Million Dollar Arm Page #9

Um, yeah, I heard about today. I'm sorry.

How did you hear? SportsCenter?

No. Rinku texted me.

- What did he say?

- "We failed."

I feel like I gave them this dream,

and then just took it away from them.

So give it back to them,

you know. Do another tryout.

That's impossible.

The only reason I got this tryout

was because people were curious.

It was a stunt.

Well, then maybe

it is impossible. Maybe you're right,

but, then again, so was going to India

and pulling two kids out of the sticks

and turning them

into baseball players. So, I don't know.

Good night, JB.

Gotta go to bed.

I don't understand.

I need to have another tryout.

- You will, next year.

- No, I need to have another tryout

with Rinku and Dinesh.

I need to give them a real shot.

I cannot allow this.

Your boys failed, yes,

but the contest did not.

If it doesn't work,

it will ruin our relationship

with Major League Baseball

and the scouts.

It will jeopardize

the future of our investment.

I'm sorry.

I have to do this, Mr. Chang.

If you do this,

you do it without my support

and without my future commitment.

I understand.

Good day, gentlemen.

And for the record, Mr. Chang,

my boys didn't fail.

I did.

Now you come clean.

JB Bernstein's office

calling for Mr. Epstein.

I know we already did this one time.

Yeah, we're gonna do it again.

Because they choked, all right?

Yes, hey. How are you?

No, I don't wanna talk about Tempe.

Don't talk to me about Tempe.

Tempe's...

Forget about Tempe, all right?

That is not... No, we are

gonna do this again.

You had to see the potential.

Hi. This is Theresa calling

from JB Bernstein's office

for Mr. Rodriguez.

Yep, it's JB Bernstein.

Why are you giving me

hard time? You wanna be there.

How about a billion new fans, with a "B"?

Great. Well, thank you.

Okay. Bye-bye-

Is anyone coming back?

We got one "maybe."

But 15 noes.

And I'm tapped.

I mean, I don't know what else to do, JB.

I do. Come on.

Keep working the phones.

We just need one. The rest'll follow.

- Where are you going?

- Tempe.

Did we get any calls?

No, no, me either.

Striking out left, right and center.

All right, well, let me know

if you hear anything.

Yeah, fine. Bye.

- What the hell?

- That's agent for "hello," isn't it?

Hello, Ray.

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

I live here.

Every scout in the country lives here.

Don't you know anything

about baseball?

Apparently I don't.

You know, you should have listened to

House when I told you to.

Now everybody's looking like a moron.

All right, I'm sorry. I messed up, Ray.

You know what?

I don't have time for this.

What are you doing?

- Start the car.

- Why? Where are we going?

Start the car! Head east.

This is the best Chinese chicken salad

in the continental United States.

And the chef isn't even Chinese.

Here. Taste a little bit of that.

- I don't want any.

- Well, you gotta try it.

Ray, come on, I don't want any.

- Just have a taste.

- I don't wanna taste it.

Look how he blends the lime juice

with the toasted sesame oil

and the crunchiness

of the chicken. It's really spectacular.

Ray, look.

I'm running out of time here.

- What are we doing?

- Take it easy for a minute.

- Walter!

- Hey!

- How you doing?

- I'm good, Ray. How are you?

- Don't you eat anywhere else?

- Never. Absolutely not.

- Say hello to Mr. Bernstein.

- Hi.

- How do you do, Mr. Bernstein?

- Nice to meet you.

So how was Puerto Rico?

I was there for three weeks.

I'll tell you about it later.

Yeah, I'd like to hear

about it. Sit down, sit down for a minute.

- Join us for a minute.

- Come on, Ray, I should get going.

Just for a minute. Take it easy. Sit down.

You don't know this guy?

No, I don't know this guy.

- You don't know Walter?

- I don't know Walter.

You don't know Walter Shapiro?

The head scout for the Pirates

who was not here for your exhibition.

Oh, Walter Shapiro.

- Yes!

- Oh, hi.

And now you know him

and he doesn't know you.

What a stroke of luck.

Thanks for lunch.

Thank you, Ray.

Hello?

Hey! Hello?

Amit?

What the hell?

- Welcome to India, JB sir.

- What's this?

Please have a seat for your date.

My date?

Ms. Brenda.

Wow.

That is a very,

very nice look on you, Ms. Brenda.

Why, thank you, Mr. JB sir.

Madam.

- Please, sir.

- Today we have some delicious

lamb tikka masala,

uh, some vegetable curry, here...

...rice, and some naan and poppadum.

Where did all this come from?

They cooked it.

Hold on a minute,

you guys know how to cook?

Yes, JB sir. Little bit.

But...

Ms. Brenda did all the cutting.

- That's true.

- Good.

I made sure of it.

We are trying to

thank you with this meal.

And we also wanted to say

that we are very, very sorry, sir,

because we are letting

you down at the tryouts.

We can never repay

what you've given us, JB sir.

Repay me? Guys, come on.

What are you talking about?

Okay, we all are here together,

so let's thank God and let's do a prayer.

Okay.

- Sorry.

- JB.

I have to take this. It's Aash.

- Really? Now?

- I'm sorry.

- Hey.

- JB sir...

Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm in the middle of a

prayer right now.

But, uh, I wanted to let you know

we got the second tryout from MLB.

Yeah, it's gonna be

in two weeks at USC.

So get ready. All right, I'll

call you later and fill you in.

Yeah, bye. Sorry. Where were you?

We were praying?

Are you messing with us, dude?

No, I'm not messing with you.

You got a second tryout.

All right. So start stretching.

Whoo! Whoo!

But this time,

we're gonna do it a little different.

Yes. We're gonna pitch good.

Ideally you will pitch better,

yes, but this time, guys, I...

I just want you to have fun.

- Yes, sir.

- Okay?

Last time we did this,

it was all business and that was my fault.

But baseball shouldn't be

just about business, okay?

You should have fun.

How are you not writing this down?

Oh, yes,

I need to write that. Noted, JB sir.

And listen to me, guys,

no matter what happens,

I want you to know

that you could never, ever

let me down.

Okay? I have never been more proud

of anyone in my entire life.

So I wanna thank you.

I really love you guys.

I'm hungry-

- We should eat.

- We should. Beautiful food.

Ms. Brenda, would you mind if

they joined us on our date?

I wouldn't have it any other way.

- Get some chairs, guys.

- No, no, no...

Amit, Amit, pull up a chair.

Come on, it's fine.

Sir, Indian food...

Indian food is the best food, sir.

- Wait. Wait. Take your plate.

- I'll try everything.

Not as many as last time.

Who cares? There's enough.

Well, this is a little more like it.

- Hello, Ray, Tom.

- JB.

Good job getting this together.

It couldn't have been easy.

It was highly improbable.

But we managed to do it.

I should've listened to you the first time.

Oh, you think?

- Sorry about that.

- Forget it. Live and learn.

- You nervous?

- I can barely breathe.

Well, then it's probably not the best time

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