For Love of the Game Page #4

you take the sign off the door.

Okay, thanks.

What's this, a souvenir?

[ Chuckles ]

It's my number.

Billy, you don't have

to give me this.

I know I don't have to do this,

but, um, I wanted to.

When will you be back?

I already checked.

Four weeks from Thursday

I'll be back in New York.

So, uh...

that Thursday night?

Meet me in the bar

downstairs at 10:00, okay?

I'll be there

waitin' for you.

If you don't show up,

if you leave me standing in

that bar, it'll ruin this.

Well, then I guess

I'll just have to show up.

I'm serious.

I'll be there, Jane,

okay?

Okay, Billy Chapel.

[ Crowd Cheering ]

[ Chanting ] Birch! Birch!

Birch! Birch! Birch! Birch!

[ Chanting Continues ]

Birch, baby! Kiss that

b*tch good-bye! Take it over!

Clear the mechanism.

[ Cheering, Shouting Fades ]

[ No Audio ]

You look old, Davis.

Are we that old?

[ Throwing Ball Into Glove ]

Strike one! [ Scully

] And the fastball...

sinks at the knees, picks up the

corner, and the count 0 and 1.

Don't smile at me, Davis.

I hate that.

[ Scully ] It was a sad day

in Detroit when Gary Wheeler,

the owner of the Tigers and a

somewhat beleaguered franchise,

was forced to trade Davis Birch,

who was a free agent.

Detroit could not come up

with his monetary demands,

and the Yankees were waiting

with open arms and an open wallet.

It was your team too.

I mean, how much money

we gotta make?

You want to see my team?

[ kisha ] You kids go and

play. That's my team over there.

You got it.

I'll be out in a second, okay?

Billy, are you

- are you gonna just sit there and mope or are you gonna help?

I ain't carrying no books.

Where's the pillows?

[ Chapel ]

You're the best, kiddo.

The best around.

The worthy opponent.

[ Scully ] The 0-1 pitch. And the

bottom just drops out of it. Strike two.

[ Lyons ] Look at Birch

starin' out at Billy Chapel.

They're sayin', "Where's

that curveball coming from?

He never had that curveball

when we played together. "

It don't happen that often,

but I got you mixed up, don't I?

You're guessin' now, aren't

you? [ Throwing Ball Into Glove ]

Well, here's your fastball...

right down the pipe,

just so you don't walk away thinking

I was afraid to give it to you.

Strike!

[ Scully ] Fastball runs on the

inside corner. Strike three called.

- Jesus, Birch, I could've hit that.

- So Billy Chapel, all business,

taking care of Birch

on three pitches.

Kenny Howell will follow.

[ Jane's Voice ]

If you don't show up,

if you leave me standing in

that bar, it'll ruin this.

[ Woman Singing,

Indistinct ]

[ Honking ]

[ Man ]

Cab, Mr. Chapel?

[ Whistle Blowing ]

You leaving?

Yeah, I was supposed to

meet someone, but they, uh-

I'm sorry.

I wasn't gonna come. I

actually sat in my apartment...

counting the hours to the time when

I was not gonna show up to meet you.

And then I-I just-

Oh, God.

Billy Chapel.

Why do you always use

both my names?

So I know

what I'm up against.

I:

- I had a great time with you last month. It's not that.

Don't get me wrong.

It's just that...

I- I don't mean to sound

like anything or anything,

[ Man ] It's for our kid.

Thanks. but-but I don't do that.

And I'm not saying

anything about it. What?

I just don't do it, not since I

was in college. What don't you do?

I just

- You know what? I think I should go home.

Why? Because-Because I

just don't screw like that!

And-And-And

I hate that word.

[ Man ] You want that cab, Mr.

Chapel? Give it to somebody else.

I don't go to hotel rooms

with men I don't know.

Billy, I can't be a groupie.

You're not a groupie, Jane.

You don't look like one. You don't act

like one. I didn't treat you like one.

Wasn't-

Wasn't I a gentleman?

Yes, I know.

But you pull up out of

nowhere, you start my car.

You make me laugh, and the next thing I know

- No.

I'm at a baseball game

that you win!

I mean,

it's so surreal.

Little boys buy cards

with your picture on them.

They buy those for the gum.

[ Chuckles ]

Goddamn it!

God- What?

Goddamn what?

I like you.

So what's the problem?

I'm really not at all

the person you think I am,

and I think it would just be

more fair for both of us...

for-for me to just leave.

Well, forget it.

I mean,

what's the difference?

I mean-

What?

Just- No.

Here, give me the thing.

What's the difference

between the real you...

and this-this other you?

The-The real me is-is-

Here.

The real me is plain,

uninteresting and-and-

and hates sexy underwear because

it's really uncomfortable.

Oh.

All right, so the-

the real you's a bummer.

This can't be what you were

looking for from this evening.

I mean, be totally

honest with me. That-

That day I fiixed your car,

jane, I got lucky.

And maybe

you got lucky too.

I mean, I know we don't

know each other so well,

but that's-

that's what I was hoping.

I mean, we don't have to-

We could, like-

like, walk, you know?

We could walk like

- We could just walk. Walk?

I- I could walk.

I mean, we don't

- we don't have to talk so much either.

Okay.

You've got the look

of love light in your eyes

I was in crazy motion

Till you calmed me down

It took a little time

But you calmed me down

You know, border collies.

My dad loved

the blue heelers.

Is he still alive?

No, they're both gone.

Him fiirst,

and then her within a year.

He was a good man.

Very tall.

Very reserved.

Passionately in love

with two things:

my mother and baseball.

Then he was a lucky man.

Okay.

Okay.

So, how do we do this?

How does this work, Billy?

I told you, I have to be here

next month for a couple of days.

I wanna see you.

Okay.

Okay.

[ keys Jingling ]

So...

when you're away,

I'll live my life...

and-and you'll live yours.

And none of this stupid bullshit

why-didn't-you-call-me crap.

And what you do

when you're not with me...

has nothing to do with me,

and vice-versa.

No questions asked.

No worrying.

No obsessing.

That sounded perfect.

Good night.

Good night.

My back keeps breaking out.

Candy says it's gross.

[ Imitating Austrian Accent ]

Use the loofah.

The what?

The loofah.

It exfoliates.

You're losing it

over this girl.

I met this woman

in New York.

I'm thinkin' of askin'

her down. Call her.

Nah, it's, you know,

it's not, uh- it's casual.

I've seen her a few times

over the winter in New York...

when I happen to be there.

Call her.

[ Telephone Ringing ]

Hello?

[ Chapel ] I'm having this

problem with my skin peel.

I was just thinking about you.

Yeah? What were you thinking?

I was wondering when you play your

fiirst series against the Yankees.

jane, come down here.

What?

Come see me. Come spend the

weekend. Meet my friends.

I don't know, Billy.

What do you mean,

you don't know?

Well, I-I've got a ton

of work to do, Okay.

and I can't really afford to be running off

- So, I'll pay.

No.

It's not that.

Look, we made the rules.

I think we should stick to them.

There's no rules about having

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