1 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:24,190 [peaceful music playing] 2 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:51,818 [ball players clamoring] 3 00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:55,889 [bat clatters] 4 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:11,371 [engine starts] 5 00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:15,975 ["China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers playing on radio] 6 00:01:19,646 --> 00:01:26,853 [♪] 7 00:01:31,491 --> 00:01:35,950 ♪ When the sun comes up On a sleepy little town ♪ 8 00:01:35,950 --> 00:01:37,497 ♪ Down around San Antone ♪ 9 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:41,634 ♪ And the folks are risin' For another day ♪ 10 00:01:41,634 --> 00:01:44,871 ♪ 'Round about their homes ♪ 11 00:01:44,871 --> 00:01:47,941 ♪ The people of the town Are strange ♪ 12 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:51,111 ♪ And they're proud Of where they came ♪ 13 00:01:52,712 --> 00:01:56,160 ♪ Well, you're talkin' 'bout The China Grove ♪ 14 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:00,453 ♪ Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh China Grove ♪ 15 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:07,994 ♪ Well, the preacher And the teacher ♪ 16 00:02:07,994 --> 00:02:09,829 ♪ Lord, they're a caution ♪ 17 00:02:09,829 --> 00:02:12,465 ♪ They are the talk Of the town ♪ 18 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:16,200 ♪ When the gossip gets to flyin' And they ain't lyin' ♪ 19 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,239 ♪ When the sun Goes fallin' down ♪ 20 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:22,742 ♪ They say that The father's insane ♪ 21 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:27,247 ♪ And dear Mrs. Perkin's A game ♪ 22 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:29,482 - [music stops] - [engine stops] 23 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:37,157 [birds cawing] 24 00:02:41,695 --> 00:02:43,596 [bell tolling] 25 00:02:43,596 --> 00:02:45,165 [thwack] 26 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:50,300 [soft, poignant music playing] 27 00:02:57,510 --> 00:03:03,883 [♪] 28 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:11,570 You're cheatin'. 29 00:03:12,792 --> 00:03:15,662 Girls don't know spit about baseball. 30 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:19,232 Crippled as you are, you can't make no full body rotation. 31 00:03:22,168 --> 00:03:25,739 [scoffs] If you ain't cheatin', then how did you-- 32 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:27,240 I just can. 33 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:36,649 - That's a homer. - Nuh-uh. 34 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:38,551 Boy, I know what a homer looks like. 35 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:41,221 It don't count unless you're battin' in the majors. 36 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:45,325 Majors? Boy, you're never gonna play one inning in the majors. 37 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:52,532 Never say never. 38 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:56,836 You really believe? 39 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:00,940 - Cross your heart and hope to die? - That's a heathen vow. 40 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,850 Still think I'm cheatin'? 41 00:04:12,850 --> 00:04:14,200 I think you're crazy. 42 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:17,257 But you are my boyfriend. 43 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:20,260 See you later, alligator. 44 00:04:25,310 --> 00:04:28,100 [Connie] Don't even think of gettin' sweet on her! 45 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:29,569 She's Earl Shantz's. 46 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:31,805 Man drinks like a steer on a tank at noon, 47 00:04:31,805 --> 00:04:35,542 and is mean enough to steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes. 48 00:04:35,542 --> 00:04:37,100 [James] Connie? 49 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:39,412 Come here. 50 00:04:42,849 --> 00:04:45,510 We don't speak ill of our neighbors. 51 00:04:45,510 --> 00:04:47,120 I'm just looking out for Rickey. 52 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,290 Well, Rickey's got to learn to look out for himself. 53 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:52,692 He's playing the game of love. 54 00:04:52,692 --> 00:04:57,330 And that's run by women and lost by men. [chuckles] 55 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:04,304 So I want you both to interpret Ephesians 4:25 tonight. 56 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:05,739 You know that? 57 00:05:05,739 --> 00:05:08,308 "Speak truth, each one of you, with his neighbor, 58 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,477 for we are members of one another." 59 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:11,611 That's real good. 60 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,414 You go on and get in the car. 61 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:17,751 Come on. Connie, you can help me lock up, okay? 62 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:19,152 [Connie] How does he do that? 63 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:21,988 Honey, Rickey's got a gift. 64 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,900 [organ music playing] 65 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:30,630 ♪ So I'll cherish The old rugged cross ♪ 66 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:33,299 ♪ Till my trophies ♪ 67 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:37,937 ♪ I will cling to ♪ 68 00:05:37,937 --> 00:05:43,810 ♪ The old rugged cross ♪ 69 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:47,647 ♪ And exchange it one day ♪ 70 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:51,985 ♪ For a crown ♪ 71 00:05:51,985 --> 00:05:53,787 [music stops] 72 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:59,159 "Give me a man that we may fight together." 73 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:03,997 - [all] Amen. - Those are the words of the giant Philistine, Goliath, 74 00:06:03,997 --> 00:06:06,499 taunting the armies of Israel, 75 00:06:06,499 --> 00:06:10,370 and no one would come out and fight him, no one but David. 76 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:13,506 And how did David smite Goliath? 77 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:15,642 - A stone! - Amen, brother Hill. 78 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:17,811 A stone! 79 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:21,281 A stone, it says right here in verse 41st Samuel. 80 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:23,149 And so David stopped by a brook 81 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:27,187 and chose him five smooth stones. 82 00:06:27,187 --> 00:06:30,990 Well, why didn't David gather the largest stone, 83 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:33,260 or the most jagged stone? 84 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:35,395 David knew jagged rocks got a will of their own! 85 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:38,998 Things can veer off and shimmy all over creation. 86 00:06:38,998 --> 00:06:42,350 - He made a savvy bet! - Savvy indeed. 87 00:06:42,350 --> 00:06:45,500 But maybe we ought to let some other members 88 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:47,841 of the congregation voice their response. 89 00:06:47,841 --> 00:06:51,277 So, I say this: what shapes a stone? 90 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:54,214 God's water shapes a stone. 91 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:57,884 And we, as Christians, as children of God, 92 00:06:57,884 --> 00:06:59,886 we are being constantly shaped. 93 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:03,223 And after we're baptized, we are sent out into the world 94 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:07,360 as His messengers, and we fly straight and true 95 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:15,935 ...can fight our own Goliath, and-- 96 00:07:20,206 --> 00:07:23,443 You know, I myself have been afraid to say this, 97 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:24,944 but I'm just gonna say it. 98 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:27,414 Sister Babbit. 99 00:07:27,414 --> 00:07:29,516 Brother Shantz... 100 00:07:29,516 --> 00:07:32,786 You uplift me with your presence here today. You do. 101 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:36,156 May I kindly ask you to refrain from smoking 102 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:41,161 and from chewing and dipping during Sunday services? 103 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:47,634 I work six days on a live well, ready to burst into fire and brimstone any time. 104 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:50,637 Now, if you knew a thing about wildcattin', 105 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:55,108 you'd appreciate that I get exactly zero smoke breaks. 106 00:07:55,108 --> 00:07:59,446 But can't you see how you and Sister Babbit 107 00:07:59,446 --> 00:08:02,482 are defiling His glorious sanctuary 108 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,517 with your spit 109 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:08,121 and with your ashes all over His floor? 110 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:11,624 It's a weakness born of man. 111 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:15,895 [Earl] Oh, I see the weakness. 112 00:08:15,895 --> 00:08:18,565 High and mighty man collects $50 a month 113 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:20,700 to preach to some decent, hardscrabble folk 114 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,570 he's never even stepped off the pulpit to get to know. 115 00:08:23,570 --> 00:08:25,405 We hardly got a pleasure in life. 116 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:30,343 I expect the Almighty can see His way around our frailties. 117 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:32,979 I am your pastor. 118 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:36,349 So it is my place-- in fact, it's my duty-- 119 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:41,955 to preserve the sanctity of God's house. 120 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:46,860 [Earl] Ain't about to allow some holier-than-thou preacher 121 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:50,530 to toss me a few crumbs over a damn smoke! 122 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:53,800 And I am not gonna let the Lord's house 123 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,537 look and smell like Satan's saloon! 124 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:03,243 Mrs. Babbit. 125 00:09:05,110 --> 00:09:07,414 Wouldn't they ask you to pour oil on troubled waters? 126 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:11,184 - Do you wanna clean tobacco juice off the church floor? - No. 127 00:09:11,184 --> 00:09:13,953 - I'm gonna... close up. - Okay. 128 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:16,690 - We missin' it? - Not if we get there in three minutes. 129 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:18,625 Let's go! [grunts] 130 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:21,528 You're his wife. You should talk some sense to him. 131 00:09:21,528 --> 00:09:23,290 I'm tryin', Mama. 132 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:28,868 Where are them three off to? 133 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:31,638 [James] Oh... 134 00:09:32,472 --> 00:09:34,740 they're just being children. 135 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:41,481 [♪] 136 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:45,850 [indistinct chatter] 137 00:09:48,221 --> 00:09:53,927 [♪] 138 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:56,930 Seems unfair. We paid admission for peace and quiet. 139 00:09:56,930 --> 00:10:00,734 They're the preacher's kids. Ain't got a nickel to rub together. 140 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:03,203 [TV announcer] Meanwhile, Richardson scores. 141 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:05,672 One strike on Mantle. And there it goes, 142 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:08,410 - over the right field fence. - [thudding on glass] 143 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,246 Gonna feel so charitable when they bust your window? 144 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:21,870 - That's gonna be you one day. - [chuckles] Thanks. 145 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:23,790 [screaming] 146 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:27,600 [Robert] Come on! 147 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:30,797 Doc says you get those braces off next year. 148 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:33,333 They were supposed to take them off last year. 149 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:51,851 Bring it on. I'll knock it out just like Mantle. 150 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:54,821 Greetings out there in TV land! 151 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:56,990 We're back at the 50-yard line. 152 00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,726 - The what? - Well, I hate baseball. 153 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:06,933 Nobody takes it easy on you in the majors. 154 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:11,805 Put some fire on it. 155 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:14,174 [exhales] 156 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:16,943 Koufax warms his arm here at the Yankee Stadium. 157 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,112 Tie game, bottom of the ninth. 158 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:20,747 At bat, Rickey Hill. 159 00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:22,982 Koufax hurls a surprise slider. 160 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:25,752 Hill swings, swats a long fly ball! 161 00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:27,687 Might be... could be... it is! 162 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:30,523 Hill's third moon shot tonight. 163 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:33,727 [faint crowd cheering] 164 00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:38,164 The faster it comes in, 165 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:41,100 the faster it goes out. 166 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:45,105 [dramatic music rising] 167 00:11:49,409 --> 00:11:53,713 [crowd cheering] 168 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,548 - [glass shatters] - [cheering stops] 169 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:58,284 Oh, my gosh! What did you do? 170 00:11:58,284 --> 00:11:59,986 Let's go! 171 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,289 Let's get out of here! 172 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:07,600 - What are you doing? - What Daddy taught. 173 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,897 Whatever you done, take responsibility for it. 174 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,747 [Ray] You hit this rock? 175 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:31,351 Sorry, Mister. I'll get a job to pay for it. 176 00:12:31,351 --> 00:12:34,220 Now, hold up. You tellin' me... 177 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:37,657 that you hit this rock over them trees 178 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:40,827 and into my windshield with that lousy stick? 179 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:43,630 That's a couple hundred feet, easy. 180 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:44,764 And you done it wearing them things? 181 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,766 Imagine that. 182 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,203 You know what a prodigy is? 183 00:12:51,638 --> 00:12:54,607 - No, sir. - Well, look it up. 184 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:56,276 When you get them legs healed up, 185 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:58,945 I'm gonna be the first guy at the gate to buy a ticket. 186 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:01,481 - But I owe you. - Forget the windshield. 187 00:13:01,481 --> 00:13:04,784 I got two yards across the state full of more old windshields 188 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,953 than I can ever pawn off in a lifetime. 189 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:09,389 But miracles... 190 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,225 them I'm a little shy on. 191 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,395 I want you to do it again. 192 00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:17,970 Show me. 193 00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:20,834 Now, go on. 194 00:13:20,834 --> 00:13:27,440 [lighthearted music playing] 195 00:13:32,445 --> 00:13:37,450 [♪] 196 00:13:40,954 --> 00:13:43,123 Well, I'll be. 197 00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:46,260 [James] We receive your bounty, Lord, 198 00:13:46,260 --> 00:13:50,997 to better fortify our bodies and minds so that we may serve you. 199 00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:53,733 We pray in the name of your son, Jesus. 200 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,835 - Amen. - [all] Amen. 201 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:05,478 It's a mite hard to muster when He provideth so little. 202 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:08,481 Y'all see Daddy peg down that old crow Spit-And-Chew this morning? 203 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:11,551 [Gram] Along with some ticked-off church folk, 204 00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:16,322 grousin' how your daddy has a bent for bitin' the hand that barely feeds his family. 205 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:18,240 Fifty dollars a month. 206 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:20,427 Your children are starving. 207 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:23,263 You know, sometimes, Lilian, doing God's work 208 00:14:23,263 --> 00:14:25,832 takes the sacrifice of the Apostles. 209 00:14:25,832 --> 00:14:28,680 None of the Apostles had bad bones. 210 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,504 That's enough. Do you hear me? Enough. 211 00:14:31,504 --> 00:14:34,174 You can shut me down. 212 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:36,643 How you gonna quiet the voice in your head, 213 00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:41,348 saying that you starved that boy down to nothing and put him in a wheelchair? 214 00:14:41,348 --> 00:14:43,783 Most devout man I know. 215 00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:45,618 Your eyes are so busy studying heaven, 216 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:48,488 you don't see the misery you're putting your family through! 217 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:52,459 I am not going to apologize for my devotion to God. 218 00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:54,327 Mama, stop. 219 00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:57,163 [James] You see that woman? That's your daughter. 220 00:14:57,163 --> 00:15:00,867 She's got faith. You never hear one complaint out of her. 221 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:03,970 She's got faith. You... 222 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:05,905 It's all I got. 223 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,476 And it sustains me. 224 00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:11,311 But I live here on Earth. 225 00:15:11,311 --> 00:15:16,116 And your son needs doctorin', and that takes money. 226 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:18,551 You can see he's already outgrown them braces. 227 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:21,521 He ain't gonna get no better without new ones. 228 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:23,523 New ones? 229 00:15:27,930 --> 00:15:29,929 Rickey, the doctor believes that... 230 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,531 Can I be excused? 231 00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:33,660 Yes, son. 232 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:43,243 You satisfied, Lilian? 233 00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:46,513 Here, son. Have my cornbread. 234 00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:52,252 "...very great." 235 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:55,388 [murmuring] 236 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,723 You know what? 237 00:15:56,723 --> 00:15:58,525 I got a little something for you. 238 00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:07,534 - [Rickey] How'd you get these? - [Robert] Saved up. Three months. 239 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:11,471 - Mickey Mantle! - [door opens] 240 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:13,139 What's going on in here? 241 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:16,943 You're supposed to be reading your Bible verses. 242 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:18,278 Robert? 243 00:16:18,278 --> 00:16:21,147 What you hidin'? Hand me your Bible. 244 00:16:22,150 --> 00:16:23,583 Hand me your Bible, Robert. 245 00:16:30,457 --> 00:16:31,825 Baseball cards. 246 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:34,327 I don't approve of this. 247 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:37,831 This sells the worship of false idols. 248 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,966 No. They-- they sell gum. 249 00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:41,468 You think I'm kidding? 250 00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:44,137 - Hmm? Is that what you think? - N-No, sir. 251 00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:45,905 Robert, are these yours? 252 00:16:45,905 --> 00:16:47,474 Yes-- yes, sir. 253 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:50,710 Robert, you are your younger brother's keeper. 254 00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:55,482 And you are responsible for what you put in his mind. 255 00:16:55,482 --> 00:16:57,830 You hear me? 256 00:16:57,830 --> 00:16:59,519 I know. It's just that... 257 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:03,490 - Rickey loves baseball, and I-- - [James] He's not gonna play baseball. 258 00:17:06,593 --> 00:17:11,310 Rickey, now, I've seen you out there behind the church, swinging that stick. 259 00:17:11,310 --> 00:17:14,868 And you'd be out there all day long if you could, 260 00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:16,503 even when you're suffering pain. 261 00:17:18,710 --> 00:17:19,773 But you can't play baseball. 262 00:17:19,773 --> 00:17:22,420 You can't even run. 263 00:17:22,420 --> 00:17:24,511 And if you try, you're gonna get ridiculed, 264 00:17:24,511 --> 00:17:27,681 you're gonna get made fun of, and you're gonna wind up 265 00:17:27,681 --> 00:17:30,517 with an injury that you'll never get over. 266 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,920 - My legs? - No, son. 267 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,889 I'm talking about your spirit. 268 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:39,590 Now, listen. You're special. 269 00:17:39,590 --> 00:17:41,610 You got the heart of a lion. 270 00:17:41,610 --> 00:17:44,364 But you got the soul of a tender lamb. 271 00:17:45,980 --> 00:17:48,535 And I wanna protect that. 272 00:17:48,535 --> 00:17:52,505 If you're not playing baseball, you got your time all freed up 273 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:58,244 to pursue a higher calling, preaching God's word. 274 00:17:58,244 --> 00:18:01,147 Where your earthly legs have failed you, 275 00:18:01,147 --> 00:18:05,510 God's gonna give you wings to fly. 276 00:18:05,510 --> 00:18:07,354 You understand me, don't you, son? 277 00:18:09,856 --> 00:18:11,124 That's my boy. 278 00:18:12,580 --> 00:18:13,293 Love you. 279 00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:20,800 Read your verses. I'm listening. 280 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:32,612 [melancholy music playing] 281 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:37,317 "Those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength." 282 00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:40,420 "They shall run and not be weary." 283 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:50,764 - [dramatic music rising] - [crowd cheering] 284 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:09,315 What's going on here, Earl? 285 00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,751 Seems like the flock and the shepherd have... 286 00:19:12,886 --> 00:19:14,120 hit an impasse. 287 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,289 Is that right? 288 00:19:16,289 --> 00:19:18,358 Some of us are sure gonna miss you. 289 00:19:19,893 --> 00:19:23,163 - But we just got here. - And we just kicked you out! 290 00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:25,598 Now, be quick. We need that house back. 291 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:27,330 [James sighs] 292 00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:28,802 Well, don't you worry. 293 00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:32,339 We don't stay where we're not wanted. 294 00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:34,774 We'll be gone by morning. 295 00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:35,809 [door slams] 296 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:42,882 - Helen! - You ought to be ashamed. 297 00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:45,485 Oh, shi-- Shoot. 298 00:19:45,485 --> 00:19:48,210 - Shoot. - My husband is a fine man. 299 00:19:48,210 --> 00:19:50,490 He's good, righteous, 300 00:19:50,490 --> 00:19:54,194 and given his life and happiness to serve the Lord. 301 00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:56,496 He placed you all above his own children. 302 00:19:56,496 --> 00:19:59,265 How do you repay such selfless devotion? 303 00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:01,167 You run him out of his own church 304 00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:04,604 and put his kids on the street. 305 00:20:05,672 --> 00:20:07,730 Why? 306 00:20:07,730 --> 00:20:08,975 'Cause your pastor asked you to behave 307 00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:13,460 like the God-fearing people he believed you were? 308 00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:15,281 "Decent, hardscrabble folk." [scoffs] 309 00:20:16,490 --> 00:20:17,350 No. 310 00:20:19,352 --> 00:20:22,522 You do not deserve James Hill. 311 00:20:26,590 --> 00:20:27,560 [Mrs. Babbit spits] 312 00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:39,539 - Helen, I-- - We're gonna be fine. 313 00:20:45,445 --> 00:20:47,414 I wish you were staying. 314 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:49,883 I wish we weren't going. 315 00:20:49,883 --> 00:20:53,253 Am I ever gonna see my only-ever boyfriend again? 316 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:56,322 I don't know. 317 00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:58,892 I'll miss you. 318 00:20:58,892 --> 00:21:00,860 Later, gator. 319 00:21:02,328 --> 00:21:08,668 [introspective music playing] 320 00:21:19,913 --> 00:21:25,618 [♪] 321 00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:42,702 [♪] 322 00:21:46,573 --> 00:21:48,308 [James] Is that Earl? 323 00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:50,510 [Robert] He's drunk, Daddy. 324 00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:52,712 [James] He's gonna kill somebody. 325 00:21:58,718 --> 00:21:59,753 Earl. 326 00:22:00,954 --> 00:22:02,322 - [engine stops] - Earl. 327 00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:05,191 You're drunk. You shouldn't be driving. 328 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:08,795 And you shouldn't be acting like you still got weight in this town. 329 00:22:10,230 --> 00:22:12,665 Don't let the screen door hit ya! 330 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:20,640 I can't let you drive. 331 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:21,908 [Helen] Rickey! 332 00:22:25,478 --> 00:22:28,348 Fine. Have it your way. 333 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:30,750 He's just trying to save your neck! 334 00:22:31,818 --> 00:22:33,253 My neck? My neck? 335 00:22:33,253 --> 00:22:34,554 [James] Hey! 336 00:22:37,257 --> 00:22:38,992 Don't you touch my boy. 337 00:22:38,992 --> 00:22:40,827 You stay away from my kid. 338 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:49,836 Daddy's a badass. 339 00:22:51,938 --> 00:22:53,406 Get in the car. 340 00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:57,100 [Helen] What were you doing? 341 00:22:57,100 --> 00:22:58,945 [James] Come on, Earl. Stand up. 342 00:23:00,313 --> 00:23:02,882 - You think you're better than me? - Nope. 343 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:06,219 I'm sure you'd kick my butt if you weren't so drunk. Watch it. 344 00:23:06,219 --> 00:23:09,322 You think you're better than me 'cause you can read that book. 345 00:23:09,322 --> 00:23:11,224 [grunts] Just get in the house. 346 00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:13,660 Earl, get in the house. 347 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:14,794 [sighs] 348 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:18,531 [dog barking] 349 00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:22,869 My fault. 350 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:27,707 What were y'all quarreling about? 351 00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:30,543 You. 352 00:23:30,543 --> 00:23:33,446 He's dangerous when he gets like this. 353 00:23:33,446 --> 00:23:35,448 And he's like this more and more. 354 00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:37,450 Thank you, Pastor. 355 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,540 Just save it for Sheriff Dalton. 356 00:23:41,540 --> 00:23:45,191 I imagine he's gonna be making a visit here shortly. 357 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:47,894 [sighs] 358 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:49,620 Hey, Pastor. 359 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:53,933 You gave it your best, the only way you know. 360 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:56,903 Won't a soul appreciate that till you're gone. 361 00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:58,710 [James] Thank you. 362 00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:00,440 God bless you. 363 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:06,513 [emotional music playing] 364 00:24:15,355 --> 00:24:16,923 [engine starts] 365 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:31,471 [♪] 366 00:24:45,352 --> 00:24:48,988 ["In the Sweet By and By" by Jayne Carter playing on radio] 367 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:54,761 ♪ To prepare us A dwelling place there ♪ 368 00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:58,898 ♪ In the sweet by and by ♪ 369 00:24:58,898 --> 00:25:03,536 ♪ We shall meet on That beautiful shore ♪ 370 00:25:03,536 --> 00:25:05,538 ♪ In the sweet... ♪ 371 00:25:05,538 --> 00:25:08,575 ["How Great Thou Art" by Luther Lewis playing on radio] 372 00:25:10,377 --> 00:25:14,381 ♪ Then sings my soul ♪ 373 00:25:14,381 --> 00:25:15,949 [engine sputtering] 374 00:25:15,949 --> 00:25:20,200 ♪ My savior God, to Thee ♪ 375 00:25:21,287 --> 00:25:25,358 ♪ How great Thou art ♪ 376 00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:26,693 [engine clanks] 377 00:25:26,693 --> 00:25:29,729 ♪ How great Thou art ♪ 378 00:25:29,729 --> 00:25:32,980 - [engine rattles, stops] - [music stops] 379 00:25:48,248 --> 00:25:50,160 [cattle lowing] 380 00:25:53,153 --> 00:25:55,989 [cowbells jangling] 381 00:26:03,290 --> 00:26:04,164 [exhales] 382 00:26:04,164 --> 00:26:07,000 Jesus. Jesus, help me, Jesus. 383 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,302 I'm at the end of my rope. Please help me. 384 00:26:09,302 --> 00:26:10,870 [exhales shakily] 385 00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:13,600 With you, all things are possible, Lord. 386 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,507 Please... 387 00:26:14,507 --> 00:26:16,643 give me a sign. 388 00:26:16,643 --> 00:26:19,790 Please give me a sign. 389 00:26:19,790 --> 00:26:21,140 - [pop] - [air hisses] 390 00:26:32,926 --> 00:26:36,896 - God dang! God-- God! - [metal thudding] 391 00:26:36,896 --> 00:26:38,765 God! God! 392 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:44,204 [James panting] 393 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,207 You okay, Daddy? 394 00:26:48,441 --> 00:26:49,909 I'm just tired, son. 395 00:26:50,777 --> 00:26:52,912 - James. - [James sighs] 396 00:26:54,481 --> 00:26:55,915 We're out of gas. 397 00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:58,118 All right, well, someone's gonna come along. 398 00:26:58,118 --> 00:27:02,880 Let's just-- Meanwhile, let's, you know, get the spare put on. 399 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:03,623 We ain't got no spare. 400 00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:06,326 Daddy, I patched it up yesterday. 401 00:27:06,326 --> 00:27:08,795 I traded it for gas last night. 402 00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:14,234 And you done right. 403 00:27:14,234 --> 00:27:18,705 That's how hardscrabble folk get by, minute to minute. 404 00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:22,409 Makin' tough calls in a mean world. 405 00:27:22,409 --> 00:27:25,278 Doin' their damnedest. Times come, 406 00:27:25,278 --> 00:27:29,215 it don't matter how well you mean or how hard you try. 407 00:27:30,150 --> 00:27:31,418 It don't work. 408 00:27:31,418 --> 00:27:34,821 And that's no man's fault. 409 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:37,223 Well, it can't get much worse than this, huh? 410 00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:39,959 [thunder rumbles] 411 00:27:42,662 --> 00:27:44,297 [Robert sighs] 412 00:27:49,235 --> 00:27:54,607 [chuckling] We gotta be the unluckiest family in all of Texas. 413 00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:57,100 Probably Oklahoma, too. 414 00:27:57,100 --> 00:28:02,982 [laughing] 415 00:28:11,191 --> 00:28:14,561 [thunder rumbling] 416 00:28:14,561 --> 00:28:18,310 Well, look at this. 417 00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:22,769 Only the Master Painter could paint a picture such as this. 418 00:28:28,908 --> 00:28:30,100 Oh! 419 00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:33,179 [laughing] 420 00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:36,649 Let's get in the car. 421 00:28:36,649 --> 00:28:39,520 [laughing] 422 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:40,620 [thunder booms] 423 00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:43,890 - [Robert] Come on, Rickey! - [James chuckling] 424 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,796 [rain pattering] 425 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,509 Y'all need a ride? 426 00:29:02,509 --> 00:29:04,444 Yes! 427 00:29:04,444 --> 00:29:06,146 Well, come on! 428 00:29:08,682 --> 00:29:14,487 [pleasant music playing] 429 00:29:22,629 --> 00:29:29,690 [♪] 430 00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:41,481 I never seen one in color. 431 00:29:41,481 --> 00:29:43,817 Back up. You'll go blind. 432 00:29:48,788 --> 00:29:50,390 Fine ice cream, Miss Flora. 433 00:29:50,390 --> 00:29:53,693 - Pleased you're enjoying it, sir. -"Sir"? 434 00:29:53,693 --> 00:29:58,565 If she knew you-- If you knew Rickey, you wouldn't call him "sir." 435 00:29:58,565 --> 00:30:01,434 Oh, I expect I know him. 436 00:30:01,434 --> 00:30:03,203 If you say so. 437 00:30:05,505 --> 00:30:08,675 [Helen] Mrs. Linda, you sure have a beautiful home. 438 00:30:08,675 --> 00:30:10,844 It's brought us a lot of joy. 439 00:30:10,844 --> 00:30:12,679 I need to get you more to eat. 440 00:30:12,679 --> 00:30:15,281 Oh. No, no. 441 00:30:15,281 --> 00:30:18,451 If I had another bite, I think I'd bust a gut. 442 00:30:18,451 --> 00:30:20,120 - [Linda chuckles] - Thank you. 443 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,655 I don't know how we'll ever thank you for your help. 444 00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:24,824 We sure needed it. 445 00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:27,127 [Josh] Well, now, there-- there might be a way. 446 00:30:27,127 --> 00:30:30,163 But this j-- I don't know. This job, it's just probably beneath 447 00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:33,166 a man of your education and experience. 448 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,468 Oh, no. No. No, you'd be surprised. 449 00:30:35,468 --> 00:30:40,600 My brother Dennis over Bowie City way tells me First Baptist 450 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,677 been looking for a new pastor goin' on a year now. 451 00:30:43,677 --> 00:30:45,712 But, uh, no takers. 452 00:30:45,712 --> 00:30:48,915 - Well, that's a crying shame. - Well, you ain't seen Bowie City. 453 00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:51,284 [chuckles] "One-horse town" is overselling it. 454 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:53,353 It ain't got a window to throw it out of. 455 00:30:54,587 --> 00:30:56,456 But they're good people. 456 00:30:56,456 --> 00:30:58,758 There's a rectory. 457 00:30:58,758 --> 00:31:01,695 A mite modest. I suppose it ain't for you, but-- 458 00:31:01,695 --> 00:31:03,163 - We'll take it. - Yes, we will. 459 00:31:03,163 --> 00:31:05,999 - Mm-hmm. - [James] Brother Josh... 460 00:31:05,999 --> 00:31:09,869 it was not by accident that you found us on the road. 461 00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:13,773 When the good Lord shuts a door, he opens a window. 462 00:31:13,773 --> 00:31:19,120 - But don't y'all wanna hear more about this-- - Only amen. Can I get an amen? 463 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,748 - [all] Amen! - [chuckling] 464 00:31:21,748 --> 00:31:24,884 - [rocket engines roaring] - [TV announcer] Roger, and lift-off. 465 00:31:24,884 --> 00:31:27,354 And the clock is operating. Sigma Seven... 466 00:31:27,354 --> 00:31:29,189 [Robert] Lift-off! 467 00:31:30,890 --> 00:31:32,726 Th-- those kids. 468 00:31:32,726 --> 00:31:35,462 [chuckles] They get really excited. 469 00:31:35,462 --> 00:31:42,335 [peaceful music playing] 470 00:31:42,335 --> 00:31:43,636 There! 471 00:31:43,636 --> 00:31:46,172 - [Robert] Where? - [Rickey] There! 472 00:31:48,174 --> 00:31:50,610 [Robert] Mission Control reports that the craft 473 00:31:50,610 --> 00:31:54,247 has left Earth's atmosphere, as we get closer and closer. 474 00:31:54,247 --> 00:31:57,550 As man again sails the heavens. 475 00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:01,521 I see it! 476 00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:03,523 Big as day! 477 00:32:08,428 --> 00:32:09,963 Let's head inside. 478 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,402 You comin', Daddy? 479 00:32:17,437 --> 00:32:20,600 Oh, you go ahead, son. 480 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,676 I'm gonna visit a spell with the heaven I know. 481 00:32:24,778 --> 00:32:31,217 [♪] 482 00:32:37,657 --> 00:32:43,296 [♪] 483 00:32:45,365 --> 00:32:47,901 [Dennis] Howdy, Pastor. How you doin'? 484 00:32:47,901 --> 00:32:49,669 Welcome to home, sweet home. 485 00:32:49,669 --> 00:32:51,738 Try "dump, sweet dump." 486 00:32:51,738 --> 00:32:53,373 - Ow! - James Hill. 487 00:32:53,373 --> 00:32:55,909 Nice to meet you. Brother's told me all about you. 488 00:32:55,909 --> 00:32:57,877 Yeah, your brother was real nice to us. 489 00:32:57,877 --> 00:32:59,813 - Dennis, right? - That's right. 490 00:32:59,813 --> 00:33:02,150 Appealing to the eye she ain't, 491 00:33:02,150 --> 00:33:05,510 but come monsoons, tornadoes, and flash floods, 492 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:07,530 she'll leave you high and dry. 493 00:33:07,530 --> 00:33:09,220 I'm already feelin' just that. 494 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:11,891 - What's that? - Used to be a mortuary. 495 00:33:11,891 --> 00:33:15,829 Wait till you see the church. You're gonna love the church. 496 00:33:15,829 --> 00:33:17,397 Where's the church? 497 00:33:17,397 --> 00:33:19,466 The church is just on down the road here. 498 00:33:19,466 --> 00:33:23,603 Y'all wanna go see the church first or go inside? 499 00:33:25,405 --> 00:33:27,407 I guess we're gonna see the church first. 500 00:33:27,407 --> 00:33:29,409 - They're gonna love the church. - Yeah. 501 00:33:34,514 --> 00:33:36,282 Here she is! 502 00:33:40,420 --> 00:33:42,789 Now y'all see what I was sayin'? 503 00:33:42,789 --> 00:33:44,290 Plenty of room. 504 00:33:45,725 --> 00:33:49,162 It's got... possibilities. 505 00:33:49,162 --> 00:33:51,331 [Rickey] I love it in here! 506 00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:54,868 I can run in here! 507 00:33:54,868 --> 00:33:57,237 Boy's got a heck of a lot of energy. 508 00:33:59,906 --> 00:34:02,609 Yeah, and a mind to confound Solomon. 509 00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:07,470 When do I start? 510 00:34:07,470 --> 00:34:10,350 ["Little Bitty Pretty Things" by Jimmy Cove & The Rovers playing] 511 00:34:10,350 --> 00:34:12,952 ♪ Tell you a story ♪ 512 00:34:12,952 --> 00:34:15,555 ♪ It happened long time ago ♪ 513 00:34:15,555 --> 00:34:17,957 ♪ About the little bitty Pretty things ♪ 514 00:34:17,957 --> 00:34:22,620 ♪ We found along that road ♪ 515 00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:27,670 ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ 516 00:34:27,670 --> 00:34:29,202 ♪ Little bitty pretty things ♪ 517 00:34:29,202 --> 00:34:32,138 ♪ That we get to see ♪ 518 00:34:32,138 --> 00:34:34,274 ♪ I wonder what The day'll bring ♪ 519 00:34:34,274 --> 00:34:36,976 ♪ Come walk along with me ♪ 520 00:34:36,976 --> 00:34:39,512 [kids exclaiming] 521 00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:44,840 ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ 522 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:45,919 ♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ 523 00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:47,987 - [Jason cries out] - Man up, J-bird. 524 00:34:47,987 --> 00:34:49,823 We're just gettin' started. 525 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:02,235 You need two more? 526 00:35:02,235 --> 00:35:04,738 - [Jason] Him and who else? - I'll hit off him. 527 00:35:04,738 --> 00:35:06,706 With all that crap on your legs? 528 00:35:06,706 --> 00:35:10,877 My dad is a pastor, and he calls them "corrective restraints." 529 00:35:10,877 --> 00:35:12,579 Hey! Don't get all Bible camp on me. 530 00:35:12,579 --> 00:35:14,948 I ain't playin' with no-- no robot boy. 531 00:35:14,948 --> 00:35:18,451 - Put the non-gimp in left. - He don't play, I don't play. 532 00:35:18,451 --> 00:35:21,588 Oh, yeah. Like you're first-round draft material. 533 00:35:21,588 --> 00:35:26,259 - Who do I brush back next? - [boys laughing] 534 00:35:27,260 --> 00:35:28,461 [Robert] Come on. 535 00:35:29,262 --> 00:35:31,297 Hey, flamethrower. 536 00:35:31,297 --> 00:35:33,199 I hit off you, we both play. 537 00:35:33,199 --> 00:35:35,602 [Jason] And it's gotta clear the infield. 538 00:35:37,704 --> 00:35:40,607 Nobody's ever pitched to you with the heat he brings. 539 00:35:40,607 --> 00:35:42,709 Whiff in front of these townies, and... 540 00:35:42,709 --> 00:35:45,612 they'll never let you forget it, much less play. 541 00:35:45,612 --> 00:35:48,214 I ain't gonna whiff. 542 00:35:48,214 --> 00:35:51,317 Hey, robo boy. Where do we bury you? 543 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:53,453 The cemetery or the junkyard? 544 00:35:53,453 --> 00:35:56,890 [boys laughing] 545 00:35:56,890 --> 00:35:58,358 Three swings. 546 00:35:58,358 --> 00:36:01,194 Hey, whatever. You ain't even gonna see the ball. 547 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:08,301 Y'all best stay in the outfield. 548 00:36:08,301 --> 00:36:10,236 Boy, you got no idea. 549 00:36:10,236 --> 00:36:11,805 It's Rickey Hill. 550 00:36:12,939 --> 00:36:14,641 Rickey Hill. 551 00:36:14,641 --> 00:36:18,311 You got a lot of guts, but not so many smarts. 552 00:36:18,311 --> 00:36:20,647 Guys with legs that work can't hit him. 553 00:36:22,349 --> 00:36:24,184 Don't say I didn't warn you. 554 00:36:24,184 --> 00:36:26,186 You ready, robot boy? 555 00:36:28,388 --> 00:36:30,256 [Robert] Little late on that one. 556 00:36:30,256 --> 00:36:33,927 Robot boy! Gonna keep whiffin', or are you quittin'? 557 00:36:33,927 --> 00:36:35,462 - Start hittin'. - [boys laughing] 558 00:36:35,462 --> 00:36:38,365 Oh-ho-ho! Oh, robot boy's gonna start hittin'. 559 00:36:38,365 --> 00:36:40,500 All right, jelly legs, come on. 560 00:36:43,336 --> 00:36:47,400 [boys laughing] 561 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,942 Hey, RB! Quit while you're behind. 562 00:36:48,942 --> 00:36:51,544 - All right, enough! - Come on, before you get really hurt. 563 00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:54,381 - Three strikes. - So he can kill you? 564 00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:57,784 I stay down here, I'm dead. 565 00:36:59,352 --> 00:37:06,590 [stirring music playing] 566 00:37:06,590 --> 00:37:07,527 Better bring a quicker bat. 567 00:37:09,629 --> 00:37:12,265 [♪] 568 00:37:16,703 --> 00:37:17,804 What are you doing? 569 00:37:17,804 --> 00:37:19,539 Look at robot boy. 570 00:37:19,539 --> 00:37:22,742 Full... body... rotation! 571 00:37:22,742 --> 00:37:25,879 [shouting] 572 00:37:25,879 --> 00:37:27,981 [panting] 573 00:37:27,981 --> 00:37:30,160 [Quinn snickers] 574 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:34,454 [panting] 575 00:37:34,454 --> 00:37:39,392 [♪] 576 00:37:39,392 --> 00:37:41,294 Folks gotta do what they gotta do. 577 00:37:42,950 --> 00:37:45,298 [♪] 578 00:37:45,298 --> 00:37:47,834 [Robert] How do you know you can do it, Rickey? 579 00:37:47,834 --> 00:37:50,300 [Rickey breathing heavily] 580 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:51,705 I just know it. 581 00:37:54,274 --> 00:37:56,309 All right, fun's over. 582 00:37:56,309 --> 00:37:59,579 Time to say night-night and bye-bye to robot boy. 583 00:37:59,579 --> 00:38:02,115 [♪] 584 00:38:02,115 --> 00:38:04,617 [braces creaking] 585 00:38:06,119 --> 00:38:09,756 [music swells] 586 00:38:14,294 --> 00:38:16,730 [grunts] 587 00:38:16,730 --> 00:38:18,465 - [Robert] You done it! - [boy] Wow! 588 00:38:18,465 --> 00:38:19,933 [boys gasping, muttering] 589 00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:23,636 - You hit! - That don't count! 590 00:38:23,636 --> 00:38:26,940 Screw you guys. I ain't playin' with no-- no cripple kid. 591 00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:29,442 - We made a deal. - [Quinn] I made no such thing. 592 00:38:29,442 --> 00:38:31,311 [Rickey] Liar! I seen you nod your head! 593 00:38:31,311 --> 00:38:34,948 Nobody calls me a liar, robot boy. 594 00:38:34,948 --> 00:38:36,950 Aw, you think you can stomp me? 595 00:38:38,818 --> 00:38:41,488 - He already did. - [Jason] Hey, stop it! 596 00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:43,790 Coach says one more fight and you're done! 597 00:38:47,227 --> 00:38:48,728 Damn you! 598 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:51,898 You white trash no-'counts. 599 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:55,268 Not worth it anyway. 600 00:38:55,268 --> 00:38:57,370 [spits] 601 00:38:57,370 --> 00:38:59,973 Come on. There ain't no game for us here. 602 00:38:59,973 --> 00:39:01,274 But I hit off of him. 603 00:39:01,274 --> 00:39:03,243 That's what counts. 604 00:39:03,243 --> 00:39:05,412 Goodbye, Rickey Hill. 605 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,950 [clears throat] Okay. 606 00:39:10,950 --> 00:39:13,953 Anybody else wanna say grace? 607 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,862 Is there some kind of revelation that I'm not aware of? 608 00:39:31,104 --> 00:39:32,706 Oh, my God. 609 00:39:32,706 --> 00:39:37,510 [soft, stirring music playing] 610 00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:39,813 - Is there pain? - Not a lick. 611 00:39:42,248 --> 00:39:44,551 How? 612 00:39:44,551 --> 00:39:49,890 Well, sir, it seems one of my braces-- 613 00:39:49,890 --> 00:39:51,524 the left one, I think-- 614 00:39:51,524 --> 00:39:53,827 well, it broke first, so-- 615 00:39:53,827 --> 00:39:56,463 So you had to take the other one off to walk, right? 616 00:39:56,463 --> 00:39:59,399 - Yes. - Right? [chuckling] 617 00:39:59,399 --> 00:40:00,867 Thank you, Lord. 618 00:40:04,370 --> 00:40:06,106 Well, show me. Just... 619 00:40:06,106 --> 00:40:12,579 [chuckling] 620 00:40:12,579 --> 00:40:15,480 Okay, everybody up. We're going for ice cream. 621 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,817 - And we're gonna walk. - James, we can't afford it. 622 00:40:17,817 --> 00:40:21,154 You just keep that ice cream man busy, and I'm gonna steal us a gallon. 623 00:40:21,154 --> 00:40:24,357 - Oh, no, you won't. - Oh, yes, I will! I'm feelin' adventurous. 624 00:40:24,357 --> 00:40:26,626 [Helen laughing] He's not gonna steal a thing. 625 00:40:26,626 --> 00:40:28,995 [Coach Don] It ain't curin' polio, boys. 626 00:40:28,995 --> 00:40:34,334 All it takes to be on my team is, A, attend practice every day, 4:00 to 6:00. 627 00:40:34,334 --> 00:40:38,710 B, be prepared to work your hind ends off. 628 00:40:38,710 --> 00:40:41,941 And C, cut the crap and swing the bat, 'cause I ain't your mama. 629 00:40:41,941 --> 00:40:45,278 Now, if I catch any one of y'all half-assing out there, 630 00:40:45,278 --> 00:40:47,614 I'll boot your whole *** off my field. 631 00:40:47,614 --> 00:40:49,883 Now, if you ain't turned one of these in yet, 632 00:40:49,883 --> 00:40:53,286 I need your folks' John Hancock on one of these permission slips. 633 00:40:53,286 --> 00:40:58,458 Come on. Bring it back to me 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, signed. 634 00:41:00,860 --> 00:41:01,895 All right? 635 00:41:04,531 --> 00:41:06,933 Oh, now, son. 636 00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:10,370 It mayn't be your doin', but you're already half-assin'. 637 00:41:10,370 --> 00:41:12,772 Or making sacrifices. 638 00:41:14,207 --> 00:41:16,109 Well spoke. 639 00:41:16,109 --> 00:41:18,780 I'll give you through tryouts. 640 00:41:18,780 --> 00:41:21,781 Hey! But you better bring me some magic. 641 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:26,786 Think Mom will sign this without telling Daddy? 642 00:41:28,188 --> 00:41:30,900 Even if she did, he'd find out. 643 00:41:33,893 --> 00:41:37,931 [♪] 644 00:41:42,502 --> 00:41:44,537 How's my little lion? 645 00:41:46,373 --> 00:41:49,976 What's on your mind? You got something behind your back. 646 00:42:01,154 --> 00:42:03,123 Why don't you calm your mind? 647 00:42:03,123 --> 00:42:06,693 Let's hear Psalm 23. 648 00:42:06,693 --> 00:42:10,263 -"The Lord is my shepherd--" - More conviction. 649 00:42:11,531 --> 00:42:14,000 "I shall not want." 650 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,437 Daddy... I know what you're gonna say. 651 00:42:17,437 --> 00:42:19,806 But I'm better. 652 00:42:21,307 --> 00:42:22,876 Son... 653 00:42:22,876 --> 00:42:26,460 you might be better, but you are not healed. 654 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,490 Your bones... 655 00:42:30,316 --> 00:42:31,851 they're green. 656 00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:34,688 They're like twigs. 657 00:42:34,688 --> 00:42:38,458 Daddy, all I wanna do is play. 658 00:42:38,458 --> 00:42:42,162 You will not play. 659 00:42:43,163 --> 00:42:44,197 Ever. 660 00:42:45,765 --> 00:42:49,402 Now, you might think that your affliction is an injustice, 661 00:42:49,402 --> 00:42:52,305 but God has a plan for you. 662 00:42:52,305 --> 00:42:58,878 It's a sign. It's a sign of something greater that you are supposed to become. 663 00:43:00,714 --> 00:43:03,149 [footsteps receding] 664 00:43:05,652 --> 00:43:07,320 What is important? 665 00:43:08,421 --> 00:43:10,590 Many things are important. 666 00:43:11,324 --> 00:43:13,760 But what is vital? 667 00:43:15,228 --> 00:43:19,999 One practice: doing God's work. 668 00:43:19,999 --> 00:43:26,720 I want you to seek out every opportunity that you have to serve Him. 669 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:30,100 And the next time that you even consider sinning, 670 00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:32,912 I want you to ask yourself this question: 671 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,384 how will God judge me? 672 00:43:37,384 --> 00:43:42,188 The Holy Spirit sees all, 673 00:43:42,188 --> 00:43:43,823 knows all, 674 00:43:43,823 --> 00:43:46,893 punishes every misdeed. 675 00:43:52,198 --> 00:43:55,668 So let us ask God 676 00:43:56,503 --> 00:43:59,806 for a sin-free week. 677 00:44:06,846 --> 00:44:09,382 This place is worse than the last. 678 00:44:09,382 --> 00:44:11,651 See that man smoking? 679 00:44:11,651 --> 00:44:13,586 Why didn't Daddy put a stop to that? 680 00:44:13,586 --> 00:44:17,570 To grow his flock, your father must endure a few black sheep. 681 00:44:17,570 --> 00:44:19,259 - Have a great day. - You too. 682 00:44:19,259 --> 00:44:20,960 This came for you. 683 00:44:22,862 --> 00:44:26,433 - Must be from Gracie! - No way. 684 00:44:26,433 --> 00:44:29,669 Yeah, he pocketed it so quick, I thought his hand was on fire. 685 00:44:29,669 --> 00:44:31,971 Nah. Just his heart. 686 00:44:38,511 --> 00:44:41,247 I'm gonna go... stretch my legs. 687 00:44:41,247 --> 00:44:44,517 Daddy finds out you've been swatting that baseball on the Sabbath... 688 00:44:44,517 --> 00:44:45,752 I'm just gonna watch. 689 00:44:46,553 --> 00:44:47,854 You? 690 00:44:49,522 --> 00:44:51,157 Come on. 691 00:44:51,157 --> 00:44:54,270 ["You Belong To Me" by Sidro and the Sneakers playing] 692 00:44:54,270 --> 00:44:58,131 ♪ You belong to me Why can't you see ♪ 693 00:44:58,131 --> 00:45:01,634 One Blast-Off Burger, one order of fries, and one Coke. 694 00:45:01,634 --> 00:45:04,437 Cost: 75 cents, and that's what I got. 695 00:45:05,972 --> 00:45:09,542 [waitress chuckles] One Blast-Off Burger, 696 00:45:09,542 --> 00:45:12,178 one order of fries, and one Coke? 697 00:45:12,178 --> 00:45:14,781 That ain't nearly enough to feed all three of you kids. 698 00:45:14,781 --> 00:45:16,549 [Rickey] We just need the one order. 699 00:45:16,549 --> 00:45:17,984 I tried to tell him, 700 00:45:17,984 --> 00:45:20,754 but he just came in here like a crazy man. 701 00:45:20,754 --> 00:45:24,570 Well... he counted too quick. 702 00:45:24,570 --> 00:45:26,292 We're just a quarter short, actually. 703 00:45:27,427 --> 00:45:30,163 Well, I ain't so hot at numbers. 704 00:45:30,163 --> 00:45:32,232 I'll come back when I get the rest. 705 00:45:32,232 --> 00:45:37,300 Wait. It just so happens... I have a quarter. 706 00:45:37,300 --> 00:45:40,730 - [James] Okay, I've got 'em closed. - [Robert] Keep 'em closed. 707 00:45:40,730 --> 00:45:43,643 I will, I will. I've never been more in the dark. 708 00:45:43,643 --> 00:45:46,246 [softly] Here, bring him this way. 709 00:45:46,246 --> 00:45:47,881 - [thud] - Oh! 710 00:45:47,881 --> 00:45:50,784 Well, I guess I'm going to sit down, is that right? 711 00:45:50,784 --> 00:45:52,786 [chuckling] 712 00:45:55,155 --> 00:45:57,924 We all know turkey's your favorite, but... 713 00:45:57,924 --> 00:46:00,894 but we wanted to get something special instead. 714 00:46:00,894 --> 00:46:02,662 Can I open my eyes? 715 00:46:02,662 --> 00:46:04,970 Yep. 716 00:46:07,667 --> 00:46:11,370 Why, it's my second favorite. 717 00:46:12,380 --> 00:46:14,174 And a more thoughtful gift, I-- 718 00:46:16,242 --> 00:46:17,777 I can't remember. 719 00:46:17,777 --> 00:46:21,470 You take care of us all year, so, uh... 720 00:46:22,820 --> 00:46:24,484 today we wanna take care of you. 721 00:46:24,484 --> 00:46:28,355 The most beautiful gift I have ever been blessed with 722 00:46:29,522 --> 00:46:31,791 is not this delicious burger. 723 00:46:33,660 --> 00:46:38,631 It's the joy of sharing it with all of you. 724 00:46:38,631 --> 00:46:41,134 You're my beautiful family. 725 00:46:41,134 --> 00:46:43,303 We ain't hungry. 726 00:46:43,303 --> 00:46:45,105 Stuffed. 727 00:46:45,105 --> 00:46:46,206 Slimming. 728 00:46:47,707 --> 00:46:49,442 All us girls are. 729 00:46:52,445 --> 00:46:54,140 Well, I'm starvin'. 730 00:46:59,586 --> 00:47:00,653 Mmm! 731 00:47:00,653 --> 00:47:03,256 [chuckling] 732 00:47:03,256 --> 00:47:06,559 [crickets chirping] 733 00:47:06,559 --> 00:47:10,997 [Gracie] "Me and my mama are heading to Oklahoma City to live with my grandfolks. 734 00:47:10,997 --> 00:47:13,733 Hey, has anyone in your new town figured out 735 00:47:13,733 --> 00:47:15,435 how you're cheatin' at batting yet? 736 00:47:15,435 --> 00:47:18,905 Heh. Truly, I hope you're still swingin' 737 00:47:18,905 --> 00:47:20,774 no matter how your legs are. 738 00:47:20,774 --> 00:47:23,243 Knowing you, I bet you a Buffalo nickel 739 00:47:23,243 --> 00:47:25,311 you're still dreamin' of the majors. 740 00:47:25,311 --> 00:47:27,781 Me, I've run clean out of dreams. 741 00:47:27,781 --> 00:47:31,985 I guess it's up to you to make one come true for both of us. 742 00:47:31,985 --> 00:47:34,487 If anyone can, it's you. 743 00:47:34,487 --> 00:47:37,157 PS: you're still my boyfriend!" 744 00:47:45,732 --> 00:47:47,500 Since when ain't you tryin' out? 745 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,704 Since my daddy refused to sign. 746 00:47:50,704 --> 00:47:55,410 Check out Coach Don. He look like he's up all night verifying signatures? 747 00:47:55,410 --> 00:47:58,511 Hold up. You're sayin'... 748 00:47:58,511 --> 00:48:00,347 Fake Daddy's signature? 749 00:48:00,347 --> 00:48:03,883 Yep. Seems like the real sin is stopping you from playin'. 750 00:48:03,883 --> 00:48:05,318 Jason's right. 751 00:48:06,486 --> 00:48:08,188 Plus... 752 00:48:08,188 --> 00:48:11,324 I don't know a soul who's owed this shot more than you. 753 00:48:13,893 --> 00:48:15,195 Give it to me. 754 00:48:18,231 --> 00:48:20,333 Hope the good Lord sees it that way. 755 00:48:23,370 --> 00:48:25,380 [knocking on door] 756 00:48:30,510 --> 00:48:32,245 Oh. Evening, ma'am. 757 00:48:32,245 --> 00:48:35,480 Uh, Don Fisher, youth baseball coach. 758 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:40,860 Oh. I'm sorry, our boys aren't allowed to play. 759 00:48:40,860 --> 00:48:43,560 Uh, better iron that out with your husband, ma'am. 760 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,392 He-- he signed Rickey's permission slip. 761 00:48:45,392 --> 00:48:49,262 - Oh, um, come in. - [Coach Don] Oh, uh... ah! 762 00:48:49,262 --> 00:48:51,331 - [crinkling papers] - Who, by the way, 763 00:48:51,331 --> 00:48:54,234 is knocking the tar out of anything we throw at him. 764 00:48:54,234 --> 00:48:57,237 What is this? I didn't sign nothin'. 765 00:49:01,875 --> 00:49:04,577 That's not my handwriting. That's forgery. 766 00:49:04,577 --> 00:49:06,346 [Coach Don] Well... 767 00:49:06,346 --> 00:49:08,415 you know boys. 768 00:49:08,415 --> 00:49:12,285 Anyhoo, he-- he is one heck of a hitter. 769 00:49:12,285 --> 00:49:16,656 The only way I can figure how your boy can possibly hit the ball 770 00:49:16,656 --> 00:49:19,659 as far and as hard as he can... 771 00:49:20,660 --> 00:49:22,862 the Lord give him a gift. 772 00:49:22,862 --> 00:49:24,731 Well, he's not gonna be playing. 773 00:49:24,731 --> 00:49:27,701 - You ain't gonna let him play? - Nope. 774 00:49:27,701 --> 00:49:31,438 Look, I've pastored 13 years up in the Panhandle, 775 00:49:31,438 --> 00:49:34,974 and I know good and well what a miracle looks like. 776 00:49:35,842 --> 00:49:37,444 And Rickey is one. 777 00:49:38,912 --> 00:49:41,181 So my counsel to you, Pastor, 778 00:49:41,181 --> 00:49:44,150 is figure out why you're so hellbent on 779 00:49:44,150 --> 00:49:47,287 crushing the boy's soul and squandering his blessing. 780 00:49:48,154 --> 00:49:50,390 God bless you. Amen, good night. 781 00:50:00,700 --> 00:50:02,100 Rickey? 782 00:50:02,836 --> 00:50:04,137 Rickey! 783 00:50:11,778 --> 00:50:12,946 I done it. 784 00:50:12,946 --> 00:50:15,150 [Robert] He's covering for me. 785 00:50:16,282 --> 00:50:18,318 I-- I said for him to play, 786 00:50:19,586 --> 00:50:21,187 and doctored the slip. 787 00:50:21,187 --> 00:50:24,491 He was just trying to help me do the one thing I love. 788 00:50:24,491 --> 00:50:26,192 The one thing you love? 789 00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:28,595 That's the truth. 790 00:50:28,595 --> 00:50:32,665 It ain't about me swinging a stick to hit a stone. 791 00:50:32,665 --> 00:50:35,969 When I swing that bat, I ain't crippled no more. 792 00:50:35,969 --> 00:50:38,505 I am David taking down Goliath. 793 00:50:38,505 --> 00:50:41,541 Everybody can see how much this means to me but you, Daddy. 794 00:50:41,541 --> 00:50:45,945 - Don't you backtalk me, boy. - Don't you dare run that child down! 795 00:50:45,945 --> 00:50:47,814 Give him his say. He's earned it. 796 00:50:47,814 --> 00:50:50,750 You stay out of this. This ain't none of your business. 797 00:50:50,750 --> 00:50:53,219 My business is the family 798 00:50:53,219 --> 00:50:55,880 that you've turned into sheep. 799 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:57,190 Helen and the kids, they love you so much, 800 00:50:57,190 --> 00:51:01,227 they let you just suck all the joy out of their lives. 801 00:51:01,227 --> 00:51:03,963 I'm too old and mean to stand by another minute 802 00:51:03,963 --> 00:51:06,990 while you make your misery theirs. 803 00:51:06,990 --> 00:51:10,770 "To seek out the one true calling God has placed us on Earth to answer 804 00:51:10,770 --> 00:51:14,908 is no less than our duty to fulfill it with pure devotion, 805 00:51:14,908 --> 00:51:16,576 no less than our divine destiny." 806 00:51:16,576 --> 00:51:18,411 Yeah, see right there? 807 00:51:18,411 --> 00:51:22,248 Even a blind man could tell you're born to be a preacher. 808 00:51:22,248 --> 00:51:24,918 You said those words. That's your sermon. 809 00:51:24,918 --> 00:51:27,487 Are those words the truth? 810 00:51:30,790 --> 00:51:33,660 You think baseball is your duty? 811 00:51:33,660 --> 00:51:35,395 Ever since I can remember. 812 00:51:35,395 --> 00:51:38,164 So much you'd lie about it? 813 00:51:38,164 --> 00:51:41,668 See that? That's a lie. 814 00:51:42,936 --> 00:51:44,738 Now, I'm gonna give you a choice. 815 00:51:46,606 --> 00:51:48,408 God's will... 816 00:51:49,809 --> 00:51:50,810 or your will. 817 00:51:59,185 --> 00:52:01,588 - Robert... - [Robert sobs] 818 00:52:01,588 --> 00:52:03,623 [James] ...you lied. 819 00:52:03,623 --> 00:52:05,759 You deceived. 820 00:52:05,759 --> 00:52:07,260 You misguided your brother. 821 00:52:07,260 --> 00:52:09,295 Now, we got rules in this house. 822 00:52:10,697 --> 00:52:13,133 And you know there's consequences to those rules. 823 00:52:13,133 --> 00:52:14,868 [sobs] Yes, sir. 824 00:52:14,868 --> 00:52:16,603 Get out back. 825 00:52:17,604 --> 00:52:19,706 And I mean now. 826 00:52:19,706 --> 00:52:21,775 Daddy, it should be me! 827 00:52:26,460 --> 00:52:27,313 Robert. 828 00:52:31,184 --> 00:52:33,190 You deceived me. 829 00:52:33,190 --> 00:52:35,221 I can't tell you how that hurts. 830 00:52:36,990 --> 00:52:39,159 And you know I love you. 831 00:52:39,159 --> 00:52:41,795 This is about saving your soul. 832 00:52:41,795 --> 00:52:43,630 You ain't gonna save me. 833 00:52:45,765 --> 00:52:47,467 You can beat me all night. 834 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:51,638 It ain't gonna change Rickey. 835 00:52:53,206 --> 00:52:55,475 Rickey's confused. 836 00:52:55,475 --> 00:52:57,477 He's lost. 837 00:52:57,477 --> 00:52:59,646 He ain't the one who's lost. 838 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,215 What's he doin'? 839 00:53:08,210 --> 00:53:09,322 Growing up. 840 00:53:10,690 --> 00:53:11,891 You turn around. 841 00:53:15,762 --> 00:53:22,369 [morose music playing] 842 00:53:37,517 --> 00:53:38,518 Go inside. 843 00:53:41,540 --> 00:53:42,989 - I said go inside. - Daddy? 844 00:53:42,989 --> 00:53:44,657 Just leave me be. Go inside. 845 00:53:44,657 --> 00:53:51,698 [♪] 846 00:54:09,282 --> 00:54:11,651 [train whistle blows] 847 00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:20,760 It ain't fair. 848 00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:24,130 I can't go this entire summer without playing baseball. 849 00:54:24,130 --> 00:54:28,668 Well, till you can find a way to preach and play at the same time... 850 00:54:30,270 --> 00:54:31,571 you're benched. 851 00:54:42,215 --> 00:54:43,316 [James] Son. 852 00:54:45,285 --> 00:54:48,421 You know you're not supposed to interrupt me when I'm writing my sermon. 853 00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:51,324 Yes, sir. 854 00:54:53,193 --> 00:54:57,597 I came here to ask you what to do when I need to tell you something. 855 00:54:59,799 --> 00:55:01,670 Now. 856 00:55:01,670 --> 00:55:02,369 [scoffs] 857 00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:07,907 All right. 858 00:55:08,875 --> 00:55:10,377 Say your piece. 859 00:55:14,781 --> 00:55:18,618 Last night, you gave me a choice. 860 00:55:18,618 --> 00:55:21,621 And I've been thinking real hard on it. 861 00:55:23,230 --> 00:55:25,625 You're right. God is number one. 862 00:55:25,625 --> 00:55:29,195 He has, is, and always will be. 863 00:55:29,195 --> 00:55:31,631 And like you've preached so many times, 864 00:55:32,399 --> 00:55:34,100 God don't make mistakes. 865 00:55:34,100 --> 00:55:35,402 Amen. 866 00:55:37,837 --> 00:55:42,976 I feel His perfection guiding me when I swing that bat. 867 00:55:42,976 --> 00:55:48,348 I bear witness to His power when the ball sails over the backfield fence. 868 00:55:48,348 --> 00:55:52,185 I'm not following your logic. What? 869 00:55:52,185 --> 00:55:53,520 'Cause I ain't done. 870 00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:57,490 I choose both. 871 00:55:57,490 --> 00:56:02,762 You choose God and baseball? 872 00:56:02,762 --> 00:56:04,431 Only answer. 873 00:56:05,865 --> 00:56:09,569 In His perfection, He handed me two gifts: 874 00:56:09,569 --> 00:56:13,707 preaching with fire, and playing by the power of His hand. 875 00:56:13,707 --> 00:56:16,876 [sighs] "Each blessing to His glory. 876 00:56:18,845 --> 00:56:23,316 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 877 00:56:23,316 --> 00:56:26,386 Philippians 4:13. 878 00:56:37,297 --> 00:56:38,798 What is that? 879 00:57:00,353 --> 00:57:03,560 Thank you for all you taught me, Daddy. 880 00:57:14,167 --> 00:57:16,202 [dramatic music playing] 881 00:57:16,202 --> 00:57:19,139 [crowd cheering] 882 00:57:24,770 --> 00:57:30,450 [♪] 883 00:57:30,450 --> 00:57:32,519 [announcer] Now batting for the Buffaloes, 884 00:57:32,519 --> 00:57:36,356 center fielder, number 17, Rickey Hill! 885 00:57:36,356 --> 00:57:38,910 - Rickey! - Rickey! 886 00:57:38,910 --> 00:57:42,929 [♪] 887 00:57:49,235 --> 00:57:54,107 - [crowd cheering] - And gone! 888 00:57:54,107 --> 00:57:59,450 - [cheering] - Ladies and gentlemen, the 1973 season opener ends 889 00:57:59,450 --> 00:58:01,214 with another game-winning home run 890 00:58:01,214 --> 00:58:04,951 from Buffaloes senior sensation, Rickey Hill! 891 00:58:04,951 --> 00:58:08,321 - That's our brother! - Oh, man, you're flyin'! 892 00:58:08,321 --> 00:58:10,223 - There you go, Rickey! - Rickey! 893 00:58:10,223 --> 00:58:11,891 - [Connie cheers] - [Robert] Come on! 894 00:58:15,328 --> 00:58:17,664 [Ray] You set him up so good. 895 00:58:17,664 --> 00:58:19,799 Laid off the slider the whole game... 896 00:58:19,799 --> 00:58:22,102 I almost got caught with my foot in the bucket. 897 00:58:22,102 --> 00:58:25,500 [Ray laughs] Oh, man. 898 00:58:25,500 --> 00:58:26,806 All right, I'm gonna git. 899 00:58:26,806 --> 00:58:29,342 Um, see you Monday after practice. 900 00:58:29,342 --> 00:58:32,278 - Yeah. - All right. We got some work to do on that old car. 901 00:58:32,278 --> 00:58:33,947 - I'll be there. - Well, have fun tonight. 902 00:58:33,947 --> 00:58:35,982 - All right. Night. - Good to see you, buddy. 903 00:58:35,982 --> 00:58:39,285 Four for four. Again. Officially battin' above 400. 904 00:58:39,285 --> 00:58:40,987 [Gracie] Sure he ain't cheatin'? 905 00:58:42,555 --> 00:58:45,158 Girls don't know spit about baseball. 906 00:58:45,158 --> 00:58:46,793 No, I see it. 907 00:58:46,793 --> 00:58:50,300 Finally got full body rotation. 908 00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:51,231 Found your power. 909 00:58:51,231 --> 00:58:52,799 Well? 910 00:58:54,367 --> 00:58:55,668 Did you miss me? 911 00:58:55,668 --> 00:58:58,104 Now, I only want the truth. 912 00:58:58,104 --> 00:59:01,374 [tender music playing] 913 00:59:01,374 --> 00:59:02,842 Gracie? 914 00:59:04,110 --> 00:59:07,180 - Last I heard, you-- - Well, I came back. 915 00:59:07,180 --> 00:59:09,149 To see an old friend. 916 00:59:10,183 --> 00:59:11,685 Me? 917 00:59:11,685 --> 00:59:14,154 Still know how to charm a girl. 918 00:59:14,154 --> 00:59:16,623 I been tracking your career. 919 00:59:16,623 --> 00:59:19,492 We've gotta go... fix something. 920 00:59:19,492 --> 00:59:21,394 Fix somethin'! 921 00:59:21,394 --> 00:59:25,310 Oh! Yeah, we-- Okay. We can go. 922 00:59:25,310 --> 00:59:26,866 You sure showed me. 923 00:59:28,768 --> 00:59:31,938 - I talk big. - [Gracie] You believe big. 924 00:59:31,938 --> 00:59:35,175 Me? I couldn't see past getting out of that house. 925 00:59:37,277 --> 00:59:39,746 How long you gonna be in town? 926 00:59:40,513 --> 00:59:42,148 I don't know. 927 00:59:42,148 --> 00:59:43,650 A few days. 928 00:59:43,650 --> 00:59:45,652 Baby, is it always this hot? 929 00:59:45,652 --> 00:59:47,354 - Uh... - I need a drink. 930 00:59:47,354 --> 00:59:50,900 Ned, this is my friend, Rickey. 931 00:59:50,900 --> 00:59:53,927 The Rickey? The Rickey Hill, the batting phenom? [chuckles] 932 00:59:53,927 --> 00:59:56,629 You know what? I actually owe you a thank-you. 933 00:59:56,629 --> 00:59:58,631 For what, exactly? 934 00:59:58,631 --> 01:00:01,668 I backed him. Fifty bucks, running 5:1. 935 01:00:01,668 --> 01:00:04,237 You paid out like a Vegas slot, my friend. [chuckles] 936 01:00:04,237 --> 01:00:07,340 [Gracie] Well, when he's not being crude, Ned's a sports writer. 937 01:00:07,340 --> 01:00:09,542 Eastern Chronicle. I edit him. 938 01:00:09,542 --> 01:00:11,611 Thought you two should meet. 939 01:00:11,611 --> 01:00:13,313 Your mom invited us to supper. 940 01:00:13,313 --> 01:00:15,682 Cool. 941 01:00:15,682 --> 01:00:19,819 Well, he'd just hit four homers in this one game. 942 01:00:19,819 --> 01:00:22,655 You a good, clean sports writer, are ya? 943 01:00:22,655 --> 01:00:26,226 Oh. Uh, well, I'd like to think so. 944 01:00:26,226 --> 01:00:28,461 Punchy. Not windy, 945 01:00:28,461 --> 01:00:32,499 in the way that McCormack blowhard goes on. You know him? 946 01:00:32,499 --> 01:00:36,403 I am that McCormack... blowhard. 947 01:00:36,403 --> 01:00:39,500 - [laughing] - [Gram] Well, then, 948 01:00:39,500 --> 01:00:42,509 you have something more to chew on than gamblin' and drinkin'. 949 01:00:42,509 --> 01:00:44,344 [forced chuckle] 950 01:00:44,344 --> 01:00:47,280 Is that that little seedlin' that got planted so long ago? 951 01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:51,351 Gracie, you done bloomed into a beautiful rose, girl. 952 01:00:51,351 --> 01:00:54,287 Come here and hug my neck. Oh, oh! 953 01:00:54,287 --> 01:00:57,657 [chuckles] 954 01:00:57,657 --> 01:01:01,528 Are you gonna come celebrate Sunday services with us tomorrow? 955 01:01:01,528 --> 01:01:03,697 - I'd love to. - It would make me so happy. 956 01:01:03,697 --> 01:01:06,399 Well, hon, I mean, slugger's got his game tomorrow. 957 01:01:06,399 --> 01:01:10,737 Ned McCormack, by the way. So nice to meet you. Thanks for having us over. 958 01:01:10,737 --> 01:01:14,140 I love everything you've done with the... everything. 959 01:01:14,140 --> 01:01:16,710 Don't tell me you people don't play on Sundays. 960 01:01:16,710 --> 01:01:21,314 Well, his father failed to lead him to a higher path. 961 01:01:21,314 --> 01:01:24,617 [laughing] Higher path. 962 01:01:24,617 --> 01:01:26,853 I'm sorry, I don't mean any disrespect, 963 01:01:26,853 --> 01:01:28,955 but, I mean, certainly you can see, 964 01:01:28,955 --> 01:01:31,725 whenever he plays, he's a-- he's a phenom. 965 01:01:32,759 --> 01:01:34,761 I've never seen him play. 966 01:01:36,196 --> 01:01:37,697 You never seen him play? 967 01:01:39,432 --> 01:01:40,734 No. 968 01:01:42,202 --> 01:01:45,772 Well... uh, I'm gonna get washed up. 969 01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,709 Be right back. Good to see you, Gracie. 970 01:01:51,644 --> 01:01:53,790 I'll be there. 971 01:01:54,981 --> 01:01:59,152 [peaceful music playing] 972 01:02:01,354 --> 01:02:02,789 [Gracie] Great game today. 973 01:02:04,224 --> 01:02:07,930 Did your... guy leave? 974 01:02:08,495 --> 01:02:10,196 Ned is not my guy. 975 01:02:10,196 --> 01:02:12,999 I realized that at dinner last night and broke it off. 976 01:02:12,999 --> 01:02:15,802 He took it like a gentleman, then fired me. 977 01:02:15,802 --> 01:02:18,772 [surprised laugh] Oh! Well... 978 01:02:18,772 --> 01:02:20,206 you're smart. 979 01:02:21,574 --> 01:02:23,760 I bet something finds you. 980 01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:25,779 If that optimism comes in bottles, 981 01:02:25,779 --> 01:02:27,814 I'll take a whole case. 982 01:02:29,883 --> 01:02:31,651 You wanna know what a dork I am? 983 01:02:31,651 --> 01:02:32,952 It's not apparent. 984 01:02:32,952 --> 01:02:34,888 - [Rickey chuckles] - Fill me in. 985 01:02:34,888 --> 01:02:38,892 Every stinkin' letter you wrote since you were nine, 986 01:02:38,892 --> 01:02:42,462 - I kept. - [laughs] Lord! 987 01:02:42,462 --> 01:02:44,640 Did they fill a whole tub? 988 01:02:45,665 --> 01:02:46,933 No. 989 01:02:48,334 --> 01:02:49,502 We're both dorks, then. 990 01:02:50,770 --> 01:02:52,272 You kept mine? 991 01:02:52,272 --> 01:02:54,407 Both of 'em. 992 01:02:54,407 --> 01:02:57,410 I'm not much of a writer. 993 01:02:58,845 --> 01:03:00,914 Was that why you stopped? 994 01:03:01,648 --> 01:03:02,949 No. 995 01:03:05,618 --> 01:03:08,955 Your career was taking off and I figured you forgot about me. 996 01:03:10,423 --> 01:03:12,580 Not for one day. 997 01:03:16,262 --> 01:03:17,797 [Rickey grunts] 998 01:03:17,797 --> 01:03:21,401 Rickey, that's twice now! What is going on? 999 01:03:21,401 --> 01:03:23,269 [Rickey] I just... 1000 01:03:23,269 --> 01:03:25,572 I get sore from hittin'. 1001 01:03:25,572 --> 01:03:27,741 That ain't sore. That's agony. 1002 01:03:27,741 --> 01:03:29,750 How long? 1003 01:03:29,843 --> 01:03:31,578 My whole life. 1004 01:03:31,578 --> 01:03:34,414 - What do your doctors say? - Nothin'. 1005 01:03:34,414 --> 01:03:37,817 I see a doctor, they're just gonna tell me to stop. 1006 01:03:41,388 --> 01:03:44,290 [Ray] I'm sick of it. I'm sick and tired 1007 01:03:44,290 --> 01:03:46,259 of all these other high school players 1008 01:03:46,259 --> 01:03:49,596 who got scouts out watchin' 'em, and... 1009 01:03:49,596 --> 01:03:53,199 and here you are, the hardest damn hitter I ever seen, 1010 01:03:53,199 --> 01:03:54,467 and nothin'. 1011 01:03:54,467 --> 01:03:56,269 And the clock is tickin'. 1012 01:03:56,269 --> 01:03:59,500 In four months, you're graduatin' high school, 1013 01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:02,742 and right now is when all the scouts are snatching up all the good ones, 1014 01:04:02,742 --> 01:04:05,612 and, son, you're better than good. 1015 01:04:05,612 --> 01:04:07,681 Do you wanna play in the majors? 1016 01:04:07,681 --> 01:04:09,149 That's all I want. 1017 01:04:10,717 --> 01:04:13,530 - But Ray... - But jack squat. 1018 01:04:15,855 --> 01:04:18,158 After all the hell you been through, 1019 01:04:18,158 --> 01:04:21,270 I'm not about to let you lose hope now. 1020 01:04:21,270 --> 01:04:22,862 We're going straight to the top. 1021 01:04:22,862 --> 01:04:25,865 I'm not talkin' about just anybody. 1022 01:04:25,865 --> 01:04:30,700 - I'm callin' Mike Toliver. - Who's Mike Toliver? 1023 01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:32,605 Mike Toliver's one of the best scouts in the business. 1024 01:04:32,605 --> 01:04:35,809 And I'm gonna get him to come to one of your high school games. 1025 01:04:35,809 --> 01:04:41,470 [crowd cheering] 1026 01:04:41,470 --> 01:04:44,170 - Hey. Good to see you. - Good to see you. 1027 01:04:44,170 --> 01:04:47,200 - Who's he talking to? - It's one of them scouts. 1028 01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,255 - Really? - That wasn't bad at all. 1029 01:04:49,255 --> 01:04:52,359 - [Ray] Good. - Gonna be worth it. I'm looking forward to seeing Rickey. 1030 01:04:52,359 --> 01:04:54,527 He's something else. Thank you, Mr. Toliver. 1031 01:04:56,262 --> 01:04:59,899 Robot boy. Looks like we're gonna finally finish what we started. 1032 01:04:59,899 --> 01:05:01,768 Don't worry. I'll make it quick. 1033 01:05:01,768 --> 01:05:04,771 Wouldn't wanna see you suffer in front of all of these folks. 1034 01:05:04,771 --> 01:05:07,941 [announcer] Well, there they are, folks, the Bowie City Buffaloes. 1035 01:05:07,941 --> 01:05:10,977 This should be some regional matchup tonight, 1036 01:05:10,977 --> 01:05:14,814 as Bowie faces county rivals, the Wildcats. 1037 01:05:14,814 --> 01:05:17,517 [crowd applauds, cheers] 1038 01:05:17,517 --> 01:05:18,985 I got it! 1039 01:05:18,985 --> 01:05:25,291 [inspirational music playing] 1040 01:05:25,291 --> 01:05:28,528 [cheering] 1041 01:05:28,528 --> 01:05:31,765 Scouting report said that kid's bat speed's off the chart. 1042 01:05:31,765 --> 01:05:33,700 Didn't say nothin' about that arm. 1043 01:05:33,700 --> 01:05:38,972 [♪] 1044 01:05:38,972 --> 01:05:41,107 Strike three! Batter's out! 1045 01:05:41,107 --> 01:05:43,810 [announcer] Now batting cleanup for the Buffaloes... 1046 01:05:43,810 --> 01:05:45,545 You reckon they'll pitch to him? 1047 01:05:45,545 --> 01:05:48,148 - ...one-man hitting machine... - Well, it's on the line, 1048 01:05:48,148 --> 01:05:50,984 tying run on second. Would you? 1049 01:05:50,984 --> 01:05:53,190 ...Rickey Hill! 1050 01:05:53,190 --> 01:05:55,455 Nowhere to hide now, robot boy. 1051 01:06:01,695 --> 01:06:05,832 [tense music playing] 1052 01:06:05,832 --> 01:06:07,600 I'm not walkin' him again. 1053 01:06:09,536 --> 01:06:13,406 Ends right here, tonight. 1054 01:06:13,406 --> 01:06:20,146 [♪] 1055 01:06:28,988 --> 01:06:30,290 [umpire] Strike! 1056 01:06:30,290 --> 01:06:34,928 [♪] 1057 01:06:34,928 --> 01:06:36,696 [fan] Come on, Rickey! 1058 01:06:42,702 --> 01:06:48,274 [♪] 1059 01:06:54,914 --> 01:06:59,285 [cheering] 1060 01:07:01,654 --> 01:07:04,190 - Rickey! - Come on! Whoo! 1061 01:07:04,190 --> 01:07:06,493 - Yeah! - [cheering] 1062 01:07:06,493 --> 01:07:09,620 [♪] 1063 01:07:09,620 --> 01:07:11,498 [fan] That looked so good! 1064 01:07:11,498 --> 01:07:15,668 [♪] 1065 01:07:15,668 --> 01:07:18,371 [team cheering] 1066 01:07:18,371 --> 01:07:20,507 The faster it comes in, the faster it goes out. 1067 01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:35,221 [Rickey] I got it! 1068 01:07:37,791 --> 01:07:39,590 [crunch] 1069 01:07:39,893 --> 01:07:42,950 [groans] Ow! 1070 01:07:46,399 --> 01:07:50,103 - [crowd murmuring] - Rickey? 1071 01:07:50,103 --> 01:07:51,905 - [Rickey groans] - Don't move. 1072 01:07:51,905 --> 01:07:53,373 [grunts] I-- I can finish. 1073 01:07:57,770 --> 01:07:58,712 I stepped on somethin'. 1074 01:08:02,582 --> 01:08:03,650 Sprinkler head. 1075 01:08:12,692 --> 01:08:15,280 Fracture's bad... 1076 01:08:15,280 --> 01:08:17,970 but the least of my worries. 1077 01:08:17,970 --> 01:08:18,665 These ligament bands, 1078 01:08:18,665 --> 01:08:22,736 they hold the joint together, but, Rickey... 1079 01:08:24,270 --> 01:08:26,106 they're torn to bits. 1080 01:08:26,106 --> 01:08:29,242 They can't connect your ankle to your calf bone. 1081 01:08:29,242 --> 01:08:32,112 And these two peroneal tendons? 1082 01:08:32,112 --> 01:08:35,281 They're not torn. They're completely severed. 1083 01:08:35,281 --> 01:08:38,151 All right, well, how long before I can play? 1084 01:08:38,151 --> 01:08:42,555 [doctor scoffs] Son... it'll be a miracle if you ever walk again. 1085 01:08:44,290 --> 01:08:46,559 I'd like to attempt to save the ankle. 1086 01:08:46,559 --> 01:08:48,128 Attempt? 1087 01:08:48,128 --> 01:08:50,864 Pastor, the only guarantee I can offer, 1088 01:08:50,864 --> 01:08:55,301 multiple surgeries broken up with long, excruciating recoveries. 1089 01:08:58,380 --> 01:08:59,506 Well, how much? 1090 01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:02,475 $7,000, probably more. 1091 01:09:02,475 --> 01:09:04,778 And then there's the other condition. 1092 01:09:04,778 --> 01:09:07,614 Other condition? 1093 01:09:07,614 --> 01:09:10,784 Advanced degenerative spinal disease. 1094 01:09:10,784 --> 01:09:14,988 Rickey, your bones are rapidly depleting protein, 1095 01:09:14,988 --> 01:09:18,324 causing your spine to age prematurely. 1096 01:09:19,250 --> 01:09:21,327 How prematurely? 1097 01:09:21,327 --> 01:09:24,664 Your son has the spine of a 60-year-old man, 1098 01:09:24,664 --> 01:09:27,500 and there's nothing I can do to reverse that. 1099 01:09:30,203 --> 01:09:32,238 [Rickey sighs] 1100 01:09:33,673 --> 01:09:38,611 [somber music playing] 1101 01:09:39,679 --> 01:09:40,680 [crutch clatters] 1102 01:09:45,385 --> 01:09:47,253 Let me get that for you. 1103 01:09:55,829 --> 01:09:58,231 My heart breaks for you, Rickey. 1104 01:09:59,232 --> 01:10:01,534 Even as my faith sustains me. 1105 01:10:03,236 --> 01:10:06,539 Next you're gonna tell me it was God's will. 1106 01:10:06,539 --> 01:10:09,509 Shred my ankle, twist up my spine. 1107 01:10:09,509 --> 01:10:12,479 Why, Dad? What, he wants me to suffer my whole life, 1108 01:10:12,479 --> 01:10:15,810 same as it started, a pitiful cripple? 1109 01:10:15,810 --> 01:10:18,852 Don't you talk about yourself that way. I won't hear it, you hear me? 1110 01:10:18,852 --> 01:10:21,540 You're being tested, son. 1111 01:10:21,540 --> 01:10:24,491 You're being tested, sorely tested, 1112 01:10:24,491 --> 01:10:27,260 and you got to hang on to your faith, 1113 01:10:27,260 --> 01:10:30,263 because that's all we got in this world. 1114 01:10:30,263 --> 01:10:34,234 Now, baseball, it had to end eventually. 1115 01:10:34,234 --> 01:10:37,671 And if I'm gonna get bad news, I'd rather get it sooner than later, 1116 01:10:37,671 --> 01:10:42,750 so having it taken away from you while you're still young... 1117 01:10:42,750 --> 01:10:44,100 now, maybe that's a good thing. 1118 01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:48,581 It-- it gives you time 1119 01:10:48,581 --> 01:10:52,519 to figure out what you're gonna do with the rest of your life. 1120 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:57,724 First time you ever talk to me like a real old man... 1121 01:10:59,826 --> 01:11:02,729 is to say "forget the only thing you ever cared for"? 1122 01:11:03,963 --> 01:11:05,131 [James] No. 1123 01:11:05,131 --> 01:11:07,267 - [Rickey scoffs] - [James stammers] 1124 01:11:07,267 --> 01:11:10,570 No, that's not what I'm sayin', Rickey. 1125 01:11:12,872 --> 01:11:16,900 When you were ten, you said you were going to majors 1126 01:11:16,900 --> 01:11:17,410 and you had no idea how. 1127 01:11:18,278 --> 01:11:20,480 You did everything you could, 1128 01:11:20,480 --> 01:11:24,150 and the rest you took on faith. 1129 01:11:24,150 --> 01:11:25,985 Yeah, and look where it got me. 1130 01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:28,855 Same crap, different day. 1131 01:11:30,323 --> 01:11:32,158 Rickey, we're gonna raise that money. 1132 01:11:32,158 --> 01:11:34,127 All $7,000 of it. 1133 01:11:34,127 --> 01:11:36,363 It might as well be ten million. 1134 01:11:36,363 --> 01:11:39,933 Maybe Ned will kick in, write a story. 1135 01:11:39,933 --> 01:11:42,802 Yeah, "How I helped the gimp and won the girl." 1136 01:11:44,300 --> 01:11:46,339 Gotta admit, it makes sense. 1137 01:11:49,900 --> 01:11:51,678 Boys don't know spit about love. 1138 01:11:55,315 --> 01:11:57,317 Why'd you come back here? 1139 01:11:59,886 --> 01:12:02,956 Something got torn out of me when I was just a little girl. 1140 01:12:02,956 --> 01:12:04,958 It left a hole in my soul. 1141 01:12:06,659 --> 01:12:09,896 No matter what I tried or-- or who I met, 1142 01:12:11,798 --> 01:12:13,330 it never healed. 1143 01:12:16,369 --> 01:12:19,906 A few months back, I was on my last nerve. 1144 01:12:21,241 --> 01:12:23,643 I truly was lost. 1145 01:12:24,711 --> 01:12:26,346 What saved ya? 1146 01:12:27,213 --> 01:12:29,482 I remembered my first boyfriend. 1147 01:12:35,822 --> 01:12:39,192 Wouldn't it be something if he ended up being your last? 1148 01:12:39,192 --> 01:12:44,497 Now, if that's a proposal, you're gonna have to do a whole lot better than that. [laughs] 1149 01:12:44,497 --> 01:12:46,566 - What, that wasn't good? - [laughs] No. 1150 01:12:47,367 --> 01:12:49,703 But I'll take it. Go on. 1151 01:12:55,275 --> 01:13:02,115 [gentle music playing] 1152 01:13:18,980 --> 01:13:23,360 [♪] 1153 01:13:42,989 --> 01:13:47,727 [♪] 1154 01:14:03,743 --> 01:14:09,490 [♪] 1155 01:14:14,788 --> 01:14:16,790 [man] Hey, how's Operation Rickey Hill going? 1156 01:14:16,790 --> 01:14:19,920 Nine weeks, we're up about $2,000. 1157 01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:22,595 Well, I'll tell you what. I got a brand-new 50 here 1158 01:14:22,595 --> 01:14:26,766 that says that you'll hit the entire jackpot right on up to tryouts. 1159 01:14:26,766 --> 01:14:29,769 So you just keep swingin', slugger. 1160 01:14:29,769 --> 01:14:31,538 We're all countin' on ya. 1161 01:14:31,538 --> 01:14:33,730 Thank you, sir. 1162 01:14:36,776 --> 01:14:39,450 [softly] We're never gonna make it in time. 1163 01:14:42,782 --> 01:14:48,788 [country music playing on radio] 1164 01:14:53,259 --> 01:14:57,797 [♪] 1165 01:14:59,650 --> 01:15:00,133 Gram. 1166 01:15:01,134 --> 01:15:03,403 Ladies. Miss Helen. 1167 01:15:03,403 --> 01:15:06,373 Rickey. You seen this? 1168 01:15:06,373 --> 01:15:08,508 Top of the sports page. 1169 01:15:08,508 --> 01:15:12,345 "A co-op of four baseball teams will be holding major league tryouts 1170 01:15:12,345 --> 01:15:14,447 at Rockwood Park Field in Brenham. 1171 01:15:14,447 --> 01:15:19,786 The scouting staffs will evaluate qualified players over a two-day period." 1172 01:15:21,210 --> 01:15:22,589 That's two months away. 1173 01:15:22,589 --> 01:15:25,692 It'll be tough, but you can recover. 1174 01:15:25,692 --> 01:15:28,595 - Recover from what? - Surgery. 1175 01:15:28,595 --> 01:15:34,367 - The sooner we get you in there, we can get-- - Ray, Ray, we-- we tried. 1176 01:15:34,367 --> 01:15:37,670 It's over, and we didn't raise the money. 1177 01:15:37,670 --> 01:15:41,307 Money, money, money. The root of all evil. 1178 01:15:41,307 --> 01:15:44,144 Well, not always. 1179 01:15:44,144 --> 01:15:47,881 - What are you doin'? - [Ray] Seems obvious enough. 1180 01:15:47,881 --> 01:15:51,751 - [Rickey] Ray, I can't take it. - Who's giving it? 1181 01:15:51,751 --> 01:15:55,121 This is a loan against future earnings. 1182 01:15:55,121 --> 01:15:57,490 - At the scrapyard? - [Ray] The scrapyard? 1183 01:15:57,490 --> 01:15:59,726 On what I pay you? 1184 01:15:59,726 --> 01:16:03,730 Son, you'd die broke at that scrapyard. 1185 01:16:03,730 --> 01:16:05,999 Gracie, how much are y'all short? 1186 01:16:05,999 --> 01:16:09,200 Actually, better I don't know the amount. 1187 01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:10,360 [James] Ray. 1188 01:16:11,604 --> 01:16:14,574 - Pastor. - My son is not gonna be 1189 01:16:14,574 --> 01:16:16,743 trying out for professional baseball. 1190 01:16:16,743 --> 01:16:20,447 No, he is gonna try out. The boy's been trying out for professional baseball 1191 01:16:20,447 --> 01:16:24,150 since he was nine years old and busted a hole in my windshield over there. 1192 01:16:24,150 --> 01:16:27,854 I don't need you comin' around here, filling him full of false hope... 1193 01:16:28,621 --> 01:16:30,223 and puttin' him into debt. 1194 01:16:30,223 --> 01:16:32,726 Pastor... I'm beggin' you. 1195 01:16:34,794 --> 01:16:39,499 Give that boy one solitary chance 1196 01:16:39,499 --> 01:16:42,769 to show the right people what he was born to do. 1197 01:16:42,769 --> 01:16:46,506 You're gonna paralyze him. That's what you're gonna do. 1198 01:16:46,506 --> 01:16:49,242 Now, he's my son, not yours. 1199 01:16:49,242 --> 01:16:51,544 I know him better than you do. 1200 01:16:51,544 --> 01:16:54,647 And you heard him. We don't need your money. 1201 01:16:54,647 --> 01:16:58,251 Now, I think it's about time you stopped meddling in this family's affairs 1202 01:16:58,251 --> 01:17:01,788 and get in your truck and get on down the road. 1203 01:17:01,788 --> 01:17:03,823 - [thump] - That tears it! 1204 01:17:04,791 --> 01:17:06,359 Bring that check yonder. 1205 01:17:06,359 --> 01:17:08,228 Lilian! 1206 01:17:08,228 --> 01:17:13,633 [poignant music playing] 1207 01:17:15,502 --> 01:17:17,971 "Pay the sum of..." Gracie? 1208 01:17:17,971 --> 01:17:21,941 - $4,652. - What? 1209 01:17:21,941 --> 01:17:25,679 [♪] 1210 01:17:31,251 --> 01:17:33,720 You're a good man, Raymond. 1211 01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:36,289 Even if you're a bit of a heathen. 1212 01:17:38,224 --> 01:17:39,793 [mouthing] Thank you. 1213 01:17:43,930 --> 01:17:50,837 [♪] 1214 01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:05,885 [♪] 1215 01:18:08,321 --> 01:18:11,157 I believe you are an angel. 1216 01:18:11,157 --> 01:18:14,270 That's sweet, but that's the morphine talkin'. 1217 01:18:14,270 --> 01:18:17,263 [chuckles] The truth's the truth. 1218 01:18:17,263 --> 01:18:18,732 What about me? 1219 01:18:18,732 --> 01:18:20,333 You're still my angel, Mama. 1220 01:18:20,333 --> 01:18:24,204 Mmm? Just as good-lookin' as this sweet girl? 1221 01:18:24,204 --> 01:18:26,473 - You could be twins. - [Helen chuckles] Oh. 1222 01:18:26,473 --> 01:18:27,841 Uh... 1223 01:18:30,577 --> 01:18:32,120 How come you look worried? 1224 01:18:32,120 --> 01:18:34,147 I mean, even more worried than usual. 1225 01:18:34,147 --> 01:18:36,850 The damage was worse than we expected. 1226 01:18:36,850 --> 01:18:39,786 We're still hopeful for a full recovery, 1227 01:18:39,786 --> 01:18:41,921 but it's gonna take some time. 1228 01:18:41,921 --> 01:18:44,424 Tryouts are in seven weeks. 1229 01:18:44,424 --> 01:18:46,326 Not for you. 1230 01:18:46,326 --> 01:18:47,861 I'm sorry. 1231 01:18:51,164 --> 01:18:52,198 [door closes] 1232 01:18:53,633 --> 01:18:58,380 [solemn music playing] 1233 01:19:18,391 --> 01:19:25,231 [♪] 1234 01:19:35,410 --> 01:19:40,780 [gentle music playing] 1235 01:19:49,422 --> 01:19:55,962 [♪] 1236 01:20:00,300 --> 01:20:01,801 [bucket clatters] 1237 01:20:08,808 --> 01:20:11,177 Hey, mister? 1238 01:20:11,177 --> 01:20:14,981 For a guy who can hardly walk, you sure can hit. 1239 01:20:14,981 --> 01:20:18,840 - You like baseball? - [boy] Love it. 1240 01:20:23,556 --> 01:20:24,891 Keep at it. 1241 01:20:26,326 --> 01:20:27,460 You might have a chance. 1242 01:20:31,297 --> 01:20:35,902 [♪] 1243 01:20:40,974 --> 01:20:43,143 Hey, what is your rush? 1244 01:20:44,711 --> 01:20:46,479 I wanna take you someplace nice. 1245 01:20:47,480 --> 01:20:49,149 Talk about the future. 1246 01:20:49,149 --> 01:20:52,419 Well... if we're gonna talk about us, 1247 01:20:52,419 --> 01:20:54,421 we should probably be us. 1248 01:20:54,421 --> 01:20:56,560 Come on. 1249 01:20:57,290 --> 01:21:02,328 [mellow pop ballad playing over speakers] 1250 01:21:05,565 --> 01:21:07,767 It's so cold tonight. 1251 01:21:07,767 --> 01:21:11,571 We'll be eating better when I start earning some serious money. 1252 01:21:11,571 --> 01:21:13,340 Not on a rookie's salary. 1253 01:21:16,810 --> 01:21:18,780 Gracie... 1254 01:21:21,748 --> 01:21:23,516 it's all stacked against me. 1255 01:21:23,516 --> 01:21:25,185 Too risky. 1256 01:21:26,252 --> 01:21:27,587 You're quittin'? 1257 01:21:27,587 --> 01:21:30,657 Stuck in a chair, a bed for life? 1258 01:21:30,657 --> 01:21:34,940 - I wouldn't be any good to you. - Don't you make this about me. 1259 01:21:35,662 --> 01:21:38,640 I'm scared. 1260 01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:40,767 I grew up in shackles. I don't chance going back. 1261 01:21:40,767 --> 01:21:44,771 I was raised by a man who gave up. 1262 01:21:44,771 --> 01:21:46,720 He lost hope. 1263 01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:48,975 And I saw what that did to him. 1264 01:21:48,975 --> 01:21:51,378 Now, if you don't try, 1265 01:21:51,378 --> 01:21:53,546 you're gonna die inside. 1266 01:21:53,546 --> 01:21:56,516 And that's the one thing I won't stick around to watch. 1267 01:21:57,784 --> 01:21:59,486 Now, I want my dreamer back. 1268 01:21:59,486 --> 01:22:03,390 I need him. I'm gonna take my chances. 1269 01:22:04,424 --> 01:22:05,558 I can't. 1270 01:22:07,961 --> 01:22:09,629 Rickey... 1271 01:22:09,629 --> 01:22:15,101 [melancholy music playing] 1272 01:22:30,417 --> 01:22:34,688 [♪] 1273 01:22:40,126 --> 01:22:41,394 [Robert] Come on. 1274 01:22:42,595 --> 01:22:44,300 Come on, get in! 1275 01:22:44,300 --> 01:22:46,766 What's got you so spooked? 1276 01:22:46,766 --> 01:22:50,704 Come on. [sniffling] 1277 01:22:52,305 --> 01:22:57,844 [♪] 1278 01:22:57,844 --> 01:22:59,546 [weakly] That my slugger? 1279 01:23:03,683 --> 01:23:07,253 - You're gon-- You're gonna come through this, Gram. You-- - [Gram] Hush. 1280 01:23:07,253 --> 01:23:09,756 You know doctors and their doom and their gloom. 1281 01:23:09,756 --> 01:23:11,791 Shush, shush, shush, shush. 1282 01:23:11,791 --> 01:23:14,461 I'm going on to His glory. 1283 01:23:21,340 --> 01:23:22,469 [softly] Lookin' for these? 1284 01:23:28,508 --> 01:23:30,310 When I was a girl... 1285 01:23:33,460 --> 01:23:36,649 all I wanted was to breed horses. 1286 01:23:36,649 --> 01:23:40,920 And one summer-- I expect I was no more than 17-- 1287 01:23:40,920 --> 01:23:43,323 I got a job at a ranch. 1288 01:23:43,323 --> 01:23:50,630 Oh, glory, if I didn't love every blessed minute there. 1289 01:23:50,630 --> 01:23:55,502 And late that spring, it was about a month before I was set to return, 1290 01:23:56,536 --> 01:23:59,773 I met this handsome... 1291 01:24:01,740 --> 01:24:02,609 young dude. 1292 01:24:02,609 --> 01:24:06,980 [family chuckles tearfully] 1293 01:24:06,980 --> 01:24:11,418 And, uh... out of the deal, I-- 1294 01:24:11,418 --> 01:24:13,486 I got y'all. 1295 01:24:15,989 --> 01:24:17,257 [exhales] 1296 01:24:18,910 --> 01:24:19,359 Regret... 1297 01:24:21,227 --> 01:24:25,699 it's an ache in your bones that don't ever stop. 1298 01:24:27,967 --> 01:24:30,203 - James. - Yes. 1299 01:24:31,938 --> 01:24:33,506 You're a good man. 1300 01:24:36,109 --> 01:24:39,379 But tonight I'm gonna ask you to be a great one. 1301 01:24:41,581 --> 01:24:43,717 Give your son his dream. 1302 01:24:43,717 --> 01:24:50,256 [Gram breathing heavily] 1303 01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:02,302 I never doubted ya. 1304 01:25:04,971 --> 01:25:09,109 All right, then. Next week... 1305 01:25:09,109 --> 01:25:12,712 when you step up at them tryouts, 1306 01:25:12,712 --> 01:25:14,848 sling that stone. 1307 01:25:16,282 --> 01:25:18,284 Bring down Goliath. 1308 01:25:20,153 --> 01:25:23,590 Just know... I'll be watching. 1309 01:25:29,462 --> 01:25:31,898 [James] And these three things remain. 1310 01:25:31,898 --> 01:25:36,302 Faith, hope, love. 1311 01:25:36,302 --> 01:25:39,205 And the greatest of these is love. 1312 01:25:40,774 --> 01:25:46,446 And she gave of herself and her love in such abundance 1313 01:25:46,446 --> 01:25:50,150 and reserved for us a blessing, 1314 01:25:51,170 --> 01:25:53,453 to speak the unvarnished truth, 1315 01:25:54,721 --> 01:25:57,424 whether we wanted to hear it or not. 1316 01:26:00,193 --> 01:26:02,620 I will miss her. 1317 01:26:02,620 --> 01:26:04,731 May her fierce spirit 1318 01:26:04,731 --> 01:26:07,100 guard the foals of spring. 1319 01:26:07,100 --> 01:26:09,335 What's that quote from? 1320 01:26:10,870 --> 01:26:12,806 A man's heart. 1321 01:26:12,806 --> 01:26:16,676 [emotional music playing] 1322 01:26:23,983 --> 01:26:28,488 [♪] 1323 01:26:37,364 --> 01:26:43,336 [inspiring music playing] 1324 01:26:48,708 --> 01:26:49,709 [grunts] 1325 01:27:11,970 --> 01:27:17,804 [♪] 1326 01:27:20,807 --> 01:27:24,310 What do you want first? Bad news, or the worst? 1327 01:27:24,310 --> 01:27:26,379 Will you stop sugarcoating things? 1328 01:27:26,379 --> 01:27:31,418 Tryout next week will be teeming with pro scouts. 1329 01:27:33,586 --> 01:27:36,220 Exactly how is that a bad thing? 1330 01:27:36,220 --> 01:27:38,758 Well... 'cause one of 'em's Red Murff. 1331 01:27:38,758 --> 01:27:40,860 The Nolan Ryan Red? 1332 01:27:40,860 --> 01:27:42,262 That Red. 1333 01:27:42,262 --> 01:27:45,198 The toughest scout in the game. 1334 01:27:45,198 --> 01:27:48,902 Now, I told you you're gonna get your chance to show 'em your stuff. 1335 01:27:48,902 --> 01:27:49,969 You ready? 1336 01:27:53,600 --> 01:27:56,609 - As I can be. - Well, hell, I'd have taken a little more, like, 1337 01:27:56,609 --> 01:27:59,446 - emphatic "Hell yeah," but... - [chuckles] 1338 01:27:59,446 --> 01:28:01,748 [Ray] Now, you just remember one thing, though. 1339 01:28:01,748 --> 01:28:05,180 All old Red's gotta do is see you hit. 1340 01:28:06,286 --> 01:28:10,457 [tranquil music playing] 1341 01:28:16,629 --> 01:28:20,333 [♪] 1342 01:28:29,209 --> 01:28:33,513 [♪] 1343 01:28:33,513 --> 01:28:36,483 Nice. That was bad on my part. You all right? 1344 01:28:37,484 --> 01:28:39,486 [Rickey] Tomorrow, I-- 1345 01:28:39,486 --> 01:28:42,355 I face one of my greatest trials. 1346 01:28:43,690 --> 01:28:45,959 I will prevail not for myself, 1347 01:28:47,930 --> 01:28:49,290 nor to defy my earthly father, 1348 01:28:51,498 --> 01:28:54,267 who, through your grace, 1349 01:28:54,267 --> 01:28:57,804 I've come to love and understand more. 1350 01:28:59,720 --> 01:29:00,774 I know I've been selfish... 1351 01:29:02,809 --> 01:29:07,800 that his beliefs and works at your service come before mine. 1352 01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:11,651 I will try to find some other way to deserve his love 1353 01:29:12,919 --> 01:29:14,521 and make him proud. 1354 01:29:19,590 --> 01:29:20,827 But tomorrow, Lord, 1355 01:29:20,827 --> 01:29:22,829 be at my side. 1356 01:29:27,267 --> 01:29:29,690 I cannot do this alone. 1357 01:29:32,372 --> 01:29:35,875 [stirring music playing] 1358 01:29:45,185 --> 01:29:49,556 [♪] 1359 01:30:02,168 --> 01:30:06,139 [♪] 1360 01:30:11,611 --> 01:30:16,216 - [whistle blows] - [Red] 200 top baseball talents. 1361 01:30:16,216 --> 01:30:20,854 That's how many of you qualified to stand here this morning. 1362 01:30:20,854 --> 01:30:26,359 By the end of the longest, toughest day of baseball any of you have endured, 1363 01:30:26,359 --> 01:30:29,195 only a handful of you will remain. 1364 01:30:29,195 --> 01:30:31,931 You'll be divided into two teams. 1365 01:30:31,931 --> 01:30:36,302 Tomorrow night, you'll go head-to-head in the big boy park. 1366 01:30:36,302 --> 01:30:39,720 And make no mistake. 1367 01:30:39,720 --> 01:30:41,608 You're not just playing to win. 1368 01:30:41,608 --> 01:30:46,146 You're playing to join the elite. 1369 01:30:46,146 --> 01:30:49,649 I ain't here wasting my time with guys who play baseball. 1370 01:30:49,649 --> 01:30:52,452 We're lookin' for baseball players. 1371 01:30:52,452 --> 01:30:56,756 Hopes, dreams, determination don't matter. 1372 01:30:56,756 --> 01:31:00,827 This comes down to one thing: who's best. 1373 01:31:00,827 --> 01:31:04,970 We'll be sending you off in groups to various fields 1374 01:31:04,970 --> 01:31:08,368 where these men will be making the calls as to who moves up 1375 01:31:08,368 --> 01:31:10,336 and who goes home. 1376 01:31:10,336 --> 01:31:11,938 Your only goal: 1377 01:31:11,938 --> 01:31:14,774 convince them to send you to the stadium. 1378 01:31:14,774 --> 01:31:17,811 That stadium is the winner's circle, 1379 01:31:17,811 --> 01:31:22,115 where you will face the last man to decide your fate... 1380 01:31:23,817 --> 01:31:24,851 me. 1381 01:31:26,353 --> 01:31:27,654 Last up... 1382 01:31:28,855 --> 01:31:30,824 one rule: 1383 01:31:30,824 --> 01:31:34,427 no talking to the scouts unless they talk to you. 1384 01:31:34,427 --> 01:31:37,130 Let your play show 'em what you got. 1385 01:31:37,130 --> 01:31:38,998 And if they say you're done... 1386 01:31:40,834 --> 01:31:42,969 you're done. 1387 01:31:42,969 --> 01:31:45,438 All right, ladies. Get your assignments. 1388 01:31:45,438 --> 01:31:46,806 Let's head to the field. 1389 01:31:52,112 --> 01:31:53,780 [Rickey] Jason! 1390 01:31:53,780 --> 01:31:56,783 They tried to tell me Rickey Hill was finished. 1391 01:31:56,783 --> 01:32:00,253 I said, "Nah. Hill's got himself another mountain to climb. 1392 01:32:00,253 --> 01:32:03,323 He's too hard-headed to quit and too dumb to listen." 1393 01:32:03,323 --> 01:32:05,250 [scout] Pitchers and catchers! 1394 01:32:05,250 --> 01:32:07,293 To the stadium with Red now. Let's go! 1395 01:32:07,293 --> 01:32:10,163 That's me. Good luck. 1396 01:32:10,163 --> 01:32:11,998 - [whistle blows] - Hey. 1397 01:32:13,233 --> 01:32:14,701 You didn't bring Quinn with you? 1398 01:32:14,701 --> 01:32:17,537 [scoffs] After you went yard on him, 1399 01:32:17,537 --> 01:32:19,839 all the air got leaked out of that balloon. 1400 01:32:23,176 --> 01:32:28,915 [♪] 1401 01:32:35,822 --> 01:32:39,492 [♪] 1402 01:32:39,492 --> 01:32:41,728 [whistle blows] 1403 01:32:46,900 --> 01:32:50,470 [♪] 1404 01:32:50,470 --> 01:32:53,730 [scout] Run! Run hard! Run hard! Harder! 1405 01:33:00,914 --> 01:33:05,585 [♪] 1406 01:33:09,155 --> 01:33:10,957 [whistle blows] 1407 01:33:10,957 --> 01:33:15,729 [♪] 1408 01:33:22,235 --> 01:33:27,240 [♪] 1409 01:33:31,311 --> 01:33:33,546 - How's he doing? - He's hurtin'. 1410 01:33:33,546 --> 01:33:36,950 But he is-- he's hittin' the best I've ever seen. 1411 01:33:36,950 --> 01:33:39,219 Hey, Hill. 1412 01:33:39,219 --> 01:33:41,755 Don't seem to be making much of a difference. 1413 01:33:41,755 --> 01:33:45,191 No, Coach, you ain't cuttin' me. I'm still doing my second round of hitting. 1414 01:33:45,191 --> 01:33:48,795 I'm not wasting our time. You can-- you can swing, you just can't run. 1415 01:33:48,795 --> 01:33:51,531 I don't think they're giving him a contract to sign. 1416 01:33:51,531 --> 01:33:55,101 They can't cut him yet. Red hasn't seen him hit. 1417 01:33:55,101 --> 01:33:57,437 All right, if you give me my last at-bat 1418 01:33:57,437 --> 01:33:59,839 and I don't moon-shot every pitch, 1419 01:33:59,839 --> 01:34:02,942 - I'll cut myself. - I'm not negotiating with you! 1420 01:34:02,942 --> 01:34:06,112 But I'll tell you what, if that's what it takes for you to leave, 1421 01:34:06,112 --> 01:34:07,580 then grab your bat. 1422 01:34:07,580 --> 01:34:08,948 Yes, sir. 1423 01:34:15,422 --> 01:34:17,724 [scattered applause] 1424 01:34:19,926 --> 01:34:24,964 [intense music playing] 1425 01:34:35,800 --> 01:34:41,748 [♪] 1426 01:34:52,580 --> 01:34:57,630 [♪] 1427 01:34:57,630 --> 01:35:00,433 Hey. Watch where you're throwin', son. 1428 01:35:01,634 --> 01:35:03,470 All right. Then four catchers... 1429 01:35:03,470 --> 01:35:05,505 [grunts] 1430 01:35:05,505 --> 01:35:07,173 - [scout] Incomin'! - Watch out. 1431 01:35:11,440 --> 01:35:12,512 What's he doin'? 1432 01:35:12,512 --> 01:35:14,881 Breakin' windshields. 1433 01:35:18,284 --> 01:35:20,620 Can someone tell me what the hell's going on? 1434 01:35:20,620 --> 01:35:27,594 [♪] 1435 01:35:27,594 --> 01:35:29,529 Gracious! 1436 01:35:29,529 --> 01:35:33,990 Question is, is that boy hittin' from home plate or second base? 1437 01:35:36,436 --> 01:35:38,371 No, that's over 400 foot. 1438 01:35:39,339 --> 01:35:40,507 Every bit of it. 1439 01:35:40,507 --> 01:35:42,208 [grunts] 1440 01:35:42,208 --> 01:35:44,477 How about we stop whoever's bombing us 1441 01:35:44,477 --> 01:35:46,546 and check the boy's bat? 1442 01:35:46,546 --> 01:35:48,381 Want me to shut him down, Red? 1443 01:35:51,951 --> 01:35:53,753 Do it now before he kills someone. 1444 01:35:53,753 --> 01:35:55,488 - Yes, sir. - Whoa! 1445 01:35:58,525 --> 01:36:03,129 [♪] 1446 01:36:03,129 --> 01:36:04,964 [whistle blows] 1447 01:36:09,102 --> 01:36:16,760 [♪] 1448 01:36:21,114 --> 01:36:27,253 [contemplative music playing] 1449 01:36:36,396 --> 01:36:43,136 [♪] 1450 01:36:43,136 --> 01:36:44,404 [bat clatters] 1451 01:36:47,674 --> 01:36:48,975 [car door slams] 1452 01:36:51,444 --> 01:36:54,848 - [thumping] - [engine revs] 1453 01:36:58,618 --> 01:37:01,254 How many homers was that? 1454 01:37:01,254 --> 01:37:02,822 I don't know. 1455 01:37:02,822 --> 01:37:05,258 I lost count after 16. 1456 01:37:06,159 --> 01:37:09,562 [birds chirping] 1457 01:37:09,562 --> 01:37:14,267 [sentimental music playing] 1458 01:37:16,336 --> 01:37:18,972 - That's a homer. - Nuh-uh. 1459 01:37:18,972 --> 01:37:21,141 Boy, I know what a homer looks like. 1460 01:37:21,141 --> 01:37:24,177 It don't count unless you're batting in the majors. 1461 01:37:24,177 --> 01:37:30,550 [♪] 1462 01:37:43,763 --> 01:37:47,434 [♪] 1463 01:37:57,777 --> 01:38:02,148 [♪] 1464 01:38:08,254 --> 01:38:10,190 Red. It's him. 1465 01:38:12,592 --> 01:38:17,530 - Mr. Murff? I'm-- - Rickey Hill. Never forget a name. 1466 01:38:17,530 --> 01:38:20,667 Sir, I'm one of the best hitters you're ever gonna see. 1467 01:38:20,667 --> 01:38:23,603 If I hadn't seem them bombs you been droppin' with my own eyes, 1468 01:38:23,603 --> 01:38:26,606 I'd be calling all hat and no cattle on that claim. 1469 01:38:26,606 --> 01:38:28,740 [Rickey] Well, it ain't no claim. 1470 01:38:28,740 --> 01:38:30,610 Today, you should've seen me hit. 1471 01:38:30,610 --> 01:38:34,470 Because I got a bum ankle that's gonna heal... 1472 01:38:35,810 --> 01:38:36,416 they wouldn't bring me up. 1473 01:38:36,416 --> 01:38:39,552 For good reason. You don't belong here. 1474 01:38:39,552 --> 01:38:43,423 A bad leg could cost a team wins and money. 1475 01:38:43,423 --> 01:38:48,128 - Money? - Pro ball ain't just a game. It's a damn business. 1476 01:38:48,128 --> 01:38:50,960 Come back next year when you heal up. 1477 01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:51,965 I can't wait until next year. 1478 01:38:51,965 --> 01:38:55,635 [chuckles] Boy's got him some cojones. 1479 01:38:55,635 --> 01:38:59,205 - Know what, that's enough-- - [Red] No, no. No, let him be. 1480 01:38:59,205 --> 01:39:02,375 I gotta admit, I'm curious. 1481 01:39:02,375 --> 01:39:05,979 Tell you what. We're gonna settle this fair and square. 1482 01:39:05,979 --> 01:39:11,518 - How? - Put you up against the best pitching talent in the game. 1483 01:39:11,518 --> 01:39:13,720 Tomorrow night? 1484 01:39:13,720 --> 01:39:18,958 That game's gonna be as close to a pro game as you'll ever get. 1485 01:39:18,958 --> 01:39:23,229 I'm gonna let you DH for both teams. 1486 01:39:23,229 --> 01:39:26,266 Then we can get a nice, long look at you. 1487 01:39:28,134 --> 01:39:29,703 I won't embarrass you. 1488 01:39:30,970 --> 01:39:32,972 You got my word. 1489 01:39:32,972 --> 01:39:36,242 I'm gonna give you this shot here. 1490 01:39:36,242 --> 01:39:39,145 But you don't perform, it's the end of the road. 1491 01:39:40,130 --> 01:39:41,715 Get you a new dream. 1492 01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:57,163 -"Salvation." - [telephone rings] 1493 01:39:57,163 --> 01:39:59,566 Does that sound a little old-fashioned to you? 1494 01:40:00,600 --> 01:40:02,100 - Helen? - [Robert] Hello? 1495 01:40:02,869 --> 01:40:04,304 It's another reporter! 1496 01:40:06,139 --> 01:40:09,142 Not a mistake. Rickey's gonna be designated hitter for both teams. 1497 01:40:10,510 --> 01:40:12,946 Sure. Yeah, the whole family's gonna be there. 1498 01:40:12,946 --> 01:40:15,949 [Connie groans] It's so frizzy! 1499 01:40:15,949 --> 01:40:18,184 - It's the best I ever seen it. - [Connie] Oh-- 1500 01:40:18,184 --> 01:40:20,587 - [boys laughing] - [telephone rings] 1501 01:40:20,587 --> 01:40:22,722 [Robert] Hello? Oh, well... 1502 01:40:25,580 --> 01:40:26,359 [Rickey] Sorry, Mama. 1503 01:40:26,359 --> 01:40:28,495 - [James sighs] - [utensil clangs] 1504 01:40:30,630 --> 01:40:32,232 Half your congregation isn't gonna be there. 1505 01:40:32,232 --> 01:40:36,669 [sighs] Wherever two or more are gathered. 1506 01:40:37,904 --> 01:40:40,106 Now, may I have my eggs? 1507 01:40:41,741 --> 01:40:44,277 Down here in front of me. May I have my eggs? 1508 01:40:44,277 --> 01:40:45,545 Mm-hmm. 1509 01:40:45,545 --> 01:40:46,646 [plate shattering] 1510 01:40:50,650 --> 01:40:53,530 [door opens, slams] 1511 01:40:54,220 --> 01:40:57,357 What on Earth has gotten into you? 1512 01:41:00,360 --> 01:41:03,630 [tearful] I need-- I need Mama. 1513 01:41:03,630 --> 01:41:05,665 She understood. 1514 01:41:05,665 --> 01:41:08,702 [sobs] She said you didn't do a thing wrong. 1515 01:41:10,236 --> 01:41:12,872 Your boy, he's not a freak. 1516 01:41:12,872 --> 01:41:14,808 He's special. 1517 01:41:14,808 --> 01:41:18,780 He's... perfect. 1518 01:41:19,145 --> 01:41:21,214 When he was born, I saw him first. 1519 01:41:21,214 --> 01:41:26,786 His legs so thin and frail, they said, "He will never walk," and he ran. 1520 01:41:26,786 --> 01:41:30,230 They said, "He will never live through the operations," 1521 01:41:30,230 --> 01:41:32,920 and he survived! 1522 01:41:32,920 --> 01:41:35,280 They said he would never be good enough, 1523 01:41:35,280 --> 01:41:37,530 and he is the best. 1524 01:41:39,320 --> 01:41:42,168 How many miracles do you need? 1525 01:41:45,105 --> 01:41:46,740 - [James stammers] - Stop it. 1526 01:41:52,145 --> 01:41:54,114 [James sighs] 1527 01:41:56,149 --> 01:41:58,752 [indistinct announcement over loudspeaker] 1528 01:42:03,823 --> 01:42:09,295 [hopeful music playing] 1529 01:42:15,769 --> 01:42:17,604 However you're cheatin', 1530 01:42:17,604 --> 01:42:20,206 you've gotten so good, I can't even catch it. 1531 01:42:24,577 --> 01:42:27,614 - Wanna know my secret? - Mm-hmm. 1532 01:42:30,750 --> 01:42:32,185 I ain't doin' it. 1533 01:42:34,187 --> 01:42:36,222 Well, then who is? 1534 01:42:41,461 --> 01:42:44,898 I guess you'd have to be living in the cave of Lazarus 1535 01:42:44,898 --> 01:42:48,535 not to know why there's so few of us here tonight. 1536 01:42:48,535 --> 01:42:53,340 My son Rickey, he's got a baseball game. 1537 01:42:54,740 --> 01:42:55,809 Very important. 1538 01:42:57,944 --> 01:42:59,646 And if he does well... 1539 01:43:01,214 --> 01:43:04,500 he will have the opportunity 1540 01:43:04,500 --> 01:43:07,420 to become a Major League player. 1541 01:43:07,420 --> 01:43:11,791 To play professionally is his heart's desire. 1542 01:43:11,791 --> 01:43:14,494 I've always known that he's had 1543 01:43:15,695 --> 01:43:19,499 an exceptional ability to hit a baseball. 1544 01:43:19,499 --> 01:43:22,369 So you might find it curious 1545 01:43:22,369 --> 01:43:28,775 to know that I have never seen Rickey play. 1546 01:43:29,709 --> 01:43:31,945 That is a fact 1547 01:43:31,945 --> 01:43:34,381 that I have, uh... 1548 01:43:35,648 --> 01:43:36,950 been proud of 1549 01:43:38,551 --> 01:43:40,720 the whole time that he's played. 1550 01:43:43,890 --> 01:43:44,858 Right up until this very night. 1551 01:43:45,859 --> 01:43:51,264 [♪] 1552 01:43:51,264 --> 01:43:54,567 [player chatter] 1553 01:44:00,740 --> 01:44:07,547 [♪] 1554 01:44:18,240 --> 01:44:20,960 [crowd cheering] 1555 01:44:25,650 --> 01:44:31,638 [music swells] 1556 01:44:35,608 --> 01:44:42,282 [♪] 1557 01:44:47,354 --> 01:44:50,790 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to an exhibition game 1558 01:44:50,790 --> 01:44:54,227 showcasing the best-ever players in the great state of Texas. 1559 01:44:54,227 --> 01:44:55,595 Go get 'em! 1560 01:44:56,463 --> 01:44:58,310 Lord knows you've earned it. 1561 01:44:58,310 --> 01:44:59,766 Proud of you, Rickey. 1562 01:45:02,902 --> 01:45:04,504 [ball smacks glove] 1563 01:45:14,481 --> 01:45:17,117 Let me get this straight. 1564 01:45:17,117 --> 01:45:21,187 - I hear they got you hitting for both sides tonight? - Yeah. 1565 01:45:21,187 --> 01:45:23,390 [chuckles] That's some heavy liftin'. 1566 01:45:23,390 --> 01:45:27,560 You know, the boys and I were talkin'. 1567 01:45:27,560 --> 01:45:30,764 And if you was to manage one more home run for the blue team... 1568 01:45:30,764 --> 01:45:33,633 - [Rickey chuckles] - ...got a ice-cold six-pack of RC Cola 1569 01:45:33,633 --> 01:45:35,368 waitin' for you in the clubhouse. 1570 01:45:35,368 --> 01:45:37,337 I'll see what I can do for ya. 1571 01:45:37,337 --> 01:45:38,805 All right. 1572 01:45:38,805 --> 01:45:40,674 The starting pitcher for the red team, 1573 01:45:40,674 --> 01:45:44,110 four-time college All-American Jake Wilford. 1574 01:45:44,110 --> 01:45:49,416 [crowd cheering] 1575 01:45:53,219 --> 01:45:55,588 It's your time, Rickey! 1576 01:45:55,588 --> 01:45:58,591 [announcer] Tonight, we are in for a special treat, folks. 1577 01:45:58,591 --> 01:46:02,228 A local high school baseball star by the name of Rickey Hill. 1578 01:46:02,228 --> 01:46:03,863 Now, this kid has quite a story. 1579 01:46:03,863 --> 01:46:06,366 He's battled degenerative spinal disease 1580 01:46:06,366 --> 01:46:09,703 since he was a little boy, and recently suffered a real bad setback 1581 01:46:09,703 --> 01:46:12,872 where he fractured his ankle, resulting in surgery. 1582 01:46:12,872 --> 01:46:16,109 You know, he's overcome a lot, and he's on a mission. 1583 01:46:18,745 --> 01:46:21,810 Red Murff is gonna give him a shot of a lifetime 1584 01:46:21,810 --> 01:46:25,719 by being the DH on both teams to prove to him if he can hit 1585 01:46:25,719 --> 01:46:28,288 and really get to the big leagues. 1586 01:46:28,288 --> 01:46:30,390 Don't take it easy on him, Jake. 1587 01:46:30,390 --> 01:46:32,392 He calls himself a hitter. 1588 01:46:33,593 --> 01:46:36,896 [suspenseful music playing] 1589 01:46:36,896 --> 01:46:40,433 - [umpire] Play ball! - Can you imagine what's going through Hill's mind, 1590 01:46:40,433 --> 01:46:42,769 all that he had to do, just to get to this point 1591 01:46:42,769 --> 01:46:45,400 to prove he belongs as a hitter? 1592 01:46:45,400 --> 01:46:48,208 [♪] 1593 01:46:48,208 --> 01:46:51,211 Digs into the batter's box. 1594 01:46:51,211 --> 01:46:55,749 We're about to see if Hill is ready for the task. 1595 01:46:55,749 --> 01:46:58,852 Wilford on the mound, getting ready to throw the first pitch. 1596 01:47:02,288 --> 01:47:04,457 Rocks back and delivers a fastball. 1597 01:47:04,457 --> 01:47:06,326 - [umpire] Strike one! - Right by Hill. 1598 01:47:06,326 --> 01:47:09,290 Looked like he was on his front foot. Probably anxious, 1599 01:47:09,290 --> 01:47:11,731 just seeing that velocity for the first time. 1600 01:47:14,000 --> 01:47:19,205 [♪] 1601 01:47:19,205 --> 01:47:21,875 - [umpire] Strike two! - Curveball, and a beauty. 1602 01:47:21,875 --> 01:47:24,778 Drops off the table. That had a lot of break on it. 1603 01:47:24,778 --> 01:47:28,810 And really quickly, Hill is 0-2 in the count. 1604 01:47:30,684 --> 01:47:32,919 Two strikes on Hill. 1605 01:47:32,919 --> 01:47:34,621 Wilford delivers. 1606 01:47:34,621 --> 01:47:36,956 - [crowd cheering] - That's a line drive base hit. 1607 01:47:36,956 --> 01:47:39,459 That's gotta feel good for Hill. 1608 01:47:39,459 --> 01:47:42,762 Good hit, Rickey! That'll shake the cobwebs off. 1609 01:47:42,762 --> 01:47:45,331 - What, his or yours? - [scoffs] 1610 01:47:45,331 --> 01:47:49,469 [announcer] That's gotta take a lot of pressure off of him to start the day. 1611 01:47:53,707 --> 01:47:56,543 And a pinch runner steps in for Hill. 1612 01:47:58,345 --> 01:48:00,213 I have been selfish. 1613 01:48:02,282 --> 01:48:04,784 I have been arrogant. 1614 01:48:05,985 --> 01:48:07,687 I, uh-- 1615 01:48:09,189 --> 01:48:11,191 Even cruel. 1616 01:48:11,191 --> 01:48:15,428 I thought that 1617 01:48:15,428 --> 01:48:18,965 I knew God's plan for my son. 1618 01:48:18,965 --> 01:48:23,503 And I raised him in obedience to that plan. 1619 01:48:25,739 --> 01:48:27,807 [tearful] But it wasn't God's plan. 1620 01:48:30,210 --> 01:48:32,145 It was my plan. 1621 01:48:33,790 --> 01:48:34,214 [sighs] 1622 01:48:36,950 --> 01:48:39,386 Rickey had to w-- 1623 01:48:39,386 --> 01:48:43,156 wear braces on his legs just to walk. 1624 01:48:43,156 --> 01:48:48,128 And no matter how he does in that game tonight, 1625 01:48:48,128 --> 01:48:54,340 he has overcome that terrible burden that he has had to carry his whole life. 1626 01:48:56,903 --> 01:48:59,606 I've been the one that's been the cripple. 1627 01:48:59,606 --> 01:49:04,577 I just couldn't see past what I thought my son should be 1628 01:49:04,577 --> 01:49:09,716 and just see who he really is 1629 01:49:09,716 --> 01:49:12,118 in the eyes of God. 1630 01:49:13,486 --> 01:49:18,258 [sniffles, sighs] 1631 01:49:18,258 --> 01:49:22,629 I'm supposed to be your pastor, your spiritual leader. 1632 01:49:24,197 --> 01:49:25,298 But... 1633 01:49:26,733 --> 01:49:29,690 right now I just feel... 1634 01:49:29,690 --> 01:49:31,271 so ignorant. 1635 01:49:31,271 --> 01:49:33,600 And shamed. 1636 01:49:37,711 --> 01:49:40,130 I can't even ask your forgiveness. 1637 01:49:42,449 --> 01:49:46,486 I guess I gotta go to God for that. 1638 01:49:46,486 --> 01:49:50,590 [announcer] Now batting, this time for the red team, designated hitter Rickey Hill. 1639 01:49:50,590 --> 01:49:52,826 - [fan cheers] Rickey! - As he gets in the box, 1640 01:49:52,826 --> 01:49:55,395 Red goes out to the mound to talk to his pitcher. 1641 01:49:55,395 --> 01:49:58,980 Take him down. Let's end this. 1642 01:50:00,600 --> 01:50:03,103 [tense music playing] 1643 01:50:03,103 --> 01:50:05,605 The pitcher gets back on the rubber, looks back, 1644 01:50:05,605 --> 01:50:07,741 and says to himself, I'm sure, 1645 01:50:07,741 --> 01:50:10,777 "I never pitched a ball with a guy standing right behind me." 1646 01:50:10,777 --> 01:50:15,482 Red Murff, a legend in this game, is planted right by the pitcher. 1647 01:50:15,482 --> 01:50:20,253 [♪] 1648 01:50:21,488 --> 01:50:24,491 Wind-up... and the pitch. 1649 01:50:24,491 --> 01:50:27,427 Blazed straight up the middle! Red had to get out of the way. 1650 01:50:27,427 --> 01:50:30,630 Another base hit in his second at-bat. 1651 01:50:30,630 --> 01:50:33,366 I haven't seen Red move like that in 20 years. 1652 01:50:33,366 --> 01:50:37,570 Kind of gives a head of acknowledgment to, "Okay, that's two." 1653 01:50:37,570 --> 01:50:44,577 [crowd applauding] 1654 01:50:44,577 --> 01:50:48,281 [♪] 1655 01:50:48,281 --> 01:50:55,121 [dramatic music swells] 1656 01:51:02,395 --> 01:51:08,340 [♪] 1657 01:51:17,677 --> 01:51:24,417 [♪] 1658 01:51:27,754 --> 01:51:32,158 Hill has been ten for ten. He gets another hit. 1659 01:51:36,563 --> 01:51:40,700 Who would've thought that Hill could've done this after all that he's been through? 1660 01:51:40,700 --> 01:51:43,169 The surgeries, the comeback. 1661 01:51:43,169 --> 01:51:47,273 Pretty amazing story, as he steps in now for his 11th at-bat. 1662 01:51:47,273 --> 01:51:50,710 Red goes to the mound. Looks like he's gonna make a change, and he is. 1663 01:51:50,710 --> 01:51:52,445 Making a change to the bullpen. 1664 01:51:54,280 --> 01:51:55,949 What am I missing? 1665 01:51:55,949 --> 01:51:59,586 Red. Playin' his last stink card. 1666 01:51:59,586 --> 01:52:04,570 - [applause] - Oh, ladies and gentlemen, this is gonna be a treat right here. 1667 01:52:04,570 --> 01:52:06,359 This is big-league pitcher Jimmy Hammer. 1668 01:52:07,627 --> 01:52:10,300 Hammer. The all-star. 1669 01:52:10,300 --> 01:52:13,733 Makes major leaguers look like Cinderella. 1670 01:52:13,733 --> 01:52:18,738 He's just here for rehab. Now Red's bringing him in to ruin Rickey's night. 1671 01:52:18,738 --> 01:52:20,373 Well, Rickey can hit anyone. 1672 01:52:21,474 --> 01:52:22,742 Right? 1673 01:52:25,478 --> 01:52:27,313 Go ahead and warm up. 1674 01:52:28,982 --> 01:52:31,685 Don't need it. I'm gonna sit him down. 1675 01:52:31,685 --> 01:52:35,955 [announcer] This is a guy who's used to putting out the game with heat, 1676 01:52:35,955 --> 01:52:38,992 comes in and silences all the at-bats. 1677 01:52:38,992 --> 01:52:42,495 Hill digs in. You would think 11 for 11 1678 01:52:42,495 --> 01:52:47,233 is a very daunting task against the big right-hander. 1679 01:52:47,233 --> 01:52:52,205 As he toes the mound and gets ready for his first pitch, here it comes. 1680 01:52:52,205 --> 01:52:56,276 - [umpire] Strike one! - Fastball, right by him. Little bit of a flinch. 1681 01:52:57,777 --> 01:53:04,417 [tense music playing] 1682 01:53:07,587 --> 01:53:10,924 - [umpire] Strike two! - [announcer] Swing and a miss. 1683 01:53:10,924 --> 01:53:13,159 Hill looks around in amazement, 1684 01:53:13,159 --> 01:53:16,529 as Red knew probably this is what he needed to see 1685 01:53:16,529 --> 01:53:22,350 to make his challenge against Hill about as big as it gets. 1686 01:53:27,974 --> 01:53:29,843 - [crowd gasps] - [umpire] Foul ball! 1687 01:53:29,843 --> 01:53:31,945 [announcer] Foul ball down the right field line. 1688 01:53:31,945 --> 01:53:33,380 He got a piece of that. 1689 01:53:36,750 --> 01:53:41,154 Hill processing everything right now, and Hammer knows he's got one task, 1690 01:53:41,154 --> 01:53:45,258 and that's to strike out Hill and show him what he's made of. 1691 01:53:45,258 --> 01:53:48,561 Hammer delivering a two-strike pitch. Here it comes. 1692 01:53:48,561 --> 01:53:51,598 - [Rickey grunts] - Oh, no, high and tight. Dusted him. 1693 01:53:51,598 --> 01:53:55,402 It hit Hill right in the rib area, and he is down. 1694 01:53:55,402 --> 01:54:00,600 In obvious pain. Here comes Red to the batter's box to check on him. 1695 01:54:02,342 --> 01:54:04,544 Come on, Rickey. 1696 01:54:04,544 --> 01:54:06,980 Get up! 1697 01:54:06,980 --> 01:54:09,349 What next? He-- he takes a base, right? 1698 01:54:09,349 --> 01:54:12,786 - He goes to first. - With everything that Hill has been through, 1699 01:54:12,786 --> 01:54:15,210 you just wonder if this is one of those things 1700 01:54:15,210 --> 01:54:17,290 that might not allow him to continue. 1701 01:54:17,290 --> 01:54:19,559 It looks like he's in a lot of pain. 1702 01:54:19,559 --> 01:54:21,461 [Red] You done, kid? 1703 01:54:21,461 --> 01:54:24,364 Walk it off. Take your base. 1704 01:54:26,466 --> 01:54:28,768 [grunts] No. 1705 01:54:28,768 --> 01:54:31,337 [scoffs] What do you mean, no? 1706 01:54:31,337 --> 01:54:33,306 Take your damn base. 1707 01:54:35,108 --> 01:54:37,911 I don't have to take my base. 1708 01:54:40,480 --> 01:54:42,150 It's not a real game. 1709 01:54:43,249 --> 01:54:44,584 It's a tryout. 1710 01:54:46,753 --> 01:54:48,521 You're ten for ten. 1711 01:54:49,589 --> 01:54:52,920 You got nothing left to prove. 1712 01:54:54,260 --> 01:54:56,229 [announcer] He's gonna stay in and hit. 1713 01:54:56,229 --> 01:54:58,665 We're watching an incredible moment, folks. 1714 01:54:58,665 --> 01:55:01,340 This is something that normally doesn't happen. 1715 01:55:01,340 --> 01:55:03,203 Hey, what's he doing? 1716 01:55:03,203 --> 01:55:05,605 [shouting] Well, take a base, Rickey! 1717 01:55:05,605 --> 01:55:10,377 [determined music playing] 1718 01:55:12,412 --> 01:55:15,682 [announcer] Again, ten for ten and then getting hit. 1719 01:55:15,682 --> 01:55:18,651 He wants to stay in the box and try to go 11 for 11. 1720 01:55:18,651 --> 01:55:22,255 - [crowd applauding] - Imagine everything going through his mind 1721 01:55:22,255 --> 01:55:25,125 as he processes this whole day of events. 1722 01:55:25,125 --> 01:55:28,561 You do that again, you're done. 1723 01:55:32,298 --> 01:55:34,834 [crowd cheering] 1724 01:55:34,834 --> 01:55:42,108 [♪] 1725 01:55:54,454 --> 01:55:55,689 [umpire] Play ball! 1726 01:55:55,689 --> 01:55:57,691 [crowd cheering] 1727 01:55:57,691 --> 01:56:04,130 [♪] 1728 01:56:05,465 --> 01:56:07,834 [announcer] This battle's gonna continue. 1729 01:56:07,834 --> 01:56:10,603 Hill could've taken his base, but he's standing at home plate, 1730 01:56:10,603 --> 01:56:12,906 staring the bully in the face. 1731 01:56:12,906 --> 01:56:16,743 Hammer on the mound with an 0-2 pitch ready to be delivered. Here it comes. 1732 01:56:16,743 --> 01:56:20,747 Swung on. Hill smokes this ball to left center. 1733 01:56:20,747 --> 01:56:22,615 [cheering] 1734 01:56:22,615 --> 01:56:26,853 This ball is far, and it is gone over the wall! 1735 01:56:26,853 --> 01:56:30,560 Can you believe it? In the 11th at-bat, after getting hit, 1736 01:56:30,560 --> 01:56:32,292 Hill has hit a home run. 1737 01:56:32,292 --> 01:56:34,761 What a moment this must be for him! 1738 01:56:34,761 --> 01:56:38,198 [crowd cheering] 1739 01:56:38,198 --> 01:56:44,471 [inspirational music playing] 1740 01:56:57,450 --> 01:57:02,722 [♪] 1741 01:57:13,500 --> 01:57:17,370 [music swells] 1742 01:57:22,942 --> 01:57:29,490 [♪] 1743 01:57:38,858 --> 01:57:41,127 [music fades] 1744 01:57:44,931 --> 01:57:51,705 [soft, heartfelt music playing] 1745 01:58:03,216 --> 01:58:05,518 I guess I'll have to get used to this. 1746 01:58:07,120 --> 01:58:08,588 [chuckles softly] 1747 01:58:08,588 --> 01:58:11,391 God's not through working on both of us. 1748 01:58:13,727 --> 01:58:20,734 [♪] 1749 01:58:36,916 --> 01:58:44,190 [♪] 1750 01:59:04,144 --> 01:59:11,384 [♪] 1751 01:59:27,734 --> 01:59:31,671 ["Rub A Little Dirt On It [The Hill]" by Randy Houser playing] 1752 01:59:35,750 --> 01:59:38,511 ♪ I heard it the first time I skinned my knee ♪ 1753 01:59:38,511 --> 01:59:41,314 ♪ Daddy said "Don't be scared to bleed" ♪ 1754 01:59:41,314 --> 01:59:43,783 ♪ Years later From a baseball coach ♪ 1755 01:59:43,783 --> 01:59:46,986 ♪ Sliding into home "That's the way it goes" ♪ 1756 01:59:46,986 --> 01:59:50,657 ♪ We didn't win that game But the lesson learned ♪ 1757 01:59:50,657 --> 01:59:53,626 ♪ You gotta shake off them Scrapes and burns ♪ 1758 01:59:53,626 --> 01:59:55,962 ♪ When the world Don't turn your way ♪ 1759 01:59:55,962 --> 01:59:58,398 ♪ Sometimes all you can say ♪ 1760 01:59:58,398 --> 02:00:01,701 ♪ Is rub a little dirt on it ♪ 1761 02:00:01,701 --> 02:00:04,404 ♪ Shake the dust Right out of your mind ♪ 1762 02:00:04,404 --> 02:00:07,907 ♪ Let a cool breeze work on it ♪ 1763 02:00:07,907 --> 02:00:11,711 ♪ You'll feel the healin' Comin' on right on time ♪ 1764 02:00:11,711 --> 02:00:17,717 ♪ Crack a six-pack open Somewhere under an open sky ♪ 1765 02:00:17,717 --> 02:00:20,987 ♪ When life gets A little hurt on it ♪ 1766 02:00:20,987 --> 02:00:26,526 ♪ Get in the middle of nowhere And rub a little dirt on it ♪ 1767 02:00:30,563 --> 02:00:33,533 ♪ Nothin' knocks the cobwebs Off your soul ♪ 1768 02:00:33,533 --> 02:00:36,569 ♪ Like some SpiderWire On a fishin' hole ♪ 1769 02:00:36,569 --> 02:00:40,240 ♪ It'll take your breath Takin' in a sunset ♪ 1770 02:00:40,240 --> 02:00:42,742 ♪ From a flat bottom boat ♪ 1771 02:00:42,742 --> 02:00:45,845 ♪ That heavy load Layin' on your chest ♪ 1772 02:00:45,845 --> 02:00:49,150 ♪ Got your mind All twisted up in a mess ♪ 1773 02:00:49,150 --> 02:00:52,452 ♪ Well, life scatters All your stuff sometimes ♪ 1774 02:00:52,452 --> 02:00:57,257 ♪ To clean it up, you gotta Rub a little dirt on it ♪ 1775 02:00:57,257 --> 02:00:59,759 ♪ Shake the dust Right out of your mind ♪ 1776 02:00:59,759 --> 02:01:03,196 ♪ Let a cool breeze work on it ♪ 1777 02:01:03,196 --> 02:01:07,133 ♪ You'll feel the healin' Comin' on right on time ♪ 1778 02:01:07,133 --> 02:01:13,440 ♪ Crack a six-pack open Somewhere under an open sky ♪ 1779 02:01:13,440 --> 02:01:16,309 ♪ When life gets A little hurt on it ♪ 1780 02:01:16,309 --> 02:01:21,948 ♪ Get in the middle of nowhere And rub a little dirt on it ♪ 1781 02:01:25,318 --> 02:01:27,921 ♪ A little dirt on it ♪ 1782 02:01:32,158 --> 02:01:34,361 ♪ Crack a six-pack open ♪ 1783 02:01:34,361 --> 02:01:37,931 ♪ Somewhere under an open sky ♪ 1784 02:01:37,931 --> 02:01:41,670 ♪ When life gets A little hurt on it ♪ 1785 02:01:41,670 --> 02:01:46,673 ♪ Get in the middle of nowhere And rub a little dirt on it ♪ 1786 02:01:48,875 --> 02:01:53,780 ♪ Yeah Rub a little dirt on it, mmm ♪ 1787 02:01:56,983 --> 02:01:59,986 ♪ I heard it the first time I skinned my knee ♪ 1788 02:01:59,986 --> 02:02:03,757 ♪ Daddy said "Don't be scared to bleed" ♪ 1789 02:02:05,258 --> 02:02:06,626 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1790 02:02:12,999 --> 02:02:18,805 [peaceful music playing]