For Love of the Game Page #2

Excuse me. Excuse me. Good afternoon,

everyone. It is a beautiful fall day...

Could you turn that off? at Yankee Stadium

as the Yankees are set to clinch the pennant.

No.

But standing in their way...

is the great veteran right-hander

of the Tigers, Billy Chapel.

Does anybody else know?

No. Nobody

knows nothin'.

Not even Perry. If they knew,

that's all they'd be talkin' about.

Well, what does Jane say?

[ Sighs ]

jane's movin' to London.

Movin'to London?

What the-

- How are you gonna manage that?

- We're not.

Billy...

this ain't your day.

[ Chuckles ]

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

That's

Wheeler's nephew.

He sent him down

to get your answer.

Guess he's gonna sit through

the whole game if he has to.

Poor kid.

Doesn't even know

what he's doin' here.

[ Sniffiing ]

just throw the ball to the

glove, son. just play catch.

Since you're throwin' bullets, I'm

not even gonna mention the fact...

that you were an hour late, and I've been

standin' here trying to fiigure out...

who my starting pitcher

would be if you didn't show up.

Have I ever not showed?

I mean, in 19 years

have I ever not showed?

Well, that's true of everyone till

the fiirst time they don't show.

Billy, I had an idea.

I've pretty much made up my mind,

but I wanted to run it by you fiirst.

I want Jimmy

to catch today.

I know how you feel about Gus, but he ain't

hittin', Billy. He ain't hit for a while now.

I haven't said anything,

but we need the left-handed bat.

I want Gus.

Yeah, I know,

and I'd love to take

one of these goddamn games.

We're not layin' down. We're not

gonna be a red carpet to the Series...

for these guys.

Gus catches,

or I don't pitch.

Me and Gus.

Nobody else.

I hope you hear me.

jesus, Billy, you tellin' me

how to run this team?

[ Grunting ]

No.

But today,

it's me and Gus.

I've never asked you

any other time, okay?

Good.

Glad you agree.

Can't argue about this

right now. Gotta warm up.

I'm sorry. We have

a bit of a delay.

We're correcting a bit

of a maintenance problem.

So we don't have a bit

of a crash?

Is there someplace I can stay? Yes.

The Premiere Lounge is just

down there on your right.

Thanks.

[ Lyons ] When the sun goes

down, it'll actually be...

an easier time to hit

for both teams.

[ Scully ] And now, talkin'about

shadows and sunlight,

that might very well sum up

Billy Chapel.

Long has he stood

in the brilliant sunshine...

in his great, 19-year career.

But now, battling back from

an 8 and 11 record this year,

trying to fiight his way out of

the shadows back into the sunlight.

He'll be facing Mike Robinson,

followed by Jonathan Warble...

and then Sam Tuttle.

Bottom of the fiirst inning, no

score, and the Yankees coming up.

What's he lookin' at?

He's lookin'...

at the clouds.

You okay, Chap?

Chappie!

You okay?

[ Man On P.A.]

Catching, number 27, Gus Sinski.

Number 27.

At shortstop, number 7,

Jose Garcia.

Trying to take my hand off? Sorry.

just let me set for that juice. Warn

me or something. Pitching, number 14,

Billy Chapel. I'm gonna throw a

little harder than usual today.

There's your warning.

Chap, don't throw it away

too early.

Today I'm throwin'

hard, Gus.

You and me?

One more time?

Why not?

[ Cheering ]

[ Man ] Hey, Chapel! We got

you, Chapel! You're done!

We're gonna stick a fork in

you, Chapel! You are finished!

You are complete! The Tigers are

done! You're done! You're finished!

Get outta town!

I can always tell

when I'm in New York.

[ Blowing Horn ]

Hey, Chapel!

Yo, Chapel!

You suck!

You stink on ice!

You couldn't pitch a tent!

[ Shouting, Cheering

Intensifies ]

[ Chapel's Voice ]

Clear the mechanism.

[ Shouting, Cheering

Continues, Muted ]

[ No Audio ]

Hello, Mike.

[ Umpire ]

Strike one!

[ Scully On TV ]

So, Chapel working on Robinson.

Bottom of the fiirst inning.

No score.

And there's a little looper

to Jose Garcia. One away.

Oh, this is-

This is my lucky day.

Hey, how are ya? How you

doin'? Fine. How you doin'?

Uh, the Bud

on the tap is good.

Okay. Oh, this is a beautiful day...

for the big ballpark

in the Bronx.

[ Scully Continues ] He was an

All-American shortstop there,

and he has certainly done

an outstanding job.

Two solid years, and now

a third with the Yankees.

Pretty good breaking ball.

Did get it up...

but got away with it. Lot of guys would

be upset about missin' their flight-

You know, delay, this and that

- but this works out beautiful for me.

[ Scully Continues ] So, Chapel

trying to derail the Yankees,

and the Yankees trying

to end a season...

that has long been finished

by Detroit.

[ Lyons ] Warble had a

game earlier this season...

where he had five hits,

nine R.B.I.s.

That's a week

for a lot of guys.

I don't know. They-They pushed

this guy up to pitch this game.

So, basically we clinch today

and I get to see it. Beautiful.

[ Scully ] They were 63 and

97. The Yankees, meanwhile-

Hi. What can I get for

you? Chivas and water.

[ Bar Patron ] Okay,

here we go. Everything is-

[ Scully ] Good sinker. Oh,

look at that. Ah, it's early.

You got, uh,

nuts, chips, somethin'?

- We got those pretzels.

- I can make do.

Thank you.

[ Scully ] Good fastball

with some movement on it.

And down goes Warble. jesus, he swung

at that? This guy, he's got nothin' now.

If I was Boston, I'd be worried. I'd be,

like, what, are they throwin' the game?

This guy used to be a monster,

to tell you the truth.

When he first came up,

he was unhittable.

Now, he's a junker.

30-30 three years in a row,

and in baseball circles we all know that

there's no love lost between these two guys.

They don't like

each other too much.

[ Cheering ]

[ Man On P.A.] At third

base, number 13, Sam Tuttle.

[ Chapel ]

Sam Tuttle.

I can't think of a better reason

not to be a Yankee.

[ Scully ]

Sam Tuttle hit. 625.

He went 5 for 8

against Chapel this year.

[ Lyons ] That would

make me not like a guy.

[ Scully ]

I would think so.

[ Chanting ]

Tuttle! Tuttle! Tuttle!

Tuttle! Tuttle! Tuttle!

[ Chanting Continues ]

[ Scully ] Fastball on the

inside corner. Strike one.

Wasn't that inside?

You never do swing at the

fiirst pitch, do you, Sam?

No, no,

we're off the page now, Gus.

This is between me and ugly.

Straight heat.

That a boy.

- Strike two!

- Aw, that sh*t's outside.

No wonder nobody

likes you, Tuttle.

Everything's a goddamn

debate. [ Scully ] Fastball,

and it runs

right on that outside corner.

So 0 and 2 the count

to Sam Tuttle.

I saw that shitty little

Hollywood movie you did.

Ball! [ Lyons ] Gus

Sinski wanted that one.

So did Chappie. You see

the reaction on his face.

That's a pretty good pitch

on the outside corner.

Tuttle didn't like the first two calls, and

now he gets a break on that outside corner.

That's not the kind of pitch Chapel's

gonna like being called a ball all day long.

Don't crowd me, Sam.

I hate being crowded.

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