1 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:13,845 And now Mark McGwire, his historic chase continues. 2 00:00:14,005 --> 00:00:16,202 One home run shy of Babe Ruth. 3 00:00:16,364 --> 00:00:18,723 Two shy of Roger Maris' 61. 4 00:00:18,885 --> 00:00:20,044 He's facing a Reds team... 5 00:00:20,205 --> 00:00:23,523 ...that hasn't allowed a McGwire home run all year. 6 00:00:24,804 --> 00:00:28,204 Into left field. They can't say it anymore. 7 00:00:28,365 --> 00:00:29,802 Sixty. 8 00:00:30,163 --> 00:00:33,803 And now Mark McGwire is one home run away... 9 00:00:33,965 --> 00:00:38,283 ...from tying a 37-year-old record held by Roger Maris. 10 00:00:39,525 --> 00:00:41,404 I wonder what Dad would've thought of this. 11 00:00:41,565 --> 00:00:44,804 It's weird. In some ways, it's like the best season Dad ever had. 12 00:00:44,966 --> 00:00:46,361 Yeah, he's not even here to see it. 13 00:00:46,522 --> 00:00:48,481 --with the souvenir of a lifetime. 14 00:00:48,643 --> 00:00:50,680 -You guys ready to go? -Just waiting for Mom. 15 00:00:52,761 --> 00:00:55,881 McGwire's date with destiny rapidly approaches. 16 00:00:56,043 --> 00:00:57,723 Thoughts of 1961... 17 00:00:57,882 --> 00:01:01,363 ...when two Yankee teammates and that great home run race. 18 00:01:01,522 --> 00:01:06,121 Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, chasing another Yankee great, Babe Ruth. 19 00:01:06,283 --> 00:01:10,922 Sixty-one home runs in a season, a record they said would never be broken. 20 00:01:11,081 --> 00:01:15,121 And as the Maris family makes their way to st. Louis to witness history... 21 00:01:15,282 --> 00:01:20,243 ...you're all invited to watch Mark McGwire continue this home run chase. 22 00:01:20,404 --> 00:01:24,683 -Awave to the crowd, a fist into the air. -Okay, I'm ready, let's go. 23 00:01:24,842 --> 00:01:26,163 JOE Folks, don't go anywhere. 24 00:01:26,323 --> 00:01:30,042 The way he's swinging the bat, this could happen soon. 25 00:01:42,203 --> 00:01:43,242 Maybe he won't do it. 26 00:01:43,763 --> 00:01:46,203 Come on, Susan, there's 25 games left. 27 00:01:46,364 --> 00:01:47,922 If he does, he better do it this weekend. 28 00:01:48,083 --> 00:01:50,282 I don't wanna follow him around for the next two weeks. 29 00:01:53,084 --> 00:01:54,082 -Mom? -Mom? 30 00:01:54,245 --> 00:01:56,044 -Mom, what is it? Mom, what's the matter? 31 00:01:56,204 --> 00:01:57,800 I can't catch my breath. 32 00:01:58,523 --> 00:02:02,040 Well, the doctor said it wasn't a heart attack, it's my arrhythmia. 33 00:02:02,202 --> 00:02:04,200 I'm fine. Really, Susan. 34 00:02:04,362 --> 00:02:07,521 I slept well. I feel great this morning. 35 00:02:08,201 --> 00:02:09,922 -Hi, Mom. Hi, Kev. 36 00:02:10,682 --> 00:02:12,243 What's that? 37 00:02:13,323 --> 00:02:14,283 It's Dad's bat. 38 00:02:14,843 --> 00:02:16,521 It's the one he hit the 61st with. 39 00:02:16,682 --> 00:02:19,961 The Hall of Fame sent it to the hotel. They said Mark wanted to hold it. 40 00:02:23,442 --> 00:02:25,121 Can I see it? 41 00:02:42,845 --> 00:02:46,362 The family of Roger Maris aIso came to town. 42 00:02:46,523 --> 00:02:51,121 pat Maris, the widow of Roger Maris, had to be hospitalized upon arrival. 43 00:02:51,281 --> 00:02:53,241 That ball is going, and it's clear. 44 00:02:53,403 --> 00:02:56,962 It is a home run. Number 61. 45 00:02:57,123 --> 00:02:58,882 He has tied Maris. 46 00:03:03,244 --> 00:03:08,721 One more to go for Mark McGwire and his rendezvous with history. 47 00:03:11,202 --> 00:03:13,801 JOE We would like to welcome those who have been watching... 48 00:03:13,962 --> 00:03:16,122 ...the Houston Astros and the Cincinnati Reds... 49 00:03:16,282 --> 00:03:22,323 ...as Matt McGwire looks on, wondering if this is the at-bat, Tuesday, September 8... 50 00:03:22,483 --> 00:03:27,001 ...that Mark McGwire moves one place in front of Roger Maris. 51 00:03:30,842 --> 00:03:32,919 Down the left field line. Is it enough? 52 00:04:00,482 --> 00:04:01,640 -Hey, Rog. -Yeah. 53 00:04:01,802 --> 00:04:05,881 -Take it easy, you wanna break your leg? -Oh, come on, Bob, it's opening day. 54 00:04:06,043 --> 00:04:08,520 Hello, everybody, this is Mel Allen with Phil Rizzuto... 55 00:04:08,682 --> 00:04:10,723 ...coming to you live from Yankee Stadium... 56 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:14,362 ...where we're just about an hour away from opening day of the 1961 season. 57 00:04:14,523 --> 00:04:16,202 Mel, I still get goose bumps out here. 58 00:04:16,363 --> 00:04:18,564 -Even in a suit, I'll tell you. -I'm sure you do. 59 00:04:18,722 --> 00:04:21,160 Absolutely, and new Yankee Ralph Houk's got some team... 60 00:04:21,321 --> 00:04:23,881 ...what with Yogi and Eli Howard behind the plate... 61 00:04:24,042 --> 00:04:26,840 ...chairman of the board, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowran at first... 62 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,720 ...and up the middle, we got Richardson and Tony Kubek, and Clete Boyer at third. 63 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,321 And not to mention those bombers, Roger Maris and the great Mickey Mantle. 64 00:04:34,482 --> 00:04:35,881 Who the...? 65 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,320 How does this feel, Mick? 66 00:04:39,482 --> 00:04:40,961 Feels good. 67 00:04:44,361 --> 00:04:48,280 Oh, baby. Good God. 68 00:04:49,281 --> 00:04:51,000 Hey, Whitey, look at that. 69 00:04:51,161 --> 00:04:53,480 She likes to read to the blind. 70 00:04:53,642 --> 00:04:55,241 She's not your type, slick. 71 00:04:55,401 --> 00:04:57,161 Yeah, I like women with small hands. 72 00:04:57,322 --> 00:05:00,160 -Makes my dick look bigger. -Yeah, right. 73 00:05:00,601 --> 00:05:03,241 Hey, Mick, you read Sam Simon's column today? 74 00:05:03,402 --> 00:05:05,641 No. You know I don't read that shit. 75 00:05:05,802 --> 00:05:10,721 That son of a bitch has been after me since day one. What's it say? 76 00:05:10,882 --> 00:05:13,080 All I wrote is he should be coming into his prime. 77 00:05:13,241 --> 00:05:15,080 Instead, he's had two off years in a row. 78 00:05:15,241 --> 00:05:17,641 You're the owner, Dan. You know what I'm talking about. 79 00:05:17,802 --> 00:05:20,521 Oh, for chrissakes, Sam. He hit 40 home runs last season. 80 00:05:20,682 --> 00:05:23,201 Every guy in the league would kill to have that off year. 81 00:05:23,361 --> 00:05:26,162 It's amazing the guy can play considering how much pain he's in. 82 00:05:26,322 --> 00:05:29,281 If he took better care of himself, he wouldn't be injured so much. 83 00:05:29,443 --> 00:05:32,119 You should be thanking me for leaving that out of the paper. 84 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:37,320 And for the Yankees, at second base, number 133. 85 00:05:37,479 --> 00:05:39,640 All right, three more. Three more. 86 00:05:39,802 --> 00:05:41,319 Hey, Mick. Mickey. 87 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,039 Okay, let's go. 88 00:05:43,202 --> 00:05:45,840 Mickey, how you doing? How you doing, Mick? 89 00:05:46,721 --> 00:05:48,839 Hey, Mick. Mick, you're in the cage. 90 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,880 Opening day, big guy, opening day. 91 00:06:01,639 --> 00:06:03,641 Mick's up. 92 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,361 Come on, Mickey! Go! 93 00:06:22,441 --> 00:06:24,480 Big deal. Only counts as one. 94 00:06:24,639 --> 00:06:27,160 You can write what you want, Sam. The fans love this guy. 95 00:06:27,322 --> 00:06:28,961 They love him. 96 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:33,481 What the hell does he eat? 97 00:06:36,683 --> 00:06:38,840 Christ, he's unbelievable. 98 00:06:39,002 --> 00:06:43,358 I've been covering this guy 10 years. He still puts me on the edge of my seat. 99 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,439 Oh, look at this. Mr. Ambidextrial. 100 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,799 Ambidextrical? 101 00:06:48,959 --> 00:06:51,239 Ambidextrial. You know, that side, this side. 102 00:06:51,399 --> 00:06:53,039 -You know. -Oh. 103 00:07:00,038 --> 00:07:02,680 Mick, Mick, you gotta concentrate. You're not concentrating. 104 00:07:02,841 --> 00:07:05,319 Ninety percent of the game is half mental. 105 00:07:05,479 --> 00:07:07,359 -Remember that. WO Come on, Mickey! 106 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,479 Did you see that catch? 107 00:07:16,639 --> 00:07:19,320 This kid may be the best right fielder in the league. 108 00:07:19,482 --> 00:07:22,880 -That's because it was Mantle. -Oh, come on, Maris works hard every day. 109 00:07:23,041 --> 00:07:25,480 You're like a chipmunk running around looking for nuts. 110 00:07:25,642 --> 00:07:27,160 Maris comes over from Kansas City. 111 00:07:27,321 --> 00:07:31,080 First year with the team, beats Mickey for the MVP, closest vote in baseball history. 112 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,638 Telling me Mantle wouldn't be pissed? Maris doesn't have something to prove? 113 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,840 I don't speculate, Artie. I write what I know. 114 00:07:37,001 --> 00:07:40,440 Look, with all due respect, Milt, I don't have a regular column. 115 00:07:40,601 --> 00:07:44,160 There's 15 papers in this town and we can't all write the same thing. 116 00:07:46,401 --> 00:07:47,400 Daddy! 117 00:07:49,123 --> 00:07:52,117 -Daddy. -Hi, honey. 118 00:07:52,279 --> 00:07:54,918 Here you go, Rog. -Oh, thanks, Greg. 119 00:07:55,077 --> 00:07:56,757 Kids up to see Pop get his big award? 120 00:07:56,918 --> 00:07:58,838 Yeah. Just Pat and Susan. 121 00:07:58,998 --> 00:08:00,279 The other ones are too little. 122 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:01,759 -They're back in Missouri. -Uh-huh. 123 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,919 Came up for opening day, you know, and then back tomorrow. Merlyn here? 124 00:08:05,079 --> 00:08:07,960 She's back in Dallas with the boys. Doesn't like it much up here. 125 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,918 -Who doesn't like it up here? -Your wife. 126 00:08:10,078 --> 00:08:12,078 She likes it down there. You know what I mean? 127 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,197 Mick, what do you say? Is there a rivalry between you and the MVP? 128 00:08:15,359 --> 00:08:17,917 Oh, you want rivalry? Who'd you vote for anyway? 129 00:08:18,078 --> 00:08:21,397 -You know I can't tell you that. -See, Rog, the little prick voted for you. 130 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,359 How about the home run record? Think you got a shot at The Babe? 131 00:08:24,519 --> 00:08:26,078 -What, are you crazy? -Oh, come on. 132 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,358 With expansion, the pitching's gonna be thinner. 133 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,279 Best year I ever had, I only hit 52. 134 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,759 This year, you got eight extra games on the schedule. 135 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:36,279 It can't be done. Even if you get close, you ain't gonna get nothing to hit. 136 00:08:36,441 --> 00:08:38,959 You're being modest. If you stay healthy you could do it. 137 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,840 Great. One guy's got me all washed up, the other one's got me beating Ruth's record. 138 00:08:43,001 --> 00:08:45,038 You ought to get together, make up your mind... 139 00:08:45,199 --> 00:08:47,039 ...tell me how I am so I know how to play. 140 00:08:47,199 --> 00:08:49,119 -What do you say, Rog? -I don't know, Artie. 141 00:08:49,281 --> 00:08:50,920 We haven't even played a game yet... 142 00:08:51,081 --> 00:08:53,038 ...so maybe we'll see after we've played one. 143 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,239 Let's go, Roger! Go, Maris! 144 00:09:02,557 --> 00:09:05,639 Look at that, you got the perfect swing for this ballpark. 145 00:09:05,799 --> 00:09:08,878 l don't know. I think if anybody's gonna do it, it's gonna be Mickey. 146 00:09:09,038 --> 00:09:11,398 You know, he hits from both sides of the plate. 147 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:12,957 And you don't think you got a shot? 148 00:09:14,279 --> 00:09:16,838 With that short porch out there, huh? 149 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:20,597 I don't know, Artie, I don't think about that. 150 00:09:20,757 --> 00:09:23,438 I'm sorry, you know? I don't know what you want me to say. 151 00:09:23,599 --> 00:09:25,759 I just don't think about that sort of stuff. 152 00:09:26,118 --> 00:09:27,837 Come on. 153 00:09:27,998 --> 00:09:32,638 Look, I gotta get ready for the game, Artie, so I'll talk to you later. 154 00:09:32,999 --> 00:09:35,157 -All right, I'll catch you later. Come on, Roger! 155 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,119 I should've talked to you first, but I met with some of the writers... 156 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:45,678 ...and I told them I'm expecting you to be our leader. 157 00:09:45,841 --> 00:09:49,479 Oh, shit, Ralph, I don't know, you know? I mean, what about Whitey or Yogi? 158 00:09:49,639 --> 00:09:51,159 They've been here longer than me. 159 00:09:51,319 --> 00:09:53,397 You're the heart and soul of this team. 160 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,957 I know Casey can be rough on you, but whatever happened with him is over. 161 00:09:57,117 --> 00:09:59,798 I'm the manager now, and this is what I expect. 162 00:10:01,161 --> 00:10:02,918 I'm not just talking about on the field. 163 00:10:03,079 --> 00:10:05,440 Nothing gets in the way of me coming to the ballpark. 164 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,318 -You know that. -Oh, I know, I know. 165 00:10:07,481 --> 00:10:10,558 And I got nothing against blowing off a little steam... 166 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,759 ...but the guys look up to you. 167 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:16,637 And there's a responsibility that comes with that. 168 00:10:17,478 --> 00:10:18,916 You got to be the one. 169 00:10:19,077 --> 00:10:21,437 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen... 170 00:10:21,599 --> 00:10:23,238 ...welcome to Yankee Stadium. 171 00:10:23,399 --> 00:10:26,597 We direct your attention now to home plate. 172 00:10:26,758 --> 00:10:30,877 So please welcome the voice of the Yankees, Mel Allen. 173 00:10:31,037 --> 00:10:32,837 Go, go! 174 00:10:32,997 --> 00:10:34,917 Thank you, Bob Sheppard. 175 00:10:35,078 --> 00:10:37,277 Hello there, everybody. Ha-ha-ha! 176 00:10:39,797 --> 00:10:42,038 And now, please give a warm welcome... 177 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,758 ...to the commissioner of baseball, Mr. Ford Frick. 178 00:10:47,079 --> 00:10:49,478 -Thank you, Mel, thank you. -This guy died and nobody told him. 179 00:10:49,638 --> 00:10:54,118 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the house that Ruth built. 180 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,436 As I stand here this afternoon, it is impossible not to think of The Babe... 181 00:11:01,598 --> 00:11:04,799 ...not to feel his presence here even now. 182 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,437 He was more than a ballplayer. 183 00:11:06,598 --> 00:11:09,077 He was everything that is special about this game. 184 00:11:09,239 --> 00:11:12,119 He was everything that is special about America. 185 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,438 I'll bet I got more pussy than he did. 186 00:11:15,718 --> 00:11:20,517 And so it is a great honor for me to present to you... 187 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,838 ...The Babe's widow, Mrs. Claire Ruth. 188 00:11:23,999 --> 00:11:28,596 She will present the award for last year's Most Valuable Player. 189 00:11:28,757 --> 00:11:31,196 Mrs. Claire Ruth. 190 00:11:46,998 --> 00:11:53,196 On behalf of The Babe, I'm very proud to present this award... 191 00:11:53,357 --> 00:11:58,957 ...to another Yankee, right fielder Roger Maris. 192 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:07,677 The Babe would've been very proud of you. 193 00:12:07,838 --> 00:12:10,758 Have a wonderful season. 194 00:12:24,357 --> 00:12:25,397 Bottom of the sixth now. 195 00:12:25,798 --> 00:12:28,359 Yankees down four runs. They could use a lift here, phil. 196 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:31,717 Oh, yeah. The fans would love to see Mick put one out of here right now. 197 00:12:31,877 --> 00:12:35,396 Oh, yeah, now's the time. All right, here's the wind up, pascual delivers. 198 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:37,476 Strike three! -Cold, that will do it here in the sixth. 199 00:12:38,757 --> 00:12:40,435 Tough day, the fans are letting him hear it. 200 00:12:40,596 --> 00:12:42,557 Oh, I'll say, listen to them huckleberries. 201 00:12:42,717 --> 00:12:45,036 -Jeez. -Loser! 202 00:12:45,556 --> 00:12:47,195 Hey, Bob. 203 00:12:48,197 --> 00:12:49,916 Does this sound like love to you? 204 00:12:50,078 --> 00:12:51,237 Hey, this is your fault. 205 00:12:51,399 --> 00:12:53,556 You guys make him out to be some kind of superman. 206 00:12:53,717 --> 00:12:55,236 Who could live up to that? 207 00:12:55,398 --> 00:12:56,835 Schmuck. 208 00:12:57,677 --> 00:12:59,875 Holy cow, and the boo birds are out already. 209 00:13:00,036 --> 00:13:03,236 Boy, oh, boy, this is gonna be some cannoli of a season, I'll tell you. 210 00:13:03,398 --> 00:13:06,197 Come on, Sam, what are we talking about? It's one game. 211 00:13:06,356 --> 00:13:09,156 They scored more runs than we did. That's all there is to it. 212 00:13:09,317 --> 00:13:12,836 Oh, by the way, I loved your column today. Simon says shove it up your ass. 213 00:13:12,998 --> 00:13:15,078 -I wasn't finished yet. Yeah, you were. 214 00:13:15,237 --> 00:13:17,717 Rog, you feeling any extra pressure now after last year? 215 00:13:17,878 --> 00:13:20,157 No. Not really, no. 216 00:13:20,319 --> 00:13:24,276 Houk says Mick is the leader of the team. You got a comment on that? 217 00:13:24,438 --> 00:13:25,798 Well, yeah, he is. 218 00:13:25,958 --> 00:13:29,395 You turned things around last year. You're the one that makes the team go. 219 00:13:29,558 --> 00:13:31,557 Oh, I don't know, Artie. 220 00:13:31,719 --> 00:13:36,397 I mean, Mickey's been here, what, ten years and won eight pennants, five World Series. 221 00:13:36,557 --> 00:13:38,317 Not too bad. 222 00:13:38,917 --> 00:13:40,957 Just gonna grab a shower. 223 00:13:41,199 --> 00:13:44,357 MVP. Most Vacant Personality. 224 00:13:45,319 --> 00:13:47,034 Daddy? -Yeah. 225 00:13:47,195 --> 00:13:49,834 Are you gonna live here with Bob? 226 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:53,155 Yeah. Yeah, just for the season, then I'll be back home. 227 00:13:53,316 --> 00:13:55,236 -Daddy. -Yeah? 228 00:13:55,397 --> 00:13:59,315 I liked it better when you played in Kansas City. 229 00:13:59,476 --> 00:14:00,836 Yeah, I know, me too. 230 00:14:00,996 --> 00:14:03,874 -But it will go real fast. You'll see. Susan, you know what? 231 00:14:04,035 --> 00:14:08,995 If I don't hit the ball a real long way, I'll be back in Kansas City soon too. 232 00:14:10,117 --> 00:14:11,795 Yeah. 233 00:14:17,596 --> 00:14:21,795 Hey, why don't you get Uncle Bob to teach you how to juggle. 234 00:14:26,558 --> 00:14:28,037 What? 235 00:14:28,198 --> 00:14:30,677 Just watching you. 236 00:14:30,839 --> 00:14:35,878 Well, there's steaks for the freezer and plenty of beer, eggs, cold cuts... 237 00:14:36,037 --> 00:14:38,436 ...and take care. 238 00:14:39,476 --> 00:14:41,156 Oh, boy, I'm gonna miss you. 239 00:14:42,117 --> 00:14:43,796 It's only six weeks till you're home. 240 00:14:43,957 --> 00:14:46,076 Three days, and then I'm back on the road again. 241 00:14:46,237 --> 00:14:48,035 You'll be back again in August, right? 242 00:14:48,197 --> 00:14:50,437 -Yeah. -Maybe just in time for the baby. 243 00:14:50,918 --> 00:14:53,476 Oh, Pat, I hope so. I don't wanna miss this one. 244 00:14:54,918 --> 00:14:56,597 Well, you're one for three so far. 245 00:14:58,035 --> 00:15:00,355 That will get you into the Hall of Fame, right? 246 00:15:00,515 --> 00:15:03,554 Yeah. You see, I should be with you, you know? 247 00:15:03,715 --> 00:15:06,636 -A family should be together. -Oh, Roger, we talked about this. 248 00:15:06,797 --> 00:15:09,115 -We can't afford two households. -Yeah. 249 00:15:09,276 --> 00:15:12,875 Thirty-eight thousand goes a lot farther in Missouri than it does in New York. 250 00:15:13,036 --> 00:15:15,355 I really wanna be near my doctor this time. 251 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,795 -You're feeling all right, right? -Oh, I'm fine. 252 00:15:17,955 --> 00:15:21,634 I just wanna be safe this time. Don't worry about that. 253 00:15:21,795 --> 00:15:24,034 -All right. -Okay. 254 00:15:24,195 --> 00:15:26,515 I just hate saying goodbye. 255 00:16:21,596 --> 00:16:24,635 And it flies. That ball is going, going. 256 00:16:24,796 --> 00:16:25,795 It is gone. 257 00:16:27,595 --> 00:16:29,475 How about that? 258 00:16:30,236 --> 00:16:32,553 We're not playing good ball now. What can I tell you? 259 00:16:32,714 --> 00:16:36,194 You're 25 games into the season and your MVP's batting .200 with three homers. 260 00:16:36,355 --> 00:16:38,434 Don't blame Rog. He does things to help us win. 261 00:16:38,596 --> 00:16:41,114 But you're not winning, Ralph. Come on, Ralph. 262 00:16:41,275 --> 00:16:43,435 Ralph, come here. You gotta hang in there, kid. 263 00:16:43,595 --> 00:16:46,594 We're losing more than we're winning. How can that be good? 264 00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:48,314 We'll turn it around. Don't worry. 265 00:16:48,476 --> 00:16:51,635 Mickey, I know it's still early, but you already got nine home runs. 266 00:16:51,797 --> 00:16:53,196 That's way ahead of Ruth's pace. 267 00:16:53,358 --> 00:16:56,115 Damn right, and I don't wanna hear this when we ain't winning. 268 00:16:56,275 --> 00:16:58,476 Are you surprised the fans are getting on Rog? 269 00:16:58,636 --> 00:17:00,953 Yeah, you know, but you can't figure this stuff out. 270 00:17:01,114 --> 00:17:02,395 I mean, he'll come around. 271 00:17:03,917 --> 00:17:05,955 Rog, you got a minute? 272 00:17:06,117 --> 00:17:08,795 No. Look, Milt, you know, I had a tough one out there today. 273 00:17:08,955 --> 00:17:10,355 I just rather not talk about it. 274 00:17:10,515 --> 00:17:14,276 No, no, I don't wanna talk about that anyway. This is just between us. 275 00:17:14,436 --> 00:17:19,674 Look, this might just be talk, but the word is you may be traded. 276 00:17:19,835 --> 00:17:20,994 Huh? 277 00:17:21,154 --> 00:17:25,514 Hey, you've always been straight with me. I thought you should know. 278 00:17:28,954 --> 00:17:29,953 Trade you? 279 00:17:30,515 --> 00:17:32,875 What about last year, doesn't that mean anything? 280 00:17:33,035 --> 00:17:34,475 Mommy, can I have more juice? 281 00:17:34,637 --> 00:17:37,593 No, the only thing that matters to them is if you're producing now. 282 00:17:37,754 --> 00:17:41,435 Everybody goes through a slump from time to time. They're not gonna trade you. 283 00:17:41,595 --> 00:17:42,994 Oh, honey, you don't understand. 284 00:17:43,514 --> 00:17:47,753 This is New York. I mean, these rumors don't just come from nowhere. 285 00:17:47,914 --> 00:17:50,035 I'm a piece of meat to them. They can do what they want. 286 00:17:52,995 --> 00:17:55,555 -You wanted to see me, Ralph? -Come on in, Roger. 287 00:17:56,195 --> 00:17:58,354 -Hey there, Mr. Topping. -Sit down, Rog. 288 00:17:58,517 --> 00:17:59,995 Yeah. 289 00:18:04,474 --> 00:18:08,435 Obviously, you're not off to the kind of start we'd all hoped for. 290 00:18:08,594 --> 00:18:11,473 We thought maybe there were some problems we weren't aware of. 291 00:18:11,835 --> 00:18:13,793 No, no, no problems. No. 292 00:18:13,956 --> 00:18:16,194 How are things at home? -Well, how do you mean? 293 00:18:16,357 --> 00:18:20,154 Well, I understand pat's pregnant again. Everything all right with that? 294 00:18:21,155 --> 00:18:24,475 Well, she's had a tough time with this one and we lost one a while back... 295 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:28,635 ...but no, I don't think it's affecting my play, if that's what you mean. 296 00:18:28,796 --> 00:18:30,993 You're not worried about hitting .300, are you? 297 00:18:31,154 --> 00:18:33,633 I'd like to get a couple of hits, get myself started... 298 00:18:33,793 --> 00:18:36,034 ...but it's just not happening, so-- 299 00:18:36,194 --> 00:18:38,114 I don't care about your average, Rog. 300 00:18:38,514 --> 00:18:40,993 I'm paying you to hit home runs. Home runs and RBI's. 301 00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:44,353 You should be swinging for the fences. That's why we brought you here. 302 00:18:46,675 --> 00:18:48,353 Yeah, sure. Yeah, all right, then. 303 00:18:48,514 --> 00:18:50,113 Okay. Relax. 304 00:18:50,794 --> 00:18:52,634 -Play ball. -Yes, sir. 305 00:18:53,874 --> 00:18:55,872 Talk to you later, Ralph. 306 00:18:56,993 --> 00:18:59,713 -Stick around, will you, Rog? -Yeah. 307 00:19:00,475 --> 00:19:01,513 -Hey, Mick. Yeah? 308 00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:02,914 Come here a minute. 309 00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:09,795 Shut the door, would you? 310 00:19:12,316 --> 00:19:13,313 What's going on? 311 00:19:18,755 --> 00:19:21,355 I wanna switch around the lineup, shake things up a bit. 312 00:19:21,516 --> 00:19:25,313 I'm gonna move Roger to the number three spot hitting before you, Mick. 313 00:19:25,474 --> 00:19:28,035 The way you're swinging the bat, he'll see better pitches. 314 00:19:28,194 --> 00:19:30,313 Ralph, I really don't think you need to do that. 315 00:19:30,475 --> 00:19:32,954 I'm starting to feel better. I'm gonna come out of this. 316 00:19:33,115 --> 00:19:36,075 Oh, I know. Let's just give it a shot and see what happens. 317 00:19:36,235 --> 00:19:37,915 Whatever's best for the team. 318 00:19:38,075 --> 00:19:40,912 Programs. Get your programs here. 319 00:19:41,074 --> 00:19:42,912 Get your programs. Oh, thanks. 320 00:19:43,073 --> 00:19:46,111 Batting second, number 10, the short stop, Tony Kubek. 321 00:19:51,633 --> 00:19:54,912 I can't figure this guy out. Struck me out twice with that off-speed junk. 322 00:19:55,073 --> 00:19:57,073 He's got you thinking about it now. -Yup. 323 00:19:57,235 --> 00:19:59,032 That's why he's gonna throw a fast ball. 324 00:19:59,193 --> 00:20:01,834 -Really? -I'll tell you something else. 325 00:20:01,993 --> 00:20:06,192 That blonde back there has got the biggest tits I've ever seen in my life. 326 00:20:09,273 --> 00:20:10,914 -Thanks. -Go get them. 327 00:20:11,074 --> 00:20:13,593 Man, the lasagna at that place. 328 00:20:13,754 --> 00:20:16,354 -They gave me, like, 16 layers-- -That's a good thought. 329 00:20:16,513 --> 00:20:17,874 Here, here it comes, phil. 330 00:20:18,034 --> 00:20:20,273 Okay, Roger steps in. 331 00:20:20,435 --> 00:20:22,032 -Oh, he needs a hit. Come on, Rog. 332 00:20:22,194 --> 00:20:25,634 Mantle over there on deck today because Roger's batting in the third spot. 333 00:20:25,796 --> 00:20:29,593 And Kubek leads off first. And there's Richardson inching off second. 334 00:20:29,754 --> 00:20:32,434 Ralph Houk has juggled the lineup today to get Maris started. 335 00:20:32,595 --> 00:20:35,872 And, boy, Roger needs it. He's like my car on a cold day, I'll tell you. 336 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:37,754 Ha, ha. Still got that car, Phil? 337 00:20:37,914 --> 00:20:40,673 Now here's Frank Lary on the mound, he looks Richardson back. 338 00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:42,032 And here's the pitch. 339 00:20:44,195 --> 00:20:46,074 It's a line drive to right center field. 340 00:20:46,235 --> 00:20:47,392 This could be in between them. 341 00:20:47,554 --> 00:20:49,794 Richardson will score. It's off the wall. 342 00:20:50,314 --> 00:20:52,791 -Maris rounds first, digging for second. -Dig, Rog, dig. 343 00:20:53,273 --> 00:20:55,630 Kaline up with the ball. Here's the throw. 344 00:20:56,153 --> 00:20:59,112 Safe! -In there! 345 00:21:00,313 --> 00:21:02,553 Holy cow, line drive double for Roger Maris. 346 00:21:02,713 --> 00:21:04,272 And that just could get him started, Mel. 347 00:21:04,433 --> 00:21:05,793 Well, I hope so, Scooter. 348 00:21:05,953 --> 00:21:08,392 Man, did he hit that ball, a screaming line drive. 349 00:21:08,554 --> 00:21:10,032 And here comes Mickey. 350 00:21:10,192 --> 00:21:12,512 Now batting, center field, Mickey Mantle. 351 00:21:14,592 --> 00:21:16,311 Oh, no, they're gonna walk Mantle. 352 00:21:16,472 --> 00:21:17,471 They're gonna put him on. 353 00:21:17,632 --> 00:21:21,272 -Good baseball, but I don't have to like it. -Shit, come on. 354 00:21:21,753 --> 00:21:25,473 With first base open, the huckleberries are gonna walk Mickey because he's red-hot. 355 00:21:25,634 --> 00:21:28,152 My, my, and I'll tell you, Mickey's not gonna like that. 356 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:50,833 -Thanks. -Thanks. 357 00:21:50,994 --> 00:21:52,673 Take a look at Mick over there. 358 00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:54,794 WO Mickey. -Hi. 359 00:21:57,634 --> 00:21:58,913 So anyway, where was l? 360 00:21:59,074 --> 00:22:01,790 You were talking about this girl. -Right, okay. 361 00:22:01,953 --> 00:22:04,151 So I take her back to the hotel, right? 362 00:22:04,313 --> 00:22:06,710 We start getting undressed, you know, fumbling around. 363 00:22:06,872 --> 00:22:08,471 All of a sudden, she stops. 364 00:22:08,632 --> 00:22:11,552 And she looks me dead in the eye and she says, "I thought you's a homo." 365 00:22:13,952 --> 00:22:15,952 I said, "What the hell are you talking about?" 366 00:22:16,114 --> 00:22:17,952 She says, "Well, I heard you's a switch hitter." 367 00:22:23,913 --> 00:22:25,711 Oh, thank you. Put it on my tab, hon. 368 00:22:25,872 --> 00:22:28,551 No, shit, you've been getting them all. Let me get this one. 369 00:22:28,711 --> 00:22:30,991 Oh, get out of here, I got it. 370 00:22:31,151 --> 00:22:33,711 Hey, a toast, to Roger Maris, who's on a hitting streak... 371 00:22:33,872 --> 00:22:36,831 ...because he's getting all them fastballs hitting in front of me. 372 00:22:36,991 --> 00:22:39,793 You son of a bitch. To Roger. 373 00:22:41,912 --> 00:22:44,353 I heard DiMaggio's throwing out the first ball tomorrow. 374 00:22:44,713 --> 00:22:46,033 -Yeah, Joe D.? Himself. 375 00:22:46,435 --> 00:22:48,152 No shit? 376 00:22:49,752 --> 00:22:51,031 Damn it. 377 00:22:53,672 --> 00:22:55,551 I'm gonna get a real drink. Be right back. 378 00:22:55,712 --> 00:22:56,832 All right. 379 00:22:57,953 --> 00:23:00,032 I shouldn't have said anything. -Yeah, well-- 380 00:23:00,193 --> 00:23:01,312 What, what did you say? 381 00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:06,272 What? 382 00:23:06,955 --> 00:23:08,514 Something between Mickey and Joe? 383 00:23:10,914 --> 00:23:14,590 When Mickey first came up, he's 18. Everybody's saying he's the next DiMaggio. 384 00:23:14,751 --> 00:23:18,270 -He was gonna be better than DiMaggio. -Joe D. didn't like that too much. 385 00:23:18,431 --> 00:23:20,190 Nobody's got more pride than that guy. 386 00:23:20,351 --> 00:23:23,072 Wasn't friendly to begin with, wouldn't say a word to Mick. 387 00:23:23,232 --> 00:23:25,390 Not one word that whole year. That wasn't right. 388 00:23:25,552 --> 00:23:26,711 Mickey was never that way. 389 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:30,071 When I first came up, he was the first guy to take me out with the guys. 390 00:23:30,234 --> 00:23:33,670 Spring training my rookie year, we're all down in St. Pete. 391 00:23:33,832 --> 00:23:37,510 They wouldn't let me eat in the restaurant, so Mickey, he gets his food... 392 00:23:37,671 --> 00:23:40,110 ...comes out to the bus, and he has dinner with me. 393 00:23:40,272 --> 00:23:42,269 -You think DiMaggio would have did that? Pfft. 394 00:23:42,431 --> 00:23:44,432 He finally talked to him once in the series. 395 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:47,509 -Wasn't much of a conversation, though. -I'll say. 396 00:23:47,672 --> 00:23:49,792 Remember the '51 Series against the Giants? 397 00:23:49,951 --> 00:23:51,711 Yeah, I guess. What happened, Whitey? 398 00:23:51,872 --> 00:23:55,552 DiMaggio's in center, Mickey's in right. Casey goes over to Mickey before the game. 399 00:23:55,713 --> 00:23:59,271 He says, "I want you to take everything. The old man can't run like he used to." 400 00:23:59,433 --> 00:24:00,951 So Willie Mays gets up, right? 401 00:24:01,113 --> 00:24:04,192 He hits a fly ball to right center field and Mickey takes off running. 402 00:24:04,353 --> 00:24:06,831 Could he fly then? You never seen a guy run like this. 403 00:24:06,993 --> 00:24:09,072 Three-point-one seconds to first base. 404 00:24:09,232 --> 00:24:12,392 So Mickey's digging for the ball. He's got a bead on it, no sweat. 405 00:24:12,553 --> 00:24:15,831 All of a sudden, at the last minute, he hears DiMaggio. 406 00:24:15,993 --> 00:24:17,792 "I got it. I got it." 407 00:24:17,952 --> 00:24:20,912 Mickey pulls up and steps into one of those drains in the outfield. 408 00:24:21,073 --> 00:24:23,549 -Oh, shit. -His knee exploded, tore it apart. 409 00:24:23,709 --> 00:24:25,189 You could hear it in the bullpen. 410 00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:26,590 -Yeah? -Yeah. 411 00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:29,910 After the game, Mick's dad's there and he's helping him into the cab... 412 00:24:30,071 --> 00:24:33,030 ...to go to the hospital and Mickey leans on him for help. 413 00:24:33,191 --> 00:24:36,431 His dad collapses. Turns out he's filled up with cancer. 414 00:24:37,311 --> 00:24:40,832 Then they ended up at the same hospital, lying next to each other. 415 00:24:40,993 --> 00:24:44,190 It was a little while after that, his dad died. 416 00:24:44,670 --> 00:24:45,990 It was a tough time for Mick. 417 00:24:46,153 --> 00:24:49,389 WO Cheers. -Cheers. Yeah. 418 00:24:55,231 --> 00:24:56,592 Shit. 419 00:24:57,393 --> 00:24:58,830 Yeah, who is it? 420 00:24:58,991 --> 00:25:01,631 -It's Whitey. -Oh, shit. 421 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,231 Get dressed. I need your help. 422 00:25:08,393 --> 00:25:11,630 -I didn't want him to drive, I have my car. -Hey, fellows, how you doing? 423 00:25:11,791 --> 00:25:13,310 He kept saying he was fine. 424 00:25:13,472 --> 00:25:14,872 -He's fine, all right. -I'm fine. 425 00:25:15,032 --> 00:25:17,950 We're weaving all over the road and he's laughing. See what I mean? 426 00:25:18,111 --> 00:25:20,351 -I tried to give him coffee-- -Thank you very much. 427 00:25:20,512 --> 00:25:21,751 -I couldn't. -You can, okay? 428 00:25:21,912 --> 00:25:25,231 -Make sure she gets home in a cab, please? -Okay, cab. 429 00:25:25,793 --> 00:25:28,310 Hey, Elmer, that's a hell of a parking job you did there. 430 00:25:28,472 --> 00:25:29,992 -Thanks, slick. -Come on, come on. 431 00:25:30,153 --> 00:25:31,952 -Hey, where are we going? -How you doing? 432 00:25:32,112 --> 00:25:34,272 -We're gonna take you home, all right? -Home? 433 00:25:34,431 --> 00:25:36,028 Yeah. I don't wanna go home. 434 00:25:36,191 --> 00:25:38,670 -Let's go to the Copa. Well, we got a game. 435 00:25:38,830 --> 00:25:41,349 -You didn't see anything either, right? Look at the car. 436 00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:43,351 Who parked a car like that? 437 00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:44,510 Get up. Get up. 438 00:25:44,671 --> 00:25:46,510 I love Mickey. Mickey who? 439 00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:47,870 Pipe down. 440 00:25:48,231 --> 00:25:49,950 This is the St. Moritz. 441 00:25:50,112 --> 00:25:52,031 I’ve got guests complaining about the noise. 442 00:25:52,190 --> 00:25:54,589 He's got girls coming and going all hours of the night. 443 00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:57,871 Don't get me wrong, he's stayed with us for years, we love having him. 444 00:25:58,031 --> 00:26:00,029 -But this, we can't go on doing this. -Right. 445 00:26:00,190 --> 00:26:01,950 -It's gonna end up in the papers. -Sure. 446 00:26:02,110 --> 00:26:05,469 -It's bad for the hotel. -Hey, am I in my room yet? 447 00:26:08,511 --> 00:26:09,910 Ooh. 448 00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:12,350 Boy, you got some place here, man. 449 00:26:12,512 --> 00:26:14,430 -I appreciate you helping us out here. -Yes. 450 00:26:14,591 --> 00:26:16,431 Really. I mean, listen. 451 00:26:16,592 --> 00:26:17,910 We'll talk to Mickey, okay? 452 00:26:18,073 --> 00:26:19,071 -Thank you. -No sweat. 453 00:26:19,833 --> 00:26:23,110 -Hey, monsieur, I'm expecting a guest. Mm-hm. 454 00:26:23,272 --> 00:26:25,471 And his name is Mr. Jack Daniels. 455 00:26:29,952 --> 00:26:31,870 Now here's a little something for yourself. 456 00:26:32,031 --> 00:26:34,911 -Send him right up when he comes over. -Thank you, sir. 457 00:26:35,352 --> 00:26:39,551 Hey, slick, how come every time you get drunk, it costs me money? Huh? 458 00:26:39,713 --> 00:26:41,631 Come on. Whitey, just get him in the shower. 459 00:26:41,792 --> 00:26:44,392 -Relax, I'll take care of it from here, okay? You sure? 460 00:26:44,552 --> 00:26:46,229 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it. I got it. 461 00:26:46,669 --> 00:26:48,149 -Yeah, I got it. -All right, then. 462 00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:50,989 -All right, see you at the park. -Good night, Mick. 463 00:26:53,831 --> 00:26:55,988 I got a big mouth. 464 00:26:56,510 --> 00:26:58,710 -Not your fault. -I shouldn't have said anything. 465 00:26:58,871 --> 00:27:00,590 I feel good. Come here. 466 00:27:04,709 --> 00:27:06,991 You know, Joe D.'s here. 467 00:27:07,150 --> 00:27:09,108 I'll handle the writers. 468 00:27:10,589 --> 00:27:13,828 You better not come in right now. You know, it's just not a good time. 469 00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:15,910 -Just right now, all right? -Okay. 470 00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:20,669 Here you go, kid. 471 00:27:21,910 --> 00:27:23,550 Breakfast of champions. 472 00:27:26,591 --> 00:27:29,830 I know, it's gonna be a good year. I like this club. 473 00:27:29,992 --> 00:27:32,509 -Oh, there's Mickey. -Hey, Mickey. 474 00:27:33,631 --> 00:27:35,669 -Howdy, Joe. -Hey. 475 00:27:35,832 --> 00:27:37,231 How you doing? 476 00:27:37,392 --> 00:27:39,869 I'm good. You're not feeling too good, huh? 477 00:27:40,029 --> 00:27:43,269 I just got a little touch of the flu, but I'll be all right for the game. 478 00:27:43,431 --> 00:27:45,868 Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. 479 00:27:46,429 --> 00:27:49,870 Yeah. 480 00:27:50,030 --> 00:27:52,310 I'm here to throw out the ball. 481 00:27:52,472 --> 00:27:54,191 I just wanted to say hi. 482 00:27:55,792 --> 00:27:57,229 Well, it's good to see you. 483 00:27:57,630 --> 00:27:59,667 Good to see you too. 484 00:27:59,829 --> 00:28:02,868 -Take care of yourself, huh, Mick? -Yeah. 485 00:28:03,470 --> 00:28:05,069 Okay. 486 00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:10,908 -A tough day for Mickey, three strikeouts. -I'll say. 487 00:28:13,710 --> 00:28:15,628 Hit the fucking ball. 488 00:28:17,790 --> 00:28:20,147 Curveball bullshit. 489 00:28:28,509 --> 00:28:31,148 I agree with Roger on this, Moose. 490 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:34,029 We've seen it a million times. Been going on for a while. 491 00:28:34,190 --> 00:28:35,869 Yeah, I know. -Look, Rog, that's Mick. 492 00:28:36,029 --> 00:28:37,710 Always been Mick, always gonna be Mick. 493 00:28:37,871 --> 00:28:41,551 -Don't make a mountain out of it. -What's this, the Geneva Convention? 494 00:28:41,952 --> 00:28:44,109 No, we're just a little worried about Mick. 495 00:28:44,269 --> 00:28:46,749 -Why, where is he? -He's in the training room. 496 00:28:46,909 --> 00:28:49,708 You know, we're all pretty concerned. 497 00:28:49,869 --> 00:28:51,988 Well, don't be. Mickey can take care of himself. 498 00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:53,909 Right. -Well, he couldn't this morning. 499 00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:56,468 I just figured we should all watch out for him. 500 00:28:56,631 --> 00:28:59,750 He had a rough night, you know? It happens to all of us. 501 00:28:59,911 --> 00:29:03,548 Look, Rog, you've only been here one year. You don't know Mickey like we know him. 502 00:29:03,710 --> 00:29:07,227 You try dragging yourself out there every day with no cartilage in your knee... 503 00:29:07,388 --> 00:29:10,348 ...and your shoulder hurting so bad, you can't even comb your hair. 504 00:29:10,507 --> 00:29:13,466 I mean, the guy's taped up like a mummy, and he's still pretty good. 505 00:29:13,629 --> 00:29:14,668 Yeah. Yeah, I'd say. 506 00:29:14,829 --> 00:29:18,308 So if he's gotta go out, try to relax, have a couple of belts... 507 00:29:18,468 --> 00:29:22,070 ...that's what he's gonna do, so let's not get riled up about nothing, all right? 508 00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:23,469 I'm not riled up, Whitey. 509 00:29:23,631 --> 00:29:26,908 I'm just concerned. I'm not a priest, you know? 510 00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:29,867 He has a rough one last night, he has a bad game today... 511 00:29:30,030 --> 00:29:33,147 ...and I wanna get back to the Series as much as you fellows do... 512 00:29:33,308 --> 00:29:35,066 ...and we can't do that without Mickey. 513 00:29:35,229 --> 00:29:37,787 Yeah, that's for sure. -That's all I'm saying. 514 00:29:46,389 --> 00:29:48,189 Hi, Gus. 515 00:29:48,391 --> 00:29:49,590 Mm-hm. 516 00:29:50,791 --> 00:29:53,309 Get me another one of these, huh? 517 00:29:55,309 --> 00:29:56,588 Ow. 518 00:29:57,389 --> 00:29:59,789 -Hi, Rog. -How are you, man? 519 00:30:04,510 --> 00:30:05,667 What the matter? 520 00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:10,348 Oh, nothing much. Just sprained it sliding into second. 521 00:30:11,990 --> 00:30:16,270 -How are you feeling? -Well, my knees are killing me. 522 00:30:16,429 --> 00:30:18,307 No, I was-- 523 00:30:19,428 --> 00:30:21,587 You had a pretty rough one last night. 524 00:30:22,067 --> 00:30:25,627 Oh, that. No, I just had a little headache today, that's all. 525 00:30:26,309 --> 00:30:27,508 Hm. 526 00:30:29,148 --> 00:30:30,507 What am I supposed to do, man? 527 00:30:30,669 --> 00:30:34,388 Every place I go, even the hotels, "Mickey, have a drink. Hey, Mick have a drink." 528 00:30:34,550 --> 00:30:38,107 -This is a tough town not to have fun in. -No, I can imagine. 529 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:41,269 -You know how it is. -Yeah. 530 00:30:42,587 --> 00:30:47,989 Well, listen, Mick, you know, Cerv and l got this place in Queens, you know? 531 00:30:48,148 --> 00:30:53,867 It's real nice and it's quiet and a real nice place, good neighborhood. 532 00:30:54,029 --> 00:30:58,108 You know, and heck, sometimes we cook for ourselves and eat in... 533 00:30:58,269 --> 00:31:01,949 ...and other times we're sending out. 534 00:31:03,790 --> 00:31:06,068 What the hell are you talking about? 535 00:31:06,909 --> 00:31:08,389 Yeah, l-- 536 00:31:08,550 --> 00:31:11,987 Well, I was just thinking maybe you'd like to come and live with us. 537 00:31:12,468 --> 00:31:13,789 Let me get this straight. 538 00:31:13,947 --> 00:31:17,108 I got a big fucking suite at the St. Moritz Hotel... 539 00:31:17,269 --> 00:31:19,508 ...and you want me to move to Queens? 540 00:31:19,670 --> 00:31:21,068 Well, there she is. 541 00:31:21,228 --> 00:31:23,509 Pretty comfortable. You know, we like it. 542 00:31:23,670 --> 00:31:27,028 There's a Chinese place up here, a laundry right next door. 543 00:31:27,189 --> 00:31:30,145 -Deli around the corner. -Delivers food anytime we need it. 544 00:31:30,307 --> 00:31:31,667 It's a perfect location, Mick. 545 00:31:31,828 --> 00:31:34,427 Fifteen from the city, half an hour from the stadium. 546 00:31:37,348 --> 00:31:39,027 Well, this is it. 547 00:31:39,668 --> 00:31:44,067 It's got air conditioning. You know, dining room's in here. 548 00:31:45,709 --> 00:31:48,027 Pretty good-sized living room. 549 00:31:48,667 --> 00:31:51,827 A TV and the stereo hi-fi there. 550 00:31:51,988 --> 00:31:56,427 We got a maid, comes in every day and cleans the place up, makes the beds. 551 00:31:56,587 --> 00:32:01,627 Yeah, and then the kitchen's back in here, and then the bedrooms down the hall. 552 00:32:01,788 --> 00:32:02,947 Uh-huh. 553 00:32:04,508 --> 00:32:06,507 And this here is the other one, you know? 554 00:32:06,669 --> 00:32:09,627 Lots of closet space, comfortable bed, lots of light. 555 00:32:09,788 --> 00:32:11,908 Uh-huh. I don't get it. There's only two bedrooms. 556 00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:13,867 Me and Bob, we're sharing the other one. 557 00:32:14,029 --> 00:32:15,828 Oh, no, fellas. Now, I couldn't do that. 558 00:32:15,988 --> 00:32:17,548 No, Mickey, it's fine. Right, Bob? 559 00:32:17,707 --> 00:32:19,628 Oh, yeah, yeah. As long he pays more rent. 560 00:32:19,789 --> 00:32:24,027 Oh, come on, we're not too worried about that, but, you know it's.... 561 00:32:24,187 --> 00:32:25,667 Uh-huh. 562 00:32:31,228 --> 00:32:33,708 Well, that's the tour. It's pretty much it. 563 00:32:33,870 --> 00:32:36,307 -Did you tell him about that other thing? -No, did you? 564 00:32:36,468 --> 00:32:38,107 -No, you said you would. -All right. 565 00:32:38,269 --> 00:32:39,706 Tell him. 566 00:32:40,347 --> 00:32:46,065 So, Mickey, you know, it's-- 567 00:32:46,227 --> 00:32:48,547 You know, Bob and I are trying to keep it quiet here. 568 00:32:48,707 --> 00:32:51,667 So you know, have a few beers every now and then, but-- 569 00:32:51,827 --> 00:32:52,987 What, no broads? 570 00:32:53,147 --> 00:32:55,068 -Right. -Right, yeah. 571 00:32:55,228 --> 00:32:58,706 So you know, it's not the St. Moritz, but it's quiet, right? 572 00:32:58,867 --> 00:33:00,468 -There's no distractions, and-- -Mm-mm. 573 00:33:00,627 --> 00:33:02,787 And it's fun. We'll have a good time. 574 00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:04,586 What do you think? 575 00:33:22,589 --> 00:33:24,467 Look, pa, ain't it slick? 576 00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:26,746 Yeah, honey, it was my idea. 577 00:33:26,907 --> 00:33:30,468 No, you know how it is at the hotel, all the reporters and the fans all the time. 578 00:33:30,629 --> 00:33:32,347 And this is great. 579 00:33:32,508 --> 00:33:34,746 Well, just me and Roger and Cer. 580 00:33:34,908 --> 00:33:37,026 Hey, you look kind of sexy in that. 581 00:33:37,187 --> 00:33:39,106 No, there ain't no girls here. That's Roger. 582 00:33:39,268 --> 00:33:42,387 He's wearing a stupid little girly apron and cooking up some bacon. 583 00:33:42,547 --> 00:33:43,987 Rog, say hi to Merlyn. 584 00:33:44,148 --> 00:33:45,348 Howdy, Merlyn. 585 00:33:45,509 --> 00:33:46,709 All right? Oh, here's Bob. 586 00:33:46,867 --> 00:33:49,787 -Say hi, Bob. -Hi, Bob. 587 00:33:50,309 --> 00:33:53,665 See? Now I'm gonna be a real domesticated now. 588 00:33:53,827 --> 00:33:55,905 Well, all right. I gotta go. 589 00:33:56,065 --> 00:33:57,945 Breakfast is getting cold. 590 00:33:58,106 --> 00:34:01,065 All right, well, say hi to the boys. Okay. 591 00:34:01,227 --> 00:34:02,785 Bye. 592 00:34:04,186 --> 00:34:05,386 So how are your boys doing? 593 00:34:05,547 --> 00:34:08,424 Oh, you know, they're good. They're in school, they're all right. 594 00:34:08,585 --> 00:34:11,346 So you ever think of bringing them up here? 595 00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:12,586 Yeah, I tried that once. 596 00:34:12,747 --> 00:34:16,104 I was living out in Jersey, but, you know, it's too hard when they're here. 597 00:34:16,266 --> 00:34:19,266 You wanna go out after the game and they want you to drive them. 598 00:34:19,427 --> 00:34:21,985 And it gets to be a pain. 599 00:34:22,148 --> 00:34:26,146 I mean, I miss them and all. It's just better for everybody this way. 600 00:34:29,347 --> 00:34:32,987 And there you go, Mick. -What the hell's that? 601 00:34:33,348 --> 00:34:35,667 Roger's special eggs. 602 00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:38,386 -Well, that's disgusting. -No kidding. 603 00:34:38,546 --> 00:34:41,626 -Well, you don't have to have any, Bob. -Oh, thank you. 604 00:34:46,348 --> 00:34:48,346 I'm sorry, Roger, but I'm gonna have to pass. 605 00:34:48,507 --> 00:34:50,547 Mick, I'm telling you. Don't listen to Bob. 606 00:34:50,706 --> 00:34:53,146 The last few times I ate these, I hit home runs. 607 00:35:01,786 --> 00:35:03,865 Sorry, Bob, looks like somebody likes them. 608 00:35:04,345 --> 00:35:06,904 -You like them? -No, they're shit. 609 00:35:07,065 --> 00:35:09,945 But I'm in a bit of a slump. I'll try anything. 610 00:35:16,507 --> 00:35:18,427 -Love them eggs. -Ha-ha-ha. 611 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:28,744 There's one. 612 00:35:28,907 --> 00:35:30,424 That ball is going, going, gone. 613 00:35:30,586 --> 00:35:32,665 -He got a piece of that, didn't he? Big piece. 614 00:35:32,826 --> 00:35:34,225 Man, it was a meatball. 615 00:35:34,386 --> 00:35:36,426 Oh, those M&M Boys. 616 00:35:36,587 --> 00:35:38,666 Daddy's gonna love this one. 617 00:35:42,067 --> 00:35:44,785 -You coming out or hanging with the wife? -Oh, fuck you. 618 00:35:45,627 --> 00:35:47,346 There it is. 619 00:35:47,507 --> 00:35:49,784 Another blast for the M&M Boys. 620 00:35:52,748 --> 00:35:54,423 Holy cow. Wow. 621 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:57,064 -Mickey's on some kind of roll. -It's unbelievable. 622 00:35:57,227 --> 00:36:00,665 Mantle catches him at 27, Maris comes right back with 28. 623 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:02,665 These guys are really pushing each other. 624 00:36:03,467 --> 00:36:04,708 How come Maris never smiles? 625 00:36:04,866 --> 00:36:09,066 Having the season of his life, the Yanks are winning, and he looks like a zombie. 626 00:36:15,905 --> 00:36:18,144 There it is. Number 31 for Roger Maris. 627 00:36:18,305 --> 00:36:20,624 They're gonna send out a search party for that ball. 628 00:36:20,784 --> 00:36:22,585 How about that? 629 00:36:23,305 --> 00:36:25,826 -Curveball? -Yeah, but it didn't cure. 630 00:36:25,986 --> 00:36:28,345 So, M&M Boys, what do you think of your new nickname? 631 00:36:28,506 --> 00:36:30,983 I think it's got a real nice ring to it. 632 00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:35,065 Wow, Phil, that ball went 500 feet. 633 00:36:35,225 --> 00:36:36,786 -A blast. Safe! 634 00:36:36,984 --> 00:36:40,785 Well, Mick and I have been getting a lot of offers for endorsements... 635 00:36:40,946 --> 00:36:42,864 ...so we thought we'd form this partnership. 636 00:36:43,026 --> 00:36:44,824 You ought to cut Mrs. Ruth in on the deal? 637 00:36:44,986 --> 00:36:46,744 Why? She hit a lot of home runs? 638 00:36:48,345 --> 00:36:50,106 Cheers, Mick. 639 00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:53,705 There it is. 640 00:36:53,867 --> 00:36:58,785 Number 34 for Roger Maris. How about that? 641 00:36:58,946 --> 00:37:01,825 Wow, Mantle crushes one over the Green Monster. so hard. 642 00:37:01,985 --> 00:37:03,666 And they're buzzing here at Fenway. 643 00:37:04,627 --> 00:37:07,824 Right now you're on pace for 68 homers. You think you got a shot at it? 644 00:37:07,985 --> 00:37:10,186 I don't know, Milt. I'm still a long way's off. 645 00:37:10,346 --> 00:37:13,104 -Getting better pitches hitting ahead? -I don't know, I guess. 646 00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:15,545 -What if Houk switches you? -I don't know why. 647 00:37:15,705 --> 00:37:18,745 We're both hot right now. The team's doing great, so-- 648 00:37:18,908 --> 00:37:22,866 I don't know, I don't see any reason why he'd change it, you know. 649 00:37:23,465 --> 00:37:27,783 There's a low fly ball to right field. That ball is going, going, it is gone. 650 00:37:27,945 --> 00:37:30,703 -It's a home run. Maris is running to right field. 651 00:37:30,864 --> 00:37:32,424 Get the ball. What a catch. 652 00:37:32,865 --> 00:37:34,463 Here comes Mickey. Amazing. 653 00:37:34,625 --> 00:37:35,584 A base hit. 654 00:37:35,745 --> 00:37:37,504 Roger Maris in the field, what a play. 655 00:37:37,666 --> 00:37:39,065 Here's the throw. He's got him. 656 00:37:39,225 --> 00:37:40,943 -How about that? Tickets. 657 00:37:42,424 --> 00:37:43,623 Action. -Oh, thanks. 658 00:37:43,786 --> 00:37:44,785 Sure. 659 00:37:44,945 --> 00:37:46,504 -There you are, Mick. -Thanks. 660 00:37:47,625 --> 00:37:51,224 Say, Mickey, shouldn't we be in the field? What are we doing in the stands? 661 00:37:51,384 --> 00:37:53,025 Because these-- 662 00:37:54,145 --> 00:37:55,383 What are you laughing at? 663 00:37:55,544 --> 00:37:56,823 -Shit. Cut. 664 00:37:56,985 --> 00:38:00,304 Hey, Mickey, what are we doing in the stands? Shouldn't we be on the field? 665 00:38:02,905 --> 00:38:05,105 Cut. -Maybe we ought to take a break. 666 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:08,946 How about that? 667 00:38:09,106 --> 00:38:13,145 Now I'm gonna call out Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. 668 00:38:13,305 --> 00:38:14,424 There's Daddy. 669 00:38:19,705 --> 00:38:22,545 Maris has 35, Mantle's got 32, we're only in mid-July. 670 00:38:22,705 --> 00:38:24,543 They still got 75 games left. 671 00:38:24,706 --> 00:38:25,825 For Pete's sake, Artie. 672 00:38:25,986 --> 00:38:28,266 Every year somebody has a couple of good months... 673 00:38:28,426 --> 00:38:30,905 ...and everybody thinks they're gonna hit 60, all right? 674 00:38:31,065 --> 00:38:33,942 Greenberg had 58 with a week left in the season... 675 00:38:34,102 --> 00:38:35,702 ...he couldn't handle the pressure. 676 00:38:35,862 --> 00:38:38,502 They didn't give him anything to hit because he was a Jew. 677 00:38:38,663 --> 00:38:40,184 -No, come on. Oh, come on. 678 00:38:40,344 --> 00:38:42,024 Come on, Milt. They always cool off. 679 00:38:42,183 --> 00:38:45,423 I'm gonna bet you a hundred bucks neither one of them hits 50. 680 00:38:45,585 --> 00:38:47,625 Maris will crap out at 45. You wanna bet? 681 00:38:47,785 --> 00:38:49,903 You're on, you're on. Put it down, 45. 682 00:38:50,065 --> 00:38:52,183 -No, no, no. 48, George. How much? 683 00:38:52,344 --> 00:38:53,783 -Forty-eight. How much? 684 00:38:53,944 --> 00:38:56,183 Let's remember why I called this meeting. 685 00:38:56,345 --> 00:38:59,863 This is the most respected record in all of sports. 686 00:39:00,024 --> 00:39:02,664 And I'm concerned that its integrity will be compromised... 687 00:39:02,823 --> 00:39:06,904 ...by this new 162-game season. 688 00:39:07,064 --> 00:39:09,263 A lot of you are already writing about this. 689 00:39:09,425 --> 00:39:11,385 So obviously you're concerned too. 690 00:39:11,543 --> 00:39:14,424 That's right. Ruth hit 17 that September. 691 00:39:14,583 --> 00:39:17,225 Oh, baby, what he would've done with eight extra games, huh? 692 00:39:17,385 --> 00:39:19,385 -Yeah, he might've hit 70. That's right. 693 00:39:19,545 --> 00:39:22,823 Okay, okay, what if Mantle breaks it on the last game of the season? 694 00:39:22,985 --> 00:39:24,304 Is that fair to The Babe? 695 00:39:24,464 --> 00:39:26,905 I think Mantle's got a shot at it if he stays healthy. 696 00:39:27,063 --> 00:39:29,142 But this Maris is in a groove like I never seen. 697 00:39:29,304 --> 00:39:30,743 Yeah, wouldn't that be a story? 698 00:39:30,904 --> 00:39:33,064 The crew cut from Fargo becomes the new Babe Ruth. 699 00:39:33,225 --> 00:39:35,823 "Hey, Roger, how does it feel to be the new home run king?" 700 00:39:35,985 --> 00:39:37,504 "Pretty good, I guess." 701 00:39:40,666 --> 00:39:42,786 With all respect to these guys, and they are-- 702 00:39:42,945 --> 00:39:44,702 They're great players. 703 00:39:44,863 --> 00:39:46,742 The year that Babe hit 60... 704 00:39:46,904 --> 00:39:51,782 ...he had more home runs than every team in the American League. 705 00:39:51,945 --> 00:39:54,663 What if they both break it? That would tarnish the record. 706 00:39:54,825 --> 00:39:55,823 What, tarnish? What? 707 00:39:55,983 --> 00:39:57,943 This is a fantastic story, fellows. 708 00:39:58,104 --> 00:40:02,184 Two Yankees playing in the house that Ruth built, both going after his record. 709 00:40:02,345 --> 00:40:03,623 It's great for baseball. 710 00:40:03,784 --> 00:40:07,382 And if I may be permitted a cliché, records are made to be broken. 711 00:40:07,544 --> 00:40:09,462 If it's broken in the same number of games. 712 00:40:09,622 --> 00:40:11,462 Bullshit, Sam. Bullshit. 713 00:40:11,623 --> 00:40:14,262 You know, when Ruth set his first record back in 1921... 714 00:40:14,425 --> 00:40:17,223 ...he played in 14 more games than the guy who set the record. 715 00:40:17,383 --> 00:40:20,822 Where was the uproar then? No, I say a season's a season. 716 00:40:20,984 --> 00:40:22,543 We know what you're saying, Milt... 717 00:40:22,706 --> 00:40:25,223 ...but something about this, it just doesn't seem right. 718 00:40:25,383 --> 00:40:27,543 I agree. -Then there should be separate records. 719 00:40:27,705 --> 00:40:29,503 One for each season, right, Ford? 720 00:40:29,666 --> 00:40:31,624 Separate records? What are we doing here? 721 00:40:31,784 --> 00:40:33,384 And we can put an asterisk in it. 722 00:40:33,544 --> 00:40:35,143 -To show the difference. Why not? 723 00:40:35,306 --> 00:40:36,304 Yeah, how about that? 724 00:40:36,465 --> 00:40:38,661 Yeah, otherwise it would not be fair to The Babe. 725 00:40:38,824 --> 00:40:42,264 Gentlemen, thank you for coming. I have a brief statement. 726 00:40:42,423 --> 00:40:46,103 As commissioner of Major League Baseball, it is my determination... 727 00:40:46,263 --> 00:40:48,184 ...given the length of this year's season... 728 00:40:48,344 --> 00:40:52,184 ...that any record broken in more than 154 games... 729 00:40:52,344 --> 00:40:54,984 ...will be held as a distinct and separate record. 730 00:40:55,145 --> 00:40:56,502 Commissioner. 731 00:40:56,663 --> 00:40:59,742 Is this ruling directed at the M&M Boys and their chase at Ruth's record? 732 00:40:59,902 --> 00:41:01,382 No. This goes for any record. 733 00:41:01,543 --> 00:41:03,022 Any record? -Let me repeat. 734 00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:04,502 Any record. 735 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:06,423 Commissioner, according to my schedule... 736 00:41:06,583 --> 00:41:08,783 ...game 154 is September 20th in Baltimore. 737 00:41:08,943 --> 00:41:11,263 -Isn't that where the Babe was born? That's right. 738 00:41:12,784 --> 00:41:15,861 What are you gonna do, Rog? Frick used to be The Babe's ghost writer. 739 00:41:16,023 --> 00:41:18,022 -They were tight. -Yeah, but it stinks, Yogi. 740 00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:21,621 -It's a crock of shit's what it is. -Fucking Frick, this is gonna be a circus. 741 00:41:21,783 --> 00:41:23,542 A zoo. -Yeah. 742 00:41:24,263 --> 00:41:25,902 I think Frick's right. 743 00:41:26,064 --> 00:41:28,781 If I'd got it in 155, I wouldn't want it. 744 00:41:28,944 --> 00:41:30,822 Wouldn't want it? How could you not? 745 00:41:30,983 --> 00:41:33,583 Not if it had one them thingamajiggers on the end of it. 746 00:41:33,745 --> 00:41:36,503 How about you, Rog? Do you think it's right, this asterisk? 747 00:41:36,663 --> 00:41:37,623 I don't know, fellas. 748 00:41:37,784 --> 00:41:40,503 Say Mickey breaks it in 154 and then I pass him later. 749 00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:42,901 What are they gonna say if that happens? Huh? 750 00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:44,662 In my mind, a season's a season. 751 00:41:44,824 --> 00:41:46,622 Then you disagree with Frick's ruling? 752 00:41:46,785 --> 00:41:48,902 He's the commissioner. It's not my place. 753 00:41:49,063 --> 00:41:50,742 We got eight extra games, it's true... 754 00:41:50,904 --> 00:41:54,023 ...but Ruth never had to fly to the West Coast or play in night games. 755 00:41:54,184 --> 00:41:55,584 I just think it's harder for us. 756 00:41:55,744 --> 00:41:57,583 Babe hit .343 the year he set the record. 757 00:41:57,744 --> 00:41:59,864 You're hitting .270. You feel bad about that? 758 00:42:00,024 --> 00:42:03,184 No. Why should I feel bad when I'm doing the best I can, Artie? 759 00:42:03,344 --> 00:42:06,420 Think if you focused less on the record, you'd hit for better average? 760 00:42:06,582 --> 00:42:08,700 I'm not focusing on the record, you guys are. 761 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:11,462 I'm gonna go hit. 762 00:42:11,621 --> 00:42:13,421 Wait, Rog, I got a couple more questions. 763 00:42:13,582 --> 00:42:14,540 Watch out, Artie. 764 00:42:14,702 --> 00:42:16,462 Jeez, man, I saved your life. 765 00:42:16,623 --> 00:42:18,501 Look, fellows, all this is bullshit. 766 00:42:18,663 --> 00:42:23,342 When one of us has got 50 coming in the last month, talk to us then. 767 00:42:23,504 --> 00:42:25,261 Maris took a shot at the commissioner... 768 00:42:25,422 --> 00:42:26,982 ...by saying that The Babe had it easier. 769 00:42:27,143 --> 00:42:30,262 I did not say The Babe had it easier. Do you believe this shit? 770 00:42:30,422 --> 00:42:31,380 You got to be careful. 771 00:42:31,541 --> 00:42:33,741 You'd think I was trying to replace Jesus Christ. 772 00:42:33,902 --> 00:42:36,022 -Then don't read the Daily News. What? 773 00:42:36,182 --> 00:42:39,741 Look, in '56, I had 52 home runs. That's all anybody could ever talk about. 774 00:42:39,902 --> 00:42:42,501 Ruth this, Ruth that, 24 hours a day. 775 00:42:42,663 --> 00:42:44,223 We're chasing a ghost, Rog. 776 00:42:44,384 --> 00:42:47,542 You go in that clubhouse, he's there. You're at home plate, he's there. 777 00:42:47,703 --> 00:42:50,664 You're in the outfield, he's there, the fat fuck. He's everywhere. 778 00:42:50,825 --> 00:42:52,023 We're playing in his house. 779 00:42:52,184 --> 00:42:54,382 You got it worse. You're playing in his position. 780 00:42:54,543 --> 00:42:56,982 But this is ridiculous. I don't give a damn about Ruth. 781 00:42:57,144 --> 00:42:59,463 Well, you better, because he's a god to these people. 782 00:42:59,621 --> 00:43:02,382 Well, screw it then. I'm just not gonna do anymore interviews. 783 00:43:02,542 --> 00:43:04,982 You can't do that neither. They're gonna come after you. 784 00:43:05,143 --> 00:43:08,022 -You gotta give them something. -What am I supposed to give them? 785 00:43:08,183 --> 00:43:09,943 I don't know, something about yourself. 786 00:43:10,104 --> 00:43:14,383 I mean, I don't know if you noticed, but you ain't that big a talker. 787 00:43:14,544 --> 00:43:18,501 Well, I don't know what to talk about. I don't know what I'm supposed to say. 788 00:43:19,062 --> 00:43:21,140 I don't know, Rog. 789 00:43:21,621 --> 00:43:23,701 I’ve been living with you most of the season... 790 00:43:23,862 --> 00:43:25,782 ...and I don't know nothing about you. 791 00:43:26,504 --> 00:43:30,581 Well, I was raised in Fargo, I played baseball, basketball, football. 792 00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:33,462 I married my high school sweetheart. 793 00:43:33,623 --> 00:43:35,939 You know, chose baseball and played in the Minors... 794 00:43:36,102 --> 00:43:39,662 ...came up with Cleveland, got traded to Kansas City, then I came here. 795 00:43:39,822 --> 00:43:42,381 -You're right, don't talk to them. -Shit. 796 00:43:47,062 --> 00:43:48,982 A real pitcher's duel here tonight. 797 00:43:49,141 --> 00:43:51,301 Game tied at one here in the bottom of the sixth. 798 00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:55,222 Two outs, Richardson on third, and here comes the big guy, Roger Maris. 799 00:43:55,382 --> 00:43:58,421 Okay, Roger's stepping in there. And, boy, they're playing him deep. 800 00:43:58,584 --> 00:44:01,142 Look at that, the second baseman is actually on the grass. 801 00:44:01,303 --> 00:44:04,022 Boy, that's where the outfield used to play me. 802 00:44:11,662 --> 00:44:14,421 -Get a hit now, Rog. -He always hits good against this guy. 803 00:44:14,582 --> 00:44:16,983 -Come on, Rog, knock one. -Come on, get some wood. 804 00:44:17,142 --> 00:44:20,101 Roger hasn't had one in a week and he'd love to get a hold of one. 805 00:44:20,263 --> 00:44:23,302 Can I wish a happy birthday--? -No, here comes the pitch, phil. 806 00:44:23,462 --> 00:44:25,462 He bunts. Holy cow, it's a squeeze play. 807 00:44:25,623 --> 00:44:28,138 Richardson's looking for home, Maris going to first. 808 00:44:28,301 --> 00:44:29,618 Richardson's safe. 809 00:44:29,780 --> 00:44:31,380 Safe. Yeah! 810 00:44:31,542 --> 00:44:32,539 Yeah. 811 00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,940 Wow, Yanks take the lead 2 to 1. Holy cow. 812 00:44:36,501 --> 00:44:38,301 Perfect placement. That's a player. 813 00:44:38,461 --> 00:44:40,940 MVP. Most Valuable Player. 814 00:44:41,102 --> 00:44:43,622 -Yeah, yeah. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 815 00:44:43,781 --> 00:44:46,260 They were playing me deep and we really needed that run. 816 00:44:46,420 --> 00:44:47,700 They don't pay you to bunt. 817 00:44:47,862 --> 00:44:50,180 They pay me to help the team win. That's what I did. 818 00:44:50,342 --> 00:44:53,338 Look, Mickey's ahead 43 to 41. You haven't had a home run in a week. 819 00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:55,220 You're falling behind Ruth's pace. 820 00:44:55,382 --> 00:44:57,821 Is the pressure starting to get to you? Feeling gun-shy? 821 00:44:57,982 --> 00:45:00,339 I strike out and you say I'm swinging for the fences. 822 00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:02,421 I bunt, you say I'm afraid to hit home runs. 823 00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:04,180 You're a game up on the Tigers. 824 00:45:04,341 --> 00:45:06,742 Shouldn't you focus on winning the pennant? 825 00:45:06,904 --> 00:45:07,901 That's what I'm doing. 826 00:45:08,060 --> 00:45:10,743 Have you seen the poll? -No, I try not to read the papers. 827 00:45:10,902 --> 00:45:13,422 It says 80 percent of the fans are rooting for Mickey. 828 00:45:13,583 --> 00:45:16,021 Eighty percent. Well, I guess that seems right, yeah. 829 00:45:16,181 --> 00:45:17,140 Why is that? 830 00:45:17,301 --> 00:45:19,141 Maybe I'm not a New York kind of guy, Sam. 831 00:45:19,303 --> 00:45:21,062 I'm some dumb redneck from North Dakota. 832 00:45:21,222 --> 00:45:23,180 Think that's the way the fans think of you? 833 00:45:23,341 --> 00:45:24,981 Shit, I don't know how they see me. 834 00:45:25,142 --> 00:45:26,182 Give us something. 835 00:45:26,342 --> 00:45:27,781 -Come on. Could you help me out? 836 00:45:27,942 --> 00:45:32,141 -What's going on here, Milt? -Wild dogs. 837 00:45:32,301 --> 00:45:34,302 All right, that's it for tonight. That's all. 838 00:45:34,464 --> 00:45:35,580 We have a job to do. 839 00:45:35,742 --> 00:45:37,781 He's getting a little full of himself, Ralph. 840 00:45:40,980 --> 00:45:42,820 I'm some dumb redneck from North Dakota. 841 00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:44,620 Shit, I don't know how they see me. 842 00:45:44,780 --> 00:45:46,581 Maybe I'm just not a New York kind of guy. 843 00:45:46,740 --> 00:45:48,661 Why don't you go back home where you belong? 844 00:45:48,821 --> 00:45:50,100 Nobody wants you here. 845 00:45:50,260 --> 00:45:51,739 You go ahead and get out of here. 846 00:45:51,901 --> 00:45:53,901 This is the Bronx. This is Mickey's town. 847 00:45:55,382 --> 00:45:57,340 There it is, number 45 for Roger Maris. 848 00:45:57,501 --> 00:45:59,900 Oh, they're letting him have it here at Griffith Park. 849 00:46:00,061 --> 00:46:03,140 Roger Maris with his 45th home run drawing a lot of boos. 850 00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:07,380 -Boy, these Boston fans are tough. You can say that again. 851 00:46:07,860 --> 00:46:09,740 You believe this crap? 852 00:46:10,741 --> 00:46:13,100 M&M fever has gripped the nation. 853 00:46:13,261 --> 00:46:14,501 At the White House today... 854 00:46:14,661 --> 00:46:17,061 ...president Kennedy interrupted a press conference... 855 00:46:17,221 --> 00:46:20,621 ...to announce that Roger Maris hit his 47th and 48th home runs. 856 00:46:20,782 --> 00:46:23,702 That's seven home runs for Maris in his last six games. 857 00:46:23,862 --> 00:46:26,980 But with Mickey Mantle right on his heels with 45... 858 00:46:27,141 --> 00:46:29,300 ...the race is still very much alive. 859 00:46:29,462 --> 00:46:32,979 Still six weeks until Frick's deadline as the Yankees head to the West Coast... 860 00:46:33,141 --> 00:46:37,781 ...to play the new Los Angeles Angelis and Roger Maris just 12 home runs away. 861 00:46:37,942 --> 00:46:41,380 Woo-hoo! Hot damn, honey, this is great news. 862 00:46:41,542 --> 00:46:42,820 Oh, wow. 863 00:46:42,980 --> 00:46:44,662 So you all right? Everything's fine? 864 00:46:44,822 --> 00:46:46,660 -I'm fine. -Oh, good. 865 00:46:46,820 --> 00:46:49,700 -Three more days, I would have been there. -Don't worry about it. 866 00:46:49,858 --> 00:46:52,738 I tried to wait for you, but Randy had other ideas. 867 00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:54,658 Yeah, I bet he did. 868 00:46:54,820 --> 00:46:56,859 I can't wait to tell the fellas. This is great. 869 00:46:57,020 --> 00:47:01,859 -So who does he look like? -Well, I hate to say it, but Babe Ruth. 870 00:47:02,020 --> 00:47:03,379 -What? -Roger, I'm kidding. 871 00:47:03,541 --> 00:47:05,220 Oh, sorry, honey. Yeah, I'm a little-- 872 00:47:05,381 --> 00:47:07,698 Hey, Rog, I hear you got good news. Congratulations. 873 00:47:07,860 --> 00:47:08,858 -Yeah. -What's his name? 874 00:47:09,021 --> 00:47:10,020 -Ruth. -Very funny. 875 00:47:10,180 --> 00:47:12,698 Oh, that's wonderful, honey. That's really, really great. 876 00:47:12,861 --> 00:47:14,499 -Hey, Rog-- -Hey, Artie, do you mind? 877 00:47:14,659 --> 00:47:15,659 I'm talking to my wife. 878 00:47:15,820 --> 00:47:17,138 How much did he weigh? We got a pool going. 879 00:47:18,420 --> 00:47:20,500 Hear that? Your son wants you to hit him a home run tonight. 880 00:47:20,660 --> 00:47:23,139 Honey, if it were that easy I'd do it every time. 881 00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:24,499 Are you okay? 882 00:47:24,659 --> 00:47:28,500 Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I just, you know, should have been there. 883 00:47:28,661 --> 00:47:30,819 Two and 0 the count. Here's the pitch. 884 00:47:30,981 --> 00:47:33,381 There it goes. Back to the wall. 885 00:47:33,541 --> 00:47:36,058 It's gone. Oh, doctor. 886 00:47:36,222 --> 00:47:40,141 Fifty home runs and he still has 29 games to break Ruth's record. 887 00:47:40,301 --> 00:47:43,219 You know, I think this may be the real news flash of the day, gang. 888 00:47:43,380 --> 00:47:45,619 Roger Maris is actually smiling. 889 00:47:50,420 --> 00:47:51,981 What the hell is this now? 890 00:47:52,141 --> 00:47:54,140 Roger, Roger. Roger. 891 00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:56,421 Roger. Roger. 892 00:47:59,340 --> 00:48:00,938 Back away from the door, please. 893 00:48:01,099 --> 00:48:03,778 May I ask you a few questions? Back off of the door. 894 00:48:03,939 --> 00:48:06,259 -Roger, how does it feel to hit 50? I'm sorry, fellas. 895 00:48:06,418 --> 00:48:08,179 This is my home, this is not the ball park. 896 00:48:08,340 --> 00:48:10,899 -You think you could break the record? -Get off the grass. 897 00:48:11,060 --> 00:48:12,058 I don't have a comment. 898 00:48:12,219 --> 00:48:14,258 Watch the bushes. Could you watch the bushes? 899 00:48:14,419 --> 00:48:16,419 How'd you get this address? 900 00:48:16,581 --> 00:48:18,458 I just followed the crowd. 901 00:48:18,619 --> 00:48:20,218 Roger. Photo, please. 902 00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:22,900 Folks, leave me alone, this is my home. 903 00:48:23,660 --> 00:48:25,899 Daddy. 904 00:48:26,059 --> 00:48:27,698 Hi. Hi, sugar. 905 00:48:27,858 --> 00:48:29,697 Daddy, all these people are here for you. 906 00:48:29,860 --> 00:48:33,058 Yeah, I know. It's okay. 907 00:48:34,099 --> 00:48:36,939 -How did they get this address? -One of the papers published it. 908 00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:38,540 Which one? I'm gonna call now. 909 00:48:38,701 --> 00:48:39,779 Roger. -Yeah? 910 00:48:39,940 --> 00:48:43,859 -Wouldn't you like to meet your new son? -Oh, God, of course, Pat. 911 00:48:44,021 --> 00:48:47,539 I'm sorry. I just-- Those reporters. 912 00:48:47,700 --> 00:48:49,099 Hey. 913 00:48:50,621 --> 00:48:51,779 Ohh. 914 00:48:53,342 --> 00:48:56,018 Ohh. Look at you. 915 00:48:57,300 --> 00:48:58,780 Come here. 916 00:49:01,499 --> 00:49:03,180 Hi there. 917 00:49:06,980 --> 00:49:09,900 He does look like The Babe, doesn't he? 918 00:49:18,458 --> 00:49:19,737 Yeehaw! 919 00:49:21,699 --> 00:49:23,378 Whoa! Whoo! 920 00:49:23,779 --> 00:49:25,420 I’ve got you. 921 00:49:26,740 --> 00:49:28,179 Try it. 922 00:49:29,578 --> 00:49:31,377 Hey, Rog. Now, this is good. 923 00:49:31,539 --> 00:49:33,340 -A lot better than them eggs. Ha-ha-ha. 924 00:49:33,499 --> 00:49:35,377 -You try those? -God, no. 925 00:49:35,539 --> 00:49:38,257 Ha, ha. You love them. -Beer, Mickey? 926 00:49:39,659 --> 00:49:43,217 Uh, no. No, this is good. 927 00:49:45,461 --> 00:49:46,979 Is he all right? 928 00:49:47,941 --> 00:49:49,180 Uh.... 929 00:49:49,580 --> 00:49:51,339 You know, it's been hard. 930 00:49:51,498 --> 00:49:57,739 With the pressure and New York and the papers. 931 00:50:00,340 --> 00:50:03,539 But he's having a hell of a season, that little son of a bitch. 932 00:50:03,701 --> 00:50:05,138 Pardon me. 933 00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:09,378 Three days just isn't enough. 934 00:50:09,538 --> 00:50:12,658 And by the time he's ready to be here, it's time for him to leave. 935 00:50:13,579 --> 00:50:15,500 All right, let's go eat. 936 00:50:16,580 --> 00:50:19,579 Whoo! Come on, Junior. 937 00:50:21,821 --> 00:50:23,378 -How's the eats? Great. 938 00:50:23,538 --> 00:50:24,697 -Good. Yeah. -Daddy. 939 00:50:24,858 --> 00:50:27,179 I know who the best baseball player in the world is. 940 00:50:27,337 --> 00:50:29,377 -Who's that, honey? -Mickey. 941 00:50:30,738 --> 00:50:32,778 -Who told you that? -Mickey. 942 00:50:32,939 --> 00:50:35,818 -Hey, she asked. -That's about right. 943 00:50:37,300 --> 00:50:38,419 I'll get that. 944 00:50:43,059 --> 00:50:44,618 Hello? 945 00:50:47,257 --> 00:50:48,857 Who is this? 946 00:50:49,538 --> 00:50:51,537 What's wrong, Pat? -Roger. 947 00:50:53,019 --> 00:50:54,416 Who is it? 948 00:50:54,538 --> 00:50:56,817 Thanks very much. I appreciate your help. 949 00:50:56,979 --> 00:50:58,299 You bet. 950 00:51:11,218 --> 00:51:14,898 Well, the detective says 99 percent it's just a prank. 951 00:51:15,060 --> 00:51:16,537 You know. 952 00:51:17,297 --> 00:51:19,018 If somebody's gonna kidnap your kid... 953 00:51:19,178 --> 00:51:21,299 ...they're not gonna call and warn you about it. 954 00:51:21,460 --> 00:51:23,378 Well, that makes sense. 955 00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:25,098 But just to be safe... 956 00:51:25,259 --> 00:51:28,497 ...they're gonna leave some of the guys stationed around the house so.... 957 00:51:28,860 --> 00:51:30,178 Do you want me to stay over? 958 00:51:31,299 --> 00:51:34,056 No, it's.... It's all right. 959 00:51:34,897 --> 00:51:36,737 Oh, I'm probably in the way here anyway. 960 00:51:36,897 --> 00:51:40,337 No, Mickey, we really appreciate you being here. 961 00:51:40,499 --> 00:51:44,176 -Listen, do me a favor, would you? -Oh, yeah, anything, Rog. 962 00:51:44,338 --> 00:51:47,257 Just don't tell anybody about this, you know. Not even the fellas. 963 00:51:47,418 --> 00:51:48,458 Oh, of course. 964 00:51:48,619 --> 00:51:52,857 I just don't wanna find it making its way into the papers, you know. 965 00:51:53,737 --> 00:51:55,297 You sure know how to spoil a good time. 966 00:52:00,337 --> 00:52:02,177 -Good night. -Yeah. 967 00:52:02,338 --> 00:52:04,177 -I'll see you at the park. -Yeah. 968 00:52:04,337 --> 00:52:07,417 Thanks for the day. 969 00:52:07,579 --> 00:52:08,977 All right. 970 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:27,857 Shh. 971 00:52:40,139 --> 00:52:41,778 Hey, Merlyn, it's me. 972 00:52:41,940 --> 00:52:44,059 What time is it? -I don't know. 973 00:52:44,217 --> 00:52:45,296 What's wrong? 974 00:52:45,457 --> 00:52:48,015 Well, I just called to say hi to the boys. 975 00:52:48,176 --> 00:52:50,496 Oh, Jesus. 976 00:52:50,656 --> 00:52:52,657 Mickey, it's 2:30. 977 00:52:53,778 --> 00:52:58,577 Well, I just called to make sure everybody's all right. 978 00:52:58,738 --> 00:53:01,377 Well, they'd like to talk to you more. 979 00:53:02,177 --> 00:53:05,457 -That's why I'm calling. -Well, it's a little bit past their bedtime. 980 00:53:05,616 --> 00:53:08,776 Okay, then I'll call back tomorrow. 981 00:53:10,017 --> 00:53:11,695 What time do they get up for school? 982 00:53:11,856 --> 00:53:15,376 Mickey, it's August. 983 00:53:15,858 --> 00:53:17,176 Oh. 984 00:53:18,657 --> 00:53:20,697 God, I'm stupid. 985 00:53:22,579 --> 00:53:24,617 I'll tell them you called. 986 00:53:26,579 --> 00:53:36,457 Mickey? 987 00:53:37,856 --> 00:53:41,017 -Not when these hot dogs are so good. -Good? They're a home run. 988 00:53:41,177 --> 00:53:43,057 Home run? They're a grand slam. 989 00:53:43,218 --> 00:53:44,496 Just like at the ballpark. 990 00:53:44,658 --> 00:53:46,338 M&M Hot Dogs at Daitch shopwell. 991 00:53:46,497 --> 00:53:48,737 -Hey. -Oh, tough luck, Mick. 992 00:53:48,899 --> 00:53:50,258 Right into the water hole. 993 00:53:50,418 --> 00:53:51,857 --would resume nuclear testing. 994 00:53:52,018 --> 00:53:54,417 -Everyone is concerned about one thing. -Look at this. 995 00:53:54,578 --> 00:53:57,095 Who's going to break Babe Ruth's home-run record? 996 00:53:57,257 --> 00:54:00,015 Roger Maris comes into this crucial Labor Day weekend series... 997 00:54:00,177 --> 00:54:02,456 ...against the second place Tigers with 51. 998 00:54:02,617 --> 00:54:05,376 But Mickey Mantle is right behind him with 48. 999 00:54:05,538 --> 00:54:08,616 So the only question now is which M to root for. 1000 00:54:08,777 --> 00:54:10,937 Well, no doubt. I mean, it's Mickey Mantle. 1001 00:54:11,097 --> 00:54:12,855 He's the greatest player that ever was. 1002 00:54:13,016 --> 00:54:16,496 Well, I don't wanna see Roger Maris break the record. 1003 00:54:16,656 --> 00:54:18,056 He's always frowning. 1004 00:54:18,217 --> 00:54:20,014 Besides, Mickey's such a dreamboat. 1005 00:54:20,936 --> 00:54:21,934 Hey, dreamboat. 1006 00:54:22,096 --> 00:54:25,376 If anyone's gonna break the record, I think it ought to be Mantle. 1007 00:54:25,537 --> 00:54:29,336 Because after all, he's really a Yankee. 1008 00:54:29,496 --> 00:54:31,817 I mean, the real Yankee kind of guy. 1009 00:54:31,977 --> 00:54:35,216 I never heard of this guy, Maris, till last year. 1010 00:54:35,378 --> 00:54:38,336 And I don't know. He leaves me flat. 1011 00:54:38,498 --> 00:54:40,738 And who are you rooting for? -I want Roger. 1012 00:54:40,899 --> 00:54:43,056 There you go, you got a vote. And why is that? 1013 00:54:43,217 --> 00:54:46,417 Well, because everyone else is rooting for Mickey. 1014 00:54:46,578 --> 00:54:50,255 The year Ruth hit 60, his teammate, Lou Gehrig, hammered 47. 1015 00:54:50,417 --> 00:54:52,817 They were bitter rivals and barely spoke. 1016 00:54:52,977 --> 00:54:55,655 As for the M&M boys, I'm told there's also a rift. 1017 00:54:55,816 --> 00:54:57,335 Even a feud growing between them. 1018 00:54:57,497 --> 00:55:00,417 -Are we feuding? -Yeah, I guess so. It's on TV. 1019 00:55:00,578 --> 00:55:02,856 -Well, fuck you, then. -Up yours. 1020 00:55:03,018 --> 00:55:05,297 --Yankee players are pulling for Mantle. 1021 00:55:05,658 --> 00:55:07,255 But you didn't hear that from me. 1022 00:55:07,415 --> 00:55:10,654 From Yankee Stadium, I'm Gabe pressman. 1023 00:55:14,897 --> 00:55:18,254 -Oh. Time for Andy Griffith. -Oh, yeah? 1024 00:55:23,216 --> 00:55:24,495 Hey, Bob, are you awake? 1025 00:55:25,935 --> 00:55:28,376 Yeah, sort of. 1026 00:55:29,776 --> 00:55:31,414 Is it true... 1027 00:55:32,135 --> 00:55:34,375 ...what they're saying on TV there about Mickey... 1028 00:55:35,695 --> 00:55:37,376 ...and all the fellas rooting for him? 1029 00:55:37,537 --> 00:55:39,055 Oh, jeez, don't ask me this. 1030 00:55:40,017 --> 00:55:42,976 Look, it's all right, you know, I just wanna know. 1031 00:55:46,216 --> 00:55:49,456 What are you, a reporter all of a sudden? Heh-heh. 1032 00:55:54,736 --> 00:55:57,136 How should I know what anybody thinks? 1033 00:55:57,937 --> 00:55:59,534 I mean, Mickey's been here forever. 1034 00:55:59,896 --> 00:56:00,896 Yeah, I know. 1035 00:56:01,056 --> 00:56:03,575 Most of the guys, they've known him five years, 10 years. 1036 00:56:03,736 --> 00:56:06,856 -They came up with him in the farm system. -Yeah. 1037 00:56:07,016 --> 00:56:11,536 Well, I'm not saying that's what it is, you know? 1038 00:56:12,377 --> 00:56:15,296 We don't talk about it. I don't know. 1039 00:56:16,338 --> 00:56:19,895 I mean, it's nothing personal if they do. 1040 00:56:20,056 --> 00:56:23,055 But I'm not saying they do because I don't know. 1041 00:56:23,695 --> 00:56:25,614 But if they were... 1042 00:56:26,256 --> 00:56:28,333 ...it's not personal, you know? 1043 00:56:28,495 --> 00:56:29,854 Yeah. 1044 00:56:30,096 --> 00:56:31,374 Sure. 1045 00:56:32,017 --> 00:56:34,216 I don't hear nothing. 1046 00:56:38,057 --> 00:56:39,453 Thanks. 1047 00:56:41,775 --> 00:56:43,334 Mickey, sign this for me. 1048 00:56:47,055 --> 00:56:48,496 WO I love you. 1049 00:56:48,655 --> 00:56:50,094 I love you, Mickey! 1050 00:56:52,257 --> 00:56:54,575 Gathering over here. Hey, Maris! 1051 00:56:54,737 --> 00:56:58,416 Hey, Maris, if I was batting in front of Mickey, I'd have 50 homers too. 1052 00:56:58,577 --> 00:57:00,294 Roger. Roger. 1053 00:57:00,456 --> 00:57:02,376 Please, Roger. Make it for my sick kid. 1054 00:57:02,537 --> 00:57:04,816 -He loves you, Roger, please. -Sure. 1055 00:57:04,975 --> 00:57:06,896 -Just put your X on the ball, please. -Okay. 1056 00:57:07,056 --> 00:57:10,256 Oh, God. Thank you, thank you. We love you, we love you. 1057 00:57:10,415 --> 00:57:12,254 Hey. Hey, hold on a second. 1058 00:57:13,097 --> 00:57:14,894 Maris! 1059 00:57:16,058 --> 00:57:17,295 An X? 1060 00:57:17,456 --> 00:57:19,375 What am l, fucking stupid? 1061 00:57:19,536 --> 00:57:21,136 Fuck you, Maris. Fuck you. 1062 00:57:23,018 --> 00:57:24,375 Dan? 1063 00:57:25,457 --> 00:57:27,055 Sit down, Ralph. 1064 00:57:28,814 --> 00:57:30,494 You wanted to see me? 1065 00:57:31,135 --> 00:57:34,534 I just love sitting here in the quiet before a game. 1066 00:57:35,175 --> 00:57:37,614 What these seats have seen, huh? 1067 00:57:38,455 --> 00:57:40,654 I've been thinking. I wondered what you thought... 1068 00:57:40,815 --> 00:57:43,374 ...about changing the lineup tonight. 1069 00:57:43,695 --> 00:57:45,175 What kind of change? 1070 00:57:45,334 --> 00:57:47,613 Switching Mantle and Maris. 1071 00:57:47,776 --> 00:57:49,294 You serious? 1072 00:57:49,454 --> 00:57:53,333 We're a game and a half up on the Tigers and you want me to screw with it? 1073 00:57:53,494 --> 00:57:55,214 What is this about? The home runs? 1074 00:57:55,373 --> 00:57:58,254 You reading the fan mail? You wanna let the fans manage the team? 1075 00:57:58,415 --> 00:58:00,813 The fans pay your salary, Ralph. 1076 00:58:00,975 --> 00:58:04,336 Well, you can change the lineup if you want. 1077 00:58:04,494 --> 00:58:05,976 But not while I'm manager. 1078 00:58:06,135 --> 00:58:07,374 And I'll tell you something. 1079 00:58:07,534 --> 00:58:10,415 The right guy is gonna break that stupid record. 1080 00:58:10,935 --> 00:58:13,057 Change the fucking lineup. 1081 00:58:15,895 --> 00:58:17,895 Number six, Al Kaline. 1082 00:58:18,056 --> 00:58:22,174 Well, we got a 10-20 here, my friends. Top of the fifth in a scoreless game. 1083 00:58:22,335 --> 00:58:24,174 Two outs, runner on first. 1084 00:58:24,335 --> 00:58:26,935 Here comes Al Kaline to the plate. 1085 00:58:30,336 --> 00:58:31,655 But there goes Wood. 1086 00:58:32,415 --> 00:58:35,215 With a line drive through the gap. Boy, this could be trouble. 1087 00:58:35,375 --> 00:58:36,937 It's gonna go in between them. 1088 00:58:37,096 --> 00:58:41,454 There's Maris. Maris makes a great play. Tips it to Mantle and here comes the relay. 1089 00:58:41,615 --> 00:58:45,253 -Faster, hold up, wait a minute! They're gonna hold him at third. 1090 00:58:48,013 --> 00:58:49,212 -Damn. Wow, look at that. 1091 00:58:49,374 --> 00:58:51,013 -How about that? Holy cow. 1092 00:58:51,173 --> 00:58:54,414 Maris, with one of the best plays I've seen to save a run for the Yanks. 1093 00:58:54,575 --> 00:58:57,613 Boy, the M&M Boys doing it with the glove. 1094 00:58:57,774 --> 00:58:59,734 -No homers tonight. -We won the game. 1095 00:58:59,894 --> 00:59:01,373 You getting a little tired, Rog? 1096 00:59:01,536 --> 00:59:03,693 I'm getting tired of these questions, that's what. 1097 00:59:03,854 --> 00:59:05,133 I understand, just one more. 1098 00:59:05,294 --> 00:59:07,533 I don't think you do understand. You were there. 1099 00:59:07,695 --> 00:59:09,774 Moose won the game for us, Ellie's batting .340. 1100 00:59:09,935 --> 00:59:12,974 Whitey's gonna win 20 games this season. Why don't you talk to them? 1101 00:59:13,134 --> 00:59:15,133 -I'm not the only one on this team. -I got it. 1102 00:59:15,295 --> 00:59:17,614 Rog, one more thing. What's with your new autograph? 1103 00:59:17,774 --> 00:59:19,133 What are you talking about? 1104 00:59:19,295 --> 00:59:21,455 The guy says, "Put an X on this ball for my kid." 1105 00:59:21,614 --> 00:59:23,736 So I sign it X and the son of a bitch takes off. 1106 00:59:23,897 --> 00:59:26,373 I was gonna give him a real one, I was kidding. Shit. 1107 00:59:26,535 --> 00:59:28,574 We win the most important game of the season... 1108 00:59:28,734 --> 00:59:30,616 ...and this is the horseshit they write? 1109 00:59:30,776 --> 00:59:31,933 Hey, Bob, I'm eating here. 1110 00:59:32,094 --> 00:59:34,894 Sorry, Mick. You know you're not the only one with a bum knee. 1111 00:59:35,055 --> 00:59:37,534 I don't know what smells worse, your foot or these eggs. 1112 00:59:37,695 --> 00:59:39,374 This is horseshit, this is horseshit. 1113 00:59:39,534 --> 00:59:40,974 I'd never make a kid cry. 1114 00:59:41,136 --> 00:59:43,415 For a guy who don't like the press, you read a lot. 1115 00:59:43,576 --> 00:59:45,176 Yeah, well, Mickey, listen. 1116 00:59:45,335 --> 00:59:49,175 They wanna write about whatever happens on the ball field, that's fair game, but this? 1117 00:59:49,333 --> 00:59:51,454 This is cheap-shot bullshit. 1118 00:59:51,613 --> 00:59:53,653 Hey, cheap shots, man. That's part of the deal. 1119 00:59:53,811 --> 00:59:57,613 In '53, I tried to volunteer for the Army, but I got rejected on account of my knees. 1120 00:59:57,775 --> 00:59:59,534 Papers started calling me a draft dodger. 1121 00:59:59,694 --> 01:00:02,373 Don't matter what the truth is. I still get booed for that. 1122 01:00:02,534 --> 01:00:05,695 -What do you do? You just get used to it? -No, but you got to. 1123 01:00:05,855 --> 01:00:07,252 -Ow. -What are you doing? 1124 01:00:07,412 --> 01:00:08,653 This hangnail's killing me. 1125 01:00:08,812 --> 01:00:10,892 -Take it in the bedroom. That's disgusting. -Ow. 1126 01:00:11,055 --> 01:00:12,052 "Mean-spirited Roger." 1127 01:00:12,214 --> 01:00:14,852 Hey, I'm not even good enough for people to write about. 1128 01:00:15,853 --> 01:00:18,733 Why are you reading this stuff, Roger? It's not helping you. 1129 01:00:18,894 --> 01:00:22,293 Look, whether you guys break this record or not... 1130 01:00:22,454 --> 01:00:26,013 ...it ain't gonna mean nothing unless we get back to the World Series, you know? 1131 01:00:26,174 --> 01:00:28,574 They may have to cut my knee at the end of the season. 1132 01:00:28,734 --> 01:00:30,374 I might need that 8000 bucks. 1133 01:00:31,376 --> 01:00:33,454 I know, I'm sorry about that. 1134 01:00:35,375 --> 01:00:36,693 Oh. 1135 01:00:37,014 --> 01:00:39,614 Aw. Now look what you've done. 1136 01:00:39,774 --> 01:00:41,894 Probably make it taste better. 1137 01:00:42,375 --> 01:00:45,893 Maris already hit his 52nd homer today and he's looking for number 53. 1138 01:00:46,294 --> 01:00:48,733 Lary on the mound and the wind up. Here's the pitch. 1139 01:00:49,774 --> 01:00:50,893 Oh, he's got it. 1140 01:00:51,055 --> 01:00:53,934 That ball is deep into right field, hairline back to the wall. 1141 01:00:54,775 --> 01:00:57,053 That ball is going, going.... 1142 01:00:57,215 --> 01:01:00,811 It is gone. Number 53 for Roger Maris. 1143 01:01:00,973 --> 01:01:02,492 How about that? 1144 01:01:02,652 --> 01:01:04,012 Come on! Boo! 1145 01:01:09,573 --> 01:01:12,252 Can you believe this? They're booing him in his own ballpark. 1146 01:01:12,414 --> 01:01:14,453 Yeah, I wonder why, Artie. 1147 01:01:15,934 --> 01:01:18,211 -Bum! I don't understand this, Phil. 1148 01:01:18,372 --> 01:01:21,452 No, there's a couple of huckleberries out there letting Roger know... 1149 01:01:21,613 --> 01:01:23,892 ...they don't want him to break Ruth's record, jeez. 1150 01:01:24,053 --> 01:01:25,891 -Nice one. Did hit the ball. 1151 01:01:26,052 --> 01:01:27,692 You'd never know he has 53 home runs. 1152 01:01:27,854 --> 01:01:29,732 Damned if he does, damned if he don't. 1153 01:01:29,894 --> 01:01:31,052 Nice shot, Rog. 1154 01:01:31,212 --> 01:01:32,492 Good job, Roger. Good job. 1155 01:01:32,653 --> 01:01:34,733 -Good job, Rog. -Put a price on it, baby. 1156 01:01:34,894 --> 01:01:40,093 Number seven, the center fielder, Mickey Mantle. 1157 01:01:40,253 --> 01:01:41,733 Number seven. 1158 01:01:41,893 --> 01:01:43,292 Mickey! 1159 01:01:43,454 --> 01:01:45,614 Come on, Mick! Mickey, let's go! 1160 01:01:45,775 --> 01:01:46,893 Come on, Mick! 1161 01:01:47,054 --> 01:01:50,172 Mickey! You can do it, Mickey! 1162 01:02:01,134 --> 01:02:02,572 Time. 1163 01:02:07,855 --> 01:02:10,214 I’ve never seen him get a hand like this before. 1164 01:02:10,376 --> 01:02:12,650 He's never been the underdog before. 1165 01:02:25,253 --> 01:02:27,172 Now, this is really something, folks. 1166 01:02:27,334 --> 01:02:30,411 Mantle is at the plate, stuck on 48 home runs... 1167 01:02:30,573 --> 01:02:35,571 ...and this Yankee crowd is trying to will him back into this home run race. 1168 01:02:35,733 --> 01:02:38,331 -Come on, Mickey. It's the Yankee fans at their very best. 1169 01:02:38,493 --> 01:02:39,692 -How about that? Wow... 1170 01:02:39,852 --> 01:02:41,133 ...and I tell you something else. 1171 01:02:41,292 --> 01:02:44,051 He gets a hold of one the way he's swinging, it's gonna go to Jersey. 1172 01:02:44,212 --> 01:02:45,612 Mark my word. 1173 01:03:01,894 --> 01:03:03,293 Oh, no. 1174 01:03:04,612 --> 01:03:06,251 -Mick, what is it? -I'm okay. 1175 01:03:06,413 --> 01:03:07,692 Come on, let me see. 1176 01:03:07,853 --> 01:03:09,853 -What is it, Mick? -My fucking arm. 1177 01:03:10,012 --> 01:03:11,692 -Ow. -You all right? I can put Blanchard in. 1178 01:03:11,853 --> 01:03:12,812 No. 1179 01:03:12,972 --> 01:03:15,851 -You all right? -Don't ask me twice. 1180 01:03:18,255 --> 01:03:19,332 God. 1181 01:03:31,772 --> 01:03:34,250 You know, I heard Bunting's pitching tomorrow. 1182 01:03:34,733 --> 01:03:35,852 Yup. 1183 01:03:36,012 --> 01:03:38,172 -He's tough. Yup. 1184 01:03:38,332 --> 01:03:40,010 Win tomorrow and sweep. 1185 01:03:40,171 --> 01:03:41,770 Damn straight. 1186 01:03:42,611 --> 01:03:44,091 We'll get them. 1187 01:03:52,731 --> 01:03:55,490 Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen. 1188 01:03:55,652 --> 01:03:57,571 Here are the starting lineups. 1189 01:03:59,372 --> 01:04:01,652 I always knew I'd end up tying your shoes, Mick. 1190 01:04:01,812 --> 01:04:03,451 I just figured it would be in a nursing home. 1191 01:04:03,612 --> 01:04:05,132 Ow! Fuck, Gus. 1192 01:04:09,212 --> 01:04:10,732 How you doing there, Mickey? 1193 01:04:10,892 --> 01:04:12,171 I'm okay. 1194 01:04:14,373 --> 01:04:16,371 Maybe you ought to sit this one out. 1195 01:04:16,532 --> 01:04:18,892 No fucking way, Ralph. I'm playing. 1196 01:04:21,132 --> 01:04:24,333 What are you looking at him for? It's my arm. I say I'm okay, I'm okay. 1197 01:04:26,693 --> 01:04:28,012 I'm playing. 1198 01:04:29,333 --> 01:04:32,613 Number seven, the center fielder, Mickey Mantle. 1199 01:04:32,771 --> 01:04:34,490 Number seven. 1200 01:04:36,011 --> 01:04:39,650 -I can't believe he's out there. -You should've seen him last night. 1201 01:04:39,892 --> 01:04:41,290 I know. 1202 01:04:47,692 --> 01:04:49,132 Let's go! 1203 01:04:49,933 --> 01:04:52,330 Maris leads off first. 1204 01:04:52,493 --> 01:04:54,132 Here we go, here's the pitch. 1205 01:04:54,292 --> 01:04:56,850 That's gotta hurt with that pulled muscle in his forearm. 1206 01:04:57,012 --> 01:04:59,689 Boy, it hurts me just to watch him, Mel. 1207 01:05:01,252 --> 01:05:03,091 Go ahead, try that again. 1208 01:05:09,052 --> 01:05:10,811 Come on, Mick! 1209 01:05:22,652 --> 01:05:23,852 Bunting sets. 1210 01:05:24,012 --> 01:05:25,412 Here's the pitch. 1211 01:05:29,613 --> 01:05:33,612 Oh, my God. It's a long fly ball deep into right center field. 1212 01:05:33,773 --> 01:05:35,971 Rudy goes back, he's not gonna get there. It's out of here. 1213 01:05:38,413 --> 01:05:40,772 He's a fucking god. 1214 01:05:41,293 --> 01:05:43,050 -Oh, yeah. -Forty-nine. 1215 01:05:43,213 --> 01:05:46,571 Mickey Mantle hit that ball over 450 feet. How about that? 1216 01:05:46,730 --> 01:05:48,929 -Forty-nine! -Forty-nine! 1217 01:05:54,491 --> 01:05:57,690 That is the gutsiest thing I’ve ever seen on a ball field. 1218 01:05:58,732 --> 01:06:01,211 They love hearing a big ball park. 1219 01:06:01,691 --> 01:06:03,410 Hell of a hit, Mick. Put her there pal. 1220 01:06:03,571 --> 01:06:04,650 Can't do it. 1221 01:06:04,812 --> 01:06:07,690 A one-armed home run. I can't even eat pizza with one arm. 1222 01:06:07,850 --> 01:06:09,810 Hell of a job, Mickey, hell of a job. 1223 01:06:10,730 --> 01:06:12,650 -Nice shot. He's coming to get you, Rog. 1224 01:06:12,810 --> 01:06:16,490 You're nothing without Mickey. He's coming to get you, man. 1225 01:06:16,810 --> 01:06:19,891 Can you believe that shot? One hand. One hand. Whoo. 1226 01:06:27,893 --> 01:06:29,093 Shh. 1227 01:06:38,091 --> 01:06:39,730 Let me get a drink. 1228 01:06:39,891 --> 01:06:41,169 Come on. 1229 01:06:47,371 --> 01:06:48,731 What are you doing up? 1230 01:06:49,291 --> 01:06:51,611 Oh, you know, I couldn't sleep, so.... 1231 01:06:56,329 --> 01:06:58,569 Is that Roger Maris? 1232 01:06:59,970 --> 01:07:02,329 I'm gonna have to take a rain check on tonight, okay? 1233 01:07:02,491 --> 01:07:04,170 -But Mickey. I know, I'm sorry. 1234 01:07:04,331 --> 01:07:05,769 I'll call you. 1235 01:07:17,492 --> 01:07:19,130 -How's the arm? -Mm. 1236 01:07:25,650 --> 01:07:28,329 You ought to go in early tomorrow, let Gus have a look at it. 1237 01:07:28,490 --> 01:07:31,410 No, I'm all right. I'll be fine. 1238 01:07:32,011 --> 01:07:33,131 Shit, Mickey. 1239 01:07:33,292 --> 01:07:35,970 We're only four games up on Detroit. Take care of yourself. 1240 01:07:36,131 --> 01:07:39,251 All right, if I needed a caretaker, I'd have moved in with my mother. 1241 01:07:48,170 --> 01:07:50,409 I know there's a lot of bullshit about this record. 1242 01:07:50,569 --> 01:07:52,930 I don't care about this stupid record, Mickey. 1243 01:07:53,091 --> 01:07:56,609 -They can shove it up their ass for all I care. -Oh, come on, give me a break. 1244 01:07:56,770 --> 01:07:59,529 -Why can't you just admit you want it too? -Oh, shut up, man. 1245 01:07:59,691 --> 01:08:02,010 Come on, Christ. Have fun with it. 1246 01:08:02,172 --> 01:08:05,848 If you can't have a good time playing baseball, there's something wrong with you. 1247 01:08:06,008 --> 01:08:07,888 Easy for you to say, isn't it, Mick? 1248 01:08:08,050 --> 01:08:09,128 Oh, come on. 1249 01:08:09,288 --> 01:08:11,529 Quit feeling so sorry for yourself, huh? 1250 01:08:11,691 --> 01:08:14,729 I mean, hey, man, I know. It's been rough on you, all that stuff. 1251 01:08:14,890 --> 01:08:18,209 But you ain't exactly helping it much. I told you how to handle them guys. 1252 01:08:18,371 --> 01:08:19,369 You don't wanna listen. 1253 01:08:19,530 --> 01:08:22,450 You told me? You told me a lot about a lot of different things. 1254 01:08:22,611 --> 01:08:25,930 Then you go and do whatever you want and nobody says shit about it to you. 1255 01:08:26,090 --> 01:08:28,770 Don't get on my case just because everybody else is on yours. 1256 01:08:28,930 --> 01:08:31,368 -It's not my problem. -Right, it's my problem. 1257 01:08:31,530 --> 01:08:33,248 My problem. 1258 01:08:33,528 --> 01:08:36,651 You, you just go out and do whatever the hell you want-- 1259 01:08:37,330 --> 01:08:39,169 Mickey, you ever just stop and think... 1260 01:08:39,329 --> 01:08:42,169 ...if you took better care, you wouldn't be getting hurt? 1261 01:08:42,330 --> 01:08:45,169 Did you see what you did out there today with only one arm? 1262 01:08:45,330 --> 01:08:47,130 And tonight, you're out screwing around. 1263 01:08:47,289 --> 01:08:49,930 How'd you do that? You're Mickey Mantle, for chrissake. 1264 01:08:50,091 --> 01:08:52,929 What's that mean? What the fuck's that supposed to mean? 1265 01:08:53,851 --> 01:08:56,529 I don't know, Mick, maybe you're the one who doesn't want it. 1266 01:08:56,691 --> 01:08:59,089 You think you know about me? You don't know shit. 1267 01:08:59,249 --> 01:09:00,569 Yeah? 1268 01:09:00,730 --> 01:09:02,169 Fine. 1269 01:09:03,250 --> 01:09:05,129 My dad died when he was 39. 1270 01:09:05,291 --> 01:09:06,409 Hodgkins. 1271 01:09:06,570 --> 01:09:08,970 My grandfather, my uncle, same thing. 1272 01:09:09,131 --> 01:09:11,370 None of them made it past the age of 45, all right? 1273 01:09:11,530 --> 01:09:13,370 So I'm gonna live my life the way I want. 1274 01:09:17,287 --> 01:09:19,688 Why don't you get off my back. Go call your wife. 1275 01:09:19,848 --> 01:09:21,768 Go cry to her about it. 1276 01:09:23,569 --> 01:09:24,968 All right, then. 1277 01:09:26,889 --> 01:09:27,889 Shit. 1278 01:09:28,049 --> 01:09:29,568 Man. 1279 01:09:53,010 --> 01:09:54,089 Hello? 1280 01:09:54,250 --> 01:09:55,208 Hi, it's me. 1281 01:09:55,369 --> 01:09:57,809 Oh, it's late. Is everything all right? 1282 01:09:58,969 --> 01:10:00,890 Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. 1283 01:10:01,051 --> 01:10:02,249 What's wrong? 1284 01:10:04,049 --> 01:10:07,409 Tell me. Oh, I don't know, honey. 1285 01:10:07,931 --> 01:10:11,408 Sometimes I just feel like I'm up against the world here. 1286 01:10:11,729 --> 01:10:12,728 Look, I gotta warm up. 1287 01:10:12,889 --> 01:10:15,810 You know, I mean, I can see it. I can see it in their eyes. 1288 01:10:15,970 --> 01:10:17,928 They're all pulling for Mickey. 1289 01:10:18,089 --> 01:10:19,609 How are you two getting along? 1290 01:10:19,770 --> 01:10:20,769 What do you mean? 1291 01:10:20,930 --> 01:10:23,090 Well, some of the papers say you two are fighting. 1292 01:10:23,250 --> 01:10:26,449 No, no, they're just stirring up trouble, you know. 1293 01:10:26,611 --> 01:10:28,767 I hope he hits 80 home runs, Pat, I do. 1294 01:10:28,927 --> 01:10:30,448 And you hit 81. 1295 01:10:31,928 --> 01:10:33,207 Yeah, of course. 1296 01:10:34,608 --> 01:10:36,168 But I just can't figure it, honey. 1297 01:10:36,329 --> 01:10:39,407 Why does it gotta be they only have room in their hearts for one guy? 1298 01:10:39,568 --> 01:10:41,168 Oh, I don't know, sweetheart. 1299 01:10:41,330 --> 01:10:43,169 Boy, sometimes I wish they'd traded me... 1300 01:10:43,330 --> 01:10:44,926 ...at the beginning of the year, you know? 1301 01:10:45,089 --> 01:10:46,727 Oh, you know you don't mean that, Roger. 1302 01:10:46,888 --> 01:10:50,049 No, I do. I really do. 1303 01:10:51,329 --> 01:10:54,167 Oh, I wish I could be there with you. 1304 01:10:54,328 --> 01:10:55,688 Yeah. 1305 01:10:55,848 --> 01:10:57,608 Yeah, me too. 1306 01:11:22,528 --> 01:11:24,768 If you want, she's got a sister. Okay. 1307 01:11:30,089 --> 01:11:32,169 Cut right through it. 1308 01:11:37,651 --> 01:11:40,247 Why can't I kick this goddamn flu? 1309 01:11:40,407 --> 01:11:42,887 I get it two days, goes away, get it again worse. 1310 01:11:43,047 --> 01:11:45,928 I get these chills, I can't sleep at night. 1311 01:11:46,087 --> 01:11:47,568 Mick, this is my doctor. 1312 01:11:47,727 --> 01:11:51,207 Now, he treats Eddie Fisher, Sammy Davis, a lot of entertainers. 1313 01:11:51,369 --> 01:11:53,088 He's got this magic shot. 1314 01:11:53,248 --> 01:11:55,927 I’ve been sick during the day, I take one of these shots... 1315 01:11:56,087 --> 01:11:57,606 ...I do the game that night. 1316 01:11:57,888 --> 01:12:01,167 Now, his name's Max Jacobson. You give him a call, he'll take care of you. 1317 01:12:01,328 --> 01:12:02,446 Thanks, Mel. 1318 01:12:03,007 --> 01:12:04,327 You bet. 1319 01:12:06,568 --> 01:12:08,487 Seems like a good idea. 1320 01:12:12,168 --> 01:12:13,127 Hey, Mick. 1321 01:12:13,288 --> 01:12:15,207 I'm not gonna take you out of the lineup... 1322 01:12:15,369 --> 01:12:18,528 ...but I need you for the Series, so if you need rest let me know. 1323 01:12:18,689 --> 01:12:20,328 I'll be all right. Tell you what. 1324 01:12:20,489 --> 01:12:23,528 I'll go get this shot and I'll be good as new. 1325 01:12:25,327 --> 01:12:27,526 You take care of yourself. You don't get sick. 1326 01:12:27,690 --> 01:12:30,490 Think your boy Roger's gonna do it now that he's falling apart? 1327 01:12:30,650 --> 01:12:33,768 He's not my boy, and if they pitch to him, he's still got a shot. 1328 01:12:33,929 --> 01:12:36,369 No, it's over. The record's safe. 1329 01:12:36,529 --> 01:12:38,568 -See you, Milt. -Yeah. 1330 01:12:50,567 --> 01:12:52,485 -Oh, hey, I look pretty good there. -Yeah. 1331 01:12:53,127 --> 01:12:55,046 Yeah, never better. 1332 01:13:01,608 --> 01:13:03,047 Jeez. 1333 01:13:07,445 --> 01:13:09,127 People are stupid sometimes. 1334 01:13:11,528 --> 01:13:12,846 Yeah. 1335 01:13:16,566 --> 01:13:20,207 You know, Mick, where I grew up, you went to school, you got married... 1336 01:13:20,367 --> 01:13:23,047 ...you worked hard and stayed in Fargo the rest of your life. 1337 01:13:23,207 --> 01:13:24,406 That was it. 1338 01:13:24,807 --> 01:13:27,447 I tell you what, that would've been just fine with me. 1339 01:13:27,609 --> 01:13:29,085 Except l.... 1340 01:13:29,248 --> 01:13:31,048 I could play ball. 1341 01:13:33,009 --> 01:13:34,927 And my father taught me just like you. 1342 01:13:35,089 --> 01:13:36,366 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 1343 01:13:36,527 --> 01:13:39,607 He was tough, boy. Pushed us hard. 1344 01:13:39,770 --> 01:13:42,806 My brother Rudy, he was a hell of a player. 1345 01:13:42,967 --> 01:13:45,167 He was far better than I was. 1346 01:13:45,327 --> 01:13:48,408 We all thought that he was gonna be the one. 1347 01:13:50,448 --> 01:13:52,207 I don't think I would've played ball... 1348 01:13:52,367 --> 01:13:54,729 ...if he hadn't had dragged me to the park all the time. 1349 01:13:56,329 --> 01:14:00,245 -Then he got sick with polio. -Oh, jeez. 1350 01:14:00,406 --> 01:14:02,167 It was real bad. 1351 01:14:03,367 --> 01:14:05,525 My father, he just.... 1352 01:14:05,926 --> 01:14:09,166 He just got torn up inside, you know, just.... 1353 01:14:12,927 --> 01:14:17,606 Parents started fighting all the time. Screaming and yelling about everything. 1354 01:14:19,046 --> 01:14:21,965 But nobody ever talked about it, you know. 1355 01:14:22,766 --> 01:14:24,765 Not even in the house. 1356 01:14:27,486 --> 01:14:29,486 Just kept it private. 1357 01:14:29,646 --> 01:14:33,566 You know, it was nobody's business. Your life is your life. 1358 01:14:34,327 --> 01:14:35,686 Yeah. 1359 01:14:40,168 --> 01:14:41,966 You're like a movie star to these people, you know. 1360 01:14:42,128 --> 01:14:45,288 -Oh. -No, you are, Mick. You got a way. 1361 01:14:45,609 --> 01:14:47,806 But me, if I don't wanna talk about things... 1362 01:14:47,967 --> 01:14:51,207 ...and I don't know what they wanna hear and I just wanna play ball... 1363 01:14:51,369 --> 01:14:54,246 ...what does that make me? I mean, does that make me the bad guy? 1364 01:14:54,407 --> 01:14:55,926 There is no bad guy, Rog. 1365 01:14:56,087 --> 01:15:00,006 Well, I got about a thousand more of these says you're wrong. 1366 01:15:00,807 --> 01:15:02,328 I just.... 1367 01:15:02,688 --> 01:15:05,847 I just don't understand why it's so important to them, you know? 1368 01:15:06,569 --> 01:15:09,927 Maybe you ought to forget about your mail for a while, you know? 1369 01:15:10,724 --> 01:15:12,805 Put this shit away. 1370 01:15:12,966 --> 01:15:15,445 No, I gotta write back to the kids, you know. 1371 01:15:16,765 --> 01:15:20,005 Believe it or not, there's some real nice ones in there from the kids. 1372 01:15:29,486 --> 01:15:32,205 -Good night, Rog. -Good night, Mick. 1373 01:15:32,846 --> 01:15:35,805 Happy birthday. Happy birthday, Rog. 1374 01:15:35,965 --> 01:15:38,565 From all the gang at Toots Shor. There you go, pal. 1375 01:15:38,726 --> 01:15:40,005 -Thank you. -Blow the candles. 1376 01:15:40,167 --> 01:15:41,606 -Make a wish. -Blow them out. 1377 01:15:43,725 --> 01:15:45,607 -Here we go, toast. -Happy birthday. 1378 01:15:45,766 --> 01:15:47,166 -Cheers. -Happy birthday, Rog. 1379 01:15:47,327 --> 01:15:49,766 -All right. -It's good shit, huh? 1380 01:15:50,086 --> 01:15:52,965 -Oh, that's good, Mick. -I had Toots bring out the best. 1381 01:15:53,127 --> 01:15:55,648 Man, look at you. You all right? You don't look so good. 1382 01:15:55,808 --> 01:15:58,606 I went to this stupid doctor and got a shot for my flu. 1383 01:15:58,767 --> 01:16:00,166 -Yeah? -Right in my hip. 1384 01:16:00,327 --> 01:16:03,886 Now my hip's all infected or something. It's swollen. I don't know what's wrong. 1385 01:16:04,046 --> 01:16:06,406 I'll tell you, you should have-- Excuse me, fellas. 1386 01:16:06,565 --> 01:16:08,887 I got a couple of my nieces over at the bar. 1387 01:16:09,046 --> 01:16:11,285 They're nice, sweet college girls down from Boston. 1388 01:16:11,446 --> 01:16:13,285 Would you mind taking a picture with them? 1389 01:16:13,447 --> 01:16:14,967 -Yeah, yeah, sure. -Thanks, Rog. 1390 01:16:15,127 --> 01:16:17,688 Come on, let's go, sweetheart. These are busy men. 1391 01:16:17,847 --> 01:16:19,286 Smile. 1392 01:16:19,727 --> 01:16:21,007 It's everywhere. 1393 01:16:21,168 --> 01:16:23,165 Well, what do I tell my family, my friends? 1394 01:16:23,325 --> 01:16:26,043 I hope you tell them it's a crock because that's what it is. 1395 01:16:26,205 --> 01:16:29,043 I know, but I'm in the supermarket and people are whispering. 1396 01:16:30,165 --> 01:16:31,886 It's humiliating. 1397 01:16:32,205 --> 01:16:34,646 Why'd you have to go and take a picture with them? 1398 01:16:34,806 --> 01:16:36,645 -I don't know-- -It's embarrassing. 1399 01:16:36,806 --> 01:16:38,366 I don't know what you want from me. 1400 01:16:38,527 --> 01:16:40,804 -Roger. -They introduce me, say take a picture. 1401 01:16:40,967 --> 01:16:43,045 That's what they do. I don't control the press. 1402 01:16:43,206 --> 01:16:44,964 Roger, the kids were upset. 1403 01:16:45,126 --> 01:16:48,805 I was calling every 10 minutes. Just thought you were gonna be home to talk to us. 1404 01:16:48,966 --> 01:16:50,404 Look, I'm.... 1405 01:16:50,765 --> 01:16:54,484 Sorry, Pat, l.... Mickey came up to me after the game-- 1406 01:16:54,646 --> 01:16:56,565 It figures. One night out with Mickey. 1407 01:16:56,727 --> 01:17:00,166 No, this has nothing to do with Mickey. I wish you'd just leave him out of it. 1408 01:17:00,766 --> 01:17:01,845 Yeah. 1409 01:17:02,006 --> 01:17:04,165 You know, I don't have time for this, all right? 1410 01:17:04,326 --> 01:17:07,045 I don't know how many more times we can go over it. Sorry. 1411 01:17:07,208 --> 01:17:08,806 -There's nothing I can do. -Roger. 1412 01:17:08,965 --> 01:17:12,327 Look, you know, I gotta get to the airport. I'll call you from Detroit. 1413 01:17:16,284 --> 01:17:18,085 -Strike three. -Come on. 1414 01:17:18,245 --> 01:17:20,046 -That's bullshit. -I don't wanna run you. 1415 01:17:20,206 --> 01:17:23,046 Where's your strike zone? You're up, you're down. Be consistent. 1416 01:17:23,207 --> 01:17:24,726 -Roger, I won't run you. -Bullshit. 1417 01:17:24,887 --> 01:17:26,086 -Don't get tossed. -Come on. 1418 01:17:26,247 --> 01:17:28,966 -Don't get tossed. Don't. -You're better than that. 1419 01:17:29,125 --> 01:17:32,005 Hey, Roger, up here! Hey, hey! 1420 01:17:32,167 --> 01:17:34,482 Hey, it's the voice from above! 1421 01:17:36,004 --> 01:17:37,764 Hey, Maris, up here! 1422 01:17:37,923 --> 01:17:39,283 It's The Babe! 1423 01:17:43,525 --> 01:17:45,364 Hey, hey, you want my record? 1424 01:17:45,526 --> 01:17:46,684 You want my record? 1425 01:17:46,845 --> 01:17:49,726 You can come up and kiss my bambino ass! 1426 01:17:51,525 --> 01:17:55,645 Hey, saw you in the paper the other day! Nice hookers you got there, pal! 1427 01:17:56,164 --> 01:17:58,283 You're nothing. You got nothing! 1428 01:17:58,445 --> 01:18:00,444 You're never gonna be nothing! 1429 01:18:00,605 --> 01:18:02,404 Hey, what, you can't even face me? 1430 01:18:02,565 --> 01:18:04,563 You can't even look at me? 1431 01:18:04,726 --> 01:18:07,284 Oh, you wanna play ball? You wanna play some ball? 1432 01:18:07,445 --> 01:18:08,845 Hey, tell you what. 1433 01:18:09,006 --> 01:18:10,885 Catch this, you piece of shit. 1434 01:18:12,646 --> 01:18:13,885 Shit. 1435 01:18:14,487 --> 01:18:16,966 Time! What are you, nuts? 1436 01:18:17,126 --> 01:18:18,405 What's the matter with you? 1437 01:18:20,126 --> 01:18:21,886 -All right, let's go, come on. -Come on. 1438 01:18:22,046 --> 01:18:25,523 You fucking maniac! What's wrong with you? 1439 01:18:26,485 --> 01:18:28,085 We gotta get him off the field. 1440 01:18:28,246 --> 01:18:31,204 -Hey, Rog, we gotta get you off the field. -Horseshit, I'm staying. 1441 01:18:31,366 --> 01:18:34,005 -Ralph, we got a riot! -Hold on a second, it's his call. 1442 01:18:34,165 --> 01:18:35,844 -Wanna play? -I'm playing, staying in. 1443 01:18:36,006 --> 01:18:38,045 -He's playing. We gotta get him off the field. 1444 01:18:38,207 --> 01:18:40,405 -Get this ball and get him out. Wait a minute. 1445 01:18:40,566 --> 01:18:43,163 Don't you tell me to calm down! Don't tell me to calm down! 1446 01:18:43,323 --> 01:18:46,323 You control that field. My men should not be in danger. 1447 01:18:46,484 --> 01:18:47,923 Beat it, goddamn it. 1448 01:18:48,084 --> 01:18:50,883 -Hey, calm down, Ralph. Calm down. -Don't tell me to calm down. 1449 01:18:51,044 --> 01:18:53,044 -Are you gonna--? -Shut up. 1450 01:18:53,204 --> 01:18:55,843 -He shouldn't have to worry about his life. -Your call then. 1451 01:18:56,004 --> 01:18:58,484 You want my call? He's playing. He's playing safe. 1452 01:18:58,645 --> 01:18:59,723 Roger has been.... 1453 01:19:05,044 --> 01:19:06,644 It's a madhouse out there. 1454 01:19:06,804 --> 01:19:09,444 -You all right, Rog? -Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. 1455 01:19:09,603 --> 01:19:12,164 -Wanna beer? -No. 1456 01:19:16,724 --> 01:19:18,524 Son of a bitch. 1457 01:19:20,525 --> 01:19:22,123 -What's wrong? -Oh, shit. 1458 01:19:22,285 --> 01:19:23,685 What is it? 1459 01:19:26,206 --> 01:19:28,084 Look at this, Gus. 1460 01:19:39,203 --> 01:19:40,803 -Hey, slick, what is that? -Huh? 1461 01:19:40,965 --> 01:19:42,805 Oh, that's nothing. 1462 01:19:42,965 --> 01:19:44,963 You gotta be patient, man. You need to-- 1463 01:19:45,126 --> 01:19:47,005 Hey, Ralph, Roger won't come out of the-- 1464 01:19:47,166 --> 01:19:49,925 Will you give a guy a break? Did you see what happened today? 1465 01:19:50,086 --> 01:19:53,885 -Come on, Ralph, he's got a responsibility. -You guys are all over him day and night. 1466 01:19:54,044 --> 01:19:57,403 -This is a big story, come on. -Let the man be for a minute, can't you? 1467 01:19:57,562 --> 01:20:00,082 If you can't do that, I'll throw you out. Do you hear me? 1468 01:20:00,244 --> 01:20:02,481 -Bob, do your job. -Move back, will you? 1469 01:20:03,443 --> 01:20:05,683 How does it look in back? -A few patches. 1470 01:20:05,843 --> 01:20:07,363 God. 1471 01:20:08,004 --> 01:20:09,363 What the hell is happening to me, Gus? 1472 01:20:10,686 --> 01:20:12,082 It's Fishel. 1473 01:20:12,243 --> 01:20:14,563 -Roger, I need you out there. -I'm not talking, Bob. 1474 01:20:14,724 --> 01:20:17,364 -Look, they've got a job. -What, hurt me and my family? 1475 01:20:17,525 --> 01:20:19,282 You only make it worse by not talking. 1476 01:20:19,443 --> 01:20:22,803 I need you to protect me, Bob. Once, one time. 1477 01:20:22,964 --> 01:20:24,883 Get those bloodsuckers off my back. 1478 01:20:25,045 --> 01:20:26,882 -Roger-- -No, no. I'm done, Bob, I'm done. 1479 01:20:27,044 --> 01:20:29,083 I'm not talking to anybody. You hear me? 1480 01:20:32,923 --> 01:20:35,163 Hey, Bob. Bob, Bob. 1481 01:20:36,725 --> 01:20:38,605 Let me see a mirror, Gus. 1482 01:20:57,885 --> 01:20:59,164 Ow! 1483 01:21:11,164 --> 01:21:13,122 I don't understand it, you know? 1484 01:21:13,283 --> 01:21:16,001 Doctor says it's stress. 1485 01:21:19,804 --> 01:21:23,524 Imagine that, hair falling out from stress. 1486 01:21:23,683 --> 01:21:25,763 Maybe you're in the wrong line of work. 1487 01:21:25,923 --> 01:21:27,563 Yeah, maybe. 1488 01:21:27,723 --> 01:21:29,322 Doctor says to me: 1489 01:21:29,483 --> 01:21:31,202 "You just stay out of pressure situations." 1490 01:21:32,962 --> 01:21:34,403 Even got me on these relaxing pills. 1491 01:21:34,884 --> 01:21:36,643 You know, fuck doctors. 1492 01:21:36,803 --> 01:21:38,523 Excuse me. 1493 01:21:39,683 --> 01:21:41,123 -Coffee and a Coke. -Thank you. 1494 01:21:41,284 --> 01:21:42,404 Thanks. 1495 01:21:42,565 --> 01:21:43,564 You see? 1496 01:21:43,724 --> 01:21:45,762 -See how I'm taking care of myself? -Yeah. 1497 01:21:51,125 --> 01:21:54,003 What are you up to now? Five packs a day? 1498 01:21:54,163 --> 01:21:56,204 Can't be too good for you. 1499 01:21:56,365 --> 01:21:57,922 No, probably not. 1500 01:21:58,842 --> 01:22:02,403 You know, when I first come up, I was under so much pressure... 1501 01:22:02,564 --> 01:22:06,283 ...from Casey and everybody telling me I was gonna be the next Joe DiMaggio. 1502 01:22:06,444 --> 01:22:08,884 And they gave me number 6, right? 1503 01:22:09,044 --> 01:22:12,642 Ruth was 3, Gehrig was 4, DiMaggio was 5 and me, number 6. 1504 01:22:12,804 --> 01:22:16,001 I hated that, being in line with the other guys. 1505 01:22:16,164 --> 01:22:19,481 And the press, man, they was all over me. Calling me a hillbilly. 1506 01:22:20,041 --> 01:22:22,161 I mean, I was, you know? 1507 01:22:22,323 --> 01:22:26,922 I get to New York. I got a $7 suitcase and an $8 suit and... 1508 01:22:27,083 --> 01:22:31,603 ...my whole town's got 2000 people in it and Yankee Stadium's got 40 times that. 1509 01:22:31,764 --> 01:22:35,843 I'm 18 years old and everybody's expecting a home run every time I get up to the plate. 1510 01:22:36,003 --> 01:22:37,162 Yeah. 1511 01:22:37,844 --> 01:22:41,082 That was killing me. Couldn't hit the ball. 1512 01:22:42,401 --> 01:22:44,682 So Casey sent me back down to the minors... 1513 01:22:44,843 --> 01:22:48,321 ...and I couldn't hit there neither. 1514 01:22:48,803 --> 01:22:51,523 And finally, I called up my dad and told him: 1515 01:22:51,684 --> 01:22:54,483 "Well, I'm quitting. Can't do it no more." 1516 01:22:54,642 --> 01:22:57,122 And he said, "Where you at?" 1517 01:22:57,284 --> 01:23:01,483 And I told him and he come on down to Kansas City, that's where I was. 1518 01:23:01,763 --> 01:23:04,922 And throws all my shit in a suitcase and says, "Okay, let's go. 1519 01:23:05,082 --> 01:23:08,523 You can come back to work the mines with me the rest of your life." 1520 01:23:10,082 --> 01:23:14,002 I started crying and he just let me have it, boy. 1521 01:23:14,164 --> 01:23:17,442 He told me, "You know, you're being such a baby," you know. 1522 01:23:17,603 --> 01:23:20,163 "I thought I raised a man. You ain't nothing but a coward. 1523 01:23:20,324 --> 01:23:22,322 Be a man," he says. 1524 01:23:23,683 --> 01:23:28,681 -Truth was I was lonesome, scared. -Yeah. 1525 01:23:29,562 --> 01:23:32,682 Anyway, I started hitting again after that. 1526 01:23:32,843 --> 01:23:34,041 I know. 1527 01:23:34,202 --> 01:23:37,561 Came back up and they gave me number 7. 1528 01:23:38,122 --> 01:23:40,602 I was glad about it. I hated that number 6. 1529 01:23:40,762 --> 01:23:42,242 Yeah. 1530 01:23:46,922 --> 01:23:52,961 Look, I don't want no more money from that M&M Corporation and I think that-- 1531 01:23:53,122 --> 01:23:55,640 -Oh, Mickey, listen to yourself. -You're the one that's-- 1532 01:23:55,802 --> 01:23:58,520 Man, there is no M&M without the two of us so just-- 1533 01:23:58,681 --> 01:24:01,122 Yeah, well, you're the one carrying us now. 1534 01:24:01,282 --> 01:24:02,962 That ain't true, you know. 1535 01:24:03,123 --> 01:24:04,924 You do what you want with it, Rog. 1536 01:24:05,084 --> 01:24:10,844 What I'm saying is I just ain't getting there and.... 1537 01:24:12,004 --> 01:24:15,922 I just can't play no more. 1538 01:24:16,803 --> 01:24:18,443 I'm wore out. 1539 01:24:19,761 --> 01:24:21,201 Done. 1540 01:24:24,163 --> 01:24:26,082 I'm out of the race. 1541 01:24:31,203 --> 01:24:33,882 I thought I took pretty good care of myself too. 1542 01:24:34,602 --> 01:24:36,683 You did, man. 1543 01:24:36,842 --> 01:24:38,159 Damn straight, you did. 1544 01:24:40,723 --> 01:24:42,199 Well, anyway... 1545 01:24:43,642 --> 01:24:45,920 ...he's all yours if you want him. 1546 01:24:49,203 --> 01:24:51,361 You go get that fat fuck. 1547 01:24:54,323 --> 01:24:56,360 Here is the pitch to Maris. 1548 01:25:00,722 --> 01:25:03,320 -Oh, my, he got a hold of that one. -Fifty-eight. 1549 01:25:03,481 --> 01:25:06,721 Number 58 for Roger Maris, just two shy of the record. 1550 01:25:06,882 --> 01:25:11,400 He took a fastball from Jim Bunting and drilled it into the second deck. 1551 01:25:11,561 --> 01:25:13,601 How about that? 1552 01:25:14,401 --> 01:25:17,041 Well, I'd like you to come to Baltimore if you could, honey. 1553 01:25:17,201 --> 01:25:18,722 Well, I wish I could, but-- 1554 01:25:18,883 --> 01:25:21,402 You know, the kids have been sick and I can't leave them. 1555 01:25:21,562 --> 01:25:24,081 -Yeah, I know. -But I'll be able to see the game. 1556 01:25:24,244 --> 01:25:25,281 Oh, yeah? How's that? 1557 01:25:25,443 --> 01:25:28,122 Well, one of the TV stations arranged for me to see the game. 1558 01:25:28,283 --> 01:25:31,201 Some kind of special hook up or something. 1559 01:25:31,361 --> 01:25:34,002 I'll be the only one in Kansas to see you break that record. 1560 01:25:34,163 --> 01:25:37,522 Oh, that's great, honey. Oh, that's great. 1561 01:25:37,681 --> 01:25:41,442 Listen, you know, if you could come to New York next week... 1562 01:25:41,602 --> 01:25:44,321 ...you could stay through the Series, that'd be nice. 1563 01:25:44,484 --> 01:25:47,523 -I don't know with the kids, it's-- -Hey, Pat. 1564 01:25:48,480 --> 01:25:51,641 Listen, I really need you there. Um.... 1565 01:25:53,080 --> 01:25:55,119 You know, if you could try.... 1566 01:25:55,921 --> 01:25:58,080 I'll try, Roger. 1567 01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:00,959 Do you promise, honey? 1568 01:26:01,801 --> 01:26:03,040 I promise. 1569 01:26:03,201 --> 01:26:05,002 Okay, then. I gotta go. 1570 01:26:05,162 --> 01:26:08,119 So I'll talk to you soon, I love you. 1571 01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:11,081 -I love you. -All right, bye. 1572 01:26:17,921 --> 01:26:20,840 Two home runs away, Roger. How do you feel about that? 1573 01:26:21,001 --> 01:26:23,560 And as the Bronx Bombers arrive today in Baltimore... 1574 01:26:23,721 --> 01:26:25,280 ...the country braces for the showdown. 1575 01:26:26,042 --> 01:26:29,440 No, it's not a showdown about the Yankees and the Orioles... 1576 01:26:29,602 --> 01:26:32,123 ...but about one man versus history. 1577 01:26:32,282 --> 01:26:33,962 And that man is Roger Maris. 1578 01:26:34,123 --> 01:26:36,240 He comes into the game with 58 home runs. 1579 01:26:36,401 --> 01:26:38,641 Should I arrange for you to go to Baltimore? 1580 01:26:38,802 --> 01:26:39,841 -Can he do it? -No. 1581 01:26:40,002 --> 01:26:42,359 Well, all of America is watching. 1582 01:26:52,923 --> 01:26:55,201 -So Milt-- -Where the hell's Roger? 1583 01:26:55,363 --> 01:26:57,602 I don't know, tried him at the hotel, nobody knows. 1584 01:26:57,764 --> 01:26:59,119 He promised me an exclusive. 1585 01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:01,159 What do you want? I don't know where he is. 1586 01:27:01,320 --> 01:27:03,799 Bob, I'm one of the guys that's defended him all year. 1587 01:27:03,959 --> 01:27:05,999 Now he stands me up? What's wrong with him? 1588 01:27:06,160 --> 01:27:07,719 He promises me an exclusive. 1589 01:27:07,881 --> 01:27:10,238 I got a deadline. Now I'm coming in with nothing. 1590 01:27:10,401 --> 01:27:11,839 You know I got 15 local papers... 1591 01:27:12,001 --> 01:27:14,440 ...and God knows how many nationals I'm competing with. 1592 01:27:14,602 --> 01:27:18,119 And he doesn't even call? Nothing? Like I don't exist? 1593 01:27:18,280 --> 01:27:19,759 -It's not right. -I'm sorry, Milt. 1594 01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:21,799 -I can get Mantle. -I don't want Mantle. 1595 01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:25,040 Mantle's not the story anymore. Where's Roger, where the hell is he? 1596 01:27:25,200 --> 01:27:27,360 I swear to God, Milt, if I knew, I'd tell you. 1597 01:27:27,521 --> 01:27:29,759 I'm sorry, Roger's been under a lot of pressure-- 1598 01:27:29,920 --> 01:27:33,119 You know what, Bob? Spare me that. Everybody's under a lot of pressure. 1599 01:27:33,281 --> 01:27:37,160 What do you think my editor's gonna say to me when I show up there empty-handed? 1600 01:27:38,041 --> 01:27:40,039 You know, there isn't a man in America... 1601 01:27:40,201 --> 01:27:43,441 ...who wouldn't give it all up to be playing right field for the Yankees. 1602 01:27:43,602 --> 01:27:46,041 Not a man and he doesn't understand that. 1603 01:27:46,202 --> 01:27:47,680 So don't give me any sob story... 1604 01:27:47,841 --> 01:27:50,560 ...about a guy being paid $38,000 just to play baseball. 1605 01:27:50,722 --> 01:27:51,881 He's been curt, rude. 1606 01:27:52,043 --> 01:27:55,440 He has been sullen, moody and I’ve been giving him the benefit of the doubt. 1607 01:27:55,600 --> 01:27:58,560 But I’ve had it, Bob, because now he's making me look bad. 1608 01:28:01,521 --> 01:28:03,161 Milt. 1609 01:29:34,039 --> 01:29:36,038 What do you mean you don't wanna play tonight? 1610 01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:38,638 I don't know, maybe it's time I took a rest, Ralph, l-- 1611 01:29:38,799 --> 01:29:40,637 You know, I could really use a day off. 1612 01:29:42,839 --> 01:29:45,757 I know we got a 10-game lead, but if we win we clinch the pennant. 1613 01:29:45,919 --> 01:29:47,717 -I wanna get it over with. -Yeah, I know. 1614 01:29:47,879 --> 01:29:51,998 You know Mickey's out. Bob's leg worse, he may need surgery by the end of the year. 1615 01:29:52,160 --> 01:29:53,677 The point is I need you. 1616 01:29:53,839 --> 01:29:56,999 Well, I'll be there for you tomorrow, Ralph, I just-- 1617 01:29:57,160 --> 01:30:00,558 You know, I really feel like I could use a day off. 1618 01:30:00,719 --> 01:30:04,798 You know, the only reason most of these fans are here is to see you play. 1619 01:30:05,121 --> 01:30:07,199 You owe it to them to give it your best shot. 1620 01:30:07,359 --> 01:30:09,079 I owe it to them? 1621 01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:11,198 What the hell do I owe them, Ralph? 1622 01:30:11,361 --> 01:30:13,920 You gotta understand, you mean something to these people. 1623 01:30:14,078 --> 01:30:15,877 Good or bad. 1624 01:30:16,039 --> 01:30:18,559 And if you quit now, they'll never forgive you. 1625 01:30:18,720 --> 01:30:20,921 Ralph, they're never gonna forgive me if I do it. 1626 01:30:21,079 --> 01:30:22,879 Is that what you're afraid of? 1627 01:30:25,040 --> 01:30:27,881 No, I just want this whole thing to be over. 1628 01:30:39,438 --> 01:30:43,358 Look, Rog, I'm not a sentimental-type guy, you know... 1629 01:30:43,519 --> 01:30:47,838 ...but most of us bang around the game for a while and then we're forgotten. 1630 01:30:48,840 --> 01:30:54,278 Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, DiMaggio. 1631 01:30:54,439 --> 01:30:58,396 Those guys were bigger than the game. 1632 01:30:58,558 --> 01:31:02,117 And I know that is not what you want. 1633 01:31:02,799 --> 01:31:06,278 But right now, whether you like it or not... 1634 01:31:07,839 --> 01:31:09,838 ...you're bigger than the game. 1635 01:31:10,520 --> 01:31:16,160 This is your one shot to go out there and show them what you're made of. 1636 01:31:17,361 --> 01:31:19,837 And that you owe to yourself. 1637 01:31:21,759 --> 01:31:22,758 I'll tell you what... 1638 01:31:22,920 --> 01:31:25,998 ...why don't you play the first inning and if you wanna come out... 1639 01:31:26,158 --> 01:31:28,557 ...you give me a look and I'll take you out. 1640 01:31:30,359 --> 01:31:31,839 All right, then. 1641 01:31:33,520 --> 01:31:35,038 That sounds fair. 1642 01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:38,719 Well, you couldn't have picked a worse night for Roger Maris. 1643 01:31:38,880 --> 01:31:39,919 He's got 58 home runs. 1644 01:31:40,079 --> 01:31:43,517 He needs two to tie and three to break the great Babe Ruth's record. 1645 01:31:43,678 --> 01:31:47,035 But the winds of Hurricane Esther are swirling through Memorial Stadium. 1646 01:31:47,197 --> 01:31:49,237 Yes, and as if that weren't bad enough, Mel... 1647 01:31:49,396 --> 01:31:53,597 ...he'll have to do it in The Babe's backyard where he hasn't had a home run all year. 1648 01:31:53,758 --> 01:31:56,198 So sit back, open a Ballantine, because tonight could be history. 1649 01:31:57,518 --> 01:31:59,838 Batting third, center fielder, Roger Maris. 1650 01:32:00,318 --> 01:32:02,436 Well, Phil, without Mantle batting behind him... 1651 01:32:02,598 --> 01:32:04,478 ...I wonder if they'll pitch around Maris. 1652 01:32:04,637 --> 01:32:06,556 Nobody wants to give up the big home run... 1653 01:32:06,718 --> 01:32:09,036 ...but I believe it's pride and they'll pitch to him. 1654 01:32:09,197 --> 01:32:10,797 I certainly hope so. Well, you know... 1655 01:32:10,958 --> 01:32:12,077 ...I wouldn't, but that's me. 1656 01:32:12,238 --> 01:32:15,796 Okay, and here comes Maris. All eyes are on Rog. 1657 01:32:15,958 --> 01:32:19,799 Fifty-eight home runs, but it's a nasty night here in Baltimore. 1658 01:32:19,959 --> 01:32:21,398 -Go. -Come on, Rog. 1659 01:32:21,558 --> 01:32:23,677 Get a piece of it. -Get one. 1660 01:32:24,279 --> 01:32:25,918 Milt pappas looks in. 1661 01:32:26,078 --> 01:32:27,359 Here's the pitch. 1662 01:32:30,318 --> 01:32:31,957 Get in there. -Go, go, go. 1663 01:32:32,119 --> 01:32:33,079 That ball is high and deep to right field. 1664 01:32:33,239 --> 01:32:35,677 -No, no, no. -Shit, the wind's got it. 1665 01:32:35,838 --> 01:32:37,237 It's going. 1666 01:32:37,398 --> 01:32:39,358 Going to be caught. 1667 01:32:42,559 --> 01:32:44,997 -Oh, it's gonna be a tough night. All right, let's go. 1668 01:32:45,159 --> 01:32:47,878 -Well, guys, come on now. Let's go, Rog. 1669 01:32:48,040 --> 01:32:49,558 Shit. 1670 01:32:50,398 --> 01:32:51,479 Now batting-- 1671 01:32:51,638 --> 01:32:55,517 All right, here comes Roger. Blow out to right field his first time up. 1672 01:32:55,877 --> 01:32:57,275 You know, I imagine someday... 1673 01:32:57,437 --> 01:32:59,516 ...someone will write about the month-long... 1674 01:32:59,677 --> 01:33:03,157 ...day-in, day-out pressure on Roger Maris. 1675 01:33:08,598 --> 01:33:10,197 Milt Pappas looks in. 1676 01:33:18,836 --> 01:33:20,316 Here's the pitch. 1677 01:33:21,478 --> 01:33:24,557 There's one, that ball is high and deep and into the wind. 1678 01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:26,078 Does it have enough? 1679 01:33:26,837 --> 01:33:27,876 -Come on. -Go, go, go. 1680 01:33:29,477 --> 01:33:31,158 He's got it. 1681 01:33:32,159 --> 01:33:36,797 That ball is going, going.... 1682 01:33:36,958 --> 01:33:38,158 It is gone. 1683 01:33:38,319 --> 01:33:39,359 Yeah! 1684 01:33:39,519 --> 01:33:40,636 Damn it. 1685 01:33:41,197 --> 01:33:43,438 -Son of a-- -Bitch. 1686 01:33:46,716 --> 01:33:48,356 You haven't missed anything, not at all. 1687 01:33:48,517 --> 01:33:50,078 Okay. -He came up the first time-- 1688 01:33:50,238 --> 01:33:52,558 I didn't know where to go, I got lost-- 1689 01:33:52,717 --> 01:33:55,477 Number 59.... -Oh! Oh! Oh! 1690 01:33:55,639 --> 01:33:58,518 -He did it! Yes! -wow. 1691 01:33:58,679 --> 01:33:59,959 How about that? 1692 01:34:00,119 --> 01:34:01,957 He's got two more bats, maybe three. 1693 01:34:02,119 --> 01:34:04,715 What, all of a sudden you're back on his side? 1694 01:34:06,597 --> 01:34:08,635 He's only one shy now, folks. -Way to go, Rog. 1695 01:34:08,797 --> 01:34:10,476 My, my, number 59. -It's gone. 1696 01:34:10,638 --> 01:34:11,837 Don't go anywhere. 1697 01:34:13,317 --> 01:34:16,917 -Hey, great. All right, let's get this, Roger. 1698 01:34:17,077 --> 01:34:18,877 Feel great. Way to go, Roger. 1699 01:34:19,036 --> 01:34:20,678 Two more, two more. -Good job, Roger. 1700 01:34:20,838 --> 01:34:22,396 -Great job, Rog. -Yeah. 1701 01:34:22,956 --> 01:34:24,516 Now, that's how we do it here, huh? 1702 01:34:24,677 --> 01:34:25,956 What happened? I was in the john. 1703 01:34:28,396 --> 01:34:30,957 -Slider, huh? -Yeah, didn't slide though. 1704 01:34:31,116 --> 01:34:32,435 That was a good one. 1705 01:34:32,597 --> 01:34:35,836 Now batting, left fielder, Yogi Berra. 1706 01:34:40,639 --> 01:34:43,996 Hall struck out Maris in the 6th, but he's got another shot here in the 7th. 1707 01:34:44,157 --> 01:34:47,837 And Hall has got that crazy side-arm delivery, it's very tough to read. 1708 01:34:47,997 --> 01:34:50,238 -Oh, what a swing by Maris. -Strike two. 1709 01:34:50,398 --> 01:34:53,756 Boy, I tell you, every pitch could be the one. 1710 01:34:56,958 --> 01:34:57,914 One time, Rog. 1711 01:35:06,198 --> 01:35:07,836 Holy cow, number 60. 1712 01:35:07,999 --> 01:35:09,359 It's good. 1713 01:35:10,478 --> 01:35:12,156 -Go on, go. -No, no. 1714 01:35:13,318 --> 01:35:15,038 That ball is going.... 1715 01:35:15,196 --> 01:35:17,115 It is going, it is.... 1716 01:35:18,675 --> 01:35:20,116 Caught. 1717 01:35:25,277 --> 01:35:26,235 Fuck. 1718 01:35:26,396 --> 01:35:28,875 It's like Ruth's ghost was pushing it back. 1719 01:35:29,037 --> 01:35:32,155 No, I thought he had it. 1720 01:35:32,318 --> 01:35:34,635 Too bad. And the way Hall's pitching tonight... 1721 01:35:34,796 --> 01:35:37,915 ...he'll never get another at bat. It's over. 1722 01:35:38,078 --> 01:35:39,635 Oh, what a shame. 1723 01:35:39,797 --> 01:35:41,914 And to go out that way, when it was so close. 1724 01:35:42,075 --> 01:35:44,635 The wind held it up. Any other night, that's out of here. 1725 01:35:45,277 --> 01:35:47,074 So unless the Yanks get a rally here... 1726 01:35:47,236 --> 01:35:50,716 ...Roger doesn't have a chance to get the 60th in a 154 games, Mel. 1727 01:35:50,877 --> 01:35:51,996 We'll see what happens, Phil. 1728 01:35:52,157 --> 01:35:54,316 Left fielder, Yogi Berra. It's all we can do. 1729 01:35:54,477 --> 01:35:57,237 Let's go, who's gonna start it? Let's start something here. 1730 01:35:57,397 --> 01:35:59,517 Come on, let's set something up. Come on, Yog. 1731 01:35:59,678 --> 01:36:02,117 Let's go, Yankees. Sit down. 1732 01:36:03,036 --> 01:36:04,276 Go. 1733 01:36:05,997 --> 01:36:07,677 Come on. Yeah. 1734 01:36:07,837 --> 01:36:09,995 Come on, Yog! 1735 01:36:10,156 --> 01:36:11,195 Let's go, Yogi! 1736 01:36:12,557 --> 01:36:13,557 Let's go. 1737 01:36:15,916 --> 01:36:16,916 Here we go, folks. 1738 01:36:17,076 --> 01:36:20,637 Top of the 9th, Yanks up 4-2, two outs and on the verge of clinching the pennant. 1739 01:36:20,797 --> 01:36:24,196 But nobody's thinking about that. All eyes are on Roger Maris. 1740 01:36:24,358 --> 01:36:25,636 You said it, what a story. 1741 01:36:25,797 --> 01:36:27,915 The Yanks gotta rally to get Roger another at bat. 1742 01:36:28,075 --> 01:36:31,434 And I tell you, something's gonna happen here, I can just feel it. 1743 01:36:32,676 --> 01:36:34,914 I'm gonna make a change. 1744 01:36:35,077 --> 01:36:36,795 -Time. -Time out. 1745 01:36:36,956 --> 01:36:39,114 What's this? Time out on the field. 1746 01:36:39,275 --> 01:36:41,755 What the hell is going on? 1747 01:36:41,918 --> 01:36:44,433 I think it's time we call it a night. Good job. 1748 01:36:44,594 --> 01:36:46,316 They're making a pitching switch. 1749 01:36:47,316 --> 01:36:50,754 Whoa, the man with the nastiest pitch in baseball, Hoyt Wilhelm. 1750 01:36:50,914 --> 01:36:51,994 Attention please. 1751 01:36:52,155 --> 01:36:53,635 They're bringing in Wilhelm. 1752 01:36:53,796 --> 01:36:56,036 Don't come in unless they got a lead. What is this? 1753 01:36:56,195 --> 01:36:58,235 Son of a bitch is bringing him in to face Rog. 1754 01:36:58,395 --> 01:37:00,395 -No, this is bush. -Come on, it's a good move. 1755 01:37:00,556 --> 01:37:02,716 What? Schmuck. 1756 01:37:02,876 --> 01:37:06,436 Folks, I gotta tell you. That knuckleball is one whoo! 1757 01:37:06,597 --> 01:37:07,676 Look, the big glove. 1758 01:37:07,838 --> 01:37:09,757 -What, need help? -I hate that knuckleball. 1759 01:37:09,918 --> 01:37:13,596 -In this weather, gonna be dancing all over. -If he gets wood on it, it's not going. 1760 01:37:13,756 --> 01:37:14,835 Bush leaguer! 1761 01:37:16,676 --> 01:37:18,836 All right, Hoyt, here's the deal. 1762 01:37:18,998 --> 01:37:22,755 You give Maris the fastball and I fine your ass 5000 bucks, you hear me? 1763 01:37:22,916 --> 01:37:24,796 Just give me the ball. 1764 01:37:25,997 --> 01:37:27,194 Go get him. 1765 01:37:27,596 --> 01:37:31,035 Oh, boy, Mel, I hated knuckleballers. That pitch is something. 1766 01:37:31,197 --> 01:37:34,076 I mean, it's got no spin so it dances and floats. 1767 01:37:34,237 --> 01:37:36,077 You don't know where it's gonna go. 1768 01:37:38,714 --> 01:37:40,473 Let's play ball. 1769 01:37:41,514 --> 01:37:44,876 -So, what's this guy throwing? -All right, here we go, folks. 1770 01:37:45,036 --> 01:37:48,233 Roger Maris with one final shot at tying The Babe... 1771 01:37:48,394 --> 01:37:51,756 ...and he's facing the man with the single toughest pitch in baseball. 1772 01:37:51,916 --> 01:37:54,516 Wilhelm takes the sign, but we all know what's coming. 1773 01:37:55,195 --> 01:37:58,635 Does Roger Maris have one last home run in him? 1774 01:38:00,676 --> 01:38:02,553 Oh, he fouled it back. 1775 01:38:02,715 --> 01:38:04,153 Rog, we're rooting for you! 1776 01:38:04,315 --> 01:38:05,914 -Roger! -Rog, let's go! 1777 01:38:06,075 --> 01:38:10,394 Roger had a good cut on that ball, but it's dancing all over the place. 1778 01:38:12,156 --> 01:38:13,435 And here is the 0-1. 1779 01:38:30,795 --> 01:38:32,674 Wilhelm's got it. 1780 01:38:36,117 --> 01:38:38,154 -Out. Too bad, too bad. 1781 01:38:41,597 --> 01:38:43,836 Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention. 1782 01:38:43,997 --> 01:38:46,556 Tonight's attendance, 21,032. 1783 01:38:46,716 --> 01:38:49,033 The Orioles and Yankees thank you for your attendance. 1784 01:38:49,195 --> 01:38:51,434 Son of a gun. 1785 01:38:52,755 --> 01:38:55,993 All right, all right, shake it off. Three outs, we're clinched, let's go. 1786 01:38:56,155 --> 01:38:57,435 Yeah, yeah. 1787 01:38:57,595 --> 01:38:58,993 -Let's go. All right. 1788 01:38:59,154 --> 01:39:00,314 -Let's go. Come on, Yogi. 1789 01:39:00,475 --> 01:39:03,034 So that's it, folks, a valiant effort by Roger Maris. 1790 01:39:03,515 --> 01:39:05,355 But he'll fall one shy of the record. 1791 01:39:07,114 --> 01:39:08,793 How about that? 1792 01:39:09,715 --> 01:39:12,233 I'm sorry, Mrs. Maris. 1793 01:39:12,714 --> 01:39:16,073 I shouldn't have moved my chair. Jinxed him. 1794 01:39:17,274 --> 01:39:20,234 -Gave it a hell of a shot. -Yeah. Pressure got to him there. 1795 01:39:22,714 --> 01:39:24,793 Artie, you ever play baseball? 1796 01:39:24,956 --> 01:39:26,554 No, not really. 1797 01:39:27,755 --> 01:39:29,194 That's what I thought. 1798 01:39:37,356 --> 01:39:38,954 Hey, Rog. 1799 01:39:39,116 --> 01:39:41,914 We just wanna say we're proud to be your teammates. 1800 01:39:48,795 --> 01:39:50,474 Way to go, nine. 1801 01:39:51,836 --> 01:39:53,435 All right. That's it, Roger. 1802 01:39:53,596 --> 01:39:54,995 All right, Roger. 1803 01:39:55,155 --> 01:39:58,832 perhaps it may sound corny, but my biggest sports thrill of 1961... 1804 01:39:58,994 --> 01:40:02,511 ...was seeing Roger Maris hit a weak squib to Hoyt Wilhelm. 1805 01:40:02,673 --> 01:40:07,193 Maris's failure to break Babe Ruth's record evokes no great regret here. 1806 01:40:07,674 --> 01:40:09,114 If the record is to be broken... 1807 01:40:09,273 --> 01:40:12,153 ...it should be done by someone of greater baseball stature. 1808 01:40:12,314 --> 01:40:14,314 Greater color and public appeal. 1809 01:40:14,475 --> 01:40:17,192 Maris is no more than a good big-league ball player. 1810 01:40:17,354 --> 01:40:21,114 He's colorless, he's never hit .300 and is often surly. 1811 01:40:21,274 --> 01:40:25,032 There just isn't anything deeply heroic about the man. 1812 01:40:25,194 --> 01:40:26,593 Is there something to be said... 1813 01:40:26,753 --> 01:40:29,874 ...about fate on this gloomy night in Baltimore? 1814 01:40:30,315 --> 01:40:34,714 Did that last knuckleball flutter just past the sweet spot? 1815 01:40:34,875 --> 01:40:39,273 Did the spirit of Babe Ruth stir those gusting winds? 1816 01:40:39,674 --> 01:40:44,874 Or was Roger Maris denied because he just wasn't what we wanted? 1817 01:40:46,636 --> 01:40:49,995 Maybe some records aren't made to be broken. 1818 01:40:52,993 --> 01:40:54,193 Come on, come up. 1819 01:40:54,355 --> 01:40:56,473 Where are those drinks? We drink them all. 1820 01:40:56,635 --> 01:40:57,953 Okay, press. 1821 01:40:58,994 --> 01:41:00,834 Around here, guys. 1822 01:41:03,555 --> 01:41:06,433 Congratulations, Rog, great season. 1823 01:41:06,595 --> 01:41:09,393 Rog, think you can hit two more before the next eight games? 1824 01:41:09,553 --> 01:41:11,193 I don't know, it's tough. 1825 01:41:11,353 --> 01:41:13,551 You gotta be disappointed with that swing, huh? 1826 01:41:13,712 --> 01:41:15,471 Yeah, but Wilhelm's a hell of a pitcher. 1827 01:41:15,632 --> 01:41:17,111 He's got a great knuckleball so.... 1828 01:41:17,273 --> 01:41:19,513 Roger. Ha-ha-ha. Hey, how are you? 1829 01:41:19,674 --> 01:41:22,473 Who do you wanna play? I'm not thinking about that now. 1830 01:41:22,633 --> 01:41:25,114 -We got eight games to play. Gonna put two more out? 1831 01:41:25,274 --> 01:41:28,031 Well, I don't know. You know, it's the luck of the draw so.... 1832 01:41:28,193 --> 01:41:31,433 -I'm just happy to be playing ball, fellas. Let me ask you one more. 1833 01:41:36,113 --> 01:41:38,552 I can't believe you got a suite. Yeah. 1834 01:41:39,353 --> 01:41:42,071 -Oh, here you are. -Thank you, sir. 1835 01:41:55,357 --> 01:41:57,713 You gonna wear that hat all night? 1836 01:41:57,874 --> 01:41:58,953 No, l.... 1837 01:41:59,115 --> 01:42:00,633 It's just, uh.... 1838 01:42:03,113 --> 01:42:04,594 Let me see. 1839 01:42:06,274 --> 01:42:07,592 Yeah. 1840 01:42:18,394 --> 01:42:21,191 -It's not so bad. -No? 1841 01:42:23,194 --> 01:42:25,311 You're just molting. 1842 01:42:30,233 --> 01:42:33,992 You see the view? It's real nice. 1843 01:42:34,874 --> 01:42:37,073 That's Central Park out there. 1844 01:42:37,234 --> 01:42:40,392 -Yeah, I know, it's beautiful. -Yeah, real nice. 1845 01:42:40,552 --> 01:42:42,992 -Oh, I got some pictures of Randy. -Yeah? 1846 01:42:43,153 --> 01:42:45,191 Some new ones. 1847 01:42:45,352 --> 01:42:47,431 He is growing so fast. 1848 01:42:47,593 --> 01:42:50,511 The picture of Susan when she lost her tooth. 1849 01:42:54,874 --> 01:42:56,152 Look at that. 1850 01:43:14,633 --> 01:43:16,512 I didn't do it, Pat. 1851 01:43:18,554 --> 01:43:20,433 I just couldn't do it. 1852 01:43:40,393 --> 01:43:41,952 All right, listen up. 1853 01:43:43,353 --> 01:43:46,072 Cerv's recovering from his surgery, he's done for the year. 1854 01:43:46,233 --> 01:43:48,473 And we had to put Mickey in the hospital today too. 1855 01:43:48,634 --> 01:43:51,751 His hip's.... It's in real bad shape. 1856 01:43:52,153 --> 01:43:54,153 And hopefully, we'll have him for the Series. 1857 01:43:54,312 --> 01:43:57,351 If not, we're just gonna have to pick up the slack. 1858 01:43:58,271 --> 01:44:01,591 Now we got five games left so let's just make sure we stay sharp. 1859 01:44:01,752 --> 01:44:02,712 -All right? Got you. 1860 01:44:02,874 --> 01:44:04,711 Let us do it for the Mick. All right. 1861 01:44:04,872 --> 01:44:05,913 -Let's go. All right. 1862 01:44:06,073 --> 01:44:07,993 Oh, you had it. No, no, put it back. 1863 01:44:08,153 --> 01:44:09,513 -Bob, the button. -Shh-shh! Can l-- 1864 01:44:09,674 --> 01:44:11,031 Stop right there, you got it. 1865 01:44:11,193 --> 01:44:13,272 Come on, Rog, go get him. 1866 01:44:13,755 --> 01:44:15,113 -Go, Roger. All right. 1867 01:44:15,274 --> 01:44:17,672 Your husband's a terrific ball player. 1868 01:44:17,834 --> 01:44:19,512 Thank you. 1869 01:44:19,673 --> 01:44:22,352 I'm sure The Babe would've been happy it was another Yankee. 1870 01:44:22,514 --> 01:44:24,671 No, I don't think Babe would've been happy at all. 1871 01:44:24,832 --> 01:44:26,791 Babe loved this record. 1872 01:44:27,993 --> 01:44:30,393 -Well-- -It's nice of you to be here. 1873 01:44:31,512 --> 01:44:33,792 The center fielder, number nine. 1874 01:44:35,113 --> 01:44:37,672 Roger Maris, number nine. 1875 01:44:37,834 --> 01:44:39,232 Maris playing center today... 1876 01:44:39,394 --> 01:44:42,990 ...because Mantle, of course, is in the hospital with 54 home runs. 1877 01:44:43,150 --> 01:44:45,910 And I'm sure he's looking on and we wish Mickey all the best. 1878 01:44:46,551 --> 01:44:48,950 But today all eyes are on Maris. 1879 01:44:51,951 --> 01:44:52,950 There it is. 1880 01:44:58,313 --> 01:45:00,110 -Go! -Yeah! 1881 01:45:00,270 --> 01:45:03,030 -Don't move, put it back. -What do you want from me, Mickey? 1882 01:45:03,192 --> 01:45:07,230 Up the deck for Roger Maris. Number 60 for Rog. 1883 01:45:07,391 --> 01:45:10,110 So now two men have hit 60 home runs in a single season. 1884 01:45:10,272 --> 01:45:14,191 Both Yankees, Roger Maris and of course the late Babe Ruth. 1885 01:45:15,713 --> 01:45:19,351 And Phil, he's got four more games to hit that 61st. 1886 01:45:19,512 --> 01:45:20,952 My, my. 1887 01:45:21,112 --> 01:45:23,032 Number 60, one more. -I know. 1888 01:45:23,193 --> 01:45:24,711 This is getting interesting. 1889 01:45:28,072 --> 01:45:30,230 Will Roger bump The Babe? 1890 01:45:30,392 --> 01:45:34,432 After hitting his 60th home run, Yankee right fielder, Roger Maris... 1891 01:45:34,593 --> 01:45:37,352 ...has failed in three games to hit the elusive 61st. 1892 01:45:37,512 --> 01:45:41,111 Try as he may, the slugging right fielder couldn't put one into the seats. 1893 01:45:41,274 --> 01:45:43,591 And now it's down to one final game. 1894 01:45:43,752 --> 01:45:45,150 Will it be Roger, over and out? 1895 01:45:45,313 --> 01:45:48,472 We'll find out this Sunday. 1896 01:45:48,993 --> 01:45:50,231 You know the difference... 1897 01:45:50,393 --> 01:45:53,751 ...between hitting a home run and popping up is an eighth of an inch? 1898 01:45:53,910 --> 01:45:55,549 Probably less. 1899 01:45:57,471 --> 01:46:00,670 God, Pat, I don't know where my swing has gone the last three games. 1900 01:46:00,832 --> 01:46:02,391 I just can't seem to hit the ball. 1901 01:46:02,551 --> 01:46:04,950 Maybe you're just trying too hard. 1902 01:46:05,631 --> 01:46:07,510 Yeah, maybe. 1903 01:46:08,952 --> 01:46:12,229 You know, if I hit one tomorrow... 1904 01:46:12,392 --> 01:46:14,349 ...the ball is gonna be worth 5000 bucks? 1905 01:46:14,511 --> 01:46:16,669 Five thousand dollars for a ball? 1906 01:46:16,831 --> 01:46:20,269 -Can you believe that? -Oh, my God, it'll be a madhouse. 1907 01:46:21,713 --> 01:46:23,150 Yeah. 1908 01:46:28,472 --> 01:46:29,591 I wanna do it. 1909 01:46:30,711 --> 01:46:33,950 You know, it may not count to everybody else, but I'll know. 1910 01:46:35,231 --> 01:46:37,592 I'm gonna hit that home run... 1911 01:46:37,753 --> 01:46:39,271 ...and you'll be there. 1912 01:46:53,752 --> 01:46:56,191 -Yeah. -Yeah. 1913 01:46:56,352 --> 01:46:57,911 I will. 1914 01:46:58,072 --> 01:47:00,071 Hello, everybody, this is Mel Allen. 1915 01:47:00,233 --> 01:47:04,469 Well, you couldn't have asked for a more dramatic finish to an incredible season. 1916 01:47:04,630 --> 01:47:07,190 Last game, last chance for Roger Maris. 1917 01:47:07,349 --> 01:47:10,188 Will it be 61 in '61? We'll find out today. 1918 01:47:10,350 --> 01:47:12,590 Yeah, I got the heebie-jeebies here, I'll tell you. 1919 01:47:12,751 --> 01:47:15,030 I can't imagine what Maris is going through. 1920 01:47:15,190 --> 01:47:17,191 Look at this crowd, it's pathetic. 1921 01:47:17,350 --> 01:47:20,231 The grandstand's filled. Everybody's looking for that 5000 bucks. 1922 01:47:20,391 --> 01:47:22,269 -Is Frick coming? -I spoke to his office... 1923 01:47:22,431 --> 01:47:24,310 ...they said he was out of town. 1924 01:47:24,471 --> 01:47:27,190 -What about Mrs. Ruth? -I think she had enough the other day. 1925 01:47:27,350 --> 01:47:30,868 Number 39, Tracy Stallard. -Pathetic. 1926 01:47:31,029 --> 01:47:33,030 And here it comes. 1927 01:47:33,191 --> 01:47:35,669 Only 23,000 fans here to see this. 1928 01:47:35,830 --> 01:47:37,550 -Come on, Rog. -Here we go. 1929 01:47:37,711 --> 01:47:38,870 Center fielder.... 1930 01:47:39,030 --> 01:47:41,990 Roger Maris comes to the plate for the second time... 1931 01:47:42,152 --> 01:47:44,470 ...and they're getting busy in right field. 1932 01:48:07,791 --> 01:48:09,871 Here's the wind up. 1933 01:48:10,671 --> 01:48:12,911 Fastball in deep to right. 1934 01:48:21,990 --> 01:48:23,670 Holy cow. 1935 01:48:23,830 --> 01:48:26,988 Go, go, go. This could be it, where is it going? 1936 01:48:30,351 --> 01:48:34,189 He did it, I don't believe it! Number 61! 1937 01:48:35,510 --> 01:48:38,789 It's unbelievable, Roger Maris. -Yeah. 1938 01:48:53,391 --> 01:48:55,549 And they're fighting over it in right field. 1939 01:49:01,111 --> 01:49:02,709 How about that? 1940 01:49:02,870 --> 01:49:05,590 He ran that out just like it was his first. 1941 01:49:12,192 --> 01:49:14,110 Come on, Roger! 1942 01:49:21,072 --> 01:49:22,669 -Good boy. -You did it. 1943 01:49:22,830 --> 01:49:24,552 -Come on. -History, boys. 1944 01:49:24,713 --> 01:49:25,706 Way to go, Roger. 1945 01:49:25,869 --> 01:49:28,628 Roger, Roger, Roger. 1946 01:49:28,790 --> 01:49:30,707 Roger, Roger, Roger 1947 01:49:30,869 --> 01:49:33,748 Roger, Roger, Roger 1948 01:49:33,910 --> 01:49:36,108 -Roger, you have to go. -Get out there. 1949 01:49:36,269 --> 01:49:38,628 -Come on, this is for you. Come on, get out there. 1950 01:49:38,790 --> 01:49:40,750 -Go on, get out there. Get out there. 1951 01:49:40,910 --> 01:49:42,630 Who's the guy. -Get out there. 1952 01:49:42,790 --> 01:49:45,588 Yeah. 1953 01:49:49,868 --> 01:49:51,428 Yeah, take it in. 1954 01:49:52,789 --> 01:49:54,668 Hey. No, stay out there. 1955 01:49:54,828 --> 01:49:56,790 Come on, the fans are crazy. 1956 01:50:16,430 --> 01:50:18,627 Mr. Durante, Mr. Durante. 1957 01:50:18,788 --> 01:50:20,389 Hey, Sal. Mr. Durante. 1958 01:50:20,549 --> 01:50:22,069 Perfect. 1959 01:50:22,230 --> 01:50:24,389 Hey, Sal. Sal, Sal. 1960 01:50:24,549 --> 01:50:26,588 -What are you gonna do with the ball? Sell it. 1961 01:50:26,750 --> 01:50:29,189 Maybe put a down payment on a house. 1962 01:50:29,350 --> 01:50:30,350 Hey, Rog. 1963 01:50:30,511 --> 01:50:33,429 Don't you think that ball belongs to Roger or in the Hall of Fame? 1964 01:50:33,590 --> 01:50:35,591 Oh, no, fellas, I don't care about the ball. 1965 01:50:35,751 --> 01:50:37,907 Sal, sell it, do what you like, get your money. 1966 01:50:38,069 --> 01:50:39,748 -Thanks. Rog, Rog, Rog. 1967 01:50:39,908 --> 01:50:42,268 Rog, are you serious? You don't care about the ball? 1968 01:50:42,428 --> 01:50:45,227 No, I don't need the ball. He could use it more than I could. 1969 01:50:45,389 --> 01:50:47,948 How about the asterisk, Rog, you think that's all right? 1970 01:50:48,108 --> 01:50:51,189 Well, I don't know, Sam, l.... It's just not my decision. 1971 01:50:51,350 --> 01:50:52,630 -Roger. -Roger. 1972 01:50:52,789 --> 01:50:55,547 What'd you think about the crowd? Gave you a lot of support. 1973 01:50:55,708 --> 01:50:58,788 -Yeah, that was really nice, yeah. Rog. 1974 01:50:58,950 --> 01:51:01,388 Roger, do you think you've earned their respect... 1975 01:51:01,548 --> 01:51:03,108 ...holding up under this pressure? 1976 01:51:03,267 --> 01:51:07,188 Oh, gosh, you know, I really-- I don't know, Milt. 1977 01:51:07,348 --> 01:51:10,468 I really don't think that's something you earn on a ball field. 1978 01:51:10,630 --> 01:51:11,988 -Rog. Rog. -Rog. 1979 01:51:12,149 --> 01:51:14,710 Rog, what about next year? You think you can do it again? 1980 01:51:18,390 --> 01:51:20,151 Get these fucking writers out of here. 1981 01:52:32,349 --> 01:52:34,068 Eh. Fuck you. 1982 01:52:36,549 --> 01:52:39,709 -How are you, pal? -Hey, congratulations. 1983 01:52:39,869 --> 01:52:41,509 Thanks. 1984 01:52:41,668 --> 01:52:44,147 -That was great. -Thanks, man. 1985 01:52:44,308 --> 01:52:47,348 Boy, this is some nice joint they got you in here. 1986 01:52:47,508 --> 01:52:50,108 -Oh, thanks. -Where's Bob? 1987 01:52:50,269 --> 01:52:53,748 Oh, he's in his room clipping his toenails or something. 1988 01:52:53,911 --> 01:52:54,908 -Yeah. -Yeah. 1989 01:52:55,069 --> 01:52:58,546 -So that was pretty crazy, huh? -Oh, man, the place just went nuts. 1990 01:52:58,707 --> 01:53:02,226 Yeah. I saw the guys, pushing you out of the dugout. 1991 01:53:02,386 --> 01:53:05,706 Yeah, yeah, they wouldn't let me back in so, you know. 1992 01:53:06,147 --> 01:53:09,587 I thought I saw you smiling there a little bit. 1993 01:53:09,748 --> 01:53:11,707 -Oh, yeah, a little bit. -Yeah, I caught you. 1994 01:53:11,868 --> 01:53:14,348 Yeah. Yeah, it was something else. 1995 01:53:14,508 --> 01:53:16,467 Yeah. 1996 01:53:18,787 --> 01:53:20,228 Oh.... Tsk. 1997 01:53:20,388 --> 01:53:21,906 Wish I was there. 1998 01:53:22,067 --> 01:53:24,666 Yeah. Yeah, we all did. 1999 01:53:24,828 --> 01:53:26,787 It just didn't seem right without you, Mick. 2000 01:53:26,947 --> 01:53:28,427 Well, why aren't you celebrating? 2001 01:53:28,588 --> 01:53:31,826 Oh, me and Pat, we're gonna go to Toot Shor's for dinner. 2002 01:53:31,988 --> 01:53:35,347 And I just figured I'd see how you're doing. 2003 01:53:36,109 --> 01:53:39,067 Wondering if the doctors are gonna have you ready for the Series. 2004 01:53:39,229 --> 01:53:43,389 Oh, I don't know. I hope so. I hate it here. 2005 01:53:43,549 --> 01:53:47,147 You know, the damn nurses, they wake you up to give you a sleeping pill. 2006 01:53:48,469 --> 01:53:49,867 You know? 2007 01:53:50,029 --> 01:53:52,866 I hate watching you guys on the tube. 2008 01:53:56,429 --> 01:53:58,426 You would've done it too. 2009 01:54:00,309 --> 01:54:01,827 You know that. 2010 01:54:02,669 --> 01:54:04,268 Bullshit. 2011 01:54:05,150 --> 01:54:06,388 It was you, Rog. 2012 01:54:07,508 --> 01:54:09,345 You did it. 2013 01:54:09,506 --> 01:54:11,786 You son of a bitch. 2014 01:54:11,947 --> 01:54:14,386 And nobody can ever take that away from you neither. 2015 01:54:16,427 --> 01:54:18,786 No matter what bullshit they try to tell you... 2016 01:54:18,947 --> 01:54:20,786 ...that record's yours. 2017 01:54:27,107 --> 01:54:28,786 You're a good man, Roger. 2018 01:54:35,947 --> 01:54:38,466 -Fastball, right? -Fastball, yeah. 2019 01:54:38,627 --> 01:54:41,147 -Guess it wasn't fast enough. -You got good wood on that. 2020 01:54:41,306 --> 01:54:43,987 Oh, man, it felt good, Mick. I do know the feeling. 2021 01:54:44,147 --> 01:54:47,028 Greatest season of my life. Wouldn't wanna do it again. 2022 01:54:49,828 --> 01:54:51,987 Down the right field line. Is it enough? 2023 01:54:52,148 --> 01:54:53,588 Gone. 2024 01:54:53,749 --> 01:54:57,587 There it is, 62. 2025 01:54:58,789 --> 01:55:00,267 Touch first, Mark. 2026 01:55:00,429 --> 01:55:04,786 You are the new single-season home-run king. 2027 01:55:22,147 --> 01:55:24,305 The Maris family watching from their seats. 2028 01:55:24,466 --> 01:55:29,547 And now here comes Sammy Sosa, in to congratulate Mark McGwire. 2029 01:55:29,706 --> 01:55:31,344 What a classy move. 2030 01:55:31,506 --> 01:55:35,547 Two men from completely different backgrounds for this home run chase. 2031 01:55:35,708 --> 01:55:39,266 It's Mark McGwire who gets to the top of the mountain first. 2032 01:55:39,426 --> 01:55:44,824 Home run number 62 in the Cardinals 145th game of the year. 2033 01:55:48,706 --> 01:55:51,427 Well, mixed emotions, I'm sure, for the Maris kids. 2034 01:55:51,587 --> 01:55:53,385 Sorry to see the record fall. 2035 01:55:53,546 --> 01:55:57,787 But on the other hand, grateful for the fame this season has brought their father. 2036 01:55:57,948 --> 01:56:03,866 As I went over to the box and talked to Roger's kids... 2037 01:56:04,028 --> 01:56:06,506 ...I told them today when I met with the Hall of Fame... 2038 01:56:06,668 --> 01:56:10,906 ...they pulled out Roger's bat that, when he hit his 61st home run. 2039 01:56:11,068 --> 01:56:13,665 And I touched it. 2040 01:56:13,827 --> 01:56:16,026 I touched it with my heart. 2041 01:56:16,188 --> 01:56:19,907 Now I can honestly say that my bat will lie next to his and I'm damn proud of it. 2042 01:56:26,188 --> 01:56:31,945 The separate single-season home run records remained until 1991... 2043 01:56:32,105 --> 01:56:35,104 ...when Fay Vincent, the commissioner of baseball... 2044 01:56:35,265 --> 01:56:38,745 ...ordered that there be only one record. 2045 01:56:38,906 --> 01:56:41,945 Roger Maris died six years earlier... 2046 01:56:42,106 --> 01:56:48,066 ...never knowing that the record belonged to him. 2047 01:58:12,626 --> 01:58:14,024 This is Mickey Mantle, son. 2048 01:58:16,866 --> 01:58:19,986 -wow. -And that's a home run.