
00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:41,258
-all right, so, let's go!
443
00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:43,026
Let's look alive out there!
444
00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,961
This is it! There's no tomorrow!
445
00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:46,263
Show me what you got out there!
446
00:17:46,265 --> 00:17:48,265
-all right, if I did haveanything to show,
447
00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:51,702
I was gonna show it now.
448
00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:53,937
[ indistinct shouting ]
449
00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:08,852
stee-rike one.
450
00:18:10,055 --> 00:18:11,655
-nice shot!
451
00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:12,990
-thanks.
452
00:18:16,061 --> 00:18:17,361
-you bust one?
453
00:18:17,363 --> 00:18:18,729
-yeah.
454
00:18:18,731 --> 00:18:20,030
-all right,
Come and get a new one.
455
00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:21,698
Let's go! Hustle!
456
00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:22,600
-why bother?
457
00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,401
I could play as badas I wanted to.
458
00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:26,837
I could strike out nine timesin a row.
459
00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:29,706
I could try out for bandand still make this team.
460
00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:32,942
-hey, horton!
Let's look alive out there!
461
00:18:32,944 --> 00:18:35,245
And, torchillo, you're playing
Too deep in center!
462
00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:39,049
-baker's final cuts.I didn't even have to look.
463
00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:40,651
it was humiliating.it was degrading.
464
00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:43,086
I ought to cross my nameoff that list.
465
00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:45,255
-come on, now.
I want to see some hustle!
466
00:18:45,257 --> 00:18:48,525
-except...I didn't have to.
467
00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:49,359
-hey, you!
468
00:18:49,361 --> 00:18:50,895
-I'd been cut!
469
00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:53,563
-katt, move over there
And cover that line over there.
470
00:18:53,565 --> 00:18:54,898
-it was unbelievable.
471
00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,634
it was...Great!
472
00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:01,071
it meant my dad hadn't beenpulling strings for me.
473
00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:03,607
he'd just been pulling for me.
474
00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,342
-let's look alive out there!
475
00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:08,612
-it meantI really did have potential.
476
00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,981
-okay, now, batter up.
477
00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:15,518
-as I stepped back upto the plate,
478
00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,254
all the cares, all the worries,
479
00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:20,357
all the burdens I'd carriedaround for the past few days
480
00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,326
just disappeared.
481
00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:23,693
-all right, come on, arnold.
482
00:19:23,695 --> 00:19:25,963
Give it a poke. Give it a ride.
483
00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:29,466
-suddenly, the outside worldfell away.
484
00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:33,003
it was just me and baseball.
485
00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,707
[ indistinct shouting ]
486
00:19:39,544 --> 00:19:41,945
-come on, kevin. Give it a rip!
487
00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:44,247
Let's go!
488
00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:46,983
Come on, kev. Give it a rip!
489
00:19:46,985 --> 00:19:50,587
-my moment had arrived.
490
00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:57,861
-you can do it.
491
00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,696
-and I knew what I had to do.
492
00:20:10,442 --> 00:20:12,609
[ cheers and applause ]
493
00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:14,478
I'm not sure how I did it.
494
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,780
my memory beginsat the crack of the bat
495
00:20:17,782 --> 00:20:19,349
and the sight of the ballrising.
496
00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:26,423
-there's a long drive.
It's gonna be, I believe --
497
00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:28,225
The giants win the pennant!
498
00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:30,360
The giants win the pennant!
499
00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:31,629
The giants win the pennant!
500
00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:34,064
The giants win the pennant!
501
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:37,468
[ indistinct shouting ]
502
00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:40,370
The giants win the pennant,
And they're going crazy!
503
00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:42,005
They're going crazy!
504
00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:43,540
Whoo-hoo!
505
00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:46,844
[ cheers and applause ]
506
00:20:46,846 --> 00:20:50,146
I don't believe it!
I don't believe it!
507
00:20:50,148 --> 00:20:52,649
[ cheers and applause ]
508
00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:19,576
-maybe that's not exactlythe way it happened,
509
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:22,178
but that's the wayit should have happened.
510
00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:25,081
and that's the wayI like to remember it.
511
00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:30,254
and if dreams and memoriessometimes get confused,
512
00:21:30,256 --> 00:21:33,357
well...That's as it should be.
513
00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:45,135
because every kiddeserves to be a hero.
514
00:21:52,544 --> 00:21:54,778
every kid already is.
515
00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:05,689
[ bat cracks ]
516
00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:07,624
[ cheers and applause ]
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