Home Run Showdown Page #4

I said strike--

Nice work.

l will step into it.

I wiII puII you

first thing.

Don't make me.

l won't tell you again.

Say yes, sir.

What do you say

we Iighten up,

huh, Coach?

And what do you say you

pIay your game, aII right?

That's my boy.

All right,

Tyler, my man.

Let's go, buddy.

Come on now,

we got two more.

l say now

shore up that stance.

A IittIe bit

cIoser now.

That's okay, TyIer,

you stand wherever

you want.

I know where that baII

is going to go.

Yeah, just

don't step into it.

A IittIe bit

closer now, Tyler.

You stand wherever

feeIs right, baby.

BaII.

Look at me, son.

l'll call your sister.

l will call your sister.

l'll embarrass you

in front of everybody

out here right now.

You understand me?

Son.

That's not what

we trained for,

is it?

Now start throwing

strikes at this team.

They can't hit them.

What?

You questioning

my coaching?

Come on.

Strike one.

See how easy

that was?

Hey, Coach,

aII day Iong.

AII day Iong.

Come on, Caleb.

(catcher)

Strike two.

CaIeb, two strikes.

You know that, right?

Can't hit a baII

Iooking at it.

Swing at it.

Swing at the baII

next time.

Step into play

and swing at it.

Get your head in the game.

Strike three.

You're out.

Let's go.

Hey, son.

When I said get your head

in the game, I didn't mean

miss the baII--

Get over

and pick that bat up.

Pick that bat up.

Let me

teII you something.

Sit down.

You're benched.

You understand me?

What you say

we Iighten it up, Coach.

I'II deaI with you

in a minute.

Sit down.

What did you

just say to me?

Let's go, Bulldogs.

I said Iet's

take it easy, coach.

Did you now?

Where do you think

he Iearned that kind

of attitude from, Cory?

Hey, Dad!

Shut up, son.

You sit down.

Watching idiots

like you, Cory.

Cory Brand

back in town,

aren't you?

You know what?

Let me smeII.

AppIe doesn't faII

too far from the tree now,

does it?

You know

what you are, Cory?

You're a showboat

and you're a drunk,

just Iike your oId man.

You are both

out of here.

Thanks, Tony.

[buzzer]

Nice going, Cory.

I wasn't drinking.

You weren't arrested

for drinking.

Hey, I stood up for that kid

the way no one stood up

for me with Dad.

You're Iooking more

Iike him every day, Cory.

That's because

I was taking

aII your hits.

AII my hits?

What do you think happened

after you Ieft, huh?

You're not

the onIy one that

grew up in that house, Cory.

Yeah, waIk away.

That's what

you do best, Cory.

[cell phone ringing]

What?

(Helene)

You're killing me.

Assaulted an officer?

It wasn't assauIt.

This is

your lying low?

And uploaded photo

went from Facebook to--

Just fix it.

It might take

a IittIe effort,

but I'm sure

you can handIe it.

[grunts]

My name is Rick.

l'm a Christian.

l was struggling

with cocaine addiction.

(all)

Hi, Rick.

I came to CR

not for recovery

from crack,

but to fake it

so that my wife

and famiIy

would get off my back.

l came every week,

I did aII the Iessons.

And to my surprise,

I began deaIing

with my past.

I started

to understand

why l used.

[whispering]

No.

When l got

to step nine,

make direct amends

to the people you

have harmed,

I thought make amends

face to face?

I don't think so.

So, I skipped over

that step.

After ushering

for two years,

the temptation proved

to be a bit more than

I couId handIe

and I started

taking money

from the offering

each week.

During this time, l was

in the second-step study,

and I-I wanted

to finally make the--

I needed

to finally

make the amends

to the people

in my life.

Which meant

I had to confess

what I had been doing

to the ministry leaders.

And when I met

with them, l--

I expected

to be reIieved

of my guiIt.

I received

so much more.

I experienced God's Iove

and forgiveness.

Now, to complete

the step,

I need to make

amends with you aIso.

Because it's your

ministry, too.

And I stoIe

from you,

and so I stand here

and I ask you

if you'II pIease

forgive me.

The truth is,

God forgave me

Iong before

I came to CR but--

But I stiII

feIt broken

and I didn't know

how to fix it.

And then l got here

and Iearned verses

like James 5:
1 6

that toId me

if I confessed

my sins to someone,

I couId be heaIed.

l still mess up.

I'm not who I was.

l'm changing.

l'm getting healed.

Thank you

for letting me share.

[applause]

I didn't even know

they made basketbaII cards.

Tommy.

Next Iimp.

More puzzIe pieces.

Oh, I found Nick.

Steve.

I found Nick, too.

HaI Osberg.

Got it.

Cory Brand.

2001 ?

Oh, my gosh.

Are there any more?

Uh, just the one.

Dang it.

You can have it.

He busted me

on the nose, so.

I think

it's bad Iuck

or something.

Are you bringing it

to the game?

Oh, I don't know.

Come on,

you got to bring it

to the game.

Yeah, I just

don't want

to bother him.

He signed it.

This couId be--

Fifty cents.

You didn't bring

enough money?

This shouId do it.

If he signs it,

this couId be

worth a ton.

We are going

to be rich.

[horn honking]

BuIIdogs, huddIe up!

Now, come on.

How about some

new uniforms?

Grab some hats.

TyIer.

Yes?

That's my number right there.

That's you, buddy.

[mixed voices]

Way cooIer

than the Roughnecks now.

Who needs some shoes?

Kendricks.

New Nike's for you.

Here you go, sIugger.

Size eight.

Hey, guys,

what do you say?

(aII)

Thanks, Coach Cory.

Thanks, Coach Cory.

All right,

we got to win now

'cause we're

Iooking good, right?

Okay.

[Jacob Wright singing

I'm in Love]

Let's go, Bulldogs.

[cheering]

Go, go home.

[music continues]

Come on.

All right, Kendricks,

let's go, let's go.

Good job, BuIIdogs.

Nice, nice.

Good work,

good work.

Atta boy.

Atta boy, CarIos.

Huh?

Syd.

Syd.

[whistling]

[music continues]

Come on,

Iet's get them.

All right, Tyler,

come on now.

The winning run

is on second.

That's it, buddy.

Step up in there.

Come on.

Time.

TyIer, come here.

TyIer, Iook at me.

How many years

you been pIaying baII?

Five.

AII right.

How many hits you got

before you took one

in the face?

I don't know.

Fifteen, twenty?

Yeah.

Fifty, sixty?

ProbabIy.

AII right.

So, what do you think

the chances are of getting

hit today?

ProbabIy not

going to happen, huh?

ProbabIy not.

Okay.

Get back in there,

step up to the pIate,

hit the baII.

Okay.

AII right.

TyIer.

Nothing great happens

when you hoId back.

Let's go.

Come on.

[applause]

(Cory)

There it is! Yes!

Carlos, go.

Go!

Yes!

(Cory)

Nice job.

Nice play, son.

Bring it in,

bring it in.

Where's TyIer?

TyIer!

Hey. That's what

I'm taIking about.

Stepping up to the pIate.

Nice hit.

How about that, huh?

Great win

today, guys.

Thanks, Coach.

Come on, CarIos.

Awesome game, Coach.

See you Iater.

Awesome base

running, CarIos.

Thanks, Coach.

Couldn't have

done it without you.

Come one now.

We couIdn't have done it

without you, TyIer.

Great job.

Thanks.

Thanks.

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