Rookie of the Year Page #3

-Look, he's not ready, Fish!

-I don't care. We got a sell-out crowd and they're not here

to see Chet Steadman. Now!

Rosen-burger. Warm up. You're going in.

[crowd boos]

-Safe!

-[more booing]

-Safe! He's safe!

-I'm sticking a fork in him. He's done. Call in Henry.

-Right.

[chanting] We want Henry! We want Henry!

What's Mr. Brigma doing?

That's the signal kid. You're in.

I'm in? I'm in?

[chanting] Henry! Henry!

[crowd cheers]

Henry is so cute!

[low pitch] Throw the heat.

[dramatic thud]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd booing]

Let's go kid! Where's your mom sitting? This one's for mommy! Mommy!

Honey!

-Oh no!

-[crowd gasps]

-Read em and weep, kid.

-[groaning]

-[crowd boos]

-Boohoohoo! Boohoohoo! Haha!

-Waa! Waa! What, are you kidding me? I eat fastballs for breakfast!

-Get you next time.

-Yeah! That's right!

-Oh, he must feel so horrible!

-That's alright. In Chicago we get used to this kind of thing.

[crowd cheers]

[coughing]

[rubberband sounds]

Sorry!

Ooh! That stings!

-Come on! Come on!

-It's okay, honey!

-This is a joke.

-Come on, kid!

-You gotta take me out. I can't do this!

-That's not my call, kid. Just rock and fire! Come on, let's go.

Hey come on, kid, throw the heat!

[crowd cheering]

You don't have a chance.

-Oh no!

-It's a wild pitch, a very wild pitch!

Wight's on his horse! He's headed for third!

Out!

Richard nails Wight for the final out and the Cubs go on to win!

Alright Henry! Way to go Henry!

Rowengartner throws a homer, hits a man, throws a wild pitch,

and still manage to get the save, and the Chicago Cubs

beat the New York Mets 5 to 4.

-You're gonna have to teach him.

-Teach him what?

-To pitch.

-I'm not playing wet nurse to no 12 year old.

-You're not playing much of anything these days.

-Brigma is the pitching coach.

-Now! Key to being a big league pitcher is the three R's.

Readiness, recuperation, conditioning. You see, after the game,

a lot of guys like to ice up their arms.

Still other fellas think that heat is the way to go.

But I discovered the secret, Henry.

Hot ice. That's right, hot ice! I heat up the ice cubes!

It's the best of both worlds!

Hi Henry!

Come on, sit here! Come on!

-Come on.

-I'm not sitting over there.

-Why?

Don't worry about it. It'll be fine. They're just girls.

-Hi!

-Hey.

-How's it going?

-Okay.

-Good. Good. Good.

-George, dont.

-Hi, Tiffany.

-Hi Roger.

-How's it going?

-Not bad.

-She called you Roger.

-So?

-Uh, you having meatloaf?

-Meatloaf?

-You hear that Jimmy Rogers got a pencil stuck up his nose?

-No, I didn't hear that.

-They had to use pliers.

-Ow.

-Yeah, the eraser's still up there.

-That's pretty nasty.

-What's that thing Clark's carrying around?

-Oh, it's something for this boat we're working on.

-You have a boat?

-Yeah. Kind of.

-We have a boat but I always have to ride it with my parents.

-Oh.

-Tell her to take it for a ride. Ask her to go for a ride!

[bell rings]

-Well, see you.

-Bye Roger.

-Bye!

-Man, you were this close!

-When the boat's done I'll ask her!

-Woah!

-You sure your dad said it was alright?

Let's just work on the boat.

Do not crash it please!

-Yes, okay go get me a screwdriver.

-Okay, which one?

-Uh, flathead. That little one right there!

-Hurry!

-Oh man, I'm gonna be late for practice!

-Go, go, go, dig it out, dig it out!

[groans]

Let me show you how that's done, alright?

Chin down! Eye on the ball! Now, bring it to me!

See what I did there? Huh? You see that? Alright. Now. Give me the good stuff.

Ooh. Third time's a charm. Let the big dog eat!

[clunk]

You're gonna be working with Steadman today.

Hi guys!

By the way, you're fined $500 for showing up late to practice.

$500? That's like 6 years of allowance!

-[elastic sounds]

-Hmm.

-[elastic sounds]

-[booing]

[chanting] We want Henry! We want Henry!

Garden-hoser!

-They're sending Henry in!

-Yeah, we're gonna go sit closer so we can see better.

-Come on, let's go get seats.

-The seats? You mean, uh, down on the P-level? No, no, no, please.

That's too dangerous.

-Why?

-Me? The owner of the Cubs sitting down with the fans? They'd kill me.

-You're right.

-Oh, don't tell me they're bringing in-

-[chanting] Henry! Henry!

[cheering]

Well, after a shaky outing yesterday, 'Mart Mill is showing

confidence in the rookie by bringing him in.

I gotta be out of my mind.

We at Pepsi really think that Henry could the choice of a new generation!

If Henry can show Pepsi he's a winner, we'll sign him.

-Oof!

-Oh god!

[crowd boos]

-Ow!

-Take your base!

-Sorry!

-It's okay.

-Betcha that hurt.

-Here we go again.

-Go talk to him, Chet. Please.

-What do you want me to say?

You've been working with him. Talk to him.

Oh jeez.

-Oh man! He gets to talk to Ched Steadman!

-Woah, what a lucky guy!

Don't listen to him, Hank, he's a loser!

-What are you doing out here?

-Well, what am I supposed to do?

-Deal from your have-to.

-My-my wh-wh-wh-what? What are you-

-The have-to.

-Are you speaking English?

-The have-to is what you use when you're afraid.

-Okay.

-Okay, you got it? Listen to me.

-Everybody is half-win and half-lose. Lose half is afraid.

-Right.

-The winning half is fearless.

-Fearless. Right.

-The have-to is inside. It's where the fear lives.

-Oh, okay. Could you start over again?

-Let's play ball!

-The have-to. Let's see it.

-The have-to. What the heck was I talking about?

-What the heck was he talking about?

-So, what'd you tell him?

-You wouldn't understand.

-Come on, kid, earn your paycheck!

-Just breathe, baby, come on!

Oh no!

-You're out! You're out!

-Yes! You got it!

What a sweet little double play that was!

-Hey! Hey. Way to pitch.

-Huh?

That's two!

Cool!

And believe it or not, Henry's one out away from back to back saves!

Alright Hank! Cut some cheese, bud! Cut some big, stinky cheese!

-Strike!

-Yeah!

He throws a strike for the first time in his professional career!

-Hey! Hey!

-Here you go, kid, here you go, here you go!

-You lookin' good, man, keep lookin' good!

-Come on now, let's settle down, let's settle down, son!

-Strike two!

-[whistling]

Boy that had some heat on it.

Alright, bring him out of there now!

-[chanting] Henry! Henry!

-Finish him off, Hank, we get the Pepsi contract!

-Go, Henry, come on!

-Clean his nose!

-Strike three!

-Yeah!

-Yes! Yes! Yeah!

Hey! You see that kid? I never doubted him for a minute!

Hey! Way to go, Rottle-mocker!

Cha-ching, Jack.

And with that, Rowengartner extends the Cubs to their longest winning streak this season - two.

Hey! Rowengartner! You suck!

-Come on down guys! I got outfield!

-I'm batting!

-That makes me pitcher!

-Think they'll let us play?

-[laughter]

-Hi. I'm Henry's mom.

-Hi, Henry's mom.

-Oh, I'm sorry. It's Mary, I'm Mary.

-Hi Mary, I'm Chet.

-I know.

-Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you too.

Thanks for whatever you said to him out there.

He's a good kid. He must have a heck of a mom.

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