Home Run Page #5

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about Tyler.

He just needed

to be pushed.

I get, uh, I get too caught up...

You're a great mom.

He's a great kid.

He is.

Hey, dude, it's Coach. Come on.

Coach.

What's up, guys?

Hey, Coach, we found a rookie

card today at the store.

We were wondering if

you could sign it. Sure.

I didn't know you guys

collected baseball cards.

Oh, yeah.

All the time.

I got some really cooI

ones back in the barn.

Seventy-three Passy,

Ninety-three Begonus.

I have Passy

and Begonus, too.

Yeah? Well, we should get together

and compare cards some time.

Maybe after this we can go back

to the barn and check them out.

Oh, come on,

come on, please.

Okay, sure.

Yes.

Tug O' War.

To one of the best

nights of my life.

I'm glad you found

a thing tonight.

Good old Oklahoma.

Wait till you see this, guys, huh?

How cooI is this.

Whoa.

How cooI, right?

Oh, sweet.

All right.

Who's this?

Dad. Your dad played ball?

That's your dad?

Yeah, he was

a great player.

He never made it

past AA, though.

Come on, where

are they, Cory?

Where's the box?

Where's the box, huh?

It's not in here. It's a small

wooden box, guys, with a metaI latch.

All the important

ones are in it, huh?

It's got to be here.

They're gone.

I can't believe it!

He must have sold them.

That drunk!

Oh.

What's going on? Look, I just

wanted to show the kids, all right?

Okay, boys, come on. Get on back to the house,

okay? No, no, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine.

Yeah, right.

What is the matter with you?

In front of the kids?

Stay out of it, Karen.

No one's touched your

precious stuff in years, Cory.

Look, he did, okay? He always messed

things up. He always screwed everything up.

You can't keep playing the

victim. It doesn't work.

What do you know

about my life, huh?

What do you know about

anything for that matter?

You're just some sheltered

Sunday schooI teacher,

so spare me the lecture

untiI you've lived

through something

a little more stressfuI

than your kitchen sink

backing up.

I don't want

to hear it.

Let's go.

Okay, kiddo.

Lights out.

Good night.

Night.

Love you.

Love you, too.

Hey.

What's this?

I know, sort of impulsive, but, uh,

I wanted to give her to Tyler.

What?

Is that a dog?

All yours, sport.

She's mine?

No. Look, it's all there.

Training crate, food,

leash. What are you doing?

You can't just come over

here and give my son a dog.

I wanted to apologize for last night.

By heaping a ridiculous

responsibility on him and me?

Come on, Mom. Can't we keep him?

Tyler, we're not keeping the dog.

That figures, you always say

no. Every kid should have a dog.

You don't get to have a say in

what he should or shouldn't have.

Look, this whole thing

is so not okay.

You have to go, and

take your dog. Tyler.

Come on.

Hi. My name is Karen.

Hi, Karen.

And I'm a grateful

believer in Jesus.

I Celebrate Recovery from

sexuaI abuse by my father

from the time I turned

eight untiI I was sixteen.

While going through these

experiences I felt alone,

with no one

to reach out to,

not one person to tell.

My whole life I had carried the

pain, burden and shame for my past.

Even though I've been

a Christian for years,

I hid my pain and shame

from everyone I knew.

When I-when I

learned as an adult

that I would not be able

to bear children of my own,

this was the final blow.

I felt completely

abandoned by God.

When I attended

Celebrate Recovery,

I wasn't prepared

to experience

the freedom and relief

I would gain by sharing my

deep hurt with God and others.

I love that I don't have

to hide who I am here.

I can go to my step

study and share openly

without the fear

of being judged.

I'm just me.

Banged up

and imperfect.

Because of the work of Jesus, I'm

no longer living my life in shame.

Thank you

for letting me share.

Go.

Run, run.

Run!

You're running on.

All right, Bulldogs.

Hey. Why aren't you in the limo?

Why aren't you on your way to

Tulsa? Any of this ringing a bell?

Yeah, hey, about that,

we need to reschedule.

I am about to blow an artery if you

just said what I think you just said.

No, I'm serious,

we need to reschedule.

You are not missing

this interview.

The Grizzlies just brought

up a kid from the Springs,

and this kid is good,

Cory. And guess what?

He's not a pain

in the butt.

You will not say no.

No, all right? I'm not

missing my son's game.

Your son? Is this some kind

of line from Green Acres?

No, it's not, Helene,

all right?

My son's on the Little

League team and I'm his coach.

Got to go.

I'm going to kill him.

Everything okay? Yeah, I just forgot

I had this TV interview scheduled.

Oh, you should go.

No, I already

told my agent.

Forget it, it's done,

it's over, too late.

Seriously, Cory, it's your career. Go.

Believe it or not,

we can handle it.

No, no,

I'm staying.

Come on, we got a game

to win, coach. Let's go.

What's up, Bulldogs?

Huh?

High fives.

Hey, Kendricks.

What's up, Coach?

Nice day, huh?

Yeah.

Great breeze.

How's your parents?

Fine.

The pitcher is nervous.

Second baseman

has got a weak arm.

Let's shake

things up, huh?

You know what

I'm saying?

Stanton, was that you?

Trying to fart in the run.

You still see that play? Yeah.

Run, Kendricks.

Don't throw it.

On the go!

Don't throw it!

Go.

Go, Will, go. Go.

Go home!

Go home!

Go home!

Yes!

There it is.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Nice job, Bulldogs.

What's up? We won. Nice.

What were we training for

all week?

Are you

kidding me, guys?

Woo!

Bulldogs!

Get on the bus. Take

your stuff and let's go.

All right, buddy.

Yeah.

Huh, that's

quite a win.

It's so good.

Watch your hands.

Coach.

You got rubbed. It's not an

all-star team unless you're on it.

What are you

talking about, buddy?

How's the NationaI League going

to win if you're not on the team?

Come on,

let's go, son.

See you, Coach.

All right, buddy.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. I just...

forgot that news came out today.

All right,

I'm going to head out.

See you, Coach.

Good game, Tyler.

Thanks.

It's going.

It's going.

It's gone.

See you.

It's going.

It's back.

FouI ball.

Cory.

What are you doing?

Hey. Well, I was just wondering

how you were doing after

the all-star news but I...

Well, I see that you're

the same as always.

I didn't get the vote.

No, yeah, I know.

I was upset.

My career

is in the gutter.

I'm out here

wasting my time.

Well, I'm sure it's very

disappointing for you.

But then, adults cope with

disappointment all the time.

Ask me how I know. I know,

I know I disappointed you.

All right? I didn't just leave

to go play baseball, you know?

Being a father scared

the crap out of me.

But I've changed, Emma.

Clearly.

Wait, Emma.

Emma, stop.

I want to be

his father.

Really?

Really you want to be his

father, Cory? Yes, I do.

It takes courage

to be a parent.

It is sheer bravery

to love a child.

To be there for them,

to care for them,

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