1. There is one all-time greatest
moment in the history of sports,Copy !req
2. and it happened in
the 1932 World Series.Copy !req
3. The story goes that in the bottom
of the ninth inning with two outsCopy !req
4. a full count and
the tying run on base,Copy !req
5. Babe Ruth raised his arm and pointed
to the center field bleachers.Copy !req
6. No one believed it, because
nobody had ever done it before.Copy !req
7. But The Babe was
calling his shot.Copy !req
8. On the next pitch,Copy !req
9. the Great Bambino hit a
towering 400-foot home run.Copy !req
10. And even although he'd
been a hero before that,Copy !req
11. that's pretty much
how he became a legend.Copy !req
12. Thirty years later, a kid named
Benjamin Franklin RodriguezCopy !req
13. became a neighborhood legend.Copy !req
14. It was in the greatest
summer of my life,Copy !req
15. when he taught me
to play baseballCopy !req
16. and he became
my best friend.Copy !req
17. And he got me out of the
biggest pickle I'd ever be in.Copy !req
18. It's finger, pop,
DolOpin' timeCopy !req
19. Finger poppin',
DolOpin' timeCopy !req
20. I feel so goodCopy !req
21. And that's a real good signCopy !req
22. Here comes Mary
and here comes SueCopy !req
23. Here comes Johnny
and Bobby, tooCopy !req
24. It's finger, pop,
DolOpin' timeCopy !req
25. I feel so goodCopy !req
26. And that's a real good signCopy !req
27. Go! Go! Go!Copy !req
28. Hey nowCopy !req
29. Hey nowCopy !req
30. Hey nowCopy !req
31. I feel so goodCopy !req
32. And that's a real good signCopy !req
33. Hey nowCopy !req
34. Hey nowCopy !req
35. Hey nowCopy !req
36. Hey now, hey nowCopy !req
37. Hey nowCopy !req
38. Come over at 9:00.Copy !req
39. All right.
See you later.Copy !req
40. I moved to the neighborhood two
weeks before school let out.Copy !req
41. It was the same summerCopy !req
42. that Dodger Maury Wills would
break the stolen bases record.Copy !req
43. So with something
that incredible going on,Copy !req
44. it should've started offCopy !req
45. with loads of great things
happening for me.Copy !req
46. But it didn't.Copy !req
47. I was from another state,Copy !req
48. and I didn't have a single
friend in a thousand miles.Copy !req
49. It was a lousy way
to end up in the fifth gradeCopy !req
50. 'cause I had zip time to
make friends before summer.Copy !req
51. And that's about
where it all started.Copy !req
52. My real dad died when I
was just a little kid.Copy !req
53. My mom had married Bill about a
year before we moved to the Valley.Copy !req
54. At the time, he and I were still
getting used to each other.Copy !req
55. Yeah.Copy !req
56. Um, Dad?Copy !req
57. Mm-hmm?Copy !req
58. I mean Bill.Copy !req
59. Remember you promised you'd
teach me to play catch?Copy !req
60. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
61. Um...Copy !req
62. Well, could you teach me?Copy !req
63. Yeah. Sure.Copy !req
64. Okay.Copy !req
65. Okay?
Thanks.Copy !req
66. Sorry.Copy !req
67. I 'd followed them
to the sandlot once after school.Copy !req
68. I'd never seen
any place like it.Copy !req
69. It was like their own little
baseball kingdom or something.Copy !req
70. It was the greatest place
I'd ever seen anyway.Copy !req
71. Bertram.
But they were good,Copy !req
72. real good.
Come on, Bertram!Copy !req
73. And all I had was a plastic toy
mitt that my grandmother gave meCopy !req
74. for my birthday
when I was six.Copy !req
75. But when I finally
got up enough gutsCopy !req
76. to go out there and
try and make friendsCopy !req
77. I found out that they never kept
score, they never chose sides,Copy !req
78. they never even really
stopped playing the game.Copy !req
79. It just went on forever.Copy !req
80. Every day they picked up where
they left off the day before.Copy !req
81. It was like
an endless dream game.Copy !req
82. Come on! Come on!Copy !req
83. There was only eight of them, so
they didn't have a whole team.Copy !req
84. So even though I didn't
know how to play,Copy !req
85. I figured I could be
the ninth manCopy !req
86. and maybe just stand in the outfield
somewhere and take up space.Copy !req
87. Squints!Copy !req
88. Of course, if I'd have knownCopy !req
89. what was gonna happen
when I got there...Copy !req
90. ' Qot it!Copy !req
91. I probably
never would've gone.Copy !req
92. Nice catch.
Yeah.Copy !req
93. Come on!Copy !req
94. Come on, Benny,
hit a homer!Copy !req
95. Come on!
Hey, batter, batter, batter!Copy !req
96. Whoa!Copy !req
97. Watch out!Copy !req
98. Okay, I'll get it!
Get it.Copy !req
99. Don't be a goofus. Don't be a goofus!
Don't be a goofus!Copy !req
100. Throw the ball back!
Come on!Copy !req
101. Yeah, hurry UP!Copy !req
102. We are waiting!Copy !req
103. Come on! Throw it!Copy !req
104. Come on, toss me the ball!Copy !req
105. Come on!Copy !req
106. Come on!Copy !req
107. Oh, my God!Copy !req
108. My life's over.Copy !req
109. Did you see that hand?Copy !req
110. If it wasn't for BennyCopy !req
111. I never would've made
a single friend that summerCopy !req
112. 'cause all the rest of those
guys thought I was a lost cause.Copy !req
113. Even before we became friendsCopy !req
114. Benny and me were connected.Copy !req
115. Connected for the one
moment later that summerCopy !req
116. when I'd get us all
into the biggest pickleCopy !req
117. any of us had ever seen.Copy !req
118. Night, hon.Copy !req
119. Oh, I'm sorry, Mom.
It was an accident.Copy !req
120. Scotty, have you
made any friends yet?Copy !req
121. No.Copy !req
122. Why not, honey?Copy !req
123. 'Cause I'm still new.Copy !req
124. I don't want you sitting
around in here all summerCopy !req
125. fiddling With this stuffCopy !req
126. like you did last summer
and the one before.Copy !req
127. I know you're smart,
and I'm proud of you.Copy !req
128. I want you to get out into the
fresh air and make some friends.Copy !req
129. Run around, scrape
your knees, get dirty.Copy !req
130. Climb trees, hop fences.Copy !req
131. Get into trouble,
for crying out loud.Copy !req
132. Not too much, but some.
You have my permission.Copy !req
133. How many mothers
do you knowCopy !req
134. who say something like
that to their sons?Copy !req
135. Well, none mothers,
I guess.Copy !req
136. Honey, I want you to make some
friends this summer. Lots of them.Copy !req
137. Yeah, I know.Copy !req
138. But I'm not good
at anything, Mom.Copy !req
139. Face it, I'm just an egghead.Copy !req
140. Honey, you'll always be just an
egghead with an attitude like that.Copy !req
141. Well?Copy !req
142. Well?Copy !req
143. He's too busy, Mom.Copy !req
144. No, honey, he's not.
He has some time.Copy !req
145. You go on back out
there and ask him.Copy !req
146. Uh, Bill, uh...
Yeah?Copy !req
147. I mean, Dad, uh, can we...Copy !req
148. I mean, could you, like you
said, teach me to play catch?Copy !req
149. Yeah. Sure.Copy !req
150. But I gotta get
this done, okay?Copy !req
151. Okay, thanks.
All right.Copy !req
152. Bill?
Yeah?Copy !req
153. Uh, couldn't you take a
break and teach him now?Copy !req
154. Mom, it's okay, really.Copy !req
155. HoneyCopy !req
156. I said I would, and I will,
but I'm under the gun here.Copy !req
157. How long could it take?Copy !req
158. Can't you spare half an hour
and show him now?Copy !req
159. Mom, really, it's okay.Copy !req
160. All right.Copy !req
161. Okay. I'll get my glove.Copy !req
162. See? I told you.Copy !req
163. Oh, great.Copy !req
164. All right, Scotty, get down
to that end of the yard.Copy !req
165. Okay.Copy !req
166. Now, the key to this game is
keeping your eye on the ball.Copy !req
167. No matter whether you're
in the field or at bat,Copy !req
168. eye on the ball, okay?Copy !req
169. All right.
Uh, yeah. I think so.Copy !req
170. Where the ball goes, your
glove should go. Got it?Copy !req
171. Okay.Copy !req
172. Okay. All right.Copy !req
173. Darn. Sorry.Copy !req
174. It's all right. All right.Copy !req
175. Um... Uh, here.Copy !req
176. Okay.Copy !req
177. Okay, I'm ready.Copy !req
178. Eye on the ball, okay?
Got it?Copy !req
179. Okay.Copy !req
180. If the ball moves,
move your glove. Got it?Copy !req
181. Yeah.Copy !req
182. All right. Here we go.Copy !req
183. Okay.Copy !req
184. You just need a bigger glove.
Throw it back to me this time.Copy !req
185. Throw it back.Copy !req
186. Okay. Scotty,
keep your eye on the ball.Copy !req
187. Okay. Got it.Copy !req
188. Okay.Copy !req
189. OW! Oh, my eye!Copy !req
190. Ow! Ow! Oh!Copy !req
191. Ow! Ow!Copy !req
192. What happened?Copy !req
193. My eye-Copy !req
194. Honey, get some ice. Ice.Copy !req
195. No, I got it.Copy !req
196. Here you go.
Those were for dinner.Copy !req
197. Oh!
Just hold it up there.Copy !req
198. Nice and hard.
Press it against... Yeah.Copy !req
199. I just took my eye
off the ball, Mom.Copy !req
200. Yeah, but you caught it.Copy !req
201. Just keep that on for,
like, an hour.Copy !req
202. It'll still be black,
but it won't swell.Copy !req
203. Sorry.Copy !req
204. Gotta watch out
for that curve.Copy !req
205. Hey.Copy !req
206. I'm gonna play some ball. We
need an extra guy. You wanna go?Copy !req
207. No. Thanks.Copy !req
208. Why not?
Don't you like baseball?Copy !req
209. Oh, yeah, but...Copy !req
210. But what?Copy !req
211. But my glove, it's busted.Copy !req
212. Uh, see? Now I can't go.
Thanks, though.Copy !req
213. It's okay.Copy !req
214. I got an extra one.Copy !req
215. Come on. Let's go.Copy !req
216. Mom, I'm gonna go
play some ball!Copy !req
217. I'll be back
in a little while.Copy !req
218. Come on. Let's go.Copy !req
219. And I'm Babe Ruth.Copy !req
220. Listen. Ready?Copy !req
221. Check this out.Copy !req
222. I'm the
Great Bambino.Copy !req
223. What?Copy !req
224. I'm the Great Bambino.Copy !req
225. What?Copy !req
226. I'm the Great Bambino.Copy !req
227. Oh!Copy !req
228. Who's that?Copy !req
229. What?Copy !req
230. I had no idea
who they were talking about.Copy !req
231. What did he say?Copy !req
232. What, were you born
in a barn, man?Copy !req
233. Yeah, what planet
are you from?Copy !req
234. But there was
no way I could let them know.Copy !req
235. You never heard of
the Sultan of Swat?Copy !req
236. The Titan of Terror?Copy !req
237. The Colossus of Clout?Copy !req
238. The Colossus of Clout!Copy !req
239. The King of Crash, man.Copy !req
240. So I lied.Copy !req
241. Oh, yeah, the Great Bambino.
Of course.Copy !req
242. I thought you said,
"the Great Bambi."Copy !req
243. That wimpy deer?Copy !req
244. Yeah. I guess. Sorry.Copy !req
245. Anyway, Scott, that's
Timmy and Tommy Timmons.Copy !req
246. Mike "Squints" Palledorous.Copy !req
247. Alan McClennan.
We call him Yeah-Yeah.Copy !req
248. Bertram Grover Weeks.Copy !req
249. Kenny DeNunez
and Hamilton Porter.Copy !req
250. We call him Ham.
Guys, this is Scott Smalls.Copy !req
251. Hi.Copy !req
252. Yeah, um, well, he's gonna play
with us 'cause he makes nine.Copy !req
253. Now we've got a whole team. We're wasting time.
Let's go to the sandlot.Copy !req
254. 9:00 in the morning.Copy !req
255. 9200.Copy !req
256. Why'd you
bring him, Benny?Copy !req
257. 'Cause there's eight of us,
and he makes nine.Copy !req
258. Yeah, yeah, so would my sister,
but I didn't bring her.Copy !req
259. With nine guys we've got
a whole team, Yeah-Yeah.Copy !req
260. No. With Elswenger
we had a whole team.Copy !req
261. Elswenger could catch.Copy !req
262. And throw.Copy !req
263. Come on, Benny, man.
He ain't game.Copy !req
264. You saw the way he threw.Copy !req
265. Yeah.Copy !req
266. You already fill up
all the empty positionsCopy !req
267. since Elswenger
moved to Arizona.Copy !req
268. Right. And now I get to rotate
eight positions instead of seven.Copy !req
269. I need the practice, guys.Copy !req
270. You're the best on the team.
You don't need any practice.Copy !req
271. No, you don't.Copy !req
272. You're the best, man.Copy !req
273. Come on, Benny, man.
The kid isCopy !req
274. a L-7 weenie.Copy !req
275. Yeah, yeah. Oscar Mayer even.
Foot-long!Copy !req
276. Dodger dog! A weenie!Copy !req
277. What are you laughing at, Yeah-Yeah?
You run like a duck.Copy !req
278. Okay, okay,
but I'm... I'm...Copy !req
279. Part of the game, right?Copy !req
280. Mmm, yeah.Copy !req
281. Now, how come
he don't get to be?Copy !req
282. 'Cause he's a geek, man.Copy !req
283. He can't catch.Copy !req
284. Man, base up, you blockheads.Copy !req
285. Smalls, you take
left center, okay?Copy !req
286. Okay. Um,
where exactly is that?Copy !req
287. It's over there, man.Copy !req
288. Here?Copy !req
289. That's left.
I said left center.Copy !req
290. Okay. Right.Copy !req
291. Here?Copy !req
292. Come on, Benny, man.Copy !req
293. He's never gonna catch the ball anyway.
Let's just play.Copy !req
294. What a jerk.Copy !req
295. Yeah-Yeah, get two.Copy !req
296. Come on!
Throw it in here, Bertram!Copy !req
297. Nice.Copy !req
298. Wow!Copy !req
299. Good job!Copy !req
300. Hey, Smalls,
throw it to second.Copy !req
301. Okay.Copy !req
302. Come on, Benny.
He's never gonna catch it.Copy !req
303. He's not gonna catch it.Copy !req
304. Oh! I told you, Benny.
We told you.Copy !req
305. Come on, Benny.
Why'd you do that?Copy !req
306. A square, Benny.
The kid's a square.Copy !req
307. Come on. Throw it in.Copy !req
308. What the hell's he doing?Copy !req
309. I don't believe this.Copy !req
310. Here. Sorry. Sorry.Copy !req
311. You can throw it,
you know.Copy !req
312. No.Copy !req
313. I can't.Copy !req
314. I don't know how.Copy !req
315. Thanks for taking me here,
but I think I'd better go.Copy !req
316. Hey, hey.
You think too much.Copy !req
317. I bet you get straight A's
and shit, huh?Copy !req
318. No, I got a "B" once.Copy !req
319. Actually an A-minus. But
it should've been aCopy !req
320. Man, this is baseball.
You gotta stop thinking.Copy !req
321. You just have fun.Copy !req
322. I mean,
if you were having fun,Copy !req
323. you would've
caught that ball.Copy !req
324. You ever have
a paper route?Copy !req
325. I helped a guy once.Copy !req
326. Okay. Well, chuck it like
you would throw a paper.Copy !req
327. When your arm gets here,
just let go.Copy !req
328. Just let go.
It's that easy.Copy !req
329. How do I catch it?Copy !req
330. Just stand there and stick
your glove out in the air.Copy !req
331. I'll take care of it.Copy !req
332. About time, Benny. My clothes
are going out of style.Copy !req
333. They already are, Squints.Copy !req
334. Shut up!Copy !req
335. I told you, Benny.Copy !req
336. Smalls, throw it to second.Copy !req
337. Okay.Copy !req
338. Not again.Copy !req
339. We're wasting time, Benny.Copy !req
340. Please catch it.Copy !req
341. Please catch it.Copy !req
342. Please catch it.
Please catch it.Copy !req
343. Yeah!Copy !req
344. All right!Copy !req
345. He's all right.Copy !req
346. I told you so, man.Copy !req
347. Okay.Copy !req
348. Let's play some ball.Copy !req
349. Yeah, let's play some ball.Copy !req
350. All right.
I knew it all the time.Copy !req
351. Yeah!Copy !req
352. I'll show you some
more tomorrow, okay?Copy !req
353. Okay. Bye.
You did good.Copy !req
354. See you later, Ham.
8:00 tomorrow.Copy !req
355. 8:00, Benny? Yeah. See
you later, Smalls.Copy !req
356. Bye. See you tomorrow.Copy !req
357. Benny, wait!Copy !req
358. Your glove.Copy !req
359. Keep it, man.Copy !req
360. Thanks!Copy !req
361. Oh, yeah. Hey, Smalls.Copy !req
362. Um, bring a T-shirt
and jeans tomorrow, okay?Copy !req
363. Oh, um, you got a fireplace?
Oh, yeah.Copy !req
364. Yeah, why?Copy !req
365. Throw that hat
in there, man.Copy !req
366. Oh, yeah. You know,
it was the only one I had.Copy !req
367. Not anymore.
Wear my old hat.Copy !req
368. 8:00 tomorrow morning.Copy !req
369. Thanks, Benny.
Great. 8:00.Copy !req
370. Mom, guess what?Copy !req
371. Hamilton "The Babe" Porter.Copy !req
372. "Long-ball" Porter.Copy !req
373. Come on, DeNunez.Copy !req
374. Yeah, okay.
Yes, I see it. Yes.Copy !req
375. Whoa!Copy !req
376. You call that pitching?Copy !req
377. This is baseball,
not tennis.Copy !req
378. Give him a tennis racket.Copy !req
379. Give me something to hit.Copy !req
380. All right, Ham.
This is my heater.Copy !req
381. I dare you to hit it.Copy !req
382. You'll be sorry.Copy !req
383. You want the heater,
I'll give it to you.Copy !req
384. Give him a basketball.
Maybe then he'll hit it.Copy !req
385. Oh, man!Copy !req
386. Yeah! That's how you do it.Copy !req
387. Ham, you idiot.
Now we can't play no more.Copy !req
388. Great, you idiot!Copy !req
389. Hit me with the heater.Copy !req
390. Stupid idiot!Copy !req
391. Low and outside.
Just like I like it.Copy !req
392. I'm gonna hit you!Copy !req
393. Wait a sec. I'll get it.Copy !req
394. 1932 called shot
World Series by The Babe.Copy !req
395. Called shot by the Babe.Copy !req
396. No!Copy !req
397. No!Copy !req
398. Smalls, come back!Copy !req
399. Hey, guys, I'll get it!Copy !req
400. Smalls!
Smalls!Copy !req
401. What are you doing?Copy !req
402. Smalls, wait!Copy !req
403. Guys, what are you...Copy !req
404. Smalls!Copy !req
405. Get off!
Guys, I gotta get the ball!Copy !req
406. No, wait!Copy !req
407. Get off of me! Now!Copy !req
408. You're gonna get
yourself killed!Copy !req
409. Killed, man, jeez!Copy !req
410. Stop!Copy !req
411. Holy crap,
you could've been killed.Copy !req
412. Yeah, yeah, truly.
What are you doing?Copy !req
413. You guys were leaving, so I just
thought I'd hop the fence...Copy !req
414. If you were thinking, you
wouldn't have thought that.Copy !req
415. You can't go back there.Copy !req
416. Then how do we
get the ball back?Copy !req
417. We don't.Copy !req
418. We don't.
It's history.Copy !req
419. It's history.
Kiss it...Copy !req
420. Kiss it good-bye.
Shut up, Tommy.Copy !req
421. It's gone, man. Gone.Copy !req
422. Game's over, man. We'll just
get another ball tomorrow.Copy !req
423. Yeah.Copy !req
424. We'll never see it again.Copy !req
425. Why not?Copy !req
426. The Beast.Copy !req
427. What is that?Copy !req
428. Smalls, listen to me.Copy !req
429. Go to that fence
real slow, and be quiet.Copy !req
430. But I think...Copy !req
431. No,no,no.No, no.Copy !req
432. Just go and peek
through that hole.Copy !req
433. But I...Copy !req
434. But I saw something.
What's back there?Copy !req
435. It's okay. Just go.Copy !req
436. Just go.Copy !req
437. Go, Smalls.Copy !req
438. Come on, Smalls.Copy !req
439. Shh!Copy !req
440. Shh!Copy !req
441. Shh!Copy !req
442. Be quiet.Copy !req
443. Something got the ball.Copy !req
444. What was that thing?Copy !req
445. Camp out.Copy !req
446. Hey, guys,
sorry I'm late.Copy !req
447. My mom made me
put on my jacket...Copy !req
448. Shut up!Copy !req
449. and then she made me do the dishes.Copy !req
450. Your poor little mommy made
you do the big bad dishes.Copy !req
451. Hey, you want a s' more'?Copy !req
452. Some more what?Copy !req
453. No, no, you want a s' more'?Copy !req
454. I haven't had anything yet, so how
can I have some more of nothing?Copy !req
455. Shut up!Copy !req
456. You're killing me, Smalls.Copy !req
457. All right. Who cut one?Copy !req
458. These are s'mores stuff.Copy !req
459. Okay, pay attention.Copy !req
460. Bertram!Copy !req
461. First you take the graham.Copy !req
462. You stick the chocolate
on the graham.Copy !req
463. Then you roast the 'mallow.Copy !req
464. No, it's my sleeping bag.Copy !req
465. When the 'mallow's flaming...Copy !req
466. Yes, it is yours.
It has a yellow stain on it.Copy !req
467. you stick it
on the chocolate.Copy !req
468. You're gonna set
the place on fire.Copy !req
469. ThenCopy !req
470. you cover it
with the other end.Copy !req
471. Make me one of those.Copy !req
472. Yeah, me too.Copy !req
473. Then you stuff.Copy !req
474. I don't like that
chocolate stuff.Copy !req
475. Kind of messy, but good.
Try some.Copy !req
476. Okay. Quiet, you guys.Copy !req
477. Shh! Shh!Copy !req
478. Quiet! Are you trying
to wake it up?Copy !req
479. It just went to bed.Copy !req
480. What just went to bed?Copy !req
481. Shh!Copy !req
482. The Beast.Copy !req
483. Oh, Yeah!
Shh!Copy !req
484. Jeez
Dang.Copy !req
485. Shh.Copy !req
486. Now quiet.Copy !req
487. The legend of The Beast
goes back a long timeCopy !req
488. before any of us could
even pick up a baseball.Copy !req
489. Back to a place
called Mertle's Acres.Copy !req
490. It all started about,
mmm, 20 years agoCopy !req
491. when thieves kept stealing junk
from Mertle's Acres junkyard.Copy !req
492. So Mr. Mertle, the guy
that used to own the placeCopy !req
493. got him this new pup
from the dog pound.Copy !req
494. He fed him
whole sides of beefCopy !req
495. and turned the pup
loose in the junkyard.Copy !req
496. And the pup was grateful.Copy !req
497. And so, in a few weeks,
the pup grew into The Beast.Copy !req
498. And he grew big,
and he grew meanCopy !req
499. so that he could
protect the junkyardCopy !req
500. with only one thing
on his mind:Copy !req
501. to kill everyone
that broke in.Copy !req
502. And he did,
and he liked it a lot!Copy !req
503. The Beast was the most perfect
junkyard dog that ever lived.Copy !req
504. A true killing machine.Copy !req
505. But after a while,Copy !req
506. the cops started getting
phone calls from peopleCopy !req
507. reporting all
the missing thieves,Copy !req
508. the ones
The Beast had killed.Copy !req
509. It added up to about 120,Copy !req
510. hundred and
seventy three guys.Copy !req
511. It's true.Copy !req
512. They never
found a single body.Copy !req
513. Not one. Some people
say they all got away.Copy !req
514. But we all know
what really happened.Copy !req
515. The Beast ate them.Copy !req
516. He ate them bone and all.Copy !req
517. The Beast was too good
at his guard dog jobCopy !req
518. so the police said
he had to be retired.Copy !req
519. My grandpa,
Squidman PalledorousCopy !req
520. was police chief back then.Copy !req
521. He ordered Mr. Mertle to turn
his backyard into a fortressCopy !req
522. and chain up The Beast
and put him under the houseCopy !req
523. where he could never get out
to eat children and stuff.Copy !req
524. That's where
he's been for 20 years.Copy !req
525. And that's where he'll be
for the rest of his life.Copy !req
526. Because Mr. Mertle
asked the cops how longCopy !req
527. he had to keep The Beast
chained up like a slave,Copy !req
528. they said until forever.Copy !req
529. Forever. Forever.Copy !req
530. Forever.Copy !req
531. And so, The Beast sits there
under that lean-toCopy !req
532. dreaming of the time when he can
break the chain and get out,Copy !req
533. dreaming of the time
he can chase and kill again.Copy !req
534. See, man? That's why
you can't go over there.Copy !req
535. Nobody ever has.
Nobody ever will.Copy !req
536. One kid did, but nobody
ever seen him again.Copy !req
537. That ain't true.Copy !req
538. Yeah, it is.Copy !req
539. He got eaten.Copy !req
540. Nuh-uh.Copy !req
541. No. None of that's true.Copy !req
542. You guys are just making
this up to scare me.Copy !req
543. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
544. Stick your head
out that windowCopy !req
545. and look down.Copy !req
546. That night I
learned that more than 150 baseballsCopy !req
547. had gone over that fence and not
one of them was ever seen again.Copy !req
548. Even when some brave kidCopy !req
549. worked up enough courage
to peek over.Copy !req
550. Because when they went over,
they vanished.Copy !req
551. I knew it was true.Copy !req
552. Because when I looked down in
thereCopy !req
553. I didn't see
a single solitary one.Copy !req
554. He's down there.Copy !req
555. You bet he is.Copy !req
556. Whatever goes over that fenceCopy !req
557. stays there.Copy !req
558. It becomes the property
of The BeastCopy !req
559. forever.Copy !req
560. Come on, give it to me.Copy !req
561. No, I wanna carry it.Copy !req
562. Come on. I paid for it.Copy !req
563. I wanna carry it.Copy !req
564. Oh. Whoa!Copy !req
565. Give it to me.Copy !req
566. Jeez Louise.Copy !req
567. What's the matter?Copy !req
568. Jeez.Copy !req
569. Wonder where, wonder whereCopy !req
570. Wondering where she is bound?Copy !req
571. Wendy Peffercorn. Mmm.Copy !req
572. Whoa!
Wow!Copy !req
573. Now I'm alone
So all aloneCopy !req
574. What can I do?
What can I do?Copy !req
575. There goes my babyCopy !req
576. Whoa-oh-oh-oh-ohCopy !req
577. There goes my babyCopy !req
578. Whoa-oh-oh-ohCopy !req
579. There goes my babyCopy !req
580. Whoa-oh-oh-oh-ohCopy !req
581. There she goesCopy !req
582. Come on, let's go.
We gotta get...Copy !req
583. No!Copy !req
584. We gotta get to the sandlot.
Let's go.Copy !req
585. Come on. Let's go.
Okay.Copy !req
586. I'm sweating like a pig.Copy !req
587. Let's go! Come on!Copy !req
588. Where you guys been? We've been
waiting here forever already.Copy !req
589. Aw, Squints was
pervin' a dish.Copy !req
590. Shut up. I wasn't.Copy !req
591. Yeah, yeah, you were.Copy !req
592. Your tongue was hangin' out of
your head, and you was swoonin'.Copy !req
593. Oh, Wendy Peffercorn, my
darling lover girl.Copy !req
594. I said shut up!Copy !req
595. I've got a lot of
things on my mind.Copy !req
596. This pop
isn't working, Benny.Copy !req
597. I'm baking like a toasted cheeser!
It's so hot here!Copy !req
598. It's 150 degrees out there.
You can't play baseball.Copy !req
599. You have to call
it for the day.Copy !req
600. You gotta
listen to him, Benny.Copy !req
601. Vote then.
Anybody who wants to beCopy !req
602. a "can't hack it" pantywaistCopy !req
603. who wears their mama's bra,
raise your hand.Copy !req
604. Yeah, I can handle that.Copy !req
605. Fine, fine, fine!Copy !req
606. Be like that.Copy !req
607. So what are we gonna do?Copy !req
608. Scam pool honeys!Copy !req
609. Benny would've
played ball all day, all night, rainCopy !req
610. shine, tidal wave, whatever.Copy !req
611. Baseball was the only
thing he cared about.Copy !req
612. But of all the things
we ever did besides baseballCopy !req
613. going to the pool
was what he tolerated best.Copy !req
614. Even though none of us had
ever seen a Playboy magazineCopy !req
615. which we constantly
lied about...Copy !req
616. Hi.Copy !req
617. we figured
going to the poolCopy !req
618. was the next best thing
to being there.Copy !req
619. I remember you.
Oh, sexy.Copy !req
620. Hey, girls.Copy !req
621. Cannonball!Copy !req
622. It wasn't really
the pool honeys like we saidCopy !req
623. because if any one of them
had come up to any one of usCopy !req
624. we'd have just
peed our pants.Copy !req
625. We all went because...Copy !req
626. Well, because Wendy
Peffercorn was the lifeguard.Copy !req
627. Aw, man.Copy !req
628. Yeah, yeah. Too cool.Copy !req
629. She don't know
what she's doing.Copy !req
630. She don't know
what she's doing.Copy !req
631. Yeah, she does.Copy !req
632. She knows exactly
what she's doing.Copy !req
633. I've swum here every summer
of my adult life.Copy !req
634. And every summer,
there she isCopy !req
635. lotioning, oiling,
oiling, lotioning.Copy !req
636. One day it became
too much...Copy !req
637. Smiling.Copy !req
638. . . . For Michael "Squints"
Palledorous.Copy !req
639. Smiling!Copy !req
640. I can't take this no more!Copy !req
641. Move!Copy !req
642. And he did the most
desperate thing...Copy !req
643. Lotioning, oiling.
any ofus...Copy !req
644. had ever seen.
Lotioning...Copy !req
645. oiling.Copy !req
646. What's wrong with him?Copy !req
647. What's he doing?Copy !req
648. Three summers of this.
I think he finally snapped.Copy !req
649. I don't know. But that's the deep
end, and Squints can't swim.Copy !req
650. Somebody help him!Copy !req
651. Squints!Copy !req
652. Somebody help him! Come on!Copy !req
653. Move back. Move back.Copy !req
654. Okay, I got him.
I got him.Copy !req
655. Come on up, Wendy.Copy !req
656. Everybody move back. Move back.
Roll him over.Copy !req
657. Never mind! Never mind!Copy !req
658. Come on, Squints.Copy !req
659. Come on, Squints.
Come on!Copy !req
660. Squints!Copy !req
661. Come on, Squints. Squints.Copy !req
662. Come on, Squints. Come on.Copy !req
663. Wake up. Come on,
breathe, would you?Copy !req
664. Come on, Squints! You can do it!
Pull through, bud!Copy !req
665. Come on, man! Come on!Copy !req
666. Yeah, yeah.
He looks pretty crappy.Copy !req
667. Squints! Come on, man.Copy !req
668. Oh, God, he looks
like a dead fish.Copy !req
669. What?Copy !req
670. This magic momentCopy !req
671. Little pervert!Copy !req
672. Oh, man, he's in deep shit.Copy !req
673. Until I kissed youCopy !req
674. And then it happenedCopy !req
675. It took me by supriseCopy !req
676. I knew that you felt it tooCopy !req
677. By the look in your eyesCopy !req
678. And stay out!Copy !req
679. Sweeter than wineCopy !req
680. Softer than the summer nightCopy !req
681. Everything I want I haveCopy !req
682. Whenever I hold you tightCopy !req
683. This magic momentCopy !req
684. While you lips
are close to mineCopy !req
685. Will last foreverCopy !req
686. Oh, hey, here's your glasses.
Did you plan that?Copy !req
687. Of course I did. I been
planning it for years.Copy !req
688. You guys, he planned that!
He knew what he was doing!Copy !req
689. Michael "Squints" Palledorous
walked a little taller that day.Copy !req
690. We had to tip
our hats to him.Copy !req
691. He was lucky she hadn't
beat the crap out of him.Copy !req
692. We wouldn't have blamed her.
What he'd done was sneakyCopy !req
693. rotten and low and cool.Copy !req
694. Not another one among us
would've ever in a million yearsCopy !req
695. even for a million dollars
had the gutsCopy !req
696. to put the move
on the lifeguard.Copy !req
697. He did.
He had kissed a womanCopy !req
698. and he had kissed
her long and good.Copy !req
699. We got banned from the
pool forever that day.Copy !req
700. But every time
we walked by after thatCopy !req
701. the lifeguard looked
down from her towerCopy !req
702. right over at SquintsCopy !req
703. and smiled.Copy !req
704. Get your glove and come on.
What's the big deal?Copy !req
705. Night game.
Come on. Come on.Copy !req
706. Mom, I'm going out!Copy !req
707. In liberating strifeCopy !req
708. Who more than selfCopy !req
709. Our country lovedCopy !req
710. There was
only one night game a year.Copy !req
711. Guys, wait up!Copy !req
712. On the 4th of JulyCopy !req
713. the whole sky would
brighten up with fireworksCopy !req
714. giving us just
enough light for a game.Copy !req
715. We played our best thenCopy !req
716. because I guess we all felt
like the big leaguersCopy !req
717. under the lights of
some great stadium.Copy !req
718. Benny felt like
that all the time.Copy !req
719. We all knew he was gonna go
on to bigger and better gamesCopy !req
720. because every time we stopped to
watch the sky on those nightsCopy !req
721. like regular kidsCopy !req
722. he was there
to call us back.Copy !req
723. You see, for us,
baseball was a game.Copy !req
724. But for
Benjamin Franklin RodriguezCopy !req
725. baseball was life.Copy !req
726. Okay, hit it!Copy !req
727. Yeah, yeah, come on, Benny.Copy !req
728. Oh, beautifulCopy !req
729. For spacious skiesCopy !req
730. For amber waves of grainCopy !req
731. For purple mountain majestiesCopy !req
732. Above the fruited plainCopy !req
733. But now wait a minuteCopy !req
734. I'm talking aboutCopy !req
735. AmericaCopy !req
736. Sweet AmericaCopy !req
737. You know, God done
shed his grace on theeCopy !req
738. He crowned thy goodCopy !req
739. Yes he did,
in a brotherhoodCopy !req
740. Man!Copy !req
741. From sea to shining seaCopy !req
742. Come on! Hurry up!Copy !req
743. First!Copy !req
744. Run!Copy !req
745. Back off!Copy !req
746. Yeah, yeah!Copy !req
747. Throw it in!
Throw it in!Copy !req
748. Get him! Get him!Copy !req
749. Come on! Come on! Come on!Copy !req
750. Come on! Hurry up!Copy !req
751. Go, Benny!Copy !req
752. Oh, damn!Copy !req
753. Oh, no!Copy !req
754. It's easy when you play
with a bunch of rejectsCopy !req
755. and a fat kid, Rodriguez.Copy !req
756. Shut your mouth, Phillips.Copy !req
757. What'd you say, crap face?Copy !req
758. I said you shouldn't even be
allowed to touch a baseball.Copy !req
759. Except for Rodriguez, you're
all an insult to the game.Copy !req
760. Come on! We'll take you
on right here, right now!Copy !req
761. Come on!Copy !req
762. We play on
a real diamond, Porter.Copy !req
763. You ain't good enough to lick
the dirt off our cleats.Copy !req
764. Watch it, jerk.Copy !req
765. Shut up, idiot!Copy !req
766. Moron!
Scab eater!Copy !req
767. Butt sniffer!
Pus licker!Copy !req
768. Fart smeller!Copy !req
769. Ah!Copy !req
770. You eat dog crap
for breakfast, geek.Copy !req
771. You mix your Wheaties
with your mama's toe jam!Copy !req
772. Yeah!Copy !req
773. You bob for apples in the
toilet and you like it.Copy !req
774. Ooh.Copy !req
775. You play ball like a girl!Copy !req
776. What did you say?Copy !req
777. You heard me.Copy !req
778. Tomorrow.Copy !req
779. Noon. At our field.Copy !req
780. Be there,
buffalo-butt breath.Copy !req
781. Count on it,
pee-drinking crap face!Copy !req
782. Yeah!Copy !req
783. Let's go!Copy !req
784. We're gonna kick
their butts tomorrow.Copy !req
785. Yeah!Copy !req
786. Good job.
Jerks.Copy !req
787. Play ball!Copy !req
788. Hurry up, batter.Copy !req
789. It's gonna be a short game, and
I gotta get home for lunch.Copy !req
790. That's one.Copy !req
791. You know, if my dog
was as ugly as youCopy !req
792. I'd shave his butt and tell
him to walk backwards.Copy !req
793. The heater.Copy !req
794. Here it comes.
I dare you.Copy !req
795. Strike three. You're out.Copy !req
796. Hey, is that your sister out
there in left field, naked?Copy !req
797. She's naked.Copy !req
798. Shut up, Porter!Copy !req
799. Hey, hey, hey-Copy !req
800. I'm just trying to have a
little friendly conversation.Copy !req
801. Come on. You think
she'd go out with me?Copy !req
802. Come on.
Show me your stuff.Copy !req
803. Let's see what you got.
Hey, batter, batter, batter!Copy !req
804. Take him out!Copy !req
805. Come on!
Bring it in!Copy !req
806. Oh! Beat ya.Copy !req
807. Throw it to third!Copy !req
808. We were all
walking on air that night.Copy !req
809. It had been a solid victory.Copy !req
810. In fact, we beat the crap
out of those guys.Copy !req
811. So we all went to celebrate.Copy !req
812. And we did
the stupidest thingCopy !req
813. any of us had ever done.Copy !req
814. Hey, guys,
it's all on me tonight.Copy !req
815. Thanks, Benny!Copy !req
816. Nine tickets, please.Copy !req
817. Hey, Benny.
Thanks.Copy !req
818. Hey, Benny.Copy !req
819. Benny.Copy !req
820. Come on, you 9W5!Copy !req
821. What about me? Thanks.Copy !req
822. Aw, crap!
I almost forgot!Copy !req
823. What?
What?Copy !req
824. Chaw! I was saving
it for a good time.Copy !req
825. What is it?
Big Chief.Copy !req
826. The best!Copy !req
827. Jeez, Smalls.
I suppose you don'tCopy !req
828. even know who
The Babe is either.Copy !req
829. It's plug. Wad.
Chewing tobacco.Copy !req
830. 'Baccy, man.Copy !req
831. What do you do with it?Copy !req
832. You're killing me, Smalls.Copy !req
833. Chew it, of course. Yes.
You do?Copy !req
834. Yeah, sure, man.
All the pros do it.Copy !req
835. Yeah, yeah.
Gives you tons of energy.Copy !req
836. Let's dip. Let's dip.Copy !req
837. You got it, 9W5-Copy !req
838. Come on. I want some.Copy !req
839. The best.
Let's ride!Copy !req
840. Yeah!
Yeah!Copy !req
841. Mmm!Copy !req
842. Yeah-hah!Copy !req
843. Yeah!Copy !req
844. Whoo-hoo!Copy !req
845. Squints, this is the best!Copy !req
846. Wow! Yeah! Whoo!Copy !req
847. All right!Copy !req
848. Yeah!Copy !req
849. Oh, that feels better.Copy !req
850. I'll be back in an hour. I'm gonna
take your dad to the airport.Copy !req
851. Oh, okay.Copy !req
852. Honey, are you feeling all right?
You look kind of pale.Copy !req
853. I'm fine, Mom.
You sure?Copy !req
854. I'm fine, really.Copy !req
855. All right.Copy !req
856. Listen, Scott.Copy !req
857. While I'm gone, you're the man
of the house. Understand?Copy !req
858. Okay-
Okay-Copy !req
859. Where are you going?Copy !req
860. Chicago.Copy !req
861. On business for a week.Copy !req
862. We'll take another stab at catch
when I get back, all right?Copy !req
863. Yeah, I guess so.Copy !req
864. Take care of things
for me.Copy !req
865. Okay.Copy !req
866. All right?
I will.Copy !req
867. Okay. Be a good boy.Copy !req
868. I will.
Okay.Copy !req
869. A couple days afterCopy !req
870. we all got over acting
like big shots.Copy !req
871. We swore off the hard stuff forever
and just stuck to Bazooka.Copy !req
872. But the day we all got back
together for some baseballCopy !req
873. was the day I got us into the
biggest pickle of all timeCopy !req
874. and it all started
with an omen.Copy !req
875. Oh, man.Copy !req
876. I don't believe it.Copy !req
877. Bitchin'.
Nah, it ain't.Copy !req
878. Come on. Maybe two
or three guys in historyCopy !req
879. ever busted the guts
out of a ball.Copy !req
880. Must be an omen.Copy !req
881. All's it means is that
we can't play no more.Copy !req
882. It's only 12:00, and I just
ruined the whole day for us.Copy !req
883. No, you didn't. That's the
most amazing thing I ever saw.Copy !req
884. Yeah.
Anybody got any money?Copy !req
885. No.Copy !req
886. Then it ain't okay,Copy !req
887. 'cause now we
can't play no more.Copy !req
888. Yeah, we can.Copy !req
889. What, you got 98 extra cents
lying around, Smalls?Copy !req
890. No, but I got a ball.Copy !req
891. Go get it!Copy !req
892. ' 9°t it guys! I got it!
I got the ball, guys!Copy !req
893. I got it.
Right here, guys.Copy !req
894. I got the ball. I got it.Copy !req
895. Here, Benny. I got it.Copy !req
896. Bitchin'.
Your ball, your ups.Copy !req
897. Here you go.
Okay.Copy !req
898. All right.
Come on. Kenny, here.Copy !req
899. Come on. Yeah, come on!Copy !req
900. Batter up!Copy !req
901. Your fly's open.Copy !req
902. There's one.Copy !req
903. One, two, three.Copy !req
904. Three strikes,
three pitches.Copy !req
905. Hey, batter,
batter, batter!Copy !req
906. Come on, Smalls!Copy !req
907. Hey, batter, batter, batter!Copy !req
908. Oh, my. Oh, man.Copy !req
909. Run!
Yes!Copy !req
910. Way to go, school meat!
I taught him everything.Copy !req
911. Oh, man, that was great.
That went clear over.Copy !req
912. Hey, uh, Smalls,
third base is that way.Copy !req
913. Hey, Smalls. Smalls.Copy !req
914. Go to third.Copy !req
915. Oh, no. Oh, no.Copy !req
916. Yeah! Nice hit, Smalls.
Nice hit. Yeah!Copy !req
917. It's outta here!
Who's got the big bat now?Copy !req
918. Smalls! Smalls! Smalls!Copy !req
919. Smalls?Copy !req
920. You forgot to turn.Copy !req
921. You go to third base!Copy !req
922. Smalls...Copy !req
923. What the hell's he doing?Copy !req
924. Maybe the shock of his first
homer was just too much for him.Copy !req
925. Yeah.Copy !req
926. Smalls.Copy !req
927. Smalls? Smalls.Copy !req
928. We got to get that ball back.Copy !req
929. Oh, yeah, right.Copy !req
930. Good one, Smalls.Copy !req
931. Yeah,
good one, Smalls.Copy !req
932. Hey, forget about it, man.
Let's get another ball.Copy !req
933. No, you don't understand!Copy !req
934. Sure, we do. You feel bad
'cause you belted a homer.Copy !req
935. Now we can't play no more.Copy !req
936. No, you don't understand!
That wasn't my ball!Copy !req
937. What do you mean,
that wasn't your ball?Copy !req
938. It was my stepdad's.Copy !req
939. I stole it from
his trophy room.Copy !req
940. It was a present or something.
Somebody gave it to him.Copy !req
941. We gotta get it back.
He's gonna kill me!Copy !req
942. Ohh.Copy !req
943. Listen to me, Smalls.Copy !req
944. It's a matter
of life and death.Copy !req
945. Where did your old man
get that ball?Copy !req
946. What? I don't know.
Some lady gave it to him.Copy !req
947. Why?Copy !req
948. What? Some lady?Copy !req
949. Yeah. She even signed her name on it.
Some lady namedCopy !req
950. Ruth, Baby Ruth.Copy !req
951. Babe Ruth?Copy !req
952. No!Copy !req
953. The Beast got it.Copy !req
954. You're dead
as a doornail, Smalls.Copy !req
955. You're dead as a doornail.Copy !req
956. Smalls, you mean to tell me that
you went home and swiped a ballCopy !req
957. that was signed
by Babe RuthCopy !req
958. and you brought it here
and actually played with it?Copy !req
959. Actually played with it?Copy !req
960. Yeah, but I was
gonna bring it back.Copy !req
961. But it was
signed by Babe Ruth.Copy !req
962. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You keep
telling me that. Who is she?Copy !req
963. What?Copy !req
964. What?Copy !req
965. The Sultan of Swat.Copy !req
966. The King of Crash.Copy !req
967. The Colossus of Clout.Copy !req
968. The Colossus of Clout.Copy !req
969. TOG ETHERI Babe Ruth!Copy !req
970. The Great Bambino!Copy !req
971. Oh, my God! You mean
that's the same guy?Copy !req
972. Yes!Copy !req
973. Smalls, Babe Ruth
is the greatestCopy !req
974. baseball player
that ever lived.Copy !req
975. People say he was less than
a god but more than a man.Copy !req
976. You know, like Hercules
or something.Copy !req
977. That ball you just aced
to The Beast is worth...Copy !req
978. Well, more than
your whole life.Copy !req
979. I don't feel so good.Copy !req
980. Uh-oh, fan him.Copy !req
981. Give him air, give him air.Copy !req
982. We have to get
that ball back.Copy !req
983. When does your old man
get home from work?Copy !req
984. He's gone on business.
Out of town.Copy !req
985. But he could
be back anytime.Copy !req
986. All right. Find out when.Copy !req
987. And, guys, spread out and look
for bottles and cash 'em in.Copy !req
988. We need 98 cents.
We gotta buy us a ball.Copy !req
989. Yeah!Copy !req
990. Come on. Let's go!Copy !req
991. Go, go, go, go!
Move, move!Copy !req
992. Come on. Open it up!
Hurry up, hurry up!Copy !req
993. Give me the ball.Copy !req
994. Give me something
to write with.Copy !req
995. I got a pencil.Copy !req
996. Give me a pen,
not a pencil!Copy !req
997. Sorry.Copy !req
998. I QOt a pen.Copy !req
999. Babe...Copy !req
1000. Baby Ruthie?Copy !req
1001. It says, "Babe Ruth."Copy !req
1002. I don't know, Benny, man.Copy !req
1003. Yeah, boy,
that looks pretty crappy.Copy !req
1004. It doesn't matter
what it looks like.Copy !req
1005. His mom's never gonna know
the difference.Copy !req
1006. This'll just buy us
some time, you dorks.Copy !req
1007. Scotty?Copy !req
1008. Uh, in here, Mom.Copy !req
1009. Oh, hi, honey.
What are you doing in here?Copy !req
1010. Uh, just looking
at Bill's...Copy !req
1011. I mean, uh, Dad's baseball.Copy !req
1012. You know he doesn't like
you to touch his things.Copy !req
1013. Yeah. I know. Sorry, Mom.Copy !req
1014. Has he ever told you
about that ball?Copy !req
1015. Uh, no. Uh, not really.Copy !req
1016. I don't think so. No,no, no,
he hasn't at all.Copy !req
1017. I don't know
anything about it.Copy !req
1018. Babe Ruth signed that ball.
He wasCopy !req
1019. the greatest baseball player
who ever lived.Copy !req
1020. On. Really?Copy !req
1021. He sure is.Copy !req
1022. Your dad's father
gave it to him.Copy !req
1023. Maybe someday
he'll give it to you.Copy !req
1024. Oh.Copy !req
1025. Neat.Copy !req
1026. It was
salt in an open wound.Copy !req
1027. Even my own mom,
a grown-up girlCopy !req
1028. knew who Babe Ruth was.Copy !req
1029. I was dead meat.Copy !req
1030. We had thought that that ball
Benny had busted the guts out ofCopy !req
1031. meant something amazing
was gonna happen.Copy !req
1032. Now I just figured
it meant my life was over.Copy !req
1033. Hey, I got it!Copy !req
1034. Why don't we just go overCopy !req
1035. and knock on the door and ask
Mr. Mertle if he can get it for us?Copy !req
1036. Are you out of your mind?Copy !req
1037. Mr. Mertle's the meanest
old man that ever lived.Copy !req
1038. He's the one who made
The Beast eat that kid.Copy !req
1039. It's not an option, Smalls.
Forget about it!Copy !req
1040. Oh, okay. Sorry. I will.Copy !req
1041. Let's just look
out the window.Copy !req
1042. Good idea.Copy !req
1043. He's daring us.Copy !req
1044. We're on his territory now.Copy !req
1045. Anybody got
any bright ideas?Copy !req
1046. After we 'd
all thought about it real hardCopy !req
1047. we had absolutely no idea what
the hell we were gonna do.Copy !req
1048. So things
started primitively.Copy !req
1049. Go.Copy !req
1050. Farther.Copy !req
1051. Farther, okay.Copy !req
1052. Just a little bit farther.Copy !req
1053. Farther. Farther.Copy !req
1054. Aah!Copy !req
1055. Oh, no! Aah!Copy !req
1056. Farther.Copy !req
1057. Go to the right a little bit.
Put the back to the right.Copy !req
1058. A little bit farther.Copy !req
1059. Farther?Copy !req
1060. Guys, I see it.
Turn, turn.Copy !req
1061. Almost.Copy !req
1062. You got it. Pull it back.Copy !req
1063. ' Qot it!Copy !req
1064. Got it, guys.Copy !req
1065. Oh, my God!Copy !req
1066. Pull it back! Aah!Copy !req
1067. I think we've seriously
underestimated The Beast.Copy !req
1068. Obviously, we're dealing with
a superior intelligence.Copy !req
1069. Power.Copy !req
1070. Okay, guys, almost ready.Copy !req
1071. We're connecting power now.Copy !req
1072. Power connected.Copy !req
1073. Okay, we're ready.Copy !req
1074. Initiate retrieval suction.Copy !req
1075. Initiate retrieval suction.Copy !req
1076. Prepare to initiate retrieval
suction number one.Copy !req
1077. Okay. Get ready, guys.Copy !req
1078. Initiate retrieval
suction number one.Copy !req
1079. Initiating retrieval suction
number one now!Copy !req
1080. Fire number two.Copy !req
1081. Initiate number two.Copy !req
1082. Firing two now!Copy !req
1083. Fire number three.Copy !req
1084. Number three now!Copy !req
1085. Whoa!Copy !req
1086. Ha! You got it.
Haul it up.Copy !req
1087. All right!Copy !req
1088. Pull it up.Copy !req
1089. What's going on, Squints?Copy !req
1090. The pipe-it's pinched shut.Copy !req
1091. Turn it off, man!Copy !req
1092. I can't!
They're shorting out!Copy !req
1093. What the hell is that noise?Copy !req
1094. The vacs are clogged.
I don't know about you,Copy !req
1095. but I'm getting outta here.Copy !req
1096. Let's go!Copy !req
1097. Oh, no! Aah!Copy !req
1098. Aah!Copy !req
1099. Aah!Copy !req
1100. Aah! Aah!Copy !req
1101. They're gonna blow! Aah!Copy !req
1102. Aah!Copy !req
1103. Incoming!Copy !req
1104. We've been going
about this all wrong.Copy !req
1105. I blame myself.Copy !req
1106. We need total surprise.Copy !req
1107. An airborne attack. The
Beast will never expect it.Copy !req
1108. Yeah.Copy !req
1109. It's clear.Copy !req
1110. Take me up.Copy !req
1111. Let me down slow.Copy !req
1112. A little slower.Copy !req
1113. Go slow.Copy !req
1114. Go.Copy !req
1115. Yeah, let me down.
Almost there.Copy !req
1116. He's almost there.Copy !req
1117. Let me down right over it.Copy !req
1118. Let him down right over it.Copy !req
1119. Ewvvvv.Copy !req
1120. Okay, I got it.
Get me outta here.Copy !req
1121. Pull him up.Copy !req
1122. I... I... I...Copy !req
1123. Hey, pull him up!Copy !req
1124. Aah! Aah!Copy !req
1125. Aah!Copy !req
1126. Aah!Copy !req
1127. Aah!Copy !req
1128. It was my last chance.Copy !req
1129. So we quit messing around
and pulled out all the stops.Copy !req
1130. I collected every
piece of erector set I hadCopy !req
1131. and it finally becameCopy !req
1132. science against nature.Copy !req
1133. Okay, go with me on the launch.
Come on, Squints.Copy !req
1134. Prepare to launch.Copy !req
1135. Prepare to launch.Copy !req
1136. Prepare to launch. Launching.Copy !req
1137. Launch.Copy !req
1138. Okay, you're on the ground.Copy !req
1139. Moving forward.Copy !req
1140. You went too far. Go back.Copy !req
1141. Reverse. It's too far.Copy !req
1142. Reverse.Copy !req
1143. Stop.Copy !req
1144. Drop catapult.Copy !req
1145. The catapult is dropped.Copy !req
1146. Open catapult.Copy !req
1147. We're gonna get it.
I know it.Copy !req
1148. Opening.Copy !req
1149. Forward.Copy !req
1150. Close catapult.Copy !req
1151. Catapult's closed.Copy !req
1152. We're gonna get it.
Come on.Copy !req
1153. Aah! Fire, fire, fire!Copy !req
1154. ' Qot it! I ggt it,
I got it! 'Copy !req
1155. Aah!Copy !req
1156. My life was over.Copy !req
1157. Just as Bill had
finally warmed up to meCopy !req
1158. and asked me to be
the man of the houseCopy !req
1159. I had to knock a priceless
chunk of historyCopy !req
1160. into the clutches
of a monster.Copy !req
1161. Great.Copy !req
1162. I had a dream that night
about a giant baseballCopy !req
1163. that was signed
by Babe RuthCopy !req
1164. falling out of the sky and
hammering me into the groundCopy !req
1165. like a rail road spike.Copy !req
1166. I didn't know
what that meantCopy !req
1167. but Benny had a dream
that night too,Copy !req
1168. and his was
a lot more helpful.Copy !req
1169. Who's there?Copy !req
1170. Don't go pee in your pants. I'm
just here to give you a hand.Copy !req
1171. But you're...Copy !req
1172. Dead?Copy !req
1173. Legends never die, kid.Copy !req
1174. But you're really him.Copy !req
1175. You're The Babe.Copy !req
1176. The Sultan of Swat.
The King of Crash.Copy !req
1177. Of Crash, and a hundred
other dopey names.Copy !req
1178. Forget about that stuff, kid.
We ain't got much time.Copy !req
1179. I'm here 'cause you're in
some kind of a pickle, right?Copy !req
1180. Yeah.Copy !req
1181. A baseball with my
John Hancock on itCopy !req
1182. went over a fence and you
can't get it back, right?Copy !req
1183. Yeah, right.Copy !req
1184. Then just hop over
there and get it.Copy !req
1185. Wait, wait!Copy !req
1186. I can't.Copy !req
1187. Can't what?Copy !req
1188. I can't go into
that backyard.Copy !req
1189. Why not?Copy !req
1190. There's a beast back there.Copy !req
1191. What kind?Copy !req
1192. A giant gorilla-dog thing
that ate one kid already.Copy !req
1193. Is that a fact?
Sit down, kid.Copy !req
1194. Sit down.Copy !req
1195. Let me tell you
something, kid.Copy !req
1196. Everybody gets one chance
to do something great.Copy !req
1197. Most people never
take the chance,Copy !req
1198. either 'cause
they're too scaredCopy !req
1199. or they don't recognize it
when it spits on their shoes.Copy !req
1200. This is your big chanceCopy !req
1201. and you shouldn't
let it go by.Copy !req
1202. Remember when you busted the guts
out of the ball the other day?Copy !req
1203. Someone's telling you something, kid.
If I was you, I'd listen.Copy !req
1204. Yeah. But what?Copy !req
1205. You're the one
with the rubber legs.Copy !req
1206. Figure it out.Copy !req
1207. "Henry Aaron."Copy !req
1208. I don't know why,
but can I have this?Copy !req
1209. Sure, yeah.Copy !req
1210. Thanks.Copy !req
1211. Wait.Copy !req
1212. You're saying I should hop over
that fence and pickle The Beast?Copy !req
1213. Think about that, kid.
I'll see you later.Copy !req
1214. Remember, kid, there's
heroes and there's legends.Copy !req
1215. Heroes get rememberedCopy !req
1216. but legends never die.Copy !req
1217. Follow your heart, kid,
and you'll never go wrong.Copy !req
1218. I had a dream. Get dressed.
We're going to the sandlot.Copy !req
1219. Okay. Wait.
I'll get my stuff.Copy !req
1220. Only one kid
in history had ever attemptedCopy !req
1221. what Benny was about to,Copy !req
1222. and he got eaten.Copy !req
1223. So we were worried,
real worriedCopy !req
1224. even when Benny brought
out the secret weapon:Copy !req
1225. shoes guaranteed to make a kid
run faster and jump higher,Copy !req
1226. P.F. Flyers.Copy !req
1227. We can't let him
do this, man.Copy !req
1228. Benny, wait.Copy !req
1229. It's okay.Copy !req
1230. It was my fault.Copy !req
1231. You don't have to do this.Copy !req
1232. Yeah. Come on, Benny, man. You don't
have to do it. Forget about it.Copy !req
1233. It's like committing suicide, Benny.
Don't do it.Copy !req
1234. Yeah,
don't do it, Benny.Copy !req
1235. Yeah.Copy !req
1236. Don't do it.
It's suicide.Copy !req
1237. Yeah, I do, Smalls.Copy !req
1238. I have to do this.Copy !req
1239. BABE RUTH".
Heroes get rememberedCopy !req
1240. but legends never die.Copy !req
1241. Follow your heart, kid,
and you'll never go wrong.Copy !req
1242. Whoa!Copy !req
1243. Yeah! Yeah!Copy !req
1244. Yeah!Copy !req
1245. Yeah! All right, Benny!Copy !req
1246. Oh, shit!Copy !req
1247. Come on! What are we waiting for?
Let's get him!Copy !req
1248. A werewolf can be killed
only with a silver bulletCopy !req
1249. or a silver knife
or a stickCopy !req
1250. with a silver handle.Copy !req
1251. You're insane.Copy !req
1252. Aah!Copy !req
1253. Ohh!Copy !req
1254. The wolf bit you,
didn't he?Copy !req
1255. Yeah, he did.Copy !req
1256. Go now. And heaven help you.Copy !req
1257. Look out! Aah!Copy !req
1258. Hey! Hey!Copy !req
1259. Hey, hey, hey! Kids!Copy !req
1260. Put it down.
Careful, careful.Copy !req
1261. Whoa, whoa, whoa!Copy !req
1262. Whoa, whoa, whoa!Copy !req
1263. Mommy, Mommy, look.
A doggy!Copy !req
1264. Ooh, a big C1999)'-Copy !req
1265. Ohh!
Look out! Look out!Copy !req
1266. Look out! Sandlot,
sandlot, sandlot!Copy !req
1267. Sandlot! Let's go!Copy !req
1268. This way! Sandlot! Shortcut, you guys!
Let's go!Copy !req
1269. Where is he?Copy !req
1270. Does anyone see him?Copy !req
1271. I don't see him.Copy !req
1272. There he is!Copy !req
1273. Oh, no.Copy !req
1274. Aah!Copy !req
1275. Look out!Copy !req
1276. Oh, man.Copy !req
1277. Oh, man.Copy !req
1278. Come on, guys. Help me!Copy !req
1279. Please!Copy !req
1280. Benny! Benny, help me, please!
He's hurt!Copy !req
1281. Come on. I can't lift it.Copy !req
1282. Let's go.Copy !req
1283. Wow!Copy !req
1284. Aw.Copy !req
1285. Wow!Copy !req
1286. Now we
can play forever.Copy !req
1287. Hello?Copy !req
1288. This is bad.Copy !req
1289. This is very bad.Copy !req
1290. Um, we brought
your dog home.Copy !req
1291. Hercules?Copy !req
1292. How'd he get out?Copy !req
1293. I'm telling you guys, we
should've just turned it loose.Copy !req
1294. Um, uh, well, uh...
We, uh...Copy !req
1295. What happened was,
we hit a baseballCopy !req
1296. into your yard.
We tried to get it back.Copy !req
1297. So you're the ones that've
been making all that racket.Copy !req
1298. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1299. You get it?Copy !req
1300. Um, yeah.Copy !req
1301. Well, first timeCopy !req
1302. that anybody ever got
the best of old Hercules.Copy !req
1303. Why didn't you just knock on the door?
I'd have gotten it for you.Copy !req
1304. Oh, my God!Copy !req
1305. I can't believe you!Copy !req
1306. We got the ball back,
didn't we?Copy !req
1307. We almost got killed!Copy !req
1308. Didn't we get the ball back?
Just shut up!Copy !req
1309. We got the ball back.Copy !req
1310. Thanks for bringing him home.Copy !req
1311. Come on in.Copy !req
1312. We'll talk
about this baseball.Copy !req
1313. Come on.Copy !req
1314. You in trouble,
aren't you, son?Copy !req
1315. Yeah, well, uh,
that was my stepdad's ball.Copy !req
1316. I took it without asking.Copy !req
1317. It was signed
by Babe Ruth.Copy !req
1318. George signed this?Copy !req
1319. George Herman Ruth? Yeah.Copy !req
1320. I take it back. You're not in trouble.
You're dead where you stand.Copy !req
1321. Hold on.Copy !req
1322. Hold on.Copy !req
1323. Here.Copy !req
1324. I'll trade ya.Copy !req
1325. That's nice of you, but that ball
really is signed by Babe Ruth.Copy !req
1326. So's this one, with the
rest of the 1927 Yankees.Copy !req
1327. Oh, man. Murderer's Row!Copy !req
1328. Lou Gehrig!Copy !req
1329. Babe Ruth!
But why would you trade?Copy !req
1330. That one's all chewed up.Copy !req
1331. I got a lot of good stuff.
Look at that stuff.Copy !req
1332. Besides, you need it
more than I do.Copy !req
1333. You knew Babe Ruth?Copy !req
1334. George? I sure did.
And he knew me.Copy !req
1335. He was almost as great
a hitter as I was.Copy !req
1336. I would've broken
his record, but...Copy !req
1337. You went blind.Copy !req
1338. Yep. I used to
crowd the plateCopy !req
1339. so the strike zone
almost disappeared.Copy !req
1340. Pitchers hate that.Copy !req
1341. That's the way I played.
100% all the time.Copy !req
1342. Baseball was life.Copy !req
1343. And I was good at it,
realgood.Copy !req
1344. And then one dayCopy !req
1345. a high fast one, and powCopy !req
1346. lights went out.Copy !req
1347. I don't think we
could take this ball.Copy !req
1348. I'll tell you what.Copy !req
1349. You guys come by once a week
and talk baseball with meCopy !req
1350. we'll call it
an even trade.Copy !req
1351. Deal!Copy !req
1352. Even though
Bill loved the Murderer's Row ballCopy !req
1353. he was still plenty mad
about me having swipedCopy !req
1354. his Babe Ruth autographed
ball and ruining it.Copy !req
1355. So I didn't feel too bad when
he grounded me for a weekCopy !req
1356. instead of
the rest of my life.Copy !req
1357. Wow!Copy !req
1358. Things worked out
between me and him.Copy !req
1359. And from then on,
I didn't have any troubleCopy !req
1360. just calling him Dad
all the time.Copy !req
1361. We all lived together
in the neighborhoodCopy !req
1362. for a couple of more years,Copy !req
1363. mostly through junior high school,
and every summer was great.Copy !req
1364. But none of them ever came
close to that first one.Copy !req
1365. When one guy would move awayCopy !req
1366. we never replaced him on
the team with anyone else.Copy !req
1367. We just kept the game going
like he was still there.Copy !req
1368. You're starting
to hurt my hand.Copy !req
1369. BOY'. Don't miss it!Copy !req
1370. It was weird that
Benny said Babe RuthCopy !req
1371. was like
the Hercules of baseballCopy !req
1372. and The Beast's name
ended up being Hercules.Copy !req
1373. None of us could figure out
what that meantCopy !req
1374. but we were all
amazed by it.Copy !req
1375. I kept in touch with those
guys over the yearsCopy !req
1376. and I found out that
Yeah-Yeah's parentsCopy !req
1377. shipped him off
to military school.Copy !req
1378. After the armyCopy !req
1379. he became one of the pioneering
developers of bungee jumping.Copy !req
1380. Of course, we all know why.Copy !req
1381. Bertram, well, Bertram got
really into the '60sCopy !req
1382. and no one
ever saw him again.Copy !req
1383. Timmy and Tommy became an
architect and a contractor.Copy !req
1384. They started out small,
designing playground equipmentCopy !req
1385. and prefabricated
tree houses.Copy !req
1386. But they became
multimillionairesCopy !req
1387. when they
invented mini-malls.Copy !req
1388. Squints grew up and married
Wendy Peffercorn.Copy !req
1389. They have nine kids.Copy !req
1390. They bought
Vincent's Drugstore,Copy !req
1391. and they still
own it to this day.Copy !req
1392. Hamilton Porter became
a professional wrestler.Copy !req
1393. You know him as
The Great Hambino.Copy !req
1394. DeNunez played triple-A ball,
but he never got to the majors.Copy !req
1395. He owns his own business now, and
he coaches a little league teamCopy !req
1396. that his sons play on
called the Heaters.Copy !req
1397. Hercules lived
to be 199 years old,Copy !req
1398. uh, in doggy years.Copy !req
1399. I was the last one
to move away.Copy !req
1400. But when I did,
the sandlot was still there.Copy !req
1401. After Benny
pickled The Beast,Copy !req
1402. his reputation
spread all over town.Copy !req
1403. From then on, he was known as
Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez.Copy !req
1404. And the nickname stuck with
him for the rest of his life.Copy !req
1405. Now pinch running
for the Los Angeles Dodgers,Copy !req
1406. Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez!Copy !req
1407. It is the clutch situation
of the season.Copy !req
1408. They say The Jet's
lost a step or twoCopy !req
1409. but I wouldn't be surprised
to see some fireworks here.Copy !req
1410. The Jet's got
a suicide lead and...Copy !req
1411. And there he goes! He's stealing home!
I don't believe it!Copy !req
1412. He's stealing home!Copy !req
1413. He's stealing home, and they
don't see him! The pitch!Copy !req
1414. He's hit the dirt!
He's safe! Safe!Copy !req
1415. Oh, my God!Copy !req
1416. Safe! Safe! Safe!Copy !req
1417. I don't believe it! The Jet stole home!
The Jet stole home!Copy !req