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I love you. Bye.

Dear God.

Thank you for this meal we're about to eat

and for blessing us with our new guest.

Thank you for guiding him safely

on his journey

from the Dominican Republic to Bridgetown.

And finally, Lord, please look kindly

on our Swing this season.

May all of the players stay healthy and...

Well, why not?

If there's anything you can do to help us

win another championship,

we'll take that, too.

-Amen.

-Amen.

So, Miguel, do you eat meatloaf back home?

I already told you, Michael,

he doesn't speak any English.

I know, but I'm just curious to know

what he thinks of the meatloaf.

Well, what do you care, you didn't cook it.

I doubt they have meatloaf in

the Dominican Republic, dear.

Well, I'll bet they have something similar.

They probably just have another name for it.

I like. Thank you.

Very good, Miguel.

De nada to you, mi amigo. De nada to you.

C'mon, let's find you a suit.

I can't afford a suit.

I didn't say buy a suit.

I said find a suit.

So when you make it to the big leagues,

you'll know what looks good.

Like it?

Hot damn! That's what's up, bro!

It's cool?

Man, you look like an all-star.

Starting pitcher for American League

from Kansas City, Miguel Sugar Santos.

What about you?

You try one.

Me? Nah...

I'm all washed up.

C'mon, man. Don't say that.

Hey.

Very nice.

Dude, you have no idea.

Just wait till we go to Big Muddy's.

Big Muddy's?

You have to be 21 to drink there.

This is my old license.

They won't know the difference.

Are you crazy?

Who's going to believe

I'm this ugly fool?

You wish you were this good-looking.

Believe me.

They won't know the difference.

Hey, Santos. You're right over there.

What up, flaco?

Dude, I was totally psyched

when I saw your name on the squad.

Yeah, okay.

Hey, good times.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls.

You're listening to "Swing Time" on WKBI.

Welcome to another exciting season

of Swing baseball.

As always, we've got some new faces

that we'll get to see tonight,

including Brad Johnson, the highly touted

second baseman out of Stanford.

He'll make his pro debut.

It's a great night for Swing baseball

and a great night for a bite and a brew

after the game at Harlow's,

your local pub and proud sponsor.

Oh, say, can you see

By the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed...

Leading off for Wisconsin,

the second baseman, Tim Lewis.

Relax, take it easy!

Come on.

That's outside for ball four.

Santos is apparently feeling some butterflies

for his first professional outing.

Hailing all the way from

the Dominican Republic,

this young man wowed the organization

with his power in spring training.

But tonight, he's off to a rocky start.

Relax, Sugar.

It's the same game

we played back home.

That's all it is. So relax.

Let's have some fun, okay?

See? Just like home.

Now batting, right fielder, Luis Encarnacion.

Strike.

Line drive, hit in the air to left center field.

That's gonna get down into the gap

and go for a double.

Santos has been nearly unhittable

through the first six innings tonight.

That's just the second hit he's given up.

Ground ball towards third.

This is gonna eat up Ramirez

and go out into left.

You suck, Ramirez.

One man's gonna score

and Santos has given up his first run.

Time.

Fans, join us for our next home game,

next Friday night...

Nice game, son. Enjoy this.

Good game, Sugar.

But that wasn't my fault.

I can go longer.

Take it easy. It's your first game.

You hear that, son? That's for you.

You think they know how to salsa?

Go for it.

But remember...

just because they dance with you

doesn't mean they want anything else.

Not from you, anyway.

What's up?!

Hey, Slim!

What's up, fellows?

Hey, good game, good game.

Flaco, man, what's up with this flaco, huh?

You all call this flaco?

You thought you could lead us...

C'mon, let's go for it.

Let's do it.

Dude, give me my keys.

You are not driving my car.

Leaning, leaning

Leaning, leaning

Safe and secure from all alarms

Leaning, leaning

Leaning on the everlasting arms

What have I to dread, what have I to fear

Leaning on the everlasting arms

How'd you like the service?

Our church?

I hope it wasn't too boring for you.

Did you go to church

in the Dominican Republic?

I'm sorry. I don't think...

Well, that's okay.

You understand more than

a lot of the folks around here, I bet.

Hey, good luck tonight.

Who is your...favorite player?

Robinson Cano from the Yankees. And you?

-Roberto Clemente.

-Who is that?

What?

Man, come on,

you don't know about Clemente?

-Dominican?

-No, he's Puerto Rican.

Man, this is tragic.

Do you know who Babe Ruth is?

Baby Ruth. The chocolate.

Hey, you like TV on the Radio?

TV what?

Here. Check it out.

"Santos stings Owls with 8 Ks."

What kind of shoddy journalism is that?

They don't even mention me.

At what point in the game did you know

you had your best stuff tonight?

When did you realize you were

going to be a good pitcher?

I knew since I was very young

I would be a good pitcher.

Ten, eleven years old, around then.

Thanks to God, I've had

the opportunity to develop my talents.

He knew very early that he was going

to pitch good. 11 years.

That forever, as we pray

proper, that you will never

forsake us or never leave us.

We ask this in Jesus' name, amen.

I have in my hands a rulebook.

Hey, Miguel. Come on inside.

My first strikeout.

Oh, Miguel, you're so sweet.

Congratulations.

I heard you pitched awesome tonight.

Hey, everyone. This is Miguel.

He's from the Dominican Republic

and now he pitches for the Swing.

Hi, Miguel.

What's up, man?

-You want to play?

-No, no. Thank you.

No, come on. It's like soccer.

Do you play soccer?

No. Baseball.

Well, this is foosball. Foosball.

-Foosball.

-Yeah, you got it.

You know, I used to be a pitcher.

In the Little Leagues.

I wasn't very good, though.

I heard that the beaches in the

Dominican Republic are really beautiful.

All right, guys. Let's get started.

Everybody grab a seat.

All right, well,

I'm glad you guys could all come.

Last year we didn't have

half as many people in our group.

So I think this just goes to show

the great job

that we've been doing

in spreading the word.

Yeah, this year I want us to work harder.

I know a lot of you guys

are studying for the SATs

or preparing for college applications.

All of that's very important.

But, we need to remember that our spiritual

accomplishments are more important.

What we do in school or for a job,

that's just a small part of who we are.

We're only here by the grace of God,

so let's get out there and share that grace.

No, it's not good.

Because I haven't been playing well.

Well, I'm working hard, but...

I don't know. They might.

Listen, let's talk about this later.

Yeah, so... Tell me about...

He's out.

You all right?

That was a nice play, kid.

But how's your foot?

Come on, take it easy, now, don't force it.

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