The Natural Page #8

on Hobbs, whose illness came close...

...to shattering

the Knights' dream of a pennant.

Hobbs moving to his position

in right field.

And just listen to that crowd

go wild for Hobbs!

Unbelievable!

Let's go, Knights!

He looks like he's set

and ready to go.

This is for the National

League Pennant!

The Knights versus Pittsburgh!

The playoff game!

Play ball!

Al Fowler on the mound. Two outs

as he faces Schaffer. The pitch!

Schaffer swings! Fly ball going out

over the field! Hobbs goes back fast!

The Pirates go down 1-2-3

in the 1 st inning.

- Feel okay?

- Bivens going in against Youngberry.

Youngberry, ex cellent control.

18 and 9 on the season.

The pitch!

Strike 3, inside corner!

Now batting, number 18, John Olsen.

Come on, Roy!

And strike 1 on Olsen.

Strike 2!

Hobbs kneels next to Bobby Savoy,

the batboy for the Knights.

Strike 3! Olsen badly fooled!

Now batting, number 9, Roy Hobbs!

Come on, Roy!

And listen to that chant!

The Roy Hobbs chant!

Hobbs batting.

Hobbs bats against Youngberry.

Youngberry...

...who made fifth place this year.

Here's the pitch!

Swung on and missed!

Hobbs fooled by that pitch.

Now stepping back to the plate.

Youngberry gets set.

Hobbs has been 3 for 6

so far this season.

Youngberry looking in for the sign.

He goes to the wind-up.

The pitch!

Inside corner, strike 2! The

crowd was not happy with the pitch.

An ex cellent call.

Youngberry looks in once again.

Hobbs sets himself. The concentration.

Youngberry to the wind-up.

The pitch!

Strike 3!

Hobbs is out of there.

And so at the end of one inning,

no score at all.

The big question is whether or not

Hobbs can get his timing back.

After a four-day layoff, it's difficult

for a hitter to step into the game.

Hobbs came directly to the field with

no batting practice this afternoon.

At the end of 3 innings,

no score.

Fowler looking in against Boyle.

Boyle, the count, 3 and 1.

The pitch! And he walks.

Terrific so far this afternoon.

Here comes Allen.

Allen's last time up grounded

out to 1 st base. Fowler looking in.

Boyle over on 1 st base.

Allen has good power.

Allen swings! Fly ball!

Back, back! Hobbs drifting back.

That's out of here!

The score is 2 to nothing.

Pittsburgh strikes first.

Fowler up until this point

has been absolutely outstanding.

That one got away from him.

Fowler not happy with it at all.

You can feel the anxiety

spreading through this crowd.

Time!

This is a little unusual.

Roy Hobbs has called time out

and is heading in to see Fowler.

It's kind of an unusual situation.

Play ball!

Don't do it.

If this is for show,

you can cut the crap.

Give them the real stuff, Al.

I'll start pitching

when you start hitting.

What the hell's going on?

It's a surprise.

It's okay, Pop.

Let's play ball.

Two to nothing,

the Knights at bat.

- This is it, Roy!

- Swing it, Hobbs!

Now batting, number 9, Roy Hobbs!

Come on, Roy!

Youngberry, the pitch!

A swing and a miss.

Hobbs misses.

Swing and a miss!

Strike 2!

Strike 3!

Hobbs falls to the ground!

Hobbs tried and missed it.

Knocked him to the ground.

Picks himself up again.

Youngberry overpowering.

Hobbs just hasn't been able

to put it together this evening.

- Where are you going?

- I'll be back.

Excuse me.

It's all right, slugger!

Come on, Hobbs!

It's important

that Roy Hobbs gets this.

I just can't do that.

I know. I have his son in the stands.

He doesn't know his son is here.

- I can't do it.

- Please. I don't know what to say.

At the end of 6 innings,

no score at all for the Knights.

At the end of 6 innings,

again, 2 to nothing.

The Knights still...

LaJong hits the ball into the field!

Here comes the throw!

And Frenchie is out of there!

Shouldn't have gone for two.

He's trying to get something started.

At the end of 7,

2 to nothing, Pittsburgh.

Fowler's been overpowering

ever since the 4th inning.

Getting himself settled down.

Fowler looking in against Yancey.

The pitch!

Throw, swing and a miss!

Strike 3!

At the top half of the 9th,

still 2 to nothing.

Two outs right now. Bivens going

back to get himself another bat.

Nothing has worked so far.

Maybe he'll try another one. Bivens...

...0 for 2 today. The pitch!

There's the shot over the right field!

Allen picks it up.

He's throwing it!

There's the throw! He is safe!

2 outs!

Hobbs is 0 for 2.

What a game we have tonight!

From the stretch, Youngberry looks...

The pitch!

Olsen swings!

Ground down to 3rd base!

Run, you son of a b*tch! Run!

The ball rolls free!

Bivens takes 3rd!

Now batting, number 9, Roy Hobbs.

Come on, Roy!

The pitch!

Hobbs has been

an outstanding player all year!

Youngberry! The pitch again!

Time out! Heading for the mound.

That may be it for Youngberry.

Taking no chances at all. That's it.

He's gonna go for a left-hander.

Youngberry not happy at all about this.

Youngberry has only given up

3 hits in the entire game.

A beautiful pitching performance.

Let's go!

Young John Rhoades

strides to the mound.

A Nebraska farm boy,

blazing left-handed speed.

The Pirate organization expects

great things for him.

You can hit it!

They say he's got the best fastball

in the major leagues right now.

This is the game for the World Series.

One of these teams will be, tomorrow,

playing in the World Series.

It comes down to this.

Hobbs, with determination,

trying to make it happen.

The pitch! He swings!

Oh, my God!

He's trying to destroy

the press box right next to us!

Absolutely broke the glass

right next to our radio booth here!

Strike!

This is it!

This is the game right now.

Hobbs is at the bat still.

He brought them this far.

Will he take them all the way?

The pitch! Hobbs hits!

Fading, fading, it's a foul ball!

Let's go!

Pick me out a winner, Bobby.

Come on, Roy!

Are you all right, fella?

Let's play ball.

Come on, one time!

Attaboy, Roy!

And it's spinning way

back up, high over the right field!

That ball is still going!

It's way back, high up in air!

He did it! Hobbs did it!

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