Home Run Showdown

1

There is hurt

And there is pain

We are bound

And broken

There are none

Without to stay

Secret things

Unspoken

I have known

The heavy hand

I am scarred

And scattered

I have heard

The very ones

Oh really matter

[kids' voices]

[man's muffled voice]

Come on,

put the cards in.

[knocking]

Boys.

Come on,

batter up.

Let's go hide it.

[cIanking]

[smashing]

[muffled voice]

Boys.

Get on out here.

[knocking]

Let's go.

Batter up.

Uh-huh.

Where do you think

you're going?

Who going

to be first?

I'II do it.

Yeah, you'd better.

Ah!

Strike one.

Strike three.

You're out.

You're done, son.

Be a man.

[thump]

Strike.

You're flinching.

Stay in there.

Come on, let's go.

Ready?

Strike five.

That was way outside.

What are you swinging

at that for?

Come on,

stay in there.

Strike seven.

Strike eight.

Strike nine.

Strike ten.

Stay in the box.

Strike eIeven.

[clank]

Strike tweIve.

Stay there.

[thump]

Strike thirteen.

l'll stay here

all day, son.

Strike fourteen.

Strike fifteen.

You're watching it.

[vomiting]

[coughing]

You stay there.

[grunts]

Strike sixteen.

[grunts]

Strike seventeen.

Ah.

Strike eighteen,

you IittIe sissy.

You're going

to cry now?

Is that what

l'm seeing?

[grunts]

Strike nineteen.

Let's do this, Cory.

[bIows]

[man over P.A.]

Good afternoon,

Grizzlies' fans.

WeIcome

to Grizzly Stadium.

And today's ballgame

between your Denford

Grizzlies

and the PeninsuIa PiIots.

Today is Young Life day

at the ball park.

lf a Grizzly hits

a home run during

today's game,

Young Life will be

presented with a check

for $1 0,000.

(man)

Let's go, guys.

Here we go, guys.

Good Iuck.

It's time, guys.

Go GrizzIies.

Hey, Cory.

Hey, HeIene.

Heard you were

chatting up with Capano

at the fundraiser Iast night.

Oh, come on, HeIene,

you're the onIy girI

for me.

I'd better be.

He had to be reaIIy drunk

to think that was a good deaI.

PIease.

He'd eat his first born

if it meant signing

a new pIayer.

I don't think

I signed anything.

AII right.

Don't forget.

Home run today.

1 0K for Young Life.

Okay?

You think Cory

wiII remember that

CarIos is down there?

No cIue.

Or even

who CarIos is?

I don't know.

[playing national anthem]

[bIows,

nationaI anthem in background]

Tough conditions

for the hitters today.

Sun shining down brightIy.

And when you've got guys

Iike Chris Ashman and

Brett Stevens on the mound

it's not at aII

a surprise

that we have

a scoreless game

with only five hits so far.

Cory Brand batting 3-79

leading the league.

And he appears to be

a shoo-in for another

all-star game next month.

[cheering]

Hee-yah.

Open your eyes, BIue.

(reporter)

Cory's not going

to Iike that caII.

lt appeared to be high

and outside.

De Cruz gave Ashman

the call of strike one.

[Father]

Strike two.

Strike two.

That was way outside.

What are you swinging

at that for?

You're going

to your momma?

You need to go taIk

to your momma now?

Get in the box.

[cheering]

Go, Cory.

Three.

(reporter)

And it gets away

from the left fielder.

Go, go, go,

go, go, go.

He's going to try

to score.

Slides and safe.

[cheering]

That's what

I'm taIking about.

The Pilots are going

to appeal it.

And Cory Brand

has been caIIed out.

What are you

taIking about, BIue?

[peopIe booing]

He storms out

of the dugout,

and gets right in the face

of umpire Vic Cruz.

He's going to be

thrown out for slamming

down the heImet.

And the replay shows

he clearly missed

third base.

So, Cory Brand

about to give

his team the Iead.

Answer you, Blue.

Why don't you cool off?

You're Iike your

brother BIue

over there?

How did you

not see that

standing right there?

What are you taIking about

I ain't touch base, huh?

Touched it now!

There it is.

There it is.

Get out of my face.

[people booing]

(man)

Play ball.

And evidently

the young bat boy,

he's the honorary bat.

[gasps]

Oh, my gosh.

Hey, what's

going on, huh?

Doc, is he aII right?

Not sure what

exactly happened.

Is he okay?

Can you see him?

I can't.

I'm on, I'm on.

As Corey Brand

went into the dugout.

[people cheering]

Oh, my gosh.

I think that's enough ice.

Your face is going

to freeze.

Dad, l'm fine.

Oh, hey, babe.

How are you doing?

He's aII right.

I'm fine, I'm fine.

AII right,

aII right.

Hey, guys.

I'm thinking about

sticking around.

What? Why?

I can't Ieave him

Iike this.

What can you

possibIy do for him?

I don't know.

Just taIk.

Find out what's up.

Hey, dude,

can I hoId

your icepack?

Just for a second, Tyler.

lt's an official icepack.

OnIy pIayers and peopIe

on the team can use it.

And I need it.

Here, take it.

Dude, the whole stadium

was cheering for you.

I know.

I was Iike pshhh.

Oh, and then

I went Iike,

oh, yeah.

He's the onIy

brother I've got.

AII right.

I Iove you.

I don't make it easy.

Whatever.

(Cory)

Hey, bro.

What's this,

a reunion?

Why, did she

teII you to come?

We shouId taIk, Cory.

[chuckIes]

TaIk about what?

What happened to you

out there today?

Showbiz, bro.

It's part of the game.

I taIked

to your trainer.

Said your

bIood aIcohoI

was . 1 5.

CouIdn't find my keys

in that condition,

Iet aIone hit one

out of the park.

It's a gift.

What are you doing

taIking to my trainer?

You need heIp, Cory.

Are we done here?

That kid

you elbowed today?

That's my son.

Karen and l adopted him

out of foster care

two months ago.

You'd know that

if you read

an emaiI or...

returned one

of my caIIs.

I'm sorry.

Want to go grab

something to eat?

You got fat.

[scoffs]

Kick your butt.

That's without

a personaI trainer,

and I work

for a Iiving.

Yeah, what are you,

mayor now?

District attorney.

Got my own

parking spot.

And a bathroom key.

Look at you,

fancy pants.

CongratuIations.

How's Emma?

She's aII right.

Been hard on her

and Tyler since

James died overseas,

but she says she's glad

to be back in Okmulgee.

What do we say

we go get you

a saIad?

A saIad?

Yeah.

No cheese.

Good morning,

Mr. PopuIar.

He's cute.

You've been suspended

for eight weeks.

WeII, good morning

to you, too,

Miss Sunshine.

Come here.

I want to show you

something.

"Corey Brand

injures bat boy."

A miIIion hits.

AIready.

It was an accident.

Can we taIk

about this

Iater, pIease?

"Boozes it up in Vegas."

364,908 hits.

That was a good night.

"Drunk at a Strip CIub."

21 7,402 hits.

You're a disaster.

Yeah, weII,

I'm a 3-27

career hitter.

"Cory Brand DUl

Caught on Tape".

Over a million hits.

Yeah, it Iooks a IittIe bad

when you put them aII

together, aII right?

But there were a Iot

of sober moments

in between them.

You stiII got

that condo in Miami?

FIoor is a IittIe warped.

Popped the water bed.

Here's what

you're going to do.

You're going

to fIy to TuIsa

and drive down

to OkmuIgee.

I'm not going

to OkmuIgee.

Oh, yes, you are.

You're going to Okmulgee

and make nice with the kid.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes