Home Run Showdown Page #5

Nice game.

Yeah, we made quite

the team out there,

didn't we?

(Cory)

How about

we grab some pizza?

Yeah.

No.

Come on, Mom.

No, I'm sorry.

Sorry, sorry.

I've got, uh, you know,

we've got a thing.

Yeah.

Have fun

at your thing.

Cory.

J .T.

You, uh,

have pIans tonight?

Yeah, you know,

some ESPN , IittIe ESPN .

ProbabIy some ESPN

after that.

Nah, I don't have

any pIans tonight.

You want pIans?

Sure.

Pick you

at your moteI

around 6:
00?

Six o'cIock.

See you then, right?

Don't be Iate.

lt's going to be fun.

It sounds Iike it.

[cell phone ringing]

(Helene)

ln a effort to earn

the money you pay me,

I scored you a nationaI

teIevision interview

this Saturday.

WeII, weII, weII,

so nice of you

to finaIIy caII me.

With the aII-star vote

coming up, we need to get

you back in the public eye

Iooking cIean

and sober.

Get peopIe to faII

in Iove with you again.

Oh, pIease,

they've aIways

Ioved me.

Ha. That's because

I remind them how much

they do Iove you.

Okay, fine.

Book it.

Let's get me seen.

Done.

[people screaming]

Hey, J .T.,

I'II be right back.

So, this is

your thing.

Not very

hospitabIe of you,

Emma Hargrove,

to not teII

a poor stranded fooI

about the WiId West

ChiIi Fest.

FooI, yes.

Stranded, never.

You get your

Ferris wheeI on, yet?

You're missing Iife

in the fast Iane,

aren't you?

Yes and no.

Beating the Jets today,

that was, that was a new

aII-time high for me.

You're right

about TyIer.

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.

(Tyler)

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 coIIected

basebaII cards.

Oh, yeah.

AII the time.

I got some

reaIIy cooI ones

back in the barn.

Seventy-three Passy,

Ninety-three Begonus.

I have Passy

and Begonus, too.

Yeah? WeII, we shouId 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, pIease.

Okay, sure.

Yes.

Tug O' War.

[Iaughing]

To one of the best

nights of my Iife.

I'm gIad you found

a thing tonight.

Good oId OkIahoma.

[Iaughing]

Wait tiII

you see this,

guys, huh?

How cooI is this.

Whoa.

How cooI, right?

Oh, sweet.

AII right.

Who's this?

Dad.

Your dad

pIayed baII?

That's your dad?

Yeah, he was

a great player.

He never made it

past AA, though.

[whispering]

Come on, where

are they, Cory?

Where's the box?

Where's the box, huh?

It's not in here.

It's a smaII wooden box,

guys, with a metaI Iatch.

AII the important

ones are in it, huh?

[whispering]

lt's got to be here.

They're gone.

I can't beIieve it!

He must have soId them.

That drunk!

Oh.

[grunts]

[yeIIs]

What's going on?

Look, I just wanted

to show the kids, aII 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 aIways messed things up.

He aIways screwed everything up.

You can't keep

pIaying the victim.

It doesn't work.

What do you know

about my Iife, huh?

What do you know

about anything

for that matter?

You're just some sheItered

Sunday schooI teacher,

so spare me the Iecture

untiI you've Iived

through something

a IittIe 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.

[door closes]

Hey.

What's this?

I know, sort

of impuIsive,

but, uh,

I wanted

to give her

to TyIer.

What?

ls that a dog?

AII yours, sport.

She's mine?

No.

Look, it's

aII there.

Training crate,

food, Ieash.

What are you doing?

You can't just come

over here and give

my son a dog.

I wanted

to apoIogize

for Iast night.

By heaping a ridicuIous

responsibiIity on him

and me?

Come on, Mom.

Can't we keep him?

TyIer, we're not

keeping the dog.

That figures,

you aIways say no.

Every kid

shouId have a dog.

You don't get

to have a say in what

he shouId or shouIdn't have.

Look, this whoIe thing

is so not okay.

You have to go,

and take your dog.

TyIer.

Come on.

[applause]

Hi.

My name

is Karen.

(all)

Hi, Karen.

And l'm a grateful

beIiever in Jesus.

I CeIebrate Recovery

from sexuaI abuse

by my father

from the time

I turned eight

untiI I was sixteen.

While going through

these experiences

l felt alone,

with no one

to reach out to,

not one person to tell.

My whoIe Iife

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.

[broken voice]

When I-when I

Iearned as an aduIt

that I wouId not

be abIe to bear

chiIdren of my own,

this was the final blow.

I feIt compIeteIy

abandoned by God.

When I attended

CeIebrate Recovery,

I wasn't prepared

to experience

the freedom and reIief

I wouId gain by sharing

my deep hurt with God

and others.

I Iove that I don't have

to hide who I am here.

I can go

to my step study

and share openIy

without the fear

of being judged.

I'm just me.

Banged up

and imperfect.

Because of the work

of Jesus, l'm no longer

living my life in shame.

Thank you

for Ietting me share.

[muffled voices

from TV]

[cheering]

Go.

[cheering]

Run, run.

Run!

You're running on.

[cheering]

AII right, BuIIdogs.

[cell phone ringing]

Hey.

Why aren't you

in the Iimo?

Why aren't you

on your way to TuIsa?

Any of this ringing a beII?

Yeah, hey, about that,

we need to rescheduIe.

I am about to bIow

an artery if you just said

what I think you just said.

No, I'm serious,

we need to rescheduIe.

You are not missing

this interview.

The GrizzIies 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 wiII not say no.

No, aII right?

I'm not missing

my son's game.

Your son?

Is this some kind

of line from Green Acres?

No, it's not, HeIene,

aII right?

My son's

on the LittIe League team

and I'm his coach.

Got to go.

[whispering]

I'm going to kiII him.

Everything okay?

Yeah, I just forgot I had

this TV interview scheduIed.

Oh, you shouId go.

No, I aIready

toId my agent.

Forget it, it's done,

it's over, too Iate.

SeriousIy, Cory,

it's your career.

Go.

BeIieve it or not,

we can handIe it.

No, no,

I'm staying.

Come on, we got

a game to win, coach.

Let's go.

What's up, BuIIdogs?

Huh?

High fives.

Hey, Kendricks.

What's up, Coach?

Nice day, huh?

Yeah.

Great breeze.

How's your parents?

Fine.

[whispering]

The pitcher is nervous.

Second baseman

has got a weak arm.

Let's shake

things up, huh?

You know what

I'm saying?

[passing gas]

Stanton, was that you?

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