Home Run Showdown Page #6

Trying to fart

in the run.

[Iaughter]

[mouthing]

You stiII see

that pIay?

Yeah.

(Cory)

Run, Kendricks.

[coach shouting]

Don't throw it.

On the go!

Don't throw it!

Go.

Go, WiII, go. Go.

Go home!

Go home!

Go home!

Yes!

(Cory)

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

aII week?

Are you

kidding me, guys?

Woo!

BuIIdogs!

Get on the bus.

Take your stuff

and Iet'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 aII-star team

unIess you're on it.

What are you

taIking about, buddy?

How's the NationaI League

going to win if you're

not on the team?

Come on,

Iet's go, son.

See you, Coach.

AII right, buddy.

(Emma)

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just...forgot

that news came out today.

AII right,

I'm going to head out.

(TyIer)

See you, Coach.

Good game, TyIer.

Thanks.

It's going.

It's going.

[thump]

It's gone.

See you.

It's going.

It's back.

FouI baII.

Cory.

What are you doing?

Hey.

WeII, I was

just wondering

how you were doing

after the aII-star news

but I--

WeII, I see that you're

the same as aIways.

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.

WeII, I'm sure it's very

disappointing for you.

But then, aduIts cope

with disappointment

aII the time.

Ask me how I know.

I know, I know

I disappointed you.

AII right?

I didn't just Ieave to go

pIay basebaII, you know?

Being a father

scared the crap

out of me.

But I've changed, Emma.

CIearIy.

Wait, Emma.

Emma, stop.

I want to be

his father.

ReaIIy?

ReaIIy you want

to be his father, Cory?

Yes, I do.

It takes courage

to be a parent.

It is sheer bravery

to Iove a chiId.

To be there for them,

to care for them,

to Iove them

when they push you away.

It takes courage

to put your dreams

on hoId.

To juggle

your own heartache

and disappointments.

And just when you think

that you might be getting

the hang of things,

you Iose

your husband.

So, now you have

no choice but to just

puII it together

and care

for the most precious,

the most amazing person

you have ever known.

Parenting is not

for cowards, Cory.

You ran before.

You'II run again.

It was a mistake,

aII right?

A huge mistake.

The oId man

said l'd end up

resenting you and the kid

the way he resented

having me.

He toId me

l'd screw up

the baby's life.

And I beIieved him, okay?

I beIieved him.

So, your onIy choice

was to just write us off?

I didn't write you off, okay?

You went off and got married.

Whatever's broken

in you, Cory,

whatever your dad

did or didn't do,

I can't fix it.

Neither can TyIer.

That hurt inside you

is going to hurt Tyler.

It aIready has.

He needs a father.

WeII, he had a father.

But he died.

And James is the onIy person

that was there for us

when you Ieft.

And that amazing,

unseIfish man

is the onIy father

TyIer has ever known.

And for now

that is how it stays.

(father)

Strike six.

You're standing there

watching it.

Let me see something

out of you for once.

Strike nine.

Come on.

Come on,

stay in there.

Get your elbow up.

You can't hit it Iike that.

Strike ten.

Come on,

you little sissy.

Stand up.

Go on,

go get it.

You going to cry now?

ls that what l'm seeing?

You're going

to stand there

and cry?

You know,

I-I-I first thought

that, you know,

Meth couId be

Iike a-Iike a fun thing,

and I couId-I couId

stop any time,

but, you know,

I wouIdn't tweak

or nothing,

but...coming,

coming down

was hard.

And, uh, I just--

I had to have it.

I stoIe

from my grandma's

purse to get it.

l couldn't stop.

So, I started,

you know,

going through

these questions.

I-I-I forced myseIf

to answer these questions,

you know.

l-l-l found out

why l used.

And l still,

l still struggle.

But I don't feeI,

I don't feeI hopeIess

any more.

I--

It's getting better.

I can...I can feeI

myseIf changing.

That, that's--

(aII)

Thanks for sharing.

Hey, Cory.

This is

your eighth week.

Huh.

Seems so officiaI.

Thanks.

Yeah.

See you man.

Hey, you know,

it's, uh,

it's your Iast mandatory

meeting but we hope

you keep coming back.

Yeah, aII right.

It's been good.

[chuckIes]

CongratuIations.

Thanks, thanks.

Looky there.

Hey there, boys.

Oh. Hi, Officer Pajersky.

Hi, Coach.

Officer Pajersky.

Mm-hm.

What are you

chewing on?

Gum.

Paid for it?

Yes, sir.

Some game you guys

pIayed the other night.

Thanks.

You know we're coming

after you next year.

I'II see you, Coach.

Dude, shouId we go

to my house?

HoId up there, TyIer.

Looks Iike you got

a new daddy.

What?

You boys be good.

"Cory Brand

puts famiIy first."

Hey, is that you?

Coach Cory

is your dad?

[cell phone ringing]

Hey, where

have you been?

I Ieft you

Iike six messages.

I got

my waIking papers.

I'm good to go.

Yeah, hey,

I onIy got a minute.

I've got some bad news.

You're free-agent now.

You've been reIeased.

What are you

taIking about?

WeII, it turns out

they didn't miss you that

much these past two months.

Cory, you're

too much troubIe.

Look, it's cool.

I've made some caIIs--

[yeIIs]

[soft country music]

[cell phone ringing]

HeIIo?

Hey, girI.

Yeah, Iet me ask.

HoId on, I'm just

getting inside.

Hey, babe.

Have you seen TyIer?

Um--

Let me caII you back.

Come here.

Tyler.

What are you

doing here, TyIer?

Hey, what are you

doing here, sport?

Get in the car, TyIer.

TyIer, get in the car.

Em.

You had no right.

I can't beIieve

you used us like this.

Tyler, get in the car.

Mom, no.

TyIer.

No.

Are you my dad?

I have your cards.

Your dad

gave them to me.

He used

to mow our Iawn.

I didn't know

they were yours.

TyIer.

I'm sorry.

Get in the car.

You Iied to me.

Got your message.

I can't stop.

I can't make

myseIf stop.

I know.

The first step

is the most important.

Reminding us

to surrender

to Christ onIy.

If you've identified

a new area that you'd Iike

to surrender to Christ

or if you've relapsed

and you're coming back,

l hope you'll come

forward today

and remember

this surrender day.

Now please stand

for the serenity prayer.

(aII)

God, bring me

the serenity

to accept the things

I cannot change,

the courage to change

the things I can,

and the wisdom

to know the difference,

living one day

at a time,

enjoying one moment

at a time.

Accepting hardship

as a pathway to peace.

Taking as Jesus did

the sinful world

as it is,

not as I

wouId have it.

Trusting that you

will make all things right

if l surrender

to your will.

So that l may be

reasonably happy

in this life

and supremely

happy with you

forever in the next.

Amen.

[applause]

My father's work

took him away from us

most of the time.

And my stay-at-home

mother was verbaIIy

and psychoIogicaIIy abusive.

As a chiId,

I Iived in a constant

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