The Outfield Page #5

Frankie Payton.

In right field, Austin York.

And starting in center field,

Jeremy Porro.

Porro, take second!

Sanders, center field!

Play ball!

Yeah! Go, Jack!

That's my boy, Jack!

Go, go, go, go, go!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Yes!

Thank you again

for coming out tonight

in support of your Peoria Owls.

Wow.

Oh, sh*t.

- What?

- Oh. Who is that guy?

Kelsey's dad.

Oh, my other friends

are calling me.

The circle

around the small circle...

Mr. Meola.

I didn't know you were a fan

of watching baseball.

Frankie, this is

my good friend Theo Rasmussen.

He's the athletic director

over at Wesleyan.

Frankie.

Played with smarts

and precision out there.

- Thank you.

- I'm impressed.

Made any plans for next year?

No, sir.

All right.

Well, I'll keep my eye on you.

Cool.

- Did you know I'm from Peoria?

- No, sir.

Born and raised

over on 49th and Lincoln.

Oh, I'm at 48th and Jackson.

I got out, and I came back.

To a much nicer part of town.

Frankie...

Kelsey is a very special

young lady.

She's smart, she's focused,

and wildly curious

about everything.

And lately, the only thing

she's been curious about is you.

Mr. Meola, if this is

the part where you tell me

to stop seeing

your daughter, then...

No, Frankie.

Do you know how schools

like Wesleyan work?

And that NCAA doesn't permit.

Division III schools

to offer athletic scholarships?

No.

Athletic directors tend

to work around issues like these

by helping their athletes

attain alternative means

of financial assistance,

like student loans,

federal grants, personal grants,

alumni assistant grants.

- Alumni like you?

- Not like me.

Me.

So you're saying

you'd do that for me and Kelsey?

Yes. I would do that for you.

You see, Kelsey has been

very distracted

ever since she met you,

and as her father, it is my job

to eliminate distractions.

So here's the deal.

I will talk to Rasmussen,

Your phone will ring.

It will ring with a scholarship.

And it will be my money

that makes it happen,

that is, as long as you break up

with my daughter.

I'm giving you a shot

out of the neighborhood.

Let me know what you decide.

Did you catch any

of the game yesterday?

Castro went 4 for 5,

home run and a triple.

They beat the Giants 14-2.

They're calling it

the "Sunday Slaughter."

Hey, maybe this'll be

the Cubs' year.

Knock wood.

- Hey, Dad.

- Hmm?

You think if the Cubs make it

to the Series that we could go?

You bet your ass we can.

We'll be dancing from one end

of Clark Street to the other.

Oh.

Thanks.

I guess every day

can't be a winner.

Hey, I never heard back from you

about that letter

of recommendation.

Did you turn

your application in?

- Not yet.

- Well, the deadline

is midnight tonight.

Yeah, I know.

Jack?

Everything okay over there?

Yeah. Why wouldn't it be?

I want to tell you a story

The only way that I can

So I just heard

you had a visitor at the game

the other night.

So what?

Are you going to Wesleyan?

What exactly did your father

tell you about "our meeting"?

Frankie, what's going on?

Maybe I don't want

to be your little project.

On the dark side

of the moon

On the dark side

of the moon

I want to love you,

I want to pass it on

I want to give and give

till it's all gone

Ms. Rachels.

Coach.

You clean up nicely.

Oh, thank you.

I got Jack an extension

on his application for Cal Arts.

That won't be necessary.

He's already made his choice.

I want to know you

while we have the time

'Cause that's all we got

to leave behind

On the dark side...

Well, this is a very exciting

day for us at State Baseball.

I'd like to introduce you

to the future of our team,

Jack Sanders.

And when you stumble,

You look the other way

And when you're riding high

Oh, Lord, when you're

riding high

They don't expect you

to stay

I want to love you,

I want to pass it on

I want to give and give

till it's all gone

I want to know you

Ms. Rachels, I love my son.

I push him because I know

he can be great.

He is great.

He can also be happy.

I want to love you,

I want to pass it on

I want to give and give

till it's all gone

I want to know you

while we have the time

'Cause that's all

we got to leave behind

On the dark side

of the moon

- Hey, Dad.

- Hey.

Is it cool

if I go meet the guys?

Of course.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Why wouldn't it be?

- Boys!

- Hey.

- What's up, man?

- Look what I got.

What you got there?

Ooh.

Get that.

Go, buddy.

- Cheers.

- To State!

Yep, to State.

Whoa, sparkling apple juice?

Really, man?

- It's all I could find.

- Oh.

I miss Fanta.

Shut up, Austin.

This is where it all began, huh?

Yep.

Let's do this.

Ooh.

Hey, Picasso, just so you know,

you're shagging all those.

Hey, slugger,

might there be something

you wish to discuss,

lighten the load, if you will,

before we...

lose all of our balls?

What are you babbling about?

I mean, call me crazy,

but it seems like you

have something on your mind.

I told you he's smart.

I'm just having an off night.

Oh, he's having an off night.

Off night? Jack, dude,

you're going to State.

State.

Big Al from

Big Al's Swedish Pancake House

just gave you free breakfast

for life.

- For life.

- And I have no doubt

that Emily will be bestowing

what I can only imagine

to be a very generous

signing bonus later.

Very generous.

Just leave it alone, okay?

- Just leave it alone.

- Just leave it alone.

I'm just gonna leave it alone.

That's what I'm gonna do.

I'm just gonna leave it alone.

I have to pay for breakfast

every morning...

- Every morning.

- For the rest of my life.

Yeah. No, I understand.

It sucks. Mm-hmm.

Yeah. No, no, I understand.

Yeah, Theo.

I told him you'd be calling him.

Look, maybe I mentioned that

I'd take care of the scholarship

if he broke up with Kelsey,

but look, that was a while ago.

I guess

he's just not interested.

Come on, he's not that good.

Who, Kelsey?

Of course not. She's fine.

Moved on.

Hey, in a few years,

you'll get Henry.

Just kidding.

I won't do that to you.

Hi. How you doing, honey?

I'm fine.

Really?

Yeah, Mom.

Why are you acting so weird?

Oh, um...

you know... you know,

maybe it's time

you forgive him.

Oh, I already forgave Henry

for drawing in my French book.

I'm not talking about Henry.

I'm talking about Frankie.

Frankie?

Why would I do that?

You know how much

your father loves you,

and sometimes we do things

for our children

that may not make...

make much sense.

- Is the house on fire?

- You need to get dressed.

It's past noon.

We have brunch with an alum.

We leave in ten minutes.

Hello? May I ask who's calling?

This is Theo Rasmussen

from Wesleyan.

Oh.

It's a Theo Ras... Ras...

oh, something

from Wesleyan.

I'm sorry. He's not available.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'll tell him. Thank you.

He wants you to call him.

Why is Wesleyan calling you?

Just a misunderstanding.

You want to go to college?

No.

If you want to go to college,

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