1 00:00:09,176 --> 00:00:11,178 [INAUDIBLE CHATTER] 2 00:00:12,304 --> 00:00:14,432 [RHYTHMIC HAND CLAPS] 3 00:00:21,647 --> 00:00:22,944 [NOISE FADES OUT] 4 00:00:24,942 --> 00:00:26,068 DR. MOBLEY: So what happened? 5 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,284 - HOPPER: There? Right there? - DR. MOBLEY: Hm-mm. Yup. 6 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,536 The scouting report. 7 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:37,955 What was that report? 8 00:00:40,582 --> 00:00:43,301 That he's better than most pitchers at the plate. 9 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:47,968 Can't lay down a bunt, can't throw it hard and inside, 10 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:49,595 because he's got some bad speed. 11 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:50,892 Ah. 12 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:55,393 And instead of an easy out, like you would have with most pitchers, 13 00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:57,607 you actually had to work for this one. 14 00:00:59,351 --> 00:01:02,025 Hm, maybe that was exasperating to you. 15 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:07,158 After facing all these good hitters, you don't even get an easy out with the pitcher. 16 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:13,661 Is this what you do in here? 17 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:18,708 I mean, is this... Is this what you do with players, you review tape? 18 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,209 Is this what we are gonna do all week? 19 00:01:20,497 --> 00:01:23,000 My instructions were to calm you down for the playoffs. 20 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:25,552 Yeah, so are we gonna just watch a tape or... 21 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,717 No, that's what we are doing now. 22 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:30,883 Tomorrow, it'll be different. 23 00:01:31,133 --> 00:01:32,259 Is that okay with you, man? 24 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:33,343 - Yeah. - Yeah. 25 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:34,428 Yeah, you are the Coach. 26 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:35,554 [DR. MOBLEY CHUCKLES] Okay. 27 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:37,264 DR. MOBLEY: Ah. 28 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:40,517 You remember anything else specific? 29 00:01:40,726 --> 00:01:42,940 Yeah, I remember I'm about to throw five wild pitches and 30 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:45,364 make a fucking ass out of myself in front of the entire world. 31 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:46,732 Yeah, I remember that. 32 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:48,192 DR. MOBLEY: Oh, I got that. 33 00:01:49,818 --> 00:01:54,498 But do you remember what you were thinking, and what you felt in this moment? 34 00:01:57,492 --> 00:01:58,914 HOPPERS: Um... [CLEARS THROAT] 35 00:02:03,874 --> 00:02:09,631 HOPPER: I, I heard this guy in the crowd, 36 00:02:09,713 --> 00:02:11,465 he was a vendor. I heard him yell "Coke." 37 00:02:14,009 --> 00:02:15,010 You ever do coke? 38 00:02:19,306 --> 00:02:20,307 No. 39 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:23,318 What kind of a question is that? 40 00:02:24,603 --> 00:02:25,695 DR. MOBLEY: Just flowing with it. 41 00:02:28,231 --> 00:02:32,532 Just keeping it loose... All right, let's stick with this, uh, soda guy. 42 00:02:32,778 --> 00:02:35,122 That must have been pretty loud for you to hear it over the crowd. 43 00:02:35,238 --> 00:02:38,617 Yeah, but when I'm focused, whenever I'm... you know, 44 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:42,955 I don't even hear the guy next to me. 45 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,048 He could be saying something and I won't even hear him. 46 00:02:45,916 --> 00:02:48,922 But right before this pitch, I remember I heard the Coke guy, 47 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:51,846 I heard little noises in the crowd. 48 00:02:52,047 --> 00:02:57,390 Sandy Koufax said when he lost focus, he would see the crowd, not the catcher. 49 00:02:58,220 --> 00:02:59,597 - Koufax said that? - Uh-huh. 50 00:02:59,805 --> 00:03:00,806 - Really? - Yeah. 51 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:03,562 You are not the first pitcher to have this problem, you know, man. 52 00:03:03,642 --> 00:03:04,814 Yeah, I know, Howard Glass. 53 00:03:04,935 --> 00:03:06,278 - You're not so special. - [BOTH LAUGH] 54 00:03:07,562 --> 00:03:09,815 - I know Howard Glass had this, right? - Mm. 55 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:13,071 And he started throwing, he threw strikes. 56 00:03:13,151 --> 00:03:15,654 Woke up one day, couldn't throw any strikes, never threw again. 57 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:18,285 Ah, a lot of pitchers struggle with control when they are young. 58 00:03:18,365 --> 00:03:19,366 HOPPER: Yeah. 59 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:22,331 Hey, he killed himself, right? He hung himself. 60 00:03:22,411 --> 00:03:24,163 - Hm-mm. - You didn't work with him, did you? 61 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:25,418 No, not really. 62 00:03:25,664 --> 00:03:26,665 HOPPER: Yeah. 63 00:03:27,999 --> 00:03:29,296 Is there a name for what he had? 64 00:03:30,419 --> 00:03:34,135 Yeah, there's plenty of names but I don't subscribe to any of those. 65 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:36,758 Why not? 66 00:03:37,217 --> 00:03:38,844 Don't want to legitimize it. 67 00:03:40,429 --> 00:03:42,102 This is a passing thing for you. 68 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,568 And you give it a name, it might wanna stick around. 69 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:51,732 - Yeah? - Mm. 70 00:03:52,357 --> 00:03:53,358 HOPPER: Mm-hm. 71 00:03:54,443 --> 00:03:55,569 All right. [SIGHS] 72 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:59,365 Well, I think we are about out of time for today. 73 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:02,367 Do you have any other question you want to ask me, though? 74 00:04:04,161 --> 00:04:05,162 [HOPPER CLEARS THROAT] 75 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,791 Do you prescribe medication in here? 76 00:04:11,168 --> 00:04:12,169 What's the problem? 77 00:04:15,797 --> 00:04:18,175 [SIGHS] I, uh... 78 00:04:19,676 --> 00:04:21,474 I haven't slept in like three days. 79 00:04:22,721 --> 00:04:25,435 I don't sleep so good, you know. I mean I can, 80 00:04:25,515 --> 00:04:31,988 but I have these bad dreams, so I don't. Need something to knock me out maybe. 81 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:35,780 Let's try and see if we can handle that without meds for now. 82 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:37,778 - Okay. - Okay? 83 00:04:37,861 --> 00:04:39,078 All right. Fine. 84 00:04:39,863 --> 00:04:41,865 Also, I'll tell you my memory is a little bit foggy. 85 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,325 I don't remember things so well. 86 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:46,457 Um, you know. 87 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,331 DR. MOBLEY: Memory is a funny business. 88 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:53,961 And sometimes we fog over the past, 89 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:56,046 because of damage. 90 00:04:58,924 --> 00:05:02,594 You know, like in the old movies when they put Vaseline on the camera lens 91 00:05:02,677 --> 00:05:05,647 to make the faces prettier and softer, you know? 92 00:05:05,931 --> 00:05:09,604 Yeah, I'm not damaged. I mean I'm not damaged at all. 93 00:05:09,684 --> 00:05:11,482 Some things I remember very clearly. 94 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:13,522 - You know? - Okay. 95 00:05:13,605 --> 00:05:15,323 - But some things I don't. - Okay. 96 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,441 Yeah. 97 00:05:20,237 --> 00:05:22,740 [SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] 98 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:30,074 Everyone is intimidated by a shark. Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 99 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,204 [TRICKLING] 100 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,662 COMMENTATOR 1: This is a kid who comes into the game with six wins, no losses, 101 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,703 a 2.03 ERA. 102 00:06:51,828 --> 00:06:56,378 A terrific strikeout to walk ratio which makes what happened all the more strange. 103 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:57,751 COMMENTATOR 2: Well, yeah. 104 00:06:57,959 --> 00:07:00,882 We have to be a little concerned with the rookie at this point, anyway. 105 00:07:00,962 --> 00:07:03,465 I mean, throwing five wild pitches 106 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:06,719 in one inning, on national television to boot. 107 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:08,890 SPORTS REPORTER 1: You know he must be in a state of shock. 108 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:12,644 I mean, this is a kid who's never had any control issues at all. 109 00:07:12,724 --> 00:07:14,442 SPORTS REPORTER 2: You are absolutely right about that. 110 00:07:14,559 --> 00:07:18,817 The kid is known for pinpoint accuracy and well, frankly, a fast bowler 111 00:07:18,897 --> 00:07:20,240 that the Gods would be jealous of. 112 00:07:20,357 --> 00:07:24,194 The Gods being Nolan Ryan and, Walter "The Big Train" Johnson. 113 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:26,871 SPORTS REPORTER 1: You know, I hope the kid's okay. 114 00:07:27,364 --> 00:07:29,160 Hopper, Rachel Cullum with Sport Net. 115 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,708 Could you tell us what happened out there? 116 00:07:31,159 --> 00:07:32,160 Hopper, right here. 117 00:07:32,535 --> 00:07:34,378 - [CAMERA CLICKING] - [INAUDIBLE SHOUTING] 118 00:07:34,704 --> 00:07:36,706 [ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING] 119 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:23,303 [TICKING] 120 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,141 That agent who wants to rep you, Scott... 121 00:08:33,221 --> 00:08:35,019 - Hm-mm. - He sent me his portfolio of the house. 122 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:37,437 He thinks I should move in, five miles from Jensen Beach. 123 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:39,190 I asked him to do that. What do you think? 124 00:08:41,604 --> 00:08:44,073 I can't believe it. It's a fucking castle. 125 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:45,442 Well, believe it, Mom, 'cause it's yours. 126 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:47,327 Just in your name, just for you. 127 00:08:49,571 --> 00:08:51,039 Castle makes me nervous, Hop. 128 00:08:51,156 --> 00:08:53,705 Don't be nervous, just enjoy it. Look at this. 129 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:55,494 Look at that pool. 130 00:08:55,577 --> 00:08:56,874 You like swimming, right? 131 00:08:56,995 --> 00:08:58,622 No, you like swimming. 132 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:00,753 Ever since you saw The Little Mermaid. 133 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:02,967 - [CHUCKLES] - I'm scared of sharks. 134 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:06,054 - Sharks in the pool, really? - At night, yeah. 135 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,598 I'm always terrified there's gonna be sharks in a dark pool. 136 00:09:09,007 --> 00:09:11,429 - I know it's not likely. - It's not likely at all. 137 00:09:11,509 --> 00:09:13,807 But you know what? You can just turn the pool lights on. 138 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:15,104 There's lights all over it. 139 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:17,307 - [SIGHS] - Mom. 140 00:09:18,683 --> 00:09:19,684 Just enjoy it. 141 00:09:19,934 --> 00:09:22,028 I'll try, Hop. I really will try. 142 00:09:22,937 --> 00:09:24,150 It's a mansion though, right? 143 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:25,527 - Yeah. - It's a fucking mansion. 144 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:27,234 [BOTH CHUCKLES] 145 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:29,277 HOPPER: You like it? 146 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:31,742 Yeah, they cut the lawn so nice, too. 147 00:09:35,033 --> 00:09:36,159 [VIBRATING] 148 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:38,378 [MARKER SCREECHING ON BOARD] 149 00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:06,440 You think your baseball coach is going to get you out of this? 150 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:08,612 - HOPPER: No, ma'am. - Good. 151 00:10:09,150 --> 00:10:10,151 'Cause he's not. 152 00:10:10,985 --> 00:10:12,282 I don't play by those rules. 153 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:13,992 I don't care if you are the big jock around here, 154 00:10:14,072 --> 00:10:16,074 you still have to study when it comes to my class. 155 00:10:16,241 --> 00:10:17,367 HOPPER: Yes, ma'am. 156 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:22,835 I know those big league scouts are all over the place. I see them. 157 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,420 You'll have more money in a year from now 158 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,630 than I'll have in... [CHUCKLES] all my lifetimes. 159 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:34,972 But you and I both know that does not change one undeniable fact. 160 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:38,179 HOPPER: Ma'am? 161 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:41,562 You know I know your daddy? 162 00:10:44,602 --> 00:10:45,603 HOPPER: You do? 163 00:10:47,605 --> 00:10:50,529 We were at school here, together. 164 00:10:52,944 --> 00:10:56,448 [SIGHS] He was a real piece of work. 165 00:10:57,615 --> 00:10:59,413 An expert at cutting corners. 166 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:03,587 When there weren't any corners left, he'd make circles around her. 167 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:05,999 [CHUCKLES] 168 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,503 I was hoping he hadn't taught you that trick. 169 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:16,721 Well, I'm not trying to make excuses, Ms. Epland, but sometimes, I find it 170 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:20,055 a little difficult to balance baseball and homework. 171 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:26,269 Now, you listen to me. 172 00:11:28,146 --> 00:11:31,366 When you're gifted with a talent like you are, 173 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:36,370 people will say, "Wow, that's pretty nifty." 174 00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:39,699 And they'll tell you honestly that it can change your life, 175 00:11:39,824 --> 00:11:42,293 lead you to inconceivable realms. 176 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:48,383 But you have to work at bringing the rest of your person up to that level. 177 00:11:50,335 --> 00:11:52,963 If you only do what comes easy to you, what you are good at, 178 00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:58,264 you are just an untrained thoroughbred, which isn't a race horse, at all. 179 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:00,270 It's a wild animal. 180 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:05,684 I'm using sports metaphor so that you can understand, 181 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:07,936 Junior. 182 00:12:09,270 --> 00:12:11,773 [OUT OF TUNE MUSIC PLAYING] 183 00:12:21,199 --> 00:12:23,167 [TRUMPET PLAYING] 184 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:32,210 Yo, what's up, Hopper? 185 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:43,474 Uh, Dorothy was telling us 186 00:12:43,554 --> 00:12:48,902 that you are trying to decide between college and being a professional. 187 00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:51,312 Yeah. 188 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:58,031 I know my college education is important, but at the same time... 189 00:12:58,111 --> 00:12:59,112 Mm, nonsense. 190 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,952 I mean, when those colleges start giving kids a share 191 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:05,160 of all the money they are making off of them, then maybe. 192 00:13:05,243 --> 00:13:06,664 But as it is, it's absurd. 193 00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:09,588 I mean, the NCAA's completely corrupt. 194 00:13:10,164 --> 00:13:11,757 Who's that guy, at Duke? 195 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,798 The one at Duke that they are paying ten million dollars a year 196 00:13:14,919 --> 00:13:16,090 to coach a basketball team. 197 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:17,467 Coach K, absolutely. 198 00:13:17,672 --> 00:13:19,344 Yeah, these coaches making a million dollars 199 00:13:19,424 --> 00:13:21,097 while the players get nothing, it should be illegal. 200 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:23,264 And so should the Major League drafts. 201 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:24,812 All drafts should be illegal. 202 00:13:25,888 --> 00:13:26,976 You want to sign with the Yankees, 203 00:13:27,056 --> 00:13:28,808 you should be able to sign with Yankees, don't you think? 204 00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:31,144 I've never really thought about it before. 205 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:33,021 RICHARD: All drafts should be illegal. 206 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:39,527 I don't think Yankees would be my first pick. 207 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:40,737 DOROTHY: Why not? 208 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:44,866 Well, you know, New York. 209 00:13:46,117 --> 00:13:48,836 All those people, all that money. 210 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:50,622 RICHARD: Isn't money important to you? 211 00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:55,631 Yeah, money is important to me but, only enough to take care of my mom 212 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:58,255 and I don't have to put up with those Steinbrenner kids. 213 00:14:00,048 --> 00:14:01,174 Talk to the socialist. 214 00:14:03,593 --> 00:14:04,765 What's a socialist? 215 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:09,607 It's a person who believes in a system where there's no private property. 216 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:11,852 HOPPER: Oh, that's not me. No. 217 00:14:11,934 --> 00:14:14,232 I want to buy my mom a house. 218 00:14:14,562 --> 00:14:15,814 [CHUCKLES] Of course. 219 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:18,486 You're still a ball player, after all. 220 00:14:18,566 --> 00:14:21,285 I mean you couldn't throw all those strikes if you were a complete Marxist. 221 00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:23,946 Exactly. 222 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,374 When I grew up, athletes were political. 223 00:14:26,741 --> 00:14:28,288 They wanted to be like Muhammad Ali. 224 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:30,628 Nowadays, they want to be like Michael Jordon. 225 00:14:31,162 --> 00:14:34,757 Hollow billionaire. They're capitalists. No heart or love in what they do. 226 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:37,093 LeBron went back to Cleveland. 227 00:14:37,251 --> 00:14:39,504 There was love in that move. Kevin Love. 228 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,472 DOROTHY: Ba-dum-bum-tssh. 229 00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:43,136 [LAUGHS] 230 00:14:44,592 --> 00:14:46,889 Did I tell you the one about the polar bear and rabbit? 231 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:48,812 - Oh, the polar bear and the rabbi? - Rabbit. 232 00:14:48,930 --> 00:14:52,309 Uh, uh, hold it. LeBron, are you ready for dessert? 233 00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,527 I just called you LeBron, didn't I? 234 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,609 [ALL LAUGHING] 235 00:14:56,938 --> 00:14:58,030 Because I love the game. 236 00:14:58,272 --> 00:15:00,274 Oh, Hopper, are you ready for dessert? 237 00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:01,860 - No, you can call me LeBron. - [LAUGHING] 238 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,237 You can call me LeBron. I like it. 239 00:15:05,363 --> 00:15:07,081 My parents, they loved you. 240 00:15:09,158 --> 00:15:10,159 Really? 241 00:15:11,035 --> 00:15:13,663 I'm not used to talking like that at dinner at all. 242 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:14,747 Yeah? 243 00:15:15,123 --> 00:15:18,423 - What's it like at your house? - My house? At dinner? 244 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:23,048 I always sit in front of the TV. 245 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,551 We eat, we don't really say anything. 246 00:15:25,883 --> 00:15:27,305 My mom works all the time. 247 00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:29,012 She is in real estate. My dad he's... 248 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:31,764 He's away. 249 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:35,477 Your family is so smart. 250 00:15:36,978 --> 00:15:38,025 You're smart. 251 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,859 You're going to be a valedictorian. 252 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,657 You got all the Chinese kids beat. 253 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,903 I'm just good at studying, that's all. 254 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:46,905 I'm terrible at studying. 255 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,615 My Mom says I have ADD. 256 00:15:49,490 --> 00:15:51,458 How do you focus when you're on the mound? 257 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:55,834 I just forget about everything. 258 00:16:34,577 --> 00:16:37,080 [MAN HUMMING] 259 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,145 [SQUEAKING] 260 00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:01,445 [NOISY FOOTSTEPS] 261 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:12,949 COACH EDDIE: Hopper, come on in for a second. 262 00:17:15,243 --> 00:17:17,166 - Sunflower seed? - No, thank you. 263 00:17:17,537 --> 00:17:19,289 [COUGHS] 264 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:23,593 How is the change up coming along? 265 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:27,680 Mm-mm. I don't know. Sometimes, I think I'm getting it, and then... 266 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:29,465 Yeah. 267 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,014 There's not really anything to get. 268 00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:35,266 You just can't blow up, you know. 269 00:17:35,346 --> 00:17:36,518 Yeah, I guess. 270 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:39,608 I heard your dad's coming back this week. 271 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:42,520 Yup. 272 00:17:45,523 --> 00:17:46,900 Is that what you wanted to talk to me about? 273 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:49,944 Is he going to stay with you and your mom? 274 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:51,028 Yeah, I think so. 275 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:53,740 - How do you feel about him coming back? - I feel great about it. 276 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,784 [BOTH LAUGH] 277 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,208 - Real fucking cocksucker. - Yeah. 278 00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:03,750 My dad rides me pretty damn hard. 279 00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:05,418 I know he does. 280 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:09,839 He rides me hard too. 281 00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:12,053 He tells me all the time not to watch the pitch count, 282 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:13,350 'cause it's going to make you soft. 283 00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:14,556 A dime a dozen. 284 00:18:14,885 --> 00:18:16,307 He's a piece of work, your pop. 285 00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:18,981 [CHUCKLES] Yeah, he thinks you are... 286 00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:24,188 he thinks you're slow too because you didn't take that third base Coaching gig at FSU. 287 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:27,857 - That's what he said? - That's what he said. 288 00:18:30,192 --> 00:18:31,535 You are doing really good. 289 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:34,121 - Yeah. - Staying out of trouble. 290 00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:35,535 I'm trying really hard. 291 00:18:36,991 --> 00:18:39,995 And I like Dorothy. That's a good girl. 292 00:18:40,703 --> 00:18:42,250 - Yeah. - She's got sturdy head over her shoulders. 293 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:44,794 It seems to me you've been in the pink since you been with her. 294 00:18:44,874 --> 00:18:48,047 A lot better than with the last one, I forgot her name right now. 295 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,344 I think it was another "D" name. 296 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,802 - Doreen. - Doreen. 297 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:55,017 Any girl going to math class, 298 00:18:55,968 --> 00:19:00,064 puts on that much mascara, she does not like herself very much. 299 00:19:00,556 --> 00:19:02,684 - [CHUCKLES] - Anybody puts on that kind of mask, 300 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:04,982 they unintentionally expose themselves. 301 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:09,273 Are you listening? I can't tell with you if you are listening. 302 00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:10,403 I'm listening. 303 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:11,951 - Are you? - Yeah, yeah. 304 00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:22,248 This is bananas. 305 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:25,381 I think your mom took that picture. 306 00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:28,046 High school yearbook. 307 00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,881 I was the yearbook editor. 308 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:34,181 I found that last night, going through the garage. 309 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:39,262 He was a really gifted player, could have gone pro. 310 00:19:41,472 --> 00:19:42,473 You think? 311 00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:46,360 You know, he hit a lot of doubles, that's what he says. 312 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:47,691 He's a doubles hitter. 313 00:19:47,937 --> 00:19:48,938 Doubles? 314 00:19:49,647 --> 00:19:51,149 Double vodka, double soda. 315 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:57,113 Senior year, he started showing up to practice late and tired and high, 316 00:19:57,363 --> 00:20:00,161 new tattoos all the time, and then by the end of the season, 317 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:02,289 he just simply wasn't showing up at all. 318 00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,457 He said he got... [CLEARS THROAT] 319 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,457 kicked off the team for brawling. 320 00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:11,336 There was a bad brawl, but he never got kicked off the team. 321 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,799 In fact, I remember the coaches actually liked 322 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,845 that he threw punches in the brawl, because it's the only time 323 00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:21,054 they'd seen him with any pep all year. 324 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:28,394 Little did we know that was it. That was it. 325 00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:31,151 That would be his pastime from then on, fracas. 326 00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:39,158 I got to go, Coach. Dorothy is waiting for me. 327 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,239 Look at me. 328 00:20:41,699 --> 00:20:42,996 Be astute. 329 00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:49,460 If late at night, trouble comes knocking... [KNOCKS ON TABLE] 330 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:53,669 at your door, do yourself a favor, stay in bed. 331 00:20:54,462 --> 00:20:55,463 Yeah. 332 00:20:57,798 --> 00:20:59,015 Go say hi to Dorothy. 333 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:01,970 DOROTHY: So, I have another joke. 334 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:04,271 I went to the zoo the other day. 335 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:05,939 But there was only a dog. 336 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:07,896 It was a Shih Tzu. 337 00:21:08,017 --> 00:21:09,860 HOPPER: Why do you like mayonnaise on your fries? 338 00:21:10,853 --> 00:21:14,482 - DOROTHY: Try it, you might like it. - HOOPER: Mm, no, I'll take my chances. 339 00:21:14,565 --> 00:21:16,238 DOROTHY: You never take the chance. 340 00:21:16,692 --> 00:21:21,031 Whenever we go out, you always sit in the corner, with your back to the wall, 341 00:21:21,155 --> 00:21:22,827 like you are afraid of your own shadow. 342 00:21:22,907 --> 00:21:25,456 Like the Nutcracker cornered by the Mouse King. 343 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:28,124 HOPPER: It's the best spot. You can see everything coming. 344 00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:33,088 [COUGHS] If there's a scout over there, spying on me, then I know it. 345 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:35,840 And if there's any trouble coming, I know it. 346 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,639 DOROTHY: But, then you never get surprised. 347 00:21:39,673 --> 00:21:41,801 Yeah, well, surprises are overrated. 348 00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:42,927 WAITRESS: Hi, y'all. 349 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:48,516 DOROTHY: So... 350 00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:49,600 WAITRESS: Hey. 351 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:50,855 DOROTHY: What did Coach have to say? 352 00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:55,614 Why do you care what my coach had to say? 353 00:21:56,023 --> 00:21:57,866 Because I care about you. 354 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,073 [SIGHS] 355 00:22:03,447 --> 00:22:06,200 Do you have any idea how much pressure I am under right now? 356 00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:08,539 I'm only trying to help. 357 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:11,164 I know, but, I mean, 358 00:22:12,206 --> 00:22:15,801 I'm the number three ranked prospect in the country. 359 00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:17,215 Number one pitcher. 360 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:21,299 You have any idea what kind of pressure that is? 361 00:22:23,717 --> 00:22:29,182 Well, who do you think has the best grade point average in the school? 362 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:31,274 There is not nearly as much as rivalry. 363 00:22:31,392 --> 00:22:35,065 Yeah, but if I want to go to a great college, then I need to get a scholarship. 364 00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:36,772 I'm talking about millions and millions of dollars. 365 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:39,908 I'm talking about being famous. I'm talking about being a professional athlete. 366 00:22:42,236 --> 00:22:45,284 You know that a Shih Tzu is a toy dog, right? 367 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,536 - What are you talking about? - [LAUGHS] 368 00:22:46,657 --> 00:22:49,001 Shih Tzu and a shit zoo. [LAUGHS] 369 00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:50,494 Come on. 370 00:22:50,578 --> 00:22:52,205 And you are telling jokes right now? 371 00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:54,585 - Come now, Hooper, it's only baseball. - I just... 372 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:56,963 That's the dumbest thing you've ever said. 373 00:22:59,086 --> 00:23:00,383 It's not just baseball. 374 00:23:03,257 --> 00:23:06,636 You know what? I wanna go home. You're hurting my feelings. 375 00:23:07,803 --> 00:23:09,225 You really need to toughen up. 376 00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:12,975 - No, I don't. - Yeah, you do. 377 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:16,357 No, I don't need to toughen up, because that's a stupid goal. 378 00:23:16,437 --> 00:23:17,529 Survival of the fittest. 379 00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:19,819 Yeah, it's called Social Darwinism. 380 00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:24,031 And you are scared that if you can't throw a ball perfectly, then you... 381 00:23:24,111 --> 00:23:25,704 And you think everybody's nice. 382 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,744 Okay, well, that's not how it works. 383 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,792 Everybody is using everybody all the time. Period. 384 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,288 - You using me? - Yes, I'm using you. 385 00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:35,748 Of course, I'm using you. You're using me. That's how it works. 386 00:23:35,831 --> 00:23:38,710 You are a cute little odd ball that I pass my time with. 387 00:23:42,338 --> 00:23:45,808 You think because you can throw a baseball, 388 00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:51,313 that you are special in some kind of real/non-secular way. 389 00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:53,812 - Non-secular, what do you mean by that? - Well, it doesn't. 390 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:59,193 Worshiping these false American idols, 391 00:23:59,647 --> 00:24:02,525 and people just buying into this Harry Potter Syndrome, 392 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,031 like wanting to have a fucking lightning bolt on their forehead, 393 00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:06,495 do you really believe in any of that? 394 00:24:06,737 --> 00:24:09,410 Because nobody is more special than anybody else. 395 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:11,743 I mean like, duh and... 396 00:24:15,537 --> 00:24:17,289 You know what? I really wanna go. 397 00:24:42,356 --> 00:24:43,357 HOPPER SR.: How's your arm? 398 00:24:52,241 --> 00:24:53,242 It's fine. 399 00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:57,955 Got some new ink. 400 00:24:58,247 --> 00:24:59,294 HOPPER SR.: Yeah, I was bored. 401 00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:03,794 Must have hurt getting it that dark, huh? 402 00:25:04,712 --> 00:25:05,883 HOPPER SR.: Pain is just weakness... 403 00:25:05,963 --> 00:25:07,556 ...leaving the body, yeah, I know. 404 00:25:10,134 --> 00:25:11,260 Have you grown at all? 405 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:15,181 I don't think you've grown even a little bit in the year since I've seen you. 406 00:25:18,475 --> 00:25:19,522 HOPPER: Inch and a half. 407 00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:22,279 You haven't grown an inch and a half. Bullshit. 408 00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:26,317 Look at you. You're thin like a reed. You don't have any muscle on you at all. 409 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,159 You know the market's got the undetectable steroids again. 410 00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:32,869 You might wanna check that out. 411 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:39,084 How's... How's the great Coach Eddie, huh? 412 00:25:40,247 --> 00:25:43,459 He still think he's got all the answers 'cause he had a cup of coffee at the Majors? 413 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:46,757 Hm? Didn't have what it takes to stick 414 00:25:46,837 --> 00:25:49,181 so he's been sticking it to everybody else since, right? 415 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,599 HOPPER: He had what it takes. 416 00:25:52,301 --> 00:25:54,474 Batted 307 before he got injured. 417 00:25:55,512 --> 00:25:57,514 Yeah. Running into a wall. 418 00:25:58,599 --> 00:26:00,272 That's a brainy baby for ya. 419 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:03,020 Now he's got a job working in a school, getting paid diddly squat. 420 00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:05,440 That's a loser's game. 421 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:07,365 And he plays it 'cause he likes losing. 422 00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:09,318 Like the... 423 00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:12,909 freaks on the block who get their kicks 424 00:26:13,489 --> 00:26:15,992 while getting banged around. No, thank you. 425 00:26:19,495 --> 00:26:20,916 You tell him I say hi. 426 00:26:20,996 --> 00:26:22,248 All right, fine. 427 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:28,428 Well, you got here just in time. 428 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:30,927 Who's playing? 429 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,509 Fuck that. You got here just in time to get me a beer. 430 00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:34,843 Take the edge off. 431 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:36,929 Appreciate it. 432 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:49,859 - Is Mom home? - Why, you wanna cry to her? 433 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,825 No, just wondering if she got home from work yet. 434 00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:56,410 - You know. - Hey, sit down. 435 00:26:56,490 --> 00:26:57,491 No, I got homework. 436 00:26:57,574 --> 00:27:00,703 HOPPER SR.: No! I know you don't have any homework, little liar face. 437 00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:03,046 Huh, you don't have the brains for homework. 438 00:27:03,163 --> 00:27:05,507 Get your ass, your scrawny ass to sit down on the couch. 439 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:07,425 You don't have any homework, hey. 440 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,672 You actually want to make me stand up 441 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:13,343 and come over there and sit your scrawny ass down. 442 00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:15,801 Is that what you want? I don't think so, Slim. 443 00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:27,487 I can't believe all these scouts are buzzing around a little toothpick like you. 444 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:29,818 I mean that is full blown craziness right there. 445 00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:31,696 I threw 98 miles an hour on Saturday. 446 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,658 - Did you throw 98 miles an hour? - Ninety-eight miles an hour. 447 00:27:35,696 --> 00:27:36,822 [HOPPER CHUCKLES] 448 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:38,748 Wow, you must think you're pretty astonishing. 449 00:27:42,286 --> 00:27:43,287 Huh? 450 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,292 - You can tell me. It's all right. - No, sir. 451 00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:50,130 - Well, come on, you can tell me. - No, sir. 452 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:51,211 It will be our secret. 453 00:27:52,171 --> 00:27:54,173 [WHISPERING] You think you're pretty astonishing, right? 454 00:27:54,256 --> 00:27:55,257 HOPPER: No, sir. 455 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,138 - You do. - I don't think I'm astonishing. 456 00:27:57,551 --> 00:27:59,645 - You think you are astonishing. - No, sir. 457 00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:01,514 Yep, listen. 458 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:10,857 Everything that you've accomplished, you owe to me, right. You know that. 459 00:28:14,443 --> 00:28:15,444 Yes, sir. 460 00:28:16,737 --> 00:28:19,661 Don't "yes, sir" me, all right? That pisses me off. 461 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:21,366 Don't do that. 462 00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:29,670 I saw you smile at that game on Saturday. 463 00:28:36,924 --> 00:28:38,551 HOPPER: I don't think I was smiling. 464 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,894 Uh, I saw you. 465 00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:44,102 In the photo, in the newspaper. 466 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:46,813 You are standing on the mound, smiling. 467 00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:50,854 So, what happens when you break a rule? 468 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:53,315 Hm? What's rule number one? 469 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,533 Never show emotion on the mound. 470 00:28:59,112 --> 00:29:00,204 HOPPER SR.: Hm-mm. 471 00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:04,952 And what do we do when you break a rule during a game? 472 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:07,871 What do we do? 473 00:29:09,665 --> 00:29:10,882 What the fuck! 474 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,545 [SCREAMS] Huh? What do we do? 475 00:29:17,965 --> 00:29:19,592 Huh? What do we do? 476 00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:21,346 We run wind sprints. 477 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:23,428 That's right. Now get your ass outside, come on. 478 00:29:23,929 --> 00:29:26,273 HOPPER SR.: Please don't make me chase you. Come on, go! 479 00:29:27,975 --> 00:29:28,976 Go! 480 00:29:31,311 --> 00:29:33,860 HOPPER SR.: Come on, man, this is a suicide, not a jog. 481 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:36,487 Don't make me get up and chase you. 482 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,197 Don't make me get up and chase you! 483 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:40,746 Do not make me get up and chase you! 484 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:41,905 Go! Go! 485 00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:44,617 Look, man, I'm old and I'm faster than you, motherfucker! 486 00:29:46,368 --> 00:29:47,540 Come on, now! 487 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:54,209 That's better. 488 00:29:55,377 --> 00:29:56,879 SUSAN: What are you boys doing out here? 489 00:29:57,254 --> 00:29:59,507 - HOPPER SR.: Oh, nothing. - SUSAN: What's going on out here? 490 00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:02,264 HOPPER SR.: Get inside, don't disobey me. It ain't worth it. 491 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:03,427 Hey, there. 492 00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:05,353 - What's going on out here? - Nothing. 493 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:10,600 Where's he going? 494 00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:11,893 He didn't even say hello. 495 00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:14,025 HOPPER SR.: Well, boys got no manners, what'd you expect? 496 00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:15,359 - Shut the fuck up. - [HOPPER SR. LAUGHS] 497 00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:16,611 What were you doing to him out here? 498 00:30:16,857 --> 00:30:18,278 [LAUGHING] 499 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:19,826 What were you doing to him out here? 500 00:30:20,694 --> 00:30:24,494 Junior and me have rules. 501 00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:26,784 And I was remembering them to him. 502 00:30:27,034 --> 00:30:28,035 SUSAN: Suicides? 503 00:30:28,618 --> 00:30:31,792 The rules don't concern you, Susan. It ain't your concern. 504 00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:33,749 Okay. 505 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,340 Don't come back here trying to make things the way they were. 506 00:30:37,627 --> 00:30:42,015 Me and Hop have a certain way of doing things now and it doesn't include suicides. 507 00:30:42,382 --> 00:30:44,430 You've to get accustomed to that, you hear me? 508 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:45,851 [CHUCKLES] 509 00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:47,979 What? Come here. 510 00:30:49,806 --> 00:30:50,807 Come here. 511 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:53,769 Hey, hey. 512 00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:57,773 You know what? 513 00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:00,655 We're doing dandy without you. 514 00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:04,288 So you can either get with the docket or you can get out. 515 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:08,159 Susan, you're starting to sound a lot like my warden, Hal, 516 00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:11,249 and even a little bit more like my parole officer, Neal. 517 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:13,839 He'll be all right. Come here. [MUMBLES INDISTINCTLY] 518 00:31:14,164 --> 00:31:18,294 You have any love for your Daddy? Any love? [MUMBLES] 519 00:31:19,503 --> 00:31:21,972 You're gonna have to earn it this time, Daddy. 520 00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:25,133 All right, Susan. 521 00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:27,219 I'm still your fucking husband, right? 522 00:31:27,677 --> 00:31:31,644 I have been getting a lot of the bullshit whiny card, none of the soft stuff. 523 00:31:33,016 --> 00:31:35,314 [IN LOW VOICE] Whole fucking world getting Topsy turvy. 524 00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:37,771 [SIGHS] Shit. 525 00:31:43,819 --> 00:31:44,820 Hm-mm. 526 00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:48,787 Time, the great destroyer. [CHUCKLES] 527 00:31:51,535 --> 00:31:53,629 [BREATHES HEAVILY] 528 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:24,943 HOPPER SR.: Hey. 529 00:32:26,736 --> 00:32:29,489 [WHISTLES] You want to be the best? 530 00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:34,035 Huh? 531 00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:36,542 HOPPER: What time is it? 532 00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:38,753 Do you want to be the best? 533 00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:41,255 - Yeah, sure. - All right then. 534 00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:43,336 The time is now. 535 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:44,671 Get up. 536 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:48,596 [SIGHS] Yeah, what time is it, seriously? 537 00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:51,228 It's 3:30 am, it's time to jog. 538 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,517 - I've school in three hours. - Wake up, dude. 539 00:32:54,723 --> 00:32:56,066 I'm not gonna ask you again. 540 00:32:56,892 --> 00:32:59,771 Okay? I'm tryin' to teach you about greatness. 541 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,902 I know you're pissed at me, all right? 542 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,029 But let me tell you something right now. 543 00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:06,447 We are winning. 544 00:33:06,776 --> 00:33:07,868 You hear me? 545 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,245 Only me, you and the ghosts of the legends up at this hour. 546 00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:15,626 One of these days, you're going to be rich. 547 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:18,497 You are going to be in some fancy hotel. 548 00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:21,711 Two Egyptian princesses are going to be fighting over 549 00:33:21,791 --> 00:33:23,509 which one gets to suck your cock first. 550 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,088 You're gonna lean back, you're gonna look at the ceiling and think, 551 00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:28,424 "Goddamn, I love my dad." 552 00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:30,471 Huh? You hear me, son? 553 00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:33,094 You're gonna put your head on the pillow, 554 00:33:33,303 --> 00:33:36,056 close your eyes, your dreams will line up just right. 555 00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:39,351 I shit you not, son, we are winning right now. 556 00:33:56,618 --> 00:33:58,586 [EXHALES DEEPLY] 557 00:34:02,916 --> 00:34:04,543 All right, that's good. That's good. 558 00:34:06,086 --> 00:34:07,679 Take off your gear and go catch some grounders. 559 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:15,554 Something bothering you, Hopper? 560 00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:17,013 Just tired, Coach. 561 00:34:23,603 --> 00:34:24,604 What happened to your head? 562 00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:28,317 HOPPER: Ah, it's nothing, Coach. 563 00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:16,198 NEWS REPORTER 1: So where is Hopper Gibson now? 564 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:21,666 He is not with the Triple-A Minor League club as he had been for the most of the season. 565 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:24,498 He is not on the injured list. 566 00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:27,420 When I asked Atlanta's GM, David Foreman, where Gibson was, 567 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:31,346 Foreman would only say that Gibson was taking care of a personal situation 568 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:33,677 and would rejoin the club shortly. 569 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:34,883 NEWS REPORTER 2: Thank you, Rachel. 570 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:38,015 Who knows what darkness lurks in the heart of a man? His shadow knows. 571 00:35:38,428 --> 00:35:41,181 Here's how Hopper Gibson's stats compare with Howard Glass. 572 00:35:41,348 --> 00:35:43,476 Their numbers are eerily similar: 573 00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:50,031 When you first came into the public eye, 574 00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:51,900 uh... 575 00:35:53,777 --> 00:35:57,031 why did you say your dad was a fisherman to Sports Illustrated? 576 00:35:58,740 --> 00:36:00,742 Because it's none of their business. 577 00:36:07,916 --> 00:36:09,379 I mean, what am I supposed to do? 578 00:36:09,459 --> 00:36:12,713 Am I supposed to air my dirty laundry in front of the entire world? 579 00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:15,340 Why would I do that to my mom? 580 00:36:15,423 --> 00:36:21,601 You know? I mean, am I supposed to say he deals eight balls in SI? 581 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,063 Oh, huh. 582 00:36:25,308 --> 00:36:27,811 Still, you made up occupations for your dad. 583 00:36:27,894 --> 00:36:28,895 HOPPER: No, I didn't. 584 00:36:29,479 --> 00:36:30,696 - No? - No. 585 00:36:31,106 --> 00:36:35,156 Every... He... Yeah, he hung drywall for a while. 586 00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:37,324 He was a fisherman. He was a fisherman for a year. 587 00:36:37,404 --> 00:36:39,498 - Yeah, okay. - Yeah. 588 00:36:41,574 --> 00:36:44,498 Well, maybe that's how you like to think of him. 589 00:36:47,789 --> 00:36:48,961 I have no idea. 590 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:55,013 All I know is I'm fucking tired. That's what I know. 591 00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:06,979 Nice rain. 592 00:37:09,102 --> 00:37:11,230 Clean my car off, at least that's good. 593 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:18,912 - You think I'm lying, don't you? - No. 594 00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:25,703 We can make things be the way we want them to be in our head 595 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,671 so that the pain isn't too much. 596 00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:32,880 And that's very different from lying. 597 00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:35,636 That's very different. 598 00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:38,553 My dad always said, "Pain is weakness leaving the body." 599 00:37:41,134 --> 00:37:42,260 What do you think of that? 600 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:45,847 I don't know. What do you think? 601 00:37:46,473 --> 00:37:47,474 [CHUCKLES] 602 00:37:48,475 --> 00:37:52,105 It has its own warped, macho truth to it. 603 00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:55,779 My dad was a pretty warped, macho guy. 604 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:59,411 Wouldn't even know we were in the same family except... 605 00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:03,156 Except for what? 606 00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:10,376 People say that... I mean, some people say that I favor him. 607 00:38:12,165 --> 00:38:13,917 We have the same look in our eye. 608 00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:17,796 What look is that? 609 00:38:18,338 --> 00:38:20,056 HOPPER: Secretiveness, I guess. 610 00:38:20,882 --> 00:38:25,308 Maybe something's going on, maybe there's a time-bomb ticking. 611 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,683 I picture my dad and 612 00:38:32,894 --> 00:38:34,521 all I see is a shadow. 613 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:44,748 A person can reject aspects of themselves that they don't like 614 00:38:46,282 --> 00:38:48,034 and put them on to somebody else. 615 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:51,125 You know, project them. 616 00:38:54,082 --> 00:38:58,173 Things that make them uncomfortable or things that feel dangerous, 617 00:38:58,253 --> 00:38:59,596 things that feel... 618 00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:03,299 ugly. 619 00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:08,267 But the funny thing is, 620 00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:12,233 there's a lot of positive things in our shadow that we need. 621 00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:14,732 - HOPPER: Like what? - [SIGHS] 622 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,951 Like our instincts, for one. 623 00:39:22,277 --> 00:39:24,621 Like our animal instincts. 624 00:39:25,238 --> 00:39:26,740 So you want me to get angry? 625 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:31,794 You want me to explode? 626 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:36,458 No, I want you to throw without thinking about it. 627 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:39,670 I want you to be instinctual. I want you to get out of your own way. 628 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:42,297 Leave yourself alone. Do you want to explode? 629 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:52,640 No. 630 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:55,727 You feel like a time-bomb sometimes? 631 00:39:57,854 --> 00:40:00,277 No. Of course, not. 632 00:40:01,774 --> 00:40:03,447 Okay. That's good. I believe that. 633 00:40:08,656 --> 00:40:09,908 Or I guess I was one. 634 00:40:12,535 --> 00:40:13,832 And I didn't even know it. 635 00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:21,548 [CROWD CHEERING] 636 00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:29,969 MAN: Open up! 637 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,430 Hopper. 638 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,724 Teresa, you're looking spry. 639 00:40:35,475 --> 00:40:37,193 - Bitch. - Stop it. 640 00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:39,479 I still haven't seen Dorothy anywhere. 641 00:40:42,982 --> 00:40:45,735 - Does Hop look upset to you? - No, he doesn't look upset. 642 00:40:46,027 --> 00:40:48,121 I wonder if they broke up. Shit, I hope not. 643 00:40:48,738 --> 00:40:52,242 Coach Eddie better not even think about taking him out of the game. 644 00:40:53,576 --> 00:40:55,704 - He looks tired. - He doesn't look tired, all right? 645 00:40:55,787 --> 00:40:57,334 He looks lazy like his mother. 646 00:40:57,497 --> 00:40:59,420 Come on, Hopper, challenge this guy. 647 00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:02,464 Huh, don't pussy-foot around. Challenge him! 648 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:05,138 Coach Eddie, better not make you pussy-foot these scrubs. 649 00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:07,177 This kid can't hit you! 650 00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:12,933 There you go, there you go. 651 00:41:13,596 --> 00:41:15,974 [SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE] 652 00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:32,123 [SLOW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] 653 00:41:40,873 --> 00:41:42,591 [SIREN WAILING] 654 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,763 [CROWD APPLAUDING] 655 00:41:54,262 --> 00:41:56,560 POLICE OFFICER: Christ, big shot, huh? 656 00:41:56,848 --> 00:41:58,850 I guess you were really important back then, huh? 657 00:41:59,392 --> 00:42:01,486 HOPPER SR.: That's easy. Come, do this right here right now. 658 00:42:03,146 --> 00:42:04,693 You have a good night, huh, buddy? 659 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,279 [SIREN WAILING] 660 00:42:33,801 --> 00:42:35,303 [MUSIC FADES OUT] 661 00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:36,679 [CROWD CHEERING] 662 00:42:44,771 --> 00:42:45,772 You all right? 663 00:42:46,314 --> 00:42:47,315 HOPPER: Yeah, I'm good. 664 00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:49,818 - Arm's fine? - Yeah. 665 00:42:51,944 --> 00:42:54,197 Just worry about that hitter right now. That's it. 666 00:42:54,447 --> 00:42:55,448 HOPPER: Yes, Coach. 667 00:42:58,701 --> 00:42:59,702 Where's your mind? 668 00:43:00,870 --> 00:43:01,871 It's in the game. 669 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:04,833 Nothing else should be of any concern to you right now. 670 00:43:05,458 --> 00:43:07,131 You got to fuck all that noise. 671 00:43:08,169 --> 00:43:10,797 We'll deal with whatever that is after the game. 672 00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:14,138 You can't worry about that stuff 'cause you can't control it. 673 00:43:15,051 --> 00:43:16,769 So, there's no point worrying about it. 674 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:18,971 This is it. 675 00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:21,482 Bailing butt from this all is simple. 676 00:43:28,773 --> 00:43:29,774 [HOPPER SIGHS] 677 00:43:35,863 --> 00:43:36,864 DR. MOBLEY: This is it. 678 00:43:37,532 --> 00:43:40,001 You ever heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald? 679 00:43:41,327 --> 00:43:42,328 No. 680 00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:47,000 Well, he was a wunderkind, like yourself. A whiz kid. 681 00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:51,008 So good at his craft, he didn't even have to think about what he was doing. 682 00:43:52,046 --> 00:43:55,471 Now, this is about Fitzgerald, uh... [CHUCKLES] 683 00:43:55,883 --> 00:43:57,180 - Cracking up. - Hm. 684 00:43:57,552 --> 00:43:59,429 - You're cool if I read a passage? - Sure. 685 00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:01,180 Short one? 686 00:44:01,848 --> 00:44:03,441 Okay, uh 687 00:44:04,183 --> 00:44:07,611 "I was him again, for an instant, 688 00:44:08,229 --> 00:44:10,527 I had the good fortune to share his dreams, 689 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:12,696 I, who have no more dreams of my own. 690 00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:17,197 And there are still times when I creep up on him, 691 00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:20,124 surprise him on an autumn morning in New York 692 00:44:20,408 --> 00:44:22,081 or a spring night in Carolina, 693 00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:25,997 when it's so quiet, you can hear a dog barking in the next county. 694 00:44:27,957 --> 00:44:31,928 But never again, as during that all too short period, 695 00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:34,634 when he and I were one person, 696 00:44:36,465 --> 00:44:38,888 when the fulfilled future and the wistful past 697 00:44:38,968 --> 00:44:41,596 were mingled in a single gorgeous moment, 698 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:46,935 when life was literally a dream." 699 00:44:48,644 --> 00:44:49,645 [HOPPER CHUCKLES] 700 00:44:51,147 --> 00:44:53,821 - He's talking about being old. - Hm. 701 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:55,777 Wishing he was young again? 702 00:44:57,153 --> 00:44:58,905 I don't know anything about that. [CHUCKLES] 703 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,788 Well, he wasn't that old when he wrote it. 704 00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:05,165 He was still a pretty young man. 705 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:09,712 He felt old, he felt like he wasn't connected to his younger self any more. 706 00:45:09,832 --> 00:45:10,833 That's the rub. 707 00:45:12,376 --> 00:45:15,216 The part where he's talking about life being a dream, 708 00:45:15,296 --> 00:45:16,673 I've never experienced that. 709 00:45:16,756 --> 00:45:18,302 - But... - Never. 710 00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:22,223 Never once, felt any kind of pleasure, any enjoyment in your success? 711 00:45:22,303 --> 00:45:25,853 No, never. No. My dad always told me, "No emotions on the mound." 712 00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:29,944 - So you can't show emotions on the mound. - No. 713 00:45:30,811 --> 00:45:34,691 Were you allowed to show emotion off the mound? 714 00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:36,445 I was never off the mound. 715 00:45:36,525 --> 00:45:38,364 I was taught, you are always on the mound. 716 00:45:38,444 --> 00:45:39,740 - Right. - Always on the mound. 717 00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:41,663 You are always supposed to outfox your opponent. 718 00:45:41,989 --> 00:45:43,707 - Yeah? - Your opponent? 719 00:45:43,866 --> 00:45:45,459 Your opponent, yeah. 720 00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:47,754 - Who's the opponent off the mound? - Everyone. 721 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,674 Everyone outside of the family. 722 00:45:54,043 --> 00:45:55,044 Yeah. 723 00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:57,429 Must be pretty hard to talk to me then. 724 00:45:57,713 --> 00:45:59,010 - [HOPPER CHUCKLES] - No, seriously. 725 00:45:59,173 --> 00:46:01,345 Well, sometimes, yeah. I guess. 726 00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:02,677 - Yeah. Well... - Sure. 727 00:46:03,469 --> 00:46:05,392 - It's been a difficult challenge. - Yeah. 728 00:46:05,554 --> 00:46:07,352 [CHUCKLES] Well. 729 00:46:10,268 --> 00:46:15,648 Do you think your father had a lot to do with your success as a pitcher, Hopper? 730 00:46:20,528 --> 00:46:23,407 [SIGHS] Hm. I mean, yeah. 731 00:46:24,490 --> 00:46:27,285 When I was a little kid, I never thought I was gonna make it to the Majors. 732 00:46:28,077 --> 00:46:31,172 I'd wanna go hang out with friends, go to the beach, you know. 733 00:46:31,330 --> 00:46:33,708 But he, he would say, "No, that's not gonna work. 734 00:46:33,833 --> 00:46:36,382 If you love it, good things will come." 735 00:46:37,962 --> 00:46:39,760 - So what did you do? - I loved it. 736 00:46:39,922 --> 00:46:41,424 - Just like that? - Just like that. [SNAPS FINGERS] 737 00:46:41,507 --> 00:46:43,475 - Really? - Yeah. Yeah. 738 00:46:46,679 --> 00:46:50,892 NEWS REPORTER: With three relief pitchers on the DL, Atlanta looks to be in trouble, 739 00:46:50,975 --> 00:46:53,273 heading into division playoffs this coming weekend. 740 00:46:53,602 --> 00:46:56,025 One name that has come up as a possible remedy 741 00:46:56,147 --> 00:46:58,946 is the last wonder boy, Hopper Gibson. 742 00:46:59,608 --> 00:47:03,496 Gibson has spent the past few months in the Minors trying to regain control 743 00:47:03,612 --> 00:47:05,159 of his considerable stuff. 744 00:47:05,781 --> 00:47:09,001 In the current vernacular, the dude's got issues. 745 00:47:18,419 --> 00:47:20,137 [CROWD CHEERING] 746 00:47:30,973 --> 00:47:32,816 WOMAN: It's not that hard. Come on. 747 00:47:35,686 --> 00:47:37,563 - [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] - [BIRDS SQUAWKING] 748 00:47:53,204 --> 00:47:54,831 HOPPER: Uh, what do I miss most about the Majors? 749 00:47:55,748 --> 00:47:57,546 Probably the jet planes. 750 00:47:57,917 --> 00:48:00,340 Can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train, right, Hopper? 751 00:48:00,795 --> 00:48:02,138 What about those geese, Hopper? 752 00:48:03,506 --> 00:48:04,507 How do you mean? 753 00:48:04,590 --> 00:48:06,934 I mean, you watched them a long time. 754 00:48:09,929 --> 00:48:10,930 Yeah, I don't know. 755 00:48:11,013 --> 00:48:15,314 Watching the geese was just so... peaceful. 756 00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:18,066 I prefer watching jet planes. 757 00:48:18,646 --> 00:48:21,068 Well, then, why don't you follow someone who is in the Majors? 758 00:48:21,148 --> 00:48:22,900 What can I say? I'm dedicated. 759 00:48:23,025 --> 00:48:24,277 To car crashes, yeah. 760 00:48:24,610 --> 00:48:26,237 Don't talk about yourself like that. 761 00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:27,696 You give good quote. 762 00:48:27,780 --> 00:48:29,327 That shit about geese is nice stuff. 763 00:48:30,491 --> 00:48:31,492 I'm glad you think so. 764 00:48:31,575 --> 00:48:33,373 You have enough so you don't have to tag along anymore? 765 00:48:34,453 --> 00:48:35,830 It's only a good quote today. 766 00:48:36,038 --> 00:48:37,585 Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it. 767 00:48:37,957 --> 00:48:40,085 I'll have to come back for more, fresh. 768 00:48:41,001 --> 00:48:43,129 Sorry, it's exhausting for me too. 769 00:48:43,254 --> 00:48:45,473 Takes a lot of medicine to keep up to this pace. 770 00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:47,341 I'm on the Red Bull, heavy. 771 00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:49,555 After this, I have to go on Twitter and think of something 772 00:48:49,635 --> 00:48:54,015 charming/cutting/provocative/ sexy/informative to tweet. 773 00:48:54,140 --> 00:48:56,393 And then condense it into a pithy anecdotal 774 00:48:56,475 --> 00:48:58,603 making sure not to go over the heads of feeble-minded frat boys. 775 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,773 It's a fairly fucking relentless grind. 776 00:49:02,314 --> 00:49:03,531 HOPPER: Yeah, I noticed that. 777 00:49:04,316 --> 00:49:06,193 [PHONE RINGING] 778 00:49:07,194 --> 00:49:10,289 COACH EDDIE: Hm. I'm still on school schedule, Hop. 779 00:49:11,907 --> 00:49:13,750 HOPPER: I don't know who else to call, sorry. 780 00:49:13,868 --> 00:49:15,085 COACH EDDIE: Wait, wait, wait. 781 00:49:15,411 --> 00:49:17,163 Hold on. I've got, like, no signal here. 782 00:49:17,246 --> 00:49:19,044 I'm gonna go out on the porch so I can hear you better. 783 00:49:20,416 --> 00:49:21,588 All right, kiddo, go ahead. 784 00:49:24,128 --> 00:49:26,256 HOPPER: I don't know. Last week, you know, 785 00:49:26,338 --> 00:49:29,592 I seemed to be getting better. 786 00:49:29,717 --> 00:49:31,310 Tonight, I can't find the plate. 787 00:49:31,427 --> 00:49:35,227 I never know who's gonna show up, you know. 788 00:49:35,598 --> 00:49:37,225 COACH EDDIE: Sometimes, we're who we want to be, 789 00:49:37,308 --> 00:49:39,481 sometimes we're just some dunderhead chump. 790 00:49:39,894 --> 00:49:42,397 That's the way it goes. That's okay. 791 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:45,612 Sometimes your cutter is hitting, sometimes it's not. 792 00:49:47,109 --> 00:49:49,448 But there's no need to, like, elaborate on it, 793 00:49:49,528 --> 00:49:52,031 and beat the shit out of yourself all the time the way you do. 794 00:49:52,114 --> 00:49:56,711 You add this extra layer of anguish by judging yourself so harshly all the time. 795 00:49:58,162 --> 00:50:03,838 HOPPER: Yeah. I just wish I could forget about stuff when I'm out there, you know. 796 00:50:03,918 --> 00:50:05,511 Forget about stuff from yesterday. 797 00:50:05,836 --> 00:50:09,340 COACH EDDIE: Yesterday can't be junked. You can't just get rid of it. 798 00:50:09,715 --> 00:50:13,515 There's no way to push it aside, or dig a hole and bury it. 799 00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:15,679 - You know what I'm saying, kid? - Yeah. 800 00:50:16,847 --> 00:50:18,724 COACH EDDIE: How's Dorothy? 801 00:50:18,849 --> 00:50:20,522 [HOPPER SIGHS] I don't know. 802 00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:22,482 I think she thinks I'm shallow. 803 00:50:22,603 --> 00:50:24,480 You got to be Paul Robeson with her. 804 00:50:25,814 --> 00:50:27,612 She's done with it, you know. 805 00:50:28,317 --> 00:50:29,569 COACH EDDIE: Who's Paul Robeson? 806 00:50:31,570 --> 00:50:33,492 HOPPER: He's an all star who got blacklisted. 807 00:50:33,572 --> 00:50:36,075 A pariah. Where the fuck am I right now? 808 00:50:37,993 --> 00:50:40,837 I'm sorry for calling you, waking you up. Go back to sleep. 809 00:50:41,622 --> 00:50:42,623 All right? 810 00:50:51,423 --> 00:50:52,800 Who should I make this out to? 811 00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:54,430 - Uh, Fallon. - Fallon. 812 00:50:54,510 --> 00:50:57,099 How do I spell Fallon? Does anyone have a pen? Do you have a pen? 813 00:50:57,179 --> 00:50:58,601 Thank you. What is it? 814 00:50:58,722 --> 00:51:00,724 - F-A... - F-A... 815 00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:02,776 - L-L... - L-L... 816 00:51:02,893 --> 00:51:04,145 - O-N. - O-N. 817 00:51:04,228 --> 00:51:05,229 Cool name. 818 00:51:06,230 --> 00:51:07,231 There you go. 819 00:51:08,357 --> 00:51:09,574 - Thank you. - Yeah. 820 00:51:10,025 --> 00:51:12,073 Sign the ball, please. 821 00:51:12,820 --> 00:51:14,572 - Yeah? Sign it? - Yeah. 822 00:51:14,989 --> 00:51:16,081 - Please. - All right. 823 00:51:22,621 --> 00:51:24,965 Thanks. Could you sign this card, too? 824 00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:26,083 Yeah. 825 00:51:26,625 --> 00:51:28,298 My dad says you are going to be fine. 826 00:51:29,336 --> 00:51:30,337 Here you go. 827 00:51:30,504 --> 00:51:32,882 He says you're going to get your control back in no time at all. 828 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,770 Um, could you show me your curve-ball grip? 829 00:51:38,053 --> 00:51:39,350 Could you show me a curve-ball grip? 830 00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:40,647 - Let's see your grip. - All right, cool. 831 00:51:40,764 --> 00:51:43,392 - So, two seams, two seams, get it. - Yeah, there you go. 832 00:51:43,559 --> 00:51:44,605 - All right. - Something like that? 833 00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:46,187 Yeah, all right, that's good. 834 00:51:46,645 --> 00:51:51,112 But see the hardest thing for me to figure out is, you got to snap this. 835 00:51:51,275 --> 00:51:52,697 - Snap it like that? - Yeah. 836 00:51:52,901 --> 00:51:54,949 There you go. You can't throw it like a fast ball. 837 00:51:55,571 --> 00:51:57,915 Hm-mm, so right around like that? 838 00:51:58,115 --> 00:51:59,412 - So... - MAN: Dude! 839 00:52:00,743 --> 00:52:02,461 Are you handing out instructions now? 840 00:52:03,329 --> 00:52:05,331 - HOPPER: Better go. - That is fucking scary. 841 00:52:05,873 --> 00:52:06,874 KID: Thanks, Hopper. 842 00:52:09,835 --> 00:52:11,553 That's the good thing about youngsters though, right? 843 00:52:12,254 --> 00:52:14,222 They are undiscriminating. 844 00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:16,888 You know that word? 845 00:52:19,345 --> 00:52:21,564 Of course, you do. I learned that word in the pen. 846 00:52:22,306 --> 00:52:26,857 We had this priest who used to come by on Sunday nights, you know. 847 00:52:27,478 --> 00:52:28,821 Have a little Bible study. 848 00:52:29,438 --> 00:52:32,191 So I signed right up. For giggles. 849 00:52:33,067 --> 00:52:35,991 And he used to say that Jesus was undiscriminating. 850 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:38,038 He loved all of us. 851 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,123 Each and everyone of us, just the same. 852 00:52:40,658 --> 00:52:41,659 You believe that? 853 00:52:42,743 --> 00:52:44,711 - Hm. - HOPPER: So? 854 00:52:45,621 --> 00:52:47,339 - How's the arm? - It's fine. 855 00:52:47,665 --> 00:52:48,882 - It's fine? - Yeah. 856 00:52:49,291 --> 00:52:51,259 - All right. - What are you doing here? 857 00:52:51,877 --> 00:52:54,505 What do you mean what am I doing here? Come on. 858 00:52:55,589 --> 00:52:56,806 I came to say hi. 859 00:52:57,883 --> 00:52:59,601 Well, I'm not pitching today, so... 860 00:52:59,802 --> 00:53:01,770 I know, I know. I'm relieved. 861 00:53:02,596 --> 00:53:03,813 You wanna go get some peanuts? 862 00:53:04,431 --> 00:53:06,058 Come on, let's get some peanuts. 863 00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:08,769 [SIGHS] What are you doing in California? 864 00:53:08,894 --> 00:53:10,316 I got a job, buddy of mine... 865 00:53:10,396 --> 00:53:12,319 Okeechobee, hooked me up with a... 866 00:53:13,649 --> 00:53:15,777 a little deal in Mexico, at the border. 867 00:53:17,152 --> 00:53:18,369 Job, good one. 868 00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:19,830 What kind of job is that? 869 00:53:20,197 --> 00:53:21,198 The best kind. 870 00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:23,291 The kind that might be my last. 871 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:26,996 You know, set me up for early retirement, like your mom. 872 00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:31,462 I saw the house you bought her. 873 00:53:33,877 --> 00:53:35,129 Lot of carpenters there. 874 00:53:36,255 --> 00:53:38,428 Hittin' it. [LAUGHS] 875 00:53:40,092 --> 00:53:43,641 Well, I guess the priest didn't reform you, did he? 876 00:53:43,721 --> 00:53:44,722 No, sir. 877 00:53:45,389 --> 00:53:46,811 They don't make 'em like me anymore. 878 00:53:46,932 --> 00:53:48,275 They try to bring me down. 879 00:53:48,851 --> 00:53:51,070 Well, see with me, it's a matter of self respect. 880 00:53:52,396 --> 00:53:55,775 - Yeah, I got to go do some running. - No, you don't. 881 00:53:56,358 --> 00:53:57,735 No, you don't. Come on, now. 882 00:53:58,110 --> 00:54:00,112 I hear you got knocked around a little bit the other night. 883 00:54:00,279 --> 00:54:01,701 - Yeah. - You know why? 884 00:54:02,030 --> 00:54:03,373 - Yeah, I know why. - Why? 885 00:54:03,615 --> 00:54:05,208 - My footing's off. - Yeah. 886 00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:07,912 I've got professional coaches to help me with that now. 887 00:54:08,912 --> 00:54:10,414 - Oh, you do? - Yeah, I do. 888 00:54:10,497 --> 00:54:11,965 Okay. Okay. 889 00:54:13,041 --> 00:54:14,293 They helping you with your face? 890 00:54:15,878 --> 00:54:17,130 - My face? - Hm-mm. 891 00:54:18,338 --> 00:54:19,760 Your intimidation stare. 892 00:54:21,008 --> 00:54:22,726 Do you remember anything that I taught you? 893 00:54:22,968 --> 00:54:25,437 Huh? Bob Gibson? 894 00:54:26,513 --> 00:54:27,514 Dave Stewart. 895 00:54:28,015 --> 00:54:29,016 "The Rocket" Clemens. 896 00:54:29,892 --> 00:54:30,893 Ferocious? 897 00:54:31,310 --> 00:54:33,732 Bitchin' motherfuckers would have you out 898 00:54:33,812 --> 00:54:37,657 before you stepped in the batter's box with their fucking eyes. 899 00:54:37,858 --> 00:54:40,072 Okay? And look at you, you're not even a paper tiger. 900 00:54:40,152 --> 00:54:43,659 You wander over to the mound with your tail between your legs like a little puppy. 901 00:54:43,739 --> 00:54:45,161 I was worried you were gonna piss yourself. 902 00:54:46,366 --> 00:54:48,084 [LAUGHS] 903 00:54:49,036 --> 00:54:50,504 I'll work on my Rocket. 904 00:54:52,206 --> 00:54:54,755 Get some HGH and some steroids while I'm at it. 905 00:54:54,875 --> 00:54:56,127 Hey, look, are you joking? 906 00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:57,803 Right? But... 907 00:54:58,587 --> 00:55:01,215 Five, ten years from now, all that shit's gonna be legal. 908 00:55:01,340 --> 00:55:03,638 You know that, right? The government can't stop evolution. 909 00:55:03,926 --> 00:55:05,849 All drugs should be legal. 910 00:55:05,969 --> 00:55:07,596 - Then you'd be out of a job. - Hm-mm. 911 00:55:07,846 --> 00:55:10,520 I'd still have you as my full time fucking employment, hm? 912 00:55:11,350 --> 00:55:15,400 When I delivered you, you were a perfectly sound pitcher. 913 00:55:15,521 --> 00:55:20,070 Two years with these so called experts, and what? You are all banged up. 914 00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:22,494 You are all... You are all tangled up. 915 00:55:24,196 --> 00:55:25,288 It's not their fault, Dad. 916 00:55:27,574 --> 00:55:28,791 So you say. 917 00:55:29,284 --> 00:55:32,288 They got a weight room here in the Minors Leagues, Skinny? 918 00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:34,465 - All right. I got to go. - No, no, listen. 919 00:55:34,581 --> 00:55:36,834 - I'm serious about the anabolics. - Yeah. I will. 920 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:40,379 - I can get you the undetectable stuff. - All right. 921 00:55:55,561 --> 00:55:56,733 [SIGHS] 922 00:56:01,066 --> 00:56:02,739 [WHISTLING IN THE DISTANCE] 923 00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:30,478 [GIRL LAUGHS] 924 00:56:31,305 --> 00:56:32,306 Get in. 925 00:56:36,059 --> 00:56:38,687 You got to get wet all at once, then it's awfully pleasant. 926 00:56:40,564 --> 00:56:42,362 If it's so pleasant, why aren't you getting in? 927 00:56:42,941 --> 00:56:43,942 Chocolate. 928 00:56:45,027 --> 00:56:46,779 I was on my feet all day waiting on suckers. 929 00:56:47,529 --> 00:56:48,872 That makes me a sucker, too, huh? 930 00:56:50,532 --> 00:56:52,034 I work at Millie's a mile away. 931 00:56:54,536 --> 00:56:56,038 Do you see bunions on my feet? 932 00:56:56,413 --> 00:56:58,006 HOPPER: No, I don't see any bunions. 933 00:56:58,665 --> 00:57:00,383 Not from this distance, anyway. 934 00:57:01,460 --> 00:57:03,087 You with the ball club, Hopper? 935 00:57:04,087 --> 00:57:05,088 HOPPER: That's right. 936 00:57:07,090 --> 00:57:09,013 - What position? - Pitcher. 937 00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:11,854 - Throw fast? - Very. 938 00:57:12,429 --> 00:57:14,852 Oh, regular Bob Feller. 939 00:57:15,891 --> 00:57:17,017 HOPPER: That might be. 940 00:57:22,439 --> 00:57:23,861 My name's Candace, by the way. 941 00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:28,203 I'm a regular Candace. [CHUCKLES] 942 00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:29,696 What's that mean? 943 00:57:29,821 --> 00:57:31,869 Get it? Regular Bob Feller, regular Candace. 944 00:57:31,949 --> 00:57:32,996 Oh, I got you. 945 00:57:34,076 --> 00:57:35,077 [CHUCKLES] 946 00:57:39,665 --> 00:57:41,133 So you're a waitress around here? 947 00:57:42,709 --> 00:57:44,461 And you live in the motel? 948 00:57:45,837 --> 00:57:49,967 For the night, at any rate. My old man's a fucking child. 949 00:57:51,176 --> 00:57:53,895 He ran out of generosity, even for himself. 950 00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:55,639 HOPPER: Hm. 951 00:57:56,014 --> 00:57:59,605 He tells me he lifted me out of the gutter, but I'm pretty sure I'm still there. 952 00:58:02,521 --> 00:58:03,989 Maybe you know how it can be with drunks. 953 00:58:08,568 --> 00:58:10,161 Do I have something on my mouth or something? 954 00:58:11,571 --> 00:58:13,448 You keep staring at my mouth. 955 00:58:15,534 --> 00:58:16,535 [CHUCKLES] 956 00:58:17,869 --> 00:58:19,246 Okay, it's okay. 957 00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:23,466 Here. Watch it blow you a kiss. 958 00:58:35,929 --> 00:58:37,397 You seem ill at ease, homeboy. 959 00:58:38,223 --> 00:58:42,527 HOPPER: Yeah... If I... get caught by the coaches I'm dead. 960 00:58:43,979 --> 00:58:45,447 You'll die satisfied. 961 00:58:47,566 --> 00:58:48,783 Hey, come here. 962 00:58:52,946 --> 00:58:53,947 You're a stud. 963 00:58:59,870 --> 00:59:00,871 [CANDACE GIGGLES] 964 00:59:23,685 --> 00:59:24,777 Goddang. 965 00:59:25,687 --> 00:59:26,688 CANDACE: Ah. 966 00:59:27,606 --> 00:59:29,233 I could kiss you forever. 967 00:59:29,524 --> 00:59:30,696 [LOUD THUMPING ON DOOR] 968 00:59:32,527 --> 00:59:33,699 You expecting someone? 969 00:59:35,030 --> 00:59:36,576 As a matter of fact, I am. 970 00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:37,908 Don't be too sore with me, okay? 971 00:59:39,242 --> 00:59:41,870 Whatever's got a tail at one end, has teeth at the other. 972 00:59:41,953 --> 00:59:43,079 What the fuck are you talking about? 973 00:59:43,872 --> 00:59:45,715 I claimed that from The Nature Channel. 974 00:59:48,710 --> 00:59:50,383 - Door's not locked. - [DOOR OPENS] 975 00:59:51,129 --> 00:59:52,130 [GUN COCKING] 976 00:59:52,214 --> 00:59:53,841 It's okay, it's okay. 977 00:59:54,466 --> 00:59:56,139 - It's okay. - [DOOR CLOSES] 978 00:59:58,136 --> 01:00:01,857 I'm just gonna... I'm just gonna take this, okay? 979 01:00:03,642 --> 01:00:04,859 And this. 980 01:00:09,147 --> 01:00:11,900 - Do whatever you want. - Those are real nice. 981 01:00:13,026 --> 01:00:14,528 Oh, you need a watch, right, baby? 982 01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:18,282 Earrings. 983 01:00:20,534 --> 01:00:21,535 Don't you worry. 984 01:00:24,121 --> 01:00:25,589 Turn over and lie on your stomach. 985 01:00:28,875 --> 01:00:31,298 My ride's downstairs in the form of a motorcycle. 986 01:00:31,378 --> 01:00:33,472 I'm going to take your party favors and start the engine. 987 01:00:34,005 --> 01:00:36,178 My pal sees you move, or hears you breathe, 988 01:00:37,050 --> 01:00:38,802 he's gonna blast you in the back of your head. 989 01:00:40,053 --> 01:00:41,680 So, don't move or breathe, Hopper. 990 01:00:52,023 --> 01:00:54,617 - [IN LOW VOICE] Are you breathing? - No. 991 01:00:56,695 --> 01:00:58,697 Well, you can breathe a little. 992 01:00:59,447 --> 01:01:00,448 [CHUCKLES] 993 01:01:01,241 --> 01:01:04,495 Oh, man, sometimes, I'm just plain mean and salty. 994 01:01:54,169 --> 01:01:55,341 [CRICKETS CHIRPING] 995 01:02:30,705 --> 01:02:31,922 Son of a bitch. 996 01:02:36,211 --> 01:02:37,258 [CLANKS] 997 01:02:49,307 --> 01:02:51,855 I'm sorry that you're in distress 998 01:02:51,935 --> 01:02:55,985 but that doesn't change the way things went down. 999 01:02:56,314 --> 01:02:57,361 - You know? - Yeah. 1000 01:02:58,942 --> 01:03:00,910 I thought I was your best friend, 1001 01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:03,951 and, all of a sudden, you treated me like a stalker. 1002 01:03:04,447 --> 01:03:06,161 I felt bad for even calling you. 1003 01:03:06,241 --> 01:03:08,039 You don't know what it's like. 1004 01:03:08,994 --> 01:03:12,168 To be what, like, illustrious you mean? 1005 01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:14,628 Are you still on that trip? 1006 01:03:14,833 --> 01:03:16,210 No, I'm not. 1007 01:03:16,334 --> 01:03:18,798 Still trying to be the dude from the Wheaties Box? 1008 01:03:18,878 --> 01:03:19,879 No. 1009 01:03:21,214 --> 01:03:25,970 The sooner you realize that we are all just utterly unique aliens 1010 01:03:26,052 --> 01:03:27,850 in this vast universe, 1011 01:03:29,347 --> 01:03:33,853 and stop trying to be some commercial, conditioned, 1012 01:03:33,935 --> 01:03:37,064 brain-washed, TV cowboy version of yourself, 1013 01:03:37,147 --> 01:03:38,818 - Yeah, I know. I know. - ...the less you're gonna suffer. 1014 01:03:38,898 --> 01:03:40,992 I know and that's not... I was... 1015 01:03:43,445 --> 01:03:44,571 I was confused. 1016 01:03:45,613 --> 01:03:46,614 I'm sorry. 1017 01:03:47,365 --> 01:03:49,743 I can't. I don't know what else to say. 1018 01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:52,454 I go back to New Haven soon. 1019 01:03:52,954 --> 01:03:54,581 I don't know what else I can do. 1020 01:03:54,706 --> 01:03:56,379 Do you have another boyfriend waiting for you? 1021 01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:00,253 No. 1022 01:04:01,087 --> 01:04:03,306 But I have papers and, 1023 01:04:04,466 --> 01:04:06,059 teachers... [SIGHS] 1024 01:04:08,511 --> 01:04:11,936 I can't be here for you like that anymore. 1025 01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:16,269 You're scared and you need somebody, maybe anybody. 1026 01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:18,855 That's not what it's like. Okay? 1027 01:04:18,938 --> 01:04:20,940 That's not what it's like. I promise. 1028 01:04:21,274 --> 01:04:23,493 Then what is it like? Talk to me. 1029 01:04:25,070 --> 01:04:26,196 It's not fair. 1030 01:04:28,198 --> 01:04:31,543 I'm not good at talking about stuff. 1031 01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:35,171 Well, when you want to talk... 1032 01:04:38,708 --> 01:04:40,460 I'm in love with you, Hopper. 1033 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:44,263 Like a lot, you know? 1034 01:04:45,924 --> 01:04:48,347 So, when you do want to talk, 1035 01:04:50,136 --> 01:04:51,137 let me know. 1036 01:05:03,108 --> 01:05:06,032 Okay. Now I want you to throw one right over the plate, strike. 1037 01:05:06,236 --> 01:05:07,362 Okay? Show me what you've got. 1038 01:05:08,113 --> 01:05:09,865 What do you want? Cheese, Charlie? 1039 01:05:10,490 --> 01:05:11,912 - Change up? - Whatever you want. 1040 01:05:12,283 --> 01:05:14,206 - Anything? - Just throw me a strike. 1041 01:05:14,494 --> 01:05:15,495 - [HOPPER SIGHS] - All right? 1042 01:05:18,289 --> 01:05:19,461 [EXHALES DEEPLY] 1043 01:05:24,629 --> 01:05:25,846 [STEEL NET FENCE CLANKS] 1044 01:05:26,589 --> 01:05:27,590 All right. 1045 01:05:28,675 --> 01:05:30,723 What's the most fun you ever had playing baseball? 1046 01:05:31,678 --> 01:05:32,725 - Fun? - Hm-mm. 1047 01:05:33,555 --> 01:05:35,398 Now, come on, there must have been one time. Come on. 1048 01:05:37,183 --> 01:05:38,897 Yeah, I guess there was one time. 1049 01:05:38,977 --> 01:05:41,191 When I was five or six, we used to play in this abandoned parking lot. 1050 01:05:41,271 --> 01:05:42,317 That was fun. 1051 01:05:42,397 --> 01:05:44,650 - Did you pitch? - Yeah, that's the first time I pitched. 1052 01:05:45,483 --> 01:05:47,030 - And that was fun? - Yeah. 1053 01:05:47,694 --> 01:05:49,196 What was so fun about pitching then? 1054 01:05:49,696 --> 01:05:51,242 I don't know. We were just stupid kids. 1055 01:05:51,322 --> 01:05:53,165 Nobody expected anything of us, you know. 1056 01:05:55,285 --> 01:05:58,038 How do you think you can get pitching to feel that way again? 1057 01:05:58,997 --> 01:06:01,341 I don't know. That's the big question. 1058 01:06:02,584 --> 01:06:05,929 You add millions of dollars to it and something changes, I guess. 1059 01:06:06,796 --> 01:06:08,798 Probably have to do hypnosis to make me think 1060 01:06:08,882 --> 01:06:11,055 I'm in an abandoned parking lot or something. 1061 01:06:12,302 --> 01:06:14,851 [DR. MOBLEY SIGHS] Close your eyes. 1062 01:06:16,222 --> 01:06:18,645 - I wasn't serious. - I am. Now close your eyes. 1063 01:06:20,310 --> 01:06:22,859 - Huh. [LAUGHS] - No laughing, come on, man. 1064 01:06:24,522 --> 01:06:29,073 See it, hear it, feel it, smell it. 1065 01:06:30,528 --> 01:06:31,745 - [WHISPERS] Smell it? - Yeah. 1066 01:06:34,115 --> 01:06:35,788 Yeah, you are five years old. 1067 01:06:36,284 --> 01:06:37,285 Uh... 1068 01:06:38,745 --> 01:06:42,332 could be a warm day like this one, if that's what you remember. 1069 01:06:46,252 --> 01:06:47,469 - Seriously? - Can you see anything? 1070 01:06:47,879 --> 01:06:49,096 Can you see anything? 1071 01:06:51,966 --> 01:06:53,092 [EXHALES] 1072 01:06:54,344 --> 01:06:55,846 Yeah, I can see it, kinda. 1073 01:06:57,180 --> 01:06:58,227 And what do you see? 1074 01:07:02,894 --> 01:07:03,895 I don't know. 1075 01:07:07,148 --> 01:07:08,149 I, uh... 1076 01:07:09,234 --> 01:07:10,827 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 1077 01:07:11,194 --> 01:07:13,288 DR. MOBLEY: You are, what, five years old. 1078 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:18,577 Deep, deep breath. 1079 01:07:22,830 --> 01:07:24,798 That's it. Take another deep breath. 1080 01:07:28,836 --> 01:07:30,463 Wind up and throw whenever you want. 1081 01:07:31,756 --> 01:07:32,757 Go for it. 1082 01:07:34,050 --> 01:07:35,768 [INHALES AND EXHALES DEEPLY] 1083 01:07:45,144 --> 01:07:46,441 [STEEL NET FENCE CLANKS] 1084 01:07:50,233 --> 01:07:52,076 - How'd that feel? - [SIGHS] 1085 01:07:53,361 --> 01:07:54,362 Felt good. 1086 01:07:55,530 --> 01:07:56,622 How did it look? 1087 01:07:58,658 --> 01:07:59,659 Perfect. 1088 01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:25,193 - There he is! - Hopper! Hopper! 1089 01:08:25,476 --> 01:08:27,194 Any comment on your dad's arrest? 1090 01:08:27,562 --> 01:08:29,734 How do you feel about his criminal record being exposed? 1091 01:08:29,814 --> 01:08:31,528 Come on, Hopper. It's me, talk to me. 1092 01:08:31,608 --> 01:08:35,782 Ladies and gentlemen, my client has no comment at this time. 1093 01:08:35,862 --> 01:08:37,614 Give me an exclusive. I'll put sugar on it. 1094 01:08:38,489 --> 01:08:40,207 Oh, you filthy little girl. 1095 01:08:40,366 --> 01:08:43,790 We can't get the public to be sympathetic to Hopper if they don't know him. 1096 01:08:43,870 --> 01:08:47,750 Hey, where are JD Salinger and Boo Radley staying? Go there. 1097 01:08:50,627 --> 01:08:51,628 Cunt. 1098 01:08:52,670 --> 01:08:53,758 Go. Go. 1099 01:08:53,838 --> 01:08:56,512 You got to tell me when the club puts you in a shitty dump like this. 1100 01:08:56,633 --> 01:08:58,727 They didn't put me in here, I asked to be put in here. 1101 01:09:00,470 --> 01:09:01,471 Huh. 1102 01:09:04,474 --> 01:09:06,818 - [SIGHS] - What's with the get-up? 1103 01:09:07,393 --> 01:09:11,899 Ah, fundraising benefit. I figured I'd go as the Duke of Earl. 1104 01:09:13,191 --> 01:09:14,192 Hm. 1105 01:09:18,196 --> 01:09:19,534 You look like hell, Hopper. 1106 01:09:19,614 --> 01:09:22,083 You should have Mobley prescribe you some sleeping pills. 1107 01:09:24,243 --> 01:09:26,291 Well, Mobley doesn't like pills. 1108 01:09:27,038 --> 01:09:28,756 - He doesn't like pills, huh? - No. 1109 01:09:28,873 --> 01:09:30,625 - You still like him, though? - He's all right. 1110 01:09:31,501 --> 01:09:33,128 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1111 01:09:34,212 --> 01:09:37,011 - Those fucking parasites. - What did they get my dad on? 1112 01:09:38,508 --> 01:09:39,851 Drug smuggling. 1113 01:09:40,677 --> 01:09:43,897 - It's pretty serious. - So did we lose any endorsements? 1114 01:09:45,056 --> 01:09:46,933 No, you did not. 1115 01:09:48,267 --> 01:09:51,107 Under Armour has contacted me. They want to talk. But it's cool. 1116 01:09:51,187 --> 01:09:53,940 You did not get into trouble, your father did. 1117 01:09:55,858 --> 01:09:58,452 Could you not worry about the companies? That's my job. 1118 01:09:59,404 --> 01:10:00,405 Yeah. 1119 01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:03,662 Okay. Sick. 1120 01:10:07,829 --> 01:10:08,830 Let's dry you off. 1121 01:10:09,539 --> 01:10:12,167 Okay? Let's not catch a cold on top of everything else. 1122 01:10:14,627 --> 01:10:16,629 I'm gonna stay with you till things settle down. 1123 01:10:16,879 --> 01:10:18,597 HOPPER: It's all right. You don't need to do that. 1124 01:10:18,715 --> 01:10:20,012 - With all your other clients... - Nonsense. 1125 01:10:25,513 --> 01:10:27,686 You wanted to stay here, huh? [CHUCKLES] 1126 01:10:28,641 --> 01:10:30,814 We're stuck. We've got the leeches outside. 1127 01:10:31,894 --> 01:10:35,194 All right. I'm gonna order us dinner from the Four Seasons, okay? 1128 01:10:41,904 --> 01:10:43,281 Pass me the salt, please. 1129 01:10:45,116 --> 01:10:46,368 Thank you. So... 1130 01:10:46,951 --> 01:10:52,461 now that I've shown up, it's gonna deflect a lot of negativity away from you. 1131 01:10:53,875 --> 01:10:55,548 The press hates me more than anyone. 1132 01:10:57,003 --> 01:11:00,514 When we have the families come in, when we are representing the premium people, 1133 01:11:00,631 --> 01:11:04,305 the draft, you know, the parents, fathers and mothers and players, 1134 01:11:04,385 --> 01:11:07,138 and they look at me and they thank me for what I do, 1135 01:11:09,348 --> 01:11:11,100 I don't give a shit what the press says. 1136 01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:14,813 I mean, we got to have a thick skin in this game. 1137 01:11:15,188 --> 01:11:16,656 All of us do. 1138 01:11:16,773 --> 01:11:18,275 - Right? - Right. 1139 01:11:23,988 --> 01:11:25,365 Big league team is calling you up. 1140 01:11:27,575 --> 01:11:29,077 Go to LA, couple of days. 1141 01:11:32,371 --> 01:11:33,998 My dad's in prison in LA. 1142 01:11:34,582 --> 01:11:36,334 I thought of that. You don't have to think about that. 1143 01:11:38,669 --> 01:11:40,512 You gotta try that with butter. I won't tell. 1144 01:11:43,299 --> 01:11:47,349 So, where did they find Dr. Mobley? 1145 01:11:48,721 --> 01:11:50,223 Everyone in sports knows him. 1146 01:11:52,016 --> 01:11:53,438 He's got a good reputation? 1147 01:11:54,060 --> 01:11:55,357 [CHUCKLES] What do you think? Yeah. 1148 01:11:56,395 --> 01:11:59,566 The guy was on the cover of Time Magazine when he was, like, 22 years old. 1149 01:11:59,649 --> 01:12:00,650 He's brilliant. 1150 01:12:01,859 --> 01:12:03,406 What was he on the cover of Time Magazine for? 1151 01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:08,582 He was the first mental skills coach hired full time by a big league club at, like, 21. 1152 01:12:08,825 --> 01:12:11,999 He was a prodigy. He was like the Bobby Fischer of Sports Psychology. 1153 01:12:13,663 --> 01:12:14,915 Who's Bobby Fischer? 1154 01:12:15,790 --> 01:12:17,754 No one. No one you need to think about. 1155 01:12:17,834 --> 01:12:18,835 That's a shitty example. 1156 01:12:19,085 --> 01:12:23,010 You ever been to any kind of mental coach or psychologist before? No? 1157 01:12:23,130 --> 01:12:24,677 - No. - So... [CHUCKLES] 1158 01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:30,934 When I got some money, the first thing I did was I got a shrink. Right? 1159 01:12:31,597 --> 01:12:34,066 And I went every other day for five years, 1160 01:12:34,934 --> 01:12:37,312 And finally, the guy says to me, "Oh... 1161 01:12:37,603 --> 01:12:39,901 you want to kill your father and fuck your mother." 1162 01:12:41,232 --> 01:12:43,735 I said, "Oh, thanks, Tyreseus, that's why people go to shrinks. 1163 01:12:43,818 --> 01:12:46,241 Can I have my quarter of a million dollars back now?" 1164 01:12:46,487 --> 01:12:47,488 You know? [CHUCKLES] 1165 01:12:48,531 --> 01:12:51,375 But, look, Mobley, he's the man. 1166 01:12:52,326 --> 01:12:55,041 He worked with Howard Glass before people even understood 1167 01:12:55,204 --> 01:12:56,922 that there's such a thing as Sports Psychology. 1168 01:12:57,123 --> 01:12:58,841 He said he didn't work with Howard Glass. 1169 01:13:00,877 --> 01:13:02,003 - Really? - Yeah. 1170 01:13:04,547 --> 01:13:07,342 I mean, you know these fucking shrinks, they say one thing to their patients, 1171 01:13:07,425 --> 01:13:10,766 another thing to their non-patients, and another thing altogether to their wives. 1172 01:13:11,554 --> 01:13:13,272 They work in strange and mysterious ways. 1173 01:13:15,349 --> 01:13:16,521 I mean, you and me are friends. 1174 01:13:16,601 --> 01:13:18,854 We straight talk to each other, but shrinks have... 1175 01:13:19,937 --> 01:13:21,314 weird ways. That's how they are. 1176 01:13:22,064 --> 01:13:24,863 Yeah. You sure he worked with Howard Glass? 1177 01:13:24,984 --> 01:13:26,281 - Yes. - Yeah? 1178 01:13:26,986 --> 01:13:29,409 When Glass died, Mobley dedicated his practice 1179 01:13:29,530 --> 01:13:31,532 solely to athletes who are suffering from 1180 01:13:33,409 --> 01:13:34,410 you know, from the yips. 1181 01:13:35,328 --> 01:13:37,706 Well, he's the expert in the field now. Perhaps, you misheard him. 1182 01:13:37,788 --> 01:13:38,960 No, I didn't mishear him. 1183 01:13:40,374 --> 01:13:44,045 Hop, I'm telling you, Mobley is the man. 1184 01:13:45,296 --> 01:13:46,923 I trust him. Do you trust me? 1185 01:13:48,007 --> 01:13:50,476 - Yeah. - Then we are all good. 1186 01:13:51,844 --> 01:13:53,061 Eat your fancy dinner. 1187 01:13:57,516 --> 01:14:00,815 When I threw with my eyes closed, I wasn't throwing strikes. 1188 01:14:02,188 --> 01:14:03,940 Right? You were just fucking with me? 1189 01:14:05,566 --> 01:14:07,239 No, I'm not just fucking with you. 1190 01:14:08,027 --> 01:14:09,370 Those were strikes, man. 1191 01:14:13,574 --> 01:14:14,700 [SIGHS] Well, 1192 01:14:16,535 --> 01:14:19,414 I guess I really won't know for sure until it's too late. 1193 01:14:19,997 --> 01:14:23,467 Out there, humiliating myself in front of the entire universe again. 1194 01:14:23,751 --> 01:14:25,003 Okay. Well. 1195 01:14:27,088 --> 01:14:30,183 - What's up, man? - You didn't tell me anything 1196 01:14:30,883 --> 01:14:32,430 about Howard Glass. 1197 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:35,350 When I brought him up, you just glazed right over it. 1198 01:14:36,597 --> 01:14:39,146 Don't you think I would wanna know about that? 1199 01:14:39,350 --> 01:14:42,229 I didn't want you to dwell on him. 1200 01:14:43,562 --> 01:14:45,485 In that moment, uh... 1201 01:14:47,650 --> 01:14:51,532 In that moment, I wanted to keep the focus of the sessions squarely on you. 1202 01:14:51,612 --> 01:14:53,080 So, we don't keep the focus on you? 1203 01:14:53,197 --> 01:14:54,869 - No. - We stay away from the focus on you. 1204 01:14:54,949 --> 01:14:56,201 - Right? - [SCOFFS] 1205 01:14:59,620 --> 01:15:02,715 Howard Glass was my patient, yes. It's true. 1206 01:15:03,290 --> 01:15:08,797 And his suicide affected me greatly. 1207 01:15:09,964 --> 01:15:11,432 Altered the course of my life. 1208 01:15:11,799 --> 01:15:13,426 It altered the course of my practice. 1209 01:15:14,260 --> 01:15:16,558 You're a great talker. 1210 01:15:18,431 --> 01:15:20,399 But you couldn't talk him out... 1211 01:15:21,142 --> 01:15:22,189 of killing himself. 1212 01:15:22,643 --> 01:15:24,065 No, I couldn't, no. 1213 01:15:24,270 --> 01:15:25,988 - Does that haunt you? - [CHUCKLES] 1214 01:15:28,566 --> 01:15:31,911 There was a time when I put the blame on myself, yeah. 1215 01:15:34,155 --> 01:15:35,532 But I was... 1216 01:15:37,533 --> 01:15:38,534 young. 1217 01:15:39,785 --> 01:15:41,537 And I've learned things since then. 1218 01:15:41,912 --> 01:15:44,916 Um, I know now what I can and can't do. 1219 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:50,130 I can only talk to you and listen to you and be here with you. 1220 01:15:50,212 --> 01:15:51,839 I can't go out the door with you. 1221 01:15:52,798 --> 01:15:54,300 Or take the mound for you. 1222 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:56,678 Or pitch for you. Only you can do that. 1223 01:15:58,429 --> 01:16:00,523 - So? - Are you married? 1224 01:16:01,390 --> 01:16:02,391 I'm divorced. 1225 01:16:02,641 --> 01:16:04,814 Is there anything else you want to know? [CHUCKLES] 1226 01:16:04,894 --> 01:16:06,271 - She left you? - Yeah. 1227 01:16:06,604 --> 01:16:07,821 - Why did she leave you? - That's right. 1228 01:16:08,022 --> 01:16:09,319 - What? - Why did she leave you? 1229 01:16:10,566 --> 01:16:14,241 Um, I was never home. I was always working. 1230 01:16:14,445 --> 01:16:15,913 And even when I was at home. 1231 01:16:16,030 --> 01:16:19,409 Um, see, there's now a little, kinda... 1232 01:16:22,203 --> 01:16:23,750 It's not exactly the truth, is it? 1233 01:16:24,497 --> 01:16:27,341 I mean, I did a lot of Googling on you. 1234 01:16:27,458 --> 01:16:29,631 I read the web. It's out there. 1235 01:16:31,253 --> 01:16:33,176 - I got the scoop on you, doc. - Yeah. 1236 01:16:35,007 --> 01:16:36,179 All right, let's hear it then. 1237 01:16:37,676 --> 01:16:42,852 [HOPPER SIGHS] Your life, I mean, you sound like you have it all together, 1238 01:16:42,932 --> 01:16:45,310 but your life is pretty fucking far from perfect. 1239 01:16:45,893 --> 01:16:49,193 I think both of us have some issues about being perfect, man. 1240 01:16:49,355 --> 01:16:51,357 After he died, you hit the bottle pretty hard, right? 1241 01:16:56,612 --> 01:16:57,613 Yeah. 1242 01:16:59,406 --> 01:17:01,454 Arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct. 1243 01:17:01,534 --> 01:17:03,081 - Yeah. - Holy fuckin' shit. 1244 01:17:03,869 --> 01:17:07,419 Doc, I mean, she probably thought she was marrying a superstar, 1245 01:17:07,540 --> 01:17:10,384 and you didn't live up to those expectations. 1246 01:17:10,793 --> 01:17:12,136 Sounds familiar. 1247 01:17:12,670 --> 01:17:15,219 - [SCOFFS] - Yeah. Kinda fell short. 1248 01:17:16,382 --> 01:17:18,225 Bye-bye, magazine covers. 1249 01:17:20,094 --> 01:17:21,095 Yup. 1250 01:17:22,972 --> 01:17:24,770 That was the best part, actually. 1251 01:17:26,267 --> 01:17:28,565 And I wasn't all that comfortable with the attention myself. 1252 01:17:30,146 --> 01:17:33,569 Well, try living under a fucking microscope today. 1253 01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:34,741 - Yeah. - You know? 1254 01:17:35,359 --> 01:17:37,111 They will eat you alive. 1255 01:17:37,528 --> 01:17:39,371 They find the smallest chink in your armor. 1256 01:17:41,490 --> 01:17:43,288 [DR. MOBLEY SIGHS] Take off the armor. 1257 01:17:43,617 --> 01:17:44,830 - Take off the armor? - Yes. 1258 01:17:44,910 --> 01:17:47,629 That's easy for you to say, because nobody gives a shit about you anymore. 1259 01:17:48,873 --> 01:17:53,344 A lot of people want an arm that throws a 100 mile an hour fast ball. 1260 01:17:54,712 --> 01:17:57,386 You know what? They can have the arm. 1261 01:17:59,216 --> 01:18:01,180 They really can. You want the arm? 1262 01:18:01,260 --> 01:18:02,637 You can have it. It's yours. 1263 01:18:03,429 --> 01:18:05,807 - No, thank you. - Oh, come on. You know you want it. 1264 01:18:05,931 --> 01:18:06,932 [CHUCKLES] 1265 01:18:07,057 --> 01:18:10,022 Who doesn't want an arm that can throw a fast ball? 1266 01:18:10,102 --> 01:18:11,103 Oh, I'm sure. I'm sure. 1267 01:18:11,854 --> 01:18:13,276 Are you sure you don't want it? 1268 01:18:13,397 --> 01:18:15,399 - Oh, I'm sure I don't want it. - Okay. 1269 01:18:15,482 --> 01:18:17,735 - I promise you that. - Then what do you want? 1270 01:18:18,110 --> 01:18:19,236 - What do I want? - Yes. 1271 01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:21,448 - Fuck you, we're not going there. - No. Fuck you. 1272 01:18:22,072 --> 01:18:23,369 Fuck you, come on. 1273 01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:25,955 - Oh, fuck you, fuck you. - Okay. 1274 01:18:27,453 --> 01:18:29,330 That feeling you had when you were a kid, 1275 01:18:30,831 --> 01:18:32,674 playing in the parking lot with your friends, 1276 01:18:35,794 --> 01:18:37,467 that's still available to you. 1277 01:18:37,630 --> 01:18:40,053 That's still available to you, that still exists. 1278 01:18:40,174 --> 01:18:41,801 I swear to God, it does. 1279 01:18:44,136 --> 01:18:46,264 Now you may feel kinda beat up and fucked up, 1280 01:18:46,388 --> 01:18:48,937 and you're siting in the corner of some washed-up asshole's office. 1281 01:18:49,099 --> 01:18:53,150 But I swear to you, that feeling of being and playing, 1282 01:18:53,979 --> 01:18:55,731 that still is available to you. 1283 01:18:56,106 --> 01:18:57,278 You threw strikes. 1284 01:18:58,609 --> 01:19:00,282 I couldn't bullshit you about that. 1285 01:19:01,403 --> 01:19:02,404 You know it. 1286 01:19:04,365 --> 01:19:05,366 So, believe me. 1287 01:19:08,285 --> 01:19:10,663 And this overwhelming suspicion you have of people, 1288 01:19:10,746 --> 01:19:13,215 is old, old, old fear, 1289 01:19:13,332 --> 01:19:15,755 and you can let go of that now. Let go of it now. 1290 01:19:20,673 --> 01:19:22,175 I compete out of fear. 1291 01:19:24,051 --> 01:19:26,053 How am I gonna compete if I don't have fear? 1292 01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:27,308 DR. MOBLEY: You wanna compete? 1293 01:19:27,805 --> 01:19:29,102 You just said you wanted... 1294 01:19:29,223 --> 01:19:31,271 I doesn't matter what I want, 'cause I have a contract. 1295 01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:33,147 And you know what? I'll tell you something. 1296 01:19:33,269 --> 01:19:34,896 They picked the wrong fucking guy. 1297 01:19:36,522 --> 01:19:38,365 Because I'm just an ordinary kid. 1298 01:19:42,820 --> 01:19:43,867 I'm just an ordinary kid. 1299 01:19:45,864 --> 01:19:47,866 And maybe that's what makes you the right kid. 1300 01:19:47,992 --> 01:19:49,619 - Can I lie down for a second? - Yeah. 1301 01:20:43,213 --> 01:20:45,056 So, you ready for the big game, hm? 1302 01:20:46,216 --> 01:20:48,059 Got you coming out to the pen, huh? 1303 01:20:48,552 --> 01:20:49,678 [CHUCKLES] 1304 01:20:50,512 --> 01:20:51,980 You're going to save everybody? 1305 01:20:52,806 --> 01:20:55,309 I raised you to be a horse, not to come out to the pen. 1306 01:20:56,769 --> 01:20:59,521 So, hero, what you doing here? 1307 01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:05,911 Well, my mental coach thought it would be a good idea. 1308 01:21:06,487 --> 01:21:08,239 - Your what? - My mental coach. 1309 01:21:10,491 --> 01:21:11,959 [LAUGHS] 1310 01:21:12,409 --> 01:21:13,535 HOPPER: Whatever. 1311 01:21:13,660 --> 01:21:16,664 - What do you talk about with him? - I don't know. Whatever. 1312 01:21:17,790 --> 01:21:19,542 HOPPER: Whatever we want to, I guess. 1313 01:21:19,666 --> 01:21:20,667 Really? 1314 01:21:21,377 --> 01:21:24,631 What's the... what's the diagnosis? 1315 01:21:24,713 --> 01:21:26,181 HOPPER: Ah, it's complicated. 1316 01:21:26,298 --> 01:21:28,346 - Oh, I bet. - Actually, it's pretty simple. 1317 01:21:28,467 --> 01:21:32,313 But, I'd rather not get into it. 1318 01:21:33,013 --> 01:21:34,105 HOPPER SR.: Suit yourself. 1319 01:21:35,307 --> 01:21:37,480 We got a shit load of shrinks around here. 1320 01:21:37,684 --> 01:21:38,856 I just never... 1321 01:21:39,561 --> 01:21:43,361 feel like telling my private life to some total stranger. 1322 01:21:43,732 --> 01:21:46,155 You know Frank Bullet never cried to a quack, right? 1323 01:21:47,778 --> 01:21:50,281 - You know who that is? - Frank Bullet? 1324 01:21:51,615 --> 01:21:52,616 Yeah. 1325 01:21:53,534 --> 01:21:55,622 - He's from the... - From the movie, "Bullet." 1326 01:21:55,702 --> 01:21:56,703 - Bullet? - Yeah. 1327 01:21:56,787 --> 01:21:59,916 Anyway, he's a cop, right? But he's not some loud ol' pig like these fuckers. 1328 01:22:00,124 --> 01:22:01,211 [HOPPER CHUCKLES] Yeah. 1329 01:22:01,291 --> 01:22:02,508 They are trying to reform me. 1330 01:22:03,293 --> 01:22:04,670 Yeah, turn me into a... 1331 01:22:05,796 --> 01:22:06,843 modern man. 1332 01:22:09,049 --> 01:22:12,679 Modern man, to me, looks an awful lot like a modern sissy. 1333 01:22:12,928 --> 01:22:15,101 So do you have any friends in here this time? 1334 01:22:16,265 --> 01:22:17,482 All my friends are dead. 1335 01:22:21,145 --> 01:22:24,445 I had a dream about your mom last night. 1336 01:22:26,024 --> 01:22:27,867 She was the same age as when we met. 1337 01:22:28,026 --> 01:22:30,245 You know, head cheerleader. That's all she cared about. 1338 01:22:30,654 --> 01:22:33,533 You know, but she was... she was super pretty. 1339 01:22:33,991 --> 01:22:36,790 She'd do those tumbles into jumps, you know. 1340 01:22:36,910 --> 01:22:37,957 Stellar shit. 1341 01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:40,964 She led her whole team to this competition in, uh, 1342 01:22:41,748 --> 01:22:44,126 Tokyo, Japan. Did you know that? 1343 01:22:44,251 --> 01:22:46,299 - Your mom competed in Japan. - No. 1344 01:22:46,462 --> 01:22:47,759 - You didn't know that? - No, I didn't. 1345 01:22:47,921 --> 01:22:50,219 I mean, I knew she was a cheerleader, but I didn't know... 1346 01:22:50,299 --> 01:22:51,471 - She was the captain, dude. - Yeah. 1347 01:22:51,717 --> 01:22:54,220 - Yeah, Regional Four champion. - Yeah. 1348 01:22:54,344 --> 01:22:56,142 - Yeah, she didn't tell you that? - No. 1349 01:22:57,764 --> 01:23:01,394 Well, she was never the bragging type, you know. 1350 01:23:02,561 --> 01:23:04,438 I'll give her that. [LAUGHS] 1351 01:23:06,690 --> 01:23:08,988 High-school sweethearts die hard. 1352 01:23:09,610 --> 01:23:10,782 Champ, beware. 1353 01:23:11,653 --> 01:23:12,745 HOPPER: Well, you know what? 1354 01:23:13,405 --> 01:23:15,453 - I started talking to Dorothy last night. - Yeah. 1355 01:23:16,408 --> 01:23:18,627 - Yeah, we talked for five hours. - Five hours? 1356 01:23:18,744 --> 01:23:20,371 - Five hours. - You're Chatty Cathy, huh? 1357 01:23:20,454 --> 01:23:22,081 - I guess so. - You think you love her? 1358 01:23:22,331 --> 01:23:23,753 - I think so. - Hm. 1359 01:23:24,124 --> 01:23:26,297 You know how to do that, huh? Love somebody. 1360 01:23:26,627 --> 01:23:30,427 I need someone. I think, she doesn't like, she... 1361 01:23:31,632 --> 01:23:33,976 - I have to communicate. - Yeah, right. 1362 01:23:34,092 --> 01:23:35,344 - Or she gets pissed. - Yeah. 1363 01:23:35,427 --> 01:23:36,428 Yeah. 1364 01:23:38,347 --> 01:23:42,272 So you don't even care, huh? You just, you let her wear the pants? 1365 01:23:42,434 --> 01:23:45,313 Yeah, sometimes. I guess. 1366 01:23:49,399 --> 01:23:51,527 What are you doing here, horse, hm? 1367 01:23:54,404 --> 01:23:55,405 I mean, 1368 01:23:58,575 --> 01:24:00,372 I taught you everything I know already. 1369 01:24:00,452 --> 01:24:01,829 You got my two cents. 1370 01:24:04,623 --> 01:24:05,624 But you knew that. 1371 01:24:07,376 --> 01:24:08,593 But here you are. 1372 01:24:10,337 --> 01:24:11,964 You just come to see the old man, huh? 1373 01:24:12,130 --> 01:24:13,723 Your old man who's not worth a damn. 1374 01:24:16,927 --> 01:24:20,727 I mean, the fact that you would come here to see me, 1375 01:24:21,932 --> 01:24:22,933 before your big... 1376 01:24:24,935 --> 01:24:26,027 It's a big game, you know. 1377 01:24:26,895 --> 01:24:27,896 It is. 1378 01:24:30,399 --> 01:24:32,321 I mean... [CHUCKLES] 1379 01:24:32,401 --> 01:24:33,448 [SNIFFS] 1380 01:24:33,610 --> 01:24:35,578 Show me what you're made of, why don't you? 1380 01:24:36,305 --> 01:24:42,915 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org