"[ Crowd Cheering ]" "[ No Audio ]" "[ Woman On P.A.] The captain has turned on the "fasten seat belt" sign... and we will be departing shortly." "[ Man ] Your shoulder flaring?" "Nope." " You winced." " I didn't wince." "You grimaced." "My shoulder doesn't hurt, Gus." "[ Beeping ]" "How long has it been hurting?" "Perry wants me to start tomorrow." "You gotta be kidding." "You're not doin' it." "No way." "It's the end of a shitty season." "[ Sighs ] I'm gonna go talk to Perry." "Sit down." "Sit down." "Relax." "Sir, your drink." "Hi." "Thank you." "It's a throwaway, Billy." "It means nothing." "Not to the Red Sox." "If I see you wince even one time" "Oh, God !" "[ Chuckles ] I've" "I've got the ugliest wife in the league." "That hurts." "It hurt my feeling." "[ Sighs ] Buckle your seat belt." "Summer wind" "Summer wind" "Came blowing'in" "From across the sea" "[ Man ] Are we expecting Miss Aubrey this evening?" "[ Continues ] We are." "What name am I registered under ?" "Mike Nelson." "The Sea Hunt fella, you know." "All right." "Tell the desk that I don't wanna talk to anybody except her, all right?" "Mm-hmm." "And, Fitch, tonight, everything has to be perfect." "Have I ever let you down, Mr. Chapel ?" "Two sweethearts" "And the summer wind" "Like painted kites" "Those days and nights They went flying by" "The world was new" "Beneath a blue" "Umbrella sky" "This is Mr. Chapel." "Have there been any messages?" "No?" "Thanks." "[ Woman On Phone ] Hi, this is Jane." "Leave me a message after the beep and I'll get back to you." "Thanks a lot." "Bye-bye." "[ Beeps ] jane, it's Billy." "I'm worried now, so... please call." "Are you there?" "[ TV Continues, indistinct ]" "[ Groans ]" "[ knocking On Door ]" "[ knocking Continues ]" "jesus." "I've been bangin' out here forever." "What the hell happened to you?" "You weren't at the gym." "Is Jane here?" "No." "[ Chuckles ] Oh, Jesus." "Oh." "Hmm." "[ knocking On Door ]" "Chap, you know, a lot of little bottles makes a big bottle." "Hey." "Hey, that could be her." "You gotta throw today, chief." "Gus, do me a favor, huh?" "Get the door !" "All right." "Throw some water on your hair." "It might look like you took a shower." "[ Door Opens ]" "No, not at all." "He's in the bathroom back there." "Mr. Wheeler." "Good mornin', Billy." "Got a minute?" "Yeah, sure." "It's not easy to get up here." "They treat me right." "They didn't have you on the register." "I can't remember all your names." "Price of fame, huh?" "Can I-- Can I get you something?" "No, no, no, no." "Let's just sit." "Yeah." "It's been a rough season." "[ Chuckles ]" "Yeah." "Always next year." "Not for me." "It's one of those secrets everybody knows." "What you don't know is it's offiicial." "Billy, I sold the Tigers." "Well, that's, uh, great." "Is it?" "Yeah." "Billy, you've been the heart and soul of this team." "Like family." "All the negotiations, the bastards never said a word." "Said what?" "They want to trade you to the Giants." "Wow." "Is-Is that why you're here?" "No." "I don't know how to say this." "You know, I've been watching you for 18 years." "[ Sighs ] Nothing" "Nothing has given me more pleasure." "You're like the old boys." "They were golden." "They had that special pride." "When they were done, they were done." "Nobody had to show them the door." "Are you saying I should retire?" "Why not?" "It wouldn't hurt the negotiations, and it would serve those sons of bitches right." "I, uh" "I don't know." "I don't know what to say." "Well, you know, you can't tell me you haven't thought about it." "And you've been smart with money, right?" "Right?" "Yeah." "I've always been a Tiger." "I know, son." "That's why this is killing me." "You know, my dad bought this team when I was seven." "I grew up watching the Tigers." "I was gonna leave the team to my kids, but they don't even like baseball." "Everything's changed, Billy." "The players, the fans," "TV rights, arbitrations." "It isn't the same." "The game stinks." "And I" "I can't be a part of it anymore." "[ Telephone Ringing ]" "[ Ringing Continues ]" "[ Sighs ] Well" "Billy, you want me to, um" "No." "Hello." "Jane !" "Where are you?" "You're downstairs?" "No !" "Just stay there, all right?" "just stay where you're at." "I'm on my way down." "[ Hangs Up Phone ] What do you want me to tell 'em, Billy?" "Look, I-- I need more time, all right?" "The game doesn't stink, Mr. Wheeler." "It's a great game." "Billy, what's up?" "[ Elevator Bell Dings ]" "I tried to get her in a cab, Mr. Chapel, but she said she wanted to-- just go up and walk up in Central Park." "Go easy on our boys today, Billy." "Jane?" "jane?" "Why didn't you wait?" "[ Sniffles ]" "Are you crying?" "[ Sighs ] What's the matter ?" "They didn't have any Kleenex in the hotel bathroom." "[ Sniffles ]" "What's going on, Jane?" "I've been sitting in the lobby for the last two hours." "Doing what?" "I'm sorry I didn't call last night, you know." "I could tell that your voice was worried enough that" "If something's wrong, just say it, Jane." "I mean, we don't" "We never had to fake it." "I'm leaving." "I'm going to London." "London?" "There's a job, a good job." "An editor's position." "And" "I've been trying to fiigure out a way to tell you, but everything sounds so" "What can I say?" "I mean, tell me what to say." "I can't tell you, Billy." "It's all right." "I knew it." "From the day I fiirst met you fiive years ago, What?" "I've always known..." "you don't need me." "Knew what?" "You and the ball and the diamond, you're perfect." "A perfectly beautiful thing." "You can win or lose the game all by yourself." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Have dinner tonight with me, Jane, after the game." "We'll go to Mario's." "I have a 6:00 plane." "They wanted me there a week ago when you called, and I wanted to see you." "I wanted to say good-bye." "Good-bye, Billy." "[ Rock ] [ Male Announcer ] Welcome to New York and to Yankee Stadium... on a crisp and glorious fall afternoon, where the Yankees try to win the divisional title against the Detroit Tigers." "Hi, everybody." "I'm Vin Scully along with Steve Lyons, and welcome to our fiinal telecast of the regular season." "You can smell the fall." "The World Series is just around the corner here in New York." "[ Lyons ] On paper, today's game seems easy enough, Vin." "First place team takes an easy game from the last place team." "But nothing's ever easy." "Mr. Chapel ?" "Hey." "Ken Strout." "I was your batboy a long time ago." "My dad was a Tiger." "joe Strout." "I remember." "[ Chuckles ]" "How's he doin' ?" "Good." "He and Ma are livin' down in Florida now." "He doesn't move around too easy, though." "He's got bad knees." "You know, a little arthritis." "What, are you playin' today?" "No, I don't think so." "They just called me up." "Good." "Well, good luck to you." "Thanks." "And give your dad my best." "He was a... great player." "Oh, thanks." "I'll tell him." "[ Man On Radio ] Live from Yankee Stadium in New York, it's New York Yankees baseball !" "Today on the next to last day of the year, the Yankees have a chance to clinch the pennant." "To do it, they'll have to beat Billy Chapel and the Detroit Tigers." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Good afternoon, everyone." "It is a beautiful fall day..." "Could you turn that off?" "at Yankee Stadium as the Yankees are set to clinch the pennant." "No." "But standing in their way... is the great veteran right-hander of the Tigers, Billy Chapel." "Does anybody else know?" "No." "Nobody knows nothin'." "Not even Perry." "If they knew, that's all they'd be talkin' about." "Well, what does Jane say?" "[ Sighs ] jane's movin' to London." "Movin'to London?" "What the" " How are you gonna manage that?" " We're not." "Billy... this ain't your day." "[ Chuckles ]" "What are you gonna do?" "I don't know." "That's Wheeler's nephew." "He sent him down to get your answer." "Guess he's gonna sit through the whole game if he has to." "Poor kid." "Doesn't even know what he's doin' here." "[ Sniffiing ] just throw the ball to the glove, son." "just play catch." "Since you're throwin' bullets, I'm not even gonna mention the fact... that you were an hour late, and I've been standin' here trying to fiigure out... who my starting pitcher would be if you didn't show up." "Have I ever not showed?" "I mean, in 19 years have I ever not showed?" "Well, that's true of everyone till the fiirst time they don't show." "Billy, I had an idea." "I've pretty much made up my mind, but I wanted to run it by you fiirst." "I want Jimmy to catch today." "I know how you feel about Gus, but he ain't hitting', Billy." "He ain't hit for a while now." "I haven't said anything, but we need the left-handed bat." "I want Gus." "Yeah, I know, and I'd love to take one of these goddamn games." "We're not layin' down." "We're not gonna be a red carpet to the Series... for these guys." "Gus catches, or I don't pitch." "Me and Gus." "Nobody else." "I hope you hear me." "jesus, Billy, you tellin' me how to run this team?" "[ Grunting ] No." "But today, it's me and Gus." "I've never asked you any other time, okay ?" "Good." "Glad you agree." "Can't argue about this right now." "Gotta warm up." "I'm sorry." "We have a bit of a delay." "We're correcting a bit of a maintenance problem." "So we don't have a bit of a crash?" "Is there someplace I can stay?" "Yes." "The Premiere Lounge is just down there on your right." "Thanks." "[ Lyons ] When the sun goes down, it'll actually be... an easier time to hit for both teams." "[ Scully ] And now, talkin'about shadows and sunlight, that might very well sum up Billy Chapel." "Long has he stood in the brilliant sunshine... in his great, 19-year career." "But now, battling back from an 8 and 11 record this year, trying to flight his way out of the shadows back into the sunlight." "He'll be facing Mike Robinson, followed by Jonathan Warble... and then Sam Tuttle." "Bottom of the fiirst inning, no score, and the Yankees coming up." "What's he lookin' at?" "He's lookin'..." "at the clouds." "You okay, Chap?" "Chappie !" "You okay?" "[ Man On P.A.] Catching, number 27, Gus Sinski." "Number 27." "At shortstop, number 7, Jose Garcia." "Trying to take my hand off?" "Sorry." "just let me set for that juice." "Warn me or something." "Pitching, number 14," "Billy Chapel." "I'm gonna throw a little harder than usual today." "There's your warning." "Chap, don't throw it away too early." "Today I'm throwin' hard, Gus." "You and me?" "One more time?" "Why not?" "[ Cheering ]" "[ Man ] Hey, Chapel !" "We got you, Chapel !" "You're done !" "We're gonna stick a fork in you, Chapel !" "You are finished !" "You are complete !" "The Tigers are done !" "You're done !" "You're finished !" "Get outta town !" "I can always tell when I'm in New York." "[ Blowing Horn ] Hey, Chapel !" "Yo, Chapel !" "You suck !" "You stink on ice !" "You couldn't pitch a tent !" "[ Shouting, Cheering intensifies ]" "[ Chapel's Voice ] Clear the mechanism." "[ Shouting, Cheering Continues, Muted ]" "[ No Audio ]" "Hello, Mike." "[ Umpire ] Strike one !" "[ Scully On TV ] So, Chapel working on Robinson." "Bottom of the fiirst inning." "No score." "And there's a little looper to Jose Garcia." "One away." "Oh, this is-- This is my lucky day." "Hey, how are ya?" "How you doin' ?" "Fine." "How you doin' ?" "Uh, the Bud on the tap is good." "Okay." "Oh, this is a beautiful day... for the big ballpark in the Bronx." "[ Scully Continues ] He was an All-American shortstop there, and he has certainly done an outstanding job." "Two solid years, and now a third with the Yankees." "Pretty good breaking ball." "Did get it up... but got away with it." "Lot of guys would be upset about missing' their flight" "You know, delay, this and that-- but this works out beautiful for me." "[ Scully Continues ] So, Chapel trying to derail the Yankees, and the Yankees trying to end a season... that has long been finished by Detroit." "[ Lyons ] Warble had a game earlier this season... where he had five hits, nine R.B.l.s." "That's a week for a lot of guys." "I don't know." "They-They pushed this guy up to pitch this game." "So, basically we clinch today and I get to see it." "Beautiful." "[ Scully ] They were 63 and 97." "The Yankees, meanwhile" "Hi." "What can I get for you?" "Chivas and water." "[ Bar Patron ] Okay, here we go." "Everything is" "[ Scully ] Good sinker." "Oh, look at that." "Ah, it's early." "You got, uh, nuts, chips, somethin' ?" " We got those pretzels." " I can make do." "Thank you." "[ Scully ] Good fastball with some movement on it." "And down goes Warble." "jesus, he swung at that?" "This guy, he's got nothin' now." "If I was Boston, I'd be worried." "I'd be, like, what, are they throwin' the game?" "This guy used to be a monster, to tell you the truth." "When he first came up, he was unhittable." "Now, he's a junker." "30-30 three years in a row, and in baseball circles we all know that there's no love lost between these two guys." "They don't like each other too much." "[ Cheering ]" "[ Man On P.A.] At third base, number 13, Sam Tuttle." "[ Chapel ] Sam Tuttle." "I can't think of a better reason not to be a Yankee." "[ Scully ] Sam Tuttle hit .625." "He went 5 for 8 against Chapel this year." "[ Lyons ] That would make me not like a guy." "[ Scully ] I would think so." "[ Chanting ] Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "Tuttle !" "[ Chanting Continues ]" "[ Scully ] Fastball on the inside corner." "Strike one." "Wasn't that inside?" "You never do swing at the fiirst pitch, do you, Sam?" "No, no, we're off the page now, Gus." "This is between me and ugly." "Straight heat." "That a boy." " Strike two !" " Aw, that shit's outside." "No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle." "Everything's a goddamn debate." "[ Scully ] Fastball, and it runs right on that outside corner." "So 0 and 2 the count to Sam Tuttle." "I saw that shitty little Hollywood movie you did." "Ball !" "[ Lyons ] Gus Sinski wanted that one." "So did Chappie." "You see the reaction on his face." "That's a pretty good pitch on the outside corner." "Tuttle didn't like the first two calls, and now he gets a break on that outside corner." "That's not the kind of pitch Chapel's gonna like being called a ball all day long." "Don't crowd me, Sam." "I hate being crowded." "No." "So, 1 and 2 the count, and whoops, Tuttle has really moved up on the plate." "He's all over the plate right now." "Now you got the idea." "[ Scully ] Uh-oh !" "Down goes Tuttle." "[ Fans Protesting ]" "What a knockdown pitch that was." "There's a message being delivered." "Yankee Stadium is like a schoolyard, and Bill Murdie looks like a teacher who sees trouble." "You know, they say in every great athlete... there's a mean streak, and Billy Chapel's no different." "[ Scully ] Bill Murdie goes from umpire to referee." "[ Lyons ] Anytime I played against this guy, if he felt like he had his good stuff, he'd flip you like this." "Throw a ball right up there over your head just to let you know that," ""I can throw the ball anywhere I want today--"" "[ Bar Patron ] You know, I've been a Yankee fan since 1958." " I can name a Yankee for every number." " Oh, God." "Please don't." "Number one:" "Billy Martin, Bobby Richardson." "Number two:" "Frank "The Crow" Crosetti and Bobby Murcer." "Number three.. the Babe." "Number four.." "Gehrig." "Five.." "DiMaggio." "Six.." "Steve Boyer, Roy White." "Excuse me." "Would you mind?" "You can't smoke in a bar." "What, now you can't talk in a bar ?" "This ain't church, lady." "[ Scoffs ]" "[ Scully ] Tuttle back up to the plate." "[ Umpire ] 2 and 2 !" "Same shit, different day, huh?" "I'd throw it at you again, but I'm afraid Murdie'd run me." "Strike three !" "[ Scully ] Oh, good breaking ball." "Got him looking." "[ Lyons ] What a great job of setting'up a hitter." "Let's take another look." "Tuttle looks like a deer caught in the headlights." "Chapel just jelly-legged him." "[ Scully ] So at the end of one, Tigers nothing, Yankees nothing." "All right, here we go now." "Four, fiive, six." "Let's get something started." "jose, attababy." "It's all about positioning, right?" "You gotta wait on this guy, all right?" "Hey, Mike?" "Some water ?" "[ Man ] Yeah?" "Sure thing, Billy." "You all right?" "You got it goin' good out there." "Make sure you save something." "Birch wants to play golf tomorrow." "You know, I played golf with Birch the day I met Jane." "You doin' all right?" "Yeah." "I'm not hearin' 'em at all out there." "[ Car Stereo ] Are you gathering up the tears" "Have you had enough of mine" "Are you reelin'in the years" "Stowin'away the time [ Yells ]" " Ooh." "Hot." " Stupid piece of crap !" "Yeah, that'll flix it." "[ Fades ]" "[ Sets Parking Brake ]" "[ Shuts Engine Off ]" "[ Sighs ]" "I don't need any help." "I can see that." "I can see you got your car... kicked completely into submission." "I mean it." "just go away." "[ Sighs ] You know, I can always tell when I'm in New York." "Do you really know anything about cars?" "[ Chuckles ] You want me to have a look at it?" "Okay." "It's not mine." "It's just a trashy rental." "Yeah." "Mine too." "Why don't you try the key?" "See if we can't get it started." "[ Ignition Cranking ]" "[ Chapel ] Should've paid attention in auto shop." "Um-- [ ignition Cranking ]" " [ Engine Starts ] - [ Laughing ]" "What did you do?" "Well, I was" "I have no idea." "I-I don't-- [ Chuckles ]" "I don't know anything about cars." "I was just trying to be manly." "Well, that was great." "Thank you." "You saved my day." "Of course I did." "I said I would." "Where are you headed?" "I'm not sure." "Bear Mountain, maybe." "I just threw my stuff in the car and took off." "Had to get out of the city." "How come?" "'Cause summer's over and I missed it." "You know, I work all the time." "Makes me feel old." "I don't know." "Oh." "Well, thanks again." "So, what's the problem?" "My problem seems to be solved." "Oh, no." "Well, wait a sec." "No, the car's fline." "But listen, honey, I gave up on four calls haulin' my ass out to you, okay?" "That's 100 bucks to me." "So if there's nothin' wrong with this car now, there will be when I bring it down to the city, okay?" "The car's" " Everything all right?" " [ Man ] Everything's peaches, mac." "You're-- You're Billy Chapel." "I can't believe it." "It's a pleasure to meet you." "I can't believe this." "Oh, I'm sorry." "[ Tow Truck Radio Chattering, indistinct ]" "You know, you are the greatest freakin' ballplayer out there." "I'm sor" " I'm sorry." "But you really are." "I'm gonna go get that." "You stay right here, okay?" "[ Car Door Opens ] Billy Chapel." "Nice to meet you." "jane Aubrey." "You know, I-- I got this problem." "See, um, I'd like to keep talkin' with you, but I gotta go to work." "[ Chuckling ] just a second." "Hey." "[ Whistles ] I'll get there when I get there." "Can you do me a favor ?" "Anything." "We got a bum deal on this rental here, so if you could-- if you could haul this back to town for us," "I'd really appreciate it." "I can't take that." "Wait a sec." "Wait a sec." "What are you doing?" "You like baseball ?" "What?" "Baseball." "[ Clattering ] No, not really." "Hey !" " You ever been?" " No." "Would you like to go?" "Would you like to go to a baseball game with me?" "Billy, if she don't wanna go, I'll go." "Don't let that happen." "Lady, you can't just stand in the middle like that." "Oh, sorry." "Let me see your ticket." "Oh, you're with the players' wives." "Follow me." "Go on." "Go on !" "Thanks." "Excuse me." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Sure." "Hey." "Hey." "Excuse me." "Who are you here with, honey?" "Billy Chapel." "Oh, how nice." "[ Whispering ] This week's blond." "No, no, stay." "You're cool." "Trust me." "I've been there, all right?" "I'm Kisha Birch." "Hi." "Hi." "jane Aubrey." "Nice to meet you." "[ Umpire ] Strike three !" "[ Cheering, Shouting ]" "You got a ball ?" "Yeah." "[ Jane ] You don't lose much, do you?" "I lose." "I've lost." "About 134 times." "Oh." "[ Chuckles ]" "That's over, like, 15 years, okay?" "Oh." "All right?" "You count them?" "We count everything in baseball." "I mean, that's-- God, that's all we do." "All right, quit stalling." "What?" "You haven't told me anything about you." "Nothin'." "Well, I fiigured if I kept my mouth shut," "I could pass for elegant and mysterious." "You're forgetting I saw you on the highway..." "[ Laughing ] kicking the hell out of your car." "Where are you from?" "Oh, God." "Three questions." "Syracuse, New York." "That's one." "What are the pads for ?" "This one is my article on lip gloss for Elle magazine, this one is on skin peels, and my grocery list." "Last question." "How do you liked to be kissed?" "You know, I always thought that men and women... should just carry around signs." "If you're poor and you can't afford it, you would make yours out of cardboard and string." "And if you're rich, you could have it lettered in gold leaf... or pounded out of tin by Mexican craftsmen." "[ Chuckling ]" "It doesn't matter." "But you wear them around your neck, see?" "And they say things, like "shallow" or "horny."" "It just-- It just would be a hell of a lot easier." "What would yours say?" "[ Elevator Bell Dings ]" "[ Moaning ] Billy?" "Billy, isn't this your floor ?" "I think so." "We've been here twice before." "[ Siren Wailing ]" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Gotta go." "Sleep as long as you want." "You can take a shower, anything you want." "Nobody'll bother you till you take the sign off the door." "Okay, thanks." "What's this, a souvenir ?" "[ Chuckles ] It's my number." "Billy, you don't have to give me this." "I know I don't have to do this, but, um, I wanted to." "When will you be back?" "I already checked." "Four weeks from Thursday I'll be back in New York." "So, uh..." "that Thursday night?" "Meet me in the bar downstairs at 10:00, okay?" "I'll be there waitin' for you." "If you don't show up, if you leave me standing in that bar, it'll ruin this." "Well, then I guess I'll just have to show up." "I'm serious." "I'll be there, Jane, okay?" "Okay, Billy Chapel." "[ Crowd Cheering ]" "[ Chanting ] Birch !" "Birch !" "Birch !" "Birch !" "Birch !" "Birch !" "[ Chanting Continues ]" "Birch, baby !" "Kiss that bitch good-bye !" "Take it over !" "Clear the mechanism." "[ Cheering, Shouting Fades ]" "[ No Audio ]" "You look old, Davis." "Are we that old?" "[ Throwing Ball into Glove ]" "Strike one !" "[ Scully ] And the fastball... sinks at the knees, picks up the corner, and the count 0 and 1." "Don't smile at me, Davis." "I hate that." "[ Scully ] lt was a sad day in Detroit when Gary Wheeler, the owner of the Tigers and a somewhat beleaguered franchise, was forced to trade Davis Birch, who was a free agent." "Detroit could not come up with his monetary demands, and the Yankees were waiting with open arms and an open wallet." "It was your team too." "I mean, how much money we gotta make?" "You want to see my team?" "[ kisha ] You kids go and play." "That's my team over there." "You got it." "I'll be out in a second, okay?" "Billy, are you-- are you gonna just sit there and mope or are you gonna help?" "I ain't carrying no books." "Where's the pillows?" "[ Chapel ] You're the best, kiddo." "The best around." "The worthy opponent." "[ Scully ] The 0-1 pitch." "And the bottom just drops out of it." "Strike two." "[ Lyons ] Look at Birch starin' out at Billy Chapel." "They're sayin', "Where's that curveball coming from?" "He never had that curveball when we played together."" "It don't happen that often, but I got you mixed up, don't I ?" "You're guessing' now, aren't you?" "[ Throwing Ball into Glove ]" "Well, here's your fastball..." "right down the pipe, just so you don't walk away thinking I was afraid to give it to you." "Strike !" "[ Scully ] Fastball runs on the inside corner." "Strike three called." "Jesus, Birch, I could've hit that." " So Billy Chapel, all business, taking care of Birch on three pitches." "Kenny Howell will follow." "[ Jane's Voice ] lf you don't show up, if you leave me standing in that bar, it'll ruin this." "[ Woman Singing, indistinct ]" "[ Woman Singing, indistinct ]" "[ Honking ]" "[ Man ] Cab, Mr. Chapel?" "[ Whistle Blowing ]" "You leaving?" "Yeah, I was supposed to meet someone, but they, uh" "I'm sorry." "I wasn't gonna come." "I actually sat in my apartment... counting the hours to the time when I was not gonna show up to meet you." "And then I-I just" "Oh, God." "Billy Chapel." "Why do you always use both my names?" "So I know what I'm up against." "I-I had a great time with you last month." "It's not that." "Don't get me wrong." "It's just that..." "I-I don't mean to sound like anything or anything," "[ Man ] lt's for our kid." "Thanks." "but-but I don't do that." "And I'm not saying anything about it." "What?" "I just don't do it, not since I was in college." "What don't you do?" "I just-- You know what?" "I think I should go home." "Why?" "Because-Because I just don't screw like that !" "And-And-And I hate that word." "[ Man ] You want that cab, Mr. Chapel?" "Give it to somebody else." "I don't go to hotel rooms with men I don't know." "Billy, I can't be a groupie." "You're not a groupie, Jane." "You don't look like one." "You don't act like one." "I didn't treat you like one." "Wasn't-- Wasn't I a gentleman?" "Yes, I know." "But you pull up out of nowhere, you start my car." "You make me laugh, and the next thing I know-- No." "I'm at a baseball game that you win !" "I'm at a baseball game that you win !" "I mean, it's so surreal." "Little boys buy cards with your picture on them." "They buy those for the gum." "[ Chuckles ] Goddamn it !" "God" " What?" "Goddamn what?" "I like you." "So what's the problem?" "I'm really not at all the person you think I am, and I think it would just be more fair for both of us... for-for me to just leave." "Well, forget it." "I mean, what's the difference?" "I mean-- What?" "Just" " No." "Here, give me the thing." "What's the difference between the real you... and this-this other you?" "The-The real me is-is-- Here." "The real me is plain, uninteresting and-and-- and hates sexy underwear because it's really uncomfortable." "Oh." "All right, so the-- the real you's a bummer." "This can't be what you were looking for from this evening." "I mean, be totally honest with me." "That" "That day I fiixed your car, jane, I got lucky." "And maybe you got lucky too." "I mean, I know we don't know each other so well, but that's-- that's what I was hoping." "I mean, we don't have to" "We could, like-- like, walk, you know?" "We could walk like-- We could just walk." "Walk?" "I-I could walk." "I mean, we don't-- we don't have to talk so much either." "Okay." "You've got the look of love light in your eyes I was in crazy motion" "Till you calmed me down lt took a little time" "But you calmed me down" "You know, border collies." "My dad loved the blue heelers." "Is he still alive?" "No, they're both gone." "Him fiirst, and then her within a year." "He was a good man." "Very tall." "Very reserved." "Passionately in love with two things:" "my mother and baseball." "Then he was a lucky man." "Okay." "Okay." "So, how do we do this?" "How does this work, Billy?" "I told you, I have to be here next month for a couple of days." "I wanna see you." "Okay." "Okay." "[ keys Jingling ] So... when you're away, I'll live my life... and-and you'll live yours." "And none of this stupid bullshit why-didn't-you-call-me crap." "And what you do when you're not with me... has nothing to do with me, and vice-versa." "No questions asked." "No worrying." "No obsessing." "That sounded perfect." "Good night." "Good night." "My back keeps breaking out." "Candy says it's gross." "[ Imitating Austrian Accent ] Use the loofah." "The what?" "The loofah." "It exfoliates." "You're losing it over this girl." "I met this woman in New York." "I'm thinkin' of asking' her down." "Call her." "Nah, it's, you know, it's not, uh-- it's casual." "I've seen her a few times over the winter in New York... when I happen to be there." "Call her." "[ Telephone Ringing ]" "Hello?" "[ Chapel ] I'm having this problem with my skin peel." "I was just thinking about you." "Yeah?" "What were you thinking?" "I was wondering when you play your fiirst series against the Yankees." "jane, come down here." "What?" "Come see me." "Come spend the weekend." "Meet my friends." "I don't know, Billy." "What do you mean, you don't know?" "Well, I-I've got a ton of work to do, Okay." "and I can't really afford to be running off-- So, I'll pay." "No." "It's not that." "Look, we made the rules." "I think we should stick to them." "There's no rules about having fun." "I mean, that's bullshit." "Why is it bullshit?" "Because if all you want to do is have fun, then you would come down here, 'cause this is fun." "You know who sat in the bleachers last Sunday?" "Who?" "Sandy Koufax." "You are such-- Sandy Koufax !" "You are such a guy." "You are like the ultimate guy." " What, you don't like guys?" " I need a regular guy." "Not the guy on the Old Spice commercial." "It was Right Guard." "What?" "It was Right Guard, that commercial." "I was being metaphorical, Billy." "Look, this is crazy." "What am I supposed to do?" "I'm supposed to run down there... and meet Sandy Koufax, get his autograph and sleep with Mr. Right Guard?" "What-What are you so afraid of?" "I'm not afraid." "[ Sighs ]" "I can't be a groupie." "You know, that's the second time you used that word to me, Jane, and it didn't really go down that well the fiirst time." " Now you're mad." " No, I'm not mad." "I'm just... pissed off." "Billy, that's not fair." "Look, I'm gonna hang up now, all right?" "Let's start from the beginning." " I'll call you some other time." " Wait." "No." "When will you call me?" "Like when I don't feel like killin' you." "[ Sighs ] [ Receiver Clicks ]" "I told her." "[ Sniffles ]" "So, I haven't seen you around much lately." "I've been workin' hard." "Yeah, well, all work and no play-- [ Chuckles ]" "[ knocking ]" "All I've got is my toothbrush and a bathing suit I bought at the airport." "[ Male Vocalist, indistinct ]" "You're not smiling." "You're annoyed." "No." " I'm an idiot." " No, I'm an idiot." "jane, listen to me." "[ Chuckles ] No matter what happens in the next fiive minutes," "I want you to know that when I opened this door..." "I was so happy to see you that my heart leapt." "It leapt in my chest, okay?" "Okay." "Hey, Billy, can I borrow your..." "blow dryer ?" "You'll find the words still ring true" "Some things don't change" "Some things do [ Sighs ]" " Don't go." " And you're the only one" "With a broken heart" " The only one" " It's not your fault." "Who's afraid of the dark jane-- I have terrible timing." "I've always had it." "That's why I failed at acting and skiing and table tennis." "No." "I should've known when the only flight to Lauderdale... was at 6: 10 a.m., and the only rental car I could get was this ridiculous Lincoln." "The car's perfect." "It's perfect." "That girl-- No, please." "You don't have to do this." "I'm not angry or hurt." "We're not anything." "You're fline." "You can do whatever you want." "I know I can." "I ju-- I don't want her." "Well, then what is she doing here?" "Well, I like her." "She's my masseuse." "[ Laughs ]" "It's never quite how you play it in your head." "What about the whole deal thing?" " What deal ?" " You know." "You do what you do, I do what I do." "You believed that?" "I was lying." "I was trying to be the man." "I was doing a damn good job of it... until you invited me down here." "You were right." "I was afraid." "I was afraid you were gonna break my heart... into a thousand pieces." "jane, I'm" "I've been thinking about you, Jane." "I don't know what I was-- That was" "Look" " All right, tell me what I can say so you'll believe me." "I believe you." "Well, then-- then stay." "Please, Jane, I want you to stay." "This can only end bloody for me, Billy." "I saved the sign." "You know, the "yes" sign?" "I pinned it on the wall in my locker." "Goddamn it !" "It was stupid !" "[ Scully ] Strike three called." "On the corner." "I see a red door and I want it painted black" "Strike three !" "Fastball got him." "[ Continues, indistinct ] That's strikeout number five for Billy Chapel." "He is really on a roll now." "I see the girls walk by [ Scully Continues, indistinct ]" "Dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head" "Until my darkness goes I see a line of cars" "And they're all painted black" "With flowers and my love" "Both never to come back I see the people" "Turn their heads and look away" "Like a newborn baby lt just happens every day You're in the zone." "[ Man On P.A.] Number 24, It feels good." "[ Scully ] Here's Mickey Hart, 0 for 1." "Mickey Hart." "[ Scully ] No score, fourth inning." "Jack Spellman, doing well, has allowed only two hits to the Tigers." "Meanwhile, Billy Chapel in perfect control." "Mickey'll be gone next year too." "Poor guy." "Never cold get a break." "What was that catch he missed?" "The one that hit him?" "They still play it on Diamond Vision all the time." "You know" "Whoops, there goes another rubber tree plant [ Chuckles ] [ Chuckles ]" "Fenway." "Uh, uh, uh" "Uh, I remember wasn't so long ago, we had a one-room shack and the livin' was low" "And my mama by herself raised me and my bro" "Wasn't easy but we did it with the little that flowed" "She said Son, there'll be times when the tides are high" "And the boat may be rocky You can cry [ Cheering ]" "Just never give up" "You can never give up" "Everything's all right, man." "Guess that looked pretty funny out there today, huh?" "Probably end up on ESPN or somethin.'" "A lot of shit ends up on ESPN I don't think's very funny, Mick." "Phone call, Mr. Chapel." "Phone call, Mr. Chapel." "There's a bunch of cameras out there right now waitin' to make a joke of this, Mick." "So you can either stop, give 'em the sound bite, do the dance... or you can hold your head up and walk by, and the next time we're in Boston... we'll go out there and work the wall together." "Don't help 'em make a joke out of you." "Old school, baby." "He's right." "Chapel." "It's Jane." "I got your number from the front offiice." "I hope that it's okay." "That's all right." "Don't worry about it." "What's wrong?" "Something's happened." "It's my daughter." "She ran away." "Your daughter ?" "I'll tell you-- I don't have time know, but she's there in Boston." "Her father lives there." "Oh, God." "We had a flight." "All right." "jane, just slow down, all right?" "just slow down." "She climbed down the fiire escape and went to Penn Station and got on a train to go to her father, but he's not there." "What's the address?" "8245 Clackton." "What's her name?" "Freedom." "Freedom?" "Scared you, didn't I?" "Heather. it's Heather." "[ Rock, Muffled ]" "Heather ?" "It's okay." "I'm-- I'm the guy your mom said was coming to get you." "Let's get out of here before we get our asses kicked twice in one night." "Heather ?" " You're Heather." " And you're the baseball player." "My mom can do nothing normal." "[ Snickers ]" "[ Whispers ] Shut up, shut up." "You want somethin' ?" "I'll have a V8." "[ Scoffs ] What is it with single men and V8 juice?" "I mean, my dad's fridge has nothing but mustard in it." "But when I come to visit it has mustard, fiish sticks... and this big jug of V8 juice." "Like, if he makes me choke down a glass he's being healthy and fatherly." "Well, I like V8." "Nutritious." " So are you my mom's boyfriend?" " I'm not sure." "But you've slept with her." "V8." "It's a refreshing blend of eight... vegetable juices." "[ Exhales Sharply ]" "What did you and your mother flight about?" "[ Exhales Sharply ]" "I didn't come home from school when I was supposed to because I was with Mark Elton." "She freaked out because he has facial hair... and his parents are never home." "I said, "We didn't do anything." She said, "Well, you could have."" "I said, "Well, I might love him."" "She said, "Well, you don't know what love is."" "I said, "I'm gonna do what I wanna do."" "She said, "Well, not in this house."" "And" "So I went to my dad's, because... he doesn't care what I do... 'cause he's stoned 90%% of the time." "She just" "She doesn't... want me t-- to make the same mistakes that she did." "She had me when she was 16." "You know, she never had..." "a love story." "And now it's like..." "she doesn't believe in it." "Honey, I'm so sorry." "I'm sorry too." "I'm so sorry." "Thank you." "Billy..." "Come up." "Don't ever do that again, okay?" "[ Door Shuts ]" "We can always work it out." "just talk to me." "[ Cabbie ] Thanks." "Honey, you want some spaghetti ?" "No, I'm tired." "You sure?" "I ate on the plane." " How was it?" " lt was fine. lt was small." "[ Conversation Continues, indistinct ]" "She's already asleep." "Thank you." "Why didn't you tell me?" "I don't know." "Uh, I protect her maybe too much." "Some guys meet her, and they don't come around anymore." "She thinks it's her fault." "You want some tea or something?" "Are you hungry?" "No." "No, I'm good." "It's nice." "Good home." "Thanks." "[ Laughs ]" "I like to hold it in my hand... 'cause I know somewhere you're doing the same thing." "I'm glad you called me." "I'm glad." "What are you doing down there?" "My foot's been kicking something down here all night." "What is-- [ Clicks ]" "[ Laughs ] It's not mine." "Oh, you mean it doubles as a flashlight?" "[ Giggling ]" "It's really a flashlight." "I wondered why there were so many batteries in this room." "Shut up !" "I'm hungry." "I'm starving." "To the kitchen." "About 20 hours of labor." "Nicky was so freaked out he didn't even stick around for my sixth month." "There was this unbelievable nurse who stayed double-shift to be with me... and feed me ice chips and tell me when to breathe... and push and scream." "Then fiinally she came out." "They laid her on my stomach and I could feel her little heart beat." "I just kept thinking over and over," ""You and me." "You and me, little girl."" "And then I rigged out my backpack like those baby slings they have now." "We walked out of there, two kids together." "What are you thinking?" "That you're heroic and I admire you." "And you care a lot about me but you can't afford to get involved." "Is that what's next?" "No." "I was... thinking about you and Heather." "And me." "I was really thinking about... how nice it would be to spend time together." "Yeah." "[ All Shouting, Indistinct ]" "Oh !" "These are great." "We'll use 'em in Central Park." "No, we can use 'em out here." "You ever gotten your heart broken?" "Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87." "Would you still love me if I got burned in a fiire?" "Oh !" "[ Laughs ]" "Yes." "If I ran into a tree and got paralyzed?" "[ Scoffs ]" "Yes." "What If I were totally disfiigured, if my face were all scraped away," "I had no arms, no legs, no brain waves... and I was being kept alive on a heart-lung machine." "Would you love me?" "No." "[ Laughing ]" "But we could still be friends though." "[ Chuckling ]" "Do you believe in God?" "[ Whispers ] Yes." "How old do you think you're gonna be when you die?" "Do you like white meat or dark?" "Dark." "Dark?" "The dark part's more fatty, but it's cool to like that part." "You like it chopped up?" "You know how people dice it in the chef salad, or you like it torn?" "I personally like it torn." "Not that you have to like it how I like it." "No questions." "[ Chapel ] Why you askin'me all this stuff?" "[ Jane ] Because I want to know you." "Breaking ball, a comeback right at Billy Chapel to hold onto the line drive." " [ Cheering ] - [ Lyons ] This is one of those chuck-and-duck pitches." "When you throw a ball like that and it comes back at you that quick, it's almost like the ball catches you." "[ Scully ] So far, Chapel is gettin'away with it." "[ All Chanting ] Go, Tigers, go, Tigers." "Hey, ho, hey, ho." "[ No Audible Dialogue ]" "[ Scully ] We have one out here in the top of the sixth inning." "No score." "Spellman has allowed two hits." "Chapel has been perfect." "The batter is Gus Sinski, 0 for 1 ." "[ Lyons ] Gus has had a tough year this year at the plate, but they really pay him for what he does behind the plate." "He handles his pitching staff so well, and any kind of hit that he gets... is a bonus for this club." " [ Crowd Cheering ]" " Yes !" " Simon Louis'a little slow in coming up with it." " Get down !" "Get down !" "Safe !" "It wasn't close !" "He beat the play !" "Good call." "Attaboy !" "In a game like this, that could be a huge play." "The last leg double Sinski had was during the Reagan administration." "The Yankees are now on the phone talking to the bullpen... and they get a left-hander up." "Bobby Mack is ticked off with the Yankees, and he gives batter Jose Garcia the intentional walk." "In a moment there'll be runners at first and second, one out in the sixth, no score... and a left-handed hitter coming up-- that would be Brian Whitt." "[ Whirring ]" "[ Chapel ] Jane." "I was just lookin' for you." "Billy?" "Oh, my God." "Can't feel anything." "Hold this." "Close your fiingers around it." "Hold it up." "Hold it up." "[ Tires Screech ]" "Hold on, Billy." " [ Woman ] Occupation?" " Pitcher." "He's hurt his hand." " We need a doctor." " Are you his wife?" "No." "No." "Are you a relative?" "Then I'll have to ask you to wait outside." "jane." "My friend cut his hand." "It's bleeding very deeply." " Ma'am." " Please, we need help." "Is this not America?" "Is baseball not America's favorite pastime?" " Can I help you?" " Are you a doctor ?" " Yes." " Thank you, God." "jane." "I'm right here." "Jane, call Mike Udall." " What?" "The trainer in Detroit." "Call him." "Tell him what happened." "I'm going with you." "Sorry, there's not enough room in the Medivac." "You're gonna need to stay here." "jane !" "Call Mike." "He's the most important person for me right now." "You need to clear out." "[ Bat Cracks ] -[ Scully ] There's a little flare just by Howell's glove..." " into right field." " [ Players Shouting, indistinct ]" "Here comes Sinski." "Colborn waves him to the plate." " The throw." "He is... in there !" " Safe !" "Safe !" " [ Groans ]" " The Tigers take a 1-to-nothing lead." "[ Lyons ] What a great slide by Sinski, sliding away from the play at the plate." "Jim Colborn, the third base coach, didn't even hesitate." "Your catcher, the slowest guy on your team, comin'around third, trying to score in a scoreless ball game, had no hesitation at all, sent him all the way" "[ Continues, indistinct ]" "[ Man ] lt's all bullshit, Billy." "Don't listen to it." "You've done it all." "You've won every award there is to win." "You got a room reserved at Cooperstown, Billy." "I just don't know how much more you have to prove." "Even if you do come back, you're not gonna be a hundred percent." "You may not even be fifty." " [ Chapel ] What'd you say ?" " Nothin'." "Let's knock off for the day." "Jane's here." "What'd you say?" "I didn't say anything." "You said "if." I didn't mean "if."" "But you said "if." I only meant" "Think I'm not comin' back?" "Billy." "Say it." "You're tired." "Let's quit." "Say it, chickenshit." "You got a job." "That's to get me strong and get me back." "All right?" "You get me back..." "I'll fiigure out how to win." "You wanna work with me tomorrow, then get your mind right." "You get it right, or you don't come around me." "[ Jane ] You mad at me or at Mike?" "[ Chapel ] Why would I be mad at Mike?" "You practically tore his head off." "Talk to me." "Talk?" "You don't want to talk." "You just want to give me your version of why I should quit." " I want this shit outta here." " What're you tryin' to do?" "Are you trying to make me mad?" "Are you gonna pack up my things and make me go... so you can sit here in the dark and feel sorry for yourself?" "Well, forget it, Billy." "You can't cook, you can't drive" "I'll hire somebody to drive me." "Someone who doesn't talk?" "Doesn't think bad thoughts?" "Billy, we are gonna get through this." "You just have to try" "Try !" "Goddamn it, jane, I'm the only one who is trying here." "I got nobody in the front offiice, nobody in the press... and now I got nobody in this house... that thinks I'm gonna make it back." "I have been nothing but supportive of you." "I don't want you here, jane !" "I mean" "Don't you get it?" "You make-- You make me feel distracted." "You make me feel weak." "Billy, you taught me something." "You taught me how to believe again, how good things can happen and that they will happen." "But now you need to let me teach you something about what I know-- about how sometimes life seems like it's slamming you down, but it's really giving you a gift." "I had a baby when I was 16." "That could've wrecked me." "But it didn't." "Instead, it was the best thing that ever happened to me." "You mean if life gives you lemons, you make lemonade?" " You are such an asshole." " If you're tellin' me I'm never gonna hold that ball again" "I can't." "Haven't you ever loved anything that much?" "I'll call the airlines." "See what kind of flights I can make." "You do that." "[ Crowd Cheering ] [ indistinct Chanting ]" "[ Grunts ]" " Strike !" " [ Scully ] Uh-oh." "Something happen to Chapel ?" "Frank Perry is on the steps of the dugout and apparently didn't like what he saw." "Gimme the ball." "What are you lookin'-- Gimme the ball." "just stay there." "[ Crowd Cheering, Whistling ]" "[ Lyons ] There's something wrong with either his arm, his elbow or his shoulder there." "He doesn't look very comfortable." " Bill, he's hurt." " [ Scully ] Here he comes." "He's goin'out to visit." "[ Booing ]" "You just do somethin'there?" "No." "You hurting' ?" "No." "Uh-huh." "How long?" " Ten years." " [ Sighs ]" "What do you wanna do?" "I'd like you to smile at me, pat me on the fanny, march your butt to that dugout and sit down." " That's what I'd like." " I want this goddamn game, Billy." " That's what I'd like." " I want this goddamn game, Billy." "Well, I want it too." "[ Exhales Sharply ]" "If it gets any worse, I'll sit down." "Ready to go?" "Where's my pat?" "[ Pats ] Thank you." "You let me know." "Yeah." "He's all right." "[ Jane ] He's flexing his hand." "What?" "He does that when his arm's tingling." "Pretty soon he's not gonna be able to feel anything." "Do you know him?" "Yeah, and I know Mickey fuckin' Mantle." "[ Bartender ] Hey, watch the language." "There's people in here." "[ Patrons.." "Mocking Laughter ] [ Man On P.A.] This is a boarding announcement for... flight number 12." "God, I hate Yankee fans." "Hey, you leavin' ?" "How can you leave when your guy's winnin' ?" "He's not gonna win." "How do you know?" "Because he's hurting and he won't tell anyone and he won't come out." "[ P.A. Continues, indistinct ] I don't know." "Honey, I hope you're wrong." "[ Scully ] As you mentioned earlier, there's no love lost at all between Tuttle and Chapel." "Tuttle would just love to break up this perfecto right now." "[ Lyons ] Yes, he would." "[ Scully ] He bunts up along third." "Down to get it." "Backhanded by Chapel to first." " You're out !" " And got him !" "[ Groans ] What are you bunting' for, Tuttle?" "We need a hit, you pansy !" "[ Scully ] For the third time today..." "Sam Tuttle has boiled over, arguing now with first base umpire Richie Garcia." "[ Indistinct Arguing ]" " Take another look at it." " [ Lyons ] The only guy that can fileid this ball is Chapel." "He's like a cat off the mound." "He slides, picks up the ball and throws it." "That enabled him to get up quicker than just bend over." "[ Scully ] What a mix we have goin'on for the last two innings." "Sitting alone upstairs, owner Gary Wheeler... reportedly has already sold his ball club, the Tigers, to the corporate group in the box to his left." "Now an unconfirmed report beginning to ripple the water... that the corporate's first business... would be to trade Billy Chapel when the season is over." "So as so often happens in a ball game, there are so many other undercurrents, so many more things than meet the eye." "And here we have it all.." "[ Male Vocalist, indistinct ] a beleaguered owner selling a ball club, perhaps the new owners selling the biggest star on the club, and all the while, Billy Chapel, perhaps, trying to make the decision of his life." "Does he remain a big leaguer, or after 19 years will he call it quits?" "[ Continues ]" "See that?" "It just takes off." "I don't even know where" "Use the seams." "I am using the seams, but I can't feel the seams." "just" "And I remember what she said to me" "How she swore that it never would end I remember how she held me" "Oh, so tight" "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" "Against the wind" "We were runnin' against the wind" "We were young and strong" "We were runnin' against the wind" "Well, I'm older now and still runnin'" "Against the wind" "Against the wind" "Against the wind I'm still runnin'" "Against the wind I'm still runnin' against the wind" "Against the wind I'm still runnin'" "Against the wind I'm still runnin' against the wind Against the wind" "Tell her about the exhibition we went to, the she-male paintings." "The portraits." "Tell 'em that one." "You tell them." "No, it's your story." "Please, will you excuse me?" "Sure." "What, I don't have enough black on, or what?" "No." "No, it's just that you're not on the list." "Oh." "You need an invitation to get in." "Here comes my invitation." "It's all right." "[ Chuckles ] I tried to tell him that... baseball's America's favorite pastime, but he wasn't" "I called your offiice." "They told me where you were." "I hope you don't mind." "How's your hand?" "Better ?" "You look beautiful." "jane?" "[ Whispering ] Excuse me just one moment." "jane, what's the ma" "Billy Chapel ?" "Yeah." "So nice to fiinally meet you." "I'm Ian." "Ian the editor ?" "Yes, I guess so." "jane's told me so much about you." " So you're in town with the team?" " Yeah." "I saw you play against the Padres in the World Series in the '80s when I worked in L.A." " It was fantastic." " You like baseball ?" " It was fantastic." " You like baseball ?" "Yeah, sure." "May I ?" "[ Clicks ] So, do you like the paintings?" "No?" "[ Chuckles ]" "Would you excuse us?" "We're gonna have a drink." "Sure." "Go ahead." "[ Sniffs ]" "You don't smoke." "I do sometimes." "Billy, you surprised me here." "I didn't know-- I w" "I have to go." "Well, let me walk you." "Let me give you a ride." "I can't." "Why not?" "Because I came with someone." "What?" "I came with Ian." "Richard, thank you for coming." "My pleasure." "You mean, like a date?" "Are ya seein' him?" "Yes." "I haven't seen you in fiive months." "You haven't called." "I called." "What do you-- Three times in fiive months." "You knew what I was doing." "What about what I've been doing?" "You have no idea what I've been doing for the last fiive months." "You come in here, you insult my friends, you embarrass me" "I didn't insult anybody." "The prick asked me if I liked the painting." "I said I didn't." "And I didn't..." "[ Lowers Voice ] come in here to embarrass you." "I mean, you could've told me." "You could've said something." "Said what?" "Goddamn it, you never just lay it out there." "Lay what out there?" "That you hurt me?" "Is that what you want?" "How on the plane ride home... the flight attendant had to ask me how I was?" "How in the cab, I couldn't tell the cab driver where I lived?" "Or how I had to beg Heather to sleep with me?" "Is that what you want?" "Is that what you want me to tell you?" "I'm sorry." "I'll tell you all about it." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry about what I said to you in the condo." "[ Panting ] It's all right." "It doesn't matter anymore." "I think maybe that you and I... are just not the same kind of people." "I'm pitching' tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium." "I want you to come." "No." "No." "You and Heather." "Please, it's my fiirst game back." "I want you to be there." "[ Sighs ]" "I'll be watching you." "You know I'll always be watching you." "just not from the friends' box." "[ Thunder Rumbling ]" "I don't miss the good old days I've learned a lot since then I've changed my ways I'm not bothered by those things that" "Used to get me down" "Only when you come around" "I wish you'd come around" "Don't you come around" "[ Crowd Cheering ] [ Scully ] The Tigers with a 1 to nothing lead, but the story would be the inability of the Yankees to do anything with Chapel." "No runs, no hits, no errors, but more importantly, no base runners of any kind." "Billy Chapel is looking a possible perfect game right in the eye." "Billy Chapel all alone, his teammates staying away." "They don't want to intrude upon the zone." "[ Rock ] [ Chattering ]" "Shh !" "You guys, please." "[ Scully ] ...and Wheeler now seeing the fruition... of the hope and the long work in the 19 years... with six outs away." "[ Crowd Chanting ] Let's go, Yankees !" "Let's go, Yankees !" "Let's go, Yankees !" "Let's go, Yankees !" "How ya doin', ace?" "Anybody been on base?" "Nobody." "Nobody?" "This I ain't seen much of." "Huh." "Me neither." "Chappie, I never have." "What's the matter ?" "I don't know if I have anything left." "Chappie, you just throw whatever you got, whatever's left." "The boys are all here for ya." "We'll back ya up." "We'll be there." "'Cause, Billy, we don't stink right now." "We're the best team in baseball right now, right this minute, 'cause of you." "You're the reason." "We're not gonna screw that up." "We're gonna be awesome for you right now." "just throw." "[ Mouths Words ] All right?" "Come on !" "Come on." "[ Scully ] Billy Chapel has retired 21 consecutive batters, striking out eight." "And as the fates would have it, one of his closest friends and a former teammate," "Davis Birch, will try to snatch the diamond away from him, leading off in the bottom of the eighth inning." "I once held her in my arms" "She said she would always stay" "[ Scully ] Ball one, and now the question, of course, how much petrol has Billy Chapel got in the tank?" "Remember, it was just two innings ago that he started to hurt, the arm tightened up." "Somehow or other he got through it, but now he is in the eighth inning, facing a most dangerous hitter." "Once I had mountains" "[ Scully ] Ball two." "In the palm of my hands" "And rivers that ran through every day I must have been mad jim, get Stafford up." "I never knew what I had" "Until I threw it all away" "Frank." "Hey, I can see the scoreboard." "I know what's goin' on, okay?" "just in case." "It makes the world go round" "Love and only love lt can't be denied" "No matter what you think about it" "You just won't be able to do without it" "Don't question me." "Get him up here." "Take a tip from one who's tried" "[ Man ] Retire !" "Retire !" "So if you find someone" "That gives you all of her love [ Man ] Billy ?" "Billy, you can do it." "just calm down." "Throw the ball to the glove." "just play catch." "For one thing for certain" "You will surely be a-hurtin' lf you throw it all away" "So a moment of truth-- and he's had several along the way-- for Billy Chapel." "[ Scully ] 3 and 0." "If you throw it all away" "[ Cheering Fades ]" "[ Cheering Ceases ]" "Strike one !" "[ Cheering Resumes ]" "[ Lyons ] You want to see a big-time pitch?" "When you consider the noise, the situation, this stadium, that's unbelievable." "[ Chanting ] Birch !" "Birch !" "Birch !" "[ Chanting Continues, Fades ]" "[ Cheering Continues ]" "[ Scully ] They put the handcuffs on him, 3 and 0." "But he's such an aggressive hitter, you know they're gonna green light him 3 and 1." " There it goes !" " [ Crowd Cheering ]" "[ Scully ] There's a high drive into deep right field !" "Back goes Mickey Hart to the track at the wall... and leaps up and one hands it !" "Yeah !" "Yeah !" "[ Group Shouting ]" " I love you, Mickey Hart !" " [ Booing ]" "[ Scully ] He took a home run away from Davis Birch, and the perfecto is still alive !" "[ Lyons ] What a play by Mickey Hart right here." "This is a ball right out over the middle, and Birch just hammers it." "You got lucky again, Chapel." "That was a great play." "I'll miss you the most, Scarecrow." "Ma'am?" "Are you coming?" "[ Scully ] That will be the fourth save so far in seven." "I'm sorry." "You'll have to board now." "[ Scully ] Howell grounded out, lost a base hit." "Ma'am?" "Ma'am?" "[ Scully ] The crowd on its feet, exhorting, well, whom?" "Give my seat to somebody else." "Twenty-two consecutive outs retired by Billy Chapel, and he goes head-to-head with Lenny Howell." "Fastball pulled to the right side." "A sliding stop by Marcus Ransom to get him." "You're out !" "That's the second time today..." "You're out !" "That's the second time today... that Ransom has taken a base hit away from Lenny Howell." "And now four outs away." "[ Lyons ] We haven't seen Billy Chapel go this far into a game for a lot of starts now." "He looks very, very tired." "[ Scully ] The batter will be Ted Franklin, the local boy from New York." "You know he wants to atone for two strikeouts." "Gus !" "[ Scully ] High twisting foul, off to the right of the plate." "Sinski comin' back and makes the play." "Chapel has done it for eight, retiring 24 consecutive batters." "Billy Chapel is certainly getting more than a little help from his friends." "It don't matter to the sun" "If you go or if you stay Thanks." "Billy Chapel, right?" "Right." "I took my kids to see you play your rookie year." "Long time ago." "You were great." "Thank you." "keep it up." "I'll be there in one minute." "Shine down on me Billy?" "Do you remember me?" "Heather, sweetheart." "Oh, God." "How are you?" "I mean, what are you doin' here?" "I'm going to U.S.C." "Really?" "Yeah." "That's great." "Are you playing the Angels or" "Yeah, here for the Angels." "And how's your season going?" "Okay." "Well, not so good really, but, uh, it's almost over now." "How's your mom?" "[ Girl ] Heather !" "Hurry up." "She's good." "She's really good." "Heather !" "Go." "I miss you." "I miss you too." "Like you did the day before" "You don't have plans, do you?" "[ Jane ] No, I don't." "Well, I'm gonna be there, and it's been a while." "A long time." "just thought dinner at the Waldorf might be nice." "About 6:00?" "How about 8:00, your room?" "Even better." "Great." "I'll see you then." "Mmm-hmm-hmm" "Oh, no, oh, yeah" "What can I say" "What can I do I'm still in love" "So why aren't you" "It don't matter to the moon" "If you're not in my life" "I knew it the day I fiirst met you fiive years ago." "What?" "I've always known it." "You don't need me." "You and the ball and the diamond, you're perfect." "You're a perfectly beautiful thing." "You can win or lose the game all by yourself." "Oh, babe" "But it matters" "To me" "[ Man ] You feelin'healthy ?" "You're lookin'good." "How are you feelin' ?" "Your shoulder ?" "All right?" "'Cause I'm gonna keep ya in there." "[ Crowd Cheering ]" "Mike." "You all right, Billy?" "Yeah." "Got a pen?" "Oh, yeah." "I want you to do me a favor." "I want you to give this to Wheeler's nephew." "His nephew?" "Yeah, that kid in the clubhouse." "Oh." "All right." "Let's go, guys." "Come on !" "Let's go !" "Let's go, guys." "Come on." "Come on now !" "What do ya say?" "Three more !" "Come on !" "Nothing but tops out there !" "jesus Christ." "[ Scully ] Billy Chapel is 40 years old as he sits in the dugout here at Yankee Stadium." "Forty years old, arm weary and aching." "And don't let anybody tell you or Billy that life begins at 40." "4, 100 innings Billy Chapel has walked to the mound... in a brilliant, 19-year career." "But never before, in all those years and in all those innings, has he ever had a date with destiny as he has right now." "He will make the fateful walk to the loneliest spot in the world, the pitching mound at Yankee Stadium in quest of the pitcher's dream, the perfect game." "Billy Chapel, in quest of the perfect game." "You also realize he may very well be at the crossroads of a brilliant career." "He's a cinch to wind up in the Hall of Fame." "However, after this game, he has to make the big decision." "A:" "Will he continue to do what has been his life, maybe more important than life itself, baseball ?" "Or will he hang it up, and would a perfect game... give him the logical conclusion to the great career ?" "Strout." "You're hitting for Ruiz." "Grab a bat." "[ Scully ] At 40 years old, Billy Chapel is flirting... with perhaps the greatest accomplishment in baseball." "Standing in his way will be Matt Crane hitting for Babe Nardini." "Then Jesus Cabrillo." "And Ken Strout has a bat in his hands in the dugout... and might very well get the call to bat for Jaime Ruiz." "And, you know, Steve, you get the feeling that Billy Chapel... isn't pitching against left-handers." "He isn't pitching against pinch hitters." "He isn't pitching against the Yankees." "He's pitching against time." "He's pitching against the future, against age... and, even when you think about his career, against ending." "And tonight, I think he might be able to use that aching old arm one more time... to push the sun back up in the sky... and give us one more day of summer." "Lord, I know that I always said... that I'd never involve You in a baseball game." "It always seemed silly." "I mean, You got enough to do." "[ Exhales ]" "But if there's any way You could make this pain in my shoulder go away... for about ten minutes." "Clear the mechanism." "[ Cheering Quiets ]" "[ Cheering Increases ]" "[ Feet Stomping ]" "[ Cheering, Stomping Continue ]" "Clear the mechanism." "[ Cheering Increases ]" "Okay, okay." "Three more... like I done a million times." "[ Lyons ] That's tough to come off the bench and sit and watch eight innings of play... and then go up there cold and have to try and swing the bat." "But if you don't get your pitch and hack at it early, you might not see one for the rest of the at bat." "[ Scully ] Matt Crane poses quite a threat, especially now when Billy has to be on the ropes." "No, Gus." "A curve would hurt too much." "[ Scully ] Ground ball to the right side, smothered back at third base by Lee Giordano..." " He's out !" " and throws him out !" "[ Scully ] That would be another brilliant play." "No !" "He beat it !" "[ Scully ] Two more outs to go, and here's Jesus Cabrillo, who struck out and filed to center." "It's been over 40 years that I sat at Yankee Stadium... and broadcast the perfect game by Don Larson in the World Series, and now I never thought I'd be able to see another one, especially from a 40-year-old pitcher who may very well be at the end of his career." "Gus, goddamn it." "Gus, just hold it over the middle of the plate." "I'm just throwin' straight shit right now." "[ Scully ] Big swing and the count 0 and 1 ." "What are you swingin' at?" "That was a ball." "This guy's a bum !" "[ Groans ]" "[ Scully ] There's a drive down the line." "Foul !" "What a scramble up there." "What used to be just a souvenir... might very well turn out to be a very valuable baseball." "[ Booing ] Oh, God." "[ Chapel ] Yeah, I know, I'm stalling'." "Everybody knows I'm stalling'." "[ Booing ]" "Maybe you'd be stalling' too." "[ Scully ] And there's a strike three call." "Strike !" "Billy Chapel, striking out Jesus Cabrillo for his ninth strikeout, and he is one out away..." "Ken." "from the perfect game." " Wreck it." " All right, skip." " Wreck it." " All right, skip." "[ Scully ] On deck is young ken Strout, who will take his swings for Jaime Ruiz." "[ Man On P.A.] Batting for Ruiz, number 60, ken Strout." "Why not?" "[ Lyons ] This is a great move by Bobby Mack, the Yankee skipper, sending'a kid up, ken Strout, his first major league at bat." "He's just young enough and just cocky enough to not realize... the magnitude of the situation that he's in." "[ Scully ] There's a line drive down the right field line, hooking foul !" "And that was too close for comfort for the Tigers and for Billy Chapel." "Well, I don't scare you at all, do I, Strout?" "Guess you forgot who I am." "[ Chuckles ] Oh, God." "Think Billy." "Don't just throw." "Think." "No, a curveball's for shit." "He knows it." "I know it." "He knows it." "This is gonna hurt a little bit." "[ Groans ]" "Strike two !" "[ Scully ] What's that old line?" ""lf you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you don't understand the situation. "" "That's kenny Strout right now as he takes another strike." "The count is 0 and 2." "And with a weary body and, no doubt, a sore arm, now this big crowd, over 56,000, rooting for Billy Chapel... to do the near impossible." "It's either gonna be your night, kid, or mine." "[ Scully ] Will this be the last pitch of the game?" "Will this be the last pitch in Billy Chapel's life?" "Will it be the end of his brilliant major league career ?" "And if so, what a high note !" "0 and 2, the count to kenny Strout." "Come on, Billy." "[ Scully ] High bouncer off the glove of Chapel !" " He's out !" " [ Scully ] He has done it." "Billy Chapel has pitched a perfect game." "The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel." "He was safe !" "Ah, geez." "Nice job, Chapel." "Got to give it to ya." "Nice job." "Come on." "Perfect game." "I told ya, Billy !" "Didn't I tell ya?" "History, man !" "All right." "All right." "All right." "Oh, geez." "You're the cream in my coffee." "Ow !" "That's okay." "That's okay." "You didn't know." "This is good right here." "I'll just stay right here." "Come on, come on." "This is a good spot." "Wait." "I gotta make a phone call." "Well, this is-- Where are we?" "Oh, all right." "All right." "Oh !" "[ Grunts ]" "You need anything?" "Some water." "Thank you, Chappie." "No problem." "No, no, not for the water." "I know." "Okay." "[ Door Closes ]" "[ Phone Beeps, Line Rings ]" "[ Woman ] Hello." "You've reached the hotel message center." "There are no new messages." "Thank you for using the hotel message center." "Good-bye." "[ Crying ]" "Oh, God." "I thought you had already gone." "I missed my plane." "I had to stay at the airport hotel." "You missed your plane?" "There was this ball game on." "You saw it?" "With a bunch of Yankee fans." "Grown men crying." "It was... perfect." "Heather saw it too." "I called her at school." "We were both so proud of you, Billy." "What are you doing here?" "I was" " I was on my way to England." "Why?" "Because you're there." "God, I thought-- I thought I was gonna have an ocean... to think about what I wanted to say to you, what I needed to say." "Billy, you don't need to." "Yes, I" "[ Groans ]" "jane, I used to believe-- I mean, I still do... that if you give something your all, everything you have, it doesn't matter if you win or lose... as long as you risked everything, put everything out there." "And I've done that." "I did it in my life." "I did it... with the game." "But not with you." "I never gave you that, and I'm sorry." "Okay." "Preboarding announcement for Oceanic Airways, flight number seven to London." "I have to go." "All ticketed passengers please proceed-- jane." "I've already missed my plane once." "jane, listen." "I know I'm" "I know I'm really on thin ice here, but... when you said that I didn't need you, well, last night-- that should have been the biggest night of my life," "and it wasn't." "It wasn't because-- because you weren't there." "So I just wanted to tell you, not-- not to change your mind or keep you from goin'." "But just so that you know" "[ Whispers ] that I know... that I need you." "I love you, Jane." "Oh." "I never believed." "Believe it." "Loving you" "Makes me a better man" "There's things I don't know how to do" "But you make me think I can I got a long way to go but I know what I know" "Like the back of my hand" "Loving you" "Makes me a better man I've been wrong" "More than I care to say" "Time after time I've been lost" "Just couldn't find my way" "You shed a light on a path through the night" "Leading right to the site where l stand" "Loving you" "Makes me a better man" "Boy, you blow my mind" "You can make me crazy" "You make me laugh You make me cry keeping'my heart shook up I'm so mesmerized, you're the one who can save me" "So say good-bye Don't lead a lie I think it's time for the breakup" "Baby, you're my main attraction" "Settin'off this chain reaction" "Just a little is enough Just the thought of your touch" "That's the fun of your love I la love, baby" "Oh, oh, oh, yeah" "The feeling inside That's the thrill of the ride" "That's the fun of your love I la love, baby" "Oh, oh, oh" "Let the days unwind" "Let the dreams come true" "Happy ever after, baby ln your heart you'll find I'll be there for you" "Just a little's enough Just the thought of your touch" "That's the fun of your love I la love, baby" "Oh, oh, oh, yeah" "The feelin'inside That's the thrill of the ride" "That's the fun of your love I la love, baby" "Oh, oh" "That's the fun of it, baby" "To, to, to ya" "Ooh" "That's the fun of it, baby Baby, baby, baby I see you in a different light" "Candlelight, moonlight I see you in a different way through different eyes" "You're so nice I see you like I never seen you before" "The way I want to see you much more" "For tonight" "Tonight I see you in a different light" "When did your kisses get so sweet, baby" "Babe lt's such a sweet surprise You made me" "To look into your eyes" "Oh, I see you in a different light ln a different light" "Candlelight, moonlight I see you in a different way ln a different light You're so nice I see you like I never seen you before Like I never seen you before" "The way I want to see you much more" "Baby, tonight, for tonight" "See you tonight I see you in a different light" "Candlelight, moonlight" "Moonlight, candlelight ln a different light to see you in my eyes" "Oh, baby, I see you I see you I see you, I see you I see you, I see you" "Like I never, never, never seen you before" "Oh, oh l'm still seeing'you, baby I see you in a different light I see you, baby I see you, baby I see you, baby"