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[INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC]
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[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

- I APPLIED FOR ASSISTANT
COACH HERE, BUT UM, YOU

SORT OF WOULDN'T EVEN
GIVE ME AN INTERVIEW.

- YOU'RE THE GIRLS
VOLLEYBALL COACH.

- YEAH, BUT I JUST HAD A
GOOD MEETING WITH COACH

VAN SCOYOC AT NORWAY HIGH.

- NORWAY?

- YES, SIR. AND SINCE THIS
IS MY LAST YEAR HERE, I'M

TAKING A JOB IN
ST. LOUIS, AND I-

- SO YOU WANT TO GO COACH
BASEBALL AT ANOTHER HIGH

SCHOOL FOR THE TWO MONTHS
THAT YOU HAVE LEFT?

- ASSISTANT COACH.

- DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S
A PRETTY UNUSUAL REQUEST,

MR. STOCK?

- YEAH, BUT, IT'S
NORWAY.

[SIGH]

- ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD.

[INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC]
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[THUD]

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[COW MOOING]

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- YO, HE'S A VOLLEYBALL
PLAYER.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- HEY, KENT.

- COACH!

I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST SUPPOSED
TO BE A PRACTICE.

- IT IS.

- WOW.

- DID YOU BRING THAT
STOP WATCH LIKE I ASKED?

- YEAH.

- WHAT'S THAT FOR?

- WELL I JUST THOUGHT I'D
TAKE SOME NOTES.

[SIGHING]

- HERE YOU GO, COACH.

- THANKS, BIG O.

- WE'RE GONNA TAKE INFIELD
NOW, JUST LIKE BEFORE A

GAME. I WANT YOU TO, WATCH
CAREFULLY AND I WANT YOU

TO TIME IT.

- TIME THE INFIELD. CHECK.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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- ALRIGHT, LET'S GO,
INFIELD!

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- NOW,

BRING IT
HOME.

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- COME ON NOW,
BRENT.

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- GO WIDE.

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- ONE AND IN.

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- BRING IT IN, BOYS.

- UNDER NINE
MINUTES, WASN'T IT?

- 8:24.

- ALWAYS KEEP IT UNDER
NINE.

ALWAYS TAKE IT FIRST IF YOU CAN.

WHAT ELSE'D YOU NOTICE?

- WELL-

- HERE YOU GO, COACH.
- THANKS.

- IT WAS PERFECT.

YOU TOOK SOMETHING OFF THOSE
GROUND BALLS, BUT-

- WHY?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

CAUSE THE OTHER TEAM IS
WATCHING.

YOU MAKE IT LOOK NICE AND EASY
AND WE'RE ALREADY IN THEIR

HEADS, YOU GOT IT?
- YEAH.

- OUTFIELDERS, LET'S GO.

- THE NORWAY TIGERS HAVE
SPENT THE LAST THREE DAYS

WONDERING IF THE RAINS
WOULD EVER LET UP. THEY

FINALLY DID TODAY,
ALLOWING THE TIGERS A ROCK

SOLID START TOWARDS A
SECOND STRAIGHT STATE

TITLE. THEY POUNCED
QUICKLY, DID THE TIGERS,

AS JIM VAN SCOYOC, THEIR
MANAGER, WATCHES.

- KEVIN STEWART SLAPPED A
DOUBLE DOWN THE LINE. HERE

COMES STEVE MYERS, HE'LL
SCORE EASILY. WEST BEND

COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE
THIRD INNING AS NORWAY -

- BREEZE ALLOWED TWO HITS
IN THE FIRST AND COLLARED

THE BULLDOGS THE REST OF
THE WAY. NORWAY HASN'T

GIVEN UP A RUN IN THE
PLAYOFFS, AND THE SENIOR

HURDLER TOSSED A SHUT OUT ON
JUST FORTY-THREE PITCHES.

THE TIGERS MORE TO THE 1A FINALS

WINNING IT IN FIVE. THAT
FIRST VICTORY PUTS THE

TIGERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME FOR THE NINTH TIME IN

THE LAST TEN YEARS.

- YOU'LL NEED THE BIGGEST
AND THE FASTEST EVEN

SOMETIMES THE BEST BUT NO
ONES GOT THE FUNDAMENTALS

DOWN BETTER'N OUR BOYS.

- EVERY LITTLE LEAGUE COACH
WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF HERE

IS AN EX-NORWAY PLAYER. IT'S
LIKE HAVING YOUR OWN MINOR

LEAGUE FEEDER SYSTEM.

NORWAY BASEBALL TRADITION AS
RICH AS I WAS OLD.

WE GROW BALL PLAYERS
HERE LIKE CORN.

HELL, EIGHTY PERCENT OF THIS
GAME IS DEFENSE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
UNDERSTAND IS THESE BOYS

TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE
IN KNOWING HOW TO BEAT YA.

IT'S HOW THEY GET
REMEMBERED.

AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA WIN
STATES.

- COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
COLONEL STADIUM, THIS IS

KZIA, Z102.9, THE VOICE OF
IOWA BASEBALL.

NORTH TAMA, WITH THE RALLY
GOING.

LOOKING TO UPSET THE NORWAY
TIGERS AND DENY THEM

THEIR NINETEENTH STATE TITLE.
[CROWD CHEERING]

[CROWD CHEERING]

- LONG DRIVE TO
RIGHT CENTER.

[CHEERING]

- TIME, BLUE.

- AND OUT COMES LEGENDARY
COACH, JIM VAN SCOYOC, TO

TALK TO HIS SENIOR
PITCHER, BRENT FITZ,

WHO DEFINITELY LOOKS
TO BE TIRING.

- HOW YA FEELIN', BRENT?

- I'M GOOD.

THAT WAS A
LUCKY HIT.

I'LL KEEP IT DOWN.

- WELL, THING IS,

KIMBLE'S ON DECK.

HE ALREADY OWNS YOU,

SO WE NEED TO GET
THIS NEXT BATTER OUT.

DON'T YOU [...] ME NOW.

- I'LL GET HIM, COACH.

- ALRIGHT, THIS KID'S A
DEAD PULL HITTER.

OFF SPEED LOW AND AWAY IS
GONNA PULL A GROUNDER TO SHORT.

MAKE IT TIGHT IN
YOUR BELT AND LET'S GET HIM.

- COME ON BUDDY,
GET HIM NOW.

- LET'S GET IT GOING!

- ONE MORE, ONE MORE!

- HERE WE GO, BRENT. YOU'RE
ALRIGHT KID, COME ON NOW!

[CROWD CHATTER]

- THERE'S A DRIVE, DEEP
LEFT FIELD.

FITZ, GOING BACK, IT IS A

FOUL BALL.

OH MY, SIX INCHES TO THE RIGHT,
AND TAMA'S

GOT THE LEAD. FITZ IS CLEARLY ON
THE ROPES.

ALL OF HIS PITCHES ARE UP IN THE
WHEEL HOUSE.

- COME ON FITZ, LET'S
GO BABY, LET'S GO NOW.

- COME ON, FITZ!

- LET'S GET THIS GUY, JUST
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT!

YOU KNOW HOW!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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- GROUND BALL TO
SHORT.

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- OUT!

[CHEERING]
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- AND THE NORWAY TIGERS
ARE THE STATES 1A BASEBALL

CHAMPIONS FOR THE
NINETEENTH TIME!

[CHEERING]
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- THAT LAST PITCH,
HOW'D YOU KNOW?

- I SCOUTED A HITTER.

- WHEN?

- IN MY SPARE TIME.

- DON'T YOU HAVE
ANY SPARE TIME?

- I MADE SOME.

THEY
DESERVE IT.

[CHEERING]

- SO THE NORWAY TIGERS WIN
THEIR NINETEENTH STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THEIR
TWELFTH UNDER JIM VAN SCOYOC.

WITH A TOWN WITH A
POPULATION OF JUST 586,

THE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH
ONLY A HUNDRED AND ONE

STUDENTS, THESE PLAYERS
GREW UP WATCHING THEIR

OLDER BROTHERS, RELATIVES
AND GRANDS WIN STATE TITLES.

FINALLY IT'S
THEIR TURN IN THE SUN.

[CHEERING]
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[APPLAUDING AND CHEERING]

- WE ARE HONORED AND PROUD
TO PRESENT THIS TROPHY TO

NORWAY HIGH SCHOOL AND
UH, TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF

NORWAY THAT HAVE SUPPORTED
US THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

[APPLAUSE]

- MOSTLY THICK!

[LAUGHING]

LET'S DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND
MAKE IT AN EVEN TWENTY!

[CHEERING]

[CHEERING]

- MATTHEW, WE DID IT
AGAIN, DIDN'T WE?

- DON'T YOU GET
USED TO THIS?

- AW, WE DON'T TAKE
ANYTHING FOR GRANTED

AROUND HERE. WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL FOR BASEBALL, SO

PROUD OF THE BOYS.

COURSE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE
WITH COACH GRUMPY

ALL THROUGH THE SEASON.

HE SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY OF YOU BY
THE WAY.

- HE DOES?

[CHEERING]

- BYE.
- THERE YA GO.

- IS IT TRUE HOW TROSKY
ONCE HIT A BALL THAT WENT

ALL THE WAY OUT TO
THE RAILROAD TRACK?

- THAT'S WHAT THE
OLD TIMERS SAY.

- I MEAN THAT'S
WHAT, 500 FEET?

- HELL, SON, THAT'S THE
LONGEST HOME RUN IN

HISTORY. THAT BALL
TRAVELED TWO HUNDRED MILES.

SEE,

HE HIT IT OUT
OF THE PARK RIGHT OVER

THERE, TOOK ONE BOUNCE ON
THE HIGHWAY, LANDED ON A

FREIGHT TRAIN'S GOING BY,
AND ENDED UP IN CHICAGO.

[LAUGHING]

- YEAH.

- OH, WE HAD A GOOD
RUN, DIDN'T WE?

- THANK YOU FOR LETTIN' ME
BE A PART OF IT.

I LEARNED A LOT.

- YOU'RE A GOOD COACH.
BOYS LIKE YA.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF EM COMING
BACK NEXT SEASON.

- WHAT ABOUT THIS RUMOR.
THAT NORWAY'S GONNA CLOSE

AND MERGE WITH
MADISON COMMUNITY?

- THAT'LL NEVER GO
THROUGH.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY ANYONE WOULD
WANT TO DESTROY SOMETHING

MEANS SO MUCH TO THESE KIDS.

- YEAH.

- KENT,

NORWAY IS
BASEBALL.

ANYWAY,

IF I DON'T GET HOME SOON, CHIC'S
GONNA FEED MY

DINNER TO THE DOGGY HERE.

HOW BOUT YOU? EAT YET? THERE'S
ALWAYS PLENTY.

- NAH, I'M GOOD. I JUST
LIKE TO STAY OUT HERE FOR

A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

- COULDN'T A DONE
IT WITHOUT YA KID.

- SURE YA COULD.

- WELL, I WOULDN'T A
WANTED TO.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT SEASON!

WE'LL GO
FOR AN EVEN TWENTY.

- COACH! I'M NOT COMIN'
BACK NEXT SEASON.

- OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

- YEAH, GOT A JOB IN ST.
LOUIS. WHOLE DEAL.

SEE WHAT BIG CITY LIFE'S ABOUT.

- THAT'S TOO BAD.

GAME COULD USE MORE PEOPLE LIKE
YOU.

- IF YOU CLOSE NORWAY HIGH
AND MERGE IT INTO MADISON,

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR
BASEBALL PLAYERS?

WHAT HAPPENS TO COACH?

- IT'S A FREE MARKET
SYSTEM. THEY HAVE TO

COMPETE LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE.

CREAM RISES TO THE TOP.

- DIDN'T YOU PULL YOUR
SON OUT OF NORWAY BECAUSE

COACH VAN SCOYOC WOULDN'T
LET HIM PLAY BASEBALL AND

FOOTBALL AT THE SAME TIME?

- WELL, NOW THAT'S GOT
NOTHIN' TO DO WITH THIS.

SCHOOL BOARD'S
RESPONSIBILITY IS

EDUCATIONAL. SPORTS
PROGRAMS COME SECONDARY.

- HOW DO WE WIN
HERE, HARVEY?

- LOWER TAXES. PLUS KIDS
LIKE YOUR BOY KEVIN GET A

BETTER OPPORTUNITY
FOR EDUCATION.

- NORWAY'S GOT A SIXTEEN
TO ONE STUDENT TEACHER

RATIO, AND MADISON'S GOT
TWENTY-TWO TO ONE.

HOW'S THAT BETTER?
WE SENT TWO SONS

AND A DAUGHTER TO THIS
SCHOOL AND THEY'RE ALL ON

THE DEANS LIST IN COLLEGE.

- YOU TAKE AWAY OUR
SCHOOL, THOSE KIDS WON'T

BE SHOPPIN' IN OUR STORE.

WE'LL LOSE OUR BUSINESS!

- AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY
ONES! WHAT ABOUT OUR LOCAL

ECONOMY?

- WELL I CAN'T ADDRESS
ANY ISSUES EXCEPT THE

EDUCATIONAL ONES.

- WHY THE HELL NOT, HARV?
BETTY LOU'S STORE HAS BEEN

A PART OF THIS TOWN FOR
FIVE GENERATIONS. THERE'S

MORE AT STAKE HERE THAN
CLOSIN' THE SCHOOL.

- NOBODY SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT CLOSING THE SCHOOL.

- OH, NOT YET YOU HAVEN'T.
YOU'LL GET AROUND TO IT,

WON'T YA?

- WELL I MEAN, EVEN IF IT
DOES HAPPEN, YOU'RE ALL

GONNA MAKE OUT LIKE
BANDITS. THE AGREEMENT

OFFERS ALL KINDS OF
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. LET

MS. HUDSON HERE
EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU.

- YES, UM, THE STATE GIVES
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO

EACH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
PER STUDENT. NOW NORWAY

WOULD RETAIN A PERCENTAGE
OF THAT ALLOWANCE WITHOUT

INCURRING ANY OF THE
EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE.

- WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE
TRANSLATE THAT INTO ENGLISH?

- SHE SAID THE STATE IS
WILLING TO BRIBE YOU TO

THE TUNE OF THREE THOUSAND
DOLLARS A KID FOR CLOSING

DOWN THE SCHOOL.

[GROANING]

- AND YOU REALLY THINK
YOU CAN PLACE A VALUE ON

SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

- WELL, CHANGES IN STATE
BUDGET REGULATIONS ARE

FAVORING THE LARGER
DISTRICT. IF YOU DON'T

LIKE THE LAW I WOULD
SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE IT

UP WITH A LEGISLATURE.

- WELL YOU KNOW THERE'S
NO TIME FOR THAT.

- PERHAPS YOU'RE
OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE.

- I GUESS I MISSED THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DES

MOINES HAS MADE THE MAJORS.

- LET'S JUST BE FAIR HERE.
THE STATE HAS ITS JOB TO

DO, BUT, YOU STILL ALL
HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD.

MATTHEW.

- HARVEY'S RIGHT. ANYONE
WHO OPPOSES THIS MERGER

CAN FILE A PETITION FOR
A FEASIBILITY STUDY, BUT

IT'LL TAKE TWENTY PERCENT
OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS

SIGNATURES.

- HOW 'BOUT YOUR SIGNATURE
MATTHEW?

YOU GONNA SIGN IT SO YOUR BOYS
CAN KEEP PLAYIN' FOR NORWAY?

[CLEARS THROAT]

- I DIDN'T THINK SO.

I'M DONE TALKIN' TO THESE
PEOPLE.

- I'M NOT, I WANNA HEAR
MORE ABOUT THAT PETITION.

- I'LL WALK HOME.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- GOODNIGHT!

- YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE
ALL THAT NUMBERS [...] DO YOU?

- YES, I DO. THE STATE'S
HELPED OVER A HUNDRED

SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH
SIMILAR AGREEMENTS.

- AND HOW MANY OF THEM
HAVE NINETEEN STATE

BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
UNDER THEIR BELT?

- IS THAT WHAT
THIS IS ALL ABOUT?

- THIS TEAM BEATS THE
BIGGEST SCHOOLS IN THE

STATE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

- AT BASEBALL. BUT WHAT
ABOUT AT LIFE? THEY'LL

HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE REAL WORLD IF THEY

HAVE MORE RESOURCES
AT SCHOOL.

- YOU DON'T GET IT, DO
YOU? KIDS IN SMALL TOWNS

LIKE NORWAY, THEY HAVE
SOMETHING SPECIAL. THEY

WANNA PLAY BASEBALL, JOIN
THE BAND, RUN FOR STUDENT

COUNCIL, THEY JUST DO IT.

NOBODY GETS LEFT OUT,

EVERYONE PARTICIPATES. YOU
CANNOT TELL ME IT'S LIKE

THAT IN ALL THE
BIG SCHOOLS.

- DON'T TELL ME
HOW TO DO MY JOB.

- WELL I'M NOT, I-

MAYBE YOU COULD GET A
DIFFERENT JOB.

[CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

[CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

- HOW LONG I
GOTTA STAY FOR?

- YOU'RE ENROLLED IN THE
HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW.

- HUH?
- MOM! DAD!

GUESS YOU'VE
GOT NO CELL SERVICE OR I

WOULDA CALLED BUT-
- GREAT.

- LISTEN, I'LL
EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.

- LET ME LOOK AT IT!

- WAIT, WAIT FOR IT!

FIRST TEAM ON STATE!
[LAUGHING]

- HOW WE GONNA GIVE YOU
THAT ON A FARM NOW.

- COME ON, MAN.
- THIS GUY.

- OH, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA
KILL 'EM AGAIN NEXT SEASON.

- YEAH.
- THANKS

- BUT PLAYIN'
FOR WHO? MADISON?

- DOES IT MATTER?

- I'M NOT PLAYIN'
FOR MADISON.

- I CAN'T IMAGINE
PLAYIN' FOR ANYONE'

- GOT LIKE SIX HUNDRED KIDS-

- GUYS, GUYS GUYS GUYS

- THIS KID.

- UM, CAMELS.

- ID?

- UH, I LEFT IT IN MY JAG.

[LAUGHING]

- YOU BETTER GO GET IT.

- YOU KIDDIN'?

- OH, DENIED.

- DID YOU SEE THAT JUNKIE RAMBO
JACKET?

- WHAT'RE YOU LOOKIN' AT?
[SCOFFS]

- CAMELS?

- ID?

- LEFT IT IN MY TRACTOR.

[LAUGHING]

- PERSPECTIVE'S OFF ON
THIS. I'LL GET YOU A

TRIGGER ON THERE, YOU GET
A GOOD FINISH, IT'LL BE

ALRIGHT.
[DOOR SLAMS]

- LOOK AT THIS DUDE.

- KEVIN!

LOOK WHO IT IS!

- YOU'RE LATE.

I'M TALKIN' TO YOU, SON.

- I KNOW. I'M NEW SO,

CUT ME SOME SLACK?

- I JUST DID.

I KNOW YOUR DAD.

- SUNGLASSES BACK, PLEASE.

- WE DON'T DO
LATE AROUND HERE.

- WHATEVER.

- YOU'RE LATE AGAIN I'LL
FLUNK YA.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A SEAT
OVER THERE?

- RIGHT IN THE BACK OF
CLASS.

GET OUTTA HERE.

- AW, DON'T CRY.

- WHAT'S WRONG
WITH THAT KID?

- DENIS, DENIS, CAN YOU
HEAR ME?

DENIS STATE, CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?

- HOLD ON-
- DEAR FATHER.

NO, NO, NO IT'S ON MY PHONE, I'M
IN BUMFORD, IOWA.

- THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD-
- DENIS, I NEED YOU TO

TAKE CARE OF THIS.
- AND THIS BE

YOUR WONDERFUL BOUNTY.
- HOLD ON.

HOLD ON HOLD ON. HOLD
ON, HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON

HOLD ON, I'LL-I'LL GET IT, IT
HAS TO HAPPEN BY TOMORROW.

AMEN.
- DENIS, DENIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

- AMEN.

- AMEN.

- WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE PHONE ON THE WALL?

- UH, IT'S A ROTARY.

DAD, THIS IS TECHNOLOGY. IT
MAKES MY LIFE A LOT EASIER.

- WHAT DID YOU THINK OF UM,
COACH VAN SCOYOC, MITCH?

- VAN-NAZI'S MORE LIKE IT. I
DON'T SEE WHAT THE BIG

[...] ABOUT HIM IS.

HE'S A FARMER.

- THAT FARMER, WAS MY COACH TOO.

NOT TO MENTION THE NATIONAL
COACH OF THE YEAR.

YOU MIGHT
TRY LISTENIN' TO HIM.

YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY LEARN
SOMETHIN'.

SOMETHIN' IMPORTANT.

- SUPPOSED TO LEARN
THAT STUFF FROM YOU.

- SORRY, MOM.

[LAUGHING]

- YOU DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING
FUNNY IN THAT, DID YOU, MITCH?

- NO.

- MAYBE YOU WANNA THROW A
LITTLE MA'AM IN AFTER THAT.

- NO, MA'AM.

- DON'T YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO?

- SHE MADE YOU COME
OUT HERE, DIDN'T SHE?

- OH SHUT UP.

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
DOING WRONG, DAD.

YOU WERE A BIT ROWDY IN
YOUR DAY, TOO.

- THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

- WHEN I GOT
YOU OUTTA JAIL.

- ONE TIME.

- YOU WERE NAKED.

- IT WAS CALLED
STREAKING, DAD.

- IN AN OLD AGE HOME?

- IT WAS PRETTY INNOCENT
COMPARED TO WHAT MITCH IS

GETTING IN TO.

I JUST
THOUGHT THAT BRINGIN' HIM

HERE WOULD BE GOOD
FOR BOTH OF US.

- THEN WHY ARE YA LEAVIN'?

- CAUSE DAD, I'M NOT A
SMALL TOWN GUY, YOU KNOW THAT.

MORE BIG CITY.

- HOW'S THAT
WORKIN' OUT FOR YOU?

- WELL,

I CAN'T RUN MY
BUSINESS FROM HERE, SO I

DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
DO.

SORRY I HAVE TO DUMP HIM
ON YOU LIKE THIS.

- WELL, NOTHING WE
CAN DO ABOUT THAT NOW.

- JARED!

- WE'LL LOOK AFTER
HIM, ALRIGHT?

- JIM, YOU AND I BASICALLY
WANT THE SAME THING.

- HOW DO YOU FIGURE
THAT, HARVEY?

- WELL, YOU WANT WHAT'S
BEST FOR THE TOWN, SO DO I.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE
TO RIDE THE HORSE IN THE

DIRECTION IN
WHICH IT'S GOING.

- HARVEY, I GET THE
UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING

YOU'RE TRYIN' TO PUT
SOMETHIN' WHERE I DON'T

WANT IT PUT.

- OK, HERE'S THE DEAL. I
LET YOU FINISH OUT THAT

CONTRACT OF YOURS WHICH
TAKES YOU TO THE END OF

JUNE. THEN I TRANSITION
YOU TO MADISON, TO THE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS POSITION
WHICH MIND YOU, CURRENTLY

DOESN'T EXIST.

- THEN MY TEAM.

- OH, YOUR BOYS GET TO
PLAY ONE LAST SEASON OF

NORWAY BASEBALL.

BUT WITHOUT YOU, WITHOUT THE
SAVE-OUR-SCHOOL PETITION

YOUR WIFE IS CIRCULATING AND
WITHOUT YOUR BIG MOUTH.

I THINK
THAT JUST MIGHT GO A LONG

WAY TOWARD MAKING THE
TRANSITION TO MADISON

EASIER FOR THIS
TOWN TO UNDERSTAND.

- IF ANYBODY ASKS ME
SOMETHIN', I TELL EM

EXACTLY WHAT I THINK.

YOU KNOW YOU TELL THE TRUTH,
HARVEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO

REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.

ARE WE DONE HERE?

- LOOKS LIKE.

- YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE TRYIN' TO KILL.

- THANKS VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.

- HEY, KID.

- COACH! I DIDN'T REALIZE
YOUR TRUCK COULD MAKE IT

THIS FAR.

- HEY, DON'T BAD
MOUTH MY TRUCK.

- WHAT'S UP?

- AW, NOTHIN', I

JUST
THOUGHT I'D STOP BY AND

SEE IF YOU STILL HAD THAT
LITTLE NOTEBOOK OF YOURS.

- YOU DROVE 250 MILES
JUST TO ASK ME THAT?

- WELL, I THOUGHT YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

WHATS BEEN GOIN' ON UP IN
NORWAY.

SEE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET ME
COACH ANYMORE.

KILLIN' BASEBALL.

THERE'S A BIG TOWN MEETIN'
NEXT MONTH.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE THERE.

[REMINISCING]
- ONLY THE BIGGEST AND THE

FASTEST NORWAY BASEBALL
TRADITIONS.

WE GROW BALL PLAYERS HERE.
EIGHTY PERCENT OF THIS GAME

IS DEFENSE.

- ANYWAY, THINK ABOUT IT,
WILL YA?

YA KNOW, THOSE OLD TIMERS SAY
THAT BASEBALL'S THE ONLY GAME

ON EARTH WHERE THE OPTION
EXISTS TO GET HOME, KID.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
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[CLEARS THROAT]

- I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT NORWAY

LOSING ITS IDENTITY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES

TO OUR SPORTS TEAMS. SO
ITS BEEN DECIDED THAT FOR

ONE YEAR, OUR SCORES WILL BE
REPORTED MADISON-NORWAY.

[CROWD TOGETHER]
-WHAT?

- NORWAY STUDENTS
NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO

PARTICIPATE IN MADISON.
NOT WITH FARM CHORES

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND
TWENTY MILE DRIVE TO AND FROM.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

[APPLAUDING]

- MADISON BASEBALL COACH
IS NEVER GONNA START A

NORWAY PLAYER, NOT EVEN A
GOOD ONE! YOU REALIZE HOW

MUCH [...] YOU'LL CATCH
FOR THAT?

[LAUGHTER]

- AND HOW ABOUT THE
AVERAGE PLAYER?

HE'S GOT NO CHANCE.

SO YOU TELL
ME AGAIN ABOUT ALL THIS

OPPORTUNITY YOU KEEP
PITCHIN' US.

[MUMBLED AGREEMENT]

- SO, WHAT EXACTLY YOU
TELLIN' US, HARVEY?

YOU SAYIN' THIS IS A DONE DEAL?

- YES I AM.

[CROWD GROANS]

- WHAT? WAIT!

WE HAVE
ALMOST FOUR HUNDRED

SIGNATURES. THAT'S NINETY
PERCENT OF THE ELECTORATE!

NINETY PERCENT, RIGHT
HERE!

[APPLAUDING]
[MUMBLED AGREEMENT]

- RIGHT HERE.

FOUR HUNDRED. FOUR HUNDRED,
HARVEY.

- WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT,
CHIC. IT REPRESENTS A LOT

OF HARD WORK ON YOUR PART.

- WE'VE GOT THE SIGNATURES. THE
MERGER IS POSTPONED!

[CHEERING]
[APPLAUDING]

YES, YES, YES!

- SAM.

- YOU HAD THIRTY DAYS TO
FILE THIS WITH THE STATE BOARD.

WE'RE THE SCHOOL
BOARD, CHIC. I'M SORRY.

- WHAT THE HELL?

- YOU DIDN'T TELL US THAT
LAST TIME. DID YOU JUST

FORGET? OR DID YOU
CONVENIENTLY LEAVE THAT

PART OUT?

- DO SOMETHING, POP.

- I'M AFRAID SAM IS
TECHNICALLY RIGHT. THE

PETITION IS INVALID.

[CROWD GROANING]

- LET'S GO, BOYS.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

♪

- JUST SO EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS. YOU ALL ARE

GONNA GO INTO A CLOSED
SESSION WITH THE MADISON

SCHOOL BOARD AND VOTE
AGAINST THE WISHES OF THIS

ENTIRE COMMUNITY BASED ON
A MINOR LEGAL TECHNICALITY?

- IT IS THE DUTY OF THIS
BOARD TO REPRESENT THE

BEST INTEREST OF THIS
COMMUNITY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT.

- HUMPH.

- DOES THAT SEEM FAIR
TO YOU MS. HUDSON?

- IT'S THE STATE'S
POSITION THAT SMALL

SCHOOLS ARE A FINANCIAL
BURDEN. AND IT AIMS TO

CONSOLIDATE AS MANY
OF THEM AS POSSIBLE.

- WOW.

♪

♪

- EXCUSE ME.

MR. STOCK?
CAN I TALK TO YOU?

- YOU DID YOUR
TALKING IN THERE.

- LISTEN, I'M NOT
THE ENEMY HERE.

- THEN WHO ARE YOU?

- I'M SOMEONE DOING MY
JOB.

LISTEN, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A
LOT OF CHANGE ALL AT ONCE

BUT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE
BIGGER PICTURE.

THIS IS WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS
TOWN AND WHAT'S

BEST FOR THIS SCHOOL.

- THIS SCHOOL IS ALL THE
TOWN HAS.

[TRAIN WHISTLE IN BACKGROUND]
HAVE YOU EVEN BEEN TO THE OTHER

SMALL TOWNS THAT HAVE HAD THEIR
SCHOOLS RIPPED OUT

FROM UNDER 'EM?
- NO.

- THEN HOW CAN YOU SAY
IT'LL BE BETTER FOR US

WHEN YOU HAVEN'T GONE BACK
AND CHECKED FOR YOURSELF.

GUESS THAT'S NOT PART
OF YOUR JOB, IS IT?

- NO, IT ISN'T. I'M AFRAID
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT.

- I CHALLENGE YOU. GO BACK
TO THOSE TOWNS AND HAVE A

LOOK FOR YOURSELF.

- IT'S NOT HER
FAULT, YOU KNOW.

- I KNOW.

- SOME OF IT IS.

- HE'S GOT A BIG MOUTH. I
WARNED HIM.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T BRING
HIM BACK, THE REST IS EASY.

- SO, YOU-YOU'RE GONNA CANCEL
THE SEASON?

- WHAT, AND LET HIM GO
OUT AS MARTYRS? WITHOUT

VAN SCOYOC COACHING THEM,
THEY GO OUT AS LOSERS.

SOONER THIS NORWAY
BASEBALL TRADITION ENDS,

THE SOONER WE GET THE
MERGER BEHIND US. WHAT DO

YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS UH,
THIS STOCK GUY?

THE ASSISTANT.

- WELL HE'S FROM BELLE
PLAINE. HE, HE UH FILLED

IN HALF OF LAST YEAR WHEN
VAN SCOYOC'S GUY MOVED ON.

- HE COACHED BALL
AT BELLE PLAINE?

- VOLLEYBALL.

- EXCELLENT. HE'S GOT A
BIG MOUTH, BUT HE'LL DO.

- WHERE'S GRANDPA?

- HE'S DOWN THERE.

SMOKIN' A CIGAR.

STILL THINKS I DON'T KNOW.

- UM,

DON'T TELL YOUR
GRANDMA.

SHE THINKS I GAVE
'EM UP.

- I HATE IT HERE.

I WANNA GO BACK HOME.

- YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS
SERGEANT AT FORT BRAG

AND HE SAID SOMETHIN' TO ME ONCE
STUCK WITH ME.

EVEN THE EASY THINGS ARE TOUGH
IF YOU DO 'EM HALF-HEARTEDLY.

HE ACTUALLY SAID HALF [...], I'M
JUST CLEANIN' IT UP A LITTLE.

I HATE THIS, I HATE THAT.

I'M SO BORED. YOU KNOW,
STOP WHINING, YOU'RE JUST

MAKING THINGS TOUGH YOU
KNOW. PUT YOUR HEART IN

SOMETHING.

[SIGHS]

HEY!

I KNOW IT'S BEEN TOUGH ON

YOU GUYS SINCE YOUR MOM
PASSED.

THAT'S ALRIGHT.

IT'S OK. YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO FEEL THIS WAY.

YOUR GRANDMA THINKS THAT YOU
NEED A HOBBY.

SOMETHIN' YOU CAN PUT YOUR HEART
IN, YOU KNOW.

NOT THIS HERE, EH!
[LAUGHING]

- WHAT KIND OF HOBBY?

- WELL SON, SHE SAID THAT
YOU'D FIGURE IT OUT. YOU

KNOW, SHE'S A SMART WOMAN!
WHY I SNATCHED HER UP.

SHE- SHE TOLD YOU TO COME OUT
HERE, DIDN'T SHE?

- NO.

- SHUT UP, COME
ON!

[LAUGHING]

- OK SHE DID.

- OH!
[LAUGHING]

[INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC]
♪

[KNOCKING]

- COMIN'! HANG
ON A SECOND.

HI!

- HI.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK
ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER

SMALL TOWNS.

- YOU ARE?

- NO ONE WILL CARE THAT
NORWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED.

THOSE KIDS WILL
BE BETTER OFF.

- YOU DON'T REALLY
UNDERSTAND ALL THAT MUCH

ABOUT SMALL TOWN
AMERICA, DO YOU?

- I'M FROM DES MOINES.

- HA, YEAH.

YOU HAD SUPPER
YET?

I TOLD YOU THEY WERE GOOD.

I COULD EAT LIKE, THREE OF THESE
THINGS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WHERE'D
YOU GO TO SCHOOL?

- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW.

WHERE'D YOU GO TO SCHOOL?

- LUTHER COLLEGE. IT'S IN
DECO RAH.

DIVISION THREE SCHOOL.

- SO YOU DIDN'T
GROW UP HERE?

- NO.

- WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL

BASEBALL TEAM?
I DON'T GET IT.

- WELL, HERE'S THE THING
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

ABOUT NORWAY. IT'S LIKE
BEING WITH THE NEW YORK

YANKEES. AND THEY HAVE
A TRADITION HERE THAT'S

ABOUT MORE THAN JUST
WINNING. IT'S ABOUT

PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT.

GUESS I JUST WANT SOME OF THAT
TO RUB OFF ON ME.

DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE?

- THIS ISN'T GONNA
WORK YOU KNOW.

- WHAT'S NOT GONNA WORK?

- YOU TRYIN' TO
SOFTEN ME UP.

- WELL WE'LL SEE.

HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO BOY, HERE
WE GO, BILLY!

- THAT A BOY, BILLY.
- STRIKE HIM OUT.

- STRIKE HIM OUT, STRIKE
HIM OUT.

- HEY BATTER BATTER, SWING!

- OH!

- HEY BATTA BATTA BATTA,
HEY BATTA BATTA SWING!

[CROWD GOES "OH!"]

- YEAH!
- ONCE MORE, THAT'S WEAK.

- NORWAY GAME?

- YEAH, LITTLE GAME
CALLED FAST RUBBER.

- YEAH, WHO'S NEXT?

- YOU CAN GO.
- YEAH.

- YOU WANNA PLAY?
- DON'T MIND?

- NAH, SURE SURE.
- GO RIGHT IN?

- LET'S GO, I GOT A BALL.
I'M PITCHIN.

GOT THIS BOY.

LITTLE RUST.

- GET HIM, PATRICK.

- ALRIGHT.

- OH!
[CROWD LAUGHING]

- GIVE ME THE BALL, GIVE
ME THE BALL.

- THAT TOO FAST?
- YOU GOOD? YOU GET TWO MORE.

- STRIKE!

[CROWD
GOES "OH!"]

- ONE MORE, LET'S GO.

- YA HELD ON TO IT.

- YEAH, WHIFF SOME MORE.
- YOU SWING LIKE A GIRL.

[CROWD GOES"OH!"]

- PITCH!

- YEAH, NOT AS EASY
AS YOU THOUGHT.

- THERE YA GO.

IT'S ALL
RIGHT, I'M NOT DIRTY.

- COME ON, PATRICK!
[CROWD CHEERING]

- COME ON, THROW
IT RIGHT HERE.

- COME ON, PATRICK!

[CROWD GOES "OH!"]

- THAT'S CHICKEN [...]

- BALL SLIPPED! WHAT? WHAT'S THE
PROBLEM?

- YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!

DON'T EVEN BOTHER COMIN' OUT FOR
THE TEAM!

- OH YEAH?
- YEAH.

- WHY NOT?
- THAT BIG CITY [...]

DOESN'T CUT IT AROUND HERE.
- OH NO?

- YOU'D GET CUT FIRST DAY!

GET OFF OF ME!

YEAH, GO
BACK TO CHICAGO.

- HEY MAN, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST GO GET IN YOUR JAG

AND LEAVE.

- WANNA COME OUT
AND HAVE A CIGARETTE-

- HEY, COME ON, LET'S GO, LET'S
PLAY.

WHO'S UP?

KEVIN'S UP.

- SIR, IT'D BE THE
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.

- YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
- YEAH.

- WE'LL LET YA KNOW.
- OK, THANKS.

- VOLLEYBALL, HUH?

- GIRLS VOLLEYBALL,
ACTUALLY.

- PERFECT.

- SEE YA.

HI!
- HI.

HI.
- HI.

- YOU'RE UM, UM,

- CINDY.

- CINDY, HI.

- HI.

- SO, I UH, HEARD YOU AND
MY BROTHER HAD SOME RUN-INS.

- WHO'S YOUR BROTHER?

- PATRICK.

- PATRICK'S YOUR BROTHER?

- FOUR MORE YEARS, AND
YOU'LL HAVE ONE OF THESE

OF YOUR OWN, ALRIGHT?
- YEAH.

- HE'S ON THE
BASEBALL TEAM, RIGHT?

- MHMM.

IF YOU'RE A NORWAY
BASEBALL PLAYER YOU'RE A

HOMETOWN HERO.

- SEE YA!

- OH, UM, I'M MITCH.

- YEAH, I KNOW.

- HMM.
- HEY GUYS! HOW'S IT GOIN?

WE GOIN TO DQ?

- I DON'T KNOW, YOU BRINGIN'
HIM?

- WHATEVER HAPPENS, THE GUYS
SHOULD STAY IN SCHOOL.

[INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC]
♪

♪

- IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT THAT
THEY'RE LETTING YOU GO.

- HEY COACH, I'M MITCH.

I'M IN YOUR INDUSTRIAL ARTS
CLASS AT SCHOOL.

- YEAH, I REMEMBER.

- I WAS UH, I WAS JUST
WONDERING IF MAYBE, IF WE

COULD TALK IN PRIVATE?

- SURE. THIS IS
MY WIFE, SHERYL.

- HI.

I'M MITCH AKERS.

- THESE ARE MY KIDS,
CHAD.

- HEY,
- HOW DO YOU DO?

- I'M MITCH, HOW ARE YA?

JEAN MARIE.
- HI.

- HI.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.

- COME ON INSIDE.

- WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

- UM, I WANT TO UH,

I WANT TO
APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR MY UM-

MY GRANDMA SAYS
I NEED A HOBBY.

- I HAD THIS KID ONCE, UH,
ASKED HIM TO LAY DOWN A

BUNT. RUNNER ON SECOND,
NOBODY OUT. WE DOWN ONE TO

CEDAR RAPIDS, BIG 4A
SCHOOL, TOP OF THE SEVENTH.

GET A RUNNER TO
THIRD, CLEAN UP HITTER'S

ON DECK, CHANCES
ARE WE TIE THE GAME.

- DUDE SHOULD TOTALLY BUNT.

- AH, HE DIDN'T.
HE SWUNG AWAY.

- AND YOU LOST.

- NOPE.

DUDE HIT A TWO-RUN HOMER
AND WE WON.

AND I BENCHED HIM THE NEXT GAME.

- WELL HE PISSED AND
MOANED FOR A WHILE BUT HE

GOT THE MESSAGE.

DAMN GOOD
PLAYER, YOUR FATHER.

GOOD ATTITUDE TOO, EVENTUALLY.

- UH, I WANT TO GO OUT FOR
YOUR BASEBALL TEAM.

I'M A PRETTY GOOD CATCHER.

- I'M NOT COACHIN' AT
NORWAY ANYMORE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO WHOEVER
THE NEW COACH IS.

- WELL, NICE MEETING
YOU, MA'AM. I'LL SEE YA.

THANKS, COACH.
- YEAH.

- IT'S OK TO MISS IT.

- IT'D BE A WHOLE LOT
EASIER IF THAT FIELD WAS

MILES AND MILES AWAY.

- WELL, MR. MAKEPEACE,
THAT JUST ABOUT WRAPS UP

MY WORK HERE IN NORWAY.

- WELL YOU DID A HECK OF
A JOB FOR US MS. HUDSON,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THANK YOU.

- AND DON'T WORRY, WE'RE
TAKING STEPS TO DEAL WITH

THE NAYSAYERS.

- SIR, THAT'S REALLY
NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

- WE'RE GONNA HIRE A COACH
WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE TEAM

DOWN WITH HIM. FALL
FLAT ON HIS [...].

- MR. MAKEPEACE, THERE'S A
KEN STOCK HERE TO SEE YOU

FOR AN APPOINTMENT
REGARDING THE BASEBALL

HEAD COACH POSITION.

- WELL I'LL BE GOING.

- NO NO NO NO. HANG
AROUND. THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.

SEND HIM IN.

- AM I INTERRUPTING
SOMETHING?

- NOT AT ALL, KEN.

- IT'S ACTUALLY
KENT. LIKE UH, CLARK.

- WELL, KENT.
CONGRATULATIONS, WE'RE

GIVING YOU THE
COACHING JOB!

- WOW! GREAT!

- I BETTER GET
GOING, THANK YOU.

- WOW.

- WE'VE DECIDED OUR BOYS
FROM NORWAY DESERVE ONE

FINAL SEASON. YOU KNOW, TO
GO OUT IN STYLE. YOU'RE

JUST THE MAN TO LEAD THEM.

- I HOPE SO.

- SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN.

- YEAH.
[CLEARS THROAT]

- IT'S PRETTY OLD.

- AH, IT'S TWICE
YOUR AGE, SON.

- COACH BERNIE HUTCHISON
GAVE IT TO ME WHEN HE

MOVED ON. READ THE NAME
SCRATCHED ON THE END THERE.

- TROSKI.

THIS IS THE BAT
THAT HIT THE BALL THAT

HOPPED THE TRAIN ALL THE
WAY TO CHICAGO.

[LAUGHING]

- AL GAVE IT TO BERNIE AND
BERNIE GAVE IT TO ME AND

NOW I'M GIVIN' IT TO YOU.

- COACH, I-I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT.

- NAH, YOU GOT TO! PART OF
THE TRADITION HANDED DOWN

BY THE GOD'S OF BASEBALL.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO PISS

THEM OFF, WOULD YA?

- NO, SIR. NO I
WOULDN'T.

WOW.

- YOU TAKE THOSE KIDS
ALL THE WAY, COACH.

- YEAH.

- THERE HE IS. THAT'S HIM.

- HE PLAYED, ALRIGHT. HE
MADE THE LAST OUT IN THE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

GREAT.

- NEVER WON THE BIG
ONE.

AH, WE'RE SCREWED.

- WHAT'D YA GOT
THAT THING SET ON?

- FIRE BLUE.

- WHERE'D YOU LEARN
TO HIT LIKE THAT?

- MY DAD.

- WHAT SCHOOL DID
YA SAY YOU GO TO?

- NORWAY.

- EXCELLENT.

- I'M KENT STOCK.

- HI. MITCH AKERS.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪

♪

- HI.

HEY, CHIP.

- HEY COACH.

I WAS UH, I WAS GONNA TELL YOU
ABOUT THAT.

[LAUGHING]

LOOK, WE'RE MISSING A-A
BUNCH OF GUYS.

I-I WAS GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT
THAT TOO. UM.

- WELL, WE'LL PLAY WITH
WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE FEW,

BUT WE'RE NOT BAD.

- RIGHT.

- HOW THE HELL WOULD
HE KNOW?

[LAUGHING]

- SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHIN'?

GO ON, SPEAK UP.

- SOME OF THE GUYS THINK
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

DOIN', COACH.

- YOU INCLUDED, PATRICK?

- COACH VAN SCOYOC WOULDA
GONE PRO IF THE ARMY

HADN'T DRAFTED HIM.

- OK. I GET IT.

KEVIN, YOU'RE OUR NUMBER ONE
PITCHER RIGHT?

- MHMM.

- I GET THREE PITCHES. I
HIT ONE OUT, YOU SHUT UP

ABOUT ME, AND START
FOCUSING ON YOURSELVES.

[LAUGHING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

- NO WAY YOU'LL
HIT ONE OUT.

- DO WE HAVE A DEAL?

- YEAH.
- SURE.

- DEFINITELY.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- OWEN, GIVE ME A BAT.

- COME ON KEVIN,
SHOW HIM WHAT'S UP.

- ALRIGHT, HE'S MEAT
KEVIN. BRING IT.

- HA, HA HA!

- HERE WE GO, KEVIN!

- GIVE ME THE HEAT, LET'S
GO, I'M NOT KIDDING.

ALRIGHT KEVIN, NO PUSS,
BRING IT. I MEAN IT.

- HEY BATTA BATTA BATTA!

- STRIKE!
- SHANK!

- YOU ONLY GET TWO MORE!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- COME ON, KEVIN!

- COME ON.

- HEY BATTA BATTA BATTA!
HEY BATTA BATTA BATTA!

- HEY BATTA BATTA BATTA, SWING!

- NO!

- GET THERE, COME ON!
- FOUR!

- KEEP IT DOWN, GET THOSE
THROWS DOWN, COME ON FELLAS!

- COME ON, SPITZ, KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE GOIN' WITH IT!

SAMMY, BACK HIM UP,
COME ON.

THAT'S YOU, THAT'S YOU, GET
THERE!

LET'S GO, BRING IT IN!

[UPBEAT COUNTRY MUSIC]
♪

♪

- WHAT IS GOING ON?

I MEAN, WHAT'S WITH YOU GUYS?

- THE STANDS USED TO BE
FILLED WHEN WE PRACTICED.

- YEAH, NOW ALL WE GOT
IS THAT STALKER GUY.

- IT'S OK, I'M MARRIED!

- HE'S A REPORTER FOR
THE DES MOINES PAPER.

- AND HE'S BALD, THAT'S
WHY HE WEARS HIS LITTLE HAT.

- ALRIGHT.

- HE THINKS WE'RE GONNA
FALL FLAT ON OUR [...].

BUTTS, SORRY COACH.

- EVEN COACH VAN
SCOYOC THINKS THAT.

- NO HE DOESN'T!

- YEAH, SHUT UP, SAM!

- COACH VAN SCOYOC TOOK
ONE FOR THE TEAM SO WE

COULD ALL PLAY
ONE FINAL SEASON.

- ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP.

WE DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS OUT HERE.

ALRIGHT, NOT THE
PAPERS, NOT THE PEOPLE IN

TOWN. I DON'T WANNA HEAR
ONE MORE WORD ABOUT

MADISON AND THE MERGER.
WE'RE GONNA PLAY NORWAY

BASEBALL. VAN SCOYOC
BASEBALL. BERNIE

HUTCHINSON BASEBALL. WE
DO THAT, NO MATTER WHAT

HAPPENS, WE GO OUT
WINNERS. YOU GOT IT?

YOU GOT IT?

- YEAH.

- YES COACH.
[TEAM AGREEING]

- GOOD. GET OUT THERE,
LET'S RUN IT AGAIN. COME ON!

[KNOCKING]

- HEY THERE!
- HI.

- COME ON IN!
- JUST FOR A MINUTE.

[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪

- FROM THE
BRIDGE, UH, FREE.

- WELL THAT'S SWEET.

- I CAME OUT HERE TO TELL
YOU THAT YOU WERE RIGHT.

THOSE SMALLER SCHOOLS THAT
WERE ABSORBED BY LARGER

DISTRICTS, THEIR
ECONOMIES WERE ABSORBED

TOO. THEY'RE TURNING IN
TO GHOST TOWNS.

- [SIGH] WELL DID YOU TALK TO
THE NORWAY SCHOOL BOARD

ABOUT IT?
- YES.

- AND?

- MR. MAKEPEACE IS NOT
INTERESTED IN STATISTICS

THAT DON'T SUPPORT HIS
POSITION.

AND HE PRETTY MUCH CONTROLS THE
BOARD.

- YEAH.

- I'M SORRY.

- NO, I'M-

LISTEN, YOU WANNA
COME IN AND SIT DOWN?

- I SHOULD GO. BUT UM,
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW.

- WITH WHAT?

- THE GAME. CEDAR
RAPIDS KENNEDY.

- YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
HOW'D YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?

- BASEBALL'S NOT
JUST FOR BOYS.

- HEY WAIT! CAN I
GET YOUR NUMBER?

- I WROTE IT ON THE BAG.

- HA!
[RAIN FALLING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[TRAIN WHISTLE]

[PHONE RINGING]

- HELLO.

- COACH HINKLEMAN.
IT'S KENT STOCK HERE.

- OH, HI KENT.

- IT'S REALLY POURING.

- WE GOT CLEAR SKIES HERE.
OUR FIELD'S READY TO GO.

- WELL IT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A HOME GAME, BUT-

- YOU DON'T WANNA CALL
YOUR FIRST TWO GAMES RIGHT

OUT OF THE
SHOOT, DO YA KID?

- NO.

- I DIDN'T THINK SO. WHY
DON'T YOU LOAD UP AND COME

ON OVER.

[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
♪

♪ AH

♪ MY BOY'S GONNA PLAY IN THE BIG
LEAGUE, ♪

♪ MY BOY'S GONNA
TURN SOME HEADS. ♪

♪ MY BOY'S
GONNA PLAY IN THE BIG LEAGUE ♪

♪ MY BOY'S GONNA
KNOCK EM DEAD. ♪

♪ AH,

♪

♪ NEVER CAN TELL WHAT MIGHT COME
DOWN, ♪

♪ NEVER CAN TELL WHEN YOU MIGHT
CHECK OUT. ♪

♪ JUST DON'T KNOW, NO...

- STRIKE THREE!
- YEAH!

♪

- AH!
- COME ON, GET THERE!

COME ON!

GIMME YOUR HEAD IN THE PLAY!

- AH!
[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
♪

♪

- SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.

THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST I
HAVE EVER SEEN THIS TEAM PLAY.

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT OF
BASEBALL;

DON'T ALIBI ON THE BAD HOPS.

ANYONE CAN MAKE THE
EASY PLAY.

HOW DO WE GET FOUR UNEARNED RUNS
IN ONE INNING?

I SAID GIVE ME SOME HEADS-UP
BASE RUNNING.

YOU'RE GIVING ME HEAD UP YOUR
[...] BASE RUNNING.

WE GOT PICKED OFF THREE TIMES!

YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BLOW
YOUR FINAL SEASON.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

DO YOU KNOW WHO'S SITTING UP IN
THE STANDS WRITING

ABOUT YOU RIGHT NOW?

WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO SAY?

USE YOUR HEADS!

SHOW UP, AND PLAY BALL, OR DON'T
SHOW UP AT ALL!

- ALRIGHT, GUYS.

JUST DON'T RUSH YOUR
BALANCE POINT HERE, JUST

STAY LONG, IT'S GONNA
WORK IT.

THAT'S IT.

- HEY COACH!

YOU SEEN THIS?

THEY'RE RAGGIN' ON YOUR BOYS.

♪

- WHEN I WAS A KID, JIM
VAN SCOYOC WAS MY HERO.

MAN I WANTED TO PLAY BALL FOR
HIM. I WANTED TO LEARN FROM HIM.

I NEVER THOUGHT
IN A MILLION YEARS THAT I

WOULD REPLACE HIM. AND
NOW THAT I HAVE,

I CAN'T MOTIVATE THE TEAM
THE WAY HE DID.

HE'S-HE'LL-HE'S A LEGEND. YOU
KNOW, I MEAN HE-

TWELVE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS. COACH OF

THE YEAR. NATIONAL
COACH OF THE YEAR.

- MMM.

- I WAS HIS ASSISTANT
COACH FOR HALF SEASON.

AND I CAN NEVER
FILL HIS SHOES.

- SO QUIT.

- NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT
QUITTING, IT'S ABOUT SAYING'-

- KIDDING, CHILL.

LISTEN TO ME.

YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN YOU TO LET
THOSE KIDS DOWN.

YOU DON'T.

JUST CONCENTRATE ON FILLING YOUR
OWN SHOES.

YOU WILL NEVER BECOME A THREE
HUNDRED HITTER

UNLESS YOU TAKE THE BAT OFF YOUR
SHOULDER.

- WOW.

CASEY STENGEL.

- CHIEF BENDER, LIFE IN
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

ABOUT A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.

[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪

- HA, I KNEW
THAT.

[CHEERING]

- COME ON, SAMMY! THROW
STRIKES.

[BAT CONNECTING WITH BALL]

[CHEERING]

- THAT'S WHAT I'M
TALKIN' ABOUT! YEAH!

- YEAH!

[CHEERING]

- TIME, BLUE!

- WHAT WAS THAT GARBAGE?

- LIKE WE'RE GONNA WIN
ANYWAY.

WHO CARES! WE WON THE
FIRST GAME.

- HE'S A LITTLE OFF TODAY COACH.
- NO, HE'S NOT.

YOU DO THAT ONE MORE
TIME, YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

YOU FIGHT FOR IT. I DON'T CARE
WHAT THE SCORE IS.

LET'S GO.

- ALRIGHT, LOOK ALIVE,
NORWAY! TWO DOWN!

- ALRIGHT, LET'S GO,
TWO DOWN, NORWAY!

- HERE WE GO, SAMMY!

- PICK IT UP!

LET'S GET
THIS GUY!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

- AH!
[GROANING]

- TIME, BLUE!

- I GOT IT, COACH!
COME ON, BIG O!

- YOU ALRIGHT? THIS HAND?

- RIGHT THERE, OW!

- ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. LET'S
GET SOME ICE ON IT.

- OW.

[APPLAUDING]

- YOU'RE DONE. SIT DOWN.

- AH!

- COLD, KEEP THE SWELLIN'
DOWN. WE'RE GONNA GET AN X-RAY-

- NICE PITCH IDIOT!
- YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT.

- MITCH, GET ON THE GEAR.

- K, TWO DOWN.
GET THIS GUY.

- BAD PITCH.
- AH! THE WORST.

- DRISCOLL, GET THIRD BASE.

- ALRIGHT, I GOTTA GET
THIS OFF YA. HOW'S IT LOOK?

- NOT GOOD, COACH.
SWELLING UP BAD.

[SPITTING]

- ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO
NORWAY. HERE WE GO!

TWO DOWN, TWO DOWN!

- THREE STRIKES, I'LL BUY
YOU A PACK OF CIGARETTES.

- I DON'T SMOKE.

- SIX-PACK.

- DONE.
- THATTA BOY.

[CHEERING]

- LET'S GO, KEVIN!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

♪

- STRIKE!

STRIKE!

THREE!

- YES!

- HEY, SLUGGER, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IT, I HEARD HE

HUNTS RABBITS WITH THOSE
THINGS.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

♪

[HEAVY BREATHING]

♪

- WOAH, WOAH WOAH!
- CHIP!

BUS IS MOVIN'!
- WHAT'RE YOU DOIN' GUYS?

- SIT DOWN.

- HOLD HIM, HOLD HIM
DOWN! HOLD EM DOWN!

- SAMMY! YOU DON'T WANNA
BE ON THIS TEAM, THEN

QUIT. BUT DON'T YOU EVER
QUIT IN THE GAME, YOU GOT IT?

- FACE IT PATRICK, IT
DOESN'T MATTER!

[GROANING]

- HEY HEY HEY! BE PART OF
THE TEAM, OR GET OFF OF IT!

- AH! SAMMY, SHUT
UP!

[GROANING]
- HOLD HIM.

[CAR TIRES SCREECHING]

- AH.

- POP!
- MY CHEST IS BURNIN'!

- ALRIGHT, I NEED MY TWO
FASTEST RUNNERS. GO! GO!

- VINCE, GO GO GO GO GO!
- COME ON!

- RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN!

- [OVER LOUDSPEAKER] DR.
PARTRIDGE, RADIOLOGY.

- THIS DON'T LOOK GOOD.

- [OVER LOUDSPEAKER] DR.
PHYLLIS, CALL YOUR OFFICE.

- SO UH, WHAT'S THE GOOD
WORD THERE, DARLIN'?

- NO MORE DRIVING THE BUS.
NO MORE BEER. NO MORE CIGARS.

AND, I'M SORRY
BOYS, NO MORE BASEBALL.

- JIM.

COME HERE, DO ME A FAVOR.

- YOU JUST NAME IT BUDDY.

- REACH OVER THERE AND PULL THAT
PLUG FOR ME, WOULD YA?

- FOR REAL?

- OH.
- YEAH.

[COW MOOING]

[COW MOOING]
[HORSE NEIGHING]

[SHEEP BAAING]

- BAA!

[SHEEP BAAING]

[COW MOOING]

- WHAT DO YOU WANT?

- UH,

I CAME TO SEE
CINDY.

SHE AROUND?

- I'M STILL ON THE FENCE
ABOUT YOU, AKERS.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

- HI!

- HI.

I UH,
CAME TO SEE YOU.

- I CAN SEE THAT.

- I'M GOING TO VISIT MY
GRANDMA,

COME ALONG IF YOU WANT!

- ALRIGHT.
- JUST HOP ON.

- HOP ON?
- YEAH.

- ALRIGHT, HOLD ON.

- HE-AH!

OH!

- OH, ARE YOU OK?

- MEANT TO DO THAT.

- REALLY?

ARE YOU OK?

OH!

- I'LL WALK.

- COME ON, DUKE!

- COME ON, BOY.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
♪

- HEY

COME HERE.

♪

♪

[HEAVY SIGH]

- MY MOM DIED A YEAR AGO.

- I'M SORRY.

- SHE'S BURIED IN
CHICAGO.

AND EVER SINCE THEN, ME AND MY
DAD HAVE HAD TROUBLE.

IT'S MOSTLY ME I GUESS.

♪

- NORWAY HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS
ITS FINAL BASEBALL SEASON,

AND TODAY BEGINS PLAY IN
ITS FINAL STATE TOURNAMENT.

- THEN THE TIGERS BROKE
IT OPEN IN THE THIRD.

PATRICK IVERSON DOUBLES
TO LEFT CENTER, SCORING

STEWART AND THE RED HATS
LEAD TWO TO NOTHING.

- THE TIGERS SCORE THREE
IN THE THIRD, TWO MORE IN

THE FIFTH, TO WIN IT SEVEN
TO NOTHING. THEY'RE HEADED

BACK TO THE STATE TITLE
GAME SET FOR NOON ON

SATURDAY, THE LAST GAME
EVER FOR THE NORWAY TIGERS.

- HEY MOM!

NOW, I HEARD A RUMOR THERE'S A
BIG GAME TOMORROW.

SON.
- DAD.

- THOUGHT I'D STOP BY.

- DAD.
- SON.

- YOU NEED HELP
WITH YOUR BAG?

YEAH.
- HERE.

- I PACKED TOO.

I FIGURED
UH, YOU KNOW UH, HICK TOWN

LIKE THIS COULD USE A
BIG CITY GUY AROUND.

- YEAH.

- I PROBABLY STILL GOT
SOME FANS DOWN AT THE OLD

FOLKS HOME.

- YEAH, AN-AND YOUR FRIENDS IN
JAIL.

- OH, COME-
[LAUGHING]

- YOU CALLED
HIM, DIDN'T YOU!

- SHUT UP!

[LAUGHING]

- OH DAD! YOU KNOW THOSE
CIGARS YOU WANTED ME TO

SAVE YA? BROUGHT
EM WITH ME!

- OH! OH!
- SHUT UP!

[LAUGHING]

[KNOCKING]

- COME ON IN!

- JIM! THANK
GOD YOU'RE HERE.

- THE HELL TOOK
YOU SO LONG?

- DAMN FLIGHT WAS LATE.
YOU SURE YOU UP TO THIS?

- LAST GAME COACH. END OF
AN ERA. GOT TO BE THERE

FOR THAT ONE.

- YOU AFRAID THE
DOCS GONNA SEE YA?

- AIN'T THE DOC
I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

- OH.

[SIGHS]

- NO, SIT DOWN.

OK. IT'S
ONE AND DONE.

FOREVER.

SOUTH CLAY IS THIRTY ONE
AND EIGHT.

THE EIGHT GAMES THEY LOST WERE
WHEN REED ELLIS

WASN'T IN THE ROTATION.

HE'S PITCHING TODAY.

WE ALL KNOW HE'S BEING SCOUTED
BY PRO TEAMS.

BUT ONE PLAYER DOESN'T WIN A
BASEBALL GAME.

SAMMY.

- HE CAN IF HE THROWS
NINETY-TWO MILES AN HOUR, COACH.

- WE WIN BY PLAYING NORWAY
BASEBALL.

EIGHTY PERCENT OF THIS GAME IS
DEFENSE.

WE DON'T LET ANYTHING GET OUT OF
THE INFIELD, AND WE WAIT.

SOONER OR LATER, THEY'LL MAKE A
MISTAKE.

EVERY PLAYER WHO'S EVER WORN A
NORWAY UNIFORM

IS OUT THERE WITH YOU TODAY.

AND THINK ABOUT THIS.

NO OTHER IOWA HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL DYNASTY

HAS EVER WON A STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP

IN THEIR FINAL SEASON.

WE'RE PLAYING FOR EVERYONE WHO
KNOWS THAT NORWAY

IS A GREAT PLACE TO
COME HOME TO.

AND NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS TODAY, THIS TIME

NEXT YEAR, THE JERSEYS
YOU'RE WEARING WILL BE

POLISHING CHROME IN
MADISON HIGH SCHOOL. SO

ASK YOURSELF ONE QUESTION;

HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE
REMEMBERED?

ALRIGHT
LET'S GO, BRING IT IN.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

- GIVE US A COUNT, BIG O.

- ONE, TWO, THREE!
- [IN UNISON] TIGERS!

[CHEERING]

- FIGHT!

- COME ON, NORWAY!

- NOW, YOU BE CALM.

- ME? YOU STAY CALM.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.

- AND THE NORWAY TIGERS
TAKE THE FIELD, LOOKING TO

SECURE THEIR TWENTIETH
TITLE IN THIS, THEIR FINAL

SEASON, AGAINST THE
HEAVILY FAVORED,

SENIOR-DOMINATED, GILLETT GROVE
SOUTH CLAY SPARTANS.

- WITH SENIOR PITCHER
KEVIN STEWART OUT OF THE

ROTATION, THERE'S A LOT
OF PRESSURE ON THE TIGERS

JUNIOR PITCHER, NUMBER
TWENTY-NINE, SAMMY WILSON.

♪

- LET'S GO SAMMY, HUH,
SHOOT STRIKES, KID,

SHOOT STRIKES!

[CHEERING]
♪

♪

♪

- OUT!
- ARE RIGHT NOW RED HATS,

TWO DOWN!

♪

- OUT!
- WELL, SO FAR SO GOOD!

THREE UP, THREE DOWN ON SOLID
DEFENSIVE PLAY BY THE TIGERS.

- BRING IT IN, FELLAS, NICE
WORK!

AND THAT WILL BRING TO THE
MOUND, GILLETT GROVE SOUTH

CLAY'S SUPERSTAR PITCHER,
REED ELLIS.

A STATE-WIDE MVP FOUR
CONSECUTIVE YEARS, ELLIS WILL BE

ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY
OF ARIZONA IN THE FALL,

AND ACCORDING TO SCOUTING
REPORTS

IS A NUMBER ONE PRO-DRAFT
CONTENDER.

♪

- KID CAN PITCH.

- WOAH!

- THAT BOY PITCHES
VERY FAST, HUH DADDY?

- SURE DOES, SWEETIE.

- ALRIGHT, LET'S GO.
- YEAH.

- COME ON, EDDY!

- BATTERS UP!

- ALRIGHT, EDDY, LET'S GO,
START US OFF NOW!

♪

♪

- STRIKE!

- STRIKE!

- THAT'S THREE!

- THIS GUY'S NOT GONNA
MAKE THE PROS, HE IS A PRO.

- DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL
GET IT NEXT TRIP.

- IT'S HARD TO HIT AN
ASPIRIN TABLE, BIG O.

[DEEP BREATH]

[CHEERING]
♪

- ELLIS THROWIN' BULLETS-
- STRIKE!

- CHASING THE NORWAY BATTER OUT
OF THE BOX WITH A NINETY-FIVE

MILE-AN-HOUR FAST BALL.

- STRIKE!

- COME ON, SAMMY! SWING THE BAT!

♪
[CHEERING]

- STRIKE THREE!

- AND THERE'S STRIKE
THREE. I KNOW IT'S SCARY

IN THERE, BUT, [SCOFFS],
YOU'LL NEVER GET ON BASE

IF YOU JUMP OUT OF
THE BOX LIKE THAT.

- UH, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
TO PUT IT.

THAT IS PURE FEAR.

♪

- COME ON, MITCH!
- COME ON, MITCH!

- ALRIGHT, LET'S GO!

- ALRIGHT MITCH, NOW.

- STRIKE!

- TWO!

- STRIKE THREE!
- THAT'S THREE UP, THREE DOWN,

ON NINE STRAIGHT STRIKES FROM
ELLIS. A MASTERFUL DISPLAY.

- GONNA BE A LONG DAY.

- ALRIGHT LET'S GO,
NORWAY! DEFENSE, COME ON NOW!

COME ON RED HATS, DEFENSE!

♪

- PICK IT UP MAN, PICK
IT UP GET THIS OUT!

- THERE IT IS! COME ON
NOW, TURN IT! TURN IT!

- GET IT! BOOM!

- TOP DEFENSIVE PLAY BY NORWAY.
-YEAH!

KEEPIN' THE TIGERS ALIVE.

- COME ON, KEL, LET'S HIT
THIS GUY, COME ON NOW.

♪

- THAT SUCKER'S
THROWIN' BULLETS HERE.

- HERE WE GO NOW. TAKIN'
IT UP.

COME ON NOW.
[CLAPPING]

- STRIKE!

- STRIKE THREE! YOU'RE OUT!

- ELLIS, ON HIS GAME
TODAY. UNHITTABLE SO FAR.

FRUSTRATING NORWAY.

- AND NOW UP TO BAT, REED
ELLIS.

ELLIS, WITH A LONG DRIVE TO DEEP
LEFT FIELD!

THAT'LL CLEAR THE BASES!

- UGH!
- OH MY!

ELLIS IS AN ARMY OF ONE TODAY!

- HOLD EM, HOLD EM!
- CUT OFF, LET'S GO!

- HE'S THERE!
- DON'T GIVE IN, SAMMY,

COME ON NOW!

- AND SOUTH CLAY OPENS IT
UP WITH TWO RUNS IN THE

TOP OF THE THIRD.

UNDERDOG NORWAY JUST LOOKS
STUNNED AT THE MOMENT.

- TIME BLUE!
- TIME.

- COACH KENT STOCK UP AND
OUT OF THE DUGOUT, AND ON

HIS WAY TO THE MOUND.

- HOW'S YOUR ARM?

- I'M FINE.

- WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT
HERE WAITIN' FOR THEM TO

MAKE MISTAKES, NOT THE
OTHER WAY AROUND, RIGHT?

MOW THESE GUYS DOWN AND
LET'S GET OFF THE MOUND

ALRIGHT?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

[CHEERING]

♪

- OUT!
- THATTA WAY BOYS!

LET'S GO!

- COME ON NOW,
SAM! KEEP IT DOWN.

- OUT!
- YES!

- THATTA BOY!
- NICE JOB!

- PRETTY SHARP. THAT'S
HIS GAME, DEFENSE.

- APPARENTLY COACH STOCK'S
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO

HIS PITCHER WORKED. AND
THE TIGERS STRAND ELLIS ON BASE.

- WHAT, I HAVE TO DO THIS
ALL MYSELF AGAIN? LET'S

GET OUT OF THE
INFIELD NEXT TIME!

- TAKE IT EASY.
- AND THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL

WITH ELLIS. COMPLAINING LOUDLY
AT HIS TEAMMATES.

AN OUTBURST LIKE THAT COULD GET
HIM EJECTED IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL.

- HE'S GONNA HANG
ONE FOR YA RIGHT NOW.

- HOW YOU KNOW, COACH?

- JUST TRUST ME.

♪

- ELLIS INTO THE
STRETCH.

AND THE PITCH.

- IVERSON CONNECTS. IT'S WAY
BACK.

- GO, GET OUTTA HERE!
- DEEP TO RIGHT FIELD.

GOING, GOING, IT IS, GONE!

- YES!
[CHEERING]

- SON OF A [...]
- HOLY TOLEDO!

THAT'S A ROUND TRIPPER FOR
PATRICK IVERSON.

♪

- NOW WE'RE IN IT!
NOW, WE'RE IN IT!

- THAT COULD BE THE FIRST
DENT IN ELLIS'S ARMOR, WITH

NORWAY FINALLY ON THE
BOARD. OR, IT COULD BE TOO

LITTLE TOO LATE.

- DUDE, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE? GO CATCH.

- HEY COACH, HOW'D YOU
KNOW HE WAS GONNA HANG ONE?

- I SCOUTED HIM.

- FOLKS, THIS COULD BE IN
FOR THE NORWAY TIGERS.

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH,
TRAILING IT.

GILLETT GROVE SOUTH CLAY,
FOUR TO THREE.

A DYNASTY OF NINETEEN STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PAST

TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, COULD BE
ABOUT TO END.

[DEEP BREATH]

- YO SAMMY,

WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO?

- I'M GONNA GET ON BASE.

- TWO OUTS, NOBODY ON, AND
THE NORWAY PITCHER UP AT BAT.

HE'S OH-FOR-TWO RIGHT NOW.
- WE GOT TWO DOWN, IT'S ALL YOU!

- NORWAY DESPERATELY NEEDS
A MAN ON BASE, BUT ELLIS

CONTINUES TO GO HARD TO
THE INSIDE CORNERS, AND

NUMBER TWENTY-NINE HAS BEEN ON
HIS HEELS,

BACKIN' OUT OF THE
BOX ALL DAY.

♪

- BRUSHED BACK BY A NINETY-FOUR
- STRIKE!

- MILE-AN-HOUR FAST BALL FOR
STRIKE ONE!

- THE NORWAY BATTER,
CROWDING, CHALLENGING ELLIS.

- GONNA GET HURT, STUPID.

- OH, THAT WAS CLOSE!
- COME ON SAMMY! BE A HITTER!

JUST CATCHING THE INSIDE EDGE
FOR STRIKE TWO.

[DEEP BREATH]

♪

- FOLKS, HE IS VERY
CLOSE TO THE PLATE HERE.

CROWDING DANGEROUSLY
CLOSE NOW.

ELLIS INTO THE
STRETCH.

AND THE PITCH.

- OW!
- TIME!

- OH!
- OH!

- THAT HAS GOTTA HURT. A
NINETY-THREE MILE-AN-HOUR

FAST BALL PUTS THE BATTER ON
HIS KNEES.

COACH STOCK OVER IMMEDIATELY TO
CHECK ON HIS PLAYER.

ELLIS NOW CLEARLY FRUSTRATED.

- WHERE'D HE GET YA?
- IN THE BACK.

- GIVE ME THE BAT.

♪

- COUPLE OF DEEP BREATHS,
COME ON.

[DEEP BREATHING]

- YEAH.
- YOU WANNA PLAY?

- YEAH.

- K. SAM? DON'T EVER DO
THAT AGAIN.

[SNICKERING]

- AND HE'S ALRIGHT. THE
CROWD UP AND APPLAUDING

THE EFFORT.

[APPLAUDING]

- AS THIRD BASEMAN KEVIN
STEWARD COMES TO BAT,

TRYIN' TO KEEP NORWAY
ALIVE.

STEWART'S A 320 HITTER. BUT, HIS
BAT'S BEEN QUIET TODAY.

- COME ON, KEVIN! START A RALLY!
- NICE!

[CHEERING]

- YOU STAY CALM, NOW.

- ME? [SCOFFS]

- STRIKE!
- OH!

♪

- TWO!

- NORWAY IS DOWN TO
THEIR LAST STRIKE.

- COME ON BOY, YOU CAN
HIT THIS GUY!

JUST STAY FOCUSED!

- AND STEWART'S OUT OF
THE BOX, SOME SORT OF

DISTRACTION IN THE STANDS.

- WHAT? HE MADE ME COME.

- IT'S EX-NORWAY COACH JIM VAN
SCOYOC.

[APPLAUDING]

- AND STEWART'S
BACK IN THE BOX.

- ELLIS CHECKS THE
RUNNER AT FIRST.

♪

- HE'S INTO THE STRETCH.

AND THE NORWAY RUNNER GOES.

STEWART GETS A HOLD OF IT!

LINE DEEP TO RIGHT CENTER.
- GOTTA GO, WE GOTTA GO!

COME ON NOW! COME ON, YOU GOTTA
GO, YOU GOTTA GO,

YOU GOTTA GO, GET DOWN, GET
DOWN, GO GO GO!

GO! YOU GOTTA BE DOWN!

- SAFE!

[CHEERING]

- UNBELIEVABLE. THE
NORWAY TIGERS HAVE COME BACK.

THIS GAME IS TIED.
WE'RE GOING TO EXTRA INNINGS.

- BRING IT IN. SAMMY, YOU DID A
HECK OF A JOB.

TOMMY, GRAB THIRD BASE.

NOW LISTEN, WE'VE
GOT OUR OPPORTUNITY, WE

TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.
LET'S NOT BLOW IT.

SOLID DEFENSE, NOTHING GETS OUT
OF THE INFIELD.

KEVIN, IT'S ON YOU.
LET'S GO, WIN IT!

- ALRIGHT, LET'S
GO BOYS, LET'S GO!

- EH! YOU DID
IT RIGHT, MAN.

- YO, GET US OUT OF THIS,
I'LL GET YOU A SIX-PACK.

YOU ALREADY OWE
ME A SIX-PACK.

- HE'LL GET YOU
ANOTHER ONE!

[CHEERING]
[MOTIVATIONAL MUSIC]

- HEY SAMMY.

[LAUGHING]

- COME ON, KEVIN!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪

♪

♪

- YEAH!
- OUT!

- ONE DOWN, ONE
DOWN NORWAY!

- YEAH, LET'S GO!

- ONE DOWN, TWO MORE GUYS,
COME ON! TWO MORE OUTS!

NORWAY NEEDS
THIS, RIGHT HERE!

- LET'S GO, BIG MAN!

- BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL!

- OUT!

[CHEERING]

- GO! TIGERS!

♪
[CHEERING]

♪

♪

[CHEERING]

- YES!

[CHEERING]

- YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!

[CHEERING]
♪

- OH! THAT'S A HECK OF A
CATCH! THAT'S A BASEBALL CATCH!

- WITH A MAN ON FIRST,
SENIOR, STEVE MEYERS, OFF

THE INJURED LIST, UP TO
BAT FOR NORWAY. TRYIN' TO

COME THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH
FOR THE TIGERS.

[CHEERING]
♪

♪

- GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO!
GOTTA GO! GOTTA GO!

GOTTA GET DOWN! GOTTA GET DOWN!
GOTTA GET DOWN, NOW!

NOW NOW NOW!
- SAFE!

- THATTA BOY! THERE YA GO!
'ATTA BOY.

- OH MY! THAT'S IT! HERE WE GO!
WINNING RUN ON

THIRD FOR NORWAY! TWO
OUTS. CATCHER, MITCH

AKERS, A TRANSFER FROM
CHICAGO, COMIN' OUT. HIS

DAD PLAYED BALL AT NORWAY
TWENTY YEARS AGO, UNDER

LEGENDARY COACH JIM
VAN SCOYOC.

FOLKS, THIS IS IT. CAN YOU
IMAGINE THE WEIGHT

ON THAT YOUNG MAN'S SHOULDERS?

- COME ON, AKERS! BE
A HERO!

[APPLAUDING]
[CHEERING]

♪

♪

- AKERS, SQUARES TO BUNT!

THE SPARTAN INFIELD
CHARGES TO COVER!

- STRIKE ONE!

- DON'T THINK STOCK WOULD
CALL A SQUEEZE HERE, DO YA?

- WOULDN'T SURPRISE
ME ONE BIT!

- WITH TWO OUTS?

- TWO OUTS, FIVE OUTS,
WITH THIS GUY WHO KNOWS?

- I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS HAPPENING.

- I LOVE YOU TOO, DAD.

♪

- COME ON NOW. COME
ON. LET'S GO!

♪

♪

- AKERS HITS AWAY!
AND THREADS THE GAP!

- YES!

[CHEERING]

- TOOK THE BUNT SIGN OFF
AND HAD HIM HIT AWAY.

UNBELIEVABLE.

- FOOLED ME.

- FOOLED SOUTH CLAY.

- CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?

- ROOKIE COACH KENT STOCK
HAS LED THE NORWAY TIGERS

TO AN UNPRECEDENTED
TWENTIETH IOWA STATE HIGH

SCHOOL BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.

SOME TRADITIONS JUST REFUSE
TO DIE.

[CHEERING]

[PHONE RINGING]

- HELLO?
- HARVEY. IT'S SAM.

[LAUGHING] IT WAS CLASSIC.

HE COACHES JUST LIKE VAN
SCOYOC.

I HATE TO HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS
BUT-

[CHEERING]

- YEAH! WE DID IT!

[CHEERING]

- THEY WON!

- REALLY? YEAH WELL THAT
DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

- IT SURE DOES CHANGE THE WAY
YOU'LL GET REMEMBERED.

SEE YA, HARVEY.

- YES! YES!
- THEY'RE CHAMPS!

[CHEERING]

[MOTIVATIONAL MUSIC]
♪

- YEAH!
- WOO!

♪
[CHEERING]

♪ I AM FINALLY COMIN' HOME.

♪ AND NOW THE DARKNESS TURNS TO
LIGHT. ♪

♪ THIS DESPERATION IT ENDS
TONIGHT. ♪

♪ NO LONGER ALONE, I'M COMIN'
HOME. ♪

♪

♪ YEAH, I'M COMIN' HOME.

♪

♪ WELL I'M COMIN' HOME!

♪ I'M HERE TO STAY.

♪ I'VE GOT THE WIND ON MY BACK
AND NOW I'M WIDE AWAKE. ♪

♪ IN THIS MOMENT, I AM
FINALLY... ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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