1. My father's name
was John Kinsella.Copy !req
2. It's an Irish name.Copy !req
3. He was born
in North Dakota in 1896Copy !req
4. and never saw
a big cityCopy !req
5. until he came back
from France in 1918.Copy !req
6. Settling in Chicago,
he learned to live and dieCopy !req
7. with the White Sox.Copy !req
8. Died a little when they
lost the 1919 World Series,Copy !req
9. died a lot
when eight White SoxCopy !req
10. were accused of throwing
that Series.Copy !req
11. He played some
in the minors,Copy !req
12. but nothing
came of it.Copy !req
13. Moved to Brooklyn
in '35,Copy !req
14. married Mom in '38,Copy !req
15. was already an old man
at the naval yardsCopy !req
16. when I was born
in 1952.Copy !req
17. My name's Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
18. Mom died when I was 3,Copy !req
19. and I suppose Dad did
the best he could.Copy !req
20. Instead of Mother Goose,Copy !req
21. I was put to bed
to stories of Babe Ruth,Copy !req
22. Lou Gehrig,Copy !req
23. and the great
Shoeless Joe Jackson.Copy !req
24. Dad was a Yankees fan then,Copy !req
25. so I rooted for Brooklyn.Copy !req
26. In '58,
the Dodgers moved away,Copy !req
27. so we had to find
other reasons to fight.Copy !req
28. We did.Copy !req
29. When I chose a college,Copy !req
30. I picked the farthest
from home I could find.Copy !req
31. This drove him
up the wall,Copy !req
32. which, I suppose,
was the point.Copy !req
33. Officially my major
was English,Copy !req
34. but really
it was the sixties.Copy !req
35. I marched,
I smoked some grass,Copy !req
36. I tried to like
sitar music,Copy !req
37. and I met Annie.Copy !req
38. The only thing
we had in commonCopy !req
39. was that
she came from lowa,Copy !req
40. and I'd once
heard of lowa.Copy !req
41. After graduation,
we moved to the MidwestCopy !req
42. and stayed with her family
as long as we could...Copy !req
43. almost a full afternoon.Copy !req
44. Annie and I got married
in June of '74.Copy !req
45. Dad died that fall.Copy !req
46. A few years later,Copy !req
47. Karin was born.Copy !req
48. She smelled weird,
but we loved her anyway.Copy !req
49. Then Annie got
the crazy ideaCopy !req
50. she could talk me into
buying a farm.Copy !req
51. I'm 36 years old,
I love my family,Copy !req
52. I love baseball,Copy !req
53. and I'm about to become
a farmer.Copy !req
54. But until
I heard the voice,Copy !req
55. I'd never done
a crazy thingCopy !req
56. in my whole life.Copy !req
57. If you build it,
he will come.Copy !req
58. If you build it,
he will come.Copy !req
59. Hey, Annie!Copy !req
60. Annie, what was that?Copy !req
61. What was what?Copy !req
62. That voice just now.
What was it?Copy !req
63. We didn't hear anything.Copy !req
64. All right.Copy !req
65. If you build it,
he will come.Copy !req
66. O-OK, you must have
heard that!Copy !req
67. Sorry.Copy !req
68. Hey, come on in
to dinner.Copy !req
69. Let's go, pumpkin.Copy !req
70. Is there, like, a sound truck
on the highway?Copy !req
71. Nope.Copy !req
72. Hey, Karin,
dinner's ready!Copy !req
73. Kids with a radio?Copy !req
74. Nope.Copy !req
75. Hey, are you
really hearing voices?Copy !req
76. Just one.Copy !req
77. What did it say?Copy !req
78. "If you build it,
he will come."Copy !req
79. If you build what,
who will come?Copy !req
80. He didn't say.Copy !req
81. I hate it
when that happens.Copy !req
82. Me, too.Copy !req
83. If you build it,
he will come.Copy !req
84. Build what?Copy !req
85. What is this?Copy !req
86. Ray?Copy !req
87. It's OK, honey. L...Copy !req
88. I'm just talking
to the cornfield.Copy !req
89. Anyway, I was walking
down along the street,Copy !req
90. and l... I heard
this voice saying,Copy !req
91. "Good evening,
Mr. Dowd."Copy !req
92. Well, l... I turned around,Copy !req
93. and here was
this big 6' rabbitCopy !req
94. leaning up against
the lamppost.Copy !req
95. Why did you do that?
It was funny.Copy !req
96. Trust me, Karin.
It's not funny.Copy !req
97. The man is sick.Copy !req
98. Very sick.Copy !req
99. Karin, honey,
get your book bag.Copy !req
100. Let's go!Copy !req
101. Hon, I'll
take her today.Copy !req
102. I've got errands
to do in town.Copy !req
103. Far out.Copy !req
104. Hey.Copy !req
105. What if the voice calls
while you're gone?Copy !req
106. Take a message.Copy !req
107. Ha. Bye.Copy !req
108. Bye.Copy !req
109. Bye.Copy !req
110. In all those years,Copy !req
111. did you ever...Copy !req
112. It's just I've heardCopy !req
113. that sometimes farmers
in the field...Copy !req
114. They hear things.
You know, voices.Copy !req
115. You hearing voices?Copy !req
116. No. It's just I heard
some farmers do.Copy !req
117. I, of course, don't,Copy !req
118. so I was wonderingCopy !req
119. if I was doing
something wrong.Copy !req
120. Did you... Did you
ever hear voices out there?Copy !req
121. Who's hearing voices?Copy !req
122. Ray is.Copy !req
123. Out in the fields.Copy !req
124. No, I'm not.Copy !req
125. I'm...Copy !req
126. Ha ha ha.Copy !req
127. Noises.Copy !req
128. That darned tractor...Copy !req
129. I'm just going to
get some 3-in-1 oil.Copy !req
130. That ought to do it.Copy !req
131. It was nice...Copy !req
132. Nice talking to you.Copy !req
133. If you build it,
he will come.Copy !req
134. All right, that's it!Copy !req
135. Huh?Copy !req
136. Who the...Copy !req
137. Who are you, huh?Copy !req
138. What do you want
from me?Copy !req
139. Son of a...Copy !req
140. If you build it,
he will come.Copy !req
141. If you build it...Copy !req
142. If you build it...Copy !req
143. he will come.Copy !req
144. You don't supposeCopy !req
145. this is like
an acid flashback, do you?Copy !req
146. I never took acid.Copy !req
147. Maybe you will someday.Copy !req
148. It's like
a flash-forward.Copy !req
149. Annie, there's more.Copy !req
150. Honey, why don't you
eat a little bit?Copy !req
151. L...Copy !req
152. I think I knowCopy !req
153. what " If you build it,
he will come" means.Copy !req
154. Why do I not think
this is so good?Copy !req
155. I think it meansCopy !req
156. that if I build
a baseball field out there,Copy !req
157. Shoeless Joe Jackson
will get to come backCopy !req
158. and play ball again.Copy !req
159. You're kidding?Copy !req
160. Uh-uh.Copy !req
161. Wow.Copy !req
162. Yeah.Copy !req
163. Ha! You're kidding.Copy !req
164. Boy, I thought
my family was crazy,Copy !req
165. but this is
the craziest thing ever.Copy !req
166. I know.Copy !req
167. I mean,
Shoeless Joe!Copy !req
168. He's dead.
Died in '51.Copy !req
169. He's dead.Copy !req
170. They suspended him, right?Copy !req
171. Right.Copy !req
172. He's still dead?Copy !req
173. As far as I know.Copy !req
174. Did you know Babe Ruth
copied his swing?Copy !req
175. If I did,
I've forgotten it.Copy !req
176. He was supposed to be
so graceful and agile.Copy !req
177. I'd actually like
to see him play again,Copy !req
178. to let him play...Copy !req
179. to right an old wrong.Copy !req
180. Wait.Copy !req
181. Wait a minute,
Bosco.Copy !req
182. Are you actually
thinking of doing this?Copy !req
183. No.Copy !req
184. I mean, I can't think of one
good reason why I should, but...Copy !req
185. I'm 36.
I have a wife,Copy !req
186. a child,
and a mortgage,Copy !req
187. and I'm scared to death
I'm turning into my father.Copy !req
188. And I'm scared to death
I'm turning into my father.Copy !req
189. What's your fatherCopy !req
190. got to do
with all of this?Copy !req
191. I never forgave him
for getting old.Copy !req
192. By the time he was
as old as I am now,Copy !req
193. he was ancient.Copy !req
194. I mean, he must
have had dreams,Copy !req
195. but he never did
anything about them.Copy !req
196. For all I know, he may have even
heard voices, too,Copy !req
197. but he sure didn't
listen to them.Copy !req
198. The man never did one
spontaneous thingCopy !req
199. in all the years
I knew him.Copy !req
200. Annie, I'm afraid
of that happening to me,Copy !req
201. and something tells meCopy !req
202. this may be
my last chanceCopy !req
203. to do something
about it.Copy !req
204. I want to
build that field.Copy !req
205. Do you think I'm crazy?Copy !req
206. Yes.Copy !req
207. But I also thinkCopy !req
208. if you really
feel you should do this...Copy !req
209. then you should do it.Copy !req
210. What the hell is he doing?Copy !req
211. He's plowing under his corn.Copy !req
212. Why?Copy !req
213. Ty Cobb called himCopy !req
214. the greatest left fielder
of all time.Copy !req
215. He said his gloveCopy !req
216. was the place where
triples go to die.Copy !req
217. Could he hit?Copy !req
218. Could he hit?Copy !req
219. Lifetime average.356...
third highest in history.Copy !req
220. Why'd they call him
Shoeless Joe?Copy !req
221. When he was
in the minors,Copy !req
222. a new pair of spikes
hurt his feet.Copy !req
223. In the 6th inning,
he took them offCopy !req
224. and played
in his socks.Copy !req
225. The players kidded him,Copy !req
226. called him "Shoeless Joe,"
and the name stuck.Copy !req
227. He's going to
lose his farm.Copy !req
228. Damned fool.Copy !req
229. Then in 1919, his team
the Chicago White Sox,Copy !req
230. they threw
the World Series.Copy !req
231. What's threw?Copy !req
232. It means they lost
on purpose.Copy !req
233. Gamblers paid them to.Copy !req
234. Except Shoeless Joe.Copy !req
235. He did take their money,Copy !req
236. but nobody ever proved
he did one thingCopy !req
237. to lose those games.Copy !req
238. If he threw it,Copy !req
239. how do you explain he
hit.375 for the SeriesCopy !req
240. and committed no errors?Copy !req
241. I can't.Copy !req
242. 12 hits including
the Series' only home run,Copy !req
243. and they said
he's trying to lose?Copy !req
244. It's ridiculous.Copy !req
245. The commissioner of baseballCopy !req
246. suspended eight
of the players,Copy !req
247. including the great
Shoeless Joe Jackson,Copy !req
248. for life.Copy !req
249. What's suspend?Copy !req
250. It means they never
let him play the game again.Copy !req
251. My father said
he saw him years laterCopy !req
252. playing under
a made-up nameCopy !req
253. in some 10th-rate league
in Carolina.Copy !req
254. He'd put on 50 pounds,Copy !req
255. and his spring was gone,Copy !req
256. but he could still hit.Copy !req
257. Dad used to say
nobody could hit like Shoeless Joe.Copy !req
258. I think that's
the first timeCopy !req
259. I've ever
seen you smileCopy !req
260. when you mentioned
your father.Copy !req
261. Well...Copy !req
262. I have just created something
totally illogical.Copy !req
263. That's what
I like about it.Copy !req
264. Am I completely nuts?Copy !req
265. Hmm?Copy !req
266. Not completely.Copy !req
267. It's a good
baseball field, Ray.Copy !req
268. It's kind of pretty,
isn't it?Copy !req
269. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
270. Any sign?Copy !req
271. Something's going to
happen out there.Copy !req
272. I can feel it.Copy !req
273. So, for the veteran southpaw,Copy !req
274. his summer of woes
continues.Copy !req
275. That's four straight hits
in the inning.Copy !req
276. Daddy, what's a southpaw?Copy !req
277. Um, it means
a left-handed pitcher, hon.Copy !req
278. So how bad is it?Copy !req
279. Well,Copy !req
280. considering how much
less acreageCopy !req
281. we have for corn,Copy !req
282. I say we'll probably...Copy !req
283. almost break even.Copy !req
284. We used up
all our savingsCopy !req
285. on that field, Ray.Copy !req
286. Daddy?Copy !req
287. Just a minute, Karin.Copy !req
288. So what are you saying?Copy !req
289. We can't keep the field?Copy !req
290. Makes it real hard
to keep the farm.Copy !req
291. Daddy.Copy !req
292. In a minute, Karin!Copy !req
293. There's a man out there
on your lawn.Copy !req
294. I'll put up some coffee.Copy !req
295. Why don't you
go on outside?Copy !req
296. Sorry.Copy !req
297. I'll get some out there.Copy !req
298. Hi.Copy !req
299. Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
300. Joe Jackson.Copy !req
301. I bet it's good
to be playing again, huh?Copy !req
302. Getting thrown
out of baseball...Copy !req
303. was like having
part of me amputated.Copy !req
304. I've heard that
old men wake upCopy !req
305. and scratch itchy legs
that have been dust for over 50 years.Copy !req
306. That was me.Copy !req
307. I'd wake up at night...Copy !req
308. with the smell
of the ball park in my nose,Copy !req
309. with the cool
of the grass on my feet...Copy !req
310. the thrill
of the grass.Copy !req
311. Can you pitch?Copy !req
312. Yeah...Copy !req
313. not bad.Copy !req
314. Don't we need
a catcher?Copy !req
315. Not if you get it
near the plate.Copy !req
316. Right.Copy !req
317. I'm pitching
to Shoeless Joe Jackson.Copy !req
318. Nice hit.Copy !req
319. See if you
can hit my curve.Copy !req
320. You can hit
the curve ball.Copy !req
321. Put one right here, huh?Copy !req
322. Right.Copy !req
323. Right... you're
a low ball hitter.Copy !req
324. Man, I did
love this game.Copy !req
325. I'd have played
for food money.Copy !req
326. It was the game...Copy !req
327. the sounds,
the smells.Copy !req
328. Did you ever hold a ball
or a glove to your face?Copy !req
329. Yeah.Copy !req
330. I used to love traveling on the trains
from town to town.Copy !req
331. The hotels...
brass spittoons in the lobbies,Copy !req
332. brass beds
in the rooms.Copy !req
333. It was the crowd...Copy !req
334. rising to their feetCopy !req
335. when the ball
was hit deep.Copy !req
336. Shoot...Copy !req
337. I'd play for nothing.Copy !req
338. It's my family.Copy !req
339. What's with the lights?Copy !req
340. Oh, all the stadiums
have them now.Copy !req
341. Even Wrigley Field.Copy !req
342. It's harder
to see the ball.Copy !req
343. The owners found that more people
can attend night games.Copy !req
344. Owners.Copy !req
345. Mr. Jackson,
this is my wife AnnieCopy !req
346. and my daughter Karin.Copy !req
347. Ma'am.Copy !req
348. Hi.Copy !req
349. Are you a ghost?Copy !req
350. Karin.Copy !req
351. She's kidding.Copy !req
352. That's OK.Copy !req
353. What do you think?Copy !req
354. You look real to me.Copy !req
355. Then I guess I'm real.Copy !req
356. Would you like
to come inside?Copy !req
357. Uh, thanks.
I don't think I can.Copy !req
358. Can I come back again?Copy !req
359. Yeah. I built this for you.Copy !req
360. There are others, you know.Copy !req
361. There were eight of us.Copy !req
362. It would really mean
a lot to them.Copy !req
363. Yeah... anytime.Copy !req
364. They're all welcome here.Copy !req
365. Hey, is this heaven?Copy !req
366. No.Copy !req
367. It's lowa.Copy !req
368. Where's he going?Copy !req
369. I don't know.Copy !req
370. We're keeping this field.Copy !req
371. You bet your ass we are.Copy !req
372. You're going
to lose your farm, pal.Copy !req
373. How can you lose
something so big?Copy !req
374. He misplaced
the house once.Copy !req
375. Yeah, but it turned up.Copy !req
376. Ray, come on.
Ray? Ray?Copy !req
377. This stupid baseball field'sCopy !req
378. going to bankrupt you.Copy !req
379. If you default
on your loan,Copy !req
380. you're going
to lose everything.Copy !req
381. My partners
will give you a fair price.Copy !req
382. Thanks, Mark.
Thanks, Mark, but no.Copy !req
383. No.Copy !req
384. What are you holding
onto this place for?Copy !req
385. You never liked lowa.Copy !req
386. That's not true.Copy !req
387. You don't know
the first thing about farming.Copy !req
388. I know a lot
about farming.Copy !req
389. More than you think.Copy !req
390. Well, then how could you
plow under your major crop?Copy !req
391. What's a crop?Copy !req
392. Come on.
That is funny.Copy !req
393. What's a crop?Copy !req
394. Daddy, the baseball game
is on.Copy !req
395. Excuse us.Copy !req
396. Excuse us.Copy !req
397. Annie, I don't
believe this guy.Copy !req
398. I'm trying
to bail him out,Copy !req
399. and he leaves
to watch television.Copy !req
400. He used to be normal.Copy !req
401. Yeah.Copy !req
402. Buck!Copy !req
403. Whoa!Copy !req
404. All right.Copy !req
405. Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!Copy !req
406. All right!
Home base!Copy !req
407. Watch Joe's feet.Copy !req
408. A good left fielder
knows what pitch is coming.Copy !req
409. He can tell
from the bat's angleCopy !req
410. which way
the ball's heading.Copy !req
411. Show off!Copy !req
412. Stick it
in your ear, Gandil.Copy !req
413. If you'd have run like that
against Detroit,Copy !req
414. I'd have won 20 games!Copy !req
415. For Pete's sakes, Cicotte,Copy !req
416. that was 68 years ago.Copy !req
417. Give it up!Copy !req
418. Hey! You guys
want to play ball or what?Copy !req
419. Muscle-bound jerk.Copy !req
420. At least I got muscles.Copy !req
421. At most you got muscles.Copy !req
422. Come on, asshole!
Pitch!Copy !req
423. Weaver... be nice.Copy !req
424. Sorry, kid!Copy !req
425. It's OK.
I don't mind.Copy !req
426. All right, Karin.Copy !req
427. Hey, hey, hey!Copy !req
428. Ray?Copy !req
429. Honey, Mom and everybody's
leaving now.Copy !req
430. OK.Copy !req
431. Oh, well, it was...
you know.Copy !req
432. Thanks for coming.Copy !req
433. Ray, think about what I said.Copy !req
434. I'm just trying to help.Copy !req
435. I know.Copy !req
436. Thought you were
watching some game.Copy !req
437. It's not really a game.Copy !req
438. It's more like practice.Copy !req
439. There's only eight of them.Copy !req
440. They can't play a real game.Copy !req
441. Eight of what?Copy !req
442. Them.Copy !req
443. Who them?Copy !req
444. Them them.Copy !req
445. You don't see them?Copy !req
446. Karin, honey,
what are you watching?Copy !req
447. The baseball men.Copy !req
448. Baseball men?Copy !req
449. Do you see the baseball men
right now?Copy !req
450. Of course I do.Copy !req
451. What... you really
don't see them?Copy !req
452. It's not very politeCopy !req
453. to try to make
other people feel stupid.Copy !req
454. Mom, w-wait a minute.Copy !req
455. Mom! Wait a minute.Copy !req
456. Dee. Dee, wait.
You don't see these people?Copy !req
457. It's not funny, Annie.Copy !req
458. They couldn't see it.Copy !req
459. This is really interesting.Copy !req
460. Hey, Ray, look at this.Copy !req
461. 68 years since I wore this uniform,Copy !req
462. still fits me
like a glove.Copy !req
463. You must keep
in pretty good shape.Copy !req
464. Now let's see,
I died in '70.Copy !req
465. That means I haven't
had a cigarette in 18 years.Copy !req
466. You don't smoke, do you?Copy !req
467. No.Copy !req
468. Karin!Copy !req
469. Ray... dinner!Copy !req
470. Ray, dinner.Copy !req
471. Dinner, Ray.Copy !req
472. All right,
all right.Copy !req
473. Come on.
Let's hit the showers.Copy !req
474. See you later.Copy !req
475. See you, guys.Copy !req
476. I'm melting!
I'm melting!Copy !req
477. Come on,
you knucklehead.Copy !req
478. That is so cool.Copy !req
479. Ease his pain.Copy !req
480. What?Copy !req
481. I'm sorry. What?
I didn't understand.Copy !req
482. What?Copy !req
483. Ease his pain.Copy !req
484. Ease his pain. What...Copy !req
485. What the hell
does that mean,Copy !req
486. ease his pain?Copy !req
487. What pain?Copy !req
488. All right.
Whose pain?Copy !req
489. Thanks a lot.Copy !req
490. Thanks a lot.Copy !req
491. Come on, honey, wash up.Copy !req
492. We got the PTA meeting
after dinner.Copy !req
493. Talking about
banning books again...Copy !req
494. really subversive books,Copy !req
495. like The Wizard of Oz,
Diary of Anne Frank.Copy !req
496. What happened to you?Copy !req
497. The voice is back.Copy !req
498. You don't have to build
a football field,Copy !req
499. do you?Copy !req
500. He said,
"Ease his pain."Copy !req
501. Ease whose pain?Copy !req
502. I asked him.
He wouldn't say.Copy !req
503. Shoeless Joe's?Copy !req
504. I don't think so.Copy !req
505. One of the other players?Copy !req
506. I don't think so.Copy !req
507. This is a very nonspecific voice
out there,Copy !req
508. and he's starting
to piss me off.Copy !req
509. I was having a fun day today...
a good day.Copy !req
510. Want a fry?Copy !req
511. And I sayCopy !req
512. smut and filth like thisCopy !req
513. has no place in our schools.Copy !req
514. Fascist. I'd like
to ease her pain.Copy !req
515. Mrs. Kessinik,
Mrs. Kessinik.Copy !req
516. That book
you're waving aboutCopy !req
517. is hardly smut.Copy !req
518. It's considered
by many criticsCopy !req
519. to be the classic novel
about the 1960s.Copy !req
520. It's pornography!Copy !req
521. No, no. The Supreme Court
says it's not.Copy !req
522. And it's author,
Mr. Mann...Copy !req
523. Is sick!Copy !req
524. Terence Mann
is a Pulitzer Prize winner.Copy !req
525. He's widely regarded
as the finest satirist of his time.Copy !req
526. He's a pervert!Copy !req
527. Probably a Communist, too!Copy !req
528. What planet
are these people from?Copy !req
529. Mr. Harris,Copy !req
530. the so-called novels
of Terence MannCopy !req
531. endorse promiscuity,
godlessness,Copy !req
532. the mongrelization
of the races,Copy !req
533. and disrespect
to high-ranking officersCopy !req
534. of the United States Army.Copy !req
535. And that's why
right-thinking school boardsCopy !req
536. all across the countryCopy !req
537. having been banning
this man's s-h-i-tCopy !req
538. since 1969.Copy !req
539. Terence Mann?Copy !req
540. Y-Y-You know why
he stopped writing books.Copy !req
541. Because he masturbates.Copy !req
542. Excuse me, madame.Copy !req
543. Excuse me.Copy !req
544. Terence Mann was a warm,
gentle voice of reasonCopy !req
545. during a time
of great madness.Copy !req
546. He coined the phrase
"Make love, not war."Copy !req
547. While other peopleCopy !req
548. were chanting
"Burn, baby, burn,"Copy !req
549. he was talking about loveCopy !req
550. and peace
and understanding.Copy !req
551. I cherished his books,Copy !req
552. and I dearly wish
he had written more.Copy !req
553. Maybe if you
had experiencedCopy !req
554. even a little bit
of the sixties,Copy !req
555. you might feel
the same way, too.Copy !req
556. I experienced
the sixties.Copy !req
557. No, you had
two fiftiesCopy !req
558. and moved right
into the seventies.Copy !req
559. Annie, look at this.Copy !req
560. Your husband
plowed under his cornCopy !req
561. and built a baseball field.Copy !req
562. Now, there's
an intelligent response.Copy !req
563. The weirdo.Copy !req
564. Annie...Copy !req
565. Honey, it's all right.
I'll be cool.Copy !req
566. At least he is not
a book burner,Copy !req
567. you Nazi cow.Copy !req
568. At least
I'm not marriedCopy !req
569. to the biggest horse's ass
in three counties.Copy !req
570. All right, Beulah,
do you want to step outside?Copy !req
571. Fine!Copy !req
572. Annie.Copy !req
573. All right, honey.Copy !req
574. I've got a better idea.Copy !req
575. Let's take a vote.
Who's for Eva Braun?Copy !req
576. Who wants to burn books?Copy !req
577. Who wants to spitCopy !req
578. on the Constitution of the United States
of America? Anybody?Copy !req
579. All right.Copy !req
580. Now, who's for
the Bill of Rights?Copy !req
581. Who thinks freedom is
a pretty darn good thing?Copy !req
582. Come on! Come on!
Let's see those hands!Copy !req
583. Who thinks
we have to stand upCopy !req
584. to the kind of censorship
they had under Stalin?Copy !req
585. All right.
There you go.Copy !req
586. America, I love you.Copy !req
587. I'm proud of you.Copy !req
588. Let's go.Copy !req
589. We got to go.Copy !req
590. This is great!Copy !req
591. I figured it out.Copy !req
592. I figured it out.Copy !req
593. Was that great, or what?Copy !req
594. I figured it out.Copy !req
595. It's just like
the sixties again!Copy !req
596. Step outside,
you Nazi cow.Copy !req
597. I know whose pain
I'm supposed to ease.Copy !req
598. I figured it out.Copy !req
599. I just halted the spread
of neofascism in America...Copy !req
600. Terence Mann.Copy !req
601. What about him?Copy !req
602. That's whose pain.Copy !req
603. You sure?Copy !req
604. I was right about building
the field, wasn't I?Copy !req
605. Well, what's his pain?Copy !req
606. How are you
supposed to ease it?Copy !req
607. Well, Ann...Copy !req
608. Look, he's my
favorite writer, too,Copy !req
609. but what's Terence Mann
got to do with baseball?Copy !req
610. Annie, it's incredible.Copy !req
611. By the early seventies,Copy !req
612. Mann decides people have become
either too extremistCopy !req
613. or too apathetic to listen.Copy !req
614. So he stops writing books,Copy !req
615. he starts writing
poetry about whales,Copy !req
616. and then he starts fooling around
with a computer.Copy !req
617. Know what he does now?Copy !req
618. Writes software
for interactive children's videos.Copy !req
619. They teach kidsCopy !req
620. how to resolve
their conflicts peacefully.Copy !req
621. God... what an amazing guy.Copy !req
622. What's that got
to do with baseball?Copy !req
623. In the April 1962 issue
of Jet Magazine,Copy !req
624. there's a story called
"This Is Not A Kite."Copy !req
625. It's not his best work,Copy !req
626. but the story's hero
is named John Kinsella...Copy !req
627. my father.Copy !req
628. Wow.Copy !req
629. What do you mean, "Wow"?Copy !req
630. Big wow!
What's it got to do with baseball?Copy !req
631. You drive.Copy !req
632. OK, the last interview
he ever gave was in 1973.Copy !req
633. Guess what it's about.Copy !req
634. Some kind of team sport.Copy !req
635. Mann was
a baseball fanatic.Copy !req
636. Listen to this...Copy !req
637. "My earliest recurring dreamCopy !req
638. was to play at Ebbets FieldCopy !req
639. with Jackie Robinson
and the Brooklyn Dodgers.Copy !req
640. It never happened.Copy !req
641. The Dodgers left Brooklyn.Copy !req
642. Ebbets Field is gone,Copy !req
643. but I still
dream that dream."Copy !req
644. That's sad.Copy !req
645. The man wrote the best books
of his generation.Copy !req
646. He was a pioneerCopy !req
647. in the civil rights
and the antiwar movement.Copy !req
648. I mean, he made
the cover of Newsweek.Copy !req
649. He knew everybody.
He did everything.Copy !req
650. He helped shape his time.Copy !req
651. The guy hung out
with the Beatles.Copy !req
652. It wasn't enough.
What he missed was baseball.Copy !req
653. Oh, my God!Copy !req
654. What?Copy !req
655. As a small boy,
he had a bat named Rosebud.Copy !req
656. Give me that.Copy !req
657. Sorry.Copy !req
658. The guy hasn't been
to a baseball game since 1958.Copy !req
659. So, in order to
ease his pain,Copy !req
660. you're supposed
to take him to a ball game.Copy !req
661. Yes.Copy !req
662. Ray, this is nuttierCopy !req
663. than building
the baseball field.Copy !req
664. No. No, it's not.Copy !req
665. It's pretty weird,Copy !req
666. but building the field
was 5-10% weirder.Copy !req
667. I'm going to have to
nip this one in the bud.Copy !req
668. We're having moderate-to-heavy
financial difficulties here.Copy !req
669. You can't take off for BostonCopy !req
670. while we're going broke in lowa.Copy !req
671. This is really
new territory for us,Copy !req
672. but we're dealing with
primal forces of nature.Copy !req
673. The prudent thing
is not to quibble over details.Copy !req
674. Yeah, but why
do you have to go?Copy !req
675. Why can't the voice
send somebody else?Copy !req
676. How about
Shirley MacLaine?Copy !req
677. Is she too busy?Copy !req
678. What does this
have to do with you?Copy !req
679. That's what
I have to find out.Copy !req
680. Ray, we are behind
on the mortgage.Copy !req
681. That field ate up
all of our savings.Copy !req
682. I'll sleep in the car.
I'll beg for food.Copy !req
683. No. No! Now this is too much!Copy !req
684. Now look.
I understand your needCopy !req
685. to prove to yourself
and to the worldCopy !req
686. you are not turning
into your father, but you've done it.Copy !req
687. You believed in the magic.Copy !req
688. It happened.
Isn't that enough?Copy !req
689. It's more than that.Copy !req
690. I know this is
totally nuts,Copy !req
691. but I'm supposed to do it.Copy !req
692. I feel it as strongly
as I've felt anything.Copy !req
693. There's a reason.Copy !req
694. What? Just tell me
what it is.Copy !req
695. Something's going to
happen at the game.Copy !req
696. There's something
at Fenway Park.Copy !req
697. I got to be there with Terence Mann
to find it out.Copy !req
698. Is Fenway the oneCopy !req
699. with the big green wall
in left field?Copy !req
700. Yeah.Copy !req
701. I dreamt last nightCopy !req
702. you were at Fenway
with Terence Mann.Copy !req
703. Was I sitting on
the first base side?Copy !req
704. Yes.Copy !req
705. About halfway
up on the aisle?Copy !req
706. - Yeah. Eating a hot dog.
- Eating a hot dog.Copy !req
707. I had the same dream.Copy !req
708. I'll help you pack.Copy !req
709. Hi, I'm...Copy !req
710. Hi, I'm Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
711. Hi.Copy !req
712. No.Copy !req
713. Hi.Copy !req
714. Hi, I'm Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
715. It's a great pleasure
to finally get to...Copy !req
716. Hi, I'm Ray Kinsella.
I'm a big fan of yours.Copy !req
717. Hi.Copy !req
718. Hi.Copy !req
719. How do you do, Mr. Mann?Copy !req
720. I have to take you
to a base...Copy !req
721. All right, stupid,Copy !req
722. put your hands up
and get in the trunk.Copy !req
723. Good.Copy !req
724. Good.Copy !req
725. He lives right around here.Copy !req
726. Do you know him?Copy !req
727. He's sort of
a tall black man.Copy !req
728. I'm a friend of his.Copy !req
729. If he was much of a friend,Copy !req
730. he could give you
the directions himself.Copy !req
731. That's a good point.Copy !req
732. Thank you.Copy !req
733. I don't know
where he lives.Copy !req
734. Get away from me!Copy !req
735. I ain't going to
tell you nothing.Copy !req
736. Go away!Copy !req
737. You're a pest!Copy !req
738. Two blocks down,
right-hand side.Copy !req
739. First door that don't have
a chicken in the window is his.Copy !req
740. No chicken.Copy !req
741. Who the hell are you?Copy !req
742. Sir, my name's
Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
743. We got
a learning disability here?Copy !req
744. If I could just
have one minute, please.Copy !req
745. Look, I can't tell you
the secret of life,Copy !req
746. and I don't have
any answers for you.Copy !req
747. I don't give interviews,Copy !req
748. and I'm no longer
a public figure.Copy !req
749. I just want to be
left alone, so piss off.Copy !req
750. Wait!Copy !req
751. Wait!Copy !req
752. Look, I've come
1,500 miles to see youCopy !req
753. at the risk of losing
my homeCopy !req
754. and alienating my wife.Copy !req
755. All I'm asking
is one minute.Copy !req
756. Please.Copy !req
757. One minute.Copy !req
758. OK, I understand
your desire for privacy,Copy !req
759. and I wouldn't
dream of intrudingCopy !req
760. if this weren't
extremely important.Copy !req
761. Oh, God.Copy !req
762. I don't do causes anymore.Copy !req
763. This isn't a cause.Copy !req
764. I don't need money
or an endorsement.Copy !req
765. Refreshing.Copy !req
766. You once wrote,
"There comes a timeCopy !req
767. when all the cosmic tumblersCopy !req
768. have clicked into placeCopy !req
769. and the universe
opens itself up for a few secondsCopy !req
770. to show you what's possible."Copy !req
771. Oh, my God!Copy !req
772. What?Copy !req
773. You're from the sixties.Copy !req
774. Well, yeah. Actually...Copy !req
775. Out!Copy !req
776. Hey!Copy !req
777. Back to the sixties!Copy !req
778. No place for you
here in the future.Copy !req
779. Get back while you still can!Copy !req
780. You've changed,Copy !req
781. you know that?Copy !req
782. Yes, I suppose I have.Copy !req
783. How about this?
Peace, love, dope.Copy !req
784. Now get the hell
out of here!Copy !req
785. You've really pissed me off.Copy !req
786. Hold it.Copy !req
787. I was hoping I wouldn't
have to do it this way.Copy !req
788. What the hell is that?Copy !req
789. It's a gun.Copy !req
790. It's your finger.Copy !req
791. No, it's a gun.Copy !req
792. Let me see it.Copy !req
793. I'm not going to
show you my gun.Copy !req
794. I'm not going
to hurt you.Copy !req
795. I need you
to come with...Copy !req
796. What are you doing?Copy !req
797. I'll beat you with a crowbar
until you go away.Copy !req
798. Whoa! Wait!
You can't do that.Copy !req
799. There are rules here?Copy !req
800. Oh, no.
There are no rules here.Copy !req
801. You're a pacifist!Copy !req
802. Shit.Copy !req
803. Thank you.Copy !req
804. Thank you.Copy !req
805. So what?
You kidnapping me?Copy !req
806. What's the deal here?Copy !req
807. I was...Copy !req
808. I was hopingCopy !req
809. I could just convince you
to come with me.Copy !req
810. So you are
kidnapping me?Copy !req
811. I have to take you
to a baseball game.Copy !req
812. You what?Copy !req
813. Tonight's game.Copy !req
814. Red Sox, A's.Copy !req
815. Why?Copy !req
816. Something will happen there.Copy !req
817. I don't know what,
but we'll find out when it does.Copy !req
818. My name's Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
819. You used my father's nameCopy !req
820. for a character
in one of your stories.Copy !req
821. John Kinsella.Copy !req
822. You're seeing
a whole team of psychiatrists,Copy !req
823. aren't you?Copy !req
824. I don't blame you
for thinking that,Copy !req
825. but, no, I'm not.Copy !req
826. I swear to God,Copy !req
827. I'm the least crazy person
I've ever known.Copy !req
828. Why are you kidnapping me
to a baseball game?Copy !req
829. May I s...Copy !req
830. Oh, please.
Want a cup of coffee?Copy !req
831. No.Copy !req
832. Want some cookies?Copy !req
833. No.Copy !req
834. I read an interview
you gave a long time agoCopy !req
835. about how you always dreamed
of playing at Ebbets FieldCopy !req
836. and how sad you felt
when they tore it down.Copy !req
837. I never said that.Copy !req
838. You didn't?Copy !req
839. I don't even recall
thinking that.Copy !req
840. Weird.Copy !req
841. This whole...Copy !req
842. This whole thing
is so weird.Copy !req
843. Then why go through with it?Copy !req
844. It's a long story.Copy !req
845. But it's a really good story.Copy !req
846. I'll tell you on the way.Copy !req
847. I'm not getting rid
of you, am I?Copy !req
848. Come to this game.Copy !req
849. I'll never bother you again,Copy !req
850. not even f...
not even a Christmas card.Copy !req
851. So what do you do
with yourself these days?Copy !req
852. I live, I work.Copy !req
853. I learned how to cook.Copy !req
854. I take walks
and watch sunsets.Copy !req
855. Don't you miss
being involved?Copy !req
856. I was the East Coast distributor
of involved.Copy !req
857. I ate it and drank it
and breathed it.Copy !req
858. Then they killed
Martin and Bobby,Copy !req
859. they elected
Tricky Dick twice,Copy !req
860. and now people like you
think I must be miserableCopy !req
861. because I'm not
involved anymore.Copy !req
862. I've got news for you.Copy !req
863. I spent all my misery
years ago.Copy !req
864. I have no more pain left
for any of you.Copy !req
865. I gave at the office.Copy !req
866. So what do you want?Copy !req
867. I want them to stop
looking to me for answers,Copy !req
868. begging me to speak again,Copy !req
869. write again, be a leader.Copy !req
870. I want them to start
thinking for themselves.Copy !req
871. I want my privacy.Copy !req
872. No, I meant
what do you want?Copy !req
873. Oh.Copy !req
874. Dog and a beer.Copy !req
875. Two.Copy !req
876. 10 bucks.Copy !req
877. OK, I understand you.Copy !req
878. You should be entitled
to as much privacy as you want,Copy !req
879. but why stop writing?Copy !req
880. I haven't published
a word in 17 years,Copy !req
881. and still I have to endure
lunatics like you.Copy !req
882. What do you
think would happenCopy !req
883. if I suddenly came out
with a new book?Copy !req
884. They'd bleed me dry.Copy !req
885. Go the distance.Copy !req
886. Go the distance.Copy !req
887. What's the matter?Copy !req
888. You didn't see that?Copy !req
889. See what?Copy !req
890. I'm sorry. I guess you
didn't have to be here.Copy !req
891. What?Copy !req
892. Whenever you want to go,
we can go.Copy !req
893. Fine. Let's go.Copy !req
894. What is it you're
not telling me?Copy !req
895. I've already taken up
too much of your time.Copy !req
896. I wish I had
your passion, Ray.Copy !req
897. Misdirected though it might be,Copy !req
898. it is still a passion.Copy !req
899. I used to feel that way
about things, but...Copy !req
900. You got another message,
didn't you?Copy !req
901. You'll think I'm crazy.Copy !req
902. I already think you're crazy.Copy !req
903. What did it say?Copy !req
904. It said,
"The man's done enough.Copy !req
905. Leave him alone."Copy !req
906. "Moonlight" Graham.Copy !req
907. You saw it.Copy !req
908. Saw what?Copy !req
909. You saw it.
New York Giants, 1922.Copy !req
910. He played one game.
He never got to bat.Copy !req
911. What did I see?Copy !req
912. Chisholm, Minnesota.Copy !req
913. We were the only ones
who saw it.Copy !req
914. Did you hear
the voice, too?Copy !req
915. It's what told me
to find you.Copy !req
916. Did you hear it?Copy !req
917. "Go the distance"?Copy !req
918. Yes. Do you know
what it means?Copy !req
919. Yes.Copy !req
920. What?Copy !req
921. It means we're going
to MinnesotaCopy !req
922. to find
"Moonlight" Graham.Copy !req
923. We're going... We?Copy !req
924. I must be out of my mind.Copy !req
925. What do we do
when we find him?Copy !req
926. How the hell
am I supposed to know?Copy !req
927. That's right.
You're right.Copy !req
928. You're right.Copy !req
929. This is so bitchin'.Copy !req
930. I don't believe
I'm doing this.Copy !req
931. Hey, Annie, guess what?Copy !req
932. I'm with Terence Mann.Copy !req
933. Oh, my God.
You kidnapped him.Copy !req
934. No, I didn't.
He wanted to.Copy !req
935. Sorry, but I'm going to
be a few days longer.Copy !req
936. We're going to Minnesota.Copy !req
937. I don't believe this.
What's in Minnesota?Copy !req
938. An old ball player.Copy !req
939. I'll explain when I get home.Copy !req
940. How are things with you?Copy !req
941. Fine.Copy !req
942. Great. Look, Ann,
I got to go, OK?Copy !req
943. Give Karin a hug for me,Copy !req
944. and I love you.Copy !req
945. I love you, too.Copy !req
946. Hey, someday explain
all this to me, OK?Copy !req
947. I'll try.Copy !req
948. Bye-bye.Copy !req
949. Bye.Copy !req
950. Why didn't you tell him?Copy !req
951. Annie, you got no choice
in the matter.Copy !req
952. Half a dozen Grahams.Copy !req
953. No Archibald.Copy !req
954. No "Moonlight."Copy !req
955. Follow me.Copy !req
956. Hello.Copy !req
957. Excuse me.
Maybe you can help us.Copy !req
958. We're looking for
an ex-baseball playerCopy !req
959. named Archibald Graham.Copy !req
960. Oh, you mean
Doc Graham.Copy !req
961. No. I think his nickname
was "Moonlight."Copy !req
962. Well, that's Dr. Graham.Copy !req
963. Dr. Graham?Copy !req
964. His baseball career
never amounted to much.Copy !req
965. He went back to school.Copy !req
966. His father was a doctor.Copy !req
967. Do you know
where we can find him?Copy !req
968. It's nothing bad.
We're not from the IRS.Copy !req
969. Doc Graham is dead.Copy !req
970. He died in 1972.Copy !req
971. "And there were timesCopy !req
972. when children could not affordCopy !req
973. eyeglasses or milk or clothing.Copy !req
974. Yet, no child was ever denied
these essentialsCopy !req
975. because, in the background,Copy !req
976. there was always Dr. Graham.Copy !req
977. Without any fanfare
or publicity,Copy !req
978. the glasses or the milkCopy !req
979. or the ticket
to the ball gameCopy !req
980. found their way into
the child's pocket."Copy !req
981. You wrote that.Copy !req
982. The day he died.Copy !req
983. Can I see that?Copy !req
984. You're a good writer.Copy !req
985. So are you.Copy !req
986. Something's missing.Copy !req
987. Well, he sounds like
he was a wonderful man.Copy !req
988. Half the towns in North America
have a Doc Graham.Copy !req
989. What makes this one
so specialCopy !req
990. we travel across the country
to find himCopy !req
991. 16 years after he died?Copy !req
992. There's got to be more.Copy !req
993. What else?Copy !req
994. He always wore
an overcoat,Copy !req
995. he had white hair,Copy !req
996. and he always
carried an umbrella.Copy !req
997. What was the umbrella for?Copy !req
998. It got to be a habit,Copy !req
999. something to hang on to.Copy !req
1000. He said he used itCopy !req
1001. to beat away
his lady admirers.Copy !req
1002. Tell me about his wife.Copy !req
1003. Alicia.Copy !req
1004. She moved to
South CarolinaCopy !req
1005. after Doc passed.Copy !req
1006. She passed
a couple years later.Copy !req
1007. She always wore blue.Copy !req
1008. The shopkeepers in townCopy !req
1009. would stock blue hatsCopy !req
1010. because they knew
if Doc walked by,Copy !req
1011. he'd buy one.Copy !req
1012. When they cleaned out
his office,Copy !req
1013. they found boxes of blue hatsCopy !req
1014. that he never
got around to give her.Copy !req
1015. I'll bet you
didn't know that.Copy !req
1016. No, I didn't.Copy !req
1017. No screwing,
no drinking,Copy !req
1018. no opium,
no midnight abortions,Copy !req
1019. no illegitimate children,Copy !req
1020. no shady finances.Copy !req
1021. You sound disappointed.Copy !req
1022. Shoeless Joe had a problem.Copy !req
1023. That's why he needed you.Copy !req
1024. This guy doesn't need us.Copy !req
1025. Terence.Copy !req
1026. Do you know
you're missing?Copy !req
1027. Oh, God.Copy !req
1028. "His father,
who lives in Baltimore,Copy !req
1029. notified policeCopy !req
1030. after receiving no answerCopy !req
1031. to repeated telephone calls."Copy !req
1032. Shoot.Copy !req
1033. I better call him.Copy !req
1034. You, uh, want me to...Copy !req
1035. Thanks.Copy !req
1036. I'm taking a walk.
Be back in a while.Copy !req
1037. What do I tell him?Copy !req
1038. "This year's"?Copy !req
1039. Dr. Graham?Copy !req
1040. Dr. Graham?Copy !req
1041. My name's Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
1042. I'm from lowa.Copy !req
1043. Are you
"Moonlight" Graham?Copy !req
1044. No one's called me
"Moonlight" Graham in 50 years.Copy !req
1045. Well, I've come
a very long way to see you.Copy !req
1046. I couldn't sleep tonight.Copy !req
1047. Usually I sleep like a baby.Copy !req
1048. I told Alicia
I was taking a walk.Copy !req
1049. Do you mind if I join you?Copy !req
1050. I'd like to talk to you.Copy !req
1051. Let's walk over
to my office.Copy !req
1052. What do you want
to talk to me about?Copy !req
1053. When you got
to the majors,Copy !req
1054. you played only
one inning of one game.Copy !req
1055. What happened with you?Copy !req
1056. It was the last day
of the season,Copy !req
1057. bottom of the eighth,
we were way ahead.Copy !req
1058. In three weeks,
I hadn't seen any action.Copy !req
1059. Suddenly old John McGraw
points a bony fingerCopy !req
1060. in my directionCopy !req
1061. and he says, "Right field."Copy !req
1062. I jumped upCopy !req
1063. like I was sitting
on a spring,Copy !req
1064. grabbed my glove,Copy !req
1065. and ran out
on the field.Copy !req
1066. Did you get
to make a play?Copy !req
1067. They never hit the ball
out of the infield.Copy !req
1068. The game ended.
The season was over.Copy !req
1069. I knew they'd
send me back down.Copy !req
1070. I couldn't bear the thoughtCopy !req
1071. of another year
in the minors.Copy !req
1072. So I decided
to hang them up.Copy !req
1073. Go on. Sit down.Copy !req
1074. Thank you.Copy !req
1075. So what was that like?Copy !req
1076. It was like coming this close
to your dreams,Copy !req
1077. then watch them
brush past you,Copy !req
1078. like a stranger
in a crowd.Copy !req
1079. Then, you don't think about it.Copy !req
1080. We just don't recognizeCopy !req
1081. life's most significant momentsCopy !req
1082. while they're happening.Copy !req
1083. Back then I thought,Copy !req
1084. "Well, there'll be other days."Copy !req
1085. I didn't realize that
that was the only day.Copy !req
1086. And now, I want to
ask you a question.Copy !req
1087. What's so interesting
about half an inningCopy !req
1088. that you'd come from lowaCopy !req
1089. to talk to me about itCopy !req
1090. 50 years after it happened?Copy !req
1091. I didn't really know
till just now,Copy !req
1092. but I think it's to ask youCopy !req
1093. if you could do
anything you wanted,Copy !req
1094. if you could have
a... a wish...Copy !req
1095. And you're the kind of a manCopy !req
1096. who could grant me that wish?Copy !req
1097. I don't know.
I'm just asking.Copy !req
1098. Well, you know,Copy !req
1099. I never got to bat
in the major leagues.Copy !req
1100. I'd have liked to have had
that chance, just once,Copy !req
1101. to stare down
a big-league pitcher.Copy !req
1102. Then just as he goes
into his windup, wink.Copy !req
1103. Make him think you know
something he doesn't.Copy !req
1104. That's what I wish for...Copy !req
1105. The chance to squint
at a sky so blueCopy !req
1106. it hurts your eyes
to look at it,Copy !req
1107. to feel the tingle in your arms
as you connect with the ball,Copy !req
1108. run bases...Copy !req
1109. stretching a double
into a tripleCopy !req
1110. and flop face first
into third,Copy !req
1111. wrap your arms
around the bag.Copy !req
1112. That's my wish.
That's my wish.Copy !req
1113. Is there enough
magic out thereCopy !req
1114. in the moonlight to make
this dream come true?Copy !req
1115. What would you say
if I said yes?Copy !req
1116. I think I'd
actually believe you.Copy !req
1117. There's a place
where things like that happen.Copy !req
1118. If you want to go,
I can take you.Copy !req
1119. This is my most
special placeCopy !req
1120. in all the world.Copy !req
1121. Once a place
touches you like this,Copy !req
1122. the wind never blows
so cold again.Copy !req
1123. You feel...
like it was your child.Copy !req
1124. I can't leave Chisholm.Copy !req
1125. I un... I understandCopy !req
1126. I do.Copy !req
1127. But I really thinkCopy !req
1128. you're supposed
to come with us.Copy !req
1129. You're supposed
to come with us.Copy !req
1130. No.Copy !req
1131. But your wish?Copy !req
1132. It'll have to stay a wish.Copy !req
1133. I was born here,
I lived here,Copy !req
1134. I'll die here,
but no regrets.Copy !req
1135. 50 years ago,
for 5 minutesCopy !req
1136. you came this close.Copy !req
1137. It would kill some menCopy !req
1138. to get that close
to their dreamCopy !req
1139. and not touch it.Copy !req
1140. God. They'd consider it
a tragedy.Copy !req
1141. If I'd only gottenCopy !req
1142. to be a doctor
for five minutes,Copy !req
1143. now that would
have been a tragedy.Copy !req
1144. I better be getting home.Copy !req
1145. Alicia will think
I got a girlfriend.Copy !req
1146. And he smiled.Copy !req
1147. And then I figured,Copy !req
1148. maybe we're not supposed
to take him with us.Copy !req
1149. I don't know.Copy !req
1150. I don't know
why in the hellCopy !req
1151. we were supposed
to come here.Copy !req
1152. Maybe it's to find outCopy !req
1153. if one inning
can change the world.Copy !req
1154. Think it did?Copy !req
1155. Did for these people.Copy !req
1156. If he'd gotten a hit,Copy !req
1157. he might have stayed
in baseball.Copy !req
1158. I don't know.Copy !req
1159. Oh, your wife called.Copy !req
1160. She wants you
to call her tonight.Copy !req
1161. Ray?Copy !req
1162. Ohh.Copy !req
1163. I'm fine. I'm just
so glad it's you.Copy !req
1164. Listen, I talked
to the bank,Copy !req
1165. and I asked themCopy !req
1166. if we could miss
a payment or two,Copy !req
1167. and they told meCopy !req
1168. that they had just sold
the note on the farmCopy !req
1169. to Mark...
and his partners.Copy !req
1170. Right.
So they own the paper now.Copy !req
1171. He says if we don't
sell to them,Copy !req
1172. they're going to foreclose.Copy !req
1173. Ray, we don't have the money.Copy !req
1174. Look, um, I've got
to take Mr. MannCopy !req
1175. back to Boston first.Copy !req
1176. OK? So it's, uh...Copy !req
1177. No.Copy !req
1178. Wait a second.Copy !req
1179. I'm going to lowa with you.Copy !req
1180. We're coming home.Copy !req
1181. Hell, I can't quit now.Copy !req
1182. I got to see this ball park.Copy !req
1183. Not everyone can see it.Copy !req
1184. You might not.Copy !req
1185. Give it a try.Copy !req
1186. I need all the karma
I can get right now.Copy !req
1187. Thanks. You're the first car by.Copy !req
1188. How far you going?Copy !req
1189. How far you going?Copy !req
1190. Lowa.Copy !req
1191. If it's OK, I'll just
ride along a while.Copy !req
1192. I play baseball.Copy !req
1193. Hop in.Copy !req
1194. All right.Copy !req
1195. I'm looking
for a place to play.Copy !req
1196. I heard that all
through the Midwest,Copy !req
1197. they have towns with teams.Copy !req
1198. In some places,
they'll find you a day jobCopy !req
1199. so you can play ball
nights and weekends.Copy !req
1200. It's your lucky day.Copy !req
1201. We're going someplace
kind of like that.Copy !req
1202. All right.Copy !req
1203. I'm Ray Kinsella.Copy !req
1204. This is Terence Mann.Copy !req
1205. Hi.Copy !req
1206. I'm Archie Graham.Copy !req
1207. It's funny the way
he described townsCopy !req
1208. finding you a jobCopy !req
1209. so you could play
on their team.Copy !req
1210. They haven't done that
for years.Copy !req
1211. Dad did that
for a while,Copy !req
1212. but that was
in the twenties.Copy !req
1213. What happened to your father?Copy !req
1214. He never made it
as a ballplayer.Copy !req
1215. He wanted his son
to make it for him.Copy !req
1216. By 10, playing baseball
got to beCopy !req
1217. like eating vegetables
or taking out garbage.Copy !req
1218. When I was 14,
I started to refuse.Copy !req
1219. Can you believe that?Copy !req
1220. American boy refusing
to have a catchCopy !req
1221. with his father?Copy !req
1222. Why 14?Copy !req
1223. That's when I read The Boat Rocker
by Terence Mann.Copy !req
1224. I never played catch
with him again.Copy !req
1225. That's the crap
people always lay on me.Copy !req
1226. It's not my faultCopy !req
1227. you wouldn't
play catch with him.Copy !req
1228. I know.Copy !req
1229. Anyway, when I was 17,Copy !req
1230. I packed my things,Copy !req
1231. said something awful,
and left.Copy !req
1232. After a while,
I wanted to come home,Copy !req
1233. but I didn't know how.Copy !req
1234. Made it back
for the funeral, though.Copy !req
1235. What was the awful thing
you said?Copy !req
1236. To your father?Copy !req
1237. Oh...Copy !req
1238. I said I could
never respect a manCopy !req
1239. whose hero was a criminal.Copy !req
1240. Who was his hero?Copy !req
1241. Shoeless Joe Jackson.Copy !req
1242. You knew
he wasn't a criminal.Copy !req
1243. Then why did you say it?Copy !req
1244. I was 17.Copy !req
1245. The son of a bitch diedCopy !req
1246. before I could take it back.Copy !req
1247. Before I could tell him...Copy !req
1248. you know.Copy !req
1249. He never met my wife.Copy !req
1250. He never saw
his granddaughter.Copy !req
1251. This is your penance.Copy !req
1252. I know.Copy !req
1253. I can't bring
my father back.Copy !req
1254. So the least you can do
is bring back his hero.Copy !req
1255. Well...Copy !req
1256. Now I know what
everybody's purpose here is...Copy !req
1257. except mine.Copy !req
1258. Hey.Copy !req
1259. Daddy!Copy !req
1260. Karin, come here.Copy !req
1261. Hi!Copy !req
1262. Oh...Copy !req
1263. We missed you.Copy !req
1264. Are you, OK?Copy !req
1265. Yeah. This is
Terence Mann.Copy !req
1266. Terry.Copy !req
1267. Welcome.Copy !req
1268. Hi, Terry.Copy !req
1269. And this young fella is...
This is Archie Graham.Copy !req
1270. Archie.Copy !req
1271. He's come to practice
with the team.Copy !req
1272. He'll be able to do
a lot more than that.Copy !req
1273. What does that mean?Copy !req
1274. What do you say?Copy !req
1275. What do you say?Copy !req
1276. Hey, Ray.Copy !req
1277. Welcome back.Copy !req
1278. Thanks, Joe.Copy !req
1279. Oh, my God.Copy !req
1280. What?Copy !req
1281. That's Shoeless Joe Jackson.Copy !req
1282. Of course it is.Copy !req
1283. You didn't believe me?Copy !req
1284. I thought I did, but...Copy !req
1285. Oh, my God.Copy !req
1286. Hi, Annie.Copy !req
1287. Hi, Joe.Copy !req
1288. Good to see you.Copy !req
1289. Terry, I'd like youCopy !req
1290. to meet Shoeless Joe Jackson.Copy !req
1291. Joe, Terry Mann.Copy !req
1292. It's a pleasure meeting you.Copy !req
1293. The pleasure's mine.Copy !req
1294. We got tired of
just having practices,Copy !req
1295. so we brought
another team outCopy !req
1296. so we'd have
some real games.Copy !req
1297. I don't mind.Copy !req
1298. Where'd they come from?Copy !req
1299. Where did we come from?Copy !req
1300. So many wanted to play here.Copy !req
1301. We had to beat them off
with a stick.Copy !req
1302. Hey, that's Smokey Joe WoodCopy !req
1303. and Mel OttCopy !req
1304. and Gil Hodges.Copy !req
1305. Ty Cobb wanted to play.Copy !req
1306. Nobody could stand him
when we were alive.Copy !req
1307. We told him to stick it.Copy !req
1308. Hey...Copy !req
1309. are you Graham?Copy !req
1310. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1311. Why are you
on the sidelines?Copy !req
1312. Came to play ball,
didn't you?Copy !req
1313. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1314. All right.
Well, go warm up.Copy !req
1315. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1316. Rookies.Copy !req
1317. Unbelievable.Copy !req
1318. It's more than that.Copy !req
1319. It's perfect.Copy !req
1320. Ho!Copy !req
1321. Safe!Copy !req
1322. Go, Graham!Copy !req
1323. Go, kid!Copy !req
1324. Come on, Archie!Copy !req
1325. He looks like a baby
next to those guys.Copy !req
1326. He is.Copy !req
1327. Let's get a hit.Copy !req
1328. Let's go.Copy !req
1329. Oh!Copy !req
1330. Watch it, boy!Copy !req
1331. Say hey!Copy !req
1332. Don't let him shake you up.
Hang in there!Copy !req
1333. Knuckles, what did you
throw at the kid for?Copy !req
1334. He winked at me.Copy !req
1335. Don't wink, kid.Copy !req
1336. Good thing for youCopy !req
1337. he didn't throw the fastball.Copy !req
1338. Let's see that fastball.Copy !req
1339. Let's go. Come on.Copy !req
1340. Yeah!Copy !req
1341. Ball.Copy !req
1342. Hey, ump!Copy !req
1343. Come on.
Give us a break!Copy !req
1344. Hey, ump.Copy !req
1345. How about a warning?Copy !req
1346. Sure. Watch out
you don't get killed.Copy !req
1347. Ha ha ha.Copy !req
1348. Time!Copy !req
1349. Time!Copy !req
1350. Ha ha ha.Copy !req
1351. Those first two
were high and tight.Copy !req
1352. What will the next one be?Copy !req
1353. Well...Copy !req
1354. either low and away
or in my ear.Copy !req
1355. He won't want
to load the bases.Copy !req
1356. So look for
low and away.Copy !req
1357. All right.Copy !req
1358. But watch out
for in your ear.Copy !req
1359. - Come on, Archie!
- Let's go, kid!Copy !req
1360. Batter, batter,
batter, batter!Copy !req
1361. Come on, Arch.Copy !req
1362. It just takes one.Copy !req
1363. Never hit it, kid.Copy !req
1364. Yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
1365. That's deep enough.Copy !req
1366. Go! Go!Copy !req
1367. Go home!Copy !req
1368. Safe!Copy !req
1369. Son of a!Copy !req
1370. Way to go, Arch!Copy !req
1371. Way to go!Copy !req
1372. Attaboy, Arch!Copy !req
1373. This is the wave!Copy !req
1374. Way to go, man!Copy !req
1375. Yeah, Archie.Copy !req
1376. All right.Copy !req
1377. Archie, we need it.Copy !req
1378. Way to go.Copy !req
1379. Yeah. Way to go.Copy !req
1380. Mmm.Copy !req
1381. What is this?Copy !req
1382. What is this jerk doing?Copy !req
1383. Hi!Copy !req
1384. Shit!Copy !req
1385. Wreck him.Copy !req
1386. Let me at him!Copy !req
1387. You're interrupting
the game, Mark.Copy !req
1388. Ray, it's time to put away
your little fantasiesCopy !req
1389. and come down to Earth.Copy !req
1390. It's not a fantasy.
They're real.Copy !req
1391. Who is real?Copy !req
1392. Shoeless Joe Jackson,
the White Sox,Copy !req
1393. all of them.Copy !req
1394. You mean?Copy !req
1395. He can't see any of them.Copy !req
1396. Well, who is this, Elvis?Copy !req
1397. Ray.Copy !req
1398. As a matter of fact,
it's Terence Mann.Copy !req
1399. How do you do?
I'm the Easter bunny.Copy !req
1400. Let's settle this thing now.Copy !req
1401. You have no money.Copy !req
1402. Look. I'm not selling.Copy !req
1403. You have a stack of bills!Copy !req
1404. Come fall, you got
no crop to sell.Copy !req
1405. I have a dealCopy !req
1406. that allows you
to stay on the land.Copy !req
1407. We don't have to sell the farm.Copy !req
1408. You'll live in the house
rent-free.Copy !req
1409. What about the team?Copy !req
1410. Do you realize how much
this land is worth?Copy !req
1411. Yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
1412. 2,200 bucks an acre.Copy !req
1413. We can't keep
a useless baseball diamondCopy !req
1414. in rich farmland.Copy !req
1415. Read my lips.
We're staying, all right?Copy !req
1416. We're staying.Copy !req
1417. Ray, you're bankrupt!Copy !req
1418. I'm offering you a way
to keep your homeCopy !req
1419. because I love my sister.Copy !req
1420. My partners don't careCopy !req
1421. and are ready to foreclose.Copy !req
1422. Daddy, we don't have
to sell the farm.Copy !req
1423. Karin, please!Copy !req
1424. Just wait!Copy !req
1425. Just wait!Copy !req
1426. Wait!Copy !req
1427. People will come.Copy !req
1428. What people, sweetheart?Copy !req
1429. From all over.Copy !req
1430. They'll just decide
to take a vacation, see?Copy !req
1431. And they'll come
to lowa City.Copy !req
1432. They'll think
it's really boring.Copy !req
1433. So they'll want to pay us.Copy !req
1434. Like buying a ticket.Copy !req
1435. You're not seriously
listening to this, are you?Copy !req
1436. Yes.Copy !req
1437. Wait a minute.Copy !req
1438. Why would anybody
pay money to come here?Copy !req
1439. To watch the games.Copy !req
1440. It will be just likeCopy !req
1441. when they were little kids
a long time ago.Copy !req
1442. They'll watch the gameCopy !req
1443. and remember what it was like.Copy !req
1444. What the hell
is she talking about?Copy !req
1445. People will come.Copy !req
1446. All right. This is fascinating,
but you don't have the money...Copy !req
1447. to bring the mortgage
up to date.Copy !req
1448. You're still going
to have to sell.Copy !req
1449. I'm sorry, Ray.Copy !req
1450. We got no choice.Copy !req
1451. Ray...Copy !req
1452. People will come, Ray.Copy !req
1453. They'll come to lowaCopy !req
1454. for reasons
they can't even fathom.Copy !req
1455. They'll turn up your driveway,Copy !req
1456. not knowing for sure
why they're doing it.Copy !req
1457. They'll arrive at your doorCopy !req
1458. as innocent as children,
longing for the past.Copy !req
1459. "Of course, we won't mindCopy !req
1460. if you look around,"
you'll say.Copy !req
1461. "It's only $20 per person."Copy !req
1462. They'll pass over the moneyCopy !req
1463. without even thinking about it.Copy !req
1464. For it is money they have
and peace they like.Copy !req
1465. Just sign the papers.Copy !req
1466. Then they'll walk
out to the bleachersCopy !req
1467. and sit in their shirt sleevesCopy !req
1468. on a perfect afternoon.Copy !req
1469. They'll find
they have reserved seatsCopy !req
1470. somewhere along one
of the baselines,Copy !req
1471. where they sat
when they were childrenCopy !req
1472. and cheered their heroes,Copy !req
1473. and they'll watch the game,Copy !req
1474. and it will beCopy !req
1475. as if they dipped themselves
in magic waters.Copy !req
1476. The memories
will be so thick,Copy !req
1477. they'll have to brush them away
from their faces.Copy !req
1478. Ray, when the bank opens
in the morning,Copy !req
1479. they'll foreclose.Copy !req
1480. People will come, Ray.Copy !req
1481. You're broke, Ray.Copy !req
1482. You sell now,
or you lose everything.Copy !req
1483. The one constant through
all the years, Ray,Copy !req
1484. has been baseball.Copy !req
1485. America has rolled byCopy !req
1486. like an army of steamrollers.Copy !req
1487. It's been erased
like a blackboard,Copy !req
1488. rebuilt, and erased again.Copy !req
1489. But baseball...Copy !req
1490. has marked the time.Copy !req
1491. This field, this game.Copy !req
1492. It's a part
of our past, Ray.Copy !req
1493. It reminds us
of all that once was good,Copy !req
1494. and it could be again.Copy !req
1495. Oh,Copy !req
1496. people will come, Ray.Copy !req
1497. People will
most definitely come.Copy !req
1498. Ray,Copy !req
1499. you will lose everything.Copy !req
1500. You will be evicted.Copy !req
1501. Come on, Ray.Copy !req
1502. I'm not signing.Copy !req
1503. You're crazy!
Absolutely nuts!Copy !req
1504. I can't do it, pal.Copy !req
1505. I mean, you build
a baseball fieldCopy !req
1506. I mean, you build
a baseball fieldCopy !req
1507. in the middle of nowhere,Copy !req
1508. and you stare at nothing.Copy !req
1509. It's not nothing.Copy !req
1510. Your daughter's
turned into a space case.Copy !req
1511. Get your hands off her!Copy !req
1512. Karin?Copy !req
1513. Is she all right?Copy !req
1514. Is she breathing?Copy !req
1515. Should I get the car?Copy !req
1516. I'm going to call Emergency.Copy !req
1517. Annie, wait.Copy !req
1518. What?Copy !req
1519. Just wait.Copy !req
1520. What have we got here?Copy !req
1521. She fell.Copy !req
1522. This child's choking to death.Copy !req
1523. Get her up.Copy !req
1524. Hold her steady now.Copy !req
1525. Hot dog.
Stuck in her throat.Copy !req
1526. She'll be all right.Copy !req
1527. She'll be turning handsprings
before you know it.Copy !req
1528. Thank you, Doc.Copy !req
1529. No, son.Copy !req
1530. Thank you.Copy !req
1531. Oh, my God.
You can't go back.Copy !req
1532. Hey, it's all right.Copy !req
1533. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1534. It's all right.Copy !req
1535. I best be getting on homeCopy !req
1536. before Alicia begins to think
I got a girlfriend.Copy !req
1537. Hey, Doc.Copy !req
1538. Good work, Doc.Copy !req
1539. Nice going, Doc.Copy !req
1540. Going to miss you, Doc.Copy !req
1541. Win one for me one day,
will you, boys?Copy !req
1542. OK, Doc.Copy !req
1543. Yeah.Copy !req
1544. When did these ballplayers
get here?Copy !req
1545. Hey, rookie!Copy !req
1546. You were good.Copy !req
1547. Do not sell this farm, Ray.Copy !req
1548. You got to keep this farm.Copy !req
1549. You've had a rough day.Copy !req
1550. Go inside and get something
cold to drink.Copy !req
1551. Yeah.Copy !req
1552. That's a good idea.Copy !req
1553. Don't sell the farm, Ray.Copy !req
1554. Ray?Copy !req
1555. We're going to call it a day.Copy !req
1556. See you tomorrow.Copy !req
1557. OK.Copy !req
1558. Hey, do you want
to come with us?Copy !req
1559. You mean it?Copy !req
1560. No, not you.Copy !req
1561. Him.Copy !req
1562. Him?Copy !req
1563. Come with you?Copy !req
1564. Out there.Copy !req
1565. What is out there?Copy !req
1566. Come and find out.Copy !req
1567. Wait a second.
Why him?Copy !req
1568. I built this field.Copy !req
1569. You wouldn't be here
if it weren't for me.Copy !req
1570. I want to know
what's out there.Copy !req
1571. But you're not invited.Copy !req
1572. Not invited?
What do you mean I'm not invited?Copy !req
1573. That's my corn out there.Copy !req
1574. You guys are guests
in my corn.Copy !req
1575. I've done everything
I've been asked to do.Copy !req
1576. I haven't once asked
what's in it for me.Copy !req
1577. What are you saying?Copy !req
1578. I'm saying,
"What's in it for me?"Copy !req
1579. Is that why you did this?Copy !req
1580. For you?Copy !req
1581. I think you'd better
stay here, Ray.Copy !req
1582. Why?Copy !req
1583. There's a reason they chose me,Copy !req
1584. just as there's a reasonCopy !req
1585. they chose this field.Copy !req
1586. I gave an interview.Copy !req
1587. What are you talking about?Copy !req
1588. The one about Ebbets Field,Copy !req
1589. the one that sent you
to Boston to find me.Copy !req
1590. You lied to me.Copy !req
1591. You were kidnapping me
at the time.Copy !req
1592. You lied.Copy !req
1593. You said your finger
was a gun.Copy !req
1594. That's a good point.Copy !req
1595. Ray.Copy !req
1596. Ray.Copy !req
1597. Listen to me, Ray.Copy !req
1598. Listen to me.Copy !req
1599. There is something out there,Copy !req
1600. and if I have the courageCopy !req
1601. to go through with this,Copy !req
1602. what a story it'll make.Copy !req
1603. "Shoeless Joe Jackson
comes to lowa."Copy !req
1604. What? Are you going
to write about it?Copy !req
1605. You bet I'll write about it.Copy !req
1606. You're going
to write about it.Copy !req
1607. That's what I do.Copy !req
1608. Good.Copy !req
1609. Good.Copy !req
1610. Honey?Copy !req
1611. Honey, where's he going?Copy !req
1612. Terry's been invited
to go out with the others.Copy !req
1613. How are you feeling,
sweetheart?Copy !req
1614. Stupid.Copy !req
1615. You mean out?Copy !req
1616. Yeah.Copy !req
1617. Out.Copy !req
1618. Far out.Copy !req
1619. I want a full description.Copy !req
1620. Take care of this family.Copy !req
1621. Be careful.Copy !req
1622. Bye.Copy !req
1623. What?Copy !req
1624. What are you
grinning at, you ghost?Copy !req
1625. "If you build it...Copy !req
1626. he will come."Copy !req
1627. Oh, my God.Copy !req
1628. What? What is it?Copy !req
1629. It's my father.Copy !req
1630. "Ease his pain."Copy !req
1631. "Go the distance."Copy !req
1632. It was you.Copy !req
1633. No, Ray.Copy !req
1634. It was you.Copy !req
1635. My God. L...Copy !req
1636. I only saw him years laterCopy !req
1637. when he was worn down by life.Copy !req
1638. Look at him.Copy !req
1639. He's got his whole life
in front of him,Copy !req
1640. and I'm not even
a glint in his eye.Copy !req
1641. What do I say to him?Copy !req
1642. Why don't you introduce him
to his granddaughter?Copy !req
1643. Hi.Copy !req
1644. Hi.Copy !req
1645. I just wanted
to thank you folksCopy !req
1646. for putting up this field,Copy !req
1647. letting us play here.Copy !req
1648. I'm John Kinsella.Copy !req
1649. I'm Ray.Copy !req
1650. My wife Annie.Copy !req
1651. Hi.Copy !req
1652. This is
my daughter Karin.Copy !req
1653. Karin, this is my f...Copy !req
1654. This is John.Copy !req
1655. Hi, John.Copy !req
1656. Hiya, Karin.Copy !req
1657. Well, we're going
to let you two talk.Copy !req
1658. I mean, if all these people
are going to come,Copy !req
1659. we got a lot of work to do.Copy !req
1660. It was very nice meeting you.Copy !req
1661. Ma'am.Copy !req
1662. Come on, hon.Copy !req
1663. You catch a good game.Copy !req
1664. Thank you.Copy !req
1665. It's so beautiful here.Copy !req
1666. For me...Copy !req
1667. Well, for me it's like
a dream come true.Copy !req
1668. Can I ask you something?Copy !req
1669. Is... Is this heaven?Copy !req
1670. It's lowa.Copy !req
1671. Iowa?Copy !req
1672. Yeah.Copy !req
1673. I could have sworn
it was heaven.Copy !req
1674. Is...Copy !req
1675. Is there a heaven?Copy !req
1676. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
1677. It's the place
dreams come true.Copy !req
1678. Ha ha ha ha!Copy !req
1679. Maybe this is heaven.Copy !req
1680. Well...Copy !req
1681. Good night, Ray.Copy !req
1682. Good night, John.Copy !req
1683. Hey...Copy !req
1684. Dad?Copy !req
1685. You want to have a catch?Copy !req
1686. I'd like that.Copy !req