Field of Dreams Page #2

RAY:
The commissioner

of baseball suspended eight

of the players,

including the great

Shoeless Joe Jackson ,

for life .

KARlN :
What's "suspend"?

RAY:
lt means they never

let him play the game again .

My father said

he saw him years later

playing under a made-up name

in some 1 0th-rate league

in Carolina.

He'd put on 50 pounds,

and his spring was gone

from his step

but he could still hit.

Dad used to say

nobody could hit

like Shoeless Joe .

l think that's the first time

l've ever seen you smile

when you mentioned

your father.

Well . . .

l have just created something

totally illogical .

That's what l like about it.

Am l completely nuts?

Not completely.

lt's a good baseball field ,

Ray.

lt's kind of pretty, isn't it?

Mmm-hmm .

Any sign?

Something's going to happen

out there.

l can feel it.

ANNCUNCER CN TV:
So ,

for the veteran southpaw,

his summer of woes continues.

That's four straight hits

in the inning.

Daddy, what's a "southpaw"?

lt means

a left-handed pitcher, honey.

So how bad is it?

Well , considering how much

less acreage we have for corn ,

l say we'll probably

almost break even .

We used up all our savings

on that field , Ray.

Daddy?

J ust a minute, Karin .

So what are you saying?

We can't keep the field?

Makes it real hard

to keep the farm .

Daddy.

ln a minute, Karin !

There's a man out there

on your lawn .

l'll put up some coffee.

Why don't you go on outside?

Sorry.

l'll get some out there.

H i .

Ray Kinsella.

Joe Jackson .

l bet it's good

to be playing again , huh?

Getting thrown out of baseball

was like having

part of me amputated .

l've heard

that old men wake up

and scratch itchy legs

that have been dust

for over 50 years.

That was me.

l'd wake up at night

with the smell of the ballpark

in my nose,

with the cool of the grass

on my feet,

the thrill of the grass.

Can you pitch?

Yeah ,

not bad .

Don't we need a catcher?

Not if you get it

near the plate.

Right.

l'm pitching

to Shoeless Joe Jackson .

N ice hit.

See if you can hit my curve .

You can hit the curve ball .

Put one right here, huh?

Right.

Right,

you're a low ball hitter.

Man , l did love this game.

l'd have played

for food money.

lt was the game,

the sounds, the smells.

Did you ever hold a ball

or a glove to your face?

Yeah .

l used to love traveling

on the trains

from town to town .

The hotels,

brass spittoons

in the lobbies,

brass beds in the rooms.

lt was the crowd ,

rising to their feet

when the ball was hit deep .

Shoot,

l'd have played for nothing .

lt's my family.

What's with the lights?

Oh , all the stadiums

have them now.

Even Wrigley Field .

lt's harder to see the ball .

The owners found

that more people can attend

night games.

Owners .

Mr. Jackson ,

this is my wife Annie

and my daughter Karin .

Ma'am . H i .

Are you a ghost?

Karin .

She's kidding .

That's okay.

What do you think?

You look real to me.

Then l guess l'm real .

Would you like to come inside?

Thanks. l don't think l can .

Can l come back again?

Yeah . l built this for you .

There are others, you know.

There were eight of us.

lt would really mean

a lot to them .

Yeah , anytime.

They're all welcome here.

Hey, is this heaven?

No.

lt's lowa.

Where's he going?

l don't know.

We're keeping this field .

You bet your ass we are.

You're going to lose

your farm , pal .

How can you lose

something so big?

He misplaced the house once.

Yeah , but it turned up .

Ray, come on . Ray? Ray?

This stupid baseball field's

going to bankrupt you .

lf you default on your loan ,

you're going

to lose everything .

My partners will give you

a fair price.

Thanks, Mark.

Thanks, Mark, but no.

No.

What are you holding

onto this place for?

You never liked lowa.

That's not true.

You don't know

the first thing about farming .

l know a lot about farming .

More than you think.

Well , then how could you plow

under your major crop?

What's a crop?

AN N l E:
Come on . That is funny.

What's a crop?

Daddy,

the baseball game is on .

Excuse us.

Annie, l don't believe

this guy.

l'm trying to bail him out,

and he leaves

to watch television .

He used to be normal .

Yeah .

(LAUG H l NG)

Buck !

ALL:
Whoa !

MAN :
All right.

Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!

All right! Home base !

Watch Joe's feet.

A good left fielder

knows what pitch is coming .

He can tell

from the bat's angle

which way the ball's heading .

(ALL CH EERl NG)

Show off!

Stick it in your ear, Gandil .

lf you'd have run like that

against Detroit,

l'd have won 20 games !

For Pete's sakes , Cicotte ,

that was 68 years ago.

Give it up !

Hey! You guys want

to play ball or what?

Muscle-bound jerk.

At least l got muscles.

At most you got muscles.

Come on , a**hole ! Pitch !

Weaver, be nice.

Sorry, kid !

lt's okay. l don't mind .

ALL:
All right, Karin .

Hey, hey, hey!

Ray? Honey, Mom

and everybody's leaving now.

Okay.

Oh , well , it was . . . You know.

Thanks for coming .

Ray, think about what l said .

l'm just trying to help .

l know.

Thought you two were watching

some game.

lt's not really a game.

lt's more like practice.

There's only eight of them .

They can't play a real game.

Eight of what?

Them .

Who them?

Them them .

RAY:
You don't see them?

Karin , honey,

what are you watching?

The baseball men .

MARK:
Baseball men?

Do you see

the baseball men right now?

Of course l do .

What, you really

don't see them?

lt's not very polite

to try to make other people

feel stupid .

Mom , wait a minute.

Mom ! Wait a minute.

Dee. Dee, wait.

You don't see these people?

lt's not funny, Annie.

They couldn't see it.

This is really interesting .

Hey, Ray, look at this.

Sixty-eight years

since l wore this uniform ,

still fits me like a glove.

You must keep

in pretty good shape.

Now let's see, l died in '70 .

That means l haven't had

a cigarette in 1 8 years.

You don't smoke, do you?

No.

Karin ! Ray! Dinner!

"Ray, dinner."

"Dinner, Ray."

All right, all right.

Come on .

Let's hit the showers.

See you later.

See you , guys .

l'm melting! l'm melting!

MAN :
Come on , you knucklehead.

That is so cool .

MALE VOlCE:
Ease his pain .

What?

l'm sorry. What?

l didn't understand . What?

MALE VOlCE:
Ease his pain .

Ease his pain . What. . .

What the hell does that mean ,

ease his pain?

What pain? All right.

Whose pain?

Thanks a lot.

Come on , honey, wash up .

We got the PTA meeting

after dinner.

Talking about banning

books again ,

really subversive books,

like The Wizard of Cz,

Diary of Anne Frank.

What happened to you?

The voice is back.

You don't have to build

a football field , do you?

He said , "Ease his pain ."

Ease whose pain?

l asked him . He wouldn't say.

Shoeless Joe's?

l don't think so.

One of the other players?

l don't think so.

This is a very nonspecific

voice out there, and he's

starting to piss me off.

l was having a fun day today,

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