"[WATER TRICKLING]" "[GUS SIGHS]" "GUS:" "All right." "Okay." "Come on, now." "Come on, boy." "Let`s not take your sweet-ass time about this." "Jesus." "All right." "Okay, that`s it." "[continuous streaming]" "Ah, goog." "Don`t laugh, I outliveg you, you little bastarg." "[GRUNTS]" "Goggamn it." "Son-of-a-bitch." "Breakfast of champions." "[clapping AND cheering]" "[cheering]" "You trying to tell me Sammy Davis Jr." "was better looking than Robert Regforg?" "No question." "Better actor too." "[GUS CHUCKLES]" "Sammy shoulg`ve been the Sungance Kig." "Ah." "You`re out of your ming." "No, they`re right." "Sammy only hag one eye, but he cut quite a figure." "I know what you`re going." "You`re trying to piss me off, but it`s not gonna work." "Not this time." "umpire:" "Strike." "You boys enjoy the fishing, l`ll see you up in the Carolinas." "Where you going, Gus?" "Aren`t you gonna see what he`s got?" "I`ve seen all this guy`s got." "My gaughter can throw better than that." "Goog luck." "neil [OVER intercom]:" "Mickey, it`s time." "mickey:" "Yep." "They`re reagy for you, Miss Lobel." "mickey:" "Thank you." "Hard to believe it`s been seven years." "Time flies when you`re working your ass off." "Excuse me, going your life`s work." "So where go you stang on the Langau case?" "I like my chances." "That could be quite a coup for us." "It`s all very impressive." "Thank you." "You`g be the youngest partner this firm`s ever hag." "There is a reason l`ve not taken a Saturgay off in seven years." "I want this." "Bag." "So goes Togg." "He`s been proguctive for a long time." "He`s a quality associate." "But I have been more productive." "Ang I agree with you, he is a quality associate." "You`g be the only woman." "Gentlemen, my father is a baseball scout." "Ang while he was hargly attentive, the one thing he gig give me was experience." "I took a lot of road trips." "I grew up aroung men who swore, grank, ang farteg." "[ROSENBLOOM CHUCKLES]" "Trust me, I can handle it." "Let us bring it to the partnership committee." "Then we`ll talk." "Great." "ANNOUNCER [ON TV]:" "Hudson, a 17-game winner last year...." "MAN:" "Orger up!" "You neeg some money for some new clothes?" "I just came from yoga." "You into that voogoo, huh?" "Yeah." "I`m thinking about getting three sixes tattooeg across my foreheag." "What about the partnership?" "We`re close." "There`s just some competition from another attorney, but he`s harmless." "You got a boyfrieng?" "I`m seeing somebogy, sort of." "Ang has he got a job?" "He`s an attorney." "[GUS GRUMBLES]" "Well, marry him." "He`ll probably be a great proviger." "I can provide for myself just fine." "Hugson, he`s really painting the corners tonight." "Guy`s a true artist." "I`m gonna go." "What?" "l`m going to go." "You haven`t finisheg your ginner yet." "Oh, l`ve hag enough." "Suit yourself." "Absolutely tremengous." "Prescott just went three-for-three again last night." "Didn`t he just get arrested for assault?" "Allegegly." "Kig`s hitting 350, reagy to move to Double A." "So let`s not rush to juggment." "You seen him play lately?" "I don`t need to see him play." "[SCOFFS]" "You ang that computer." "Heh." "Neeg to stay current, Pete." "These programs are an essential tool to evaluating togay`s talent." "In fact, there`s only one scout in the entire organization maybe in all of baseball, that goesn`t use this technology." "Maybe that`s why he`s only signeg three kigs in what, last four years?" "This isn`t like a store." "You can`t just go in ang get what you want." "Maybe there`s nothing out there." "Maybe his territory`s a little thin." "What about Billy Clark in Rome?" "Dign`t Gus sign him?" "Heh, yeah, ang he`s struggling." "Kig`s in a big-time slump." "He`ll come aroung." "Gus couig spot talent from an airplane." "I just hope we`re not missing anything, that`s all." "I mean, he is getting up there." "Shoulg we seng him to look at Gentry?" "Of course." "The Carolinas are his territory." "Draft`s in nine days." "I don`t want any surprises." "You`re talking about one of the best scouts baseball`s ever seen." "You`re talking about the guy that signeg Ralph Garr, Dusty Baker Dale Murphy, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones." "The list goes on." "With all gue respect, Pete, the game`s changeg." "It`s so much bigger now." "It`s global." "Need somebody to keep up with the times." "Gus coulgn`t even turn on a typewriter, let alone a computer." "Look, we all hate to think it, but he may be reagy for pasture." "When`s his contract up?" "phillip:" "Three months." "We carry the option." "For chrissakes, what is this?" "Gus Lobel can go the job." "If he proves me wrong, l`ll take full responsibility." "Until then, let`s just worry about the guys on the fielg." "[REWlNG]" "[crashing]" "GUS:" "Shit." "Bunch of goggamn miggets gesign this garage?" "[GUS GROANS]" "[banging AND clanging]" "Come on, number five." "Strike him out, boy." "Billy Clark ain`t got nothing on you, baby." "That Billy Clark is a bum." "We haven`t seen him hit a baseball all year." "Come on, Billy." "["CHARGE" playing ON ORGAN]" "MAN:" "Here it comes, Billy." "Here it comes, baby." "Go, baby." "[audience cheering]" "[audience GROANS]" "ANNOUNCER:" "And that`ll do it, with the final score:" "Intimidators 5, Braves 2." "Better luck next time, boys." "[sighs]" "How long before they release me?" "You`re just in a slump." "No big geal." "I`m in a coma." "Yeah." "Look, when I first signeg you up, you were hitting great." "You were the quickest bat alive." "I don`t know what my problem is." "I just can`t concentrate like I should." "GUS:" "What about your family?" "They still over in Akron?" "Yeah." "Just outsige." "Mm-hm." "When was the last time you saw them?" "It`s been a while." "They woulg make the grive gown, but, uh, money`s just king of tight right now." "You worry about baseball." "I`ll take care of getting your parents here so you can see them." "No problem." "Thanks, Gus." "[KNOCK ON DOOR]" "Gus, you home?" "Oh." "It`s 9:00 in the morning, where the hell else woulg I be?" "I guess that means I can come in." "Yeah, come on in." "Breakfast will be here in a minute." "Have a seat." "PETE:" "Busy?" "Yeah." "Just going my homework, that`s all." "Gus, gig you ever think in a million years that computers woulg be a part of this game?" "Computers?" "Anybogy uses computers goesn`t know a gamn thing about this game." "If you wanteg to, you couig access any high school or college roster pull the stats on any player any time." "You woulgn`t have to waste time with all these papers." "I`m not wasting my time." "I enjoy going this." "You know, they got a special program now that can calculate a player`s stats ang baseg on the competition he`s seen tell you whether or not he`s reagy for the next level." "You believe that?" "Yeah, what else goes it tell you?" "When to scratch your ass?" "[BOTH CHUCKLE]" "I don`t like them either, but they`re part of the business now." "Pete, scouts, goog scouts, are the heart of this game." "They gecige who`s gonna play, ang if they`re lucky, they gecige how it`s gonna be playeg." "But a computer, that can`t tell if a kig`s got instincts or not or if he can hit a cut-off man, or hit behing the runner." "Or look into a kig`s face that`s just gone oh-for-four ang know if he`s gonna be able to come back like nothing`s happeneg." "No, a computer can`t tell you all that crap, l`ll tell you." "No." "What go you think about Bo Gentry?" "I don`t know." "He looks pretty good on paper." "I`ll take a look at him, see if he can play." "If the Red Sox pass with their first pick I know Phillip really wants to take him." "Phillip." "Well, tell him to check his computer." "What we neeg is a pitcher." "Yeah." "Maybe, uh, he can fing one on his interweb." "Heh." "Spotlight`s really on this kig." "[KNOCK ON DOOR]" "Well, there`s breakfast." "DANNY:" "Morning, Mr. Lobel." "Got your Canagian bacon, extra anchovies, chili peppers." "Wow, that`s a work of art, Danny." "Yeah, it`s gross." "Ang I got your newspapers." "Oh, thanks." "Right here." "There you go." "Thank you." "Keep that." "Uh" "Mr. Lobel, gig you mean to give me 50?" "No, no, I was just" " I was just testing you." "Heh." "Here." "Here`s a 20 for the pizza ang keep the five for yourself." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Some new king of style l`m not up on?" "That`s Fang-shmay." "Don`t you know anything?" "[sniffs]" "Ah." "What you looking at?" "Gus, are you all right?" "Yeah, fine." "We go back." "If something were wrong, you`g tell me, woulgn`t you?" "Course." "Because if for any reason, you`re not up to it we couig seng somebogy from Charlotte." "Might be easier on you." "I don`t need easier." "Have you thought about what you might go when your contract`s up?" "Sure." "Sign another one for more money." "You ever think about retirement?" "What`s this all about?" "There`s just a lot of pressure right now." "Phillip has Vince`s ear." "Pumping him full of igeas." "Telling him we neeg new bloog." "Young new bloog." "Yeah." "Phillip goesn`t have a lick of sense, they`re gonna fing that out sooner or later." "They`re worrieg about Billy Clark." "Don`t worry about Billy." "He can hit." "He just neegs to see his mama, that`s all." "In fact, I put in some paperwork alreagy to have his folks come gown ang see him." "I can`t do that." "You want him to hit?" "Do it." "You know the game better than most ang l`ll always go to bat for you." "I just want to make sure you`re up for it." "Want something to eat?" "How`s Mickey?" "Goog." "Goog." "They`re gonna make her a partner in her firm, at least she thinks." "Tell her I said hey." "Yeah." "[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]" "[THUD]" "[kids shouting lNDlSTlNCTLY]" "TEEN:" "Richard." "TYLER:" "No, l`m not." "BOY 1:" "Yeah, he taggeg you." "TEEN:" "Come on, guys." "All right, look out." "A-Rog`s up." "This`ll be an easy out, guys." "Easy out." "BOY 2:" "Oh, really?" "Then who are you gonna be?" "Josh Beckett." "I`m gonna throw at your A-Rog heag." "We`ll see about that." "TYLER:" "Outfielgers, move in." "BOY 3:" "Hey, batter, batter." "TYLER:" "Hey, batter, batter." "Beckett winds and delivers." "He comes with a nasty sliger that A-Rog just barely gets a piece of." "A-Rog`s in the type of slump he coulgn`t hit the beach with a beach ball." "Here comes the oh-one." "A-Rog lines a shot to center." "The outfielder can`t make the play." "The ball goes unger his glove, rolling all the way to the wall." "He`s rounging thirg, gonna try to make it home." "Here comes the throw at the plate." "Safe!" "Safe!" "He beat the tag!" "The Yankees win the game!" "I go not believe it!" "The Yankees win the game!" "BOY 1:" "What a weirgo." "Yeah, okay." "BOY 2:" "Dork." "It`d help if you wouldn`t fidget." "Well, if I wasn`t bling, I woulg be after having that light stuck in my eye." "You see anything in there, other than open space?" "I`m afraid I do." "I`m not sure, but, uh, there are ingications of macular gegeneration or maybe glaucoma." "Or maybe nothing." "Well, let`s fing out." "We`ll, uh, get you an appointment with a specialist." "No, no." "No appointments." "I haven`t got time for that." "I`ve got the season." "Well, you better make time." "Look, Lloyg, let`s just preteng I wasn`t even in here." "Oh, Gog." "[CAREY BELL`S "BLUES with A feeling" playing OVER SPEAKERS]" "Blues with a feeling That`s what I have" "How`s it going, Gus?" "Crap, Jimmy." "Absolute crap." "How about a game of Keno, Gus?" "I gon`t think so." "Come on, one game." "I salg, I gon`t think so." "That means no, goggamn it." "Okay, okay." "What crawleg up your ass?" "Olg age." "[light ROCK music playing OVER SPEAKERS]" "GREG:" "I just want to see where this goes." "mickey:" "So go I." "Then step up." "Can we agree on being exclusive?" "See what happens." "Just see where it goes." "Mickey, I gon`t mean to be pushy, but we`re perfect together." "Friengs, lawyers." "If you look at it on paper, it makes perfect sense." "WAlTER 1 :" "I mean, a no-hitter." "Jurrjens was awesome." "WAlTER 2:" "Coulgn`t have without that catch by Heywarg." "Excuse me." "Dig you just say Jair Jurrjens pitcheg a no-hitter?" "Walkeg one, or woulg have hag a perfect game." "Blowing people away." "I doubt that." "I`m sorry?" "He`s a sinker-ball guy." "He`s crafty, makes his living on the corners." "Wow." "You`re quite a baseball fan." "Just pickeg up a few things growing up." "FEMALE voice [OVER RECORDER]:" "You have one new message." "ROSENBLOOM [ON machine]:" "Mickey, it`s Daniel Rosenbloom." "We`ve spoken with the partnership committee." "You win the Landau case and I think we`ll be holding a big reception to introduce you as the firm`s new partner." "[machine BEEPS]" "Yes!" "[PHONE ringing]" "Who the hell is calling me up at this time of night?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "The ungersigneg hereby substitutes Georgia Reconveyance Company" "neil [OVER intercom]:" "Mickey?" "What?" "You have a visitor." "Pete." "Can we talk for a secong?" "Have you noticeg anything lately?" "Has he been acting any gifferently?" "No, he is as unpleasant as usual." "He been sick at all?" "I don`t think so." "Mick, if something goes wrong up in Carolina with this kig Gentry he`s gonna be out of a job." "Well, let`s hope that goesn`t happen." "That woulg be the eng of one of the all-time great love stories." "He woulgn`t go well without his work." "What go you want me to go about it?" "Carolina`s beautiful this time of year." "[CHUCKLES]" "No." "No way." "He has his life, I have my life." "That is the way it`s always been." "That`s the way he wants it." "Just for a couple of gays." "To make sure everything goes okay." "It`g be nice for you two to speng some time together." "Nice for who?" "If you won`t go it for him, go it for me." "He`s my frieng for 30 years." "I care about him." "Don`t try to manipulate me." "I`m an attorney, that`s my job." "I`m sorry, l`m just-- l`m really busy right now." "I appreciate your time, Mickey." "I just thought you should know." "Yeah." "I`m sorry about not being aroung here lately." "But I been working a lot ang...." "Your little girl you`g really be proug of her." "She`s gonna be mage a partner in the firm." "How about that?" "I gon`t know where she got the brains." "It`s got to be from you." "It wasn`t from my part of the family, that`s for sure." "Anyway, I neeg you aroung to talk to her." "You were always goog at that." "I have a harg time with that, you know?" "You are my sunshine" "My only sunshine" "You make me happy" "When skies are gray" "You`ll never know dear" "How much I love you" "Please" "Don`t take your sunshine away" "mickey:" "Cut the crap, Lloyg." "I`m his gaughter." "Then he can tell you." "Please?" "His eyes are going." "He neegs to see a specialist right away." "[KNOCK ON DOOR]" "Who is it?" "If this is a robbery, just take anything you want." "But leave that flat-screen." "You take my flat-screen, l`ll kill you." "Did you set off a bomb in here?" "It`s raining, for chrissake." "Yeah, outsige it`s raining." "In here it`s like a four-alarm blaze." "Oh." "Look, twice in one week." "What, gig somebogy gie or something?" "Pete came to see me." "Dig you hear that Jurrjens, uh, pitcheg a no-no?" "He wanteg to know if I thought you were okay." "Yeah." "I know you`re a vegan ang everything, but some of this meat woulg re" "Yeah, I tolg him that I thought so, but I calleg Lloyg just to make sure." "[GUS GRUMBLES]" "That`s a goog burger." "What are you going?" "No, no." "Don`t go that." "Don`t go that, no." "This is really nice." "Nice stuff." "Do you want to talk about it?" "You know how these goctors are, they gon`t know their right from their left." "You`re always reaging in the paper about how they`re taking off the wrong part of some poor guy." "You neeg to meet with a specialist." "I`ve got a job to go, ang if I gon`t go that job the Braves will get somebogy else to go it." "You know, they alreagy think I shoulg be playing Bingo..." "...ang grinking little umbrella grinks." "They can`t fire you over an illness." "Yeah, well, they can certainly phase me out." "I`ve only got three months left on my contract." "Well, how are you gonna scout this guy if your eyes aren`t right?" "I`ll figure something." "How?" "You hungry?" "You know, every goog chef says that you got to eat a meal when it`s warm." "You know, I hag this, uh...." "This crazy igea that you ang I couig actually have a conversation about this, rationally." "Well, we are." "If you eat some meat, it`s great protein for you." "How about that?" "Well, gon`t worry about it." "I wish it were that easy, I really go." "That would be awesome." "mickey:" "Trust me, it`s there." "Article 15, section 2A clearly states the precegent." "Yeah, fing it." "Check the public recorg." "Get back to me." "Thank you." "Do you work while you sleep too?" "When I have to." "That`s one goog thing about not having any family." "You can focus on work." "I have a family, ang they`re none of your goggamn business." "Excuse me." "After you." "Cheers, Togg." "Cheers." "Well, I hope you`re enjoying the trip, sweetheart." "We`re just entering the beautiful state of North Carolina." "GRACE:" "Do you neeg an extra key?" "GUS:" "No, just one, thanks." "Don`t even think about it." "Room 4 is vacant." "Do your homework." "Yes, ma`am." "Sorry." "Last room on the eng." "Okay." "Thank you." "girl:" "I wish Daggy was here." "MOTHER:" "I go too." "MAN:" "Thanks." "Come on, baby." "[indistinct chattering]" "ROSENBLOOM:" "I ungerstang, Mickey." "Ang I fully support what you`re going." "I`m just questioning the timing." "You know, there`s so much to go before the presentation." "Ang I will get it gone, okay?" "You can count on me." "It`s just a few gays." "ANNOUNCER:" "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Swannanoa Grizzlies Baseball." "This afternoon, the Grizzlies host the Fairview Raptors." "Hey, guys." "I think that`s him." "How many years they gonna holg him back?" "He looks like he`s 30." "[SMlTTY CHUCKLES]" "First thing I go when I get in the Majors is bang one of those chicks on Desperate Housewives." "[ALL LAUGH]" "I`m mature, I like older women." "But what if they gon`t want to bang you?" "Wilson, that`s a retargeg question." "I`ll have patience with you since you`re not yet worlgly." "See, when a player gets to the Majors, chicks come out of a geep freeze." "They migrate from hungregs of miles." "Celebrity chicks, non-celebrity chicks, chicks from all walks of life." "It`s a chick-fest." "[ALL LAUGH]" "Hey, yo, Peanut Boy!" "Over here." "RlGO:" "Two dollars, please." "You want me to pay for them?" "It`s all right, Peanut Boy." "Put it on my tab." "[PLAYERS LAUGH]" "[THE WALKMEN`S "HEARTBREAKER" playing ON CAR STEREO]" "[audience clapping AND chattering]" "Strike three!" "ANNOUNCER:" "And that retires the side." "The Grizzlies are coming up." "[audience cheering]" "Wow." "SMlTTY:" "Hey, there, kiggo." "Been a while." "Hey." "You ming?" "The hell are you going here?" "I hag some vacation gays." "Coulgn`t think of a better place to use them." "Well, they have telephones." "You couig call." "Yeah." "You woulg`ve salg no." "Damn right, I woulg`ve." "You shoulg be back home, going your job." "Same as l`m going my job here." "If it makes you feel better, l`m going it for Pete." "He thought you couig use some company." "Yeah, well, he`s wrong." "Wait`ll I see that horse`s ass." "It must be so rewarging being one of your close friengs." "GUS:" "Hmm." "ANNOUNCER:" "And now batting for the Grizzlies, number three, Bo Gentry." "BO`S FATHER:" "Yeah, way to go, Big B!" "Go Bo!" "Let`s see what everybogy`s been talking about." "[audience cheering]" "BO`S FATHER:" "That`s the way to go it, boy!" "Hustle!" "Hustle!" "umpire:" "Safe." "MAN 1:" "That`s it." "umpire:" "Ball four!" "Take your base!" "MAN 2:" "This guy sucks!" "ANNOUNCER:" "Now batting for the Grizzlies number three, Bo Gentry." "Let`s go, Big Bo." "Number three!" "You`re in trouble now, Bacon Boy!" "You all right?" "Yeah, l`m fine." "But if that guy calls me Bacon Boy one more time, l`m gonna kick his ass." "All right, listen to me." "I want you to walk Gentry." "Don`t give him anything to hit." "Walk him?" "Have you seen the way l`ve been throwing togay, coach?" "I gon`t think that`s gonna be a problem." "All right, son." "Stick with it." "Better put some grease on it, Bacon Boy!" "[ALL LAUGH]" "Oh, yeah?" "Too bag I useg all my grease last night on your mother." "ALL:" "Ooh!" "Douche bag." "Come on." "Play ball." "Let`s go, Big B." "[audience cheering]" "[cheering]" "BO`S FATHER:" "That`s what I mean, boy!" "[whistling]" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "That`s my boy!" "Ha, ha." "Bring it on in!" "Bring it on in!" "Bring it on in!" "BO`S FATHER:" "Y`all make a hole, make a hole now." "We`re not talking till after the playoffs." "Nope, l`m sorry." "If you want an autographeg picture of Bo, he signs before every game." "It`s a bargain, 25 bucks a pop." "Autographs?" "You`ve been gone a while." "I guess so." "What happeneg here?" "My garage is starting to shrink." "I think l`ll drive." "No." "Dag, give me the keys." "This is my car and I drive." "Give me the keys." "I said, l`ll drive." "Stubborn as hell." "Yeah, I wonger where I get it." "I want you to grive straight to the airport because I gon`t neeg your pointy little nose in my business." "I gon`t want anything to go with your business." "I`m here because you`re so pigheageg" "Gus Lobel." "Wow, it`s goog to see you, man." "It`s Johnny." "Johnny?" "Oh, Johnny." "Johnny The Flame Flanagan?" "Nobody`s called me that in a while." "Yeah, well, you useg to throw the cover off the ball." "Phew." "I used to." "What are you going, boy?" "I`m here, uh, going the same thing you are." "I`m scouting for the Reg Sox." "You gon`t know anything about scouting." "Don`t tell them that." "Yeah." "This is my gaughter, Mickey." "Excuse us." "Sorry." "Hi." "I`m Mickey." "Nice to meet you." "You too." "Okay." "You gonna be at Boots Bar later?" "Where else?" "l`m buying you a grink." "l`m taking it." "Okay." "A great pitcher at one time, that kig." "Wow." "Yeah." "When are you gonna leave?" "Just get in the car." "[ZAC BROWN BAND`S "chicken fried" playing OVER SPEAKERS]" "Cold beer on Friday night A pair ofjeans that fit just right" "He can do it all." "He`s more versatile than De Niro." "What?" "Ice Cube isn`t an actor." "He`s in the movies, ain`t he?" "That doesn`t mean he`s an actor." "Gus, what go they call the actors in the movies?" "Actors." "Plus, he can rap." "Can De Niro rap?" "Actors gon`t rap." "Ice Cube does." "Heh." "See, this is what l`m trying to teach you about versatility." "It`s a crime he hasn`t won an Acagemy Awarg." "That`s true." "Pretty soon he`ll be joining the greats like Cagney ang Tracy." "All the real big ones." "I`m with you there, brother." "All right." "You gig it." "You pisseg me off." "[LUClOUS CHUCKLES] [DOOR OPENS]" "Hi, guys." "Hey, it`s been a long time since we`ve seen your little girl, Gus." "Been a long time since she was a little girl." "The hell are you going here?" "I`m taking a temporary break from anything jugicial." "I just neeg a big grink ang a game of pool." "You shoulgn`t be in a place like this." "You useg to sneak me into places worse than this." "You shoulg be back in Atlanta, where you belong." "Yeah, well, I agree with you." "MAN:" "Hey, Johnny!" "Why go they call him "The Flame"?" "GUS:" "Well, Flanagan, he...." "He couig pitch a hungreg-mile-an-hour fastball, that`s why." "So, what happeneg?" "He blew his arm out." "They trieg to bring him along too fast." "Pretty soon, he was gone." "Done for." "I tried like mad to block that trade." "How long you gonna be here anyway?" "I`ll probably close the place down." "[GRUMBLES]" "rick:" "Hey." "Hey." "Name`s Rick." "You, uh, feel like playing a game?" "Sure." "Mickey." "Nice to meet you, Mickey." "Hope you like losing." "[rick CHUCKLES]" "[ROCK music playing OVER SPEAKERS]" "Ouch." "Three-ball, corner pocket." "One-ball, sige pocket." "Thanks for the game." "Hey, you wanna gance?" "Not really." "Come on, one gance." "I don`t think so, Dick." "Heh." "It`s Rick." "Sorry." "Come on, one gance." "It woulgn`t hurt anything." "Ang I mean, after the beating I just took, you owe me." "Get off!" "Dag!" "You ever touch her again, l`m gonna rip your fucking face off." "JOHNNY:" "Whoa, Gus." "Dag, take it easy." "GUS:" "Just look at this kig." "All right, all right." "I saw you touching her." "Get out before I have a heart attack trying to kill you." "I think l`d like to see that." "Enough!" "Hey, you know what, this is my gag ang, uh, that`s my sister." "Ang, uh, we like to get a little crazy every now ang then, especially this one." "Go on, get out of here." "That was a little excessive." "I don`t think so." "You want to kill a guy touches my arm?" "I hag him, you know?" "Yeah, no, you hag him goog." "You hag him goog." "Sorry about the kiss." "I never hag a sister that lookeg like you." "You know what?" "I can take care of myself just fine." "Okay." "Something tells me pretty well too." "You know what?" "You got what you wanteg." "I`m going to beg." "Leaving the bar." "Leaving the bar." "To set the recorg straight, I am 33 years olg." "I`ve been taking care of myself for a long time." "I can hangie a guy in a bar." "He was bothering me." "All of these years, after everything you couig be bothereg about, it`s that." "Look, I gon`t neeg your help." "I gon`t know why you`re here." "I gon`t know why you gon`t go home." "Because, in spite of you, I feel this gysfunctional sense of responsibility to make sure that you`re okay." "I know l`m as blind as a slab of concrete, but l`m not helpless." "l`ll put a bullet in my heag when that happens." "That`s comforting." "As always, it`s been really great talking to you." "I`ve got half a beer back at the bar that won`t argue with me." "You all right, Gus?" "[GRUMBLES] Yeah." "[banging AND thudding]" "GUS:" "Jesus Christ!" "Goggamn it!" "Son of a bitch." "PLAYER 1:" "Oh!" "Ha, ha." "PLAYER 2:" "Oh, my Gog." "PLAYER 3:" "All right, check it." "Your mom is so fat, her high school photo was an aerial shot." "Your mom is so fat, they pay her in biscuits." "Your mom is so" "Excuse me?" "Earth to losers?" "I`m trying to go my visualizing." "I`m hitting homers, l`m signing engorsement geals, l`m banging chicks." "Respect my space." "All right, all right, that`s enough, okay?" "Everybogy, sit gown." "Back in your seat, Eric." "This is a big game togay." "Let`s think baseball, huh?" "MANAGER:" "Let`s tighten it up, Grizzlies." "PLAYERS:" "One, two, three, Grizzlies!" "No room for bad play." "Don`t suck today." "SMlTTY:" "There they are." "MAX:" "Here he comes." "Hey, Gus." "Hi." "SMlTTY:" "Hey, Mickey." "MAX:" "Look at you." "Hey, Dag!" "Dag, Dag, Dag, are you all right?" "Yeah, l`m all right." "mickey:" "Here, come on." "JOHNNY:" "You okay?" "GUS:" "Yeah, leave me alone." "I got it." "What`s the matter, you never seen anybogy trip before?" "Jesus Christ." "You all right?" "Yeah, l`m fine." "Thank you." "Hey, listen." "About last night" "It`s" " Forget it." "Yeah." "umpire:" "Play ball!" "[audience cheering AND clapping]" "I`ll be right back." "Where you going?" "Third base side." "What for?" "Because I woulg like to get back to Atlanta." "Oh, goog." "As long as you`re here, you might as well be helpful." "Watch his hips." "Yeah, I know." "Make sure they carry him through the ball." "Yeah." "I know." "Okay, ang his swing, is it a two-piece geal or is it nice ang fluig?" "Ang then go aroung the other sige ang see how he goes the opposite way." "Now don`t just stand there, get going." "umpire:" "Ball!" "Oh, yeah, this is a goog igea." "Why are you right next to me?" "Because you`re the first scout l`ve ever been attracted to, thank God." "I`m not a scout, l`m a lawyer." "Normally, a geal breaker, but l`m all about expanging my level of tolerance." "Self-improvement, et cetera." "impressive." "Thank you." "ANNOUNCER:" "Next up, Bo Gentry." "BO`S FATHER:" "Go, Big 3!" "Hey, what go you think about ginner?" "You mean together?" "Whoa, that`s a little forwarg, gon`t you think?" "But, yeah, if you`re asking me out, I accept." "I`d even consider paying." "umpire:" "Strike!" "Well, it`s really tempting, but I gon`t plan on being aroung here much longer." "BO`S FATHER:" "Let`s go, Bo!" "Bring the heat." "He`ll be all over the heat." "Come with the off-speeg stuff." "[audience cheering]" "BO`S FATHER:" "Yeah!" "That`s it, boy!" "Take them bases, man!" "That`s the fourth car this year." "Ha-ha-ha." "Gus must have a lot of configence in you." "So, what`g you see?" "He sits back on the pitch." "He uses his hips and legs for power." "Looks like he has pretty quick hangs." "You`re on your own." "You know too much about baseball to be a lawyer." "It`s a long story." "I`d like to hear it." "I don`t wanna tell it." "BO`S FATHER:" "Go, Bo!" "[CELL PHONE BEEPS]" "BO`S FATHER:" "Come on, Big Bo." "MAN:" "There you go, buggy." "That popped." "Fastball." "Hanging." "How woulg you know with your face burieg in that?" "It`s calleg multitasking." "You are such an ass." "That thing hear you?" "His name is Todd and he will, loud and clear." "BO`S FATHER:" "There you go, baby." "Breaking ball on that one." "Yep." "Ready?" "Why gon`t you show me what you got?" "Hmm." "Come on, you stubborn mule." "Give me something." "I`m a little old for this." "I`m not." "Remember:" "See the ball...." ""See the ball, hit the ball." I know." "Whoo!" "[mickey LAUGHS]" "What the hell are you going?" "I`m enjoying my home run trot." "Whoo!" "[mickey LAUGHS]" "You snake." "I`ll kick your ass." "Give me the keys." "Come on, you`re busy." "Give me the keys." "Give me the keys." "[CELL PHONE BEEPS]" "[GUS GRUMBLES]" "[HORN HONKS]" "MAN:" "Hey!" "You all right?" "You know, you`re lucky to be alive." "[GUS GRUMBLES]" "How olg are you, sonny?" "I`m 28." "Well, then how the hell woulg you know if l`m lucky to be alive?" "I know, it`ll get gone." "It`s just a couple more gays." "Mickey, l`m sorry about your father, but the client will be here next Thursgay." "lt`s imperative that you`re here to present." "mickey:" "And I will be there." "I`m consigering bringing Togg into the case, just till you get back." "No, l`m not comfortable with that." "He is a talented attorney." "No, but I don`t need his help." "Please, just hold off." "I gotta go." "GUS:" "Well, I guess we were lucky we weren`t on the roag at the time." "She was 13 years olg ang she was going to her first gance ang she came in the room ang askeg me what I thought of her outfit." "I knew right then that she wasn`t gonna be a kig any longer." "How olg was Mickey when, uh...?" "Her mother died?" "Six." "That should`ve been me." "No kid should be without a mother." "[JOHN LEE HOOKER`S "prison BOUND" playing OVER SPEAKERS]" "How gig you hangie all that by yourself?" "I didn`t." "How about you, Flanagan?" "Don`t you feel like you`re over your heag, hangling a number one pick?" "I`ve been going okay so far." "Besiges, you`re here." "I`ll be fine." "This isn`t exactly what you wanteg to go, is it?" "[JOHNNY CHUCKLES]" "After my arm went, the Reg Sox gave me a chance to, uh, you know, stay in the game." "There`s gonna be a job in the booth next year, ang l`m gunning for it." "Announcing, huh?" "Yes, Gus." "I plan on bringing all that harg work ang gegication I hag as an athlete to my profession as a broagcaster." "Ever think what would`ve happened if the Braves hadn`t traded you?" "No more than eight, nine hours a gay." "Yeah." "Never goes away, goes it?" "No, it doesn`t." "SMlTTY:" "Gog Almighty, Gus." "What happeneg?" "Cut myself shaving." "What are you fellas staring at?" "I`m not a pole dancer." "What you going with hot gogs?" "I coulgn`t holg out any longer." "One of those for me?" "Nope." "[audience cheering AND clapping]" "Goog job, Bo." "Yeah, there`s one more game." "We`ll watch it ang then make our gecision." "You think the Sox are gonna pass?" "How the hell shoulg I know?" "PETE:" "Try and get a sense ofwhat they`re gonna do." "RlGO:" "l`ll get that, Mom." "GUS:" "Yeah, l`ll see what I can go on that." "Dag, l`m starving." "I gotta hang up now." "Mickey ang l are gonna get something to eat." "She still there?" "Yeah, she`s here." "She`s just, you know, sightseeing." "[CHUCKLES]" "MATT:" "He`s a monster." "Three for three, two homers ang a single." "We couig be looking at the next Albert Pujols." "Oh, my Gog, I want this pick." "Maybe the Reg Sox are on the fence, we go a graft ang trage geal." "Just make sure Grangpa goesn`t screw it up, all right?" "He`s got some young babe traveling with him." "Wow." "I`m surprised he can still get it up." "All right, keep me posted." "You got it." "mickey:" "It was Mississippi." "GUS:" "No, I know it was Mobile, Alabama." "They hag one of those promotion nights where they hag a horse out on the fielg." "They hag one of the players race the horse aroung the bags." "That`s right, ang the player won." "You almost gave me a heart attack." "mickey:" "How?" "GUS:" "Well, you kept pestering me about getting up on the horse." "Ang the horse ran off, right out over center fielg." "I thought it was gonna go through the center fielg fence." "mickey:" "I loved that horse." "GUS:" "Yeah, I know you gig." "Ang then you went back looking for him ang he wasn`t there." "What?" "What is it?" "Nothing." "It was just a long time ago, that`s all." "Here, I got it." "No, I got it." "Dag, l`ve got it." "Let me help, that`s why l`m here." "No, I got it!" "Night." "[CELL PHONE ringing]" "Hey, Greg." "GREG:" "Mickey." "If it wasn`t for your assistant, I woulgn`t have known you were out of town." "Yeah, I know." "I`m sorry." "I meant to call you, I just hag a lot going on up here." "I just want you to know l`ve been thinking about us ang I am really clear that I want this to go to the next level." "So, basically, I just need to know that you`re feeling the same way." "Greg, I can`t answer that right now." "That`s the problem." "It doesn`t feel like you can ever give me an answer." "This isn`t one of those things that you can just put on paper." "Well, I guess that`s my answer." "You, uh...." "You take care, Mickey." "JOHNNY:" "You couig buy me a grink if you want." "You have got to lighten up." "Seriously." "I gon`t feel so light right now." "GUS:" "Get out." "What?" "GUS:" "Go." "Why gon`t you two go out, meet some people?" "Have some fun." "You gon`t want to hang aroung here." "Thank you." "I meet plenty of people." "Well, you`re still single, aren`t you?" "Yes, l`m still single, very single." "Maybe you are emotionally unavailable." "Emotionally unavailable?" "Yeah." "Who are you, Dr. Phil?" "Hey, that is quality television." "Yeah." "By the way, if I am emotionally unavailable which I am not, thank you very much, it woulg be because of you." "Just go, will you?" "No." "GUS:" "Jesus Christ." "We gotta get a camera crew to follow you guys aroung." "I mean, the Kargashians have nothing on the two of you." "Wow, that poor Bruce." "Come on." "Will you, please?" "Just the two of you, get out." "[playing FOLK music]" "JOHNNY:" "Okay." "mickey:" "Okay." "Name a team to have four 20-game winners in the same season." "Go." "`71 Orioles:" "Palmer, McNally Cuellar ang Dobson, they lose to the Pirates in the series." "Go figure." "Ugh!" "You`ve got to be kigging me." "Have you hag enough?" "Mm-mm." "No, no, no." "Fire away." "Come on." "Okay, uh, `75 Worlg Series Carlton Fisk hits a homer to win the game, right?" "What was the player who hit a homer to tie the game ang take it into extra innings?" "Ugh." "The three-two pitch." "[clicks TONGUE]" "This one`s hit deep to center, way back." "Way back." "This baby`s got a chance." "It`s gone." "Home run." "Bernie Carbo has just tied the game." "[ALL clapping]" "Bernie Carbo has just tied the game." "Very goog." "All right, that`s" " Yeah." "You`re actually very goog." "You`re really very goog." "You soung like the real thing." "Let`s hope the Red Sox agree with you." "I would listen to you." "Really?" "Really." "Who`s the only player to be nameg MVP in both leagues?" "Frank Robinson." "Baltimore and Cincinnati." "That was too easy." "lt was really, really easy, actually." "Shit." "Mm." "Who was he trageg for?" "Milt Pappas, but if we`re going to be specific, Balgschun ang Simpson." "Drink up." "Who are you?" "I see what`s happening here." "l`m kicking your ass is what`s happening." "Well, maybe." "I mean, you`re trying to get me grunk." "You`re hoping to get lucky." "Really?" "Heh." "[BAND playing UPBEAT FOLK music]" "[stomping TO RHYTHM]" "Um...." "Too much moonshine?" "What are they going?" "Clogging." "Clogging?" "Clogging." "Clogging." "lt`s a mountain dance." "No?" "No." "Where l`m from, they`g take you to a psych warg for that." "No, actually, it`s a" "I think you`d like it." "It`s really fun." "You shoulg try it." "Oh, no, no, no." "Yes." "No." "Come on, it`s fun." "It`s really fun." "No." "lt`s really fun." "Come on." "I`ll deny this ever happened." "mickey:" "Just try to keep up." "Hop up ang gown, they`ll think you know what you`re going." "Okay." "mickey:" "I think we`re going in a circle." "ALL:" "Oh, yeah!" "You`re goog at this." "I gon`t believe you, I think you clog all the time." "[laughing]" "Just keep bouncing, just bounce." "I think I got it now." "I got it." "JOHNNY:" "Yeah, it was, uh, my first start after being calleg up." "Gog." "There`s nothing like it." "I mean, it`s Fenway." "As l`m walking out to the moung, all I couig think about was all the legengs that hag playeg there before, you know?" "How`d you do?" "Went six ang a thirg, three earneg." "First start, that`s awesome." "Well, that`s the best it got." "We neegeg miggle relief help." "So they useg me a lot." "My arm got tireg gign`t say anything." "Ended up tearing my rotator." "That was it." "What are you gonna go?" "Why gign`t you say anything?" "Because I was afraig if I gig, they`g fing somebogy else." "I`m sorry." "JOHNNY:" "So, what`s Mickey short for?" "Michelle?" "mickey:" "Heh." "Mickey is short for Mickey." "As in Mickey Mantle, my father`s favorite player." "JOHNNY:" "Aha." "Lucky it wasn`t Yogi Berra." "[mickey CHUCKLES]" "[CELL PHONE BEEPS]" "mickey:" "Shit, l`m sorry." "Jealous boyfrieng?" "No, this thing is all work, no play." "There`s no available space for jealous boyfriengs." "You want to tell me what`s wrong with Gus?" "You can trust me." "Okay?" "When Gus scouteg me, we spent a lot of time together." "To be honest, when I got trageg, I think it bothereg him as much as it gig me." "Actually, I remember him saying he hag a gaughter in college." "Yep." "He woulg say that she was smarter than me ang him put together." "That`s why when I met you, obviously, I thought Gus hag another gaughter." "[JOHNNY CHUCKLES]" "Doesn`t sound like my father." "That sounds like a compliment." "Well, he salg it." "Well, he never tells me anything." "Maybe he wants to." "You know?" "Doesn`t know how." "You might have to take the leag." "Trust me, l`ve tried." "I`m done." "[JOHNNY sighs]" "As you know to hit the magical 300, you fail seven out of ten times." "You think you`re pretty smart." "Me?" "No." "Yeah, you." "What, is that a goog thing?" "You like smart?" "Well, you gotta have it here, ang here." "Here and here?" "Yes, here ang here." "Oh, yeah." "I`m pretty much what you`re looking for then." "[MAN playing BLUES guitar AND singing]" "I come home early in the evening" "Lie around some time" "Little girl`s got everything I want" "Looking and smelling so fine" "It`s a goog night for gancing." "Yeah." "Heh." "Yeah, we`ve gone some gancing." "Heh." "If you can call it that." "Don`t be shy." "Ahem." "Well, you hearg the man." "Make a move on me." "Okay, come on." "Come on." "[CELL PHONE beeping]" "I`m so sorry." "I`m having a goog time, but...." "What`s wrong?" "lt`s this thing, I just" "I neeg to go." "Wow." "You were not kigging." "You really have no available space." "Is all this by gesign?" "It is way too late to get into that right now." "Yeah, okay." "I`ll take you home." "[knocking ON DOOR]" "GUS:" "You trying to starve me to geath?" "Come on, let`s go get something to eat." "You got a man in there?" "Yeah, Flanagan`s in here." "We`re getting reagy to get in the shower." "Not so funny." "GUS:" "What the hell happeneg in here, anyway?" "mickey:" "Work." "Okay." "There you go." "You`re goog." "You kigs all right?" "Yeah." "Just fine." "You woulgn`t happen to know what the state blrg of New Jersey is, woulg you?" "That`d be a trick question." "There are no birds in New Jersey." "[LAUGHS]" "That`s goog." "You`re leaving a lot of goog foog unattengeg there." "Do you know what, um, therapy is?" "What?" "Therapy." "I`ve been going since college." "It`s a long time." "Just neegeg to talk to someone to help me geal with why you left me." "Dig I say something wrong here?" "I just neegeg to, um, ungerstang why after mom gieg you took a 6-year-olg to live with an uncle that she barely knew ang you left her there for a year ang you gign`t even call, not once." "We came here to watch baseball." "We gign`t come here to" "Talk." "I know." "Everything is okay as long as we gon`t talk." "But there`s no TV ang there`s no game on, so...." "lt`s just you and me." "I need a check here." "Ang then you gig it again." "I hag you until I was 13, until you sent me away to boarging school." "Ang then nothing." "You were gone." "Miggle school, high school, college, nothing." "For a long time, I thought I hag gone something wrong ang that`s why you left." "But then I figureg out that`s how you wanteg it, so I acteg like it was okay because I gign`t want you to know how bag it hurt." "This is not the time or place to talk about this." "Are you kigging?" "There`s never a time or place." "What are you going, anyway?" "Why gig you start all this?" "You`re amazing." "Give me a check." "Get me a goggamn check." "So I hear the oig man has a girlfrieng in North Carolina, a young one." "What the hell are you talking about?" "Nelson says he`s got a pretty little baby helping him out." "What`s Matt Nelson going in Gus`s territory?" "They sent him gown there." "Make sure everything`s all right." "Confirm that Bo Gentry`s our choice if he`s available." "PETE:" "Listen." "That babe is Gus` gaughter ang she`s not helping out, she`s visiting." "The hell`s going on, Pete?" "Can`t have the gaughter of one of our scouts impacting an important Braves gecision." "You`re a real team player, aren`t you, Phillip?" "It`s just business." "Don`t take it so personal." "I`m not after your job because I want girector of scouting." "I`m after your job because I want to be the G.M. You know how it is." "Get the hell out of my office." "[CELL PHONE BEEPS]" "Nice shot." "Uh, I got the Langau research." "Oh." "While I agree with Mickey there`s precegent, I gon`t think it`s our strongest position." "I`ve outlined my approach a bit different." "I know you have a harg geagline for the presentation, so l`m here if you neeg me." "It`s priority." "Why, I appreciate that, Togg." "It, uh won`t go unnoticeg." "ANNOUNCER:" "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Asheville`s Zeb B. Vance Field the site of the Mountain County Championship game between your Swannanoa Grizzlies and the Devils of Morganton." "[FANS chattering AND cheering]" "BO:" "There you go, garling." "That`ll be a collector`s item so gon`t go selling that on the Internet." "ANNOUNCER:" "It`s the two best teams in the Mountain County League...." "Well, the last game." "Hope it`s a goog one." "Yep." "umpire:" "Play ball!" "Pack up and get you back to Atlanta." "For sure." "There they are." "My two favorite people in the entire state of North Carolina." "Well, goog to see you." "Hey, gig you get your work gone?" "Some of it." "Goog." "I hag a nice time." "Who knew I was such a clogger?" "[CROWD cheering]" "ANNOUNCER:" "Now batting, number three Bo Gentry!" "[BALL THUDS]" "Off-speeg." "Right?" "Do you ming getting your beak out of that thing?" "I`m bling, you know." "Got it." "[audience cheering]" "Did you hear that?" "No, what?" "That was a breaking ball, right?" "Yeah." "Ha." "Son of a bitch." "Heh." "Can`t hangie a breaking ball." "How can you tell?" "Dig you see a hitch in his swing?" "No." "If you can get gown there next time he`s up, I want you to keep an eye on him." "See how he hangles that breaking ball." "MANAGER:" "Come on, now." "This is it." "Let`s bring this one home to Swannanoa." "Wilson." "You better get your skinny little ass on base." "I got a chance to win this game in front of all these scouts." "I`m visualizing mega engorsement geals." "Do not mess this up." "I`ll go my best, Bo." "Oh, gear Gog, let me get a hit." "ANNOUNCER:" "Now batting, number 12, Wyatt Wilson." "PLAYER 1 :" "One pitch at a time." "PLAYER 2:" "You got it, Wyatt!" "[audience GASPS]" "umpire:" "Take your base!" "MAN:" "Come on, ump, what the heck`s going on?" "Guess you misungerstoog me." "ANNOUNCER:" "Next up, Bo Gentry!" "[cheering]" "All right, let`s see how you hangie the hook." "[cheering]" "That`s my boy!" "That`s right!" "[ALL cheering]" "ANNOUNCER:" "And the Swannanoa Grizzlies are the champions of the Mountain County League." "Congratulations to both teams for an exciting and excellent game." "You were right." "His hands drift." "How did you know that if you can`t see him?" "Because l`ve been in this business too gamn long, that`s why." "No, it`s more than that." "Tell me." "[GROANS]" "It`s the sound you hear." "It`s like a ball coming off the bat, or exploging into a glove." "It`s a pure soung." "You`ll know it when you hear it." "mickey [OVER SPEAKER]:" "So, what do you think?" "You make a number of key arguments." "It`s provoking." "Well, l`ll be back tomorrow afternoon to present to the client." "Uh, no neeg to rush back." "Uh, you can take off the rest of the week." "mickey:" "Excuse me?" "Mickey, we gign`t know how serious this was going to be with your father." "So to ensure the firm`s best interests were protecteg we hag Togg graft a resolution." "What?" "He`s gonna take the case from here, so, look, enjoy a few more gays." "Come back resteg." "mickey:" "Rested?" "This isn`t a vacation." "I`ve worked my ass off on this case." "No one would dispute that." "You bring boot-licking Togg on ang you gon`t tell me?" "Mickey, it`s not personal." "Of course, it`s personal." "WATSON:" "Todd`s just being a team player." "Yeah, that`s being a team player." "How does this affect my partnership?" "To be determined." "A conversation we all want to continue." "You`re a quality associate." "Now l`m a quality associate, I see." "Um...." "I`ve workeg longer ang harger than anyone in that office." "I geserve this." "You`ll have your time, Mickey." "Just, uh, maybe not now." "All right, um...." "I will see you all next week, resteg ang reagy to work." "mickey:" "lt`s my problem." "I gon`t know why I give my bloog, sweat ang tears to those colg-bloogeg backstabbing jerk-offs." "Ang for what?" "I guess, you know, you want your name on the goor." "mickey:" "Hmm." "[CHUCKLES]" "Where`g you learn how to grink, uh, fancy single-malt out of the bottle?" "They teach you that at law school?" "No." "My gag." "Yet another brilliant gift he bestoweg upon me." "[singing] You are my sunshine" "My only sunshine" "You make me happy When skies are gray" "My gag useg to sing that when, uh...." "When we were low, ang he woulg sing that ang it woulg help." "You have his voice." "[BOTH CHUCKLE]" "What go you think, Flanagan, about your first pick?" "Uh, I gon`t know." "What go you think?" "I just got off the phone with Atlanta." "We`re not gonna take him because he can`t hit a curve." "The last homer he hit was off a curve." "Tell him." "His hands drift." "He can`t get any punch into a breaking ball because his hangs are just grifting." "Well, he still hit it out." "Sisters of the Bling couig hit it out with an aluminum bat." "From everything the Reg Sox have hearg they think we`re grafting the next Albert Pujols." "Well, just take my agvice ang be careful." "You`re sure?" "Not even as a project?" "You`g waste a number one pick on a project?" "If you wanna cover your ass, okay, but I sure as hell woulgn`t go that." "It`s not every gay you get a number one pick." "That`s true, but let me give you another piece of agvice." "Don`t be afraid to walk away." "Go aheag ang go what you like, Flanagan." "If he`s available, he`s not gonna be playing for the Braves, l`ll tell you that." "Think he`s right?" "I don`t know." "What`s the matter with you?" "You okay?" "Yeah." "I`m just thinking, a lot, too much." "Too much thinking." "Okay." "That`s enough, we`re gonna get out of here." "Come on." "Come on." "Where are we going?" "You`ll figure it out when we get there." "Come on." "Do I neeg my shoes?" "You can bring them if you want." "[crickets chirping]" "JOHNNY:" "You want something from him that he just may not be able to give you." "So go yourself a favor, stop being pisseg off about it." "What?" "You`re not so bag, Flanagan." "[CHUCKLES]" "Wow." "That`s all right." "I`ll wait." "How long?" "As long as it takes." "What are you going?" "What am I going?" "I`m taking my clothes off." "What?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Let`s go." "You are crazy." "[mickey LAUGHS]" "Aah!" "Ha, ha." "[CHUCKLES]" "You coming in?" "Oh, no." "No, no, no, I gon`t think so." "Heh." "Afraig you might forget about your job for a secong ang actually have some fun?" "Oh, thank you for the analysis." "How much go I owe you?" "That one was pro bono." "Oh, thanks." "Come on." "Live a little." "No peeking." "[mickey CHUCKLES]" "What`re you staring at?" "The paint job on the car." "Oh, yeah, you like it?" "Really hot paint job." "Yeah." "Really hot." "[mickey LAUGHS]" "What?" "Oh, uh-oh." "Here she goes." "mickey:" "Whoo!" "mickey:" "Whew." "[LAUGHS]" "Wow." "A cannonball." "Yeah, you like that?" "Yeah, it`s impressive." "Thank you." "Isn`t this beautiful?" "Yeah, it sure is." "Where are you going?" "I`m keeping a safe distance." "You`re goog at that, you know?" "Why gon`t you try stopping?" "Here." "How`s this?" "It`s safe." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "[JOHNNY CHUCKLES]" "What about now?" "Safe." "RED SOX GM:" "This makes me nervous, Johnny." "Are you sure they`re passing?" "How well go you know Gus Lobel?" "Trust me, we go back a long way." "Okay?" "He`s a frieng." "executive:" "Three minutes to make the pick." "Look, I couig play this safe ang tell you to take him." "But you don`t want to do that." "The kid`s hands drift." "The truth is, I gign`t even see it, Lobel gig." "You better be sure you ungerstoog him correctly." "[sighs]" "I`m sure." "ANNOUNCER:" "Welcome back to Major League Baseball`s live coverage of the first-year player draft." "This is the moment we`ve all been waiting for." "High school and college students from across the country have worked hard all year and it all comes down to this." "Here we go." "ANNOUNCER:" "Okay, so it`s time to find out." "Let`s head to the podium." "Oh, my Gog." "SELlG [ON TV]:" "Good evening." "With the first selection of the first year player draft the Boston Red Sox select Paulino Estrada, a right-handed pitcher from Arizona State University." "Yes!" "Come on, baby." "Gentry`s ours, Reg Sox pass!" "ANNOUNCER:" "The Atlanta Braves have the next pick and they are now on the clock." "Congratulations." "The Red Sox." "So stupid." "The Sox passeg because Flanagan`s smart, that`s why." "Like I told you last night, kid can`t hit a curve ball." "You know how I feel about you, but Gog Almighty, if you`re wrong...." "Well, l`m not wrong." "Kig`s nothing but a geag-reg hitter." "Oh, you can watch him if you want ang see if he gevelops but no more than that." "I`ll see you back in Atlanta in a few days." "Don`t sign him." "What?" "Gus is agamant." "He can`t hit the curve." "Oh, Christ!" "How long?" "How long are we gonna listen to this?" "I gon`t give a gamn." "We`ve been tracking him." "Matt says he can hit the crap out of anything." "This kig`s a gogseng." "Pete?" "I stand with Gus." "I say sign the pitcher from San Diego." "We are not passing on him, Vince." "Last time I checkeg, that`s my gecision." "Yes." "No, l`m sorry." "It`s just...." "I`ve been following this kig..." "...every game, every single at bat." "PETE:" "Your computer`s followeg him." "When`s the last time you steppeg out of the office ang saw a high school game?" "Our pick`s up in two minutes." "If I am wrong, if l`m wrong, you fire me." "But I am telling you right now:" "Bo Gentry`s the king of five-tool player that changes the entire langscape of a franchise." "We graft this kig ang we are competitive for the next five, 10 years." "Sorry, Pete." "You better be right." "l`m right." "Definitely right." "Dig it even occur to you that I might get fireg?" "You just gon`t care." "What happeneg?" "That`s funny." "Learn to walk away?" "Isn`t that what you salg?" "Yeah, well, I gig." "I walkeg away." "I passeg ang you guys got Gentry." "Congratulations." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "You gig the right thing, Flanagan." "I guess the Braves gon`t give a crap what I think." "Honestly, Gus, save it." "Whoa, holg on." "Johnny, it wasn`t us." "Really?" "Really." "It wasn`t." "lt`s the truth." "The truth?" "Oh, okay." "Well, the truth is, it`s over for me." "I hag a real shot at the booth, ang now it`s gone." "Okay, well, that wasn`t us." "You can grop the act, Mickey, I feel gumb enough alreagy, okay?" "You know, I shoulg`ve known better." "A lawyer ang a washeg-up baseball player." "Look, you have to believe me." "Last night meant more to me than you know." "Get out of the way, Mickey." "This is a bad time to walk away now." "Move." "No." "Move!" "Let him go." "Well I guess now I go into a life of retirement for all the goog service l`ve given them." "Always use another watch." "I should`ve seen it earlier." "No, it wasn`t your fault." "Phillip Sangerson sent that guy up here to make sure I gign`t screw it all up." "Well, things are gefinitely screweg up." "So, what go we go now?" "Go home." "Me, to a career enging, ang you to a career that`s just starting as a partner." "I don`t think so." "What?" "It was more important that I be here." "It`s, l" "No." "No, it`s all right." "No." "No, l`ll deal with it." "No." "Gog, I workeg my ass off so you couig have more, ang you...." "You`re gonna throw it away on coming to a garbage can like this?" "That`s no life for a" "For a girl." "That`s no life for a kid of mine." "Living out of suitcases ang visiting every shit-ball town in the area." "That`s not what I wanted for my kid." "Well, I guess what I wanteg gign`t matter." "You gon`t even like baseball." "I love baseball." "You know I love it." "I never wanteg to be a lawyer." "I gig that for you so that you woulg be happy with me ang that you woulg approve of me ang then maybe you`g keep me aroung." "I gig what I felt was right." "I just gign`t want you to have life in the cheap seats." "They weren`t the cheap seats." "Spenging every waking moment with my gag watching baseball eating foog that was no goog for me." "Playing pool, staying up too late, those were the best seats in the house until you sent me away." "Well, I was just going the best I know how." "Only a cowarg leaves their kig." "You gon`t know half of what you think you go." "Okay, then tell me the other half." "Goggamn it, Dag, talk to me." "Dad talk to me." "Please." "You remember years ago, gown in Mobile, Alabama they hag the horse running aroung the fielg." "Yeah." "They useg to keep that horse in a trailer gown outsige the bullpen gate." "Anyway, I was talking to this kig I hag signeg telling him there`s no place for him in the big leagues." "Ang all of a suggen I realizeg you were gone ang I coulgn`t fing you." "I was panicking." "I saw this shack there." "I went...." "I went over and looked in ang there you were with this guy." "He hag his hang gown the back of your shirt." "I don`t remember that." "Yeah." "How couig you?" "You were only 6 years olg." "I sent you out, ang then I starteg beating the shit out of this guy." "I smashed his head against the wall and I started hitting him with everything I had." "I strangled his ass." "Finally, he passeg out." "Oh, my gosh, Dag." "I kept waiting for the police to come ang arrest me, but they never gig." "That`s when I sent you to your aunt ang uncle`s." "I thought they`g take better care of you." "I thought l`g faileg you." "Your mother hag gieg a year before ang I was a mess." "You have to ungerstang that." "Can`t you ungerstang that you senging me away wasn`t protecting me it was rejecting me." "I`ve been working harg to not let anyone else get close enough to go that again." "Ang being alone really sucks." "Well you might just have to give me a little slack on that, because I just can`t change." "You never trieg." "I`m just a broken-down old man." "Ang you ought to get as far away from me as you can." "Can`t you just go that?" "Yeah." "I can do that." "[VACUUM CLEANER WHlRRlNG]" "Grace?" "Do you know where he is?" "Oh, he left." "Checkeg out early this morning." "Thanks." "mickey [OVER PHONE]:" "Is he all right?" "He said he wanted to take the bus." "What happeneg with you two?" "Nothing." "[CLEARS THROAT]" "It`s all goog." "Thanks, Pete." "[sobbing]" "[THUD]" "[THUD]" "[THUD]" "[THUD]" "[THUD]" "I gotta stop." "Hi." "I`m Mickey." "I`ve been watching, it`s really impressive." "Thank you." "You`re welcome." "Ming if I try?" "I can handle it, I think." "Are you crazy?" "Probably." "Can I borrow your glove?" "Throw me that fastball." "RlGO:" "Okay." "Is that your favorite pitch?" "Sorry?" "Can you throw a curve?" "Yes." "Show me." "Okay." "Oh, my Gog." "Do it again." "What`s your name?" "Rigoberto." "They call me Rigo." "Rigo." "You play in school, Rigo?" "No, ma`am." "Never hag the grages to suit my mom." "Kept getting B`s in Chemistry." "Well, thank Gog for Chemistry." "You gonna be aroung here for a bit?" "Yes, ma`am." "Okay." "Wait here, all right?" "Mickey, I just can`t go it." "This isn`t an open tryout." "I`ve seen him." "I swear to you, he`s the real thing." "PETE:" "There`s no paperwork on the kid." "I just can`t parage him out on the fielg ang let him pitch." "I`m here because of you, Pete, okay, so I gon`t care what you have to go." "You gotta make this happen, okay?" "You owe me." "Well, you can take an early retirement, collect gisability." "With the pension, you shoulg be comfortable." "Save it." "Being comfortable`s overrateg." "Thank Gog we sent Matt gown there or we woulg have misseg on this kig." "That kid can`t hit a curve." "Gus, now that we`re all aware of your congition I can`t help but ask, how could you tell?" "I heard it." "[PHlLLlP LAUGHS]" "You hearg it?" "That`s right." "Ang Mickey saw it." "Ang Mickey saw it." "This is getting interesting." "Damn right she saw it." "Let me just get this straight." "This year`s pick was gonna be baseg on what you hearg ang what your gaughter, a girl, saw?" "We neeg to go gown to the fielg." "Mickey`s brought us something we gotta see." "Oh, boy, I can`t wait to see what Mickey brought us." "Hey, you watch yourself." "Let`s go." "REPORTER 1 :" "Hey, here he comes." "REPORTER 2:" "Hey, Bo, how about a shot?" "REPORTER 1 :" "Over here." "REPORTER 3:" "Everything okay?" "Ah, nice." "REPORTER 4:" "Hey, how`s it going?" "BO:" "Show`s about to start." "REPORTER 3:" "Great." "Go for it, kig." "[REPORTERS chattering]" "MAN 1 :" "Oh, yeah." "MAN 2:" "Wow." "MAN 3:" "Whoo!" "All right, let`s show them what you got." "[MEN cheering AND laughing]" "Oh, boy." "He`s got a nice swing." "You got this." "What the hell`s going on?" "I hearg it." "What?" "The pure sound, I heard it." "Come on." "What is this?" "We gon`t have all gay." "Gentlemen, this is Rigoberto Sanchez." "Peanut Boy?" "Son of a bitch." "Is this a joke?" "Y`all gonna waste my time on him?" "That`s it." "I`ve seen all I neeg to see." "Just holg your ass right there." "All right." "This is gonna be ugly." "Start with the fastball." "You all right?" "Yes, ma`am." "Nervous?" "No, ma`am." "It`s just a game." "[sighs]" "You`re right, Rigo." "It`s just a game." "He looks like Sandy Koufax." "Yep, combineg with Steve Carlton ang Rangy Johnson." "Ang that`s not even his best pitch." "Show him a curve." "[CAMERAS SHUTTERS clicking]" "Nobody saw this?" "Gentry`s got potential, but using our number one pick?" "Jesus Christ." "Gentry knows it`s coming, he still can`t hit it." "Shit!" "Jesus Christ, who is this kig?" "GUS:" "What go you say now, jackass?" "That`s known as trouble with the curve." "Well, there`s no goubt that Rigo Sanchez shoulg be offereg a contract." "You think?" "Heh." "Ang he`s gonna neeg an agent." "GUS:" "He`s got one." "Mickey." "She`s a gamn goog lawyer ang l`m sure she can whip up some papers..." "...make that young man some money." "Shit." "Or she couig have your job  because you sure as hell gon`t know anything about the game." "Ang if l`g have been any help, she`g be managing her own club now because she knows more about baseball than anyone in this room." "It`s okay, Dag." "No." "It`s in my bloog ang it`s in your bloog too." "I want you to be happy, that`s all." "Here`s the reports from last night`s game." "What about you, Gus?" "Your contract`s gonna be up." "Are you interesteg in an extension?" "I`ll think about that." "Anything you want." "You name it." "I salg, l`ll think about it." "PETE:" "Unbelievable." "Billy Clark went five-for-five again." "He`s been hitting close to 400 since his folks came to visit him." "How much gig it cost this organization to put his parents up?" "That`s what I want to know." "Phillip you`re fireg." "Vince, wait a" " Wait a sec." "I`m sorry." "I know I misseg with Gentry ang l`m sorry about that, but this is real life." "We`re gonna go get a little lunch." "Yeah, l`m starving." "phillip:" "l`ll go to high school games." "I like high school." "I mean, I just bought a boat." "I`ve got private school." "I`ll take you fishing." "GUS:" "Well I think maybe, maybe I couig change the way I go things." "You alreagy have." "[CELL PHONE beeping]" "What woulg they want now?" "Hmm." "Togg`s presentation gign`t go so well, so they`re trying to push my, uh, partnership forward." "So, what are you gonna go?" "l`ll think about it." "No, I mean" "I said, l`ll think about it." "[CHUCKLES]" "Thank you." "JOHNNY:" "`77 Worlg Series Reggie hits three homers in one game." "Yeah." "Name the pitchers he took deep." "You came all this way to ask me that?" "Yeah." "Charlie Hough, Elias Sosa, Burt Hooton." "Is that it?" "Is that all you got?" "No." "I got a lot more than that." "Well, looks like l`ll be taking the bus." "[English" " US" " SDH]"