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