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[peaceful music playing]
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[ball players clamoring]
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[bat clatters]
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[engine starts]
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["China Grove" by
the Doobie Brothers
playing on radio]
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[♪]
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♪ When the sun comes up
On a sleepy little town ♪
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♪ Down around San Antone ♪
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♪ And the folks are risin'
For another day ♪
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♪ 'Round about their homes ♪
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♪ The people of the town
Are strange ♪
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♪ And they're proud
Of where they came ♪
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♪ Well, you're talkin' 'bout
The China Grove ♪
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♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh
China Grove ♪
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♪ Well, the preacher
And the teacher ♪
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♪ Lord, they're a caution ♪
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♪ They are the talk
Of the town ♪
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♪ When the gossip
gets to flyin'
And they ain't lyin' ♪
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♪ When the sun
Goes fallin' down ♪
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♪ They say that
The father's insane ♪
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♪ And dear Mrs. Perkin's
A game ♪
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- [music stops]
- [engine stops]
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[birds cawing]
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[bell tolling]
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[thwack]
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[soft, poignant music playing]
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[♪]
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You're cheatin'.
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Girls don't know spit
about baseball.
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Crippled as you are, you can't
make no full body rotation.
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[scoffs] If you ain't cheatin',
then how did you--
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I just can.
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- That's a homer.
- Nuh-uh.
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Boy, I know what
a homer looks like.
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It don't count unless
you're battin' in the majors.
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Majors? Boy, you're never gonna
play one inning in the majors.
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Never say never.
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You really believe?
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- Cross your heart
and hope to die?
- That's a heathen vow.
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Still think I'm cheatin'?
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I think you're crazy.
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But you are my boyfriend.
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See you later, alligator.
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[Connie] Don't even think
of gettin' sweet on her!
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She's Earl Shantz's.
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Man drinks like a steer
on a tank at noon,
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and is mean enough to steal the
pennies off a dead man's eyes.
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[James] Connie?
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Come here.
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We don't speak ill
of our neighbors.
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I'm just looking out for Rickey.
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Well, Rickey's got to learn
to look out for himself.
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He's playing the game of love.
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And that's run by women
and lost by men. [chuckles]
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So I want you both to interpret
Ephesians 4:25 tonight.
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You know that?
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"Speak truth, each one of you,
with his neighbor,
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for we are members
of one another."
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That's real good.
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You go on and get in the car.
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Come on. Connie,
you can help me lock up, okay?
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[Connie] How does he do that?
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Honey, Rickey's got a gift.
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[organ music playing]
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♪ So I'll cherish
The old rugged cross ♪
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♪ Till my trophies ♪
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♪ At last, I lay down ♪
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♪ I will cling to ♪
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♪ The old rugged cross ♪
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♪ And exchange it one day ♪
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♪ For a crown ♪
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[music stops]
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"Give me a man that
we may fight together."
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- [all] Amen.
- Those are the words of
the giant Philistine, Goliath,
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taunting the armies of Israel,
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and no one would come out
and fight him, no one but David.
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And how did David smite Goliath?
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- A stone!
- Amen, brother Hill.
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A stone!
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A stone, it says right here
in verse 41st Samuel.
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And so David stopped by a brook
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and chose him
five smooth stones.
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Well, why didn't David
gather the largest stone,
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or the most jagged stone?
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David knew jagged rocks
got a will of their own!
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Things can veer off and
shimmy all over creation.
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- He made a savvy bet!
- Savvy indeed.
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But maybe we ought to
let some other members
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of the congregation
voice their response.
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So, I say this:
what shapes a stone?
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God's water shapes a stone.
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And we, as Christians,
as children of God,
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we are being constantly shaped.
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And after we're baptized,
we are sent out into the world
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as His messengers,
and we fly straight and true
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- to the very snout of Satan,
so that we...
- [can rattles]
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...can fight our own Goliath,
and--
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You know, I myself
have been afraid to say this,
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but I'm just gonna say it.
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Sister Babbit.
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Brother Shantz...
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You uplift me with your presence
here today. You do.
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May I kindly ask you
to refrain from smoking
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and from chewing and dipping
during Sunday services?
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I work six days on a live well,
ready to burst into
fire and brimstone any time.
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Now, if you knew a thing
about wildcattin',
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you'd appreciate that I get
exactly zero smoke breaks.
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But can't you see
how you and Sister Babbit
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are defiling
His glorious sanctuary
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with your spit
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and with your ashes
all over His floor?
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It's a weakness born of man.
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[Earl] Oh, I see the weakness.
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High and mighty man
collects $50 a month
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to preach to some decent,
hardscrabble folk
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he's never even stepped off
the pulpit to get to know.
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We hardly got
a pleasure in life.
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I expect the Almighty can see
His way around our frailties.
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I am your pastor.
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So it is my place--
in fact, it's my duty--
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to preserve the sanctity
of God's house.
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[Earl] Ain't about to allow
some holier-than-thou preacher
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to toss me a few crumbs
over a damn smoke!
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And I am not gonna
let the Lord's house
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look and smell
like Satan's saloon!
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Mrs. Babbit.
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Wouldn't they ask you to
pour oil on troubled waters?
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- Do you wanna clean tobacco
juice off the church floor?
- No.
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- I'm gonna... close up.
- Okay.
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- We missin' it?
- Not if we get there
in three minutes.
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Let's go! [grunts]
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You're his wife. You should
talk some sense to him.
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I'm tryin', Mama.
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Where are them three off to?
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[James] Oh...
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they're just being children.
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[♪]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[♪]
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Seems unfair. We paid admission
for peace and quiet.
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They're the preacher's kids.
Ain't got a nickel
to rub together.
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[TV announcer] Meanwhile,
Richardson scores.
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One strike on Mantle.
And there it goes,
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- over the right field fence.
- [thudding on glass]
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Gonna feel so charitable
when they bust your window?
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- That's gonna be you one day.
- [chuckles] Thanks.
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[screaming]
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[Robert] Come on!
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Doc says you get
those braces off next year.
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They were supposed to
take them off last year.
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Bring it on. I'll knock it out
just like Mantle.
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Greetings out there in TV land!
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We're back at the 50-yard line.
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- The what?
- Well, I hate baseball.
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Nobody takes it easy on you
in the majors.
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Put some fire on it.
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[exhales]
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Koufax warms his arm here
at the Yankee Stadium.
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Tie game, bottom of the ninth.
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At bat, Rickey Hill.
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Koufax hurls a surprise slider.
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Hill swings,
swats a long fly ball!
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Might be... could be... it is!
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Hill's third moon shot tonight.
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[faint crowd cheering]
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The faster it comes in,
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the faster it goes out.
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[dramatic music rising]
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[crowd cheering]
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- [glass shatters]
- [cheering stops]
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Oh, my gosh! What did you do?
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Let's go!
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Let's get out of here!
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- What are you doing?
- What Daddy taught.
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Whatever you done,
take responsibility for it.
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[Ray] You hit this rock?
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Sorry, Mister.
I'll get a job to pay for it.
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Now, hold up. You tellin' me...
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that you hit this rock
over them trees
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and into my windshield
with that lousy stick?
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That's a couple hundred feet, easy.
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And you done it
wearing them things?
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Imagine that.
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You know what a prodigy is?
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- No, sir.
- Well, look it up.
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When you get
them legs healed up,
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I'm gonna be the first guy
at the gate to buy a ticket.
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- But I owe you.
- Forget the windshield.
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I got two yards across the state
full of more old windshields
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than I can ever pawn off
in a lifetime.
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But miracles...
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them I'm a little shy on.
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I want you to do it again.
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Show me.
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Now, go on.
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[lighthearted music playing]
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[♪]
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Well, I'll be.
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[James] We receive your bounty, Lord,
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to better fortify our bodies and
minds so that we may serve you.
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We pray in the name
of your son, Jesus.
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- Amen.
- [all] Amen.
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It's a mite hard to muster
when He provideth so little.
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Y'all see Daddy peg down
that old crow Spit-And-Chew
this morning?
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[Gram] Along with some
ticked-off church folk,
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grousin' how your daddy has
a bent for bitin' the hand
that barely feeds his family.
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Fifty dollars a month.
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Your children are starving.
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You know, sometimes,
Lilian, doing God's work
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takes the sacrifice
of the Apostles.
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None of the Apostles
had bad bones.
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That's enough.
Do you hear me? Enough.
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You can shut me down.
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How you gonna quiet the voice
in your head,
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saying that you starved
that boy down to nothing
and put him in a wheelchair?
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Most devout man I know.
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Your eyes are so busy
studying heaven,
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you don't see the misery you're
putting your family through!
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I am not going to apologize
for my devotion to God.
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Mama, stop.
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[James] You see that woman?
That's your daughter.
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She's got faith. You never
hear one complaint out of her.
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She's got faith. You...
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It's all I got.
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And it sustains me.
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But I live here on Earth.
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And your son needs doctorin',
and that takes money.
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You can see he's already
outgrown them braces.
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He ain't gonna get no better
without new ones.
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New ones?
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Rickey,
the doctor believes that...
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Can I be excused?
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Yes, son.
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You satisfied, Lilian?
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Here, son. Have my cornbread.
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"...very great."
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[murmuring]
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You know what?
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I got a little
something for you.
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- [Rickey] How'd you get these?
- [Robert] Saved up.
Three months.
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- Mickey Mantle!
- [door opens]
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What's going on in here?
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You're supposed to be
reading your Bible verses.
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Robert?
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What you hidin'?
Hand me your Bible.
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Hand me your Bible, Robert.
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Baseball cards.
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I don't approve of this.
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This sells the worship
of false idols.
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00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:55,709
No. They-- they sell gum.
251
00:16:55,709 --> 00:16:57,233
You think I'm kidding?
252
00:16:57,233 --> 00:16:59,887
- Hmm? Is that what you think?
- N-No, sir.
253
00:16:59,887 --> 00:17:01,672
Robert, are these yours?
254
00:17:01,672 --> 00:17:03,239
Yes-- yes, sir.
255
00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:06,459
Robert, you are
your younger brother's keeper.
256
00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:11,247
And you are responsible
for what you put in his mind.
257
00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:12,857
You hear me?
258
00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:15,294
I know. It's just that...
259
00:17:15,294 --> 00:17:19,255
- Rickey loves baseball, and I--
- [James] He's not
gonna play baseball.
260
00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:26,784
Rickey, now, I've seen you
out there behind the church,
swinging that stick.
261
00:17:26,784 --> 00:17:30,614
And you'd be out there
all day long if you could,
262
00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:32,268
even when you're suffering pain.
263
00:17:33,834 --> 00:17:35,532
But you can't play baseball.
264
00:17:35,532 --> 00:17:37,795
You can't even run.
265
00:17:37,795 --> 00:17:40,276
And if you try,
you're gonna get ridiculed,
266
00:17:40,276 --> 00:17:43,453
you're gonna get made fun of,
and you're gonna wind up
267
00:17:43,453 --> 00:17:46,282
with an injury that
you'll never get over.
268
00:17:47,326 --> 00:17:49,676
- My legs?
- No, son.
269
00:17:49,676 --> 00:17:51,635
I'm talking about your spirit.
270
00:17:51,635 --> 00:17:54,812
Now, listen. You're special.
271
00:17:54,812 --> 00:17:56,814
You got the heart of a lion.
272
00:17:56,814 --> 00:18:00,122
But you got the soul
of a tender lamb.
273
00:18:00,861 --> 00:18:04,300
And I wanna protect that.
274
00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:08,260
If you're not playing baseball,
you got your time all freed up
275
00:18:08,260 --> 00:18:14,005
to pursue a higher calling,
preaching God's word.
276
00:18:14,005 --> 00:18:16,921
Where your earthly legs
have failed you,
277
00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:20,794
God's gonna give you
wings to fly.
278
00:18:20,794 --> 00:18:23,101
You understand me,
don't you, son?
279
00:18:25,625 --> 00:18:26,887
That's my boy.
280
00:18:27,801 --> 00:18:29,063
Love you.
281
00:18:33,851 --> 00:18:36,549
Read your verses. I'm listening.
282
00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:48,387
[melancholy music playing]
283
00:18:48,387 --> 00:18:53,087
"Those that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength."
284
00:18:53,087 --> 00:18:56,178
"They shall run
and not be weary."
285
00:18:59,398 --> 00:19:06,536
- [dramatic music rising]
- [crowd cheering]
286
00:19:22,116 --> 00:19:25,076
What's going on here, Earl?
287
00:19:25,076 --> 00:19:27,513
Seems like the flock
and the shepherd have...
288
00:19:28,645 --> 00:19:29,863
hit an impasse.
289
00:19:29,863 --> 00:19:32,039
Is that right?
290
00:19:32,039 --> 00:19:34,128
Some of us are
sure gonna miss you.
291
00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,916
- But we just got here.
- And we just kicked you out!
292
00:19:38,916 --> 00:19:41,353
Now, be quick.
We need that house back.
293
00:19:41,353 --> 00:19:42,789
[James sighs]
294
00:19:42,789 --> 00:19:44,574
Well, don't you worry.
295
00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:48,099
We don't stay
where we're not wanted.
296
00:19:48,969 --> 00:19:50,536
We'll be gone by morning.
297
00:19:50,536 --> 00:19:51,581
[door slams]
298
00:19:55,976 --> 00:19:58,631
- Helen!
- You ought to be ashamed.
299
00:19:58,631 --> 00:20:01,243
Oh, shi-- Shoot.
300
00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:03,767
- Shoot.
- My husband is a fine man.
301
00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,248
He's good, righteous,
302
00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:09,947
and given his life and
happiness to serve the Lord.
303
00:20:09,947 --> 00:20:12,254
He placed you all
above his own children.
304
00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:15,039
How do you repay
such selfless devotion?
305
00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:16,910
You run him out
of his own church
306
00:20:16,910 --> 00:20:20,349
and put his kids on the street.
307
00:20:21,437 --> 00:20:22,829
Why?
308
00:20:22,829 --> 00:20:24,744
'Cause your pastor
asked you to behave
309
00:20:24,744 --> 00:20:28,792
like the God-fearing people
he believed you were?
310
00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:31,055
"Decent, hardscrabble folk."
[scoffs]
311
00:20:31,795 --> 00:20:33,100
No.
312
00:20:35,102 --> 00:20:38,280
You do not deserve James Hill.
313
00:20:41,805 --> 00:20:43,328
[Mrs. Babbit spits]
314
00:20:52,511 --> 00:20:55,297
- Helen, I--
- We're gonna be fine.
315
00:21:01,215 --> 00:21:03,174
I wish you were staying.
316
00:21:03,174 --> 00:21:05,655
I wish we weren't going.
317
00:21:05,655 --> 00:21:09,006
Am I ever gonna see
my only-ever boyfriend again?
318
00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:12,096
I don't know.
319
00:21:13,097 --> 00:21:14,664
I'll miss you.
320
00:21:14,664 --> 00:21:16,622
Later, gator.
321
00:21:18,102 --> 00:21:24,413
[introspective music playing]
322
00:21:35,685 --> 00:21:41,386
[♪]
323
00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:58,447
[♪]
324
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,061
[James] Is that Earl?
325
00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:06,280
[Robert] He's drunk, Daddy.
326
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,457
[James] He's gonna
kill somebody.
327
00:22:14,463 --> 00:22:15,507
Earl.
328
00:22:16,726 --> 00:22:18,075
- [engine stops]
- Earl.
329
00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:20,947
You're drunk.
You shouldn't be driving.
330
00:22:20,947 --> 00:22:24,560
And you shouldn't be
acting like you still
got weight in this town.
331
00:22:25,996 --> 00:22:28,433
Don't let
the screen door hit ya!
332
00:22:34,613 --> 00:22:36,398
I can't let you drive.
333
00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:37,660
[Helen] Rickey!
334
00:22:41,228 --> 00:22:44,101
Fine. Have it your way.
335
00:22:44,101 --> 00:22:46,495
He's just trying
to save your neck!
336
00:22:47,583 --> 00:22:49,019
My neck? My neck?
337
00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:50,324
[James] Hey!
338
00:22:53,023 --> 00:22:54,764
Don't you touch my boy.
339
00:22:54,764 --> 00:22:56,592
You stay away from my kid.
340
00:23:03,947 --> 00:23:05,601
Daddy's a badass.
341
00:23:07,690 --> 00:23:09,169
Get in the car.
342
00:23:10,475 --> 00:23:12,782
[Helen] What were you doing?
343
00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:14,697
[James] Come on, Earl. Stand up.
344
00:23:16,089 --> 00:23:18,657
- You think you're
better than me?
- Nope.
345
00:23:18,657 --> 00:23:21,965
I'm sure you'd kick my butt if
you weren't so drunk. Watch it.
346
00:23:21,965 --> 00:23:25,098
You think you're better than me
'cause you can read that book.
347
00:23:25,098 --> 00:23:26,970
[grunts] Just get in the house.
348
00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:29,407
Earl, get in the house.
349
00:23:29,407 --> 00:23:30,539
[sighs]
350
00:23:30,539 --> 00:23:34,281
[dog barking]
351
00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:38,634
My fault.
352
00:23:41,027 --> 00:23:43,465
What were y'all
quarreling about?
353
00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:46,293
You.
354
00:23:46,293 --> 00:23:49,209
He's dangerous when
he gets like this.
355
00:23:49,209 --> 00:23:51,211
And he's like this
more and more.
356
00:23:51,211 --> 00:23:53,213
Thank you, Pastor.
357
00:23:54,824 --> 00:23:56,826
Just save it for Sheriff Dalton.
358
00:23:56,826 --> 00:24:00,960
I imagine he's gonna be
making a visit here shortly.
359
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,659
[sighs]
360
00:24:03,659 --> 00:24:04,834
Hey, Pastor.
361
00:24:06,705 --> 00:24:09,708
You gave it your best,
the only way you know.
362
00:24:09,708 --> 00:24:12,668
Won't a soul appreciate that
till you're gone.
363
00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:13,843
[James] Thank you.
364
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,193
God bless you.
365
00:24:16,193 --> 00:24:22,286
[emotional music playing]
366
00:24:31,121 --> 00:24:32,688
[engine starts]
367
00:24:41,784 --> 00:24:47,224
[♪]
368
00:25:01,107 --> 00:25:04,763
["In the Sweet By and By" by
Jayne Carter playing on radio]
369
00:25:04,763 --> 00:25:10,508
♪ To prepare us
A dwelling place there ♪
370
00:25:10,508 --> 00:25:14,643
♪ In the sweet by and by ♪
371
00:25:14,643 --> 00:25:19,299
♪ We shall meet on
That beautiful shore ♪
372
00:25:19,299 --> 00:25:21,301
♪ In the sweet... ♪
373
00:25:21,301 --> 00:25:24,348
["How Great Thou Art" by
Luther Lewis playing on radio]
374
00:25:26,132 --> 00:25:30,136
♪ Then sings my soul ♪
375
00:25:30,136 --> 00:25:31,703
[engine sputtering]
376
00:25:31,703 --> 00:25:35,794
♪ My savior God, to Thee ♪
377
00:25:37,056 --> 00:25:41,104
♪ How great Thou art ♪
378
00:25:41,104 --> 00:25:42,453
[engine clanks]
379
00:25:42,453 --> 00:25:45,499
♪ How great Thou art ♪
380
00:25:45,499 --> 00:25:47,850
- [engine rattles, stops]
- [music stops]
381
00:26:03,996 --> 00:26:05,781
[cattle lowing]
382
00:26:08,914 --> 00:26:11,743
[cowbells jangling]
383
00:26:18,794 --> 00:26:19,925
[exhales]
384
00:26:19,925 --> 00:26:22,754
Jesus. Jesus, help me, Jesus.
385
00:26:22,754 --> 00:26:25,061
I'm at the end of my rope.
Please help me.
386
00:26:25,061 --> 00:26:26,628
[exhales shakily]
387
00:26:26,628 --> 00:26:28,760
With you,
all things are possible, Lord.
388
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,283
Please...
389
00:26:30,283 --> 00:26:32,416
give me a sign.
390
00:26:32,416 --> 00:26:34,853
Please give me a sign.
391
00:26:34,853 --> 00:26:36,768
- [pop]
- [air hisses]
392
00:26:48,693 --> 00:26:52,654
- God dang! God-- God!
- [metal thudding]
393
00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:54,525
God! God!
394
00:26:55,831 --> 00:26:59,965
[James panting]
395
00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:02,968
You okay, Daddy?
396
00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:05,667
I'm just tired, son.
397
00:27:06,537 --> 00:27:08,670
- James.
- [James sighs]
398
00:27:10,236 --> 00:27:11,673
We're out of gas.
399
00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,892
All right, well,
someone's gonna come along.
400
00:27:13,892 --> 00:27:17,853
Let's just--
Meanwhile, let's, you know,
get the spare put on.
401
00:27:17,853 --> 00:27:19,376
We ain't got no spare.
402
00:27:19,376 --> 00:27:22,074
Daddy,
I patched it up yesterday.
403
00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:24,555
I traded it for gas last night.
404
00:27:28,341 --> 00:27:29,995
And you done right.
405
00:27:29,995 --> 00:27:34,478
That's how hardscrabble folk
get by, minute to minute.
406
00:27:34,478 --> 00:27:38,177
Makin' tough calls
in a mean world.
407
00:27:38,177 --> 00:27:41,050
Doin' their damnedest.
Times come,
408
00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:44,967
it don't matter how well
you mean or how hard you try.
409
00:27:45,924 --> 00:27:47,186
It don't work.
410
00:27:47,186 --> 00:27:50,581
And that's no man's fault.
411
00:27:50,581 --> 00:27:52,975
Well, it can't get
much worse than this, huh?
412
00:27:52,975 --> 00:27:55,717
[thunder rumbles]
413
00:27:58,415 --> 00:28:00,069
[Robert sighs]
414
00:28:04,987 --> 00:28:10,383
[chuckling] We gotta be
the unluckiest family
in all of Texas.
415
00:28:10,383 --> 00:28:12,777
Probably Oklahoma, too.
416
00:28:12,777 --> 00:28:18,740
[laughing]
417
00:28:26,965 --> 00:28:30,316
[thunder rumbling]
418
00:28:30,316 --> 00:28:33,798
Well, look at this.
419
00:28:33,798 --> 00:28:38,542
Only the Master Painter could
paint a picture such as this.
420
00:28:44,678 --> 00:28:45,767
Oh!
421
00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:48,944
[laughing]
422
00:28:50,684 --> 00:28:52,425
Let's get in the car.
423
00:28:52,425 --> 00:28:54,819
[laughing]
424
00:28:54,819 --> 00:28:56,386
[thunder booms]
425
00:28:56,386 --> 00:28:59,650
- [Robert] Come on, Rickey!
- [James chuckling]
426
00:29:02,305 --> 00:29:05,569
[rain pattering]
427
00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:18,277
Y'all need a ride?
428
00:29:18,277 --> 00:29:20,192
Yes!
429
00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:21,890
Well, come on!
430
00:29:24,457 --> 00:29:30,246
[pleasant music playing]
431
00:29:38,384 --> 00:29:44,826
[♪]
432
00:29:55,358 --> 00:29:57,229
I never seen one in color.
433
00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,579
Back up. You'll go blind.
434
00:30:04,541 --> 00:30:06,151
Fine ice cream, Miss Flora.
435
00:30:06,151 --> 00:30:09,459
- Pleased you're
enjoying it, sir.
-"Sir"?
436
00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:14,333
If she knew you--
If you knew Rickey,
you wouldn't call him "sir."
437
00:30:14,333 --> 00:30:17,206
Oh, I expect I know him.
438
00:30:17,206 --> 00:30:18,947
If you say so.
439
00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:24,430
[Helen] Mrs. Linda,
you sure have a beautiful home.
440
00:30:24,430 --> 00:30:26,606
It's brought us a lot of joy.
441
00:30:26,606 --> 00:30:28,434
I need to get you more to eat.
442
00:30:28,434 --> 00:30:31,046
Oh. No, no.
443
00:30:31,046 --> 00:30:34,223
If I had another bite,
I think I'd bust a gut.
444
00:30:34,223 --> 00:30:35,877
- [Linda chuckles]
- Thank you.
445
00:30:35,877 --> 00:30:38,401
I don't know how we'll ever
thank you for your help.
446
00:30:38,401 --> 00:30:40,577
We sure needed it.
447
00:30:40,577 --> 00:30:42,884
[Josh] Well, now,
there-- there might be a way.
448
00:30:42,884 --> 00:30:45,930
But this j-- I don't know.
This job, it's just
probably beneath
449
00:30:45,930 --> 00:30:48,933
a man of your education
and experience.
450
00:30:48,933 --> 00:30:51,240
Oh, no. No.
No, you'd be surprised.
451
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,766
My brother Dennis
over Bowie City way
tells me First Baptist
452
00:30:55,766 --> 00:30:59,422
been looking for a new pastor
goin' on a year now.
453
00:30:59,422 --> 00:31:01,467
But, uh, no takers.
454
00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:04,688
- Well, that's a crying shame.
- Well, you ain't
seen Bowie City.
455
00:31:04,688 --> 00:31:07,038
[chuckles] "One-horse town"
is overselling it.
456
00:31:07,038 --> 00:31:09,127
It ain't got a window
to throw it out of.
457
00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,217
But they're good people.
458
00:31:12,217 --> 00:31:14,524
There's a rectory.
459
00:31:14,524 --> 00:31:17,440
A mite modest. I suppose
it ain't for you, but--
460
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,920
- We'll take it.
- Yes, we will.
461
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,748
- Mm-hmm.
- [James] Brother Josh...
462
00:31:21,748 --> 00:31:25,622
it was not by accident
that you found us on the road.
463
00:31:25,622 --> 00:31:29,539
When the good Lord shuts
a door, he opens a window.
464
00:31:29,539 --> 00:31:34,761
- But don't y'all wanna
hear more about this--
- Only amen. Can I get an amen?
465
00:31:34,761 --> 00:31:37,503
- [all] Amen!
- [chuckling]
466
00:31:37,503 --> 00:31:40,637
- [rocket engines roaring]
- [TV announcer]
Roger, and lift-off.
467
00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:43,118
And the clock is operating.
Sigma Seven...
468
00:31:43,118 --> 00:31:44,946
[Robert] Lift-off!
469
00:31:46,643 --> 00:31:48,471
Th-- those kids.
470
00:31:48,471 --> 00:31:51,213
[chuckles]
They get really excited.
471
00:31:51,213 --> 00:31:58,089
[peaceful music playing]
472
00:31:58,089 --> 00:31:59,395
There!
473
00:31:59,395 --> 00:32:01,919
- [Robert] Where?
- [Rickey] There!
474
00:32:03,921 --> 00:32:06,358
[Robert] Mission Control
reports that the craft
475
00:32:06,358 --> 00:32:10,014
has left Earth's atmosphere,
as we get closer and closer.
476
00:32:10,014 --> 00:32:13,322
As man again sails the heavens.
477
00:32:16,194 --> 00:32:17,282
I see it!
478
00:32:18,196 --> 00:32:19,284
Big as day!
479
00:32:24,202 --> 00:32:25,725
Let's head inside.
480
00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:31,166
You comin', Daddy?
481
00:32:33,211 --> 00:32:35,779
Oh, you go ahead, son.
482
00:32:35,779 --> 00:32:38,434
I'm gonna visit a spell
with the heaven I know.
483
00:32:40,523 --> 00:32:46,964
[♪]
484
00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:59,063
[♪]
485
00:33:01,109 --> 00:33:03,676
[Dennis] Howdy, Pastor.
How you doin'?
486
00:33:03,676 --> 00:33:05,417
Welcome to home, sweet home.
487
00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,506
Try "dump, sweet dump."
488
00:33:07,506 --> 00:33:09,117
- Ow!
- James Hill.
489
00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:11,684
Nice to meet you.
Brother's told me all about you.
490
00:33:11,684 --> 00:33:13,643
Yeah, your brother
was real nice to us.
491
00:33:13,643 --> 00:33:15,558
- Dennis, right?
- That's right.
492
00:33:15,558 --> 00:33:17,777
Appealing to the eye she ain't,
493
00:33:17,777 --> 00:33:20,824
but come monsoons,
tornadoes, and flash floods,
494
00:33:20,824 --> 00:33:22,826
she'll leave you high and dry.
495
00:33:22,826 --> 00:33:24,784
I'm already feelin' just that.
496
00:33:24,784 --> 00:33:27,657
- What's that?
- Used to be a mortuary.
497
00:33:27,657 --> 00:33:31,574
Wait till you see the church.
You're gonna love the church.
498
00:33:31,574 --> 00:33:33,141
Where's the church?
499
00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:35,230
The church is just
on down the road here.
500
00:33:35,230 --> 00:33:39,364
Y'all wanna go see the church
first or go inside?
501
00:33:41,149 --> 00:33:43,151
I guess we're gonna
see the church first.
502
00:33:43,151 --> 00:33:45,153
- They're gonna love the church.
- Yeah.
503
00:33:50,288 --> 00:33:52,029
Here she is!
504
00:33:56,164 --> 00:33:58,557
Now y'all see what I was sayin'?
505
00:33:58,557 --> 00:34:00,037
Plenty of room.
506
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:04,911
It's got... possibilities.
507
00:34:04,911 --> 00:34:07,088
[Rickey] I love it in here!
508
00:34:08,872 --> 00:34:10,613
I can run in here!
509
00:34:10,613 --> 00:34:13,006
Boy's got a heck
of a lot of energy.
510
00:34:15,661 --> 00:34:18,360
Yeah,
and a mind to confound Solomon.
511
00:34:20,884 --> 00:34:22,799
When do I start?
512
00:34:22,799 --> 00:34:26,107
["Little Bitty Pretty Things"
by Jimmy Cove & The Rovers
playing]
513
00:34:26,107 --> 00:34:28,718
♪ Tell you a story ♪
514
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:31,329
♪ It happened long time ago ♪
515
00:34:31,329 --> 00:34:33,723
♪ About the little bitty
Pretty things ♪
516
00:34:33,723 --> 00:34:37,814
♪ We found along that road ♪
517
00:34:37,814 --> 00:34:42,819
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
518
00:34:42,819 --> 00:34:44,951
♪ Little bitty pretty things ♪
519
00:34:44,951 --> 00:34:47,911
♪ That we get to see ♪
520
00:34:47,911 --> 00:34:50,043
♪ I wonder what
The day'll bring ♪
521
00:34:50,043 --> 00:34:52,742
♪ Come walk along with me ♪
522
00:34:52,742 --> 00:34:55,266
[kids exclaiming]
523
00:34:55,266 --> 00:34:59,836
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
524
00:34:59,836 --> 00:35:01,664
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
525
00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:03,753
- [Jason cries out]
- Man up, J-bird.
526
00:35:03,753 --> 00:35:05,581
We're just gettin' started.
527
00:35:16,461 --> 00:35:17,984
You need two more?
528
00:35:17,984 --> 00:35:20,509
- [Jason] Him and who else?
- I'll hit off him.
529
00:35:20,509 --> 00:35:22,467
With all that crap on your legs?
530
00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:26,645
My dad is a pastor, and he calls
them "corrective restraints."
531
00:35:26,645 --> 00:35:28,343
Hey!
Don't get all Bible camp on me.
532
00:35:28,343 --> 00:35:30,693
I ain't playin' with
no-- no robot boy.
533
00:35:30,693 --> 00:35:34,218
- Put the non-gimp in left.
- He don't play, I don't play.
534
00:35:34,218 --> 00:35:37,352
Oh, yeah. Like you're
first-round draft material.
535
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:42,008
- Who do I brush back next?
- [boys laughing]
536
00:35:43,009 --> 00:35:44,228
[Robert] Come on.
537
00:35:45,011 --> 00:35:47,057
Hey, flamethrower.
538
00:35:47,057 --> 00:35:48,972
I hit off you, we both play.
539
00:35:48,972 --> 00:35:51,366
[Jason] And it's gotta
clear the infield.
540
00:35:53,455 --> 00:35:56,371
Nobody's ever pitched to you
with the heat he brings.
541
00:35:56,371 --> 00:35:58,460
Whiff in front of
these townies, and...
542
00:35:58,460 --> 00:36:01,376
they'll never let you
forget it, much less play.
543
00:36:01,376 --> 00:36:03,987
I ain't gonna whiff.
544
00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:07,077
Hey, robo boy.
Where do we bury you?
545
00:36:07,077 --> 00:36:09,210
The cemetery or the junkyard?
546
00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:12,648
[boys laughing]
547
00:36:12,648 --> 00:36:14,127
Three swings.
548
00:36:14,127 --> 00:36:16,956
Hey, whatever. You ain't
even gonna see the ball.
549
00:36:22,092 --> 00:36:24,050
Y'all best stay in the outfield.
550
00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:26,009
Boy, you got no idea.
551
00:36:26,009 --> 00:36:27,576
It's Rickey Hill.
552
00:36:28,707 --> 00:36:30,405
Rickey Hill.
553
00:36:30,405 --> 00:36:34,060
You got a lot of guts,
but not so many smarts.
554
00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:36,411
Guys with legs that work
can't hit him.
555
00:36:38,108 --> 00:36:39,936
Don't say I didn't warn you.
556
00:36:39,936 --> 00:36:41,938
You ready, robot boy?
557
00:36:44,157 --> 00:36:46,029
[Robert]
Little late on that one.
558
00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:49,685
Robot boy! Gonna keep whiffin',
or are you quittin'?
559
00:36:49,685 --> 00:36:51,208
- Start hittin'.
- [boys laughing]
560
00:36:51,208 --> 00:36:54,124
Oh-ho-ho! Oh, robot boy's
gonna start hittin'.
561
00:36:54,124 --> 00:36:56,257
All right, jelly legs, come on.
562
00:36:59,085 --> 00:37:02,785
[boys laughing]
563
00:37:02,785 --> 00:37:04,700
Hey, RB!
Quit while you're behind.
564
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,311
- All right, enough!
- Come on,
before you get really hurt.
565
00:37:07,311 --> 00:37:10,140
- Three strikes.
- So he can kill you?
566
00:37:11,837 --> 00:37:13,535
I stay down here, I'm dead.
567
00:37:15,101 --> 00:37:21,804
[stirring music playing]
568
00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,284
Better bring a quicker bat.
569
00:37:25,373 --> 00:37:28,027
[♪]
570
00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:33,555
What are you doing?
571
00:37:33,555 --> 00:37:35,296
Look at robot boy.
572
00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:38,516
Full... body... rotation!
573
00:37:38,516 --> 00:37:41,650
[shouting]
574
00:37:41,650 --> 00:37:43,739
[panting]
575
00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:45,784
[Quinn snickers]
576
00:37:45,784 --> 00:37:50,223
[panting]
577
00:37:50,223 --> 00:37:55,141
[♪]
578
00:37:55,141 --> 00:37:57,056
Folks gotta do
what they gotta do.
579
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,060
[♪]
580
00:38:01,060 --> 00:38:03,585
[Robert] How do you know
you can do it, Rickey?
581
00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:05,761
[Rickey breathing heavily]
582
00:38:05,761 --> 00:38:07,458
I just know it.
583
00:38:10,026 --> 00:38:12,071
All right, fun's over.
584
00:38:12,071 --> 00:38:15,336
Time to say night-night
and bye-bye to robot boy.
585
00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:17,860
[♪]
586
00:38:17,860 --> 00:38:20,384
[braces creaking]
587
00:38:21,864 --> 00:38:25,520
[music swells]
588
00:38:30,046 --> 00:38:32,483
[grunts]
589
00:38:32,483 --> 00:38:34,224
- [Robert] You done it!
- [boy] Wow!
590
00:38:34,224 --> 00:38:35,704
[boys gasping, muttering]
591
00:38:36,835 --> 00:38:39,403
- You hit!
- That don't count!
592
00:38:39,403 --> 00:38:42,711
Screw you guys. I ain't playin'
with no-- no cripple kid.
593
00:38:42,711 --> 00:38:45,191
- We made a deal.
- [Quinn] I made no such thing.
594
00:38:45,191 --> 00:38:47,063
[Rickey] Liar!
I seen you nod your head!
595
00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:50,719
Nobody calls me a liar,
robot boy.
596
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,721
Aw, you think you can stomp me?
597
00:38:54,592 --> 00:38:57,247
- He already did.
- [Jason] Hey, stop it!
598
00:38:57,247 --> 00:38:59,554
Coach says one more fight
and you're done!
599
00:39:02,992 --> 00:39:04,472
Damn you!
600
00:39:05,995 --> 00:39:07,649
You white trash no-'counts.
601
00:39:09,085 --> 00:39:11,043
Not worth it anyway.
602
00:39:11,043 --> 00:39:13,132
[spits]
603
00:39:13,132 --> 00:39:15,744
Come on.
There ain't no game for us here.
604
00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:17,049
But I hit off of him.
605
00:39:17,049 --> 00:39:19,008
That's what counts.
606
00:39:19,008 --> 00:39:21,184
Goodbye, Rickey Hill.
607
00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:26,711
[clears throat] Okay.
608
00:39:26,711 --> 00:39:29,714
Anybody else wanna say grace?
609
00:39:34,850 --> 00:39:38,636
Is there some kind of revelation
that I'm not aware of?
610
00:39:46,862 --> 00:39:48,472
Oh, my God.
611
00:39:48,472 --> 00:39:53,259
[soft, stirring music playing]
612
00:39:53,259 --> 00:39:55,566
- Is there pain?
- Not a lick.
613
00:39:58,003 --> 00:40:00,310
How?
614
00:40:00,310 --> 00:40:04,836
Well, sir,
it seems one of my braces--
615
00:40:04,836 --> 00:40:07,273
the left one, I think--
616
00:40:07,273 --> 00:40:09,580
well, it broke first, so--
617
00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:12,235
So you had to take the other one
off to walk, right?
618
00:40:12,235 --> 00:40:15,151
- Yes.
- Right? [chuckling]
619
00:40:15,151 --> 00:40:16,631
Thank you, Lord.
620
00:40:19,808 --> 00:40:21,853
Well, show me. Just...
621
00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:28,338
[chuckling]
622
00:40:28,338 --> 00:40:30,819
Okay, everybody up.
We're going for ice cream.
623
00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:33,561
- And we're gonna walk.
- James, we can't afford it.
624
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:36,912
You just keep that
ice cream man busy,
and I'm gonna steal us a gallon.
625
00:40:36,912 --> 00:40:40,132
- Oh, no, you won't.
- Oh, yes, I will!
I'm feelin' adventurous.
626
00:40:40,132 --> 00:40:42,395
[Helen laughing]
He's not gonna steal a thing.
627
00:40:42,395 --> 00:40:44,746
[Coach Don]
It ain't curin' polio, boys.
628
00:40:44,746 --> 00:40:50,099
All it takes to be on my team
is, A, attend practice
every day, 4:00 to 6:00.
629
00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:53,842
B, be prepared to
work your hind ends off.
630
00:40:53,842 --> 00:40:57,715
And C, cut the crap
and swing the bat,
'cause I ain't your mama.
631
00:40:57,715 --> 00:41:01,023
Now, if I catch any one of
y'all half-assing out there,
632
00:41:01,023 --> 00:41:03,373
I'll boot your whole ass
off my field.
633
00:41:03,373 --> 00:41:05,636
Now, if you ain't turned
one of these in yet,
634
00:41:05,636 --> 00:41:09,031
I need your folks' John Hancock
on one of these
permission slips.
635
00:41:09,031 --> 00:41:14,210
Come on. Bring it back to me
3:00 p.m. Tuesday, signed.
636
00:41:16,604 --> 00:41:17,648
All right?
637
00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:22,697
Oh, now, son.
638
00:41:22,697 --> 00:41:26,135
It mayn't be your doin',
but you're already half-assin'.
639
00:41:26,135 --> 00:41:28,529
Or making sacrifices.
640
00:41:29,965 --> 00:41:31,880
Well spoke.
641
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,838
I'll give you through tryouts.
642
00:41:33,838 --> 00:41:37,538
Hey! But you better
bring me some magic.
643
00:41:39,801 --> 00:41:42,543
Think Mom will sign this
without telling Daddy?
644
00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:45,850
Even if she did, he'd find out.
645
00:41:49,637 --> 00:41:53,684
[♪]
646
00:41:58,254 --> 00:42:00,299
How's my little lion?
647
00:42:02,127 --> 00:42:05,740
What's on your mind? You got
something behind your back.
648
00:42:16,925 --> 00:42:18,883
Why don't you calm your mind?
649
00:42:18,883 --> 00:42:22,452
Let's hear Psalm 23.
650
00:42:22,452 --> 00:42:26,021
-"The Lord is my shepherd--"
- More conviction.
651
00:42:27,283 --> 00:42:29,764
"I shall not want."
652
00:42:29,764 --> 00:42:33,202
Daddy...
I know what you're gonna say.
653
00:42:33,202 --> 00:42:35,552
But I'm better.
654
00:42:37,075 --> 00:42:38,642
Son...
655
00:42:38,642 --> 00:42:41,819
you might be better,
but you are not healed.
656
00:42:43,255 --> 00:42:44,822
Your bones...
657
00:42:46,084 --> 00:42:47,608
they're green.
658
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:50,436
They're like twigs.
659
00:42:50,436 --> 00:42:54,223
Daddy, all I wanna do is play.
660
00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:57,922
You will not play.
661
00:42:58,923 --> 00:42:59,968
Ever.
662
00:43:01,534 --> 00:43:05,147
Now, you might think that
your affliction is an injustice,
663
00:43:05,147 --> 00:43:08,063
but God has a plan for you.
664
00:43:08,063 --> 00:43:14,635
It's a sign.
It's a sign of something greater
that you are supposed to become.
665
00:43:16,462 --> 00:43:18,900
[footsteps receding]
666
00:43:21,424 --> 00:43:23,078
What is important?
667
00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:26,342
Many things are important.
668
00:43:27,082 --> 00:43:29,519
But what is vital?
669
00:43:30,999 --> 00:43:35,743
One practice: doing God's work.
670
00:43:35,743 --> 00:43:41,836
I want you to seek out
every opportunity that you have
to serve Him.
671
00:43:41,836 --> 00:43:45,753
And the next time that
you even consider sinning,
672
00:43:45,753 --> 00:43:48,669
I want you to ask yourself
this question:
673
00:43:49,626 --> 00:43:53,151
how will God judge me?
674
00:43:53,151 --> 00:43:57,939
The Holy Spirit sees all,
675
00:43:57,939 --> 00:43:59,592
knows all,
676
00:43:59,592 --> 00:44:02,639
punishes every misdeed.
677
00:44:07,949 --> 00:44:11,430
So let us ask God
678
00:44:12,257 --> 00:44:15,565
for a sin-free week.
679
00:44:22,615 --> 00:44:25,140
This place is worse
than the last.
680
00:44:25,140 --> 00:44:27,403
See that man smoking?
681
00:44:27,403 --> 00:44:29,361
Why didn't Daddy
put a stop to that?
682
00:44:29,361 --> 00:44:32,800
To grow his flock, your father
must endure a few black sheep.
683
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,019
- Have a great day.
- You too.
684
00:44:35,019 --> 00:44:36,717
This came for you.
685
00:44:38,631 --> 00:44:42,200
- Must be from Gracie!
- No way.
686
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,421
Yeah, he pocketed it so quick,
I thought his hand was on fire.
687
00:44:45,421 --> 00:44:47,728
Nah. Just his heart.
688
00:44:54,256 --> 00:44:56,998
I'm gonna go... stretch my legs.
689
00:44:56,998 --> 00:45:00,262
Daddy finds out you've been
swatting that baseball
on the Sabbath...
690
00:45:00,262 --> 00:45:01,524
I'm just gonna watch.
691
00:45:02,307 --> 00:45:03,613
You?
692
00:45:05,267 --> 00:45:06,921
Come on.
693
00:45:06,921 --> 00:45:09,793
["You Belong To Me" by Sidro
and the Sneakers playing]
694
00:45:09,793 --> 00:45:13,884
♪ You belong to me
Why can't you see ♪
695
00:45:13,884 --> 00:45:17,409
One Blast-Off Burger,
one order of fries,
and one Coke.
696
00:45:17,409 --> 00:45:20,195
Cost: 75 cents,
and that's what I got.
697
00:45:21,718 --> 00:45:25,287
[waitress chuckles]
One Blast-Off Burger,
698
00:45:25,287 --> 00:45:27,942
one order of fries,
and one Coke?
699
00:45:27,942 --> 00:45:30,553
That ain't nearly enough
to feed all three of you kids.
700
00:45:30,553 --> 00:45:32,294
[Rickey] We just
need the one order.
701
00:45:32,294 --> 00:45:33,730
I tried to tell him,
702
00:45:33,730 --> 00:45:36,515
but he just came in here
like a crazy man.
703
00:45:36,515 --> 00:45:39,823
Well... he counted too quick.
704
00:45:39,823 --> 00:45:42,043
We're just a quarter short, actually.
705
00:45:43,174 --> 00:45:45,916
Well, I ain't so hot at numbers.
706
00:45:45,916 --> 00:45:48,005
I'll come back
when I get the rest.
707
00:45:48,005 --> 00:45:52,749
Wait. It just so happens...
I have a quarter.
708
00:45:52,749 --> 00:45:55,839
- [James] Okay,
I've got 'em closed.
- [Robert] Keep 'em closed.
709
00:45:55,839 --> 00:45:59,408
I will, I will. I've never
been more in the dark.
710
00:45:59,408 --> 00:46:02,019
[softly] Here,
bring him this way.
711
00:46:02,019 --> 00:46:03,629
- [thud]
- Oh!
712
00:46:03,629 --> 00:46:06,545
Well, I guess I'm going to
sit down, is that right?
713
00:46:06,545 --> 00:46:08,547
[chuckling]
714
00:46:10,898 --> 00:46:13,683
We all know turkey's
your favorite, but...
715
00:46:13,683 --> 00:46:16,642
but we wanted to get
something special instead.
716
00:46:16,642 --> 00:46:18,427
Can I open my eyes?
717
00:46:18,427 --> 00:46:19,863
Yep.
718
00:46:23,432 --> 00:46:26,783
Why, it's my second favorite.
719
00:46:27,784 --> 00:46:29,917
And a more thoughtful gift, I--
720
00:46:32,006 --> 00:46:33,529
I can't remember.
721
00:46:33,529 --> 00:46:36,793
You take care of us
all year, so, uh...
722
00:46:37,838 --> 00:46:40,231
today we wanna take care of you.
723
00:46:40,231 --> 00:46:44,105
The most beautiful gift
I have ever been blessed with
724
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,543
is not this delicious burger.
725
00:46:49,414 --> 00:46:54,376
It's the joy of sharing it
with all of you.
726
00:46:54,376 --> 00:46:56,900
You're my beautiful family.
727
00:46:56,900 --> 00:46:59,076
We ain't hungry.
728
00:46:59,076 --> 00:47:00,861
Stuffed.
729
00:47:00,861 --> 00:47:01,949
Slimming.
730
00:47:03,472 --> 00:47:05,213
All us girls are.
731
00:47:08,216 --> 00:47:09,782
Well, I'm starvin'.
732
00:47:15,353 --> 00:47:16,398
Mmm!
733
00:47:16,398 --> 00:47:19,009
[chuckling]
734
00:47:19,009 --> 00:47:22,317
[crickets chirping]
735
00:47:22,317 --> 00:47:26,756
[Gracie] "Me and my mama are
heading to Oklahoma City
to live with my grandfolks.
736
00:47:26,756 --> 00:47:29,498
Hey, has anyone in
your new town figured out
737
00:47:29,498 --> 00:47:31,195
how you're cheatin'
at batting yet?
738
00:47:31,195 --> 00:47:34,677
Heh. Truly,
I hope you're still swingin'
739
00:47:34,677 --> 00:47:36,548
no matter how your legs are.
740
00:47:36,548 --> 00:47:38,986
Knowing you, I bet you
a Buffalo nickel
741
00:47:38,986 --> 00:47:41,075
you're still dreamin'
of the majors.
742
00:47:41,075 --> 00:47:43,555
Me,
I've run clean out of dreams.
743
00:47:43,555 --> 00:47:47,733
I guess it's up to you to make
one come true for both of us.
744
00:47:47,733 --> 00:47:50,258
If anyone can, it's you.
745
00:47:50,258 --> 00:47:52,913
PS: you're still my boyfriend!"
746
00:48:01,486 --> 00:48:03,271
Since when ain't you tryin' out?
747
00:48:03,271 --> 00:48:06,448
Since my daddy refused to sign.
748
00:48:06,448 --> 00:48:10,800
Check out Coach Don.
He look like he's up all night
verifying signatures?
749
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:14,282
Hold up. You're sayin'...
750
00:48:14,282 --> 00:48:16,110
Fake Daddy's signature?
751
00:48:16,110 --> 00:48:19,635
Yep. Seems like the real sin
is stopping you from playin'.
752
00:48:19,635 --> 00:48:21,071
Jason's right.
753
00:48:22,246 --> 00:48:23,944
Plus...
754
00:48:23,944 --> 00:48:27,077
I don't know a soul who's
owed this shot more than you.
755
00:48:29,645 --> 00:48:30,951
Give it to me.
756
00:48:33,997 --> 00:48:36,086
Hope the good Lord
sees it that way.
757
00:48:39,133 --> 00:48:40,786
[knocking on door]
758
00:48:46,270 --> 00:48:48,011
Oh. Evening, ma'am.
759
00:48:48,011 --> 00:48:50,796
Uh, Don Fisher,
youth baseball coach.
760
00:48:50,796 --> 00:48:55,845
Oh. I'm sorry, our boys
aren't allowed to play.
761
00:48:55,845 --> 00:48:58,804
Uh, better iron that out
with your husband, ma'am.
762
00:48:58,804 --> 00:49:01,155
He-- he signed
Rickey's permission slip.
763
00:49:01,155 --> 00:49:05,028
- Oh, um, come in.
- [Coach Don] Oh, uh... ah!
764
00:49:05,028 --> 00:49:07,074
- [crinkling papers]
- Who, by the way,
765
00:49:07,074 --> 00:49:09,990
is knocking the tar out
of anything we throw at him.
766
00:49:09,990 --> 00:49:12,993
What is this?
I didn't sign nothin'.
767
00:49:17,649 --> 00:49:20,348
That's not my handwriting.
That's forgery.
768
00:49:20,348 --> 00:49:22,089
[Coach Don] Well...
769
00:49:22,089 --> 00:49:24,178
you know boys.
770
00:49:24,178 --> 00:49:28,051
Anyhoo, he-- he is
one heck of a hitter.
771
00:49:28,051 --> 00:49:32,403
The only way I can figure
how your boy can
possibly hit the ball
772
00:49:32,403 --> 00:49:35,406
as far and as hard as he can...
773
00:49:36,407 --> 00:49:38,627
the Lord give him a gift.
774
00:49:38,627 --> 00:49:40,498
Well, he's not gonna be playing.
775
00:49:40,498 --> 00:49:43,458
- You ain't gonna let him play?
- Nope.
776
00:49:43,458 --> 00:49:47,201
Look, I've pastored 13 years
up in the Panhandle,
777
00:49:47,201 --> 00:49:50,726
and I know good and well
what a miracle looks like.
778
00:49:51,596 --> 00:49:53,207
And Rickey is one.
779
00:49:54,686 --> 00:49:56,949
So my counsel to you, Pastor,
780
00:49:56,949 --> 00:49:59,909
is figure out why
you're so hellbent on
781
00:49:59,909 --> 00:50:03,043
crushing the boy's soul
and squandering his blessing.
782
00:50:03,913 --> 00:50:06,133
God bless you. Amen, good night.
783
00:50:16,447 --> 00:50:17,753
Rickey?
784
00:50:18,580 --> 00:50:19,885
Rickey!
785
00:50:27,545 --> 00:50:28,720
I done it.
786
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:30,766
[Robert] He's covering for me.
787
00:50:32,028 --> 00:50:34,074
I-- I said for him to play,
788
00:50:35,336 --> 00:50:36,946
and doctored the slip.
789
00:50:36,946 --> 00:50:40,254
He was just trying to help me
do the one thing I love.
790
00:50:40,254 --> 00:50:41,951
The one thing you love?
791
00:50:42,821 --> 00:50:44,345
That's the truth.
792
00:50:44,345 --> 00:50:48,436
It ain't about me
swinging a stick to hit a stone.
793
00:50:48,436 --> 00:50:51,743
When I swing that bat,
I ain't crippled no more.
794
00:50:51,743 --> 00:50:54,268
I am David taking down Goliath.
795
00:50:54,268 --> 00:50:57,314
Everybody can see how much
this means to me but you, Daddy.
796
00:50:57,314 --> 00:51:01,710
- Don't you backtalk me, boy.
- Don't you dare
run that child down!
797
00:51:01,710 --> 00:51:03,581
Give him his say.
He's earned it.
798
00:51:03,581 --> 00:51:06,497
You stay out of this.
This ain't none of
your business.
799
00:51:06,497 --> 00:51:08,978
My business is the family
800
00:51:08,978 --> 00:51:10,849
that you've turned into sheep.
801
00:51:10,849 --> 00:51:12,938
Helen and the kids,
they love you so much,
802
00:51:12,938 --> 00:51:16,986
they let you just suck
all the joy out of their lives.
803
00:51:16,986 --> 00:51:19,728
I'm too old and mean
to stand by another minute
804
00:51:19,728 --> 00:51:21,860
while you make
your misery theirs.
805
00:51:21,860 --> 00:51:26,517
"To seek out the one true
calling God has placed us
on Earth to answer
806
00:51:26,517 --> 00:51:30,652
is no less than our duty to
fulfill it with pure devotion,
807
00:51:30,652 --> 00:51:32,349
no less than
our divine destiny."
808
00:51:32,349 --> 00:51:34,177
Yeah, see right there?
809
00:51:34,177 --> 00:51:38,007
Even a blind man could tell
you're born to be a preacher.
810
00:51:38,007 --> 00:51:40,662
You said those words.
That's your sermon.
811
00:51:40,662 --> 00:51:43,230
Are those words the truth?
812
00:51:46,537 --> 00:51:49,410
You think baseball is your duty?
813
00:51:49,410 --> 00:51:51,151
Ever since I can remember.
814
00:51:51,151 --> 00:51:53,936
So much you'd lie about it?
815
00:51:53,936 --> 00:51:57,418
See that? That's a lie.
816
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:00,508
Now,
I'm gonna give you a choice.
817
00:52:02,379 --> 00:52:04,164
God's will...
818
00:52:05,556 --> 00:52:06,557
or your will.
819
00:52:14,957 --> 00:52:17,351
- Robert...
- [Robert sobs]
820
00:52:17,351 --> 00:52:19,396
[James] ...you lied.
821
00:52:19,396 --> 00:52:21,529
You deceived.
822
00:52:21,529 --> 00:52:23,008
You misguided your brother.
823
00:52:23,008 --> 00:52:25,054
Now, we got rules in this house.
824
00:52:26,447 --> 00:52:28,884
And you know there's
consequences to those rules.
825
00:52:28,884 --> 00:52:30,625
[sobs] Yes, sir.
826
00:52:30,625 --> 00:52:32,366
Get out back.
827
00:52:33,367 --> 00:52:35,456
And I mean now.
828
00:52:35,456 --> 00:52:37,545
Daddy, it should be me!
829
00:52:41,810 --> 00:52:43,072
Robert.
830
00:52:46,945 --> 00:52:48,773
You deceived me.
831
00:52:48,773 --> 00:52:50,993
I can't tell you how that hurts.
832
00:52:52,734 --> 00:52:54,910
And you know I love you.
833
00:52:54,910 --> 00:52:57,565
This is about saving your soul.
834
00:52:57,565 --> 00:52:59,393
You ain't gonna save me.
835
00:53:01,525 --> 00:53:03,223
You can beat me all night.
836
00:53:05,790 --> 00:53:07,401
It ain't gonna change Rickey.
837
00:53:08,967 --> 00:53:11,231
Rickey's confused.
838
00:53:11,231 --> 00:53:13,233
He's lost.
839
00:53:13,233 --> 00:53:15,409
He ain't the one who's lost.
840
00:53:16,627 --> 00:53:17,976
What's he doin'?
841
00:53:23,765 --> 00:53:25,070
Growing up.
842
00:53:26,463 --> 00:53:27,638
You turn around.
843
00:53:31,512 --> 00:53:38,127
[morose music playing]
844
00:53:53,273 --> 00:53:54,274
Go inside.
845
00:53:56,798 --> 00:53:58,756
- I said go inside.
- Daddy?
846
00:53:58,756 --> 00:54:00,410
Just leave me be. Go inside.
847
00:54:00,410 --> 00:54:07,461
[♪]
848
00:54:25,043 --> 00:54:27,394
[train whistle blows]
849
00:54:34,836 --> 00:54:36,533
It ain't fair.
850
00:54:36,533 --> 00:54:39,884
I can't go this entire summer
without playing baseball.
851
00:54:39,884 --> 00:54:44,411
Well, till you can find
a way to preach and play
at the same time...
852
00:54:46,021 --> 00:54:47,327
you're benched.
853
00:54:57,989 --> 00:54:59,077
[James] Son.
854
00:55:01,036 --> 00:55:04,169
You know you're not
supposed to interrupt me
when I'm writing my sermon.
855
00:55:05,823 --> 00:55:07,085
Yes, sir.
856
00:55:08,957 --> 00:55:13,353
I came here to ask you
what to do when I need to
tell you something.
857
00:55:15,572 --> 00:55:16,834
Now.
858
00:55:16,834 --> 00:55:18,140
[scoffs]
859
00:55:22,013 --> 00:55:23,667
All right.
860
00:55:24,625 --> 00:55:26,148
Say your piece.
861
00:55:30,544 --> 00:55:34,374
Last night,
you gave me a choice.
862
00:55:34,374 --> 00:55:37,377
And I've been thinking
real hard on it.
863
00:55:38,769 --> 00:55:41,381
You're right. God is number one.
864
00:55:41,381 --> 00:55:44,949
He has, is, and always will be.
865
00:55:44,949 --> 00:55:47,387
And like you've preached
so many times,
866
00:55:48,170 --> 00:55:49,867
God don't make mistakes.
867
00:55:49,867 --> 00:55:51,173
Amen.
868
00:55:53,610 --> 00:55:58,746
I feel His perfection guiding me
when I swing that bat.
869
00:55:58,746 --> 00:56:04,099
I bear witness to His power
when the ball sails over
the backfield fence.
870
00:56:04,099 --> 00:56:07,929
I'm not following your logic.
What?
871
00:56:07,929 --> 00:56:09,278
'Cause I ain't done.
872
00:56:11,802 --> 00:56:13,238
I choose both.
873
00:56:13,238 --> 00:56:18,505
You choose God and baseball?
874
00:56:18,505 --> 00:56:20,202
Only answer.
875
00:56:21,638 --> 00:56:25,337
In His perfection,
He handed me two gifts:
876
00:56:25,337 --> 00:56:29,472
preaching with fire, and playing
by the power of His hand.
877
00:56:29,472 --> 00:56:32,649
[sighs]
"Each blessing to His glory.
878
00:56:34,608 --> 00:56:39,090
I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me."
879
00:56:39,090 --> 00:56:42,137
Philippians 4:13.
880
00:56:53,061 --> 00:56:54,541
What is that?
881
00:57:16,127 --> 00:57:18,826
Thank you for
all you taught me, Daddy.
882
00:57:29,924 --> 00:57:31,969
[dramatic music playing]
883
00:57:31,969 --> 00:57:34,885
[crowd cheering]
884
00:57:39,847 --> 00:57:46,201
[♪]
885
00:57:46,201 --> 00:57:48,290
[announcer]
Now batting for the Buffaloes,
886
00:57:48,290 --> 00:57:52,120
center fielder,
number 17, Rickey Hill!
887
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:53,861
- Rickey!
- Rickey!
888
00:57:53,861 --> 00:57:58,692
[♪]
889
00:58:05,002 --> 00:58:09,877
- [crowd cheering]
- And gone!
890
00:58:09,877 --> 00:58:14,795
- [cheering]
- Ladies and gentlemen,
the 1973 season opener ends
891
00:58:14,795 --> 00:58:16,971
with another
game-winning home run
892
00:58:16,971 --> 00:58:20,714
from Buffaloes senior sensation,
Rickey Hill!
893
00:58:20,714 --> 00:58:24,065
- That's our brother!
- Oh, man, you're flyin'!
894
00:58:24,065 --> 00:58:25,980
- There you go, Rickey!
- Rickey!
895
00:58:25,980 --> 00:58:27,634
- [Connie cheers]
- [Robert] Come on!
896
00:58:31,072 --> 00:58:33,422
[Ray] You set him up so good.
897
00:58:33,422 --> 00:58:35,555
Laid off the slider
the whole game...
898
00:58:35,555 --> 00:58:37,861
I almost got caught
with my foot in the bucket.
899
00:58:37,861 --> 00:58:40,777
[Ray laughs] Oh, man.
900
00:58:40,777 --> 00:58:42,562
All right, I'm gonna git.
901
00:58:42,562 --> 00:58:45,086
Um, see you Monday
after practice.
902
00:58:45,086 --> 00:58:48,045
- Yeah.
- All right. We got some
work to do on that old car.
903
00:58:48,045 --> 00:58:49,699
- I'll be there.
- Well, have fun tonight.
904
00:58:49,699 --> 00:58:51,745
- All right. Night.
- Good to see you, buddy.
905
00:58:51,745 --> 00:58:55,052
Four for four. Again.
Officially battin' above 400.
906
00:58:55,052 --> 00:58:56,750
[Gracie] Sure he ain't cheatin'?
907
00:58:58,316 --> 00:59:00,928
Girls don't know spit
about baseball.
908
00:59:00,928 --> 00:59:02,538
No, I see it.
909
00:59:02,538 --> 00:59:05,802
Finally got full body rotation.
910
00:59:05,802 --> 00:59:06,977
Found your power.
911
00:59:06,977 --> 00:59:08,544
Well?
912
00:59:10,111 --> 00:59:11,416
Did you miss me?
913
00:59:11,416 --> 00:59:13,854
Now, I only want the truth.
914
00:59:13,854 --> 00:59:17,118
[tender music playing]
915
00:59:17,118 --> 00:59:18,598
Gracie?
916
00:59:19,860 --> 00:59:22,950
- Last I heard, you--
- Well, I came back.
917
00:59:22,950 --> 00:59:24,908
To see an old friend.
918
00:59:25,953 --> 00:59:27,432
Me?
919
00:59:27,432 --> 00:59:29,913
Still know how to charm a girl.
920
00:59:29,913 --> 00:59:32,394
I been tracking your career.
921
00:59:32,394 --> 00:59:35,266
We've gotta go... fix something.
922
00:59:35,266 --> 00:59:37,138
Fix somethin'!
923
00:59:37,138 --> 00:59:40,794
Oh! Yeah, we-- Okay. We can go.
924
00:59:40,794 --> 00:59:42,622
You sure showed me.
925
00:59:44,536 --> 00:59:47,714
- I talk big.
- [Gracie] You believe big.
926
00:59:47,714 --> 00:59:50,934
Me? I couldn't see past
getting out of that house.
927
00:59:53,023 --> 00:59:55,504
How long you gonna be in town?
928
00:59:56,287 --> 00:59:57,898
I don't know.
929
00:59:57,898 --> 00:59:59,421
A few days.
930
00:59:59,421 --> 01:00:01,423
Baby, is it always this hot?
931
01:00:01,423 --> 01:00:03,120
- Uh...
- I need a drink.
932
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:05,862
Ned, this is my friend, Rickey.
933
01:00:05,862 --> 01:00:09,692
The Rickey? The Rickey Hill,
the batting phenom? [chuckles]
934
01:00:09,692 --> 01:00:12,390
You know what?
I actually owe you a thank-you.
935
01:00:12,390 --> 01:00:14,392
For what, exactly?
936
01:00:14,392 --> 01:00:17,439
I backed him.
Fifty bucks, running 5:1.
937
01:00:17,439 --> 01:00:20,007
You paid out like a Vegas slot,
my friend. [chuckles]
938
01:00:20,007 --> 01:00:23,097
[Gracie] Well,
when he's not being crude,
Ned's a sports writer.
939
01:00:23,097 --> 01:00:25,316
Eastern Chronicle. I edit him.
940
01:00:25,316 --> 01:00:27,362
Thought you two should meet.
941
01:00:27,362 --> 01:00:29,059
Your mom invited us to supper.
942
01:00:29,059 --> 01:00:31,453
Cool.
943
01:00:31,453 --> 01:00:35,587
Well, he'd just hit four homers
in this one game.
944
01:00:35,587 --> 01:00:38,416
You a good, clean sports writer,
are ya?
945
01:00:38,416 --> 01:00:41,985
Oh. Uh, well,
I'd like to think so.
946
01:00:41,985 --> 01:00:44,205
Punchy. Not windy,
947
01:00:44,205 --> 01:00:48,252
in the way that
McCormack blowhard goes on.
You know him?
948
01:00:48,252 --> 01:00:52,169
I am that McCormack... blowhard.
949
01:00:52,169 --> 01:00:54,781
- [laughing]
- [Gram] Well, then,
950
01:00:54,781 --> 01:00:58,262
you have something more to chew
on than gamblin' and drinkin'.
951
01:00:58,262 --> 01:01:00,090
[forced chuckle]
952
01:01:00,090 --> 01:01:03,050
Is that that little seedlin'
that got planted so long ago?
953
01:01:03,050 --> 01:01:07,097
Gracie, you done bloomed
into a beautiful rose, girl.
954
01:01:07,097 --> 01:01:10,057
Come here and hug my neck.
Oh, oh!
955
01:01:10,057 --> 01:01:13,408
[chuckles]
956
01:01:13,408 --> 01:01:17,281
Are you gonna come
celebrate Sunday services
with us tomorrow?
957
01:01:17,281 --> 01:01:19,457
- I'd love to.
- It would make me so happy.
958
01:01:19,457 --> 01:01:22,156
Well, hon, I mean,
slugger's got his game tomorrow.
959
01:01:22,156 --> 01:01:26,508
Ned McCormack, by the way.
So nice to meet you.
Thanks for having us over.
960
01:01:26,508 --> 01:01:29,903
I love everything you've done
with the... everything.
961
01:01:29,903 --> 01:01:32,470
Don't tell me you people
don't play on Sundays.
962
01:01:32,470 --> 01:01:37,084
Well, his father failed
to lead him to a higher path.
963
01:01:37,084 --> 01:01:40,391
[laughing] Higher path.
964
01:01:40,391 --> 01:01:42,611
I'm sorry,
I don't mean any disrespect,
965
01:01:42,611 --> 01:01:44,700
but, I mean,
certainly you can see,
966
01:01:44,700 --> 01:01:47,485
whenever he plays,
he's a-- he's a phenom.
967
01:01:48,530 --> 01:01:50,532
I've never seen him play.
968
01:01:51,968 --> 01:01:53,448
You never seen him play?
969
01:01:55,189 --> 01:01:56,494
No.
970
01:01:57,974 --> 01:02:01,543
Well... uh,
I'm gonna get washed up.
971
01:02:02,805 --> 01:02:05,460
Be right back.
Good to see you, Gracie.
972
01:02:07,418 --> 01:02:08,855
I'll be there.
973
01:02:10,726 --> 01:02:14,904
[peaceful music playing]
974
01:02:17,124 --> 01:02:18,560
[Gracie] Great game today.
975
01:02:19,996 --> 01:02:22,869
Did your... guy leave?
976
01:02:24,261 --> 01:02:25,959
Ned is not my guy.
977
01:02:25,959 --> 01:02:28,744
I realized that at dinner
last night and broke it off.
978
01:02:28,744 --> 01:02:31,573
He took it like a gentleman,
then fired me.
979
01:02:31,573 --> 01:02:34,532
[surprised laugh] Oh! Well...
980
01:02:34,532 --> 01:02:35,969
you're smart.
981
01:02:37,318 --> 01:02:38,841
I bet something finds you.
982
01:02:38,841 --> 01:02:41,539
If that optimism
comes in bottles,
983
01:02:41,539 --> 01:02:43,585
I'll take a whole case.
984
01:02:45,630 --> 01:02:47,415
You wanna know what a dork I am?
985
01:02:47,415 --> 01:02:48,720
It's not apparent.
986
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:50,635
- [Rickey chuckles]
- Fill me in.
987
01:02:50,635 --> 01:02:54,639
Every stinkin' letter you wrote
since you were nine,
988
01:02:54,639 --> 01:02:58,208
- I kept.
- [laughs] Lord!
989
01:02:58,208 --> 01:02:59,819
Did they fill a whole tub?
990
01:03:01,429 --> 01:03:02,691
No.
991
01:03:04,084 --> 01:03:05,259
We're both dorks, then.
992
01:03:06,521 --> 01:03:08,044
You kept mine?
993
01:03:08,044 --> 01:03:10,177
Both of 'em.
994
01:03:10,177 --> 01:03:13,180
I'm not much of a writer.
995
01:03:14,616 --> 01:03:16,661
Was that why you stopped?
996
01:03:17,401 --> 01:03:18,707
No.
997
01:03:21,362 --> 01:03:24,713
Your career was taking off and
I figured you forgot about me.
998
01:03:26,193 --> 01:03:27,803
Not for one day.
999
01:03:32,025 --> 01:03:33,548
[Rickey grunts]
1000
01:03:33,548 --> 01:03:37,160
Rickey, that's twice now!
What is going on?
1001
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,032
[Rickey] I just...
1002
01:03:39,032 --> 01:03:41,338
I get sore from hittin'.
1003
01:03:41,338 --> 01:03:43,514
That ain't sore. That's agony.
1004
01:03:43,514 --> 01:03:44,820
How long?
1005
01:03:45,603 --> 01:03:47,344
My whole life.
1006
01:03:47,344 --> 01:03:50,173
- What do your doctors say?
- Nothin'.
1007
01:03:50,173 --> 01:03:53,568
I see a doctor, they're just
gonna tell me to stop.
1008
01:03:57,137 --> 01:04:00,053
[Ray] I'm sick of it.
I'm sick and tired
1009
01:04:00,053 --> 01:04:02,011
of all these other
high school players
1010
01:04:02,011 --> 01:04:05,362
who got scouts out
watchin' 'em, and...
1011
01:04:05,362 --> 01:04:08,975
and here you are, the hardest
damn hitter I ever seen,
1012
01:04:08,975 --> 01:04:10,237
and nothin'.
1013
01:04:10,237 --> 01:04:12,021
And the clock is tickin'.
1014
01:04:12,021 --> 01:04:14,763
In four months,
you're graduatin' high school,
1015
01:04:14,763 --> 01:04:18,506
and right now is when all
the scouts are snatching up
all the good ones,
1016
01:04:18,506 --> 01:04:21,378
and, son,
you're better than good.
1017
01:04:21,378 --> 01:04:23,424
Do you wanna play in the majors?
1018
01:04:23,424 --> 01:04:24,904
That's all I want.
1019
01:04:26,470 --> 01:04:28,820
- But Ray...
- But jack squat.
1020
01:04:31,606 --> 01:04:33,913
After all the hell
you been through,
1021
01:04:33,913 --> 01:04:36,785
I'm not about to
let you lose hope now.
1022
01:04:36,785 --> 01:04:38,613
We're going straight to the top.
1023
01:04:38,613 --> 01:04:41,616
I'm not talkin' about
just anybody.
1024
01:04:41,616 --> 01:04:45,837
- I'm callin' Mike Toliver.
- Who's Mike Toliver?
1025
01:04:45,837 --> 01:04:48,362
Mike Toliver's one of the
best scouts in the business.
1026
01:04:48,362 --> 01:04:51,582
And I'm gonna get him to come to
one of your high school games.
1027
01:04:51,582 --> 01:04:56,805
[crowd cheering]
1028
01:04:56,805 --> 01:04:59,764
- Hey. Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
1029
01:04:59,764 --> 01:05:02,767
- Who's he talking to?
- It's one of them scouts.
1030
01:05:02,767 --> 01:05:05,031
- Really?
- That wasn't bad at all.
1031
01:05:05,031 --> 01:05:08,121
- [Ray] Good.
- Gonna be worth it. I'm looking
forward to seeing Rickey.
1032
01:05:08,121 --> 01:05:10,297
He's something else.
Thank you, Mr. Toliver.
1033
01:05:12,038 --> 01:05:15,650
Robot boy.
Looks like we're gonna
finally finish what we started.
1034
01:05:15,650 --> 01:05:17,521
Don't worry. I'll make it quick.
1035
01:05:17,521 --> 01:05:20,524
Wouldn't wanna see you suffer
in front of all of these folks.
1036
01:05:20,524 --> 01:05:23,701
[announcer] Well,
there they are, folks,
the Bowie City Buffaloes.
1037
01:05:23,701 --> 01:05:26,748
This should be some
regional matchup tonight,
1038
01:05:26,748 --> 01:05:30,578
as Bowie faces county rivals,
the Wildcats.
1039
01:05:30,578 --> 01:05:33,276
[crowd applauds, cheers]
1040
01:05:33,276 --> 01:05:34,756
I got it!
1041
01:05:34,756 --> 01:05:41,067
[inspirational music playing]
1042
01:05:41,067 --> 01:05:44,287
[cheering]
1043
01:05:44,287 --> 01:05:47,508
Scouting report said that kid's
bat speed's off the chart.
1044
01:05:47,508 --> 01:05:49,466
Didn't say nothin'
about that arm.
1045
01:05:49,466 --> 01:05:54,732
[♪]
1046
01:05:54,732 --> 01:05:56,865
Strike three! Batter's out!
1047
01:05:56,865 --> 01:05:59,563
[announcer] Now batting
cleanup for the Buffaloes...
1048
01:05:59,563 --> 01:06:01,304
You reckon they'll pitch to him?
1049
01:06:01,304 --> 01:06:03,915
- ...one-man hitting machine...
- Well, it's on the line,
1050
01:06:03,915 --> 01:06:06,744
tying run on second. Would you?
1051
01:06:06,744 --> 01:06:08,790
...Rickey Hill!
1052
01:06:08,790 --> 01:06:11,227
Nowhere to hide now, robot boy.
1053
01:06:17,451 --> 01:06:21,585
[tense music playing]
1054
01:06:21,585 --> 01:06:23,370
I'm not walkin' him again.
1055
01:06:25,285 --> 01:06:29,158
Ends right here, tonight.
1056
01:06:29,158 --> 01:06:35,904
[♪]
1057
01:06:44,739 --> 01:06:46,045
[umpire] Strike!
1058
01:06:46,045 --> 01:06:50,701
[♪]
1059
01:06:50,701 --> 01:06:52,442
[fan] Come on, Rickey!
1060
01:06:58,448 --> 01:07:04,019
[♪]
1061
01:07:10,678 --> 01:07:15,030
[cheering]
1062
01:07:17,424 --> 01:07:19,948
- Rickey!
- Come on! Whoo!
1063
01:07:19,948 --> 01:07:22,255
- Yeah!
- [cheering]
1064
01:07:22,255 --> 01:07:24,822
[♪]
1065
01:07:24,822 --> 01:07:27,260
[fan] That looked so good!
1066
01:07:27,260 --> 01:07:31,438
[♪]
1067
01:07:31,438 --> 01:07:34,136
[team cheering]
1068
01:07:34,136 --> 01:07:36,269
The faster it comes in,
the faster it goes out.
1069
01:07:49,673 --> 01:07:50,979
[Rickey] I got it!
1070
01:07:53,547 --> 01:07:54,809
[crunch]
1071
01:07:55,636 --> 01:07:57,855
[groans] Ow!
1072
01:08:02,164 --> 01:08:05,863
- [crowd murmuring]
- Rickey?
1073
01:08:05,863 --> 01:08:07,648
- [Rickey groans]
- Don't move.
1074
01:08:07,648 --> 01:08:09,128
[grunts] I-- I can finish.
1075
01:08:12,827 --> 01:08:14,481
I stepped on somethin'.
1076
01:08:18,354 --> 01:08:19,399
Sprinkler head.
1077
01:08:28,451 --> 01:08:30,801
Fracture's bad...
1078
01:08:30,801 --> 01:08:32,847
but the least of my worries.
1079
01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:34,414
These ligament bands,
1080
01:08:34,414 --> 01:08:38,505
they hold the joint together,
but, Rickey...
1081
01:08:40,028 --> 01:08:41,856
they're torn to bits.
1082
01:08:41,856 --> 01:08:44,989
They can't connect your ankle
to your calf bone.
1083
01:08:44,989 --> 01:08:47,862
And these two peroneal tendons?
1084
01:08:47,862 --> 01:08:51,039
They're not torn.
They're completely severed.
1085
01:08:51,039 --> 01:08:53,911
All right, well,
how long before I can play?
1086
01:08:53,911 --> 01:08:58,307
[doctor scoffs] Son...
it'll be a miracle if
you ever walk again.
1087
01:09:00,048 --> 01:09:02,311
I'd like to attempt
to save the ankle.
1088
01:09:02,311 --> 01:09:03,878
Attempt?
1089
01:09:03,878 --> 01:09:06,620
Pastor,
the only guarantee I can offer,
1090
01:09:06,620 --> 01:09:11,059
multiple surgeries
broken up with long,
excruciating recoveries.
1091
01:09:13,801 --> 01:09:15,281
Well, how much?
1092
01:09:16,412 --> 01:09:18,240
$7,000, probably more.
1093
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:20,547
And then there's
the other condition.
1094
01:09:20,547 --> 01:09:23,376
Other condition?
1095
01:09:23,376 --> 01:09:26,553
Advanced degenerative
spinal disease.
1096
01:09:26,553 --> 01:09:30,731
Rickey, your bones are
rapidly depleting protein,
1097
01:09:30,731 --> 01:09:34,082
causing your spine
to age prematurely.
1098
01:09:34,778 --> 01:09:37,085
How prematurely?
1099
01:09:37,085 --> 01:09:40,436
Your son has the spine
of a 60-year-old man,
1100
01:09:40,436 --> 01:09:43,265
and there's nothing
I can do to reverse that.
1101
01:09:45,963 --> 01:09:48,009
[Rickey sighs]
1102
01:09:49,445 --> 01:09:54,363
[somber music playing]
1103
01:09:55,451 --> 01:09:56,452
[crutch clatters]
1104
01:10:01,152 --> 01:10:03,024
Let me get that for you.
1105
01:10:11,598 --> 01:10:13,991
My heart breaks for you, Rickey.
1106
01:10:14,992 --> 01:10:17,299
Even as my faith sustains me.
1107
01:10:18,996 --> 01:10:22,304
Next you're gonna tell me
it was God's will.
1108
01:10:22,304 --> 01:10:25,264
Shred my ankle,
twist up my spine.
1109
01:10:25,264 --> 01:10:28,223
Why, Dad? What, he wants me
to suffer my whole life,
1110
01:10:28,223 --> 01:10:30,834
same as it started,
a pitiful cripple?
1111
01:10:30,834 --> 01:10:34,621
Don't you talk
about yourself that way.
I won't hear it, you hear me?
1112
01:10:34,621 --> 01:10:36,797
You're being tested, son.
1113
01:10:36,797 --> 01:10:40,235
You're being tested,
sorely tested,
1114
01:10:40,235 --> 01:10:43,020
and you got to
hang on to your faith,
1115
01:10:43,020 --> 01:10:46,023
because that's all
we got in this world.
1116
01:10:46,023 --> 01:10:49,984
Now, baseball,
it had to end eventually.
1117
01:10:49,984 --> 01:10:53,422
And if I'm gonna get bad news,
I'd rather get it
sooner than later,
1118
01:10:53,422 --> 01:10:57,818
so having it taken away from you
while you're still young...
1119
01:10:57,818 --> 01:10:59,776
now, maybe that's a good thing.
1120
01:10:59,776 --> 01:11:04,346
It-- it gives you time
1121
01:11:04,346 --> 01:11:08,263
to figure out what you're gonna
do with the rest of your life.
1122
01:11:09,873 --> 01:11:13,486
First time you ever talk to me
like a real old man...
1123
01:11:15,575 --> 01:11:18,491
is to say "forget the only thing
you ever cared for"?
1124
01:11:19,709 --> 01:11:20,884
[James] No.
1125
01:11:20,884 --> 01:11:23,017
- [Rickey scoffs]
- [James stammers]
1126
01:11:23,017 --> 01:11:26,325
No, that's not
what I'm sayin', Rickey.
1127
01:11:28,631 --> 01:11:31,765
When you were ten, you said
you were going to majors
1128
01:11:31,765 --> 01:11:33,157
and you had no idea how.
1129
01:11:34,028 --> 01:11:36,247
You did everything you could,
1130
01:11:36,247 --> 01:11:39,903
and the rest you took on faith.
1131
01:11:39,903 --> 01:11:41,731
Yeah, and look where it got me.
1132
01:11:42,776 --> 01:11:44,604
Same crap, different day.
1133
01:11:46,083 --> 01:11:47,911
Rickey,
we're gonna raise that money.
1134
01:11:47,911 --> 01:11:49,870
All $7,000 of it.
1135
01:11:49,870 --> 01:11:52,133
It might as well be ten million.
1136
01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:55,702
Maybe Ned will kick in,
write a story.
1137
01:11:55,702 --> 01:11:58,574
Yeah, "How I helped the gimp
and won the girl."
1138
01:11:59,749 --> 01:12:02,099
Gotta admit, it makes sense.
1139
01:12:04,754 --> 01:12:07,453
Boys don't know spit about love.
1140
01:12:11,065 --> 01:12:13,067
Why'd you come back here?
1141
01:12:15,635 --> 01:12:18,725
Something got torn out of me
when I was just a little girl.
1142
01:12:18,725 --> 01:12:20,727
It left a hole in my soul.
1143
01:12:22,424 --> 01:12:25,645
No matter what I tried
or-- or who I met,
1144
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:28,778
it never healed.
1145
01:12:32,129 --> 01:12:35,655
A few months back,
I was on my last nerve.
1146
01:12:37,004 --> 01:12:39,398
I truly was lost.
1147
01:12:40,486 --> 01:12:42,096
What saved ya?
1148
01:12:42,966 --> 01:12:45,229
I remembered my first boyfriend.
1149
01:12:51,584 --> 01:12:54,935
Wouldn't it be something
if he ended up being your last?
1150
01:12:54,935 --> 01:13:00,244
Now, if that's a proposal,
you're gonna have to do a whole
lot better than that. [laughs]
1151
01:13:00,244 --> 01:13:02,333
- What, that wasn't good?
- [laughs] No.
1152
01:13:03,117 --> 01:13:05,467
But I'll take it. Go on.
1153
01:13:11,038 --> 01:13:17,871
[gentle music playing]
1154
01:13:33,843 --> 01:13:38,805
[♪]
1155
01:13:58,738 --> 01:14:03,482
[♪]
1156
01:14:19,498 --> 01:14:24,807
[♪]
1157
01:14:30,552 --> 01:14:32,554
[man] Hey, how's
Operation Rickey Hill going?
1158
01:14:32,554 --> 01:14:34,861
Nine weeks,
we're up about $2,000.
1159
01:14:34,861 --> 01:14:38,342
Well, I'll tell you what.
I got a brand-new 50 here
1160
01:14:38,342 --> 01:14:42,521
that says that you'll
hit the entire jackpot
right on up to tryouts.
1161
01:14:42,521 --> 01:14:45,524
So you just keep swingin', slugger.
1162
01:14:45,524 --> 01:14:47,308
We're all countin' on ya.
1163
01:14:47,308 --> 01:14:48,831
Thank you, sir.
1164
01:14:52,531 --> 01:14:54,794
[softly] We're never
gonna make it in time.
1165
01:14:58,537 --> 01:15:04,543
[country music playing on radio]
1166
01:15:09,025 --> 01:15:13,552
[♪]
1167
01:15:14,814 --> 01:15:15,902
Gram.
1168
01:15:16,903 --> 01:15:19,166
Ladies. Miss Helen.
1169
01:15:19,166 --> 01:15:22,125
Rickey. You seen this?
1170
01:15:22,125 --> 01:15:24,258
Top of the sports page.
1171
01:15:24,258 --> 01:15:28,088
"A co-op of four baseball teams
will be holding
major league tryouts
1172
01:15:28,088 --> 01:15:30,220
at Rockwood Park Field
in Brenham.
1173
01:15:30,220 --> 01:15:35,530
The scouting staffs will
evaluate qualified players
over a two-day period."
1174
01:15:36,792 --> 01:15:38,359
That's two months away.
1175
01:15:38,359 --> 01:15:41,449
It'll be tough,
but you can recover.
1176
01:15:41,449 --> 01:15:44,365
- Recover from what?
- Surgery.
1177
01:15:44,365 --> 01:15:50,110
- The sooner we get you in there,
we can get--
- Ray, Ray, we-- we tried.
1178
01:15:50,110 --> 01:15:53,417
It's over,
and we didn't raise the money.
1179
01:15:53,417 --> 01:15:57,073
Money, money, money.
The root of all evil.
1180
01:15:57,073 --> 01:15:59,902
Well, not always.
1181
01:15:59,902 --> 01:16:03,645
- What are you doin'?
- [Ray] Seems obvious enough.
1182
01:16:03,645 --> 01:16:07,518
- [Rickey] Ray, I can't take it.
- Who's giving it?
1183
01:16:07,518 --> 01:16:10,870
This is a loan
against future earnings.
1184
01:16:10,870 --> 01:16:13,263
- At the scrapyard?
- [Ray] The scrapyard?
1185
01:16:13,263 --> 01:16:15,483
On what I pay you?
1186
01:16:15,483 --> 01:16:19,487
Son, you'd die broke
at that scrapyard.
1187
01:16:19,487 --> 01:16:21,750
Gracie,
how much are y'all short?
1188
01:16:21,750 --> 01:16:24,753
Actually,
better I don't know the amount.
1189
01:16:24,753 --> 01:16:25,798
[James] Ray.
1190
01:16:27,364 --> 01:16:30,324
- Pastor.
- My son is not gonna be
1191
01:16:30,324 --> 01:16:32,500
trying out for
professional baseball.
1192
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:36,199
No, he is gonna try out.
The boy's been trying out
for professional baseball
1193
01:16:36,199 --> 01:16:39,899
since he was nine years old
and busted a hole in
my windshield over there.
1194
01:16:39,899 --> 01:16:43,598
I don't need you comin'
around here, filling him
full of false hope...
1195
01:16:44,381 --> 01:16:45,992
and puttin' him into debt.
1196
01:16:45,992 --> 01:16:48,472
Pastor... I'm beggin' you.
1197
01:16:50,561 --> 01:16:55,262
Give that boy
one solitary chance
1198
01:16:55,262 --> 01:16:58,526
to show the right people
what he was born to do.
1199
01:16:58,526 --> 01:17:02,269
You're gonna paralyze him.
That's what you're gonna do.
1200
01:17:02,269 --> 01:17:05,011
Now, he's my son, not yours.
1201
01:17:05,011 --> 01:17:07,317
I know him better than you do.
1202
01:17:07,317 --> 01:17:10,407
And you heard him.
We don't need your money.
1203
01:17:10,407 --> 01:17:14,020
Now, I think it's about time
you stopped meddling
in this family's affairs
1204
01:17:14,020 --> 01:17:17,545
and get in your truck
and get on down the road.
1205
01:17:17,545 --> 01:17:19,590
- [thump]
- That tears it!
1206
01:17:20,548 --> 01:17:22,115
Bring that check yonder.
1207
01:17:22,115 --> 01:17:23,986
Lilian!
1208
01:17:23,986 --> 01:17:29,383
[poignant music playing]
1209
01:17:31,254 --> 01:17:33,735
"Pay the sum of..." Gracie?
1210
01:17:33,735 --> 01:17:37,696
- $4,652.
- What?
1211
01:17:37,696 --> 01:17:41,438
[♪]
1212
01:17:47,009 --> 01:17:49,490
You're a good man, Raymond.
1213
01:17:49,490 --> 01:17:52,058
Even if you're
a bit of a heathen.
1214
01:17:53,973 --> 01:17:55,539
[mouthing] Thank you.
1215
01:17:59,674 --> 01:18:06,594
[♪]
1216
01:18:14,776 --> 01:18:21,652
[♪]
1217
01:18:24,090 --> 01:18:26,919
I believe you are an angel.
1218
01:18:26,919 --> 01:18:29,791
That's sweet,
but that's the morphine talkin'.
1219
01:18:29,791 --> 01:18:33,012
[chuckles]
The truth's the truth.
1220
01:18:33,012 --> 01:18:34,491
What about me?
1221
01:18:34,491 --> 01:18:36,102
You're still my angel, Mama.
1222
01:18:36,102 --> 01:18:39,975
Mmm? Just as good-lookin'
as this sweet girl?
1223
01:18:39,975 --> 01:18:42,238
- You could be twins.
- [Helen chuckles] Oh.
1224
01:18:42,238 --> 01:18:43,587
Uh...
1225
01:18:46,329 --> 01:18:47,766
How come you look worried?
1226
01:18:47,766 --> 01:18:49,898
I mean,
even more worried than usual.
1227
01:18:49,898 --> 01:18:52,596
The damage was worse
than we expected.
1228
01:18:52,596 --> 01:18:55,556
We're still hopeful
for a full recovery,
1229
01:18:55,556 --> 01:18:57,688
but it's gonna take some time.
1230
01:18:57,688 --> 01:19:00,169
Tryouts are in seven weeks.
1231
01:19:00,169 --> 01:19:02,084
Not for you.
1232
01:19:02,084 --> 01:19:03,607
I'm sorry.
1233
01:19:06,915 --> 01:19:07,960
[door closes]
1234
01:19:09,396 --> 01:19:13,792
[solemn music playing]
1235
01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:40,993
[♪]
1236
01:19:50,785 --> 01:19:56,530
[gentle music playing]
1237
01:20:05,191 --> 01:20:11,719
[♪]
1238
01:20:16,071 --> 01:20:17,551
[bucket clatters]
1239
01:20:24,558 --> 01:20:26,952
Hey, mister?
1240
01:20:26,952 --> 01:20:30,738
For a guy who can hardly walk,
you sure can hit.
1241
01:20:30,738 --> 01:20:33,828
- You like baseball?
- [boy] Love it.
1242
01:20:39,312 --> 01:20:40,661
Keep at it.
1243
01:20:42,097 --> 01:20:43,229
You might have a chance.
1244
01:20:47,059 --> 01:20:51,672
[♪]
1245
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:58,897
Hey, what is your rush?
1246
01:21:00,463 --> 01:21:02,248
I wanna take you someplace nice.
1247
01:21:03,249 --> 01:21:04,903
Talk about the future.
1248
01:21:04,903 --> 01:21:08,167
Well...
if we're gonna talk about us,
1249
01:21:08,167 --> 01:21:10,169
we should probably be us.
1250
01:21:10,169 --> 01:21:11,822
Come on.
1251
01:21:13,041 --> 01:21:18,090
[mellow pop ballad
playing over speakers]
1252
01:21:21,310 --> 01:21:23,530
It's so cold tonight.
1253
01:21:23,530 --> 01:21:27,316
We'll be eating better
when I start earning
some serious money.
1254
01:21:27,316 --> 01:21:29,101
Not on a rookie's salary.
1255
01:21:32,582 --> 01:21:33,844
Gracie...
1256
01:21:37,500 --> 01:21:39,285
it's all stacked against me.
1257
01:21:39,285 --> 01:21:40,939
Too risky.
1258
01:21:42,027 --> 01:21:43,332
You're quittin'?
1259
01:21:43,332 --> 01:21:46,422
Stuck in a chair,
a bed for life?
1260
01:21:46,422 --> 01:21:49,860
- I wouldn't be any good to you.
- Don't you make this about me.
1261
01:21:51,427 --> 01:21:53,821
I'm scared.
1262
01:21:53,821 --> 01:21:56,519
I grew up in shackles.
I don't chance going back.
1263
01:21:56,519 --> 01:22:00,523
I was raised by a man
who gave up.
1264
01:22:00,523 --> 01:22:01,829
He lost hope.
1265
01:22:01,829 --> 01:22:04,745
And I saw what that did to him.
1266
01:22:04,745 --> 01:22:07,139
Now, if you don't try,
1267
01:22:07,139 --> 01:22:09,315
you're gonna die inside.
1268
01:22:09,315 --> 01:22:12,274
And that's the one thing
I won't stick around to watch.
1269
01:22:13,536 --> 01:22:15,234
Now, I want my dreamer back.
1270
01:22:15,234 --> 01:22:19,151
I need him.
I'm gonna take my chances.
1271
01:22:20,195 --> 01:22:21,327
I can't.
1272
01:22:23,720 --> 01:22:25,374
Rickey...
1273
01:22:25,374 --> 01:22:30,858
[melancholy music playing]
1274
01:22:46,178 --> 01:22:50,443
[♪]
1275
01:22:55,883 --> 01:22:57,145
[Robert] Come on.
1276
01:22:58,364 --> 01:22:59,800
Come on, get in!
1277
01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:02,542
What's got you so spooked?
1278
01:23:02,542 --> 01:23:06,459
Come on. [sniffling]
1279
01:23:08,069 --> 01:23:13,596
[♪]
1280
01:23:13,596 --> 01:23:15,294
[weakly] That my slugger?
1281
01:23:19,428 --> 01:23:22,997
- You're gon-- You're gonna
come through this, Gram. You--
- [Gram] Hush.
1282
01:23:22,997 --> 01:23:25,521
You know doctors and
their doom and their gloom.
1283
01:23:25,521 --> 01:23:27,567
Shush, shush, shush, shush.
1284
01:23:27,567 --> 01:23:30,222
I'm going on to His glory.
1285
01:23:36,793 --> 01:23:38,230
[softly] Lookin' for these?
1286
01:23:44,279 --> 01:23:46,064
When I was a girl...
1287
01:23:48,805 --> 01:23:52,418
all I wanted
was to breed horses.
1288
01:23:52,418 --> 01:23:56,683
And one summer--
I expect I was no more than 17--
1289
01:23:56,683 --> 01:23:59,077
I got a job at a ranch.
1290
01:23:59,077 --> 01:24:05,822
Oh, glory, if I didn't love
every blessed minute there.
1291
01:24:05,822 --> 01:24:11,263
And late that spring,
it was about a month
before I was set to return,
1292
01:24:12,307 --> 01:24:15,528
I met this handsome...
1293
01:24:16,833 --> 01:24:18,357
young dude.
1294
01:24:18,357 --> 01:24:22,752
[family chuckles tearfully]
1295
01:24:22,752 --> 01:24:27,192
And, uh... out of the deal, I--
1296
01:24:27,192 --> 01:24:29,237
I got y'all.
1297
01:24:31,761 --> 01:24:33,023
[exhales]
1298
01:24:33,850 --> 01:24:35,113
Regret...
1299
01:24:36,984 --> 01:24:41,467
it's an ache in your bones
that don't ever stop.
1300
01:24:43,730 --> 01:24:45,949
- James.
- Yes.
1301
01:24:47,690 --> 01:24:49,257
You're a good man.
1302
01:24:51,868 --> 01:24:55,133
But tonight I'm gonna
ask you to be a great one.
1303
01:24:57,352 --> 01:24:59,485
Give your son his dream.
1304
01:24:59,485 --> 01:25:06,013
[Gram breathing heavily]
1305
01:25:16,545 --> 01:25:18,068
I never doubted ya.
1306
01:25:20,723 --> 01:25:24,858
All right, then. Next week...
1307
01:25:24,858 --> 01:25:28,470
when you step up
at them tryouts,
1308
01:25:28,470 --> 01:25:30,603
sling that stone.
1309
01:25:32,039 --> 01:25:34,041
Bring down Goliath.
1310
01:25:35,912 --> 01:25:39,351
Just know... I'll be watching.
1311
01:25:45,226 --> 01:25:47,663
[James]
And these three things remain.
1312
01:25:47,663 --> 01:25:52,059
Faith, hope, love.
1313
01:25:52,059 --> 01:25:54,975
And the greatest
of these is love.
1314
01:25:56,542 --> 01:26:02,200
And she gave of herself
and her love in such abundance
1315
01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:05,899
and reserved for us a blessing,
1316
01:26:06,769 --> 01:26:09,207
to speak the unvarnished truth,
1317
01:26:10,469 --> 01:26:13,167
whether we wanted
to hear it or not.
1318
01:26:15,952 --> 01:26:17,824
I will miss her.
1319
01:26:17,824 --> 01:26:20,479
May her fierce spirit
1320
01:26:20,479 --> 01:26:22,872
guard the foals of spring.
1321
01:26:22,872 --> 01:26:25,092
What's that quote from?
1322
01:26:26,615 --> 01:26:28,574
A man's heart.
1323
01:26:28,574 --> 01:26:32,447
[emotional music playing]
1324
01:26:39,759 --> 01:26:44,242
[♪]
1325
01:26:53,120 --> 01:26:59,082
[inspiring music playing]
1326
01:27:04,479 --> 01:27:05,480
[grunts]
1327
01:27:26,849 --> 01:27:33,552
[♪]
1328
01:27:36,555 --> 01:27:40,080
What do you want first?
Bad news, or the worst?
1329
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:42,125
Will you stop
sugarcoating things?
1330
01:27:42,125 --> 01:27:47,174
Tryout next week will be
teeming with pro scouts.
1331
01:27:49,350 --> 01:27:51,787
Exactly how is that a bad thing?
1332
01:27:51,787 --> 01:27:54,529
Well...
'cause one of 'em's Red Murff.
1333
01:27:54,529 --> 01:27:56,618
The Nolan Ryan Red?
1334
01:27:56,618 --> 01:27:58,011
That Red.
1335
01:27:58,011 --> 01:28:00,970
The toughest scout in the game.
1336
01:28:00,970 --> 01:28:04,670
Now, I told you
you're gonna get your chance
to show 'em your stuff.
1337
01:28:04,670 --> 01:28:05,714
You ready?
1338
01:28:08,761 --> 01:28:12,373
- As I can be.
- Well, hell, I'd have
taken a little more, like,
1339
01:28:12,373 --> 01:28:15,202
- emphatic "Hell yeah," but...
- [chuckles]
1340
01:28:15,202 --> 01:28:17,509
[Ray] Now, you just remember
one thing, though.
1341
01:28:17,509 --> 01:28:20,773
All old Red's gotta do
is see you hit.
1342
01:28:22,035 --> 01:28:26,213
[tranquil music playing]
1343
01:28:32,393 --> 01:28:36,092
[♪]
1344
01:28:44,971 --> 01:28:49,279
[♪]
1345
01:28:49,279 --> 01:28:52,239
Nice. That was bad on my part.
You all right?
1346
01:28:53,240 --> 01:28:55,242
[Rickey] Tomorrow, I--
1347
01:28:55,242 --> 01:28:58,114
I face one of
my greatest trials.
1348
01:28:59,464 --> 01:29:01,727
I will prevail not for myself,
1349
01:29:02,858 --> 01:29:04,773
nor to defy my earthly father,
1350
01:29:07,254 --> 01:29:10,039
who, through your grace,
1351
01:29:10,039 --> 01:29:13,565
I've come to love
and understand more.
1352
01:29:14,827 --> 01:29:16,524
I know I've been selfish...
1353
01:29:18,570 --> 01:29:22,835
that his beliefs and works at
your service come before mine.
1354
01:29:22,835 --> 01:29:27,405
I will try to find some
other way to deserve his love
1355
01:29:28,667 --> 01:29:30,277
and make him proud.
1356
01:29:34,803 --> 01:29:36,588
But tomorrow, Lord,
1357
01:29:36,588 --> 01:29:38,590
be at my side.
1358
01:29:43,029 --> 01:29:44,813
I cannot do this alone.
1359
01:29:48,121 --> 01:29:51,646
[stirring music playing]
1360
01:30:00,960 --> 01:30:05,312
[♪]
1361
01:30:17,933 --> 01:30:21,894
[♪]
1362
01:30:27,377 --> 01:30:31,991
- [whistle blows]
- [Red] 200 top baseball talents.
1363
01:30:31,991 --> 01:30:36,604
That's how many of you qualified
to stand here this morning.
1364
01:30:36,604 --> 01:30:42,131
By the end of the longest,
toughest day of baseball
any of you have endured,
1365
01:30:42,131 --> 01:30:44,960
only a handful of you
will remain.
1366
01:30:44,960 --> 01:30:47,702
You'll be divided
into two teams.
1367
01:30:47,702 --> 01:30:52,054
Tomorrow night,
you'll go head-to-head
in the big boy park.
1368
01:30:52,054 --> 01:30:54,840
And make no mistake.
1369
01:30:54,840 --> 01:30:57,364
You're not just playing to win.
1370
01:30:57,364 --> 01:31:01,890
You're playing
to join the elite.
1371
01:31:01,890 --> 01:31:05,415
I ain't here wasting my time
with guys who play baseball.
1372
01:31:05,415 --> 01:31:08,201
We're lookin' for
baseball players.
1373
01:31:08,201 --> 01:31:12,510
Hopes, dreams,
determination don't matter.
1374
01:31:12,510 --> 01:31:16,601
This comes down to one thing:
who's best.
1375
01:31:16,601 --> 01:31:19,865
We'll be sending you off
in groups to various fields
1376
01:31:19,865 --> 01:31:24,130
where these men will be making
the calls as to who moves up
1377
01:31:24,130 --> 01:31:26,088
and who goes home.
1378
01:31:26,088 --> 01:31:27,699
Your only goal:
1379
01:31:27,699 --> 01:31:30,528
convince them
to send you to the stadium.
1380
01:31:30,528 --> 01:31:33,574
That stadium
is the winner's circle,
1381
01:31:33,574 --> 01:31:37,883
where you will face the last man
to decide your fate...
1382
01:31:39,580 --> 01:31:40,625
me.
1383
01:31:42,104 --> 01:31:43,410
Last up...
1384
01:31:44,629 --> 01:31:46,587
one rule:
1385
01:31:46,587 --> 01:31:50,199
no talking to the scouts
unless they talk to you.
1386
01:31:50,199 --> 01:31:52,898
Let your play
show 'em what you got.
1387
01:31:52,898 --> 01:31:54,769
And if they say you're done...
1388
01:31:56,597 --> 01:31:58,730
you're done.
1389
01:31:58,730 --> 01:32:01,210
All right, ladies.
Get your assignments.
1390
01:32:01,210 --> 01:32:02,560
Let's head to the field.
1391
01:32:07,869 --> 01:32:09,523
[Rickey] Jason!
1392
01:32:09,523 --> 01:32:12,526
They tried to tell me
Rickey Hill was finished.
1393
01:32:12,526 --> 01:32:16,008
I said, "Nah. Hill's got himself
another mountain to climb.
1394
01:32:16,008 --> 01:32:19,098
He's too hard-headed to quit
and too dumb to listen."
1395
01:32:19,098 --> 01:32:20,795
[scout] Pitchers and catchers!
1396
01:32:20,795 --> 01:32:23,058
To the stadium with Red now.
Let's go!
1397
01:32:23,058 --> 01:32:25,931
That's me. Good luck.
1398
01:32:25,931 --> 01:32:27,759
- [whistle blows]
- Hey.
1399
01:32:28,977 --> 01:32:30,457
You didn't bring Quinn with you?
1400
01:32:30,457 --> 01:32:33,286
[scoffs]
After you went yard on him,
1401
01:32:33,286 --> 01:32:35,593
all the air got leaked
out of that balloon.
1402
01:32:38,944 --> 01:32:44,689
[♪]
1403
01:32:51,565 --> 01:32:55,264
[♪]
1404
01:32:55,264 --> 01:32:57,484
[whistle blows]
1405
01:33:02,663 --> 01:33:06,232
[♪]
1406
01:33:06,232 --> 01:33:08,843
[scout] Run! Run hard!
Run hard! Harder!
1407
01:33:16,677 --> 01:33:21,334
[♪]
1408
01:33:24,903 --> 01:33:26,731
[whistle blows]
1409
01:33:26,731 --> 01:33:31,474
[♪]
1410
01:33:38,003 --> 01:33:43,008
[♪]
1411
01:33:47,055 --> 01:33:49,318
- How's he doing?
- He's hurtin'.
1412
01:33:49,318 --> 01:33:52,713
But he is-- he's hittin'
the best I've ever seen.
1413
01:33:52,713 --> 01:33:54,976
Hey, Hill.
1414
01:33:54,976 --> 01:33:57,500
Don't seem to be making
much of a difference.
1415
01:33:57,500 --> 01:34:00,939
No, Coach, you ain't cuttin' me.
I'm still doing
my second round of hitting.
1416
01:34:00,939 --> 01:34:04,551
I'm not wasting our time.
You can-- you can swing,
you just can't run.
1417
01:34:04,551 --> 01:34:07,293
I don't think they're
giving him a contract to sign.
1418
01:34:07,293 --> 01:34:10,862
They can't cut him yet.
Red hasn't seen him hit.
1419
01:34:10,862 --> 01:34:13,212
All right,
if you give me my last at-bat
1420
01:34:13,212 --> 01:34:15,605
and I don't
moon-shot every pitch,
1421
01:34:15,605 --> 01:34:18,696
- I'll cut myself.
- I'm not negotiating with you!
1422
01:34:18,696 --> 01:34:21,873
But I'll tell you what,
if that's what it takes
for you to leave,
1423
01:34:21,873 --> 01:34:23,352
then grab your bat.
1424
01:34:23,352 --> 01:34:24,702
Yes, sir.
1425
01:34:31,186 --> 01:34:33,493
[scattered applause]
1426
01:34:35,669 --> 01:34:40,718
[intense music playing]
1427
01:34:50,771 --> 01:34:57,517
[♪]
1428
01:35:07,832 --> 01:35:13,402
[♪]
1429
01:35:13,402 --> 01:35:16,188
Hey. Watch where
you're throwin', son.
1430
01:35:17,406 --> 01:35:19,234
All right. Then four catchers...
1431
01:35:19,234 --> 01:35:21,280
[grunts]
1432
01:35:21,280 --> 01:35:22,934
- [scout] Incomin'!
- Watch out.
1433
01:35:26,807 --> 01:35:28,287
What's he doin'?
1434
01:35:28,287 --> 01:35:30,637
Breakin' windshields.
1435
01:35:34,032 --> 01:35:36,382
Can someone tell me
what the hell's going on?
1436
01:35:36,382 --> 01:35:43,345
[♪]
1437
01:35:43,345 --> 01:35:45,304
Gracious!
1438
01:35:45,304 --> 01:35:48,873
Question is, is that boy hittin'
from home plate or second base?
1439
01:35:52,180 --> 01:35:54,139
No, that's over 400 foot.
1440
01:35:55,096 --> 01:35:56,271
Every bit of it.
1441
01:35:56,271 --> 01:35:57,969
[grunts]
1442
01:35:57,969 --> 01:36:00,232
How about we stop
whoever's bombing us
1443
01:36:00,232 --> 01:36:02,321
and check the boy's bat?
1444
01:36:02,321 --> 01:36:04,149
Want me to shut him down, Red?
1445
01:36:07,717 --> 01:36:09,502
Do it now
before he kills someone.
1446
01:36:09,502 --> 01:36:11,243
- Yes, sir.
- Whoa!
1447
01:36:14,289 --> 01:36:18,903
[♪]
1448
01:36:18,903 --> 01:36:20,730
[whistle blows]
1449
01:36:24,865 --> 01:36:31,829
[♪]
1450
01:36:36,877 --> 01:36:43,014
[contemplative music playing]
1451
01:36:52,153 --> 01:36:58,899
[♪]
1452
01:36:58,899 --> 01:37:00,161
[bat clatters]
1453
01:37:03,425 --> 01:37:04,731
[car door slams]
1454
01:37:07,212 --> 01:37:10,606
- [thumping]
- [engine revs]
1455
01:37:14,393 --> 01:37:17,004
How many homers was that?
1456
01:37:17,004 --> 01:37:18,571
I don't know.
1457
01:37:18,571 --> 01:37:21,008
I lost count after 16.
1458
01:37:21,922 --> 01:37:25,317
[birds chirping]
1459
01:37:25,317 --> 01:37:30,017
[sentimental music playing]
1460
01:37:32,106 --> 01:37:34,717
- That's a homer.
- Nuh-uh.
1461
01:37:34,717 --> 01:37:36,894
Boy,
I know what a homer looks like.
1462
01:37:36,894 --> 01:37:39,940
It don't count unless
you're batting in the majors.
1463
01:37:39,940 --> 01:37:46,294
[♪]
1464
01:37:59,525 --> 01:38:03,181
[♪]
1465
01:38:13,539 --> 01:38:17,891
[♪]
1466
01:38:24,028 --> 01:38:25,943
Red. It's him.
1467
01:38:28,336 --> 01:38:33,298
- Mr. Murff? I'm--
- Rickey Hill.
Never forget a name.
1468
01:38:33,298 --> 01:38:36,431
Sir, I'm one of the best hitters
you're ever gonna see.
1469
01:38:36,431 --> 01:38:39,347
If I hadn't seem them bombs you
been droppin' with my own eyes,
1470
01:38:39,347 --> 01:38:42,350
I'd be calling all hat
and no cattle on that claim.
1471
01:38:42,350 --> 01:38:43,830
[Rickey] Well,
it ain't no claim.
1472
01:38:43,830 --> 01:38:46,354
Today,
you should've seen me hit.
1473
01:38:46,354 --> 01:38:49,792
Because I got a bum ankle
that's gonna heal...
1474
01:38:50,837 --> 01:38:52,186
they wouldn't bring me up.
1475
01:38:52,186 --> 01:38:55,320
For good reason.
You don't belong here.
1476
01:38:55,320 --> 01:38:59,193
A bad leg could cost
a team wins and money.
1477
01:38:59,193 --> 01:39:03,893
- Money?
- Pro ball ain't just a game.
It's a damn business.
1478
01:39:03,893 --> 01:39:05,852
Come back next year
when you heal up.
1479
01:39:05,852 --> 01:39:07,723
I can't wait until next year.
1480
01:39:07,723 --> 01:39:11,379
[chuckles]
Boy's got him some cojones.
1481
01:39:11,379 --> 01:39:14,948
- Know what, that's enough--
- [Red] No, no. No, let him be.
1482
01:39:14,948 --> 01:39:18,125
I gotta admit, I'm curious.
1483
01:39:18,125 --> 01:39:21,737
Tell you what. We're gonna
settle this fair and square.
1484
01:39:21,737 --> 01:39:27,265
- How?
- Put you up against the best
pitching talent in the game.
1485
01:39:27,265 --> 01:39:29,484
Tomorrow night?
1486
01:39:29,484 --> 01:39:34,707
That game's gonna be as close to
a pro game as you'll ever get.
1487
01:39:34,707 --> 01:39:38,972
I'm gonna let you
DH for both teams.
1488
01:39:38,972 --> 01:39:42,019
Then we can get
a nice, long look at you.
1489
01:39:43,890 --> 01:39:45,457
I won't embarrass you.
1490
01:39:46,719 --> 01:39:48,721
You got my word.
1491
01:39:48,721 --> 01:39:51,985
I'm gonna give you
this shot here.
1492
01:39:51,985 --> 01:39:54,901
But you don't perform,
it's the end of the road.
1493
01:39:55,771 --> 01:39:57,469
Get you a new dream.
1494
01:40:10,786 --> 01:40:12,919
-"Salvation."
- [telephone rings]
1495
01:40:12,919 --> 01:40:15,313
Does that sound
a little old-fashioned to you?
1496
01:40:16,357 --> 01:40:17,750
- Helen?
- [Robert] Hello?
1497
01:40:18,620 --> 01:40:20,057
It's another reporter!
1498
01:40:21,884 --> 01:40:24,887
Not a mistake.
Rickey's gonna be designated
hitter for both teams.
1499
01:40:26,280 --> 01:40:28,717
Sure. Yeah, the whole
family's gonna be there.
1500
01:40:28,717 --> 01:40:31,720
[Connie groans] It's so frizzy!
1501
01:40:31,720 --> 01:40:33,940
- It's the best I ever seen it.
- [Connie] Oh--
1502
01:40:33,940 --> 01:40:36,334
- [boys laughing]
- [telephone rings]
1503
01:40:36,334 --> 01:40:38,466
[Robert] Hello? Oh, well...
1504
01:40:40,816 --> 01:40:42,122
[Rickey] Sorry, Mama.
1505
01:40:42,122 --> 01:40:44,255
- [James sighs]
- [utensil clangs]
1506
01:40:45,821 --> 01:40:47,997
Half your congregation
isn't gonna be there.
1507
01:40:47,997 --> 01:40:52,437
[sighs] Wherever two or more
are gathered.
1508
01:40:53,655 --> 01:40:55,875
Now, may I have my eggs?
1509
01:40:57,485 --> 01:41:00,053
Down here in front of me.
May I have my eggs?
1510
01:41:00,053 --> 01:41:01,315
Mm-hmm.
1511
01:41:01,315 --> 01:41:02,403
[plate shattering]
1512
01:41:06,407 --> 01:41:08,801
[door opens, slams]
1513
01:41:09,976 --> 01:41:13,110
What on Earth
has gotten into you?
1514
01:41:16,113 --> 01:41:18,811
[tearful] I need-- I need Mama.
1515
01:41:18,811 --> 01:41:21,422
She understood.
1516
01:41:21,422 --> 01:41:24,469
[sobs] She said you didn't
do a thing wrong.
1517
01:41:25,992 --> 01:41:28,647
Your boy, he's not a freak.
1518
01:41:28,647 --> 01:41:30,562
He's special.
1519
01:41:30,562 --> 01:41:33,826
He's... perfect.
1520
01:41:34,914 --> 01:41:36,959
When he was born,
I saw him first.
1521
01:41:36,959 --> 01:41:42,530
His legs so thin and frail,
they said, "He will never walk,"
and he ran.
1522
01:41:42,530 --> 01:41:45,794
They said, "He will never live
through the operations,"
1523
01:41:45,794 --> 01:41:47,840
and he survived!
1524
01:41:47,840 --> 01:41:50,799
They said he would
never be good enough,
1525
01:41:50,799 --> 01:41:53,280
and he is the best.
1526
01:41:54,803 --> 01:41:57,937
How many miracles do you need?
1527
01:42:00,853 --> 01:42:02,507
- [James stammers]
- Stop it.
1528
01:42:07,903 --> 01:42:09,862
[James sighs]
1529
01:42:11,907 --> 01:42:14,519
[indistinct announcement
over loudspeaker]
1530
01:42:19,567 --> 01:42:25,051
[hopeful music playing]
1531
01:42:31,536 --> 01:42:33,364
However you're cheatin',
1532
01:42:33,364 --> 01:42:35,975
you've gotten so good,
I can't even catch it.
1533
01:42:40,327 --> 01:42:43,374
- Wanna know my secret?
- Mm-hmm.
1534
01:42:46,507 --> 01:42:47,943
I ain't doin' it.
1535
01:42:49,945 --> 01:42:51,991
Well, then who is?
1536
01:42:57,214 --> 01:43:00,652
I guess you'd have to be
living in the cave of Lazarus
1537
01:43:00,652 --> 01:43:04,308
not to know why there's
so few of us here tonight.
1538
01:43:04,308 --> 01:43:09,095
My son Rickey,
he's got a baseball game.
1539
01:43:09,835 --> 01:43:11,576
Very important.
1540
01:43:13,708 --> 01:43:15,406
And if he does well...
1541
01:43:16,972 --> 01:43:19,801
he will have the opportunity
1542
01:43:19,801 --> 01:43:23,196
to become a Major League player.
1543
01:43:23,196 --> 01:43:27,548
To play professionally
is his heart's desire.
1544
01:43:27,548 --> 01:43:30,247
I've always known that he's had
1545
01:43:31,465 --> 01:43:35,252
an exceptional ability
to hit a baseball.
1546
01:43:35,252 --> 01:43:38,124
So you might find it curious
1547
01:43:38,124 --> 01:43:44,522
to know that I have
never seen Rickey play.
1548
01:43:45,479 --> 01:43:47,699
That is a fact
1549
01:43:47,699 --> 01:43:50,136
that I have, uh...
1550
01:43:51,398 --> 01:43:52,704
been proud of
1551
01:43:54,314 --> 01:43:56,490
the whole time that he's played.
1552
01:43:58,840 --> 01:44:00,625
Right up until this very night.
1553
01:44:01,626 --> 01:44:07,022
[♪]
1554
01:44:07,022 --> 01:44:10,330
[player chatter]
1555
01:44:16,510 --> 01:44:23,300
[♪]
1556
01:44:33,788 --> 01:44:36,704
[crowd cheering]
1557
01:44:40,839 --> 01:44:47,411
[music swells]
1558
01:44:51,371 --> 01:44:58,030
[♪]
1559
01:45:03,122 --> 01:45:06,560
[announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to an exhibition game
1560
01:45:06,560 --> 01:45:09,998
showcasing the best-ever
players
in the great state of Texas.
1561
01:45:09,998 --> 01:45:11,348
Go get 'em!
1562
01:45:12,218 --> 01:45:13,785
Lord knows you've earned it.
1563
01:45:13,785 --> 01:45:15,526
Proud of you, Rickey.
1564
01:45:18,659 --> 01:45:20,269
[ball smacks glove]
1565
01:45:30,236 --> 01:45:32,891
Let me get this straight.
1566
01:45:32,891 --> 01:45:36,938
- I hear they got you hitting
for both sides tonight?
- Yeah.
1567
01:45:36,938 --> 01:45:39,158
[chuckles]
That's some heavy liftin'.
1568
01:45:39,158 --> 01:45:43,336
You know,
the boys and I were talkin'.
1569
01:45:43,336 --> 01:45:46,513
And if you was to manage
one more home run
for the blue team...
1570
01:45:46,513 --> 01:45:49,386
- [Rickey chuckles]
- ...got a ice-cold six-pack
of RC Cola
1571
01:45:49,386 --> 01:45:51,126
waitin' for you
in the clubhouse.
1572
01:45:51,126 --> 01:45:53,085
I'll see what I can do for ya.
1573
01:45:53,085 --> 01:45:54,565
All right.
1574
01:45:54,565 --> 01:45:56,436
The starting pitcher
for the red team,
1575
01:45:56,436 --> 01:45:59,874
four-time college
All-American Jake Wilford.
1576
01:45:59,874 --> 01:46:05,184
[crowd cheering]
1577
01:46:08,970 --> 01:46:11,364
It's your time, Rickey!
1578
01:46:11,364 --> 01:46:14,367
[announcer] Tonight, we are in
for a special treat, folks.
1579
01:46:14,367 --> 01:46:17,979
A local high school baseball
star by the name of Rickey Hill.
1580
01:46:17,979 --> 01:46:19,633
Now, this kid has
quite a story.
1581
01:46:19,633 --> 01:46:22,114
He's battled degenerative
spinal disease
1582
01:46:22,114 --> 01:46:25,465
since he was a little boy,
and recently suffered
a real bad setback
1583
01:46:25,465 --> 01:46:28,642
where he fractured his ankle,
resulting in surgery.
1584
01:46:28,642 --> 01:46:31,863
You know, he's overcome a lot,
and he's on a mission.
1585
01:46:34,518 --> 01:46:36,824
Red Murff is gonna give him
a shot of a lifetime
1586
01:46:36,824 --> 01:46:41,481
by being the DH on both teams
to prove to him if he can hit
1587
01:46:41,481 --> 01:46:44,049
and really get
to the big leagues.
1588
01:46:44,049 --> 01:46:46,138
Don't take it easy on him, Jake.
1589
01:46:46,138 --> 01:46:48,140
He calls himself a hitter.
1590
01:46:49,358 --> 01:46:52,666
[suspenseful music playing]
1591
01:46:52,666 --> 01:46:56,191
- [umpire] Play ball!
- Can you imagine what's
going through Hill's mind,
1592
01:46:56,191 --> 01:46:58,542
all that he had to do,
just to get to this point
1593
01:46:58,542 --> 01:47:00,761
to prove he belongs as a
hitter?
1594
01:47:00,761 --> 01:47:03,982
[♪]
1595
01:47:03,982 --> 01:47:06,985
Digs into the batter's box.
1596
01:47:06,985 --> 01:47:11,511
We're about to see if
Hill is ready for the task.
1597
01:47:11,511 --> 01:47:14,601
Wilford on the mound, getting
ready to throw the first pitch.
1598
01:47:18,039 --> 01:47:20,215
Rocks back
and delivers a fastball.
1599
01:47:20,215 --> 01:47:22,087
- [umpire] Strike one!
- Right by Hill.
1600
01:47:22,087 --> 01:47:24,785
Looked like he was on his
front foot. Probably anxious,
1601
01:47:24,785 --> 01:47:27,484
just seeing that velocity
for the first time.
1602
01:47:29,747 --> 01:47:34,969
[♪]
1603
01:47:34,969 --> 01:47:37,624
- [umpire] Strike two!
- Curveball, and a beauty.
1604
01:47:37,624 --> 01:47:40,540
Drops off the table.
That had a lot of break on it.
1605
01:47:40,540 --> 01:47:43,848
And really quickly,
Hill is 0-2 in the count.
1606
01:47:46,459 --> 01:47:48,679
Two strikes on Hill.
1607
01:47:48,679 --> 01:47:50,376
Wilford delivers.
1608
01:47:50,376 --> 01:47:52,726
- [crowd cheering]
- That's a line drive base hit.
1609
01:47:52,726 --> 01:47:55,207
That's gotta feel good for Hill.
1610
01:47:55,207 --> 01:47:58,515
Good hit, Rickey!
That'll shake the cobwebs off.
1611
01:47:58,515 --> 01:48:01,082
- What, his or yours?
- [scoffs]
1612
01:48:01,082 --> 01:48:05,217
[announcer] That's gotta
take a lot of pressure off
of him to start the day.
1613
01:48:09,482 --> 01:48:12,311
And a pinch runner
steps in for Hill.
1614
01:48:14,095 --> 01:48:15,967
I have been selfish.
1615
01:48:18,056 --> 01:48:20,537
I have been arrogant.
1616
01:48:21,755 --> 01:48:23,452
I, uh--
1617
01:48:24,932 --> 01:48:26,934
Even cruel.
1618
01:48:26,934 --> 01:48:31,199
I thought that
1619
01:48:31,199 --> 01:48:34,725
I knew God's plan for my son.
1620
01:48:34,725 --> 01:48:39,251
And I raised him in obedience
to that plan.
1621
01:48:41,514 --> 01:48:43,560
[tearful]
But it wasn't God's plan.
1622
01:48:45,953 --> 01:48:47,912
It was my plan.
1623
01:48:48,826 --> 01:48:49,957
[sighs]
1624
01:48:52,699 --> 01:48:55,136
Rickey had to w--
1625
01:48:55,136 --> 01:48:58,923
wear braces on his legs
just to walk.
1626
01:48:58,923 --> 01:49:03,884
And no matter how he does
in that game tonight,
1627
01:49:03,884 --> 01:49:09,803
he has overcome that
terrible burden that he has
had to carry his whole life.
1628
01:49:12,676 --> 01:49:15,374
I've been the one
that's been the cripple.
1629
01:49:15,374 --> 01:49:20,335
I just couldn't see past
what I thought my son should be
1630
01:49:20,335 --> 01:49:25,471
and just see who he really is
1631
01:49:25,471 --> 01:49:27,865
in the eyes of God.
1632
01:49:29,257 --> 01:49:34,001
[sniffles, sighs]
1633
01:49:34,001 --> 01:49:38,397
I'm supposed to be your pastor,
your spiritual leader.
1634
01:49:39,964 --> 01:49:41,052
But...
1635
01:49:42,488 --> 01:49:44,838
right now I just feel...
1636
01:49:44,838 --> 01:49:47,014
so ignorant.
1637
01:49:47,014 --> 01:49:48,755
And shamed.
1638
01:49:53,455 --> 01:49:55,762
I can't even ask
your forgiveness.
1639
01:49:58,199 --> 01:50:02,247
I guess I gotta
go to God for that.
1640
01:50:02,247 --> 01:50:06,338
[announcer] Now batting,
this time for the red team,
designated hitter Rickey Hill.
1641
01:50:06,338 --> 01:50:08,601
- [fan cheers] Rickey!
- As he gets in the box,
1642
01:50:08,601 --> 01:50:11,169
Red goes out to the mound
to talk to his pitcher.
1643
01:50:11,169 --> 01:50:13,867
Take him down. Let's end this.
1644
01:50:16,348 --> 01:50:18,872
[tense music playing]
1645
01:50:18,872 --> 01:50:21,353
The pitcher gets back
on the rubber, looks back,
1646
01:50:21,353 --> 01:50:23,485
and says to himself, I'm sure,
1647
01:50:23,485 --> 01:50:26,532
"I never pitched a ball with
a guy standing right behind
me."
1648
01:50:26,532 --> 01:50:31,232
Red Murff, a legend in this
game, is planted right
by the pitcher.
1649
01:50:31,232 --> 01:50:36,020
[♪]
1650
01:50:37,238 --> 01:50:40,241
Wind-up... and the pitch.
1651
01:50:40,241 --> 01:50:43,201
Blazed straight up the middle!
Red had to get out of the way.
1652
01:50:43,201 --> 01:50:45,812
Another base hit
in his second at-bat.
1653
01:50:45,812 --> 01:50:49,120
I haven't seen Red
move like that in 20 years.
1654
01:50:49,120 --> 01:50:53,341
Kind of gives a head of
acknowledgment to,
"Okay, that's two."
1655
01:50:53,341 --> 01:51:00,348
[crowd applauding]
1656
01:51:00,348 --> 01:51:04,048
[♪]
1657
01:51:04,048 --> 01:51:10,881
[dramatic music swells]
1658
01:51:18,149 --> 01:51:23,807
[♪]
1659
01:51:33,425 --> 01:51:40,171
[♪]
1660
01:51:43,522 --> 01:51:47,918
Hill has been ten for ten.
He gets another hit.
1661
01:51:52,313 --> 01:51:56,448
Who would've thought that Hill
could've done this after
all that he's been through?
1662
01:51:56,448 --> 01:51:58,929
The surgeries, the comeback.
1663
01:51:58,929 --> 01:52:03,020
Pretty amazing story,
as he steps in now
for his 11th at-bat.
1664
01:52:03,020 --> 01:52:06,458
Red goes to the mound.
Looks like he's gonna
make a change, and he is.
1665
01:52:06,458 --> 01:52:08,199
Making a change to the bullpen.
1666
01:52:10,027 --> 01:52:11,724
What am I missing?
1667
01:52:11,724 --> 01:52:15,336
Red.
Playin' his last stink card.
1668
01:52:15,336 --> 01:52:19,819
- [applause]
- Oh, ladies and gentlemen, this
is gonna be a treat right here.
1669
01:52:19,819 --> 01:52:22,126
This is big-league pitcher
Jimmy Hammer.
1670
01:52:23,388 --> 01:52:25,782
Hammer. The all-star.
1671
01:52:25,782 --> 01:52:29,481
Makes major leaguers
look like Cinderella.
1672
01:52:29,481 --> 01:52:34,486
He's just here for rehab.
Now Red's bringing him in
to ruin Rickey's night.
1673
01:52:34,486 --> 01:52:36,140
Well, Rickey can hit anyone.
1674
01:52:37,228 --> 01:52:38,490
Right?
1675
01:52:41,232 --> 01:52:43,060
Go ahead and warm up.
1676
01:52:44,757 --> 01:52:47,455
Don't need it.
I'm gonna sit him down.
1677
01:52:47,455 --> 01:52:51,720
[announcer] This is a guy
who's used to putting out
the game with heat,
1678
01:52:51,720 --> 01:52:54,767
comes in and silences
all the at-bats.
1679
01:52:54,767 --> 01:52:58,249
Hill digs in.
You would think 11 for 11
1680
01:52:58,249 --> 01:53:02,993
is a very daunting task
against the big right-hander.
1681
01:53:02,993 --> 01:53:07,954
As he toes the mound and
gets ready for his first pitch,
here it comes.
1682
01:53:07,954 --> 01:53:12,045
- [umpire] Strike one!
- Fastball, right by him.
Little bit of a flinch.
1683
01:53:13,525 --> 01:53:20,184
[tense music playing]
1684
01:53:23,361 --> 01:53:26,668
- [umpire] Strike two!
- [announcer] Swing and a miss.
1685
01:53:26,668 --> 01:53:28,932
Hill looks around in amazement,
1686
01:53:28,932 --> 01:53:32,283
as Red knew probably this is
what he needed to see
1687
01:53:32,283 --> 01:53:37,810
to make his challenge against
Hill about as big as it gets.
1688
01:53:43,729 --> 01:53:45,600
- [crowd gasps]
- [umpire] Foul ball!
1689
01:53:45,600 --> 01:53:47,689
[announcer] Foul ball
down the right field line.
1690
01:53:47,689 --> 01:53:49,126
He got a piece of that.
1691
01:53:52,520 --> 01:53:56,916
Hill processing everything
right now, and Hammer knows
he's got one task,
1692
01:53:56,916 --> 01:54:01,007
and that's to strike out Hill
and show him what he's made of.
1693
01:54:01,007 --> 01:54:04,315
Hammer delivering
a two-strike pitch.
Here it comes.
1694
01:54:04,315 --> 01:54:07,361
- [Rickey grunts]
- Oh, no, high and tight.
Dusted him.
1695
01:54:07,361 --> 01:54:11,148
It hit Hill right in
the rib area, and he is down.
1696
01:54:11,148 --> 01:54:15,761
In obvious pain.
Here comes Red to the
batter's box to check on him.
1697
01:54:18,111 --> 01:54:20,287
Come on, Rickey.
1698
01:54:20,287 --> 01:54:22,724
Get up!
1699
01:54:22,724 --> 01:54:25,118
What next?
He-- he takes a base, right?
1700
01:54:25,118 --> 01:54:28,556
- He goes to first.
- With everything that
Hill has been through,
1701
01:54:28,556 --> 01:54:30,776
you just wonder if
this is one of those things
1702
01:54:30,776 --> 01:54:33,039
that might not
allow him to continue.
1703
01:54:33,039 --> 01:54:35,302
It looks like
he's in a lot of pain.
1704
01:54:35,302 --> 01:54:37,217
[Red] You done, kid?
1705
01:54:37,217 --> 01:54:40,133
Walk it off. Take your base.
1706
01:54:42,222 --> 01:54:44,529
[grunts] No.
1707
01:54:44,529 --> 01:54:47,097
[scoffs] What do you mean, no?
1708
01:54:47,097 --> 01:54:49,055
Take your damn base.
1709
01:54:50,883 --> 01:54:53,668
I don't have to take my base.
1710
01:54:56,236 --> 01:54:57,759
It's not a real game.
1711
01:54:59,022 --> 01:55:00,327
It's a tryout.
1712
01:55:02,503 --> 01:55:04,288
You're ten for ten.
1713
01:55:05,332 --> 01:55:07,856
You got nothing left to prove.
1714
01:55:10,033 --> 01:55:11,991
[announcer]
He's gonna stay in and hit.
1715
01:55:11,991 --> 01:55:14,428
We're watching
an incredible moment, folks.
1716
01:55:14,428 --> 01:55:16,778
This is something
that normally doesn't happen.
1717
01:55:16,778 --> 01:55:18,955
Hey, what's he doing?
1718
01:55:18,955 --> 01:55:21,348
[shouting]
Well, take a base, Rickey!
1719
01:55:21,348 --> 01:55:26,136
[determined music playing]
1720
01:55:28,181 --> 01:55:31,445
[announcer] Again, ten for ten
and then getting hit.
1721
01:55:31,445 --> 01:55:34,405
He wants to stay in the box
and try to go 11 for 11.
1722
01:55:34,405 --> 01:55:38,017
- [crowd applauding]
- Imagine everything
going through his mind
1723
01:55:38,017 --> 01:55:40,889
as he processes
this whole day of events.
1724
01:55:40,889 --> 01:55:44,328
You do that again, you're done.
1725
01:55:48,071 --> 01:55:50,595
[crowd cheering]
1726
01:55:50,595 --> 01:55:57,863
[♪]
1727
01:56:10,223 --> 01:56:11,442
[umpire] Play ball!
1728
01:56:11,442 --> 01:56:13,444
[crowd cheering]
1729
01:56:13,444 --> 01:56:19,885
[♪]
1730
01:56:21,234 --> 01:56:23,584
[announcer]
This battle's gonna continue.
1731
01:56:23,584 --> 01:56:26,370
Hill could've taken his base,
but he's standing at home plate,
1732
01:56:26,370 --> 01:56:28,676
staring the bully in the face.
1733
01:56:28,676 --> 01:56:32,506
Hammer on the mound with
an 0-2 pitch ready to be
delivered. Here it comes.
1734
01:56:32,506 --> 01:56:36,510
Swung on. Hill smokes
this ball to left center.
1735
01:56:36,510 --> 01:56:38,382
[cheering]
1736
01:56:38,382 --> 01:56:42,603
This ball is far,
and it is gone over the wall!
1737
01:56:42,603 --> 01:56:45,824
Can you believe it?
In the 11th at-bat,
after getting hit,
1738
01:56:45,824 --> 01:56:48,044
Hill has hit a home run.
1739
01:56:48,044 --> 01:56:50,524
What a moment
this must be for him!
1740
01:56:50,524 --> 01:56:53,962
[crowd cheering]
1741
01:56:53,962 --> 01:57:00,230
[inspirational music playing]
1742
01:57:13,199 --> 01:57:18,465
[♪]
1743
01:57:29,259 --> 01:57:32,784
[music swells]
1744
01:57:38,703 --> 01:57:44,796
[♪]
1745
01:57:54,632 --> 01:57:56,895
[music fades]
1746
01:58:00,681 --> 01:58:07,471
[soft, heartfelt music playing]
1747
01:58:18,960 --> 01:58:21,267
I guess I'll have to
get used to this.
1748
01:58:22,877 --> 01:58:24,357
[chuckles softly]
1749
01:58:24,357 --> 01:58:27,143
God's not through
working on both of us.
1750
01:58:29,493 --> 01:58:36,500
[♪]
1751
01:58:52,690 --> 01:58:59,958
[♪]
1752
01:59:19,891 --> 01:59:27,159
[♪]
1753
01:59:43,480 --> 01:59:47,440
["Rub A Little Dirt On It
[The Hill]"
by Randy Houser playing]
1754
01:59:50,835 --> 01:59:54,273
♪ I heard it the first time
I skinned my knee ♪
1755
01:59:54,273 --> 01:59:57,058
♪ Daddy said
"Don't be scared to bleed" ♪
1756
01:59:57,058 --> 01:59:59,539
♪ Years later
From a baseball coach ♪
1757
01:59:59,539 --> 02:00:02,760
♪ Sliding into home
"That's the way it goes" ♪
1758
02:00:02,760 --> 02:00:06,416
♪ We didn't win that game
But the lesson learned ♪
1759
02:00:06,416 --> 02:00:09,375
♪ You gotta shake off them
Scrapes and burns ♪
1760
02:00:09,375 --> 02:00:11,725
♪ When the world
Don't turn your way ♪
1761
02:00:11,725 --> 02:00:14,162
♪ Sometimes all you can say ♪
1762
02:00:14,162 --> 02:00:17,470
♪ Is rub a little dirt on it ♪
1763
02:00:17,470 --> 02:00:20,168
♪ Shake the dust
Right out of your mind ♪
1764
02:00:20,168 --> 02:00:23,650
♪ Let a cool breeze work on it
♪
1765
02:00:23,650 --> 02:00:27,480
♪ You'll feel the healin'
Comin' on right on time ♪
1766
02:00:27,480 --> 02:00:33,486
♪ Crack a six-pack open
Somewhere under an open sky ♪
1767
02:00:33,486 --> 02:00:36,750
♪ When life gets
A little hurt on it ♪
1768
02:00:36,750 --> 02:00:42,278
♪ Get in the middle of nowhere
And rub a little dirt on it ♪
1769
02:00:46,325 --> 02:00:49,285
♪ Nothin' knocks the cobwebs
Off your soul ♪
1770
02:00:49,285 --> 02:00:52,331
♪ Like some SpiderWire
On a fishin' hole ♪
1771
02:00:52,331 --> 02:00:55,987
♪ It'll take your breath
Takin' in a sunset ♪
1772
02:00:55,987 --> 02:00:58,511
♪ From a flat bottom boat ♪
1773
02:00:58,511 --> 02:01:01,601
♪ That heavy load
Layin' on your chest ♪
1774
02:01:01,601 --> 02:01:04,778
♪ Got your mind
All twisted up in a mess ♪
1775
02:01:04,778 --> 02:01:08,216
♪ Well, life scatters
All your stuff sometimes ♪
1776
02:01:08,216 --> 02:01:13,004
♪ To clean it up, you gotta
Rub a little dirt on it ♪
1777
02:01:13,004 --> 02:01:15,528
♪ Shake the dust
Right out of your mind ♪
1778
02:01:15,528 --> 02:01:18,966
♪ Let a cool breeze work on it
♪
1779
02:01:18,966 --> 02:01:22,883
♪ You'll feel the healin'
Comin' on right on time ♪
1780
02:01:22,883 --> 02:01:29,194
♪ Crack a six-pack open
Somewhere under an open sky ♪
1781
02:01:29,194 --> 02:01:32,066
♪ When life gets
A little hurt on it ♪
1782
02:01:32,066 --> 02:01:37,724
♪ Get in the middle of nowhere
And rub a little dirt on it ♪
1783
02:01:41,075 --> 02:01:43,687
♪ A little dirt on it ♪
1784
02:01:47,908 --> 02:01:50,128
♪ Crack a six-pack open ♪
1785
02:01:50,128 --> 02:01:53,697
♪ Somewhere under an open sky ♪
1786
02:01:53,697 --> 02:01:56,830
♪ When life gets
A little hurt on it ♪
1787
02:01:56,830 --> 02:02:02,445
♪ Get in the middle of nowhere
And rub a little dirt on it ♪
1788
02:02:04,621 --> 02:02:09,539
♪ Yeah
Rub a little dirt on it, mmm ♪
1789
02:02:12,759 --> 02:02:15,762
♪ I heard it the first time
I skinned my knee ♪
1790
02:02:15,762 --> 02:02:19,505
♪ Daddy said
"Don't be scared to bleed" ♪
1791
02:02:21,028 --> 02:02:22,378
♪ Yeah ♪
1792
02:02:28,775 --> 02:02:34,564
[peaceful music playing]