Bull Durham Page #8
- R
- Year:
- 1988
- 108 min
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NUKE'S P.O.V. THE MANAGER AND PITCHING COACH TALKING
NUKE (VOICE OVER)
Christ, Skip and Larry are talking
about me. Don't get anybody warm
in the pen yet. I'm okay. I'm
having fun.
NUKE PITCHES AGAIN -- The batter lines a single to right.
NUKE'S P.O.V. THE BULLPEN -- TWO PITCHERS start warming up.
NUKE (VOICE OVER)
Don't yank me in the first, man.
NUKE'S P.O.V. -- THE MANAGER comes out to the mound to talk.
NUKE (VOICE OVER)
Aw, sh*t.
THE MANAGER AND CRASH MEET NUKE on the mound.
SKIP:
Relax.
NUKE:
Don't pull me, Skip. I'll settle
down. I'm okay!
SKIP:
(fatherly)
Relax, Nuke, Relax...
(to Crash)
What kinda stuff's he got?
CRASH:
I don't know. I haven't caught
anything yet.
SKIP:
What're you thinking about out
here, Nuke?
NUKE:
I'm trying not to think.
SKIP:
Good. But just 'cause you ain't
s'posed to think don't mean you
ain't s'posed to use your head.
SKIP SLAPS NUKE ON THE ASS in a gruff, reassuring way, and
returns to the dugout. Leaving Nuke and Crash.
CRASH:
Have some fun, God damn it.
CRASH SMILES -- And as he returns to the plate...
CUT TO:
ANNIE WATCHES IN THE STANDS with Jackson and the radar gun.
ANNIE:
Here we go again, Jackson, hold
on tight...
Hit Professor Longhair rock and roll...and:
DISSOLVE TO:
NUKE DELIVERS -- A batter grounds out weakly.
DURHAM AT BAT -- DUGOUT -- Crash lets Jose rub his bat with
a chicken bone cross. Then steps to the plate and--
CRASH HITS A LONG HOME RUN -- And circles the bases.
NUKE DELIVERS -- A line drive nearly undresses him. Runners
circle the bases.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. LOCKER ROOM -- NIGHT
THE SHOWERS -- Naked bodies in the steamy room. No joking
around. A team on losing streak.
SUDDENLY SKIP STEPS INTO THE SHOWER in his uniform and angrily
throws an armload of bats into the shower.
SKIP:
Anybody not outta the shower in
ten seconds gonna get fined a
hundred bucks. One, two...
THE SHOWER EMPTIES in seconds. Players grab a seat, and:
WHITEY THE SPORTSWRITER ENTERS as he does every night.
SKIP:
No press for five minutes, Whitey.
WHITEY:
I'm doing a column on the Myth of
Sisyphus as manifest in a minor
league losing streak, Joe, and I
thought
SKIP PICKS UP A CHAIR AND FIRES IT AT WHITEY -- The chair
crashes into a locker. Whitey hurries out.
SKIP:
If I ever need a brain transplant
I'll choose a sportswriter 'cause
that way I'd be getting a brain
that's never been used.
A couple snickers from the players. Skip whirls.
SKIP:
What're you laughing at?!
Silence.
The Durham Bulls sit and stand quietly.
SKIP:
You guys lollygag the ball around
the infield, ya lollygag you're-
way to first, ya lollygag in an'
outta the dugout. You know what
that makes ya
(beat)
Lollygaggers. What's our record,
Larry?
LARRY:
We're eight and sixteen.
SKIP:
Eight and sixteen?! How'd we
ever win eight?
(beat)
Jose, what's this sign?
SKIP FLASHES THROUGH A SEQUENCE of signs. Hand to face,
hand to belt, hand brushes letters, etc.
JOSE:
That's the steal.
SKIP:
Wrong. That's the bunt. This is
the steal.
SKIP FLASHES QUICKLY ANOTHER SEQUENCE -- Hand to face, hands
to hands. He speaks rapidly--a private language.
SKIP:
Face is "skin to skin". Skin
starts with "S". "S" stands for
steal if it follows the indicator
which is hand to eye 'cause the
word "indicator" starts with an
"I" so I figure "eye"--
(touches his eye)
--would remind you of "I" for
indicator to indicate that what
follows is the sign. I figure
wrong-- You're a buncha
lollygaggers.
(beat)
This is a simple game.
(beat)
ya throw the ball, ya hit the
ball, ya catch the ball.
CLOSE ON FACES OF THE PLAYERS -- Sitting silently.
CUT TO:
EXT. THE BALLPARK SIMULTANEOUS -- NIGHT
THE SIX PLAYERS' WIVES WAIT in a cluster. Three of them
have SMALL CHILDREN. The children are crying.
The long-suffering women try to calm the kids.
BOBBY'S WIFE
Bobby went hitless again. He's
gonna be in a terrible mood...
terrible. How'd Mickey do?
MICKEY'S WIFE
He got two hits.
BOBBY'S WIFE
Lucky you.
CUT TO:
BACK INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM -- Skip is winding down.
SKIP:
We can't win at home--how we gonna
win on the road? We got a twelve
day road trip starting tomorrow.
(beat)
Bus leaves at six In the morning.
SKIP HEADS BACK INSIDE his little office with Larry.
CUT TO:
INSIDE SKIP'S OFFICE -- He and Larry open a couple beers.
THE DOOR OPENS -- BOBBY ENTERS wearing only a towel.
BOBBY:
You wanted to see me?
SKIP:
Yeah, Bobby, shut the door.
(he does)
This is the toughest job a manager
has...
(beat)
But the organization has decided
to make a change--
BOBBY:
Skip, I know I'm in a slump but I
hit the ball hard tonight, right
at 'em. A couple flares drop in,
and I'm back in the groove!
The nearly naked 25 year old man pleads helplessly--his career
is over.
CUT TO:
EXT. THE STADIUM -- NIGHT
THE PLAYERS EXIT -- The Groupies wait in a cluster. The
wives wait in another group. Bobby's wife sees Bobby.
BOBBY'S WIFE
(to child)
There's Daddy! Wave to Daddy!
--P.O.V. BOBBY COMING OUT OF THE CLUBHOUSE -- Another player
has his arm around Bobby, consoling him. The wife knows.
BOBBY'S WIFE
Oh God...
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. STADIUM PARKING LOT -- DAWN
THE DURHAM BULLS TEAM BUS is parked. Luggage is loaded.
Sleepy players arriving, escorted by wives and girlfriends.
ANNIE BIDS NUKE GOODBYE -- Off to the side. She pulls
something from her handbag and hands it to Nuke. A pair of
WOMEN'S RED PANTIES, with lace and frills.
ANNIE:
I want you to wear these on the
road trip when you pitch.
NUKE:
What?
ANNIE:
They'll fit snugly against your
balls in such a wonderful way
that you'll start seeing things
differently--plus they'll remind
you of me which is better than
thinking about those nasty hitters.
NUKE:
Jesus, Annie, I don't know--
ANNIE:
You've been pitching out of the
wrong side of your brain. These'll
help move things to the right
side.
NUKE:
Big League pitchers don't use
these.
ANNIE:
They did when they were in the
Carolina League.
NUKE STUFFS THE PANTIES in his pocket, bewildered. A small
kiss from Annie, and he hurries to the bus.
CUT TO:
INT. LOCKER ROOM -- DAWN
PLAYERS THROW THEIR GEAR into their travel bags.
A PAPER BEER CUP IS TAPED TO THE WALL -- With a sign:
"Married men deposit wedding rings here for road trips".
CLOSE ON THE CUP -- A ring is dropped in, and another, and...
We begin hearing Annie's VOICE OVER:
ANNIE (VOICE OVER)
A woman should never ask questions
about road trips.
CUT TO:
EXT. THE PARKING LOT -- DAWN
THE TEAM BUS PULLS OUT -- Wives and girlfriends head back to
their apartments, leaving:
ANNIE WALKING BACK ROME -- Several blocks to her house.
ANNIE (VOICE OVER)
Men don't realize that women always
know when they've been unfaithful.
(beat)
The fact is, upon exact moment of
penetration--the woman knows.
AS ANNIE WALKS BACK through Durham...
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