1 00:00:01,535 --> 00:00:12,180 (rock music playing) 2 00:00:12,213 --> 00:00:15,183 * Tonight's your big night 3 00:00:15,216 --> 00:00:18,419 * And no one here can beat you * 4 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:20,588 * When you swing for the big lights * 5 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:22,256 Strike! 6 00:00:22,290 --> 00:00:24,592 * You see the crowd erupt to meet you * 7 00:00:24,625 --> 00:00:29,297 * Yeah, you're gonna take bare hands * 8 00:00:29,330 --> 00:00:32,366 * You're gonna hit that fast one * 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,069 * You're gonna take bare hands * 10 00:00:35,103 --> 00:00:38,706 * You're gonna hit that homerun * 11 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:43,377 * 'Cause it's not enough to feel when I feel it gone * 12 00:00:43,411 --> 00:00:48,616 * Yeah, it's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone... * 13 00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:51,585 (music fades) 14 00:00:53,854 --> 00:00:55,356 Way to go, Vick. All right. 15 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:13,707 Foul ball! 16 00:01:13,741 --> 00:01:15,709 Johnston's looking strong. 17 00:01:15,743 --> 00:01:18,212 Yeah, says it's a new conditioning program. 18 00:01:18,246 --> 00:01:19,413 Well, if he keeps it up, 19 00:01:19,447 --> 00:01:21,149 he'll be batting cleanup again 20 00:01:21,182 --> 00:01:22,516 for the big club in April. 21 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:24,285 Oh, yeah. 22 00:01:40,401 --> 00:01:41,602 Safe! 23 00:01:49,277 --> 00:01:50,578 Taking a nap, Vick? 24 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:52,580 Hey. 25 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:56,350 Hey, we need some help here! 26 00:02:06,394 --> 00:02:08,529 When we opened his locker and saw the vials, 27 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:10,331 we called LAPD. 28 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:11,865 MEGAN: That's very civic-minded of you. 29 00:02:11,899 --> 00:02:13,000 Unless, of course, 30 00:02:13,033 --> 00:02:15,403 this has more to do with the federal grand jury probe 31 00:02:15,436 --> 00:02:16,670 into baseball doping. 32 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:18,339 I don't want anyone here accused 33 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:19,940 of hiding anything from the grand jury. 34 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:21,309 And not from the league either. 35 00:02:21,342 --> 00:02:23,311 Oh, yeah? You know he was juicing? 36 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:27,348 No. Well, he had put on a bit of muscle lately. 37 00:02:27,381 --> 00:02:30,451 Vick used that to track his stats. 38 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:33,521 He made video recordings of his swing. 39 00:02:35,389 --> 00:02:36,156 Mm-hmm. 40 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:44,665 Vick Johnston. 41 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:47,301 He was drafted by the Oakland A's at age 18. 42 00:02:47,335 --> 00:02:50,371 For six years, he was one of the A.L.'s top sluggers. 43 00:02:50,404 --> 00:02:51,305 And then, for the next two years, 44 00:02:51,339 --> 00:02:52,706 he was on and off the DL. 45 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:54,708 Finally sent him back down to the minors. 46 00:02:54,742 --> 00:02:56,444 According to the coach, this was supposed 47 00:02:56,477 --> 00:02:57,278 to be his comeback season. 48 00:02:57,311 --> 00:02:58,646 He was determined to make it back 49 00:02:58,679 --> 00:02:59,747 to the bigs. 50 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:02,550 So we found these e-mails 51 00:03:02,583 --> 00:03:03,784 on his laptop. 52 00:03:05,753 --> 00:03:07,488 Oh, yeah? 53 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:08,756 We know where they're from? 54 00:03:08,789 --> 00:03:10,658 No. Not yet. So far, tracing the source 55 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,393 has been a dead end, but they seem to say 56 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:13,794 that they know he was juicing, 57 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:16,530 and it could, quote/unquote, "ruin your career." 58 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:18,899 So what? Blackmail? 59 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:20,734 What's the file attachment? 60 00:03:20,768 --> 00:03:21,802 That's why you're here. 61 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:24,638 This math right here, they say, 62 00:03:24,672 --> 00:03:27,941 proves that he was using. 63 00:03:27,975 --> 00:03:29,910 This is advanced 64 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:31,845 statistical baseball analysis. This is... 65 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:33,714 - All right. What? Sabermetrics. - Yeah. 66 00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:35,383 - Baseball math? - That's right. 67 00:03:35,416 --> 00:03:36,750 And this is way advanced. 68 00:03:36,784 --> 00:03:38,051 I mean, this is not the kind of stuff 69 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:39,920 you're going to find in the box scores of the Sporting News, 70 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:40,854 you know, I'll tell you that. 71 00:03:40,888 --> 00:03:42,290 Any way any of that could spot drug use? 72 00:03:42,323 --> 00:03:43,891 I don't know. 73 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:44,825 I mean, I'm going to have to figure out 74 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:47,561 what these abbreviations and notations mean. 75 00:03:47,595 --> 00:03:48,796 That's not standard math stuff? 76 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:50,764 Well, when mathematicians 77 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:52,700 create new types of analyses, 78 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:53,801 they often devise 79 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:55,469 their own notational shorthand. 80 00:03:55,503 --> 00:03:56,870 But I love doing research. 81 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:59,607 I mean, maybe I'll find somebody who knows this field. 82 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:07,915 Well, the death of baseball player Vick Johnston 83 00:04:07,948 --> 00:04:10,884 was the result of a massive hemorrhage in the brain. 84 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:11,985 He had a stroke? 85 00:04:12,019 --> 00:04:13,954 From the damage to the vessels, 86 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:16,524 his blood pressure must have skyrocketed. 87 00:04:16,557 --> 00:04:17,891 Can steroids cause that? 88 00:04:17,925 --> 00:04:19,026 Normally, no, 89 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:21,695 but here's the thing. 90 00:04:21,729 --> 00:04:24,465 Johnston had vials containing a designer steroid: 91 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:27,668 Thoracyclene. 92 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:30,037 Most contain Thoracyclene in a form 93 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:31,639 that's safe to inject, but this vial 94 00:04:31,672 --> 00:04:34,308 holds a concentration that's 30 times greater. 95 00:04:34,342 --> 00:04:36,610 This strength would cause a catastrophic rise 96 00:04:36,644 --> 00:04:37,778 in blood pressure. 97 00:04:37,811 --> 00:04:38,879 This was an accidental overdose? 98 00:04:38,912 --> 00:04:40,047 No way. 99 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,915 Thoracyclene is never produced 100 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:43,417 or distributed at this strength. 101 00:04:43,451 --> 00:04:45,319 This vial was specially prepared. 102 00:04:45,353 --> 00:04:47,020 So it was intended to be lethal? 103 00:04:47,054 --> 00:04:48,856 It's hard to see another purpose. 104 00:04:48,889 --> 00:04:50,758 So we're looking at murder. 105 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:02,370 Somebody gave Vick Johnston a lethal dose of steroids. 106 00:05:02,403 --> 00:05:05,673 So they had to have access to his locker and the Thoracyclene. 107 00:05:05,706 --> 00:05:07,808 Maybe the drug company slipped the tainted vial 108 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:09,710 into the supply. 109 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:11,912 So that was the lab. They said they're going 110 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,747 to need more time to identify the manufacturer 111 00:05:13,781 --> 00:05:15,015 of the steroid. 112 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:16,650 All right. So, I mean, the question is, 113 00:05:16,684 --> 00:05:17,985 why this guy Vick Johnston? 114 00:05:18,018 --> 00:05:20,354 Let's start with the wife-- Kelly. 115 00:05:20,388 --> 00:05:21,889 - Not bad. - Yeah, former model. 116 00:05:21,922 --> 00:05:25,393 Only she's been married for eight years, and her kids 117 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:26,727 are five and two. 118 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,762 Did Charlie get a handle on these equations? 119 00:05:28,796 --> 00:05:31,365 I mean, apparently, he knows a guy. 120 00:05:37,037 --> 00:05:39,773 Okay, Waldie, come on. Right down the old pipe! 121 00:05:42,009 --> 00:05:44,011 Nice pitch. 122 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:46,647 Yeah. We're just conducting a little hands-on study 123 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,115 of the physical properties 124 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:49,617 of the classic curveball. 125 00:05:49,650 --> 00:05:51,018 You know, Newton himself 126 00:05:51,051 --> 00:05:52,019 was interested in curveballs. 127 00:05:52,052 --> 00:05:53,521 I mean, clearly, baseball wasn't 128 00:05:53,554 --> 00:05:55,022 invented in his day, but he was 129 00:05:55,055 --> 00:05:58,459 fascinated with the way a ball can curve through air. 130 00:05:58,492 --> 00:06:00,093 And who wouldn't be? It's all fluid dynamics. 131 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:03,163 Oh, yeah. See, air sticks to the surface of the ball, 132 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:05,032 so, when the pitcher puts spin on it, 133 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:08,636 pressure builds up on one side and decreases on the other, 134 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:11,872 and that imbalance, and the ball curves. 135 00:06:11,905 --> 00:06:13,073 You know, hitting that pitch is one 136 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,675 the hardest feats in all of sports. 137 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:15,776 But, Charles, when you called, 138 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:17,711 I think your question had more to do with statistics. 139 00:06:17,745 --> 00:06:19,179 Yeah. Let me show you guys 140 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:22,015 what I'm looking at here. 141 00:06:22,049 --> 00:06:23,551 As you see, Dr. Waldie, 142 00:06:23,584 --> 00:06:25,886 this is high-level sabermetrics, but I just don't know 143 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:27,521 what some of these symbols mean. 144 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:29,757 And you know that I won the Faculty Fantasy Baseball League 145 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:30,891 two years in a row. 146 00:06:30,924 --> 00:06:33,927 I do. And since fantasy baseball is based on statistics, 147 00:06:33,961 --> 00:06:35,963 I figured you'd be into sabermetrics. 148 00:06:35,996 --> 00:06:37,665 Oh, absolutely. It's the only way 149 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:39,066 to pick a winning fantasy team. 150 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:41,735 How much of our school's supercomputer time 151 00:06:41,769 --> 00:06:43,103 is given over to this crunching 152 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:44,204 of baseball stats? 153 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,039 I'll never tell. 154 00:06:48,008 --> 00:06:49,677 This stuff is pretty wild. 155 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:51,879 Very cool changepoint detection. 156 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:53,046 Do you recognize the person 157 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,147 who might have done this work? 158 00:06:54,181 --> 00:06:55,583 Give me a little time. 159 00:06:55,616 --> 00:06:57,785 If this person is active in fantasy baseball 160 00:06:57,818 --> 00:07:01,021 or sabermetrics, I'll find somebody who knows who he is. 161 00:07:01,054 --> 00:07:02,089 Good. 162 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:04,024 MEGAN: He said, um... 163 00:07:04,057 --> 00:07:05,058 people wanted to use him? 164 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:08,929 Vick's been under pressure to win all his life. 165 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:10,998 They were all after a piece of him-- 166 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,967 coaches, owners, fans. 167 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:17,004 Was he particularly close to anyone in the organization? 168 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:18,138 No. Coaches and the other players 169 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:20,007 didn't give a damn about him. 170 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,543 Only what he could do for the team. 171 00:07:22,576 --> 00:07:26,079 The only person that really cared about him 172 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:27,981 was his agent, Richard Clast. 173 00:07:28,015 --> 00:07:31,885 Yeah, Vick trusted him. Said he wasn't looking 174 00:07:31,919 --> 00:07:33,253 for a quick buck. 175 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,255 He was thinking long-term. 176 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:39,026 And what were Vick's prospects? 177 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:42,996 This was the last year on his contract. 178 00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:45,132 No other teams were interested 179 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:47,134 in picking him up because he hurt 180 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:52,139 his shoulder, plus the two knee surgeries. 181 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:54,642 He needed to get his game back up. 182 00:07:54,675 --> 00:07:57,578 He said the money he made now 183 00:07:57,611 --> 00:08:00,514 would need to last us the next 40 years. 184 00:08:05,052 --> 00:08:08,121 Was there anyone that would have wanted to hurt him? 185 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:09,623 Did he have any enemies? 186 00:08:09,657 --> 00:08:14,027 No one stood to gain if he died. 187 00:08:14,061 --> 00:08:17,130 Vick was only valuable if he was playing ball. 188 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:18,732 Do you know where he got the drugs? 189 00:08:18,766 --> 00:08:21,735 Ask his coaches. 190 00:08:21,769 --> 00:08:23,637 To them, 191 00:08:23,671 --> 00:08:26,640 he was just a piece of equipment. 192 00:08:32,079 --> 00:08:33,581 We don't give them steroids, 193 00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:35,282 and we don't tell them what drugs to take. 194 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:37,217 But if they use, you benefit. 195 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,086 These are grown men. They make their own choices. 196 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:40,588 And, if they don't get caught 197 00:08:40,621 --> 00:08:43,190 or busted, you turn a blind eye. 198 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:44,725 We don't test players 199 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:47,227 unless the league says we have some reason to. 200 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:49,229 Otherwise, we try not to get into hypotheticals. 201 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:50,931 Which is never. 202 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:53,667 Even when a guy who usually benches 225 203 00:08:53,701 --> 00:08:56,069 is suddenly pushing 350. 204 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:04,011 The team screwed Vick. 205 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:05,345 He gives them six great years, 206 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:06,880 he plays through an injured shoulder 207 00:09:06,914 --> 00:09:08,616 'cause they need him for a stretch drive, 208 00:09:08,649 --> 00:09:10,117 then he ends up on the disabled list. 209 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:11,819 I understand he was working very hard 210 00:09:11,852 --> 00:09:13,153 to get back in the majors? 211 00:09:13,186 --> 00:09:14,888 Yeah. He would have made it, too. 212 00:09:14,922 --> 00:09:16,223 These are good. Thank you. 213 00:09:16,256 --> 00:09:18,325 Vick was the real deal. 214 00:09:18,358 --> 00:09:20,861 Great guy, and a great baseball player. 215 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,630 Did you know he was taking steroids? 216 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:23,864 (sighs) 217 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:26,166 He said it was just until he could get his numbers back up. 218 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:28,769 Thank you. 219 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:31,639 Most players use now and again. 220 00:09:31,672 --> 00:09:33,206 I'd say, at any given time, 221 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,908 25% of them. 222 00:09:34,942 --> 00:09:36,877 This was about Vick's next contract. 223 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,278 It was now or never. 224 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:39,246 Thank you. Some would say 225 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:41,615 that there is life after baseball. 226 00:09:41,649 --> 00:09:44,618 Really? What were Vick's options? 227 00:09:44,652 --> 00:09:46,386 He was drafted out of high school. 228 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:49,222 It wasn't like he had another career he could fall back on. 229 00:09:49,256 --> 00:09:50,958 He'd be lucky to get a job making 230 00:09:50,991 --> 00:09:52,359 33K a year coaching some JC team. 231 00:09:52,392 --> 00:09:53,393 You met his wife. 232 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:55,395 Think she was going to stick around for that? 233 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,230 Hey, can you just give me one second? 234 00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:58,198 I'll be right with you. 235 00:09:58,231 --> 00:09:59,132 Great. 236 00:10:01,168 --> 00:10:03,003 What about his kids? 237 00:10:03,036 --> 00:10:05,205 They worshiped their baseball hero father. 238 00:10:05,238 --> 00:10:08,275 You think they're going to look up to some used car salesman? 239 00:10:08,308 --> 00:10:09,209 I don't know. I thought 240 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:11,745 the wife really seemed to care about him. 241 00:10:11,779 --> 00:10:12,846 Well, I might be cynical, 242 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,247 but I've seen an awful lot of wives 243 00:10:14,281 --> 00:10:17,417 move on after the baseball money dries up. 244 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:19,086 And the agents? 245 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:23,023 It's my job to take care of my clients, 246 00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:24,257 to keep them playing and making money 247 00:10:24,291 --> 00:10:25,893 as long as they can. 248 00:10:25,926 --> 00:10:28,662 Obviously, I have to care about their health and well-being. 249 00:10:28,696 --> 00:10:31,231 But with Vick, it was different. 250 00:10:31,264 --> 00:10:34,101 He was actually one of my best friends. 251 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:37,871 Professor Waldie sent out queries, 252 00:10:37,905 --> 00:10:39,940 asking fantasy league players 253 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,341 if they've seen similar work 254 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:42,943 and th is what we got back. 255 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,278 Hmm. Where'd this come from? 256 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:48,081 A Web site called boxscoretimes.com. 257 00:10:48,115 --> 00:10:49,950 It's for real stats fanatics. 258 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:53,420 Well, just looking at it, I mean it's gotta be the same guy. 259 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:55,222 Right? The abbreviations are identical. 260 00:10:55,255 --> 00:10:58,058 Only here, he explains what they stand for. 261 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:00,260 DB-- Distance Batted. EJ-- Elevation of Trajectory. 262 00:11:00,293 --> 00:11:01,995 TB-- Thrown Bats. 263 00:11:02,029 --> 00:11:03,263 Thrown Bats? Who is this guy? 264 00:11:03,296 --> 00:11:05,398 Oswald Kittner. He plays in 16 265 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:06,800 high-stakes fantasy leagues. 266 00:11:06,834 --> 00:11:08,969 Kittner. Okay. I'm gonna go tell the FBI. 267 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:10,437 Now that I know what these abbreviations mean, 268 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:11,972 I may be able to determine 269 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:14,241 whether this math really does reveal drug use. 270 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:15,776 So, thank you, gentlemen. 271 00:11:15,809 --> 00:11:17,711 Someone gave Kittner's apartment a going over. 272 00:11:17,745 --> 00:11:19,246 We didn't find the computer. 273 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:21,314 Well, has he shown up anywhere? At work? Anything? 274 00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:23,283 He's unemployed. We got a 25-year-old 275 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:25,118 high school dropout with no bank accounts, 276 00:11:25,152 --> 00:11:27,287 no car, no criminal record. 277 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,323 Super, neighbors, no one's seen him for a couple of days. 278 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:32,259 Might be a blackmailer, but if not, 279 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:33,927 his works' definitely involved somehow. 280 00:11:33,961 --> 00:11:36,096 Incredible. This Kittner person 281 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:38,231 has basically reinvented the Shiryayev-Roberts 282 00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:41,434 changepoint detection procedure to pinpoint steroid use. 283 00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:43,103 And without the need for medical tests. 284 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:45,372 I mean, this could have major ramifications. 285 00:11:45,405 --> 00:11:47,240 Yeah, right, 'cause there's no way 286 00:11:47,274 --> 00:11:49,943 to test for drugs like Thoracyclene and THG. 287 00:11:49,977 --> 00:11:52,245 Once they're metabolized in the body, they're undetectable. 288 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:54,982 Yeah, the wonders of sabermetrics. 289 00:11:55,015 --> 00:11:58,085 It really is a powerful form of analysis in baseball. 290 00:11:58,118 --> 00:12:01,121 The physical nature of the game involves chance, 291 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:03,323 so the difference between a hit and an out 292 00:12:03,356 --> 00:12:05,425 could be millimeters or milliseconds, 293 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:08,228 So, when you have athletic situations involving chance 294 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:12,332 repeated over and over again, a statistical analysis 295 00:12:12,365 --> 00:12:16,203 can isolate and reveal human performance. 296 00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:17,404 Well, you know, 297 00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:18,505 it wouldn't be the first time 298 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:20,874 math revealed a surprising truth about this sport. 299 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:24,077 In a 1993 article in The American Statistician, 300 00:12:24,111 --> 00:12:27,247 J. Bennett, using sabermetrics, 301 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:28,816 analyzed Shoeless Joe Jackson's career. 302 00:12:28,849 --> 00:12:30,450 He was able to prove that 303 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:32,485 Jackson played up to his full potential 304 00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:34,788 in every one of the 1919 305 00:12:34,822 --> 00:12:36,289 Black Sox series. 306 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:39,092 So, even though he was accused of throwing the whole series, 307 00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:40,360 Jackson was completely innocent, wasn't he? 308 00:12:40,393 --> 00:12:41,361 That's right. 309 00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:43,797 Math restored a man's good name 310 00:12:43,831 --> 00:12:45,565 and reputation after 70 years. 311 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,434 I find that rather beautiful. 312 00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,436 But, you know, this doesn't clear the player 313 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,104 of cheating; it rather does just the opposite. 314 00:12:51,138 --> 00:12:52,105 I know. 315 00:12:52,139 --> 00:12:53,573 So, to test if it works, 316 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:55,976 I gathered stats from players generally believed 317 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:57,377 to have used steroids 318 00:12:57,410 --> 00:12:59,479 and ran them through Kittner's analysis. 319 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,314 Huh. 320 00:13:01,348 --> 00:13:02,449 What did you find? 321 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:03,583 His work 322 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,252 seems to be quite accurate. 323 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:12,125 20 minutes ago, I was on the couch 324 00:13:12,159 --> 00:13:12,960 watching Blazing Saddles 325 00:13:12,993 --> 00:13:14,962 in my pajamas. This better be good. 326 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:15,495 It's better than good. 327 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:17,030 The red cowgirl PJs? 328 00:13:17,064 --> 00:13:18,131 MEGAN: Mm-hmm. 329 00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:19,132 Okay. 330 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:20,834 Okay, uh... 331 00:13:20,868 --> 00:13:22,602 So Kittner's equations work. 332 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:23,670 They identify when 333 00:13:23,703 --> 00:13:26,139 a player is using perfomance-enhancement drugs. 334 00:13:26,173 --> 00:13:29,509 All right, so, even if people thought Johnston was using... 335 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,444 They couldn't prove it, and now they can with Kittner's 336 00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:33,613 and Kittner could probably even be blackmailing him. 337 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,148 That's right, and when Charles told me 338 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:36,483 that this Kittner person 339 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:38,085 had dropped out of sight, 340 00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:40,120 it got me to thinking, displaced people 341 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,022 will be drawn to places 342 00:13:42,055 --> 00:13:43,056 that meet essential needs. 343 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:45,325 If you're tired, you need a place to lie down. 344 00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:47,194 If you're thirsty, you need a source of water, 345 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:48,128 And if you play 346 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,163 fantasy baseball, you need the Internet. 347 00:13:50,197 --> 00:13:51,865 LARRY: And of special note here: 348 00:13:51,899 --> 00:13:55,102 Tomorrow is the deadline for the winter fantasy draft. 349 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:57,037 So Kittner needs to plug in his laptop. 350 00:13:57,070 --> 00:13:59,006 Yeah, what's...? That's a downtown address? 351 00:13:59,039 --> 00:13:59,839 Yeah, that's Little Tokyo. 352 00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:01,641 They have cyber cafГ©s in the area. 353 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:02,509 LARRY: Well, fortunately, 354 00:14:02,542 --> 00:14:05,345 human geography is much less immense 355 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,947 than that of the cosmos. 356 00:14:14,254 --> 00:14:17,190 COLBY: You know what this place kind of reminds me of? 357 00:14:17,224 --> 00:14:18,025 Let me guess. Bladerunner. 358 00:14:18,058 --> 00:14:18,858 Yeah. Exactly. 359 00:14:18,892 --> 00:14:20,493 How do you think Ridley Scott knew 360 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:22,129 what the future was gonna look like? 361 00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:23,096 No idea, 362 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:26,099 but Daryl Hannah made one kick-ass cyborg. 363 00:14:29,036 --> 00:14:30,503 Is that...? Oswald Kittner? 364 00:14:32,005 --> 00:14:32,539 FBI. Come here. 365 00:14:34,574 --> 00:14:35,475 Come here! 366 00:14:35,508 --> 00:14:37,444 Hey! Whoa! 367 00:14:40,147 --> 00:14:41,514 Out of the way. Don't move! 368 00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:47,955 Go around and cut him off on the other side. 369 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:48,922 Got it. 370 00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:02,569 My bad! Sorry! 371 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:20,687 Up! 372 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:21,955 Hey. 373 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:22,956 Was that really necessary? 374 00:15:22,990 --> 00:15:24,091 Yeah, it is when you run. 375 00:15:24,124 --> 00:15:25,092 Hands behind your back! 376 00:15:25,125 --> 00:15:26,093 Hey, well, wait. 377 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:28,061 Are you really FBI? 378 00:15:28,095 --> 00:15:29,429 Yeah, for real. 379 00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:33,466 Well, at the risk of me getting beat up, 380 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,635 uh, can I ask what you're arresting me for? 381 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:38,538 In your case, skateboarding is a crime. 382 00:15:46,313 --> 00:15:48,581 So before you stick me on the next plane 383 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:51,151 down to Guantanamo, can I exercise some legal rights? 384 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:53,686 What, uh, what is this supposed to be? 385 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,523 E-mails you sent to Vick Johnston. 386 00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:58,625 What? No way. 387 00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:01,694 Come on, Oswald, I talked to a lot of smart people. 388 00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:02,629 They all know your work. 389 00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:05,465 Well, they're blowing smoke up your skirt. 390 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,335 If you were wearing a skirt. 391 00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:09,336 Anyway, 392 00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:11,738 I-I have no idea what this is supposed to be. 393 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:14,341 Huh. 394 00:16:14,374 --> 00:16:16,109 Well, then, I'll have to ask you 395 00:16:16,143 --> 00:16:19,046 the classic-- if you didn't do anything wrong, why'd you run? 396 00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:20,713 Because last week I came home 397 00:16:20,747 --> 00:16:22,649 and two guys were tearing up my apartment. 398 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,517 So I got the hell out of there. 399 00:16:24,551 --> 00:16:27,154 Your beef monkeys come at me on the street. 400 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:29,556 I'm not gonna wait around to see if they're legit. 401 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,325 Do you know who broke into your apartment or why? 402 00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:36,763 Well, I win a lot at fantasy baseball. 403 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:38,598 I-I just assumed somebody was 404 00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:41,334 trying to sneak a peek at my research. 405 00:16:41,368 --> 00:16:42,569 Well, it must be a pretty 406 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:45,472 cutthroat game of fantasy baseball 407 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:46,606 Actually, it is. 408 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:50,143 One of the leagues I play in, winner gets 15 grand. 409 00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:53,280 15 grand inspires a little B&E, so... 410 00:16:53,313 --> 00:16:55,648 me and my laptop went off the grid. 411 00:16:57,184 --> 00:16:58,185 This is Dr. Charles Eppes. 412 00:16:58,218 --> 00:16:59,419 He's a professor of mathematics 413 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:00,687 up at CalSci. 414 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,755 Him? 415 00:17:02,789 --> 00:17:05,358 Yeah. Him. 416 00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:06,693 Well, then, maybe he can explain 417 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,162 all this stuff to you, 'cause all these, these numbers, 418 00:17:09,196 --> 00:17:11,064 I-I, it's over my head. 419 00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:13,032 It's funny. I don't think it is. 420 00:17:14,601 --> 00:17:16,103 It's oddly similar 421 00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:17,170 to this work, 422 00:17:17,204 --> 00:17:18,338 which you posted 423 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:19,606 on a baseball stats Web site 424 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:21,674 under your own name. 425 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,643 He's the only person using these abbreviations, 426 00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:24,644 and it works. 427 00:17:24,677 --> 00:17:25,845 His analysis 428 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,714 accurately spots steroid use. 429 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:31,351 Good Will Hunting. 430 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:32,685 Yeah, you got me, all right? Yeah, 431 00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:34,787 this is my work, and that is 432 00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:36,389 exactly what it does, but, 433 00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:38,858 I never e-mailed it to Vick Johnston. 434 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:40,327 I never showed this to anybody. 435 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:41,628 Why? Why didn't you? 436 00:17:41,661 --> 00:17:44,331 It's a significant statistical breakthrough. 437 00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:47,667 It's a significant advantage in fantasy baseball-- 438 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,569 if nobody else knows about it. 439 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:54,207 Tech went through his laptop. 440 00:17:54,241 --> 00:17:55,742 It's not the source of the e-mails 441 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,144 that Johnston received. 442 00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:59,346 Yeah, see, I mean, I don't see a motive. 443 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:00,813 I mean, even if he was blackmailing him. 444 00:18:00,847 --> 00:18:02,682 Which I doubt. He was genuinely surprised 445 00:18:02,715 --> 00:18:04,517 to see his work on those e-mails. 446 00:18:04,551 --> 00:18:07,254 Yeah, but what about the break-in at the apartment? 447 00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:09,189 It could be they were after his steroid analysis. 448 00:18:09,222 --> 00:18:10,657 That still doesn't tell us who gave 449 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:12,159 Vick Johnston a lethal dose 450 00:18:12,192 --> 00:18:13,059 of Thoracyclene, though. 451 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,827 We know yet where they were manufactured? 452 00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:16,429 - No, still waiting. - All right. 453 00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:18,365 We just gotta get a handle on this kid. 454 00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:21,234 You know, I don't see him opening up to any of us, 455 00:18:21,268 --> 00:18:23,370 but... he might with someone else. 456 00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:37,350 Um... Dr. Eppes, I got your message. 457 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:38,485 Yeah, how you doing, Oswald? 458 00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:39,919 Why don't you follow me in my office. 459 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:41,254 Yeah. All right. 460 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:43,590 So, you know, 461 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:44,591 I wasn't really sure 462 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:47,694 that your attorney would tell you that I called. 463 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,729 Oh, yeah. No, he doesn't want me talking to you 464 00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:51,864 He thinks you're just gathering 465 00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:53,400 information for the FBI. 466 00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:54,867 Yeah, well-- he's right. 467 00:18:54,901 --> 00:18:57,337 But the FBI just wants to know who knows about your work. 468 00:18:57,370 --> 00:18:58,371 That's all. 469 00:18:58,405 --> 00:19:00,873 Well, I mean, like I already told them, 470 00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:02,209 nobody else knows. 471 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:05,845 There is another reason I wanted to talk to you. 472 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,780 Um, your analysis 473 00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:08,815 is amazing. 474 00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:10,350 Really. 475 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:11,484 It's deep. 476 00:19:11,518 --> 00:19:13,286 It's deep? 477 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,887 (laughs) 478 00:19:14,921 --> 00:19:16,756 Wow. Um... 479 00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:18,325 Deep's good, right? 480 00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:19,826 Deep-- yeah, complex. 481 00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:22,395 Elegant, yeah. 482 00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:25,532 That's, well... I guess you would know. 483 00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:26,699 Um... 484 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,735 This stuff is all calculus, right? 485 00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:32,772 Yeah. Guess you studied calculus in high school, right? 486 00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:35,408 Oh, no, no, we didn't have it in my school. 487 00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:37,577 No, I learned from, like, library books, 488 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,879 uh, stuff other fantasy leaguers did. 489 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,315 So you're self-taught? 490 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:43,850 I guess so. 491 00:19:43,883 --> 00:19:46,553 That's qu... that's quite an accomplishment. Um... 492 00:19:46,586 --> 00:19:48,655 You ever think about coming to a place like this 493 00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:50,357 to actually study math? 494 00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:51,791 Well, yeah, but... 495 00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:53,793 I mean, dude, 496 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:56,329 I don't even have a G.E.D. 497 00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:57,830 Dude, you don't even need one. 498 00:19:57,864 --> 00:19:59,999 No, seriously, you could get admitted 499 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,834 on the strength of your work alone. 500 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:04,871 You should at least consider publishing your findings. 501 00:20:04,904 --> 00:20:07,807 Oh, hell, no. I gotta keep my best stuff secret. 502 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,909 I mean, that's how I win. 503 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:12,545 Science is about sharing knowledge. 504 00:20:12,579 --> 00:20:13,680 One more reason I'm not 505 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:14,781 a scientist. Yeah, you are. 506 00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:16,416 You come up with theories, you test them, 507 00:20:16,449 --> 00:20:17,817 you make new findings. 508 00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,688 Well, maybe I'll have 509 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:23,890 to dust off a shelf for my Nobel Prize. 510 00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:24,824 (chuckles) 511 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,596 - Hi. - Oh, hey, Pop. 512 00:20:29,629 --> 00:20:30,630 You know where Charlie is? 513 00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:31,631 Yeah, he's in school. 514 00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:33,633 Oh, listen, I had two meetings 515 00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:34,901 cancel on me this afternoon. 516 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:35,835 Yeah. You want to play? 517 00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:37,370 Yeah, I wish. I can't. 518 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:38,871 I-I gotta, I gotta deal with this case. 519 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:39,872 Oh, yeah. 520 00:20:39,906 --> 00:20:41,708 The ballplayer. 521 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:42,909 Yeah. 522 00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,911 It's very sad, isn't it? 523 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:46,879 He left a wife, two kids. 524 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:49,982 You have any idea who killed him? 525 00:20:50,016 --> 00:20:51,851 No, I can't figure out a motive. 526 00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:53,420 Maybe blackmail, but... 527 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:55,855 the thing is, blackmailers rarely kill, so... 528 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:01,928 What? 529 00:21:01,961 --> 00:21:03,996 Hmm? 530 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:04,931 What are you doing? 531 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:08,868 Nothing. I just... 532 00:21:08,901 --> 00:21:12,472 My last year with the Rangers, I hit .228 with 36 RBIs. 533 00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:15,408 With steroids, I would have hit .260 with 50 ribbies. 534 00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:17,310 That's what my backup did. The guy winds up 535 00:21:17,344 --> 00:21:19,512 in the majors, you know? 536 00:21:19,546 --> 00:21:21,748 Uh, that would be cheating. 537 00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:21,814 Yeah, I mean, is it cheating if everyone does it? 538 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:23,816 Yes. 539 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:27,454 We all give up things, Donny. 540 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:28,455 Yeah? 541 00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:30,790 What'd you give up? 542 00:21:30,823 --> 00:21:32,792 I don't know. I... 543 00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:35,061 One day I was backpacking around Europe, 544 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:36,396 no plans, no worries, 545 00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:38,331 all the freedom in the world. 546 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:39,866 Next thing you know, I got a family 547 00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:43,403 and a mortgage and two weeks vacation every year. 548 00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:45,505 You regret any of it? 549 00:21:45,538 --> 00:21:46,873 No. 550 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:52,445 But I do miss the things I gave up for them. 551 00:21:53,613 --> 00:21:54,681 All right. 552 00:21:54,714 --> 00:21:57,116 So tell Chuck I'm looking for him. 553 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,718 Play well. 554 00:21:58,751 --> 00:22:00,119 Hit 'em long. 555 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,821 Will do. 556 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:04,090 KITTNER: Fantasy leagues are competitive. 557 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:06,459 I figured if I could come up with a way 558 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:07,494 to spot drug use in players, 559 00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:09,729 my trades and drafts would be that much better. 560 00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,063 How did you figure that? 561 00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:12,699 Um, players that are juicing are more likely 562 00:22:12,732 --> 00:22:14,601 to get injured mid-season. 563 00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:15,802 Stats back it up. 564 00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:18,505 And you're sure you didn't tell anybody about your work? 565 00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:20,573 Not even my best friends. 566 00:22:20,607 --> 00:22:22,909 I mean, I compete against them, you know? 567 00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:25,445 You didn't even hint that specific players were doping? 568 00:22:25,478 --> 00:22:27,380 Players that nobody else knew that about? 569 00:22:31,718 --> 00:22:33,586 Oh, man. 570 00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:37,390 Did Colby get that report back? 571 00:22:37,424 --> 00:22:38,625 Don! Megan! 572 00:22:38,658 --> 00:22:42,395 Hey, Oswald thinks he knows who sent the e-mails to Johnston. 573 00:22:42,429 --> 00:22:43,996 You said you didn't tell anyone. 574 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,131 No, I didn't, 575 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,766 but I got into an argument 576 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:47,967 with my friend Chris Bronmiller. 577 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,602 Huge fan of Vick Johnston's. 578 00:22:49,636 --> 00:22:52,505 Oh, and you told him that his hero was using steroids? 579 00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:54,707 Does he have access to your work? 580 00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:57,143 Well, we hang out a lot, 581 00:22:57,176 --> 00:22:59,779 and I always leave my laptop around. 582 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:01,648 (pounding on door) 583 00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:05,818 Chris Bronmiller, we have a warrant. Open the door! 584 00:23:22,669 --> 00:23:26,172 Bronmiller's apartment gets broken into and he disappears. 585 00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:28,007 No one's seen his for days. 586 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,942 Just like what happened with Kittner. 587 00:23:29,976 --> 00:23:32,479 Unlike Kittner, Bronmiller has a car though. 588 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:34,180 - Think he's living in it? - Maybe. 589 00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:37,049 You know, I've heard of a certain Cal Sci professor 590 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,852 who's been residing in his car lately. 591 00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:41,554 Fleinhardt? 592 00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:43,656 I don't know what Megan sees in that dude anyway. 593 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:45,091 Some women go for the muscles, 594 00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:46,793 some go for the brains. 595 00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:49,061 Bronmiller's car is down here somewhere. 596 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:52,064 LAPD was told not to touch it. 597 00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:53,600 That's it right there. 598 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:02,675 Doesn't seem like he's living in it. 599 00:24:02,709 --> 00:24:05,211 Raises the question. 600 00:24:05,244 --> 00:24:08,748 I hate doing this. 601 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,889 Oh, that's a relief. 602 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:19,692 Something smells. 603 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:29,068 (coughs) 604 00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:30,970 (groans) 605 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:32,471 (coughs) 606 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,578 Looks like we found Chris Bronmiller. 607 00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:40,212 Looks like he's been dead for days. 608 00:24:40,246 --> 00:24:42,081 (phone beeps) 609 00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:45,618 Sinclair. We have a dead body, First Street Bridge. 610 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:52,124 Hey, guys. 611 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:55,027 Oswald, I've got some bad news here. 612 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:00,967 Your pal Chris was just found dead. 613 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,569 Oh, God. 614 00:25:02,602 --> 00:25:03,803 Are you serious? 615 00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:05,204 - Yeah. Okay... - Oh, God... 616 00:25:06,606 --> 00:25:07,907 Oh, God... 617 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:10,209 That's so terrible. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Oswald. 618 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:11,711 Just take a breath, okay? 619 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,713 Oh... man. 620 00:25:13,746 --> 00:25:16,583 This is so messed up. 621 00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:17,984 Who... who would do this to him? 622 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:19,986 We don't know. We didn't find his computer, 623 00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:21,821 but we're going to need your help here, pal. 624 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:23,990 I-I told you I don't know anything. 625 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:24,957 I don't have a damn clue. 626 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:27,059 All right, all right, just take a second-- 627 00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:28,227 get yourself together. 628 00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:33,032 How about his e-mail address? 629 00:25:34,701 --> 00:25:39,005 Uh... um... Chris might have used a cyber cafe account, 630 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:40,907 so it's harder to trace. 631 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,242 I can make up a list of places that he hung out. 632 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:44,611 That's good. That'll help. 633 00:25:47,914 --> 00:25:50,349 Chat Room Cafe in La Crescenta. 634 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,984 E-mail accounts created through their server 635 00:25:52,018 --> 00:25:53,185 over the last few months. 636 00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:55,087 I'm checking for credit card accounts 637 00:25:55,121 --> 00:25:56,856 in the name of Chris Bronmiller. 638 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,658 Oh, there it is. 639 00:25:58,691 --> 00:26:00,326 Let me see if I can open 640 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,194 some of these file attachments. 641 00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:06,599 Oh, yeah, hey, this is Kittner's work. 642 00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,034 Yeah? 643 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:10,102 Yeah. So it was his friend Chris 644 00:26:10,136 --> 00:26:11,303 who sent the e-mails to Vick Johnston. 645 00:26:11,337 --> 00:26:13,773 And look at that-- 646 00:26:13,806 --> 00:26:15,307 he got an e-mail in response. 647 00:26:15,341 --> 00:26:18,010 "Regarding your statistical analysis: interesting stuff. 648 00:26:18,044 --> 00:26:20,279 "I'd like to meet and talk about it. 649 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,248 Signed Vick Johnston. 650 00:26:22,281 --> 00:26:24,150 But it wasn't sent from Johnston's laptop. 651 00:26:24,183 --> 00:26:26,252 I want you to trace it and let us know, okay? 652 00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:28,621 Sure, I'll try. 653 00:26:28,655 --> 00:26:30,823 Chris Bronmiller thought he was going to meet his baseball hero. 654 00:26:30,857 --> 00:26:32,024 Yeah, who's dead. 655 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:38,097 Hey, you know, we have two guest rooms in the house. 656 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,032 Are you sure you want to...? 657 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:42,034 No, I'm fine here. 658 00:26:42,068 --> 00:26:42,935 I prefer this. 659 00:26:42,969 --> 00:26:45,805 I just don't want to go home for a while. 660 00:26:45,838 --> 00:26:47,239 Not after what happened to Chris. 661 00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:48,908 Right. No, I understand. 662 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:51,143 The FBI still isn't sure who broke into your apartment. 663 00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:53,112 I know. 664 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:56,783 So, uh... what the hell is all this? 665 00:26:56,816 --> 00:27:00,252 Uh, cognitive emergence theory. 666 00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:01,921 Ah, of course it is. 667 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,656 I'm attempting to mathematically model 668 00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:06,693 how conscious thought emerges from basic neural functions. 669 00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:10,830 Oh, kind of like a sum is greater than its parts? 670 00:27:10,863 --> 00:27:13,399 Yeah, that's the basic idea. 671 00:27:13,432 --> 00:27:15,134 That's nice. 672 00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:18,204 Um, you don't have any, like, comics, do you? 673 00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:20,306 You know what, 674 00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:22,274 I do have something that might interest you. 675 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:23,442 It's a baseball thing. 676 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:25,778 Uh... 677 00:27:25,812 --> 00:27:29,181 my brother Don played in the minor leagues. 678 00:27:29,215 --> 00:27:31,117 And I kept his stats, so... 679 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:32,752 You might want to take a look at those. 680 00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:36,923 - Stockton Rangers! - Yeah. 681 00:27:36,956 --> 00:27:38,758 They were my fantasy minor league team 682 00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:40,059 when I was in high school. 683 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:44,230 Well, then let me ask you something. 684 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:49,268 COLBY: Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. 685 00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:51,270 Finally got the lab results. 686 00:27:51,303 --> 00:27:52,438 They name the manufacturer? 687 00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:55,007 There's three companies that manufacture Thoracyclene. 688 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:56,976 One's in the Philippines, one in France, 689 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:58,911 and one right here, in the L.A. area. 690 00:27:58,945 --> 00:28:00,412 Now the stuff we found in Johnston's locker 691 00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:03,115 has the chemical signature to link it up to the local firm. 692 00:28:03,149 --> 00:28:05,184 So that proves they manufactured the fatal dose? 693 00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:06,152 Well, no, 694 00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:07,987 it proves they made the original steroid. 695 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,822 But somebody else could have made the concentrated dose. 696 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:15,161 DON: Smells good. 697 00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,096 - All righty. - Here you go. 698 00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:20,199 Thanks. Here. 699 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:21,934 Doesn't your friend in the garage 700 00:28:21,968 --> 00:28:23,202 want to come in for a bite? 701 00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:25,237 Yeah, I offered. He said he's okay. 702 00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:27,406 You know, I kind of think he's used to being alone. 703 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:28,407 Oh, yeah? Fantasy baseball. 704 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,376 What a way to make a living. 705 00:28:30,409 --> 00:28:32,812 What do you mean? I think a lot of these guys 706 00:28:32,845 --> 00:28:34,246 actually end up working for teams, right? 707 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,282 It's true. Bill James. Bill James was a self-taught 708 00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:38,050 baseball stats fanatic who published his findings. 709 00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:40,052 He now works for the Red Sox. 710 00:28:40,086 --> 00:28:41,087 OSWALD: Hey, Charlie... 711 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,323 Um, oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt. 712 00:28:44,356 --> 00:28:46,826 I just wanted to answer Charlie's question. 713 00:28:46,859 --> 00:28:48,394 That's all right. What question? 714 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:50,062 A baseball question. 715 00:28:50,096 --> 00:28:52,231 Um, about you, actually. 716 00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:54,466 Yeah, just if you'd kept playing, 717 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:55,301 would you have made the majors? 718 00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:58,204 OSWALD: So I made two evaluations. 719 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:01,908 One if you had continued to develop normally, 720 00:29:01,941 --> 00:29:05,277 and one if you'd decided to use steroids. 721 00:29:05,311 --> 00:29:06,979 This should be interesting. 722 00:29:07,013 --> 00:29:09,015 Um, so with the 'roids, you probably would have 723 00:29:09,048 --> 00:29:11,050 raised your batting average to .280 724 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,484 with ten to 15 home runs. 725 00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:16,122 Well, so, it sounds like the majors. 726 00:29:16,155 --> 00:29:18,124 Well, "ish" because, well, 727 00:29:18,157 --> 00:29:19,859 yeah, your hitting would have improved-- 728 00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:21,794 your overall value as a player would have diminished. 729 00:29:21,828 --> 00:29:24,030 Why? How so? 730 00:29:24,063 --> 00:29:26,966 Well, 'cause Don's value was as a utility player. 731 00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,035 You didn't excel at one particular position. 732 00:29:29,068 --> 00:29:30,036 You played several 733 00:29:30,069 --> 00:29:31,070 very well. 734 00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:32,104 You were a solid fielder. 735 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:33,973 Quick mentally and physically 736 00:29:34,006 --> 00:29:35,908 and steroids would have messed with that. 737 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,979 Yeah, so, and without the drugs? 738 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:42,248 Uh, it's a bit harder to say. 739 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:44,350 Um, a lot of major league clubs like to have 740 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,085 a few utility guys on the bench-- 741 00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,387 players who are smart and can adapt quickly 742 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:49,455 to different situations. 743 00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:50,957 Yeah, like at the FBI. 744 00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:54,894 Like the FBI. 745 00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:57,463 MAN: BRX makes nutritional supplements. 746 00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:59,165 Vitamins, protein powders. 747 00:29:59,198 --> 00:30:00,900 And you manufacture Thoracyclene? 748 00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:02,902 One of our chemists created it 749 00:30:02,935 --> 00:30:05,872 for use in adolescent males with pituitary malfunction. 750 00:30:05,905 --> 00:30:09,541 People forget that most steroids and sports enhancement drugs 751 00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:11,510 also have many legitimate purposes. 752 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,112 They're used to stimulate the growth 753 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,848 of bone marrow, as hormone replacements in males 754 00:30:15,882 --> 00:30:18,517 and to treat age-related problems in the elderly. 755 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:20,486 You're the only company in the U.S. 756 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,454 that manufactures Thoracyclene, correct? 757 00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:24,323 We hold the patent here, yes. 758 00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:27,526 Two foreign manufacturers also pay us a licensing fee 759 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,996 for the right to produce it as well. 760 00:30:30,029 --> 00:30:31,597 COLBY: You were originally located in North Carolina, 761 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:34,200 but we understand you ran into some troubles there? 762 00:30:34,233 --> 00:30:36,602 The Attorney General was against holistic medicine. 763 00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:38,204 So, we relocated to a state 764 00:30:38,237 --> 00:30:39,205 that doesn't have an agenda 765 00:30:39,238 --> 00:30:40,873 a against alternative medicine. 766 00:30:40,907 --> 00:30:41,974 So you're saying that investigation 767 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:44,210 had nothing to do with your production of steroids? 768 00:30:44,243 --> 00:30:46,612 I had a feeling this was where this was going. 769 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:48,580 So, I thought I'd save you a little work. 770 00:30:48,614 --> 00:30:51,918 Stacy, bring me that file please. 771 00:30:51,951 --> 00:30:53,419 Our sales records of Thoracyclene 772 00:30:53,452 --> 00:30:55,554 as submitted to the FDA. 773 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:57,556 Every purchase was made 774 00:30:57,589 --> 00:31:00,626 by a licensed physician or distributor. 775 00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:03,095 And the only patients who should be receiving it, 776 00:31:03,129 --> 00:31:05,564 are young boys with growth disorders. 777 00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:09,368 Found a guy who BRX sells Thoracyclene to 778 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,237 you might want to take a look at-- 779 00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:12,304 Dr. Thomas Mandel. 780 00:31:12,338 --> 00:31:13,472 Yeah, why him? 781 00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:15,274 Specializes in sports medicine. 782 00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:17,977 Apparently treats a lot of college, high school kids. 783 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:19,478 All right, let's check him out. 784 00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:23,950 DAVID: 18,19, it's pretty young to start cutting corners. 785 00:31:23,983 --> 00:31:26,218 The drugs don't do the work for you, man. 786 00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:27,920 They just change your body chemistry 787 00:31:27,954 --> 00:31:30,022 so you can work out harder and longer. 788 00:31:30,056 --> 00:31:32,458 The things you pick up in college wrestling, you know. 789 00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:34,626 Yeah, and I admit I was tempted, 790 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:37,129 but the problem is, you start altering your body chemistry 791 00:31:37,163 --> 00:31:38,164 as an adolescent, 792 00:31:38,197 --> 00:31:40,699 you run the risk of serious, permanent damage. 793 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:43,602 Like baldness and erectile dysfunction, 794 00:31:43,635 --> 00:31:46,272 premature closure of the growth plates. 795 00:31:46,305 --> 00:31:49,008 Too much testosterone can kill brain cells. 796 00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:50,409 It's not worth it, man. 797 00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:53,279 And I didn't even get to gynecomastia yet. 798 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:55,948 It's enlarged breasts in men. 799 00:31:57,483 --> 00:31:58,384 Aah... 800 00:32:00,186 --> 00:32:02,654 You worried about violating doctor-patient confidentiality? 801 00:32:02,688 --> 00:32:05,324 It's a college facility that's open to all the students 802 00:32:05,357 --> 00:32:07,659 and we have the administration's permission to be here. 803 00:32:07,693 --> 00:32:09,595 Nah. If the good doctor wants privacy, 804 00:32:09,628 --> 00:32:11,530 he should work out of his office. 805 00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:19,071 Excuse me. Can I help you? 806 00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:21,140 We just need to check something. 807 00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:27,213 Whoa. 808 00:32:27,246 --> 00:32:29,381 Thoracyclene. 809 00:32:29,415 --> 00:32:32,084 Legal only by a prescription. 810 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:33,552 And only to treat specific conditions 811 00:32:33,585 --> 00:32:36,355 such as unusually small size in children. 812 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:38,524 It's either working real good 813 00:32:38,557 --> 00:32:40,326 or you're in some trouble. 814 00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:41,727 I want my lawyer. 815 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,102 I didn't know Vic Johnston. 816 00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:51,270 I never treated him. 817 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:53,239 Easy enough to confirm. Just give us a list 818 00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:55,007 of the people you did sell steroids to. 819 00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:56,608 That's a violation of confidentiality. 820 00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:59,078 We have half a dozen athletes who said you never 821 00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:00,512 examined them or took a medical history. 822 00:33:00,546 --> 00:33:02,614 Yet you did supply them with sports drugs. 823 00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:06,285 Most of them between the age of 17 and 22. 824 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:07,353 A couple as young as 14. 825 00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:10,289 All they had to do was show up, pay and get a shot. 826 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:15,327 If I give you a list of people I sell to, what do you give me? 827 00:33:15,361 --> 00:33:18,330 Points for cooperation. 828 00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:21,100 Glove down, Monty. 829 00:33:21,133 --> 00:33:22,534 Come on, you guys. Let's pick it up. 830 00:33:22,568 --> 00:33:24,370 Let's see some hustle. Come on. 831 00:33:24,403 --> 00:33:26,072 Max Sheveransky? 832 00:33:26,105 --> 00:33:27,373 FBI. 833 00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:28,740 Need you to come with us, sir. 834 00:33:28,774 --> 00:33:30,542 What's this about? 835 00:33:30,576 --> 00:33:31,743 Vick Johnston. 836 00:33:31,777 --> 00:33:34,080 We know you were his high school coach. 837 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:35,714 I haven't talked to him in years. 838 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,416 You should know 839 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:39,485 a search warrant's being executed for your home, 840 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:42,588 your car and your office. 841 00:33:42,621 --> 00:33:45,291 Looks like you already know what we're gonna find. 842 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,761 We have witnesses that saw you with Vick Johnston 843 00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:51,630 two months ago. 844 00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:54,800 He wanted help. 845 00:33:54,833 --> 00:33:57,803 No one was offering him a contract. 846 00:33:57,836 --> 00:33:59,571 So you supplied him with Thoracyclene? 847 00:33:59,605 --> 00:34:02,408 I was the only person he trusted. 848 00:34:02,441 --> 00:34:05,711 He called you two days before he died. 849 00:34:05,744 --> 00:34:09,181 - No, I don't remember that. - No? 850 00:34:09,215 --> 00:34:10,249 Your phone records 851 00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:11,383 remember it. 852 00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:14,153 You spoke to him once for 36 minutes 853 00:34:14,186 --> 00:34:15,387 and once for 47. 854 00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:16,455 What about? 855 00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:18,424 They play pretty good baseball 856 00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:21,560 in federal prisons, you know. 857 00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:23,629 (sighs) 858 00:34:23,662 --> 00:34:26,632 All right. (sighs) 859 00:34:26,665 --> 00:34:29,301 Vick said he thought he was going to be exposed. 860 00:34:29,335 --> 00:34:30,602 By whom? 861 00:34:30,636 --> 00:34:32,604 He wouldn't say. 862 00:34:32,638 --> 00:34:33,772 He just said it was gonna get out. 863 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:35,674 That if he got caught, 864 00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:38,477 he'd have to give them my name to the grand jury. 865 00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:39,511 You tell anyone else about this? 866 00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:42,848 Not a soul. Not even my wife. 867 00:34:42,881 --> 00:34:44,516 What did you do? 868 00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:47,686 I didn't know what to do. 869 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,690 And then Vick died. 870 00:34:51,723 --> 00:34:52,724 Yeah, from drugs you gave him. 871 00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,660 I don't understand how. 872 00:34:54,693 --> 00:34:56,628 It was the same stuff everybody gets. 873 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:01,733 KITTNER: I can't help thinking 874 00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:04,636 that if I hadn't developed a doping formula, 875 00:35:04,670 --> 00:35:08,507 Chris would still be alive. 876 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:10,709 But that... that's not your fault. 877 00:35:10,742 --> 00:35:14,713 Actions can have unintended consequences. 878 00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:16,548 You know, scientists struggle with that. 879 00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:17,583 Scientists? 880 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:18,417 All the time. 881 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,819 Scientific breakthroughs have benefits. 882 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:21,987 I play fantasy baseball. 883 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:26,592 But the ability to conceptualize the solution to a problem, 884 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:29,695 it's what applied mathematics is all about, okay? 885 00:35:29,728 --> 00:35:31,197 You have that ability. 886 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:32,831 And you can apply it to other problems. 887 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:37,536 You're a Good Will Huntingman, not me. 888 00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:40,272 I'm just a loser who likes baseball way too much. 889 00:35:40,306 --> 00:35:42,741 Whether you like to admit it or not, 890 00:35:42,774 --> 00:35:45,411 you do also love math. 891 00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:47,379 COLBY: So BRX sold to the doctor, 892 00:35:47,413 --> 00:35:49,381 the doctor sold to the high school coach 893 00:35:49,415 --> 00:35:50,682 and the coach sold to Vick Johnston? 894 00:35:50,716 --> 00:35:52,584 Yeah, we totally have the chain of supply, 895 00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:54,720 but it's still not telling us which one killed Johnston. 896 00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:55,587 And we have no link 897 00:35:55,621 --> 00:35:57,723 to the murdered fantasy baseball player. 898 00:35:57,756 --> 00:35:59,725 And both the coach and the doctor have alibis. 899 00:35:59,758 --> 00:36:00,926 When Bronmiller was killed, 900 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:02,528 Sheveransky was in Sacramento 901 00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:04,296 and the doctor was in Las Vegas. 902 00:36:04,330 --> 00:36:05,297 Wait a minute. 903 00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:10,536 Only the BRX lab could make the lethal dose. 904 00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:12,371 You know, you're still welcome in my garage. 905 00:36:12,404 --> 00:36:13,639 Yeah, I know. Don't worry about me. 906 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:14,540 I'll be okay. 907 00:36:14,573 --> 00:36:16,708 Okay, but Oswald, just stay in touch. 908 00:36:16,742 --> 00:36:17,676 Yeah, of course. 909 00:36:29,255 --> 00:36:30,256 (car alarm chirps) 910 00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:32,958 (three gunshots, screaming) 911 00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:34,460 (tires squealing) 912 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:44,703 Everyone, stand back! 913 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,572 No, no, stay still! 914 00:36:46,605 --> 00:36:47,506 Don't move. 915 00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:50,542 It's okay. I don't think... 916 00:36:50,576 --> 00:36:52,411 Oh, geez! Look at that. 917 00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:57,383 I guess, uh, they missed. 918 00:36:57,416 --> 00:36:58,817 But not by much. 919 00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:05,324 So I almost get shot, 920 00:37:05,357 --> 00:37:07,726 and you guys respond by doing a lot of math. 921 00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:09,861 That's how we roll here at Cal-Sci. 922 00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:12,298 Don thinks that somebody wants 923 00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:13,565 to get rid of your doping equations 924 00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:15,334 and anybody who knows about them. 925 00:37:15,367 --> 00:37:18,504 And we are trying to determine just who might have that motive. 926 00:37:18,537 --> 00:37:20,972 Right. Now let me ask you, Oswald. 927 00:37:21,006 --> 00:37:23,542 Are you seeing what I'm seeing? 928 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:28,046 Dude, honestly, all I see is a lot of chalk. 929 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:29,648 Are the numbers 930 00:37:29,681 --> 00:37:32,451 supposed to start glowing at some point? 931 00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:34,420 Yeah, actually, I have known certain expressions 932 00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:38,290 to take on a shimmering quality. 933 00:37:38,324 --> 00:37:40,626 Ah, so you have. 934 00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:42,661 Look, I'll tell you 935 00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:43,895 who has the greatest motive to bury my work. 936 00:37:43,929 --> 00:37:46,498 It's obvious. It's the drug company that makes the juice. 937 00:37:46,532 --> 00:37:48,434 It's obvious. 938 00:37:48,467 --> 00:37:49,701 Well, thank you, Professor Kittner. 939 00:37:49,735 --> 00:37:51,637 It only took us hours of value assessment 940 00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:53,705 to come up with that conclusion and you're saying it's obvious. 941 00:37:53,739 --> 00:37:55,874 Hasn't your brother taught you anything about crime? 942 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:58,477 Isn't it usually the person who stands to lose or gain 943 00:37:58,510 --> 00:37:59,845 the most amount of money? 944 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:04,716 Thoracyclene is valuable because there's no test for it. 945 00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:06,452 Of course, you work 946 00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:07,886 destroys that value. 947 00:38:07,919 --> 00:38:09,054 Right, and then... 948 00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:13,592 there's this. 949 00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:15,627 What is this? 950 00:38:15,661 --> 00:38:18,530 This is an organizational analysis chart. 951 00:38:18,564 --> 00:38:19,765 We're quantifying the links 952 00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:22,100 between the elements of this case. 953 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:23,402 And note the drug lab. 954 00:38:23,435 --> 00:38:24,670 It's linked to everyone. 955 00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:26,705 (sirens wail) 956 00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:29,975 (garbled radio transmission) 957 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:31,109 Federal agents! 958 00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:32,878 F.B.I! 959 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:35,581 (indistinct, overlapping shouts) 960 00:38:42,588 --> 00:38:45,691 Copy of Oswald Kittner's analysis. 961 00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:46,692 Where'd you find this? 962 00:38:46,725 --> 00:38:48,427 I've never seen that before. 963 00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:50,829 Mr. Auster, we've established a chain of purchase 964 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,964 that connects you to Vick Johnston. 965 00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:56,535 And this mathematical formula we just found, 966 00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:57,636 that's a motive for murder. 967 00:38:57,669 --> 00:38:58,770 Take a look at that. 968 00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:03,409 You printed out the e-mails sent to Chris Bronmiller 969 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:05,411 that set up a place where he was murdered. 970 00:39:05,444 --> 00:39:09,648 I didn't kill anybody, all right? 971 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:11,082 None of this was my idea. 972 00:39:12,584 --> 00:39:15,421 Whoa! Good shot, Bobby! 973 00:39:15,454 --> 00:39:16,888 Beautiful, beautiful! 974 00:39:16,922 --> 00:39:19,625 Keep that up, we'll get a little bidding war going for you. 975 00:39:19,658 --> 00:39:21,460 Play wherever you want. 976 00:39:21,493 --> 00:39:22,761 Richard Clast? 977 00:39:24,663 --> 00:39:26,732 Hi. 978 00:39:26,765 --> 00:39:28,667 We went over our list of your baseball clients. 979 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,437 Ran their stats through your boy Kittner's system. 980 00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:33,805 Okay, I don't know what this is. 981 00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:34,473 I'm not a mathematician. 982 00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:35,974 Is that why you gave it 983 00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:38,143 to the president of BRX labs who's a scientist. 984 00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:39,811 He told you what this math could do. 985 00:39:39,845 --> 00:39:41,780 Yeah, I don't know who that is. 986 00:39:41,813 --> 00:39:43,649 Really? 'Cause your phone number's 987 00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:45,050 all over his company records. 988 00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:46,184 And almost all your clients are juicing. 989 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,754 So there must be a lot at stake for a guy like you, huh? 990 00:39:48,787 --> 00:39:50,956 Yeah, you know what? For a lot of agents. 991 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:52,591 I think we're finished here. Thank you. 992 00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:53,725 Whoa, whoa, you're not going anywhere. 993 00:39:53,759 --> 00:39:55,427 You're the only agent 994 00:39:55,461 --> 00:39:56,995 who knew about the math application 995 00:39:57,028 --> 00:39:59,631 'cause your client, your best friend, Vick Johnston told you. 996 00:39:59,665 --> 00:40:01,767 Let's go. Turn around. Get you hands behind your back. 997 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,504 I found blood on Chris Bronmiller's jacket 998 00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:07,105 that doesn't match his DNA. 999 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:09,575 Somehow, I got a feeling it's going to match yours, isn't it? 1000 00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:10,742 Let's go. 1001 00:40:10,776 --> 00:40:13,479 You know, I loved this game just as much as Vick did. 1002 00:40:13,512 --> 00:40:14,813 You're what's wrong with this game. 1003 00:40:17,583 --> 00:40:19,050 (indistinct TV audio) 1004 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:21,820 Hey. Hey, guys, it's okay. 1005 00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:22,854 It's over. We got him. 1006 00:40:22,888 --> 00:40:23,755 What? 1007 00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:25,757 Yeah, found a gun at this beach house 1008 00:40:25,791 --> 00:40:27,859 that matched the bullets that were fired at you. 1009 00:40:27,893 --> 00:40:30,128 Wait. So me almost getting shot at 1010 00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:31,630 actually helped nail this guy? 1011 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:35,100 I just hope he gets what he deserves. 1012 00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:36,502 My friend Chris 1013 00:40:36,535 --> 00:40:37,769 was a decent guy. 1014 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,043 Oswald, the FBI lab at Quantico wanted to know 1015 00:40:45,076 --> 00:40:47,646 if you'd agree to consult with them on your formula. 1016 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:48,714 (chuckles) 1017 00:40:48,747 --> 00:40:50,148 They want to develop it 1018 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:51,750 as an investigative tool. 1019 00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:52,951 I don't know. 1020 00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:56,655 My secret doping stats in the hands of the feds? 1021 00:40:58,223 --> 00:41:00,826 No, of course, yes. I'm joking. 1022 00:41:00,859 --> 00:41:02,594 Whatever you guys want. I owe you. 1023 00:41:02,628 --> 00:41:04,029 I just feel I should tell you 1024 00:41:04,062 --> 00:41:05,997 I got a call from Vick's minor league team. 1025 00:41:06,031 --> 00:41:08,600 They want me to be their statistician. 1026 00:41:08,634 --> 00:41:09,768 Okay, but this work for the FBI 1027 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:10,736 could be a really great opportunity for you. 1028 00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:11,737 Yeah, look, 1029 00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:12,771 you can do both. 1030 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:13,539 Look how overworked this guy is. 1031 00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:15,841 Your work could be recognized. 1032 00:41:15,874 --> 00:41:16,875 You could even publish an article 1033 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:18,877 in the American Journal of Statistics. 1034 00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:23,048 My boyhood dream come true. 1035 00:41:26,652 --> 00:41:27,853 He's got the aptitude and the ability. 1036 00:41:27,886 --> 00:41:29,521 He just can't see it for himself. 1037 00:41:29,555 --> 00:41:30,756 Hey, you guys see the news? 1038 00:41:30,789 --> 00:41:33,825 That case of yours is big stuff, Don. 1039 00:41:33,859 --> 00:41:34,960 That's right. We got ourselves a scandal. 1040 00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:36,862 And if the FBI can prove 1041 00:41:36,895 --> 00:41:38,163 the efficacy of Oswald's analysis, 1042 00:41:38,196 --> 00:41:39,798 it could get even bigger. 1043 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:40,799 Yeah. 1044 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,100 You, uh, thirsty? You thirsty? 1045 00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:43,101 I'll take a beer. 1046 00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:44,703 Beer? Three beers? 1047 00:41:49,575 --> 00:41:50,976 That case of yours 1048 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:52,243 bring back memories, does it? 1049 00:41:52,277 --> 00:41:54,279 Yeah, well, hey, look, you know? 1050 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:56,882 It's my first love. 1051 00:41:56,915 --> 00:41:58,083 First love, my ass. 1052 00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:00,285 What are you talking about? 1053 00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:03,188 Don't you remember how you got started in baseball? 1054 00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:04,823 I always loved baseball. 1055 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:06,057 Nah, not really. 1056 00:42:06,091 --> 00:42:08,994 Your mother and I got you into Little League because we had 1057 00:42:09,027 --> 00:42:11,162 to get you stop playing around with that little toy gun 1058 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:12,163 that your Uncle Tommy gave you. 1059 00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:16,067 Oh, yeah. What, that was that silver six-shooter. 1060 00:42:16,101 --> 00:42:18,303 Yeah, yeah, you were playing with it constantly. 1061 00:42:18,336 --> 00:42:20,138 We didn't think it was very healthy, so we figured 1062 00:42:20,171 --> 00:42:22,173 baseball would get your mind off it, see, and it did... 1063 00:42:22,207 --> 00:42:24,209 for a couple of decades. 1064 00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:26,177 I guess so. 1065 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:28,146 Yeah, yeah, you love baseball, but it wasn't your first love. 1066 00:42:28,179 --> 00:42:30,315 Don't you remember? When you were a kid 1067 00:42:30,348 --> 00:42:31,750 you used to love to play 1068 00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:33,151 cops and robbers? 1069 00:42:33,184 --> 00:42:35,253 Donny, you were always the cop. 1070 00:42:37,255 --> 00:42:41,159 Well, then, to Donny Eppes, a born cop. 1071 00:42:41,192 --> 00:42:43,094 A most excellent one. 1072 00:42:43,128 --> 00:42:45,764 I say hear, hear, to that. 1073 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,135 Thanks. 1074 00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:51,202 Cheers.