"It happens every spring" "The world is young again" "Where children on an up-sa-daisy swing" "A carousel with horses freshly painted" "Let's get acquainted." "hello." "Remember me?" "I was the lucky stiff married to Linda Darnell in" "The Letter to Three Wives." "You just caught me thinking about the time I was a radio announcer." "mostly." "There was a guy in those days the nuttiest story I ever heard" "He was a screwball named Vernon." "And he invented a baseball nobody could hit." "Astonishing." "Screwball that he was he certainly could pick dames." "Dames with curves nobody could miss." "Isn't he wonderful?" "into the sweet and wonderful romance refined gentlemen I know." "Me." "Now this Vernon takes the ball nobody can hit and parley's it into the most hilarious dipsy-doodle adventures that ever amazed an ape." "It happens every spring but he can pick dames." "I could fall in love with you myself very easy." "Debbie." "That's why I can't say anything. he doesn't have the right to say anything until he can be serious. what are you talking about?" "It happens every spring" "Your dad rolls up his sleeves to clean the attic." "Your sixteen-year-old sister goes dramatic." "It happens." "it happens." "It happens." "It always happens." "It happens every spring!" "It happens every spring" "The world is young again" "Where children on an up-sa-daisy swing" "A carousel with horses freshly painted" "Let's get acquainted." "What is that cheer I heard?" "A fellow stealing third" "Your neighbor's boy became a home-run king" "Your dad rolls up his sleeves to clean the attic" "Your sixteen-year-old sister goes dramatic it happens" "It happens every spring" "Debbie." "Maybe he's never thought about it." "Why don't you drop him a few hints?" "I've tried that." "But Vernon just doesn't get hints." "I'll see ya." "Bye!" "Miss Collins." "Is Dad busy?" "Very." "Professor Forsythe is in there now." "Chemistry Forsythe?" "I bet they're talking about Vernon." "I have no idea what they're talking about." "I'll have to find out later." "Vernon's waiting for me." "will you?" "Tell him I said not to be so nosey." "[Phone rings]" "Hello?" "Mr. Jack Bell?" "please." "Will you talk to Mr. Jack Bell?" "Excuse me." "Jack!" "yes I got your letter." "of course I won't speak." "not glorify them." "Alfred. but one man we've invited might give you some dough for that new laboratory." "Jack." "I'd like to meet him." "not at a football dinner." "[indistinct crowd noise]" "goodbye." "that's what I want to talk to you about." "What do you mean?" "Debbie?" "Simpson." "Vernon Simpson." "what about him?" "Joe." "I want to know all about him." "Vernon is a fine young man." "energetic." "And his background?" "He comes from upstate somewhere." "Has a widowed mother who's as poor as a church mouse." "Alfred?" "you saw why just now." "Debbie seems to have taken quite a fancy to him." "vice-versa." "Debbie couldn't have picked a better lad." "he's my candidate for director of the research labratory." "Simpson?" "I intend to submit his name to you and the board." "as soon as he completes his doctorate." "Joe." "He should've had his PhD years ago." "he spent 3 years in the South Pacific." "Chemical warfare." "And before that he worked on a number of other ideas." "well he's just had bad luck" "Joe?" "Are you sure there's nothing else?" "but..." "What is it?" "Women?" "no." "It's just these phases that he goes through." "phases? and an excellent teacher." "But every spring he seems to undergo a peculiar change." "He becomes absent-minded to a degree. only it lasts all summer." "He's been around our house quite a bit lately." "I haven't noticed these symptoms." "It's past the middle of April now." "Alfred." "this is just the time of the year." "I'm expecting it to hit him almost any time." "It happens every spring." "Continuing our study of the general group know as acids we are now coming to a very important classification." "The most striking difference between the various acids containing the carboxylate group lies in their acidic strength." "we might say they are ionization constants." "while others..." "are quite inert." "Oh!" "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" "To illustrate" "I have in this test tube acetic acid. it's a rather weak acid of low Ka value. you'll notice the bright pink color." "is decidedly ..." "... cominghome." "AnotherrunforChicago." "is decidedly ..." "... secondinning." "First home game of the season here in St. Louis." "Lauren gets a signal from Madigan." "He takes a strike." "He throws." "Ball one on Hardeman." "Manager Dolan looks worried." "Here he comes out of the dugout." "He doesn't wanna lose this game." "D-d-d-decidedly an acid as your knowledge [Bell rings]" "I'm afraid I'll have to continue this discussion the next time." "What is it Vernon?" "Don't you feel well?" "just fine." "I ..." "what was it?" "You acted so strangely." "You suddenly looked as if you were a thousand miles away." "only 68." "I mean I was only thinking about something else." "Vernon?" "no." "Vernon." "Yes?" "I was thinking about it while you were lecturing. and I've tried to make allowances." "But..." "But what?" "don't you understand?" "I guess I know how you feel." "But just guessing isn't very satisfying." "well - you're so terribly vague." "Debbie." "I'm not a bit vague." "I'm very definite about you." "Why you're almost everything I ever think about." "Almost." "What else can I say?" "Vernon." "Something positive." "but that's been out of the question up until now." "I hardly make enough at my job to live on." "for instance." "He's made it quite clear that for anyone in my present financial situation to even discuss the " "Vernon " "Debbie. he doesn't have the right to say anything until he can be serious." "what are you talking about?" "I'm talking about 3 hours from now." "Maybe sooner." "Maybe any minute." "And what's going to happen 3 hours from now?" "In less than 3 hours I'll know about my experiment." "You mean you've done it?" "Just about." "darling!" "I'm so happy!" "I haven't told you the best part." "I just heard about it myself yesterday." "My nydrocyclohexene compound was a great commercial value." "maybe even own a car." "that's wonderful." "But who's going to pay you all this money?" "The Norworth Labratories. trying to develop a substance that will keep insects or any living matter away from wood." "they call it." "And they seem to think that my compound is the very thing they're looking for." "Vernon Simpson." "The man who discovered the biophobic. but that's just routine." "let's not just stand here talking about it." "Let's go find out." "Can't expect any positive results right away." "but we can look!" "there it is!" "The white precipitant." "there it is." "Vernon!" "my notebook." "My notebook!" "[CRASH]" "Oh." "There goes everything." "Just when I had it." "Vernon." "Little brats." "No degree." "No job." "No nothing." "You still have your notes and everything." "It can't take long." "Long?" "Debbie." "One of those compounds alone and they're all in sequence." "I can't make the second until I finish the first." "And look at these notes." "You might get some idea of the time and work it took." "I ran some of those reactions six and eight times before I got enough stuff to make the next step." "Now I'm going to start from scratch." "step by step." "It'll take months." "That wonderful precipitate." "It's all there in the sink." "Isn't there any way you can filter it out and save it?" "that's just a hodge-podge of compounds and ice and everything else now. let alone filter anything out." "I suppose I better clean up this mess." "Can't I help?" "you just run along." "Vernon...  and there's nothing I can say." "Vernon." "This hasn't changed anything as far as we're concerned." "You know that." "It's changed everything." "you mustn't feel that way." "Let me talk to you." "right now" "All right." "I'll see you later." "[water running]" "And that puts Chicago out front 4 to nothing." "And here comes Hank Rubella." "He's the 3rd pitcher Dolan's used today." "Jimmy doesn't look happy out there." "Pitchers are his big headache." "St. Louis has a great team." "Good hitting and fielding." "With one more top-notch pitcher" "Dolan might cop that pennant." "Owner Edgar Stone would like to too." "But first class pitchers are scarcer than hen's teeth this year." "Stone can't buy one for love nor money." "Astonishing." "Sir." "You sent for us?" "yes." "so I did." "You gentlemen are doing rather sadly in organic chemistry." "I suppose you're aware of that." "sir." "I don't like to flunk you." "so " "I had assigned some special reading." "But instead I thought I might be able to see if we can't improve your grades." "that's mighty decent of you sir." "I was wondering if you'd and keep it strictly confidential?" "we'd be glad to Mr. Simpson." "sir." "Good." "Will you meet me at the baseball field at the batting cage with your uniforms and equipment at five o' clock?" "[Both] Five o' clock?" "In the morning." "we'll get started." "Now you're basic trouble is that you haven't learned the meanings of technical terms." "So let's get clear what we mean by propyl ..." "Perhaps I'd better warm up a bit first." "Professor." "here we go." "Right in here. so he could play pitcher. or they wouldn't let him teach." "anyway." "now." "We gotta humor him." "that's a good one!" "Mr. Isabell." "Mr. Simpson." "now let's go in there." "and butyl on that ball!" "hey!" "Whoa." "we'll get him on this next one." "Here we go!" "[Smack]" "[Smack]" "Too bad I didn't have an outfielder in my class." "I think I'll try just a few more." "Mr. Simpson." "will you Tommy." "Bunt one." "okay." "[Whoop]" "Wow!" "Did you see the hop on that ball?" "That's a regular dipsy-doodle you got there Professor." "How'd ya do it?" "The result of a great deal of scientific research." "now here we go." "That's the old pepper in there." "Right down the old groove here." "Here we go." "[Whoop] old boy." "he'll think you're faking." "I ain't missing them on purpose." "now." "I'm sure you've had enough." "then you missed three in a row." "I've obtained all the information possible." "I pitch several hundred more balls." "Statistics." "He got us up at 5:00 in the morning for statistics." "Is Dr. Greenleaf up yet?" "but I...  but I have to make the 7:14." "Vernon?" "sir." "a death in the family?" "sir." "Not that kind of an emergency." "what kind is it?" "Dr. Greenleaf." "but I'd like a leave of absence starting immediately. and Miss Brinkhoffer can take over my lab periods." "Leave of absence?" "For how long?" "sir." "Indefinitely?" "You mean you want an emergency leave of absence to last indefinitely?" "Vernon." "sir." "but scientifically I can't explain it at all." "You mean it has something to do with your experiment?" "sir." "But unless I get a chance to demonstrate it- lectures of some kind?" "not exactly." "what are you going to do?" "Take it to some commercial labratory like the one you mentioned?" "What was it?" "Norworth Laboratories." "why is the time indefinite?" "Dr. Greenleaf?" "I'll miss my train." "Vernon." "I don't suppose we should stand in your way." "Vernon." "Catch your train." "I'll talk to Forsythe." "sir." "is Debbie still asleep?" "I presume so. that she'll hear from me soon?" "sir." "All Aboard!" "[Train chugging]" "[Typing]" "Morning." "please." "He won't see anybody on game days." "but this is urgent." "I know." "Everybody's urgent." "What do you want to see him about?" "it's a personal matter." "he doesn't have anything to do with the concessions." "Mr. Dolan." "Good morning." "Mr. Dolan!" "I wanna talk to you." "Not today." "Mr. Dolan." "This could mean a great deal to you." "You heard what I said." "Run along." "I'm busy." "Ms. Manglestein" "Mr. Dolan." "I'm trying to do you one." "Then do it." "Get out of here." "Mr. Terry wants to know" "Not this morning." "I've gotta go right down to batting practice." "This wire from Denver." "[Phone rings]" "Hello." "yeah." "I'll be right down." "Chop Suey or whatever his name is" "Cop Suley." "yeah well wire them I want him." "Just a minute." "Before you send this wire" "Will you get out of here!" "I will not." "send for one of the cops. and you need one very badly." "I can win the pennant for you another crackpot." "and that's no idle boast." "mathematical fact." "Mister." "But we don't hire ball players that way." "Now if you'll just- but the circumstances are rather unusual." "I can win thirty games for you." "Thirty games." "Is that all?" "thirty is the minimum." "you're not very screwy." "Do you know there ain't more than a dozen pitchers ever won thirty games in a season?" "and I can give you their names if you like." "Never mind." "all I want to do is to show you." "What can you lose?" "My lunch is all." "Where is that cop?" "take this guy away." "sir." "Don't hurt his arm." "He thinks he's Walter Johnson." "Mr. Dolan." "With the chance to win the pennant right in your lap." "Get him outta here!" "pal." "You're annoying Mr. Dolan." "You know if you would shout less and think more" "Jimmy?" "thinks he's a pitcher." "Thinks he can win thirty games." "are Mr. Stone?" "I appeal to your intelligence as an executive." "I'm perfectly rational and willing to prove the truth of anything I may say." "All I want is a chance to demonstrate." "Mac." "Come on." "How do these characters get in here?" "Mr. Stone." "But I'm about to walk out again without a police escort." "the pennant walks right out the door with me." "Sonny." "take your pennant and trot along." "Take a good look at me Mr. Stone." "All the other owners can't be pigheads." "You'll see me later in the season." "young man." "am I?" "You walk in off the street and think you can win thirty games." "Mr. Stone." "I know it." "Know it?" "I have never met such bland conceit." "I told you." "He's a crackpot." "No he's not." "He's just a conceited jackass." "you talk to him." "I'm going to batting practice." "eh?" "I think we oughta teach this whipper-snapper here a lesson. but let me go." "not in my office." "Down on the field." "Let him pitch to the boys." "OK." "It's your ball club." "If you wanna run a kindergarten for crackpots." "you're going to have your wish." "And you're going to get the humiliation of your arrogant young life." "And I'm coming down to see it." "I was hoping you would." "nuisance." "Jimmy." "Mr. Stone." "And we'll lay a red plush carpet for him from the dugout to the pitcher's box." "just a moment." "There's the question of terms." "Terms?" "Yes." "I gotta hand it to you." "Thank you." "000 a game for every game I win." "not a cent." "I'm to be paid promptly." "Now I have heard everything. but I'm sure we can fix that up in the contract." "Take him down there right away." "And don't let him pitch to any weak hitters." "Put the top of the batting order up." "I'm really going to enjoy this." "busher." "[Indistinct chatter]" "Monk." "another Dizzy Dane?" "Jimmy." "huh?" "I thought so." "don't waste anymore time." "Okay." "Come on in." "[sigh]" "kiddo." "This baseball racket ain't so hotsy like you read about." "too." "Dirty trains all the time." "Cheap hotels." "though." "I'm looking forward to it." "don't." "see?" "Things don't always work out" "Jimmy?" "Yeah..." "Jimmy!" "What about our genius?" "Can he throw as far as the plate?" "This is your idea." "I'll show ya." "Get in there now and pitch." "not mine." "Jimmy." "Catch what?" "They're gonna hit every pitch." "Remember- put the top of the batting order up." "The top of the batting order!" "White." "I'll catch this guy." "kid." "Let's show 'em whatcha got." "[Whoop]" "Must've been an optical illusion." "Lemme see you throw that one again." "[Whoop] anyway?" "I don't know." "He didn't have nothin' before." "Now he's got a hop like Barnum's flea." "boys. and you guys is fanning' the air." "Okay!" "bring that guy over here." "alright." "Jimmy." "That's what makes baseball the greatest game in the world." "Everybody plays it all over the country." "You may find a new star anywhere." "or Brooklyn." "Or he may walk right into your office the way this boy did." "we haven't got a star here yet." "Not by a long shot." "Jimmy." "He don't look like a pitcher." "He don't throw like a pitcher." "But he strikes them out." "Yeah." "He strikes them out in practice." "can he stand up in big time competition?" "come here." "anyway?" "I hadn't thought of it." "you hadn't." "Well try hard." "it's Kelly." "eh?" "that's the first encouraging thing you've said." "kid." "Let's take care of that flipper." "[Indistinct chatter]" "Ball!" "cheer]" "And it looks like Chicago is staging another rally." "They're whittling down St. Louis' lead." "so let's see what's gonna happen." "Chew?" "No thanks." "Crosby better tighten up." "He ain't got this game on ice yet." "cheer]" "put the new man in." "Yes." "Kelly." "Warm up." "Me?" "you." "kid." "This may be it." "cheer]" "baby." "I got a feelin' we ain't gonna have much time." "cheer]" "Kelly." "Get in there and pitch." "Mr. Dolan" "I'd like to get it straight about my contract." "it counts for me." "I expect to get paid." "I don't pay you." "Go talk to Stone." "Now?" "no." "There's a ball game going on." "Get in there and pitch." "sir." "sir." "What's this?" "Another Al Schacht?" "sweetheart." "Guy's name is Kelly." "pitching for St. Louis." "Lannigan catching." "[On loudspeaker] Kelly's now pitching for St. Louis." "Lannigan catching." "he isn't even on the scorecard." "there's a scared looking rookie if I ever saw one." "I wonder where Dolan ever got the courage to put him into a spot like this." "[Crowd booing]" "That puts the tying run on second." "And O'Leary's up." "He's gotten 3 hits for 3 tries this afternoon." "kid." "Just take it easy." "Try and get 'em over. and they don't let me use no stepladder." "Where'd you find that hooligan?" "Jump-In Junior High?" "and then make with the jokes." "Ball!" "Strike!" "Ball!" "Strike!" "It's 3 and 2 on O'Leary." "A hit will tie up this ballgame." "Here's your chance to be a hero." "This one's gotta be good." "[Whoop] you're out!" "Wow!" "What kind of a ball was that?" "tell me that joke about the high school kid." "Rookie hero." "boy." "I guess." "me an' you." "Nice goin'." "Thank you." "Jimmy?" "He's just what you was lookin' for." "but that's what I got." "Headache?" "A guy with a hop like that?" "and they do anything." "You're going to have to keep your eye on him night and day." "great." "I knew you had it all the time." "Glad to have you with us." "We'll have that contract for you first thing in the morning." "sir." "be sure and let me know." "Mr. Stone" "There is one thing." "What?" "Well" "Could I have a uniform that fits?" "sure." "Dolan." "Dolan!" "[Knocking at door]" "Come in." "Kelly!" "kid." "Your troubles are over." "I'm movin' in with ya." "You're what? thinking of you up here all alone day after day." "Monk." "I don't." "Kelly" "I took a shine to ya. the sky's the limit." "I'm payin' for everything- meals." "It ain't gonna cost you a cent." "Monk. too." "baloney." "really." "I'll break down and tell ya." "I ain't one of those big-hearted Charlies like you think." "It's sort of a deal between me and the club." "It's a what? they pay all the bills." "They sorta want me to keep my eye on ya." "They do?" "Why?" "Dolan thinks you're somewhat of a screwball or something." "Kelly?" "quite the opposite." "Everything I do is perfectly logical." "she is hot stuff." "[Wolf whistle] too." "What's her name?" "you wouldn't know her." "eh?" "Well I'll just call her Madame X." "What's in the bottle?" "Oh that?" "That's hair tonic." "It's a special prescription." "Seems to have done you good." "indeed." "Analytical mechanics." "and neb... u" "Nebulae." "Theoretical ballistics." "Jumpin' Jupiter." "Do you read this stuff?" "it's that hop I get on the ball- and I'm attempting to investigate it." "You mean you learn how to pitch out of scientific books?" "no." "Not exactly." "Jimmy was right." "kid?" "Why all the mystery?" "it's her father." "I'll lose my girl and my job and everything." "Finds out what?" "What I'm doing." "but I am." "And what I'm doing isn't what he thinks I'm doing at all." "Come again? you see." "Kelly." "Quit trying." "the more mysterious it gets." "maybe it's just as well." "[Phone rings]" "Hello?" "I'm trying to locate a party by the name of Lannigan." "Monk." "checking up." "[Sigh]" "Mabel." "just like I said." "[Woman talking] only he happens to be with the club." "And St. Louis don't have no lady pitchers this season." "continues]" "have you Kelly?" "No." "continues]" "Mabel. you oughta read this article here." "Some professor says there's gold on the planet Mars." "Here- continues]" "I'm glad I read this." "I'm gonna send a telegram." "A telegram?" "Tommorow's?" "but I can't do that." "The guy is nuts." "But I gotta do something." "I've gotta think of some way to" "Kelly." "You listen to me." "You're gonna stay right here and pitch." "You ain't going after no gold on Mars." "Kelly!" "Kelly!" "continues]" "I've been listening to every word." "continues]" "I wish you'd come with us." "The concert will do you good." "really." "Well you can't spend the rest of your life sitting home because of Vernon." "She won't go ten feet away from that telephone." "[Door buzzer]" "Miss Deborah Greenleaf?" "I'll take it!" "I'm Miss Greenleaf." "please." "Thank you." "Mother!" "It's beautiful." "It's from Vernon." "Vernon?" "But that's impossible." "Something wrong somewhere." "He couldn't have come by it honestly." "You've no right to say that." "You don't know anything about it." "I know he acted very strange the day he left." "He was vague and evasive." "There must have been a reason." "Alfred." "And what does it say?" "Now that's none of our business." "Poor Vernon." "He's really sweet." "He's so upset because he didn't get to say goodbye to me." "What's he doing?" "I know that you will have faith in me and do what I ask without asking why I ask it." "That's Vernon." "He even writes double talk." "and I haven't disappeared." "But he has!" "and tell them to stop their search at once." "I cannot overemphasize the urgency of this." "Why that in itself is suspicious. and their peculiar skill is a constant source of astonishment." "Skill at what?" "How should I know? but the financial rewards are quite fantastic." "they must be." "isn't that rather unusual for scientific demonstrations?" "It's not unusual." "Whatever he's doing is not legitimate." "I don't know whether I have chosen wisely in casting my lot with this particular group. the die is cast." "doesn't it?" "Certainly does." "I'm sure there's some explanation." "the explanation's very simple." "He's mixed up with some kind of a racket." "you've no right to assume that." "Well he certainly got his leave of absence under false pretenses." "I can't forgive him for that." "Alfred." "I'm sure he'll clear it all up very soon." "He says I won't hear from him for several months." "Well why not?" "He says it'll be too risky." "I- but your father's perfectly right." "It all sounds very strange and frightening." "only glass." "of course it's real." "The box is from Mark's." "and I'll" "No you're not." "Why not?" "Because I don't care if it's glass or not." "I'm going to wear it." "[Crowd noise and bell ringing]" "You just about made it." "What were we expected to do?" "Get here early and polish the engine?" "Tobacco?" "thank you." "He's getting old." "He can't steal anymore." "and poor old Bush last week." "The bums knocked him all over the lot." "Yeah?" "I'm layin' for him." "We'll kill him." "boys." "Let's get on the train." "Debbie?" "I've just seen Vernon." "He was taking a train for Chicago." "He was with a lot of men." "all of them." "you know- like gangsters." "Mother." "Gangsters?" "How do you know?" "Know?" "You should've heard what they said!" "Mother. but I know it couldn't be Vernon." "[Indistinct chatter]" "You're out!" "[Crowd cheers]" "Kelly's bearing down." "Every pitch counts now." "Last half of the ninth." "One out." "One more out is all Kelly needs to reach the heights." "I won't tell you what those heights are." "That'll jinx him." "You know the ol' baseball superstition." "Nobody ever mentions what Kelly is trying to do." "But the score is one to nothing for St. Louis." "Slugging Sammy Lee is up." "The tension among the crowd is terrific." "They're going wild." "Here comes the pitch." "Strike one!" "[Crowd cheers]" "Strike one is called. but tonight he's trying for every pitcher's dream." "But Lee means business." "A hit here could break up this ballgame. and neither is Kelly." "Strike two." "This is it." "One more like that is all Kelly needs." "[Whoop]" "You're out." "He's done it!" "Kelly's done it!" "no-run game." "sweetheart." "Let's celebrate." "Monk." "And my arm's pretty sore." "kid." "This is our big night." "Jimmy says we can have a glass of beer." "Alright." "Here he comes." "Kelly." "Kelly!" "whoa." "please." "Who does he think he is?" "wait." "Now don't get him wrong." "Kelly's a great guy." "He's just tired. that's all." "He'll talk to you." "Wait." "Kelly" "You gotta talk to those guys." "Square yourself." "They can ruin ya." "and I'm- see?" "But ya gotta talk to 'em." "All right." "boys." "Kelly's waitin'." "see." "No pictures." "Kelly?" "Kelly?" "Where'd you pitch last year?" "one at a time." "Kelly?" "what about it?" "yes." "I was in the service." "it was there that I developed my ability to pitch." "I was stationed on a small island mostly baseball gear. and hardly enough flat ground to put three shacks on." "I spent months pitching to another lad on a narrow strip of beach." "And of course you know if you spend that much time doing anything you're bound to become quite skillful at it." "What about before the war?" "Yeah." "Before the war. my life was extremely colorless and dull. if you'll excuse me I'll say goodnight- now." "Let's go." "Kelly." "sweetheart." "I sure gotta give it to ya." "Thanks." "it happens to be true." "Monk." "You're wanted on telephone." "Long distance." "That's Mabel." "[Crackling noise]" "[Crackling]" "[Crackling]" "kid?" "Monk." "I told you not to walk around with your arm bare like that after I rubbed it." "You gotta keep it warm." "I'm gonna shave!" "You're gonna put a sweater on right now." "I don't own one." "see?" "put it on." "Go on." "Get into it." "you silly cluck." "I know." "If I don't suffocate first." "I don't know." "today's the second." "I forgot." "I've gotta go downtown." "We'll stop on the way to the field." "No." "This is something personal." "I'll see you down at the field." "Foo-man-choo." "[Phone rings]" "Mabel." "Mabel." "Here's your receipt for the balance." "Did the lady like the ring?" "I don't know." "I hope so." "Would you care to look at some wedding rings?" "thank you." "Not 'til the end of the season." "Debbie!" "Vernon." "Look at you." "I must apologize for my appearance." "What are you doing inside there?" "no." "Don't tell me." "I know." "Vern." "You did?" "You're not going to try the same thing here." "You can't right on Locust." "They've got guards and police." "what are you talking about?" "don't pretend you're so innocent." "I'm not a child." "have you seen Kelly?" "Kelly who?" "Not Kelly Who." "King Kelly the pitcher." "[Crackling] boss." "I needs a drink." "You can't expect me to keep on worrying about you." "Not knowing where you are or what you're doing." "But there's no need to worry." "You asked me to trust you and believe in you." "Well that works both ways." "I think we better call it quits right now." "Alright." "Debbie." "I'll tell you." "I suppose I should have told you in the first place." "I'm- if you must know I'm a baseball player." "Vernon." "Tell me the truth." "I told you the truth." "I'm a baseball player." "That's not very funny." "say so." "But I told you." "Read all about it" "Look." "That's me." "Kelly." "Kelly pitches for today's game." "Get your lineup for today's game." "and I'm pitching this afternoon." "you are?" "and I'm going to sell your secret to the highest bidder." "Kelly." "Fancy meeting you here." "Dr. Greenleaf?" "I can't say I am." "It's the first game I've seen in years." "just sit back and relax." "Enjoy yourself." "It'll do you good. and then we can all relax." "Strike two!" "I'm afraid this is going to be an expensive afternoon." "Mr. Stone." "That's three up and three down again for Kelly." "He's got that ol' hop ball hoppin' in there today alright. and he'll rack up another victory." "And he doesn't act like a ball player at all." "I'd like you to meet him." "Hey Kelly!" "come here." "didn't he?" "He's very shy." "though." "I didn't get a very good look at him." "But you can't walk out in the middle of the game." "That's mutiny." "Kelly?" "Suddenly you're a prima donna." "You been reading the newspapers?" "Jimmy." "that's all." "baddest fine on you in history." "Jimmy." "But it won't make any difference if you do." "warm up." "He won't get away with this." "I'll" "Jimmy." "but he ain't no prima donna." "I don't care what he is." "there's no tellin' what he'll do. and he's our only chance for the pennant." "Kelly is not indispensable." "but we can't get along without him." "Lemme go talk to him." "Lemme see what it's all about." "fellas." "Come on now." "now pitching for St. Louis." "Jimmy." "he quit." "He picked up his toys and went home." "Where is he?" "In the locker room." "I wanna see him right now. to walk off the mound in the middle of a game." "Especially an important one." "Pitchers ain't supposed to go home until they're invited to." "Monk." "I had to." "I saw someone in the stands." "You mean a copper or somethin'?" "no." "Someone I knew." "Someone who knew me before I even joined the club." "kid." "It was liable to happen any time." "and when it does I've gotta do exactly what I did today." "Now wait a minute." "Be reasonable." "Kelly!" "Hey Kelly!" "Where's Kelly?" "He's gone." "I'm standin' here talkin' to him and he's gone." "Gone!" "Gone where?" "What's the matter with him?" "boss." "He wanted the afternoon off to go to his grandmother's funeral." "How do I know what's the matter with him?" "Monk?" "Where you been?" "Here." "Why ain't you asleep?" "I been with Stone and Dolan." "They had me on the carpet so long I got fallen arches." "and I get bawled out." "though." "You can thank your Uncle Monk for it." "I talked myself blue in the face." "they're really gonna give it to ya good." "ain't you even interested?" "it doesn't matter." "I'm through anyway." "Through?" "You mean you're gonna quit?" "You ain't gonna pitch no more?" "There's no point now." "No point?" "In winning the pennant?" "You can't quit now." "You gotta keep pitching'." "kid?" "Was it that guy in the stands?" "He didn't recognize ya." "it's only part of it." "I'm worried about my girl." "So it was Madame X you met." "I think she's gonna find out too." "Why?" "Why should she?" "Because I told her." "but you think she's gonna find out. and so is her father." "Her father?" "If he ever learns the truth I'm really finished." "He'll never take me back." "And I can't say I blame him after what I said." "What'd ya say?" "I was desperate." "I certainly gave him a false impression." "how serious it was." "He thought I was doing something entirely different." "That's the only reason he let me go." "Let you go?" "Where'd he have ya?" "it doesn't matter." "It's all finished." "so there's no use going on." "Kelly." "You gotta wait and see." "Wait and see what? what'll she do?" "see it for herself." "doesn't it?" "Monk." "That's just why I'm not gonna pitch." "why did I say that?" "I'm makin' it worse and worse." "You gotta keep pitching'." "You can't quit now." "you know." "You gotta give us a break." "We got a chance to win a pennant in a World Series." "That means somethin' too." "Yeah." "I suppose so." "Suppose so?" "[Phone rings]" "[Woman talking]" "Mabel." "Now neither of us gets any sleep." "[Woman continues talking] but would you mind telling me what you're doing?" "Oh!" "Father. reading the sports page with a magnifying glass." "I was interested in a wild statement someone made." "are you?" "I don't think so." "There's just an outside chance..." "Is that Kelly pitching?" "Yeah." "Two out." "Hank Moore at bat." "Kelly!" "Strike two." "[Cheering] play ball." "a process server?" "I'm lookin' for a dame." "I gotta talk to her first." "A dame?" "Ain't you gettin' pretty old for that?" "crowd cheers]" "Strike three!" "You're out." "Yes!" "I saw him." "It's really Vernon." "lady." "He's Kelly." "So did he." "But I didn't believe him." "That's certainly a blow for Jimmy Dolan." "Lannigan is the only catcher that's worked with Kelly all season." "there's no telling what may happen." "Doc?" "he'll be alright." "don't- they just told me." "Do you have to use those splints?" "What else?" "do they have to be wood?" "What do you want 'em made of?" "Mother of pearl?" "I don't think you better try to- will ya?" "This ain't the first clipped finger I ever had." "but those splints." "you worry about the pitching'." "I'll worry about the catching'." "cheer]" "You're out!" "why not let somebody else catch?" "kid?" "Come on." "Foul!" "I'm seein' things." "it's me eyes." "Foul!" "Cock-eyed son of a sea cook." "Monk." "but Jimmy" "You can't even pick 'em up after you drop 'em." "Jimmy- he'll get his purple heart later." "Monk." "Calahan catching." "Calahan catching for St. Louis." "[Crowd booing]" "I'd like to see Mr. Kelly." "I'm a friend of his." "lady." "You won't be able to go up there." "All the boys'll be in the shower." "Oh." "Well." "I'll wait." "'Night." "you're Madame X." "ain't ya?" "Yes." "I want to see him." "sister." "honey." "Just get outta here." "Come on." "honey." "and the last thing every night." "You do?" "Kelly's got your picture right in the middle of the dresser. and everything else." "Also his pal." "see?" "That's why I shanghaied ya." "I don't quite understand." "if he knew you or anybody else was watchin' him he'd walk right out of the ballpark." "He done it the other day." "Oh." "Well that must've been the day dad was there." "He's liable to walk out altogether." "we're dead and so is he." "You don't wanna hurt the guy just when he's right on top." "Or do ya?" "no!" "Of course not." "see?" "Bring your friends." "I'll even send ya passes only don't let Kelly see." "I'll sit way up in the farthest corner." "You're not sore at the guy?" "no. and have him turn out to be a big league pitcher." "a professor." "I'll be." "Are you surprised?" "because that's exactly what I thought he was." "You know it seems so fantastic." "I only came to the game today to make sure." "I found myself rooting for Vernon like mad." "I think it's wonderful." "so that's what his name is?" "Maybe I shouldn't have told you." "no." "you and me." "All right. but he can pick dames." "I could fall in love with you myself very easy." "[Crowd cheering]" "Kelly!" "Isn't he wonderful?" "lady." "One run and we have the pennant." "Only we're not gonna get it this inning." "Why not?" "Because the tail end of the batting order is up." "and then Kelly." "kid." "I'm gonna win this one for ya." "Monk!" "you gotta do it!" "Strike one!" "crowd cheering]" "It's a homer!" "Lannigan's hit a homer!" "folks." "And the pennant for St. Louis." "where have you been?" "St. Louis." "Again? I can't help but worry." "if you promise not to tell" "Yes?" "Both managers are starting their ace pitchers for the first game of the series." "Here are the batteries." "It's Keets and Topina for New York." "St. Louis" "Kelly and Lannigan." "It seems so incredible." "I can hardly believe it." "Joe?" "I think it's outrageous- that he never pitched on the varsity. and it's still anybody's series. how about this one? First of the ninth" "St. Louis has a two run lead." "Steiner's up." "Kelly stretches." "Steiner swings and misses." "Strike one!" "Kelly!" "Professor." "Professor?" "don't you know who Kelly is?" "And Steiner goes down swinging." "folks." "Kelly's done it again." "[Cheering]" "Vernon's won again!" "Who?" "Daddy." "Vernon is King Kelly." "What?" "time to get up." "[Groan]" "[Crackling]" "[Crackling and groaning]" "Monk." "Have you been using my hair tonic?" "Hair tonic?" "Oh yeah." "I'm growin' a whole new crop" "Ain't ya noticed?" "Did you take the bottle out of my suitcase?" "Oh yeah." "I meant to tell ya." "I seen it in there last week." "I didn't think you'd mind." "It's my last bottle." "What did you do with it?" "ya know." "I gotta go get it." "What for?" "You're wearing a cap." "[Door slams]" "Jumpin' Jupiter." "What a character." "[Crackling]" "[Crackling]" "[Crackling]" "[Knocking at door]" "Come in." "but uh" "Kelly." "[Crackling]" "[Crackling]" "[Crackling] the way my hair's behaving'." "Jimmy." "What's on your mind?" "Well it's the hair tonic." "What?" "The hair tonic." "Did Monk give you a bottle of my hair tonic?" "Oh yeah." "I just tried it." "I was losin' a few." "Monk said it'd grow hair on a billiard ball." "Kind of an insult. and I can't duplicate it." "I'm willing to pay for it." "How much do you want?" "no." "It isn't that." "and I need it." "You need it?" "What for?" "You gonna play for the House of David?" "no- it's a little ideosyncrosy of mine." "you know? but hair tonic- that's a new one." "Jimmy" "Have you got it?" "yeah." "Where did I put it?" "here it is." "On the top shelf." "[weakly] Oh" "[Crowd cheering] fans." "St. Louis still trailing 6 to 5." "Something's happened to Kelly." "He's not himself today." "Maybe it's the strain." "this game means the series. but those St. Louis boys have come back strong." "crowd cheers]" "I can't understand it." "What's happened with Vernon? and Marconi scores." "St. Louis 5 but Kelly's in real trouble again." "kid?" "Monk." "It's gone." "steady down." "Let 'em hit a few." "There's seven men behind you." "They can handle it." "They're a great ball club." "they better be." "And he's out." "and New York has a two run lead." "[Clapping]" "crowd cheers]" "Quit worrying'." "This ball game ain't over yet." "I wish it were." "your hop ain't workin'." "but them batter's don't." "You gotta use psychology." "It's gonna take more than psychology." "kid." "You gotta keep bluffing' all the time." "you gotta go out there lookin' as cocky" "Louie." "I'd go to Jimmy and ask him to relieve me." "But I'm not gonna do it." "I hope he lets me stay." "Kelly." "Now you're talkin'." "crowd cheers]" "And Tony gets a beautiful double." "St. Louis is still in this old ballgame." "The tying run is on second." "but I'm gonna go down trying." "And even if we do lose" "Will you quit talkin' about losin'." "We got two men on." "crowd cheers]" "crowd cheers]" "It's another two-bagger." "too." "And St. Louis is ahead again." "Eight to seven." "Kelly?" "Monk." "crowd cheers]" "And Davis is out at first." "That's two down for St. Louis." "And Stevens is up." "crowd cheers]" "Come on." "Let's go." "Atta boy." "I'm leavin' you in." "It's your game to win or lose." "All you gotta do is hope." "kid." "sir?" "You're leaving him in?" "Yeah." "Gonna gamble." "Jimmy's gonna leave him in." "He's gambling everything on King Kelly. and Kelly is facing the top of the New York batting order." "You mean to say St. Louis is ahead again?" "Mother." "Eight to seven." "Now if Vernon can only hold 'em." "[Whoop]" "Strike one!" "[Crowd cheers]" "[Crack]" "That's one man out. the game is over." "But that's an awful big if right now." "crowd cheers] ladies and gentlemen." "What a game." "and Aaron is up." "crowd cheers]" "It's a beautiful catch." "ladies and gentlemen." "but he's grimly hanging on to that one run lead." "There's two out now." "Man on second." "And blockbuster Marx comes to bat." "He's gotten three hits off Kelly this afternoon." "folks." "crowd cheers]" "He did it!" "He caught it!" "[Crowd cheers] and Kelly's won his own game." "[Raucous yelling]" "we're the World Champions!" "when you walked into my office that day" "I called you a crackpot." "I wish I had a dozen crackpots like you." "Jimmy." "Thank you." "that hand looks bad." "How's it feel?" "Well it's rather painful." "I thought so." "Come on." "We'd better get that X-rayed." "I'm gonna crown 'im." "Doc?" "I'm afraid it's serious." "Serious?" "It can't be." "Can't you do something?" "Doc." "This kid's the greatest pitcher in baseball." "Just as I feared. extending into the joint." "Doc?" "Can't you say it in English?" "It means he's through." "huh?" "Yes." "kid?" "it's not too bad." "What about the X-rays?" "the Doc- he made up with a lot of mumbo jumbo." "You know how those guys are." "What did he say?" "Kelly." "I wanna tell you something. and what's it got me? it's what you do." "Monk." "Kelly." "kid." "A season like nobody ever had before." "but" "Lucky? and don't let nobody ever tell you different." "and I know." "You could pitch for twenty years and never do no better." "kid." "you got nothin' to look forward to." "What's this all about?" "So what's it matter if you pitch for one year or for twenty?" "None of us is indestructible." "We all gotta quit sometime." "Monk?" "that's what I'm tryin' to tell ya." "kid." "He said you ain't gonna pitch no more." "He did?" "I never dreamt my career would end this way." "kid." "And I ain't never gonna forget it." "I'm gonna spend the rest of my life goin' around bragging' that King Kelly was my roommate." "I'm gonna throw it in the pound." "eh kid?" "Monk." "I hope so." "what do you say?" "of course." "kid?" "I dont' know." "I- but I don't think there's much chance of that." "huh?" "Not after the way I left and what I've been doing since." "I suppose the best thing that I should do is go back and make a clean breast of the whole thing." "And when I do- you ain't murdered nobody or nothin'." "All you done was play ball." "I know." "I only did it to get enough money to marry my girl." "I haven't much hope." "But they oughtta know that." "I don't get it." "It don't make no sense to me." "Monk." "I was a chemistry teacher." "I can tell you that now." "And the sum of money I received for teaching science to the youth of this state for an entire year was a little less than I got in a single afternoon for tossing a five-ounce sphere past a young man holding a wooden stick." "Kelly. everybody'd turn out to be dumb clucks." "All aboard!" "Like me." "You did alright." "I hope you keep on." "kid." "I guess I'd better be moving." "guess you better." "kid?" "just fine." "I- and you've been a real one." "and I and I just wanted to say that" "I just don't know how to say what I want to say." "Neither do I." "Leave us not try." "uh" "I'll get in touch with you as soon as I get things straightened out." "Kelly." "kid." "I hate to see you goin'." "Me too." "Kelly." "so long." "Say hello to Mabel." "Yeah." "[Train whistle blows]" "Mister- This is your stop." "What?" "This is where you get off." "We're coming in now." "oh thank you." "Come on!" "[Cheering and band music playing]" "Darling!" "you're wonderful!" "I'm so proud of you." "You mean you know?" "Everybody knows?" "of course!" "And we've all been rooting for you like mad." "oh- your hand." "Does it hurt very much?" "no." "it's terrible." "Monk said you'd never pitch again." "he called." "Vernon." "He even got us tickets for the game." "what about your father?" "I suppose he knows too." "Vernon." "I know all about it too." "Vernon." "We all know. about my old job." "Do you think there's any chance" "Vernon." "That's what I thought." "Mr. Stone has given us the money for the research labratory." "You're the only man he'll let us put in as director." "Mr. Kelly." "You were terrific." "professor." "You sure put that and butyl on that ball." "[Cheering]" "Dad!" "and Sage 2009"