Million Dollar Arm Page #8
Taking them to Tempe,
out of their comfort zone?
Putting them in front of a media circus?
They'll be a sideshow.
I appreciate your input, Tom,
but this is business.
I have a deal with my investors
and I have to live up
to that deal. That's what I do.
You understand?
Perfectly.
Oh! Can't use ASU's field.
Too many liabilities.
Why are we hearing
about this right now, three days out?
Hey! They told me it would work.
It's fine. We can find another place.
All we need is a mound
and a cage. It's easy.
- Theresa?
- Yeah?
Where are we with the scout RSVPs?
We are up to 24!
There we go.
- That's what I'm talking about.
- It's good.
Twenty-four is good.
Hey. What's up, Brenda?
What?
- Hey.
- Don't keep touching.
- What the hell happened?
- It's not that bad.
Yeah, it's fine. He has two stitches.
He's gonna live. The doctor said...
It's on his pitching hand.
How did this happen?
Oh, um, well, I was just teaching
them how to make Mexican food
and he was slicing a bell
pepper and he slipped and...
- It's fine.
- Okay...
I need to talk to you outside, please.
It's honestly okay.
I need to talk to
you outside for one minute.
- He will be fine.
- Amit, turn the camera off.
- We're in a hospital.
- Sorry.
- Sorry, JB sir.
- No, don't be sorry. We're fine.
Let me just... Hang on.
- Hey. What...
- Hey.
Look, I appreciate
all the stuff you were trying to do.
- But those guys are my investment.
- Okay.
I have a lot riding on their success.
Obviously it was an accident.
I understand that. That accident
might cost me a lot of money.
If he can't pitch in three days.
Okay, okay.
Well, I don't know how it works,
but can't you push the tryout, or...
You want me to push the tryout?
You want me to call ESPN
and Sports Illustrated
and half the world's media and
24-some-odd baseball clubs and go,
"Guys, sorry,
we can't do it in a couple of days,
"we're gonna need
to do it in a couple of weeks,
"'cause one of my kids
wanted to learn how to make fajitas."
Is that what
you want me to do? You're insane!
Okay.
I don't think I'm being unreasonable.
You're being a little unreasonable.
But you're also being a class-A jerk.
I mean, I understand
they're your investments and everything,
but they're also just a couple of kids.
"Kids" being the operative word.
Well, Sl is thinking of
doing a cover story,
if all goes well.
to do a feature
for Outside the Lines.
Yeah, I just talked to the guy today.
Hey. Hey, guys-
Hey.
All right, I just wanted to
wish you guys all the best.
I know you're gonna get out there and
you're gonna blow them away.
Truly. All right, let's hug it out.
This is what we do. This is how we do it.
- Thank you, Ms. Brenda.
- Good luck.
- Thank you, madam.
Okay, then I wanna
hear all about it when you get back.
Hey! Come on, guys. Let's load it up.
- Bye.
- Good luck.
We gotta go. Hey, hey, hey.
Can I talk to you for a second?
Yeah. What's up?
I just wanted to apologize
for the other day, you know.
Oh!
I've been under a lot of...
I've been under a lot of
pressure with all this
and I did not need to take it out on you.
Oh, I'm a big girl, JB.
I just don't like seeing
that side of you, that's all.
What side is that?
I don't know. The side that puts the deal
before everything else, I guess.
Well, maybe that's just who I am.
Maybe. I hope not.
Safe travels.
Knock 'em dead.
It should be fine.
It shouldn't affect your cutter.
Sir, I don't have a cutter.
See?
Sir, do you think we're ready?
Doesn't matter what I think,
or anyone else.
It only matters what you think.
You understand?
Here you go.
Shouldn't this be ready already?
It's getting there. It's
getting there, okay?
Oh, Chang's here.
Think he's wondering
why we're doing this in a strip mall?
I don't know. I'll tell you what,
do not talk to House about this, okay?
He is not happy.
Well, too bad.
Showtime, buddy.
Let's do this, partner. Boom.
- Are you nervous?
- Uh, no.
Well, you shouldn't be,
because all of India is behind you.
- We will all be watching live.
- All?
Yes, this feed will be seen...
Yes!
...by nearly half a billion people.
And we know you'll
make India so proud.
- Thank you. Good luck.
Okay, thank you, guys,
all for coming out.
Uh, believe it or not, 10 months ago,
these two guys
had never even heard of baseball,
much less picked one up
Uh, so, I'm pretty sure
by what you see today.
Uh, anyway, without further ado,
please welcome India's finest.
First up, Dinesh Kumar Patel.
- Let's go. Come on, buddy.
- Yeah! Whoo!
- What's wrong?
- Sir, mound no good, sir.
- What do you mean?
- Um... Sir, no rubber, sir.
Don't worry
about that, okay? You got this.
I want you to just relax
and throw your stuff, all right?
Relax and throw your stuff.
Right in there, all right?
They were all over the place, JB.
Yeah, but Pete, you gotta see
the potential here.
Potential? Maybe from
a marketing perspective. Maybe.
But this is Major League Baseball.
This isn't some social experiment.
I'm sorry.
They're not for the Mariners.
- You're gonna regret this, Pete.
- Sorry.
Mr. Bernstein.
Mr. Chang, hey.
Listen, they're a lot better than that.
I don't know what happened out there.
Congratulations.
I'm sorry?
You said one year
- You did it.
- Yeah, but...
Look, I'm satisfied.
I will extend our deal to three years.
With all this attention,
it can only help The Million Dollar Arm
be more visible in the future.
These boys are done,
but there'll be others.
Good day.
Well, you got your deal.
Maybe you can
take the boys out and celebrate.
At least we get to see our families soon,
right?
On the surface, guys,
this sounded like such a promising idea,
and they even showed
some flashes of real brilliance.
But in the end, I gotta
believe, at least right now,
their chances of getting signed
by a Major League club
fall between slim and none.
More on how they
thought they did. Here's Steve Levy.
Rinku, let's start with you. After the
way you pitched today,
do you feel like
it was good enough to get signed?
No, sir.
Dinesh, what about you?
No, sir. We did not pitch good.
Hang in there, fellas.
Better times ahead.
Back to you in the studio.
Look, this is a good idea.
Someone from India is going
to pitch in the big leagues,
but, Schill, not these guys
This felt like
I mean, these guys are
not ready for a pro tryout.
They're throwing the ball
all over the place.
When you think about it,
who can blame them?
There's scouts,
there's media everywhere...
You were right.
God. I did not...
I did not see you there.
Uh... Um, what was I right about?
I'm a jerk.
I've been one for a while now.
Maybe my whole life.
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