1 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:13,971 JOE BUCK [ON TV]: And now Mark McGwire, his historic chase continues. 2 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:16,432 One home run shy of Babe Ruth. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,060 Two shy of Roger Maris' 61. 4 00:00:19,228 --> 00:00:20,436 He's facing a Reds team... 5 00:00:20,604 --> 00:00:24,065 ...that hasn't allowed a McGwire home run all year. 6 00:00:24,233 --> 00:00:25,233 [CROWD CHEERING] 7 00:00:25,401 --> 00:00:28,945 lnto left field. They can't say it anymore. 8 00:00:29,113 --> 00:00:30,613 Sixty. 9 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:34,784 And now Mark McGwire is one home run away... 10 00:00:34,952 --> 00:00:39,455 ...from tying a 37-year-old record held by Roger Maris. 11 00:00:40,749 --> 00:00:42,709 I wonder what Dad would've thought of this. 12 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:46,254 It's weird. ln some ways, it's like the best season Dad ever had. 13 00:00:46,422 --> 00:00:47,880 Yeah, he's not even here to see it. 14 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,091 JOE BUCK [ON TV]: --with the souvenir of a lifetime. 15 00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:52,385 -You guys ready to go? -Just waiting for Mom. 16 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:57,807 JOE BUCK: McGwire's date with destiny rapidly approaches. 17 00:00:57,975 --> 00:00:59,726 Thoughts of 1961... 18 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:03,521 ...when two Yankee teammates and that great home run race. 19 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:08,484 Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, chasing another Yankee great, Babe Ruth. 20 00:01:08,652 --> 00:01:13,489 Sixty-one home runs in a season, a record they said would never be broken. 21 00:01:13,657 --> 00:01:17,869 And as the Maris f amily makes their way to st. Louis to witness history... 22 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:23,207 ...you're all invited to watch Mark McGwire continue this home run chase. 23 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:27,837 -A wave to the crowd, a fist into the air. -Okay, I'm ready, let's go. 24 00:01:28,005 --> 00:01:29,380 JOE BUCK: Folks, don't go anywhere. 25 00:01:29,548 --> 00:01:33,426 The way he's swinging the bat, this could happen soon. 26 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:47,190 Maybe he won't do it. 27 00:01:47,733 --> 00:01:50,276 RANDY: Come on, Susan, there's 25 games left. 28 00:01:50,444 --> 00:01:52,069 If he does, he better do it this weekend. 29 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:54,530 I don't wanna follow him around for the next two weeks. 30 00:01:54,698 --> 00:01:56,115 [GASPS] 31 00:01:57,451 --> 00:01:58,493 -Mom? -Mom? 32 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:00,536 -Mom, what is it? KEVlN: Mom, what's the matter? 33 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:02,371 I can't catch my breath. 34 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:06,793 PAT: Well, the doctor said it wasn't a heart attack, it's my arrhythmia. 35 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,045 I'm fine. Really, Susan. 36 00:02:09,213 --> 00:02:12,507 I slept well. l feel great this morning. 37 00:02:13,217 --> 00:02:15,009 -Hi, Mom. PAT: Hi, Kev. 38 00:02:15,803 --> 00:02:17,428 What's that? 39 00:02:18,555 --> 00:02:19,555 It's Dad's bat. 40 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,891 It's the one he hit the 61 st with. 41 00:02:22,059 --> 00:02:25,478 The Hall of Fame sent it to the hotel. They said Mark wanted to hold it. 42 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:30,858 Can l see it? 43 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:48,334 [CROWD CHEERING] 44 00:02:49,336 --> 00:02:53,005 JACK BUCK [ON TV]: The family of Roger Maris also came to town. 45 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:57,969 pat Maris, the widow of Roger Maris, had to be hospitalized upon arrival. 46 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:00,179 That ball is going, and it's clear. 47 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:04,058 It is a home run. Number 61 . 48 00:03:04,226 --> 00:03:06,060 He has tied Maris. 49 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:07,979 [CROWD CHEERING] 50 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:16,320 One more to go for Mark McGwire and his rendezvous with history. 51 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:21,617 JOE BUCK: We would like to welcome those who have been watching... 52 00:03:21,785 --> 00:03:24,036 ...the Houston Astros and the Cincinnati Reds... 53 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:30,501 ...as Matt McGwire looks on, wondering if this is the at-bat, Tuesday, September 8... 54 00:03:30,669 --> 00:03:35,381 ...that Mark McGwire moves one place in front of Roger Maris. 55 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:41,554 Down the left field line. Is it enough? 56 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:43,222 [CROWD CHEERING] 57 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:11,500 -Hey, Rog. -Yeah. 58 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:15,922 -Take it easy, you wanna break your leg? -Oh, come on, Bob, it's opening day. 59 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,674 Hello, everybody, this is Mel Allen with Phil Rizzuto... 60 00:04:18,842 --> 00:04:20,968 ...coming to you live from Yankee Stadium... 61 00:04:21,136 --> 00:04:24,764 ...where we're just about an hour away from opening day of the 1 961 season. 62 00:04:24,932 --> 00:04:26,682 Mel, I still get goose bumps out here. 63 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:29,143 -Even in a suit, l'll tell you. -l'm sure you do. 64 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:31,854 RIZZUTO: Absolutely, and new Yankee Ralph Houk's got some team... 65 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,690 ...what with Yogi and Eli Howard behind the plate... 66 00:04:34,858 --> 00:04:37,777 ...chairman of the board, Whitey Ford, Moose Skowran at first... 67 00:04:37,945 --> 00:04:41,822 ...and up the middle, we got Richardson and Tony Kubek, and Clete Boyer at third. 68 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:45,576 And not to mention those bombers, Roger Maris and the great Mickey Mantle. 69 00:04:45,744 --> 00:04:47,203 Who the...? 70 00:04:49,539 --> 00:04:50,790 GUS: How does this feel, Mick? 71 00:04:50,958 --> 00:04:52,500 MlCKEY: Feels good. 72 00:04:56,046 --> 00:05:00,132 Oh, baby. Good God. 73 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:02,969 Hey, Whitey, look at that. 74 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:05,554 She likes to read to the blind. 75 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:07,390 She's not your type, slick. 76 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,392 Yeah, l like women with small hands. 77 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:12,520 -Makes my dick look bigger. -Yeah, right. 78 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:15,731 Hey, Mick, you read Sam Simon's column today? 79 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:18,234 No. You know I don't read that shit. 80 00:05:18,402 --> 00:05:23,531 That son of a bitch has been after me since day one. What's it say? 81 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:25,992 All I wrote is he should be coming into his prime. 82 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:28,077 Instead, he's had two off years in a row. 83 00:05:28,245 --> 00:05:30,746 You're the owner, Dan. You know what l'm talking about. 84 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:33,749 Oh, for chrissakes, Sam. He hit 40 home runs last season. 85 00:05:33,917 --> 00:05:36,544 Every guy in the league would kill to have that off year. 86 00:05:36,712 --> 00:05:39,630 It's amazing the guy can play considering how much pain he's in. 87 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:42,883 If he took better care of himself, he wouldn't be injured so much. 88 00:05:43,051 --> 00:05:45,845 You should be thanking me for leaving that out of the paper. 89 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:51,267 ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: And for the Yankees, at second base, number 1 33. 90 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:53,686 MAN 1 : All right, three more. Three more. 91 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:55,438 PLAYER 1 : Hey, Mick. PLAYER 2: Mickey. 92 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:57,231 MAN 1 : Okay, let's go. 93 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:00,151 KAHN: Mickey, how you doing? GREEN: How you doing, Mick? 94 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:03,279 Hey, Mick. Mick, you're in the cage. 95 00:06:03,447 --> 00:06:06,449 Opening day, big guy, opening day. 96 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:15,958 [CROWD CHEERING] 97 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:18,711 Mick's up. 98 00:06:26,261 --> 00:06:29,889 MAN 2: Come on, Mickey! MAN 3: Go! 99 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:34,810 [CROWD CHEERING] 100 00:06:38,315 --> 00:06:40,441 Big deal. Only counts as one. 101 00:06:40,609 --> 00:06:43,235 You can write what you want, Sam. The fans love this guy. 102 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:45,112 They love him. 103 00:06:48,492 --> 00:06:49,825 What the hell does he eat? 104 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:55,414 Christ, he's unbelievable. 105 00:06:55,582 --> 00:07:00,127 I've been covering this guy 1 0 years. He still puts me on the edge of my seat. 106 00:07:02,005 --> 00:07:04,381 Oh, look at this. Mr. Ambidextrial. 107 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:05,800 Ambidextrical? 108 00:07:05,967 --> 00:07:08,344 Ambidextrial. You know, that side, this side. 109 00:07:08,512 --> 00:07:10,221 -You know. -Oh. 110 00:07:11,848 --> 00:07:13,349 [CROWD CHEERING] 111 00:07:17,521 --> 00:07:20,272 Mick, Mick, you gotta concentrate. You're not concentrating. 112 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,025 Ninety percent of the game is half mental. 113 00:07:23,193 --> 00:07:25,152 -Remember that. WOMAN: Come on, Mickey! 114 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:28,864 [CROWD CHEERING] 115 00:07:33,537 --> 00:07:34,662 Did you see that catch? 116 00:07:34,830 --> 00:07:37,623 This kid may be the best right fielder in the league. 117 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:41,335 -That's because it was Mantle. -Oh, come on, Maris works hard every day. 118 00:07:41,503 --> 00:07:44,046 You're like a chipmunk running around looking for nuts. 119 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:45,798 Maris comes over from Kansas City. 120 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:49,885 First year with the team, beats Mickey for the MVp, closest vote in baseball history. 121 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:53,597 Telling me Mantle wouldn't be pissed? Maris doesn't have something to prove? 122 00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:55,891 I don't speculate, Artie. I write what I know. 123 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:59,645 Look, with all due respect, Milt, I don't have a regular column. 124 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:03,524 There's 1 5 papers in this town and we can't all write the same thing. 125 00:08:05,861 --> 00:08:06,902 Daddy! 126 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:11,824 -Daddy. -Hi, honey. 127 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:14,743 BATBOY: Here you go, Rog. -Oh, thanks, Greg. 128 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:16,662 Kids up to see Pop get his big award? 129 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,831 Yeah. Just Pat and Susan. 130 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:20,332 The other ones are too little. 131 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:21,876 -They're back in Missouri. -Uh-huh. 132 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:25,171 Came up for opening day, you know, and then back tomorrow. Merlyn here? 133 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:28,340 She's back in Dallas with the boys. Doesn't like it much up here. 134 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:30,384 -Who doesn't like it up here? -Your wife. 135 00:08:30,552 --> 00:08:32,636 She likes it down there. You know what l mean? 136 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,890 Mick, what do you say? Is there a rivalry between you and the MVP? 137 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:38,726 Oh, you want rivalry? Who'd you vote for anyway? 138 00:08:38,894 --> 00:08:42,354 -You know l can't tell you that. -See, Rog, the little prick voted for you. 139 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:45,441 How about the home run record? Think you got a shot at The Babe? 140 00:08:45,609 --> 00:08:47,234 -What, are you crazy? -Oh, come on. 141 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:49,612 With expansion, the pitching's gonna be thinner. 142 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:51,614 Best year l ever had, l only hit 52. 143 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,200 This year, you got eight extra games on the schedule. 144 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:57,870 It can't be done. Even if you get close, you ain't gonna get nothing to hit. 145 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,664 You're being modest. If you stay healthy you could do it. 146 00:09:00,832 --> 00:09:04,710 Great. One guy's got me all washed up, the other one's got me beating Ruth's record. 147 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,004 You ought to get together, make up your mind... 148 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,089 ...tell me how l am so l know how to play. 149 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:11,258 -What do you say, Rog? -l don't know, Artie. 150 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:13,135 We haven't even played a game yet... 151 00:09:13,303 --> 00:09:15,346 ...so maybe we'll see after we've played one. 152 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:17,640 MAN 2: Let's go, Roger! MAN 3: Go, Maris! 153 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,105 [CROWD CHEERING] 154 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:28,484 Look at that, you got the perfect swing for this ballpark. 155 00:09:28,652 --> 00:09:31,862 I don't know. l think if anybody's gonna do it, it's gonna be Mickey. 156 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:34,490 You know, he hits from both sides of the plate. 157 00:09:34,658 --> 00:09:36,116 And you don't think you got a shot? 158 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:37,326 [GRUNTS] 159 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:40,162 With that short porch out there, huh? 160 00:09:40,956 --> 00:09:44,083 I don't know, Artie, I don't think about that. 161 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:47,044 I'm sorry, you know? I don't know what you want me to say. 162 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:49,463 I just don't think about that sort of stuff. 163 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:51,632 Come on. 164 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:56,637 Look, l gotta get ready for the game, Artie, so l'll talk to you later. 165 00:09:57,013 --> 00:09:59,265 -All right, I'll catch you later. MAN 3: Come on, Roger! 166 00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:00,683 [GRUNTS] 167 00:10:00,892 --> 00:10:02,226 [CROWD CHEERING] 168 00:10:04,187 --> 00:10:07,564 I should've talked to you first, but I met with some of the writers... 169 00:10:07,732 --> 00:10:10,234 ...and l told them I'm expecting you to be our leader. 170 00:10:10,402 --> 00:10:14,196 Oh, shit, Ralph, I don't know, you know? I mean, what about Whitey or Yogi? 171 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:15,948 They've been here longer than me. 172 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:18,284 You're the heart and soul of this team. 173 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:21,996 I know Casey can be rough on you, but whatever happened with him is over. 174 00:10:22,163 --> 00:10:24,957 I'm the manager now, and this is what I expect. 175 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:28,210 I'm not just talking about on the field. 176 00:10:28,378 --> 00:10:30,838 Nothing gets in the way of me coming to the ballpark. 177 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:32,798 -You know that. -Oh, I know, I know. 178 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:36,176 And l got nothing against blowing off a little steam... 179 00:10:36,344 --> 00:10:38,470 ...but the guys look up to you. 180 00:10:39,681 --> 00:10:42,516 And there's a responsibility that comes with that. 181 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:44,893 You got to be the one. 182 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:47,521 SHEPPARD [OVER PA]: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen... 183 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:49,398 ...welcome to Yankee Stadium. 184 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:52,901 We direct your attention now to home plate. 185 00:10:53,069 --> 00:10:57,364 So please welcome the voice of the Yankees, Mel Allen. 186 00:10:57,532 --> 00:10:59,408 MAN: Go, go! 187 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:01,577 Thank you, Bob Sheppard. 188 00:11:01,745 --> 00:11:04,038 Hello there, everybody. Ha-ha-ha! 189 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:06,040 [CROWD CHEERING] 190 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:09,001 And now, please give a warm welcome... 191 00:11:09,461 --> 00:11:12,880 ...to the commissioner of baseball, Mr. Ford Frick. 192 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:14,089 [CROWD CHEERING AND BOOlNG] 193 00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:16,759 -Thank you, Mel, thank you. -This guy died and nobody told him. 194 00:11:16,926 --> 00:11:21,597 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the house that Ruth built. 195 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:23,515 [CROWD CHEERING] 196 00:11:25,143 --> 00:11:29,229 As l stand here this afternoon, it is impossible not to think of The Babe... 197 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:32,733 ...not to feel his presence here even now. 198 00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:34,443 He was more than a ballplayer. 199 00:11:34,611 --> 00:11:37,196 He was everything that is special about this game. 200 00:11:37,364 --> 00:11:40,366 He was everything that is special about America. 201 00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:42,785 I'll bet I got more pussy than he did. 202 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:43,952 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 203 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:49,124 And so it is a great honor for me to present to you... 204 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:52,586 ...The Babe's widow, Mrs. Claire Ruth. 205 00:11:52,754 --> 00:11:57,549 She will present the award for last year's Most Valuable Player. 206 00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:00,260 Mrs. Claire Ruth. 207 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:23,200 On behalf of The Babe, I'm very proud to present this award... 208 00:12:23,368 --> 00:12:29,206 ...to another Yankee, right fielder Roger Maris. 209 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:30,666 [CROWD CHEERING] 210 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:38,298 The Babe would've been very proud of you. 211 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:41,510 Have a wonderful season. 212 00:12:55,692 --> 00:12:56,775 Bottom of the sixth now. 213 00:12:57,193 --> 00:12:59,862 Yankees down four runs. They could use a lift here, phil. 214 00:13:00,029 --> 00:13:03,365 RIZZUTO: Oh, yeah. The fans would love to see Mick put one out of here right now. 215 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:07,202 ALLEN: Oh, yeah, now's the time. All right, here's the wind up, pascual delivers. 216 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:09,371 UMPIRE: Strike three! -Cold, that will do it here in the sixth. 217 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:10,539 [CROWD BOOING] 218 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:12,458 Tough day, the fans are letting him hear it. 219 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,668 RIZZUTO: Oh, l'll say, listen to them huckleberries. 220 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:17,254 -Jeez. -Loser! 221 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,506 Hey, Bob. 222 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,342 Does this sound like love to you? 223 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:23,719 Hey, this is your fault. 224 00:13:23,887 --> 00:13:26,138 You guys make him out to be some kind of superman. 225 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,890 Who could live up to that? 226 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,558 Schmuck. 227 00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:32,728 ALLEN: Holy cow, and the boo birds are out already. 228 00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:36,231 RIZZUTO: Boy, oh, boy, this is gonna be some cannoli of a season, l'll tell you. 229 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:39,318 MlCKEY: Come on, Sam, what are we talking about? lt's one game. 230 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:42,404 They scored more runs than we did. That's all there is to it. 231 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:46,241 Oh, by the way, I loved your column today. Simon says shove it up your ass. 232 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:48,577 -l wasn't finished yet. MlCKEY: Yeah, you were. 233 00:13:48,745 --> 00:13:51,330 KAHN: Rog, you feeling any extra pressure now after last year? 234 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,874 No. Not really, no. 235 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:58,170 KAHN: Houk says Mick is the leader of the team. You got a comment on that? 236 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,755 Well, yeah, he is. 237 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:03,509 GREEN: You turned things around last year. You're the one that makes the team go. 238 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:05,761 Oh, l don't know, Artie. 239 00:14:05,929 --> 00:14:10,807 I mean, Mickey's been here, what, ten years and won eight pennants, five World Series. 240 00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:12,809 Not too bad. 241 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:15,562 Just gonna grab a shower. 242 00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:19,107 MVp. Most Vacant Personality. 243 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:21,902 SUSAN: Daddy? -Yeah. 244 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:24,821 Are you gonna live here with Bob? 245 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:28,283 Yeah. Yeah, just for the season, then l'll be back home. 246 00:14:28,451 --> 00:14:30,452 -Daddy. -Yeah? 247 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:34,706 I liked it better when you played in Kansas City. 248 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,291 Yeah, l know, me too. 249 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:39,461 -But it will go real fast. You'll see. CERV: Susan, you know what? 250 00:14:39,629 --> 00:14:44,800 If l don't hit the ball a real long way, I'll be back in Kansas City soon too. 251 00:14:45,969 --> 00:14:47,719 Yeah. 252 00:14:48,263 --> 00:14:49,596 [BOTTLES CLlNK] 253 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:58,146 Hey, why don't you get Uncle Bob to teach you how to juggle. 254 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:04,653 What? 255 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:07,406 Just watching you. 256 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:12,828 Well, there's steaks for the freezer and plenty of beer, eggs, cold cuts... 257 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:15,497 ...and take care. 258 00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:18,333 Oh, boy, I'm gonna miss you. 259 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:21,086 It's only six weeks till you're home. 260 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:23,463 Three days, and then l'm back on the road again. 261 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:25,507 You'll be back again in August, right? 262 00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:28,010 -Yeah. -Maybe just in time for the baby. 263 00:15:28,511 --> 00:15:31,179 Oh, Pat, l hope so. I don't wanna miss this one. 264 00:15:32,682 --> 00:15:34,433 Well, you're one for three so far. 265 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:38,353 That will get you into the Hall of Fame, right? 266 00:15:38,521 --> 00:15:41,690 Yeah. You see, I should be with you, you know? 267 00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:44,901 -A family should be together. -Oh, Roger, we talked about this. 268 00:15:45,069 --> 00:15:47,487 -We can't afford two households. -Yeah. 269 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:51,408 Thirty-eight thousand goes a lot farther in Missouri than it does in New York. 270 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:53,994 I really wanna be near my doctor this time. 271 00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:56,538 -You're feeling all right, right? -Oh, I'm fine. 272 00:15:56,706 --> 00:16:00,542 I just wanna be safe this time. Don't worry about that. 273 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:03,045 -All right. -Okay. 274 00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:05,631 I just hate saying goodbye. 275 00:16:20,855 --> 00:16:22,481 [CROWD CHEERING] 276 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:36,828 [CROWD BOOING] 277 00:16:39,916 --> 00:16:41,333 [INAUDIBLE DlALOGUE] 278 00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:46,421 [CROWD CHEERING] 279 00:17:03,064 --> 00:17:06,233 ALLEN [OVER PA]: And it flies. That ball is going, going. 280 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:07,442 It is gone. 281 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,279 How about that? 282 00:17:12,073 --> 00:17:14,491 We're not playing good ball now. What can I tell you? 283 00:17:14,659 --> 00:17:18,286 You're 25 games into the season and your MVP's batting .200 with three homers. 284 00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:20,622 Don't blame Rog. He does things to help us win. 285 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:23,417 But you're not winning, Ralph. Come on, Ralph. 286 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:25,836 -Ralph, come here. PLAYER: You gotta hang in there, kid. 287 00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:29,131 YOGI: We're losing more than we're winning. How can that be good? 288 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:30,924 ELSTON: We'll turn it around. Don't worry. 289 00:17:31,092 --> 00:17:34,386 REPORTER: Mickey, l know it's still early, but you already got nine home runs. 290 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:36,012 That's way ahead of Ruth's pace. 291 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:39,057 Damn right, and I don't wanna hear this when we ain't winning. 292 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:41,518 Are you surprised the fans are getting on Rog? 293 00:17:41,686 --> 00:17:44,104 Yeah, you know, but you can't figure this stuff out. 294 00:17:44,272 --> 00:17:45,605 I mean, he'll come around. 295 00:17:45,773 --> 00:17:47,023 [BELCHES] 296 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:49,317 Rog, you got a minute? 297 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:52,279 No. Look, Milt, you know, I had a tough one out there today. 298 00:17:52,447 --> 00:17:53,905 I just rather not talk about it. 299 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:57,993 No, no, I don't wanna talk about that anyway. This is just between us. 300 00:17:58,161 --> 00:18:03,623 Look, this might just be talk, but the word is you may be traded. 301 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:05,000 Huh? 302 00:18:05,168 --> 00:18:09,713 Hey, you've always been straight with me. I thought you should know. 303 00:18:13,301 --> 00:18:14,342 PAT: Trade you? 304 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:17,387 What about last year, doesn't that mean anything? 305 00:18:17,555 --> 00:18:19,055 Mommy, can I have more juice? 306 00:18:19,223 --> 00:18:22,309 No, the only thing that matters to them is if you're producing now. 307 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:26,313 Everybody goes through a slump from time to time. They're not gonna trade you. 308 00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:27,939 Oh, honey, you don't understand. 309 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:32,903 This is New York. l mean, these rumors don't just come from nowhere. 310 00:18:33,070 --> 00:18:35,280 I'm a piece of meat to them. They can do what they want. 311 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:36,656 [KNOCKS] 312 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:41,036 -You wanted to see me, Ralph? -Come on in, Roger. 313 00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:43,955 -Hey there, Mr. Topping. -Sit down, Rog. 314 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:45,665 Yeah. 315 00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:54,466 Obviously, you're not off to the kind of start we'd all hoped for. 316 00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:57,636 We thought maybe there were some problems we weren't aware of. 317 00:18:58,012 --> 00:19:00,055 No, no, no problems. No. 318 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:02,557 TOPPlNG: How are things at home? -Well, how do you mean? 319 00:19:02,725 --> 00:19:06,686 Well, l understand pat's pregnant again. Everything all right with that? 320 00:19:07,730 --> 00:19:11,191 Well, she's had a tough time with this one and we lost one a while back... 321 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,529 ...but no, l don't think it's affecting my play, if that's what you mean. 322 00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:17,989 You're not worried about hitting .300, are you? 323 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,742 I'd like to get a couple of hits, get myself started... 324 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:23,245 ...but it's just not happening, so-- 325 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:25,413 I don't care about your average, Rog. 326 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,416 I'm paying you to hit home runs. Home runs and RBl's. 327 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:31,920 You should be swinging for the fences. That's why we brought you here. 328 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,091 Yeah, sure. Yeah, all right, then. 329 00:19:36,259 --> 00:19:37,926 Okay. Relax. 330 00:19:38,636 --> 00:19:40,554 -Play ball. -Yes, sir. 331 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,932 Talk to you later, Ralph. 332 00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:47,936 -Stick around, will you, Rog? -Yeah. 333 00:19:48,729 --> 00:19:49,813 -Hey, Mick. MlCKEY: Yeah? 334 00:19:49,981 --> 00:19:51,273 HOUK: Come here a minute. 335 00:19:56,445 --> 00:19:58,446 Shut the door, would you? 336 00:20:01,075 --> 00:20:02,117 What's going on? 337 00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:10,500 I wanna switch around the lineup, shake things up a bit. 338 00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:14,629 I'm gonna move Roger to the number three spot hitting before you, Mick. 339 00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:17,465 The way you're swinging the bat, he'll see better pitches. 340 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,843 Ralph, l really don't think you need to do that. 341 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:22,596 I'm starting to feel better. I'm gonna come out of this. 342 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:25,849 Oh, l know. Let's just give it a shot and see what happens. 343 00:20:26,017 --> 00:20:27,767 Whatever's best for the team. 344 00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:30,896 VENDOR: Programs. Get your programs here. 345 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,981 Get your programs. Oh, thanks. 346 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:36,318 ANNOUNCER: Batting second, number 10, the short stop, Tony Kubek. 347 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:45,493 I can't figure this guy out. Struck me out twice with that off-speed junk. 348 00:20:45,661 --> 00:20:47,746 MlCKEY: He's got you thinking about it now. -Yup. 349 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,789 That's why he's gonna throw a fast ball. 350 00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:52,709 -Really? -l'll tell you something else. 351 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:57,255 That blonde back there has got the biggest tits l've ever seen in my life. 352 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,177 -Thanks. -Go get them. 353 00:21:02,345 --> 00:21:04,971 Man, the lasagna at that place. 354 00:21:05,139 --> 00:21:07,849 -They gave me, like, 1 6 layers-- -That's a good thought. 355 00:21:08,017 --> 00:21:09,434 Here, here it comes, phil. 356 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,937 RIZZUTO: Okay, Roger steps in. 357 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,772 -Oh, he needs a hit. MlCKEY: Come on, Rog. 358 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:17,525 RIZZUTO: Mantle over there on deck today because Roger's batting in the third spot. 359 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:21,655 And Kubek leads off first. And there's Richardson inching off second. 360 00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:24,616 Ralph Houk has juggled the lineup today to get Maris started. 361 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:28,203 And, boy, Roger needs it. He's like my car on a cold day, I'll tell you. 362 00:21:28,371 --> 00:21:30,163 ALLEN: Ha, ha. Still got that car, phil? 363 00:21:30,331 --> 00:21:33,208 Now here's Frank Lary on the mound, he looks Richardson back. 364 00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:34,626 And here's the pitch. 365 00:21:36,879 --> 00:21:38,838 RIZZUTO: It's a line drive to right center field. 366 00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:40,215 This could be in between them. 367 00:21:40,383 --> 00:21:42,717 Richardson will score. lt's off the wall. 368 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:45,845 -Maris rounds first, digging for second. -Dig, Rog, dig. 369 00:21:46,347 --> 00:21:48,807 Kaline up with the ball. Here's the throw. 370 00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:52,435 UMPIRE: Safe! -ln there! 371 00:21:53,688 --> 00:21:56,022 RIZZUTO: Holy cow, line drive double for Roger Maris. 372 00:21:56,190 --> 00:21:57,816 And that just could get him started, Mel. 373 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,401 ALLEN: Well, l hope so, Scooter. 374 00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:02,112 Man, did he hit that ball, a screaming line drive. 375 00:22:02,279 --> 00:22:03,822 And here comes Mickey. 376 00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:06,408 ANNOUNCER: Now batting, center field, Mickey Mantle. 377 00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:08,159 [CROWD BOOING] 378 00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:10,370 RIZZUTO: Oh, no, they're gonna walk Mantle. 379 00:22:10,538 --> 00:22:11,579 They're gonna put him on. 380 00:22:11,747 --> 00:22:15,542 -Good baseball, but I don't have to like it. -Shit, come on. 381 00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:19,921 With first base open, the huckleberries are gonna walk Mickey because he's red-hot. 382 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:22,716 ALLEN: My, my, and l'll tell you, Mickey's not gonna like that. 383 00:22:28,597 --> 00:22:30,140 [PEOPLE APpLAUDING] 384 00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:46,364 -Thanks. -Thanks. 385 00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:48,283 MAN: Take a look at Mick over there. 386 00:22:48,451 --> 00:22:50,493 WOMAN: Mickey. -Hi. 387 00:22:53,456 --> 00:22:54,789 So anyway, where was l? 388 00:22:54,957 --> 00:22:57,792 ROGER: You were talking about this girl. -Right, okay. 389 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,253 So l take her back to the hotel, right? 390 00:23:00,421 --> 00:23:02,922 We start getting undressed, you know, fumbling around. 391 00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:04,758 All of a sudden, she stops. 392 00:23:04,925 --> 00:23:07,969 And she looks me dead in the eye and she says, ''I thought you's a homo.'' 393 00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:09,304 [ALL CHUCKLING] 394 00:23:10,473 --> 00:23:12,557 I said, ''What the hell are you talking about?'' 395 00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:14,642 She says, ''Well, l heard you's a switch hitter.'' 396 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:16,144 [ALL LAUGHING] 397 00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:22,734 Oh, thank you. Put it on my tab, hon. 398 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:25,695 No, shit, you've been getting them all. Let me get this one. 399 00:23:25,863 --> 00:23:28,239 MlCKEY: Oh, get out of here, I got it. 400 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,076 Hey, a toast, to Roger Maris, who's on a hitting streak... 401 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:34,329 ...because he's getting all them fastballs hitting in front of me. 402 00:23:34,497 --> 00:23:37,415 -You son of a bitch. ALL: To Roger. 403 00:23:39,627 --> 00:23:42,170 I heard DiMaggio's throwing out the first ball tomorrow. 404 00:23:42,546 --> 00:23:43,922 -Yeah, Joe D.? CERV: Himself. 405 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:46,132 No shit? 406 00:23:47,802 --> 00:23:49,135 Damn it. 407 00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:53,848 I'm gonna get a real drink. Be right back. 408 00:23:54,016 --> 00:23:55,183 WHlTEY: All right. 409 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:58,520 CERV: l shouldn't have said anything. -Yeah, well-- 410 00:23:58,687 --> 00:23:59,854 What, what did you say? 411 00:24:03,526 --> 00:24:05,026 What? 412 00:24:05,736 --> 00:24:07,362 Something between Mickey and Joe? 413 00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:13,701 When Mickey first came up, he's 1 8. Everybody's saying he's the next DiMaggio. 414 00:24:13,869 --> 00:24:17,539 -He was gonna be better than DiMaggio. -Joe D. didn't like that too much. 415 00:24:17,706 --> 00:24:19,541 Nobody's got more pride than that guy. 416 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:22,544 Wasn't friendly to begin with, wouldn't say a word to Mick. 417 00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:24,963 Not one word that whole year. That wasn't right. 418 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:26,339 Mickey was never that way. 419 00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:29,843 When I first came up, he was the first guy to take me out with the guys. 420 00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:33,596 Spring training my rookie year, we're all down in St. Pete. 421 00:24:33,764 --> 00:24:37,600 They wouldn't let me eat in the restaurant, so Mickey, he gets his food... 422 00:24:37,768 --> 00:24:40,311 ...comes out to the bus, and he has dinner with me. 423 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,564 -You think DiMaggio would have did that? CERV: Pfft. 424 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:44,816 He finally talked to him once in the series. 425 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:48,027 -Wasn't much of a conversation, though. -l'll say. 426 00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,405 Remember the '51 Series against the Giants? 427 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,407 Yeah, l guess. What happened, Whitey? 428 00:24:52,575 --> 00:24:56,411 DiMaggio's in center, Mickey's in right. Casey goes over to Mickey before the game. 429 00:24:56,579 --> 00:25:00,290 He says, ''I want you to take everything. The old man can't run like he used to.'' 430 00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:02,041 So Willie Mays gets up, right? 431 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:05,420 He hits a fly ball to right center field and Mickey takes off running. 432 00:25:05,588 --> 00:25:08,173 Could he fly then? You never seen a guy run like this. 433 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:10,508 Three-point-one seconds to first base. 434 00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,970 So Mickey's digging for the ball. He's got a bead on it, no sweat. 435 00:25:14,138 --> 00:25:17,557 All of a sudden, at the last minute, he hears DiMaggio. 436 00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:19,601 ''I got it. I got it.'' 437 00:25:19,768 --> 00:25:22,854 Mickey pulls up and steps into one of those drains in the outfield. 438 00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:25,607 -Oh, shit. -His knee exploded, tore it apart. 439 00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:27,317 You could hear it in the bullpen. 440 00:25:27,484 --> 00:25:28,776 -Yeah? -Yeah. 441 00:25:28,944 --> 00:25:32,238 After the game, Mick's dad's there and he's helping him into the cab... 442 00:25:32,406 --> 00:25:35,491 ...to go to the hospital and Mickey leans on him for help. 443 00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:39,037 His dad collapses. Turns out he's filled up with cancer. 444 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:43,625 Then they ended up at the same hospital, lying next to each other. 445 00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:47,128 It was a little while after that, his dad died. 446 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,005 It was a tough time for Mick. 447 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:52,550 WOMAN: Cheers. -Cheers. Yeah. 448 00:25:53,594 --> 00:25:55,345 [KNOCKlNG] 449 00:25:58,641 --> 00:26:00,058 Shit. 450 00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:02,393 Yeah, who is it? 451 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:05,313 -lt's Whitey. -Oh, shit. 452 00:26:05,481 --> 00:26:06,981 Get dressed. I need your help. 453 00:26:11,153 --> 00:26:12,195 [MICKEY LAUGHlNG] 454 00:26:12,363 --> 00:26:15,740 -l didn't want him to drive, l have my car. -Hey, fellows, how you doing? 455 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,492 He kept saying he was fine. 456 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,118 -He's fine, all right. -l'm fine. 457 00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:22,330 We're weaving all over the road and he's laughing. See what I mean? 458 00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:24,832 -l tried to give him coffee-- -Thank you very much. 459 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,292 -l couldn't. -You can, okay? 460 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:29,921 -Make sure she gets home in a cab, please? -Okay, cab. 461 00:26:30,506 --> 00:26:33,132 Hey, Elmer, that's a hell of a parking job you did there. 462 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:34,884 -Thanks, slick. -Come on, come on. 463 00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:36,928 -Hey, where are we going? -How you doing? 464 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,347 -We're gonna take you home, all right? -Home? 465 00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:41,182 ROGER: Yeah. MlCKEY: I don't wanna go home. 466 00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:43,935 -Let's go to the Copa. ROGER: Well, we got a game. 467 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:46,729 -You didn't see anything either, right? MlCKEY: Look at the car. 468 00:26:46,897 --> 00:26:48,815 Who parked a car like that? 469 00:26:48,983 --> 00:26:50,024 ROGER: Get up. Get up. 470 00:26:50,192 --> 00:26:52,110 MlCKEY: I love Mickey. Mickey who? 471 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:53,528 ROGER: Pipe down. 472 00:26:53,904 --> 00:26:55,697 MANAGER: This is the St. Moritz. 473 00:26:55,864 --> 00:26:57,865 I've got guests complaining about the noise. 474 00:26:58,033 --> 00:27:00,535 He's got girls coming and going all hours of the night. 475 00:27:00,703 --> 00:27:03,955 Don't get me wrong, he's stayed with us for years, we love having him. 476 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,207 -But this, we can't go on doing this. -Right. 477 00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,209 -lt's gonna end up in the papers. -Sure. 478 00:27:08,377 --> 00:27:11,879 -lt's bad for the hotel. -Hey, am I in my room yet? 479 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,509 MlCKEY: Ooh. 480 00:27:17,094 --> 00:27:19,053 Boy, you got some place here, man. 481 00:27:19,221 --> 00:27:21,222 -l appreciate you helping us out here. -Yes. 482 00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:23,308 Really. l mean, listen. 483 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:24,851 We'll talk to Mickey, okay? 484 00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:26,060 -Thank you. -No sweat. 485 00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:30,273 -Hey, monsieur, l'm expecting a guest. MANAGER: Mm-hm. 486 00:27:30,441 --> 00:27:32,734 And his name is Mr. Jack Daniels. 487 00:27:33,944 --> 00:27:36,362 [MICKEY LAUGHlNG] 488 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:39,407 Now here's a little something for yourself. 489 00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:42,577 -Send him right up when he comes over. -Thank you, sir. 490 00:27:43,037 --> 00:27:47,415 Hey, slick, how come every time you get drunk, it costs me money? Huh? 491 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:49,584 Come on. Whitey, just get him in the shower. 492 00:27:49,752 --> 00:27:52,462 -Relax, l'll take care of it from here, okay? ROGER: You sure? 493 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:54,380 Yeah, yeah, yeah, l got it. l got it. 494 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,382 -Yeah, I got it. -All right, then. 495 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:59,344 -All right, see you at the park. -Good night, Mick. 496 00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:04,557 I got a big mouth. 497 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,393 -Not your fault. -l shouldn't have said anything. 498 00:28:07,561 --> 00:28:09,354 I feel good. Come here. 499 00:28:09,730 --> 00:28:10,897 [VOMlTING] 500 00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:16,027 You know, Joe D.'s here. 501 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:18,237 I'll handle the writers. 502 00:28:19,782 --> 00:28:23,159 You better not come in right now. You know, it's just not a good time. 503 00:28:23,327 --> 00:28:25,328 -Just right now, all right? -Okay. 504 00:28:25,496 --> 00:28:26,954 [MICKEY GROANING] 505 00:28:28,624 --> 00:28:30,291 GUS: Here you go, kid. 506 00:28:31,585 --> 00:28:33,294 Breakfast of champions. 507 00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:39,842 DIMAGGlO: l know, it's gonna be a good year. l like this club. 508 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:42,637 -Oh, there's Mickey. -Hey, Mickey. 509 00:28:43,806 --> 00:28:45,932 -Howdy, Joe. -Hey. 510 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:47,558 How you doing? 511 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:50,311 I'm good. You're not feeling too good, huh? 512 00:28:50,479 --> 00:28:53,856 I just got a little touch of the flu, but I'll be all right for the game. 513 00:28:54,024 --> 00:28:56,567 Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. 514 00:28:57,152 --> 00:29:00,738 Yeah. 515 00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:03,282 I'm here to throw out the ball. 516 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:05,243 I just wanted to say hi. 517 00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,413 Well, it's good to see you. 518 00:29:08,831 --> 00:29:10,957 Good to see you too. 519 00:29:11,125 --> 00:29:14,293 -Take care of yourself, huh, Mick? -Yeah. 520 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,587 Okay. 521 00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:22,677 -A tough day for Mickey, three strikeouts. -l'll say. 522 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,598 MlCKEY: Hit the fucking ball. 523 00:29:29,852 --> 00:29:32,311 Curveball bullshit. 524 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:43,781 CERV: I agree with Roger on this, Moose. 525 00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:46,784 MOOSE: We've seen it a million times. ELSTON: Been going on for a while. 526 00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,703 ROGER: Yeah, l know. -Look, Rog, that's Mick. 527 00:29:48,871 --> 00:29:50,621 Always been Mick, always gonna be Mick. 528 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:54,625 -Don't make a mountain out of it. -What's this, the Geneva Convention? 529 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:57,295 No, we're just a little worried about Mick. 530 00:29:57,463 --> 00:30:00,047 -Why, where is he? -He's in the training room. 531 00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:03,134 You know, we're all pretty concerned. 532 00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:05,511 Well, don't be. Mickey can take care of himself. 533 00:30:05,679 --> 00:30:07,513 YOGI: Right. -Well, he couldn't this morning. 534 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:10,183 I just figured we should all watch out for him. 535 00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:13,603 He had a rough night, you know? It happens to all of us. 536 00:30:13,770 --> 00:30:17,565 Look, Rog, you've only been here one year. You don't know Mickey like we know him. 537 00:30:17,733 --> 00:30:21,402 You try dragging yourself out there every day with no cartilage in your knee... 538 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:24,655 ...and your shoulder hurting so bad, you can't even comb your hair. 539 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:27,909 I mean, the guy's taped up like a mummy, and he's still pretty good. 540 00:30:28,076 --> 00:30:29,160 -Yeah. ELSTON: Yeah, I'd say. 541 00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:32,955 So if he's gotta go out, try to relax, have a couple of belts... 542 00:30:33,123 --> 00:30:36,876 ...that's what he's gonna do, so let's not get riled up about nothing, all right? 543 00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:38,336 I'm not riled up, Whitey. 544 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:41,923 I'm just concerned. I'm not a priest, you know? 545 00:30:42,382 --> 00:30:45,009 He has a rough one last night, he has a bad game today... 546 00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:48,429 ...and l wanna get back to the Series as much as you fellows do... 547 00:30:48,597 --> 00:30:50,431 ...and we can't do that without Mickey. 548 00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:53,267 MOOSE: Yeah, that's for sure. -That's all I'm saying. 549 00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:04,111 MlCKEY: Hi, Gus. 550 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:05,571 ROGER: Mm-hm. 551 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:09,450 Get me another one of these, huh? 552 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:12,870 Ow. 553 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:16,207 -Hi, Rog. -How are you, man? 554 00:31:19,253 --> 00:31:20,753 [MICKEY GROANS] 555 00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:22,338 MlCKEY: What the matter? 556 00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:27,218 Oh, nothing much. Just sprained it sliding into second. 557 00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:33,391 -How are you feeling? -Well, my knees are killing me. 558 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:35,518 No, I was-- 559 00:31:36,687 --> 00:31:38,938 You had a pretty rough one last night. 560 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:43,150 Oh, that. No, I just had a little headache today, that's all. 561 00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:45,111 Hm. 562 00:31:46,822 --> 00:31:48,239 What am I supposed to do, man? 563 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:52,285 Every place l go, even the hotels, ''Mickey, have a drink. Hey, Mick have a drink.'' 564 00:31:52,452 --> 00:31:56,163 -This is a tough town not to have fun in. -No, I can imagine. 565 00:31:56,832 --> 00:31:59,458 -You know how it is. -Yeah. 566 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:06,465 Well, listen, Mick, you know, Cerv and l got this place in Queens, you know? 567 00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:12,597 It's real nice and it's quiet and a real nice place, good neighborhood. 568 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:17,018 You know, and heck, sometimes we cook for ourselves and eat in... 569 00:32:17,185 --> 00:32:21,022 ...and other times we're sending out. 570 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,318 What the hell are you talking about? 571 00:32:26,194 --> 00:32:27,737 Yeah, l-- 572 00:32:27,904 --> 00:32:31,490 Well, l was just thinking maybe you'd like to come and live with us. 573 00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:33,367 Let me get this straight. 574 00:32:33,535 --> 00:32:36,829 I got a big fucking suite at the St. Moritz Hotel... 575 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:39,332 ...and you want me to move to Queens? 576 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:40,958 ROGER: Well, there she is. 577 00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:43,502 Pretty comfortable. You know, we like it. 578 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:47,173 There's a Chinese place up here, a laundry right next door. 579 00:32:47,341 --> 00:32:50,426 -Deli around the corner. -Delivers food anytime we need it. 580 00:32:50,594 --> 00:32:52,011 It's a perfect location, Mick. 581 00:32:52,179 --> 00:32:54,889 Fifteen from the city, half an hour from the stadium. 582 00:32:57,934 --> 00:32:59,685 Well, this is it. 583 00:33:00,354 --> 00:33:04,940 It's got air conditioning. You know, dining room's in here. 584 00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:09,070 Pretty good-sized living room. 585 00:33:09,738 --> 00:33:13,032 A TV and the stereo hi-fi there. 586 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,828 We got a maid, comes in every day and cleans the place up, makes the beds. 587 00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:23,250 Yeah, and then the kitchen's back in here, and then the bedrooms down the hall. 588 00:33:23,418 --> 00:33:24,627 Uh-huh. 589 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:28,339 And this here is the other one, you know? 590 00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:31,592 Lots of closet space, comfortable bed, lots of light. 591 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,969 Uh-huh. I don't get it. There's only two bedrooms. 592 00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:36,013 Me and Bob, we're sharing the other one. 593 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:38,057 Oh, no, fellas. Now, l couldn't do that. 594 00:33:38,225 --> 00:33:39,850 No, Mickey, it's fine. Right, Bob? 595 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:42,019 Oh, yeah, yeah. As long he pays more rent. 596 00:33:42,187 --> 00:33:46,607 Oh, come on, we're not too worried about that, but, you know it's.... 597 00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:48,317 Uh-huh. 598 00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:56,701 ROGER: Well, that's the tour. It's pretty much it. 599 00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:59,412 -Did you tell him about that other thing? -No, did you? 600 00:33:59,579 --> 00:34:01,288 -No, you said you would. -All right. 601 00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:02,957 Tell him. 602 00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:09,588 So, Mickey, you know, it's-- 603 00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:12,174 You know, Bob and I are trying to keep it quiet here. 604 00:34:12,342 --> 00:34:15,428 So you know, have a few beers every now and then, but-- 605 00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:16,804 What, no broads? 606 00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:18,973 -Right. -Right, yeah. 607 00:34:19,141 --> 00:34:22,768 So you know, it's not the St. Moritz, but it's quiet, right? 608 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:24,603 -There's no distractions, and-- -Mm-mm. 609 00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:27,022 And it's fun. We'll have a good time. 610 00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:28,899 What do you think? 611 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,651 [THEME SONG PLAYlNG] 612 00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:35,656 [WHlSTLlNG THEME SONG] 613 00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:49,628 OPIE [ON TV]: Look, pa, ain't it slick? 614 00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:52,006 MlCKEY: Yeah, honey, it was my idea. 615 00:34:52,174 --> 00:34:55,885 No, you know how it is at the hotel, all the reporters and the fans all the time. 616 00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:57,845 And this is great. 617 00:34:58,013 --> 00:35:00,347 Well, just me and Roger and Cer. 618 00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:02,725 Hey, you look kind of sexy in that. 619 00:35:02,893 --> 00:35:04,894 No, there ain't no girls here. That's Roger. 620 00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:08,314 He's wearing a stupid little girly apron and cooking up some bacon. 621 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:09,982 Rog, say hi to Merlyn. 622 00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:11,400 Howdy, Merlyn. 623 00:35:11,568 --> 00:35:12,818 All right? Oh, here's Bob. 624 00:35:12,986 --> 00:35:16,030 -Say hi, Bob. -Hi, Bob. 625 00:35:16,573 --> 00:35:20,075 See? Now l'm gonna be a real domesticated now. 626 00:35:20,243 --> 00:35:22,411 Well, all right. l gotta go. 627 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:24,538 Breakfast is getting cold. 628 00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:27,792 All right, well, say hi to the boys. Okay. 629 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,585 Bye. 630 00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:32,296 So how are your boys doing? 631 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:35,466 Oh, you know, they're good. They're in school, they're all right. 632 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:38,511 So you ever think of bringing them up here? 633 00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:39,804 Yeah, l tried that once. 634 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:43,474 I was living out in Jersey, but, you know, it's too hard when they're here. 635 00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:46,769 You wanna go out after the game and they want you to drive them. 636 00:35:46,937 --> 00:35:49,605 And it gets to be a pain. 637 00:35:49,773 --> 00:35:53,943 I mean, l miss them and all. It's just better for everybody this way. 638 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,075 ROGER: And there you go, Mick. -What the hell's that? 639 00:36:01,451 --> 00:36:03,869 Roger's special eggs. 640 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,705 -Well, that's disgusting. -No kidding. 641 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:10,084 -Well, you don't have to have any, Bob. -Oh, thank you. 642 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:17,091 I'm sorry, Roger, but I'm gonna have to pass. 643 00:36:17,259 --> 00:36:19,385 Mick, I'm telling you. Don't listen to Bob. 644 00:36:19,553 --> 00:36:22,096 The last few times l ate these, I hit home runs. 645 00:36:31,106 --> 00:36:33,274 Sorry, Bob, looks like somebody likes them. 646 00:36:33,775 --> 00:36:36,443 -You like them? -No, they're shit. 647 00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:39,613 But l'm in a bit of a slump. I'll try anything. 648 00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:44,076 [CROWD CHEERING] 649 00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:48,455 -Love them eggs. -Ha-ha-ha. 650 00:36:58,049 --> 00:36:59,216 ALLEN: There's one. 651 00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:00,968 That ball is going, going, gone. 652 00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:03,304 -He got a piece of that, didn't he? RIZZUTO: Big piece. 653 00:37:03,471 --> 00:37:04,930 Man, it was a meatball. 654 00:37:05,098 --> 00:37:07,224 Oh, those M&M Boys. 655 00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:09,560 PAT: Daddy's gonna love this one. 656 00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:15,941 -You coming out or hanging with the wife? -Oh, fuck you. 657 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:18,611 ALLEN: There it is. 658 00:37:18,778 --> 00:37:21,155 Another blast for the M&M Boys. 659 00:37:22,657 --> 00:37:23,949 [CROWD CHEERING] 660 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,993 Holy cow. Wow. 661 00:37:26,161 --> 00:37:28,746 -Mickey's on some kind of roll. -lt's unbelievable. 662 00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:32,499 Mantle catches him at 27, Maris comes right back with 28. 663 00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:34,585 These guys are really pushing each other. 664 00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:36,712 How come Maris never smiles? 665 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:41,258 Having the season of his life, the Yanks are winning, and he looks like a zombie. 666 00:37:45,472 --> 00:37:47,264 [CROWD BOOING] 667 00:37:48,391 --> 00:37:50,726 ALLEN: There it is. Number 31 for Roger Maris. 668 00:37:50,894 --> 00:37:53,312 RIZZUTO: They're gonna send out a search party for that ball. 669 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,356 ALLEN: How about that? 670 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,734 -Curveball? -Yeah, but it didn't cure. 671 00:37:58,902 --> 00:38:01,362 KAHN: So, M&M Boys, what do you think of your new nickname? 672 00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:04,114 I think it's got a real nice ring to it. 673 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:08,369 ALLEN: Wow, phil, that ball went 500 feet. 674 00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,162 -A blast. UMPIRE: Safe! 675 00:38:10,372 --> 00:38:14,333 Well, Mick and I have been getting a lot of offers for endorsements... 676 00:38:14,501 --> 00:38:16,502 ...so we thought we'd form this partnership. 677 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:18,545 You ought to cut Mrs. Ruth in on the deal? 678 00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:20,547 Why? She hit a lot of home runs? 679 00:38:20,715 --> 00:38:22,049 [ALL LAUGHING] 680 00:38:22,217 --> 00:38:24,051 Cheers, Mick. 681 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:27,805 ALLEN: There it is. 682 00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:33,102 Number 34 for Roger Maris. How about that? 683 00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:36,271 RIZZUTO: Wow, Mantle crushes one over the Green Monster. so hard. 684 00:38:36,439 --> 00:38:38,190 ALLEN: And they're buzzing here at Fenway. 685 00:38:39,192 --> 00:38:42,528 Right now you're on pace for 68 homers. You think you got a shot at it? 686 00:38:42,696 --> 00:38:44,989 I don't know, Milt. I'm still a long way's off. 687 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:48,033 -Getting better pitches hitting ahead? -l don't know, I guess. 688 00:38:48,201 --> 00:38:50,577 -What if Houk switches you? -l don't know why. 689 00:38:50,745 --> 00:38:53,914 We're both hot right now. The team's doing great, so-- 690 00:38:54,082 --> 00:38:58,210 I don't know, l don't see any reason why he'd change it, you know. 691 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:03,340 ALLEN: There's a low fly ball to right field. That ball is going, going, it is gone. 692 00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:06,385 -lt's a home run. RIZZUTO: Maris is running to right field. 693 00:39:06,553 --> 00:39:08,178 Get the ball. What a catch. 694 00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:10,305 ALLEN: Here comes Mickey. RIZZUTO: Amazing. 695 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:11,473 ALLEN: A base hit. 696 00:39:11,641 --> 00:39:13,475 RIZZUTO: Roger Maris in the field, what a play. 697 00:39:13,643 --> 00:39:15,102 ALLEN: Here's the throw. He's got him. 698 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:17,062 -How about that? MAN: Tickets. 699 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:19,857 DIRECTOR: Action. -Oh, thanks. 700 00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:21,066 Sure. 701 00:39:21,234 --> 00:39:22,860 -There you are, Mick. -Thanks. 702 00:39:24,029 --> 00:39:27,781 Say, Mickey, shouldn't we be in the field? What are we doing in the stands? 703 00:39:27,949 --> 00:39:29,658 Because these-- 704 00:39:30,827 --> 00:39:32,119 What are you laughing at? 705 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:33,620 -Shit. DIRECTOR: Cut. 706 00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:37,249 Hey, Mickey, what are we doing in the stands? Shouldn't we be on the field? 707 00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:38,959 [MICKEY SNlCKERING] 708 00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:42,254 DIRECTOR: Cut. -Maybe we ought to take a break. 709 00:39:43,173 --> 00:39:44,214 [CROWD CHEERING] 710 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:46,258 ALLEN: How about that? 711 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:50,637 Now l'm gonna call out Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. 712 00:39:50,805 --> 00:39:51,972 There's Daddy. 713 00:39:52,182 --> 00:39:53,932 [AUDIENCE CHEERlNG] 714 00:39:57,479 --> 00:40:00,439 GREEN: Maris has 35, Mantle's got 32, we're only in mid-July. 715 00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:02,524 They still got 75 games left. 716 00:40:02,692 --> 00:40:03,859 SlMON: For Pete's sake, Artie. 717 00:40:04,027 --> 00:40:06,403 Every year somebody has a couple of good months... 718 00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:09,156 ...and everybody thinks they're gonna hit 60, all right? 719 00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:12,326 Greenberg had 58 with a week left in the season... 720 00:40:12,494 --> 00:40:14,161 ...he couldn't handle the pressure. 721 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:17,081 They didn't give him anything to hit because he was a Jew. 722 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:18,832 -No, come on. SlMON: Oh, come on. 723 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,751 Come on, Milt. They always cool off. 724 00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:24,296 I'm gonna bet you a hundred bucks neither one of them hits 50. 725 00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:26,590 Maris will crap out at 45. You wanna bet? 726 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:28,967 You're on, you're on. Put it down, 45. 727 00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:31,345 -No, no, no. 48, George. WRlTER 1 : How much? 728 00:40:31,513 --> 00:40:33,013 -Forty-eight. WRlTER 1 : How much? 729 00:40:33,181 --> 00:40:35,516 Let's remember why l called this meeting. 730 00:40:35,683 --> 00:40:39,353 This is the most respected record in all of sports. 731 00:40:39,521 --> 00:40:42,272 And l'm concerned that its integrity will be compromised... 732 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:46,693 ...by this new 1 62-game season. 733 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:49,154 A lot of you are already writing about this. 734 00:40:49,322 --> 00:40:51,365 So obviously you're concerned too. 735 00:40:51,533 --> 00:40:54,535 That's right. Ruth hit 1 7 that September. 736 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:57,454 Oh, baby, what he would've done with eight extra games, huh? 737 00:40:57,622 --> 00:40:59,706 -Yeah, he might've hit 70. SlMON: That's right. 738 00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:03,293 Okay, okay, what if Mantle breaks it on the last game of the season? 739 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:04,837 Is that fair to The Babe? 740 00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:07,548 I think Mantle's got a shot at it if he stays healthy. 741 00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:09,883 But this Maris is in a groove like l never seen. 742 00:41:10,051 --> 00:41:11,552 Yeah, wouldn't that be a story? 743 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,971 The crew cut from Fargo becomes the new Babe Ruth. 744 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:16,849 ''Hey, Roger, how does it feel to be the new home run king?'' 745 00:41:17,016 --> 00:41:18,600 [IMITATING ROGER] ''Pretty good, l guess.'' 746 00:41:18,768 --> 00:41:20,102 [WRlTERS LAUGHING] 747 00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,106 With all respect to these guys, and they are-- 748 00:41:24,274 --> 00:41:26,108 They're great players. 749 00:41:26,276 --> 00:41:28,235 The year that Babe hit 60... 750 00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:33,490 ...he had more home runs than every team in the American League. 751 00:41:33,658 --> 00:41:36,493 What if they both break it? That would tarnish the record. 752 00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:37,703 What, tarnish? What? 753 00:41:37,871 --> 00:41:39,913 This is a fantastic story, fellows. 754 00:41:40,081 --> 00:41:44,334 Two Yankees playing in the house that Ruth built, both going after his record. 755 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:45,836 It's great for baseball. 756 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:49,756 And if l may be permitted a cliché, records are made to be broken. 757 00:41:49,924 --> 00:41:51,925 If it's broken in the same number of games. 758 00:41:52,093 --> 00:41:54,011 KAHN: Bullshit, Sam. Bullshit. 759 00:41:54,179 --> 00:41:56,930 You know, when Ruth set his first record back in 1 921 ... 760 00:41:57,098 --> 00:42:00,017 ...he played in 14 more games than the guy who set the record. 761 00:42:00,185 --> 00:42:03,770 Where was the uproar then? No, I say a season's a season. 762 00:42:03,938 --> 00:42:05,564 We know what you're saying, Milt... 763 00:42:05,732 --> 00:42:08,358 ...but something about this, it just doesn't seem right. 764 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,777 WRlTER 1 : I agree. -Then there should be separate records. 765 00:42:10,945 --> 00:42:12,821 One for each season, right, Ford? 766 00:42:12,989 --> 00:42:15,032 Separate records? What are we doing here? 767 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,867 And we can put an asterisk in it. 768 00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:18,702 -To show the difference. WRlTER 1 : Why not? 769 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:19,912 WRlTER 2: Yeah, how about that? 770 00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:22,372 WRlTER 1 : Yeah, otherwise it would not be fair to The Babe. 771 00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:26,126 Gentlemen, thank you for coming. I have a brief statement. 772 00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:30,130 As commissioner of Major League Baseball, it is my determination... 773 00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:32,299 ...given the length of this year's season... 774 00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:36,470 ...that any record broken in more than 1 54 games... 775 00:42:36,638 --> 00:42:39,389 ...will be held as a distinct and separate record. 776 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:40,974 REPORTER 1 : Commissioner. 777 00:42:41,142 --> 00:42:44,353 Is this ruling directed at the M&M Boys and their chase at Ruth's record? 778 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,063 No. This goes for any record. 779 00:42:46,231 --> 00:42:47,773 REPORTER 1 : Any record? -Let me repeat. 780 00:42:48,274 --> 00:42:49,316 Any record. 781 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:51,318 Commissioner, according to my schedule... 782 00:42:51,486 --> 00:42:53,779 ...game 1 54 is September 20th in Baltimore. 783 00:42:53,947 --> 00:42:56,365 -lsn't that where the Babe was born? REPORTER 2: That's right. 784 00:42:56,532 --> 00:42:57,783 [REPORTERS LAUGHlNG] 785 00:42:57,951 --> 00:43:01,161 What are you gonna do, Rog? Frick used to be The Babe's ghost writer. 786 00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:03,413 -They were tight. -Yeah, but it stinks, Yogi. 787 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:07,167 -lt's a crock of shit's what it is. -Fucking Frick, this is gonna be a circus. 788 00:43:07,335 --> 00:43:09,169 ELSTON: A zoo. -Yeah. 789 00:43:09,921 --> 00:43:11,630 I think Frick's right. 790 00:43:11,798 --> 00:43:14,633 If l'd got it in 1 55, l wouldn't want it. 791 00:43:14,801 --> 00:43:16,760 Wouldn't want it? How could you not? 792 00:43:16,928 --> 00:43:19,638 Not if it had one them thingamajiggers on the end of it. 793 00:43:19,806 --> 00:43:22,683 How about you, Rog? Do you think it's right, this asterisk? 794 00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:23,850 I don't know, fellas. 795 00:43:24,018 --> 00:43:26,853 Say Mickey breaks it in 1 54 and then l pass him later. 796 00:43:27,021 --> 00:43:29,356 What are they gonna say if that happens? Huh? 797 00:43:29,524 --> 00:43:31,191 In my mind, a season's a season. 798 00:43:31,359 --> 00:43:33,235 Then you disagree with Frick's ruling? 799 00:43:33,403 --> 00:43:35,612 ROGER: He's the commissioner. lt's not my place. 800 00:43:35,780 --> 00:43:37,531 We got eight extra games, it's true... 801 00:43:37,699 --> 00:43:40,951 ...but Ruth never had to fly to the West Coast or play in night games. 802 00:43:41,119 --> 00:43:42,577 I just think it's harder for us. 803 00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:44,663 Babe hit .343 the year he set the record. 804 00:43:44,831 --> 00:43:47,040 You're hitting .270. You feel bad about that? 805 00:43:47,208 --> 00:43:50,502 No. Why should l feel bad when l'm doing the best I can, Artie? 806 00:43:50,670 --> 00:43:53,880 Think if you focused less on the record, you'd hit for better average? 807 00:43:54,048 --> 00:43:56,258 I'm not focusing on the record, you guys are. 808 00:43:58,094 --> 00:43:59,136 I'm gonna go hit. 809 00:43:59,304 --> 00:44:01,179 GREEN: Wait, Rog, I got a couple more questions. 810 00:44:01,347 --> 00:44:02,347 Watch out, Artie. 811 00:44:02,515 --> 00:44:04,349 Jeez, man, l saved your life. 812 00:44:04,517 --> 00:44:06,476 Look, fellows, all this is bullshit. 813 00:44:06,644 --> 00:44:11,523 When one of us has got 50 coming in the last month, talk to us then. 814 00:44:11,691 --> 00:44:13,525 GREEN: Maris took a shot at the commissioner... 815 00:44:13,693 --> 00:44:15,319 ...by saying that The Babe had it easier. 816 00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:18,739 I did not say The Babe had it easier. Do you believe this shit? 817 00:44:18,906 --> 00:44:19,906 You got to be careful. 818 00:44:20,074 --> 00:44:22,367 You'd think l was trying to replace Jesus Christ. 819 00:44:22,535 --> 00:44:24,745 -Then don't read the Daily News. ROGER: What? 820 00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:28,623 Look, in '56, I had 52 home runs. That's all anybody could ever talk about. 821 00:44:28,791 --> 00:44:31,501 Ruth this, Ruth that, 24 hours a day. 822 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,295 We're chasing a ghost, Rog. 823 00:44:33,463 --> 00:44:36,757 You go in that clubhouse, he's there. You're at home plate, he's there. 824 00:44:36,924 --> 00:44:40,010 You're in the outfield, he's there, the fat fuck. He's everywhere. 825 00:44:40,178 --> 00:44:41,428 We're playing in his house. 826 00:44:41,596 --> 00:44:43,889 You got it worse. You're playing in his position. 827 00:44:44,057 --> 00:44:46,600 But this is ridiculous. I don't give a damn about Ruth. 828 00:44:46,768 --> 00:44:49,186 Well, you better, because he's a god to these people. 829 00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:52,230 Well, screw it then. I'm just not gonna do anymore interviews. 830 00:44:52,398 --> 00:44:54,941 You can't do that neither. They're gonna come after you. 831 00:44:55,109 --> 00:44:58,111 -You gotta give them something. -What am l supposed to give them? 832 00:44:58,279 --> 00:45:00,113 I don't know, something about yourself. 833 00:45:00,281 --> 00:45:04,743 I mean, l don't know if you noticed, but you ain't that big a talker. 834 00:45:04,911 --> 00:45:09,039 Well, l don't know what to talk about. I don't know what l'm supposed to say. 835 00:45:09,624 --> 00:45:11,792 I don't know, Rog. 836 00:45:12,293 --> 00:45:14,461 I've been living with you most of the season... 837 00:45:14,629 --> 00:45:16,630 ...and l don't know nothing about you. 838 00:45:17,382 --> 00:45:21,635 Well, l was raised in Fargo, I played baseball, basketball, football. 839 00:45:22,428 --> 00:45:24,638 I married my high school sweetheart. 840 00:45:24,806 --> 00:45:27,224 You know, chose baseball and played in the Minors... 841 00:45:27,392 --> 00:45:31,103 ...came up with Cleveland, got traded to Kansas City, then l came here. 842 00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:33,939 -You're right, don't talk to them. -Shit. 843 00:45:34,107 --> 00:45:35,649 [ALL LAUGHING] 844 00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:40,821 A real pitcher's duel here tonight. 845 00:45:40,988 --> 00:45:43,240 Game tied at one here in the bottom of the sixth. 846 00:45:43,408 --> 00:45:47,327 Two outs, Richardson on third, and here comes the big guy, Roger Maris. 847 00:45:47,495 --> 00:45:50,664 RIZZUTO: Okay, Roger's stepping in there. And, boy, they're playing him deep. 848 00:45:50,832 --> 00:45:53,500 Look at that, the second baseman is actually on the grass. 849 00:45:53,668 --> 00:45:56,503 Boy, that's where the outfield used to play me. 850 00:46:04,470 --> 00:46:07,347 -Get a hit now, Rog. -He always hits good against this guy. 851 00:46:07,515 --> 00:46:10,016 -Come on, Rog, knock one. -Come on, get some wood. 852 00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:13,270 ALLEN: Roger hasn't had one in a week and he'd love to get a hold of one. 853 00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:16,606 RIZZUTO: Can I wish a happy birthday--? -No, here comes the pitch, phil. 854 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:18,859 RIZZUTO: He bunts. Holy cow, it's a squeeze play. 855 00:46:19,026 --> 00:46:21,653 Richardson's looking for home, Maris going to first. 856 00:46:21,821 --> 00:46:23,196 Richardson's safe. 857 00:46:23,364 --> 00:46:25,031 UMPIRE: Safe. TEAM: Yeah! 858 00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:26,241 Yeah. 859 00:46:26,409 --> 00:46:29,786 RIZZUTO: Wow, Yanks take the lead 2 to 1 . Holy cow. 860 00:46:30,371 --> 00:46:32,247 Perfect placement. That's a player. 861 00:46:32,415 --> 00:46:35,000 MVP. Most Valuable Player. 862 00:46:35,168 --> 00:46:37,794 -Yeah, yeah. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 863 00:46:37,962 --> 00:46:40,547 They were playing me deep and we really needed that run. 864 00:46:40,715 --> 00:46:42,048 They don't pay you to bunt. 865 00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:44,634 They pay me to help the team win. That's what l did. 866 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:47,929 Look, Mickey's ahead 43 to 41 . You haven't had a home run in a week. 867 00:46:48,097 --> 00:46:49,890 You're falling behind Ruth's pace. 868 00:46:50,057 --> 00:46:52,601 Is the pressure starting to get to you? Feeling gun-shy? 869 00:46:52,768 --> 00:46:55,228 I strike out and you say I'm swinging for the fences. 870 00:46:55,396 --> 00:46:57,397 I bunt, you say l'm afraid to hit home runs. 871 00:46:57,565 --> 00:46:59,232 WRlTER 1 : You're a game up on the Tigers. 872 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,902 Shouldn't you focus on winning the pennant? 873 00:47:02,069 --> 00:47:03,111 That's what l'm doing. 874 00:47:03,279 --> 00:47:06,072 SlMON: Have you seen the poll? -No, I try not to read the papers. 875 00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,867 It says 80 percent of the fans are rooting for Mickey. 876 00:47:09,035 --> 00:47:11,578 Eighty percent. Well, l guess that seems right, yeah. 877 00:47:11,746 --> 00:47:12,746 Why is that? 878 00:47:12,914 --> 00:47:14,831 Maybe I'm not a New York kind of guy, Sam. 879 00:47:14,999 --> 00:47:16,833 I'm some dumb redneck from North Dakota. 880 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:19,044 Think that's the way the fans think of you? 881 00:47:19,212 --> 00:47:20,921 Shit, I don't know how they see me. 882 00:47:21,088 --> 00:47:22,172 WRlTER 2: Give us something. 883 00:47:22,340 --> 00:47:23,840 -Come on. ROGER: Could you help me out? 884 00:47:24,008 --> 00:47:28,386 -What's going on here, Milt? -Wild dogs. 885 00:47:28,554 --> 00:47:30,639 All right, that's it for tonight. That's all. 886 00:47:30,806 --> 00:47:31,973 WRlTER 1 : We have a job to do. 887 00:47:32,141 --> 00:47:34,267 SlMON: He's getting a little full of himself, Ralph. 888 00:47:37,605 --> 00:47:39,523 ROGER: l'm some dumb redneck from North Dakota. 889 00:47:39,690 --> 00:47:41,399 Shit, I don't know how they see me. 890 00:47:41,567 --> 00:47:43,443 Maybe l'm just not a New York kind of guy. 891 00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:45,612 Why don't you go back home where you belong? 892 00:47:45,780 --> 00:47:47,113 Nobody wants you here. 893 00:47:47,281 --> 00:47:48,823 You go ahead and get out of here. 894 00:47:48,991 --> 00:47:51,076 This is the Bronx. This is Mickey's town. 895 00:47:51,244 --> 00:47:52,452 [BAT CRACKS] [CROWD BOOING] 896 00:47:52,620 --> 00:47:54,663 ALLEN: There it is, number 45 for Roger Maris. 897 00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:57,332 RIZZUTO: Oh, they're letting him have it here at Griffith Park. 898 00:47:57,500 --> 00:48:00,710 Roger Maris with his 45th home run drawing a lot of boos. 899 00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:05,131 -Boy, these Boston fans are tough. ALLEN: You can say that again. 900 00:48:05,633 --> 00:48:07,592 You believe this crap? 901 00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:11,096 NEWSCASTER [ON TV]: M&M fever has gripped the nation. 902 00:48:11,264 --> 00:48:12,556 At the White House today... 903 00:48:12,723 --> 00:48:15,225 ...president Kennedy interrupted a press conference... 904 00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:18,937 ...to announce that Roger Maris hit his 47th and 48th home runs. 905 00:48:19,105 --> 00:48:22,148 That's seven home runs for Maris in his last six games. 906 00:48:22,316 --> 00:48:25,569 But with Mickey Mantle right on his heels with 45... 907 00:48:25,736 --> 00:48:27,988 ...the race is still very much alive. 908 00:48:28,155 --> 00:48:31,825 Still six weeks until Frick's deadline as the Yankees head to the West Coast... 909 00:48:31,993 --> 00:48:36,830 ...to play the new Los Angeles Angels and Roger Maris just 1 2 home runs away. 910 00:48:36,998 --> 00:48:40,584 Woo-hoo! Hot damn, honey, this is great news. 911 00:48:40,751 --> 00:48:42,085 Oh, wow. 912 00:48:42,253 --> 00:48:44,004 So you all right? Everything's fine? 913 00:48:44,171 --> 00:48:46,089 -l'm fine. -Oh, good. 914 00:48:46,257 --> 00:48:49,259 -Three more days, I would have been there. -Don't worry about it. 915 00:48:49,427 --> 00:48:52,429 I tried to wait for you, but Randy had other ideas. 916 00:48:52,597 --> 00:48:54,431 Yeah, l bet he did. 917 00:48:54,599 --> 00:48:56,725 I can't wait to tell the fellas. This is great. 918 00:48:56,892 --> 00:49:01,938 -So who does he look like? -Well, l hate to say it, but Babe Ruth. 919 00:49:02,106 --> 00:49:03,523 -What? -Roger, l'm kidding. 920 00:49:03,691 --> 00:49:05,442 Oh, sorry, honey. Yeah, l'm a little-- 921 00:49:05,610 --> 00:49:08,028 Hey, Rog, l hear you got good news. Congratulations. 922 00:49:08,195 --> 00:49:09,237 -Yeah. -What's his name? 923 00:49:09,405 --> 00:49:10,447 -Ruth. -Very funny. 924 00:49:10,615 --> 00:49:13,241 Oh, that's wonderful, honey. That's really, really great. 925 00:49:13,409 --> 00:49:15,118 -Hey, Rog-- -Hey, Artie, do you mind? 926 00:49:15,286 --> 00:49:16,328 I'm talking to my wife. 927 00:49:16,495 --> 00:49:17,871 How much did he weigh? We got a pool going. 928 00:49:18,039 --> 00:49:19,039 [RANDY CRYING] 929 00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:21,374 Hear that? Your son wants you to hit him a home run tonight. 930 00:49:21,542 --> 00:49:24,127 Honey, if it were that easy I'd do it every time. 931 00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:25,545 Are you okay? 932 00:49:25,713 --> 00:49:29,716 Yeah, yeah, l'm fine. I just, you know, should have been there. 933 00:49:29,884 --> 00:49:32,135 GARAGlOLA: Two and 0 the count. Here's the pitch. 934 00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:34,804 There it goes. Back to the wall. 935 00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,599 It's gone. Oh, doctor. 936 00:49:37,767 --> 00:49:41,853 Fifty home runs and he still has 29 games to break Ruth's record. 937 00:49:42,021 --> 00:49:45,065 You know, I think this may be the real news flash of the day, gang. 938 00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:47,567 Roger Maris is actually smiling. 939 00:49:52,573 --> 00:49:54,199 What the hell is this now? 940 00:49:54,367 --> 00:49:56,451 REPORTER 1 : Roger, Roger. REPORTER 2: Roger. 941 00:49:56,619 --> 00:49:58,828 REPORTER 3: Roger. REPORTER 4: Roger. 942 00:49:59,121 --> 00:50:01,373 [REPORTERS AND FANS SHOUTlNG] 943 00:50:01,874 --> 00:50:03,541 Back away from the door, please. 944 00:50:03,709 --> 00:50:06,503 REPORTER 1 : May I ask you a few questions? ROGER: Back off of the door. 945 00:50:06,671 --> 00:50:09,089 -Roger, how does it feel to hit 50? ROGER: l'm sorry, fellas. 946 00:50:09,256 --> 00:50:11,091 This is my home, this is not the ball park. 947 00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:13,927 -You think you could break the record? -Get off the grass. 948 00:50:14,095 --> 00:50:15,136 I don't have a comment. 949 00:50:15,304 --> 00:50:17,430 Watch the bushes. Could you watch the bushes? 950 00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:19,683 How'd you get this address? 951 00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:21,810 I just followed the crowd. 952 00:50:21,977 --> 00:50:23,645 REPORTER 5: Roger. Photo, please. 953 00:50:23,813 --> 00:50:26,439 Folks, leave me alone, this is my home. 954 00:50:27,233 --> 00:50:29,567 Daddy. 955 00:50:29,735 --> 00:50:31,444 Hi. Hi, sugar. 956 00:50:31,612 --> 00:50:33,530 Daddy, all these people are here for you. 957 00:50:33,698 --> 00:50:37,033 Yeah, l know. lt's okay. 958 00:50:38,119 --> 00:50:41,079 -How did they get this address? -One of the papers published it. 959 00:50:41,247 --> 00:50:42,747 Which one? I'm gonna call now. 960 00:50:42,915 --> 00:50:44,040 PAT: Roger. -Yeah? 961 00:50:44,208 --> 00:50:48,294 -Wouldn't you like to meet your new son? -Oh, God, of course, Pat. 962 00:50:48,462 --> 00:50:52,132 I'm sorry. I just-- Those reporters. 963 00:50:52,299 --> 00:50:53,758 Hey. 964 00:50:55,344 --> 00:50:56,553 Ohh. 965 00:50:58,180 --> 00:51:00,974 Ohh. Look at you. 966 00:51:02,309 --> 00:51:03,852 Come here. 967 00:51:06,689 --> 00:51:08,440 Hi there. 968 00:51:11,110 --> 00:51:12,235 [LAUGHS] 969 00:51:12,403 --> 00:51:15,447 He does look like The Babe, doesn't he? 970 00:51:18,576 --> 00:51:20,827 [COUNTRY MUSlC PLAYlNG ON RADIO] 971 00:51:24,373 --> 00:51:25,707 Yeehaw! 972 00:51:27,752 --> 00:51:29,502 Whoa! Whoo! 973 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,629 I've got you. 974 00:51:33,007 --> 00:51:34,507 Try it. 975 00:51:35,968 --> 00:51:37,844 Hey, Rog. Now, this is good. 976 00:51:38,012 --> 00:51:39,888 -A lot better than them eggs. PAT: Ha-ha-ha. 977 00:51:40,055 --> 00:51:42,015 -You try those? -God, no. 978 00:51:42,183 --> 00:51:45,018 ROGER: Ha, ha. You love them. -Beer, Mickey? 979 00:51:46,479 --> 00:51:50,190 Uh, no. No, this is good. 980 00:51:52,526 --> 00:51:54,110 Is he all right? 981 00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,404 Uh.... 982 00:51:56,822 --> 00:51:58,656 You know, it's been hard. 983 00:51:58,824 --> 00:52:05,330 With the pressure and New York and the papers. 984 00:52:08,042 --> 00:52:11,377 But he's having a hell of a season, that little son of a bitch. 985 00:52:11,545 --> 00:52:13,046 Pardon me. 986 00:52:14,340 --> 00:52:17,467 Three days just isn't enough. 987 00:52:17,635 --> 00:52:20,887 And by the time he's ready to be here, it's time for him to leave. 988 00:52:21,847 --> 00:52:23,848 ROGER: All right, let's go eat. 989 00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:28,102 Whoo! Come on, Junior. 990 00:52:30,439 --> 00:52:32,065 -How's the eats? MlCKEY: Great. 991 00:52:32,233 --> 00:52:33,441 -Good. Yeah. -Daddy. 992 00:52:33,609 --> 00:52:36,027 I know who the best baseball player in the world is. 993 00:52:36,195 --> 00:52:38,321 -Who's that, honey? -Mickey. 994 00:52:38,489 --> 00:52:39,572 [ALL LAUGH] 995 00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:41,866 -Who told you that? -Mickey. 996 00:52:42,034 --> 00:52:45,036 -Hey, she asked. -That's about right. 997 00:52:45,204 --> 00:52:46,412 [PHONE RlNGING] 998 00:52:46,580 --> 00:52:47,747 I'll get that. 999 00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:54,212 Hello? 1000 00:52:56,966 --> 00:52:58,633 Who is this? 1001 00:52:59,343 --> 00:53:01,427 ROGER: What's wrong, Pat? -Roger. 1002 00:53:02,972 --> 00:53:04,430 Who is it? 1003 00:53:04,557 --> 00:53:06,933 Thanks very much. I appreciate your help. 1004 00:53:07,101 --> 00:53:08,476 You bet. 1005 00:53:21,949 --> 00:53:25,785 Well, the detective says 99 percent it's just a prank. 1006 00:53:25,953 --> 00:53:27,495 You know. 1007 00:53:28,289 --> 00:53:30,081 If somebody's gonna kidnap your kid... 1008 00:53:30,249 --> 00:53:32,458 ...they're not gonna call and warn you about it. 1009 00:53:32,626 --> 00:53:34,627 Well, that makes sense. 1010 00:53:35,379 --> 00:53:36,421 But just to be safe... 1011 00:53:36,589 --> 00:53:39,966 ...they're gonna leave some of the guys stationed around the house so.... 1012 00:53:40,342 --> 00:53:41,718 Do you want me to stay over? 1013 00:53:42,887 --> 00:53:45,763 No, it's.... lt's all right. 1014 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,558 Oh, l'm probably in the way here anyway. 1015 00:53:48,726 --> 00:53:52,312 No, Mickey, we really appreciate you being here. 1016 00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:56,316 -Listen, do me a favor, would you? -Oh, yeah, anything, Rog. 1017 00:53:56,483 --> 00:53:59,527 Just don't tell anybody about this, you know. Not even the fellas. 1018 00:53:59,695 --> 00:54:00,778 Oh, of course. 1019 00:54:00,946 --> 00:54:05,366 I just don't wanna find it making its way into the papers, you know. 1020 00:54:06,285 --> 00:54:07,911 You sure know how to spoil a good time. 1021 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,662 [CHUCKLES] 1022 00:54:13,167 --> 00:54:15,084 -Good night. -Yeah. 1023 00:54:15,252 --> 00:54:17,170 -l'll see you at the park. -Yeah. 1024 00:54:17,338 --> 00:54:20,548 Thanks for the day. 1025 00:54:20,716 --> 00:54:22,175 All right. 1026 00:54:37,983 --> 00:54:39,984 [BABY FUSSlNG] 1027 00:54:40,235 --> 00:54:41,861 ROGER: Shh. 1028 00:54:54,667 --> 00:54:56,376 Hey, Merlyn, it's me. 1029 00:54:56,543 --> 00:54:58,753 MERLYN [OVER PHONE]: What time is it? -l don't know. 1030 00:54:58,921 --> 00:55:00,046 What's wrong? 1031 00:55:00,214 --> 00:55:02,882 Well, l just called to say hi to the boys. 1032 00:55:03,050 --> 00:55:05,468 Oh, Jesus. 1033 00:55:05,636 --> 00:55:07,720 Mickey, it's 2:30. 1034 00:55:08,889 --> 00:55:13,893 Well, l just called to make sure everybody's all right. 1035 00:55:14,061 --> 00:55:16,813 Well, they'd like to talk to you more. 1036 00:55:17,648 --> 00:55:21,067 -That's why l'm calling. -Well, it's a little bit past their bedtime. 1037 00:55:21,235 --> 00:55:24,529 Okay, then l'll call back tomorrow. 1038 00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:27,573 What time do they get up for school? 1039 00:55:27,741 --> 00:55:31,411 Mickey, it's August. 1040 00:55:31,912 --> 00:55:33,287 Oh. 1041 00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:36,958 God, I'm stupid. 1042 00:55:38,919 --> 00:55:41,045 I'll tell them you called. 1043 00:55:41,213 --> 00:55:42,588 [SIGHS] 1044 00:55:43,090 --> 00:55:53,391 Mickey? 1045 00:55:54,852 --> 00:55:58,146 -Not when these hot dogs are so good. -Good? They're a home run. 1046 00:55:58,313 --> 00:56:00,273 Home run? They're a grand slam. 1047 00:56:00,441 --> 00:56:01,774 Just like at the ballpark. 1048 00:56:01,942 --> 00:56:03,693 ANNOUNCER: M&M Hot Dogs at Daitch shopwell. 1049 00:56:03,861 --> 00:56:06,195 -Hey. -Oh, tough luck, Mick. 1050 00:56:06,363 --> 00:56:07,780 Right into the water hole. 1051 00:56:07,948 --> 00:56:09,449 --would resume nuclear testing. 1052 00:56:09,616 --> 00:56:12,118 -Everyone is concerned about one thing. -Look at this. 1053 00:56:12,286 --> 00:56:14,912 Who's going to break Babe Ruth's home-run record? 1054 00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,957 Roger Maris comes into this crucial Labor Day weekend series... 1055 00:56:18,125 --> 00:56:20,501 ...against the second place Tigers with 51 . 1056 00:56:20,669 --> 00:56:23,546 But Mickey Mantle is right behind him with 48. 1057 00:56:23,714 --> 00:56:26,924 So the only question now is which M to root for. 1058 00:56:27,092 --> 00:56:29,343 Well, no doubt. I mean, it's Mickey Mantle. 1059 00:56:29,511 --> 00:56:31,345 He's the greatest player that ever was. 1060 00:56:31,513 --> 00:56:35,141 Well, l don't wanna see Roger Maris break the record. 1061 00:56:35,309 --> 00:56:36,768 He's always frowning. 1062 00:56:36,935 --> 00:56:38,811 Besides, Mickey's such a dreamboat. 1063 00:56:39,772 --> 00:56:40,813 Hey, dreamboat. 1064 00:56:40,981 --> 00:56:44,400 If anyone's gonna break the record, I think it ought to be Mantle. 1065 00:56:44,568 --> 00:56:48,529 Because after all, he's really a Yankee. 1066 00:56:48,697 --> 00:56:51,115 I mean, the real Yankee kind of guy. 1067 00:56:51,283 --> 00:56:54,660 I never heard of this guy, Maris, till last year. 1068 00:56:54,828 --> 00:56:57,914 And l don't know. He leaves me flat. 1069 00:56:58,082 --> 00:57:00,416 REPORTER: And who are you rooting for? -l want Roger. 1070 00:57:00,584 --> 00:57:02,835 -There you go, you got a vote. REPORTER: And why is that? 1071 00:57:03,003 --> 00:57:06,339 Well, because everyone else is rooting for Mickey. 1072 00:57:06,507 --> 00:57:10,343 REPORTER: The year Ruth hit 60, his teammate, Lou Gehrig, hammered 47. 1073 00:57:10,511 --> 00:57:13,012 They were bitter rivals and barely spoke. 1074 00:57:13,180 --> 00:57:15,973 As for the M&M boys, l'm told there's also a rift. 1075 00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:17,725 Even a feud growing between them. 1076 00:57:17,893 --> 00:57:20,937 -Are we feuding? -Yeah, I guess so. It's on TV. 1077 00:57:21,105 --> 00:57:23,481 -Well, fuck you, then. -Up yours. 1078 00:57:23,649 --> 00:57:26,025 --Yankee players are pulling for Mantle. 1079 00:57:26,401 --> 00:57:28,069 But you didn't hear that from me. 1080 00:57:28,237 --> 00:57:31,614 From Yankee Stadium, l'm Gabe pressman. 1081 00:57:31,907 --> 00:57:33,908 [UPBEAT JlNGLE PLAYlNG OVER TV] 1082 00:57:36,036 --> 00:57:39,539 -Oh. Time for Andy Griffith. -Oh, yeah? 1083 00:57:44,711 --> 00:57:46,045 Hey, Bob, are you awake? 1084 00:57:47,548 --> 00:57:50,091 Yeah, sort of. 1085 00:57:51,552 --> 00:57:53,261 Is it true... 1086 00:57:54,012 --> 00:57:56,347 ...what they're saying on TV there about Mickey... 1087 00:57:57,724 --> 00:57:59,475 ...and all the fellas rooting for him? 1088 00:57:59,643 --> 00:58:01,227 Oh, jeez, don't ask me this. 1089 00:58:02,229 --> 00:58:05,314 Look, it's all right, you know, I just wanna know. 1090 00:58:08,694 --> 00:58:12,071 What are you, a reporter all of a sudden? Heh-heh. 1091 00:58:17,578 --> 00:58:20,079 How should I know what anybody thinks? 1092 00:58:20,914 --> 00:58:22,582 I mean, Mickey's been here forever. 1093 00:58:22,958 --> 00:58:24,000 Yeah, l know. 1094 00:58:24,168 --> 00:58:26,794 Most of the guys, they've known him five years, 1 0 years. 1095 00:58:26,962 --> 00:58:30,214 -They came up with him in the farm system. -Yeah. 1096 00:58:30,382 --> 00:58:35,094 Well, l'm not saying that's what it is, you know? 1097 00:58:35,971 --> 00:58:39,015 We don't talk about it. I don't know. 1098 00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:43,811 I mean, it's nothing personal if they do. 1099 00:58:43,979 --> 00:58:47,106 But l'm not saying they do because l don't know. 1100 00:58:47,774 --> 00:58:49,775 But if they were... 1101 00:58:50,444 --> 00:58:52,612 ...it's not personal, you know? 1102 00:58:52,779 --> 00:58:54,197 Yeah. 1103 00:58:54,448 --> 00:58:55,781 Sure. 1104 00:58:56,450 --> 00:58:58,743 I don't hear nothing. 1105 00:59:02,748 --> 00:59:04,207 Thanks. 1106 00:59:06,627 --> 00:59:08,252 MAN 1 : Mickey, sign this for me. 1107 00:59:08,420 --> 00:59:10,421 [CROWD CLAMORING] 1108 00:59:12,132 --> 00:59:13,633 WOMAN: I love you. 1109 00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:15,301 I love you, Mickey! 1110 00:59:17,554 --> 00:59:19,972 MAN 2: Gathering over here. MAN 3: Hey, Maris! 1111 00:59:20,140 --> 00:59:23,976 Hey, Maris, if I was batting in front of Mickey, l'd have 50 homers too. 1112 00:59:24,144 --> 00:59:25,937 Roger. Roger. 1113 00:59:26,104 --> 00:59:28,105 Please, Roger. Make it for my sick kid. 1114 00:59:28,273 --> 00:59:30,650 -He loves you, Roger, please. -Sure. 1115 00:59:30,817 --> 00:59:32,818 -Just put your X on the ball, please. -Okay. 1116 00:59:32,986 --> 00:59:36,322 Oh, God. Thank you, thank you. We love you, we love you. 1117 00:59:36,490 --> 00:59:38,407 Hey. Hey, hold on a second. 1118 00:59:39,284 --> 00:59:41,160 MAN: Maris! 1119 00:59:42,371 --> 00:59:43,663 An X? 1120 00:59:43,830 --> 00:59:45,831 What am I, fucking stupid? 1121 00:59:45,999 --> 00:59:47,667 Fuck you, Maris. Fuck you. 1122 00:59:49,628 --> 00:59:51,045 Dan? 1123 00:59:52,172 --> 00:59:53,839 Sit down, Ralph. 1124 00:59:55,676 --> 00:59:57,426 HOUK: You wanted to see me? 1125 00:59:58,095 --> 01:00:01,639 I just love sitting here in the quiet before a game. 1126 01:00:02,307 --> 01:00:04,850 What these seats have seen, huh? 1127 01:00:05,727 --> 01:00:08,020 I've been thinking. I wondered what you thought... 1128 01:00:08,188 --> 01:00:10,856 ...about changing the lineup tonight. 1129 01:00:11,191 --> 01:00:12,733 What kind of change? 1130 01:00:12,901 --> 01:00:15,278 Switching Mantle and Maris. 1131 01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:17,029 You serious? 1132 01:00:17,197 --> 01:00:21,242 We're a game and a half up on the Tigers and you want me to screw with it? 1133 01:00:21,410 --> 01:00:23,202 What is this about? The home runs? 1134 01:00:23,370 --> 01:00:26,372 You reading the fan mail? You wanna let the fans manage the team? 1135 01:00:26,540 --> 01:00:29,041 The fans pay your salary, Ralph. 1136 01:00:29,209 --> 01:00:32,712 Well, you can change the lineup if you want. 1137 01:00:32,879 --> 01:00:34,422 But not while l'm manager. 1138 01:00:34,589 --> 01:00:35,881 And l'll tell you something. 1139 01:00:36,049 --> 01:00:39,051 The right guy is gonna break that stupid record. 1140 01:00:39,594 --> 01:00:41,804 Change the fucking lineup. 1141 01:00:44,766 --> 01:00:46,851 ANNOUNCER: Number six, Al Kaline. 1142 01:00:47,019 --> 01:00:51,314 Well, we got a 1 0-20 here, my friends. Top of the fifth in a scoreless game. 1143 01:00:51,481 --> 01:00:53,399 Two outs, runner on first. 1144 01:00:53,567 --> 01:00:56,277 Here comes Al Kaline to the plate. 1145 01:00:59,823 --> 01:01:01,198 PHlL: But there goes Wood. 1146 01:01:01,992 --> 01:01:04,910 With a line drive through the gap. Boy, this could be trouble. 1147 01:01:05,078 --> 01:01:06,704 It's gonna go in between them. 1148 01:01:06,872 --> 01:01:11,417 There's Maris. Maris makes a great play. Tips it to Mantle and here comes the relay. 1149 01:01:11,585 --> 01:01:15,379 -Faster, hold up, wait a minute! MEL: They're gonna hold him at third. 1150 01:01:18,258 --> 01:01:19,508 -Damn. MEL: Wow, look at that. 1151 01:01:19,676 --> 01:01:21,385 -How about that? PHlL: Holy cow. 1152 01:01:21,553 --> 01:01:24,930 Maris, with one of the best plays I've seen to save a run for the Yanks. 1153 01:01:25,098 --> 01:01:28,267 Boy, the M&M Boys doing it with the glove. 1154 01:01:28,435 --> 01:01:30,478 -No homers tonight. -We won the game. 1155 01:01:30,645 --> 01:01:32,188 You getting a little tired, Rog? 1156 01:01:32,356 --> 01:01:34,607 I'm getting tired of these questions, that's what. 1157 01:01:34,775 --> 01:01:36,108 I understand, just one more. 1158 01:01:36,276 --> 01:01:38,611 I don't think you do understand. You were there. 1159 01:01:38,779 --> 01:01:40,946 Moose won the game for us, Ellie's batting .340. 1160 01:01:41,114 --> 01:01:44,283 Whitey's gonna win 20 games this season. Why don't you talk to them? 1161 01:01:44,451 --> 01:01:46,535 -l'm not the only one on this team. -l got it. 1162 01:01:46,703 --> 01:01:49,121 Rog, one more thing. What's with your new autograph? 1163 01:01:49,289 --> 01:01:50,706 What are you talking about? 1164 01:01:50,874 --> 01:01:53,125 The guy says, ''Put an X on this ball for my kid.'' 1165 01:01:53,293 --> 01:01:55,503 So l sign it X and the son of a bitch takes off. 1166 01:01:55,670 --> 01:01:58,255 I was gonna give him a real one, I was kidding. Shit. 1167 01:01:58,423 --> 01:02:00,549 We win the most important game of the season... 1168 01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:02,676 ...and this is the horseshit they write? 1169 01:02:02,844 --> 01:02:04,053 Hey, Bob, l'm eating here. 1170 01:02:04,221 --> 01:02:07,139 Sorry, Mick. You know you're not the only one with a bum knee. 1171 01:02:07,307 --> 01:02:09,892 I don't know what smells worse, your foot or these eggs. 1172 01:02:10,060 --> 01:02:11,811 This is horseshit, this is horseshit. 1173 01:02:11,978 --> 01:02:13,479 I'd never make a kid cry. 1174 01:02:13,647 --> 01:02:16,023 For a guy who don't like the press, you read a lot. 1175 01:02:16,191 --> 01:02:17,858 Yeah, well, Mickey, listen. 1176 01:02:18,026 --> 01:02:22,029 They wanna write about whatever happens on the ball field, that's fair game, but this? 1177 01:02:22,197 --> 01:02:24,407 This is cheap-shot bullshit. 1178 01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:26,700 Hey, cheap shots, man. That's part of the deal. 1179 01:02:26,868 --> 01:02:30,830 In '53, I tried to volunteer for the Army, but I got rejected on account of my knees. 1180 01:02:30,997 --> 01:02:32,832 Papers started calling me a draft dodger. 1181 01:02:32,999 --> 01:02:35,793 Don't matter what the truth is. I still get booed for that. 1182 01:02:35,961 --> 01:02:39,255 -What do you do? You just get used to it? -No, but you got to. 1183 01:02:39,423 --> 01:02:40,881 -Ow. -What are you doing? 1184 01:02:41,049 --> 01:02:42,341 This hangnail's killing me. 1185 01:02:42,509 --> 01:02:44,677 -Take it in the bedroom. That's disgusting. -Ow. 1186 01:02:44,845 --> 01:02:45,886 ''Mean-spirited Roger.'' 1187 01:02:46,054 --> 01:02:48,806 Hey, I'm not even good enough for people to write about. 1188 01:02:49,850 --> 01:02:52,852 Why are you reading this stuff, Roger? It's not helping you. 1189 01:02:53,019 --> 01:02:56,564 Look, whether you guys break this record or not... 1190 01:02:56,731 --> 01:03:00,443 ...it ain't gonna mean nothing unless we get back to the World Series, you know? 1191 01:03:00,610 --> 01:03:03,112 They may have to cut my knee at the end of the season. 1192 01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:04,989 I might need that 8000 bucks. 1193 01:03:06,032 --> 01:03:08,200 I know, I'm sorry about that. 1194 01:03:10,203 --> 01:03:11,579 Oh. 1195 01:03:11,913 --> 01:03:14,623 Aw. Now look what you've done. 1196 01:03:14,791 --> 01:03:17,001 Probably make it taste better. 1197 01:03:17,502 --> 01:03:21,172 MEL: Maris already hit his 52nd homer today and he's looking for number 53. 1198 01:03:21,590 --> 01:03:24,133 Lary on the mound and the wind up. Here's the pitch. 1199 01:03:25,218 --> 01:03:26,385 Oh, he's got it. 1200 01:03:26,553 --> 01:03:29,555 That ball is deep into right field, hairline back to the wall. 1201 01:03:30,432 --> 01:03:32,808 That ball is going, going.... 1202 01:03:32,976 --> 01:03:36,729 It is gone. Number 53 for Roger Maris. 1203 01:03:36,897 --> 01:03:38,481 How about that? 1204 01:03:38,648 --> 01:03:40,065 MAN: Come on! CROWD: Boo! 1205 01:03:40,233 --> 01:03:41,567 [CROWD BOOING] 1206 01:03:45,864 --> 01:03:48,657 Can you believe this? They're booing him in his own ballpark. 1207 01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:50,951 Yeah, l wonder why, Artie. 1208 01:03:52,496 --> 01:03:54,872 -Bum! MEL: l don't understand this, Phil. 1209 01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,250 No, there's a couple of huckleberries out there letting Roger know... 1210 01:03:58,418 --> 01:04:00,794 ...they don't want him to break Ruth's record, jeez. 1211 01:04:00,962 --> 01:04:02,880 -Nice one. MAN: Did hit the ball. 1212 01:04:03,048 --> 01:04:04,757 You'd never know he has 53 home runs. 1213 01:04:04,925 --> 01:04:06,884 Damned if he does, damned if he don't. 1214 01:04:07,052 --> 01:04:08,260 Nice shot, Rog. 1215 01:04:08,428 --> 01:04:09,762 Good job, Roger. Good job. 1216 01:04:09,930 --> 01:04:12,097 -Good job, Rog. -Put a price on it, baby. 1217 01:04:12,265 --> 01:04:17,686 ANNOUNCER: Number seven, the center fielder, Mickey Mantle. 1218 01:04:17,854 --> 01:04:19,396 Number seven. 1219 01:04:19,564 --> 01:04:21,023 FAN 1 : Mickey! 1220 01:04:21,191 --> 01:04:23,442 Come on, Mick! Mickey, let's go! 1221 01:04:23,610 --> 01:04:24,777 Come on, Mick! 1222 01:04:24,945 --> 01:04:28,197 FAN 2: Mickey! FAN 3: You can do it, Mickey! 1223 01:04:28,365 --> 01:04:30,282 [CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDlNG] 1224 01:04:39,626 --> 01:04:41,126 Time. 1225 01:04:46,633 --> 01:04:49,093 I've never seen him get a hand like this before. 1226 01:04:49,261 --> 01:04:51,637 He's never been the underdog before. 1227 01:04:52,097 --> 01:04:54,098 [CHEERlNG AND APPLAUDING CONTINUE] 1228 01:05:04,776 --> 01:05:06,777 Now, this is really something, folks. 1229 01:05:06,945 --> 01:05:10,155 Mantle is at the plate, stuck on 48 home runs... 1230 01:05:10,323 --> 01:05:15,536 ...and this Yankee crowd is trying to will him back into this home run race. 1231 01:05:15,704 --> 01:05:18,414 -Come on, Mickey. MEL: lt's the Yankee fans at their very best. 1232 01:05:18,582 --> 01:05:19,832 -How about that? PHlL: Wow... 1233 01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:21,333 ...and l tell you something else. 1234 01:05:21,501 --> 01:05:24,378 He gets a hold of one the way he's swinging, it's gonna go to Jersey. 1235 01:05:24,546 --> 01:05:26,005 Mark my word. 1236 01:05:31,928 --> 01:05:34,513 [GROANING] 1237 01:05:42,981 --> 01:05:44,440 Oh, no. 1238 01:05:45,817 --> 01:05:47,526 -Mick, what is it? -l'm okay. 1239 01:05:47,694 --> 01:05:49,028 Come on, let me see. 1240 01:05:49,195 --> 01:05:51,280 -What is it, Mick? -My fucking arm. 1241 01:05:51,448 --> 01:05:53,198 -Ow. -You all right? l can put Blanchard in. 1242 01:05:53,366 --> 01:05:54,366 No. 1243 01:05:54,534 --> 01:05:57,536 -You all right? -Don't ask me twice. 1244 01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:01,165 God. 1245 01:06:14,137 --> 01:06:16,722 You know, I heard Bunting's pitching tomorrow. 1246 01:06:17,223 --> 01:06:18,390 Yup. 1247 01:06:18,558 --> 01:06:20,809 -He's tough. MlCKEY: Yup. 1248 01:06:20,977 --> 01:06:22,728 Win tomorrow and sweep. 1249 01:06:22,896 --> 01:06:24,563 Damn straight. 1250 01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:26,982 We'll get them. 1251 01:06:35,992 --> 01:06:38,869 ANNOUNCER: Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen. 1252 01:06:39,037 --> 01:06:41,038 Here are the starting lineups. 1253 01:06:42,916 --> 01:06:45,292 I always knew I'd end up tying your shoes, Mick. 1254 01:06:45,460 --> 01:06:47,169 I just figured it would be in a nursing home. 1255 01:06:47,337 --> 01:06:48,921 Ow! Fuck, Gus. 1256 01:06:49,089 --> 01:06:51,423 [DOOR OPENS] 1257 01:06:53,176 --> 01:06:54,760 How you doing there, Mickey? 1258 01:06:54,928 --> 01:06:56,261 I'm okay. 1259 01:06:58,556 --> 01:07:00,641 Maybe you ought to sit this one out. 1260 01:07:00,809 --> 01:07:03,268 No fucking way, Ralph. l'm playing. 1261 01:07:05,605 --> 01:07:08,941 What are you looking at him for? It's my arm. l say l'm okay, I'm okay. 1262 01:07:11,403 --> 01:07:12,778 I'm playing. 1263 01:07:12,946 --> 01:07:13,987 [CROWD CHEERING] 1264 01:07:14,155 --> 01:07:17,574 ANNOUNCER: Number seven, the center fielder, Mickey Mantle. 1265 01:07:17,742 --> 01:07:19,535 Number seven. 1266 01:07:21,121 --> 01:07:24,915 -l can't believe he's out there. -You should've seen him last night. 1267 01:07:25,166 --> 01:07:26,625 I know. 1268 01:07:33,299 --> 01:07:34,800 FAN 1 : Let's go! 1269 01:07:35,635 --> 01:07:38,137 MEL: Maris leads off first. 1270 01:07:38,304 --> 01:07:40,013 Here we go, here's the pitch. 1271 01:07:40,181 --> 01:07:42,850 That's gotta hurt with that pulled muscle in his forearm. 1272 01:07:43,017 --> 01:07:45,811 PHlL: Boy, it hurts me just to watch him, Mel. 1273 01:07:47,439 --> 01:07:49,356 Go ahead, try that again. 1274 01:07:55,572 --> 01:07:57,406 FAN 2: Come on, Mick! 1275 01:08:09,753 --> 01:08:11,003 MEL: Bunting sets. 1276 01:08:11,171 --> 01:08:12,629 Here's the pitch. 1277 01:08:12,797 --> 01:08:14,131 [GRUNTS] 1278 01:08:17,010 --> 01:08:21,180 MEL: Oh, my God. lt's a long fly ball deep into right center field. 1279 01:08:21,347 --> 01:08:23,640 Rudy goes back, he's not gonna get there. It's out of here. 1280 01:08:23,808 --> 01:08:26,018 [CHEERlNG] 1281 01:08:26,186 --> 01:08:28,645 He's a fucking god. 1282 01:08:29,189 --> 01:08:31,023 -Oh, yeah. -Forty-nine. 1283 01:08:31,191 --> 01:08:34,693 MEL: Mickey Mantle hit that ball over 450 feet. How about that? 1284 01:08:34,861 --> 01:08:37,154 -Forty-nine! -Forty-nine! 1285 01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:46,288 That is the gutsiest thing I've ever seen on a ball field. 1286 01:08:47,373 --> 01:08:49,958 MEL: They love hearing a big ball park. 1287 01:08:50,460 --> 01:08:52,252 ROGER: Hell of a hit, Mick. Put her there pal. 1288 01:08:52,420 --> 01:08:53,545 Can't do it. 1289 01:08:53,713 --> 01:08:56,715 PHlL: A one-armed home run. I can't even eat pizza with one arm. 1290 01:08:56,883 --> 01:08:58,926 Hell of a job, Mickey, hell of a job. 1291 01:08:59,886 --> 01:09:01,887 -Nice shot. MAN: He's coming to get you, Rog. 1292 01:09:02,055 --> 01:09:05,891 You're nothing without Mickey. He's coming to get you, man. 1293 01:09:06,226 --> 01:09:09,436 Can you believe that shot? One hand. One hand. Whoo. 1294 01:09:09,771 --> 01:09:11,396 [DOOR UNLOCKlNG] 1295 01:09:16,569 --> 01:09:17,611 [GlGGLES] 1296 01:09:17,779 --> 01:09:19,029 Shh. 1297 01:09:28,414 --> 01:09:30,123 Let me get a drink. 1298 01:09:30,291 --> 01:09:31,625 Come on. 1299 01:09:38,091 --> 01:09:39,508 What are you doing up? 1300 01:09:40,093 --> 01:09:42,511 Oh, you know, l couldn't sleep, so.... 1301 01:09:45,348 --> 01:09:46,557 [SIGHS] 1302 01:09:47,433 --> 01:09:49,768 Is that Roger Maris? 1303 01:09:51,229 --> 01:09:53,689 I'm gonna have to take a rain check on tonight, okay? 1304 01:09:53,857 --> 01:09:55,607 -But Mickey. MlCKEY: I know, I'm sorry. 1305 01:09:55,775 --> 01:09:57,276 I'll call you. 1306 01:10:07,620 --> 01:10:09,037 [SIGHS] 1307 01:10:09,497 --> 01:10:11,206 -How's the arm? -Mm. 1308 01:10:18,006 --> 01:10:20,799 You ought to go in early tomorrow, let Gus have a look at it. 1309 01:10:20,967 --> 01:10:24,011 No, I'm all right. l'll be fine. 1310 01:10:24,637 --> 01:10:25,804 Shit, Mickey. 1311 01:10:25,972 --> 01:10:28,765 We're only four games up on Detroit. Take care of yourself. 1312 01:10:28,933 --> 01:10:32,185 All right, if I needed a caretaker, I'd have moved in with my mother. 1313 01:10:41,487 --> 01:10:43,822 I know there's a lot of bullshit about this record. 1314 01:10:43,990 --> 01:10:46,450 I don't care about this stupid record, Mickey. 1315 01:10:46,618 --> 01:10:50,287 -They can shove it up their ass for all I care. -Oh, come on, give me a break. 1316 01:10:50,455 --> 01:10:53,332 -Why can't you just admit you want it too? -Oh, shut up, man. 1317 01:10:53,499 --> 01:10:55,918 Come on, Christ. Have fun with it. 1318 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:59,922 If you can't have a good time playing baseball, there's something wrong with you. 1319 01:11:00,089 --> 01:11:02,049 Easy for you to say, isn't it, Mick? 1320 01:11:02,216 --> 01:11:03,342 Oh, come on. 1321 01:11:03,509 --> 01:11:05,844 Quit feeling so sorry for yourself, huh? 1322 01:11:06,012 --> 01:11:09,181 I mean, hey, man, I know. It's been rough on you, all that stuff. 1323 01:11:09,349 --> 01:11:12,809 But you ain't exactly helping it much. I told you how to handle them guys. 1324 01:11:12,977 --> 01:11:14,019 You don't wanna listen. 1325 01:11:14,187 --> 01:11:17,230 You told me? You told me a lot about a lot of different things. 1326 01:11:17,398 --> 01:11:20,859 Then you go and do whatever you want and nobody says shit about it to you. 1327 01:11:21,027 --> 01:11:23,820 Don't get on my case just because everybody else is on yours. 1328 01:11:23,988 --> 01:11:26,531 -lt's not my problem. -Right, it's my problem. 1329 01:11:26,699 --> 01:11:28,492 My problem. 1330 01:11:28,785 --> 01:11:32,037 You, you just go out and do whatever the hell you want-- 1331 01:11:32,747 --> 01:11:34,665 Mickey, you ever just stop and think... 1332 01:11:34,832 --> 01:11:37,793 ...if you took better care, you wouldn't be getting hurt? 1333 01:11:37,961 --> 01:11:40,921 Did you see what you did out there today with only one arm? 1334 01:11:41,089 --> 01:11:42,965 And tonight, you're out screwing around. 1335 01:11:43,132 --> 01:11:45,884 How'd you do that? You're Mickey Mantle, for chrissake. 1336 01:11:46,052 --> 01:11:49,012 What's that mean? What the fuck's that supposed to mean? 1337 01:11:49,973 --> 01:11:52,766 I don't know, Mick, maybe you're the one who doesn't want it. 1338 01:11:52,934 --> 01:11:55,435 You think you know about me? You don't know shit. 1339 01:11:55,603 --> 01:11:56,979 Yeah? 1340 01:11:57,146 --> 01:11:58,647 Fine. 1341 01:11:59,774 --> 01:12:01,733 My dad died when he was 39. 1342 01:12:01,901 --> 01:12:03,068 Hodgkins. 1343 01:12:03,236 --> 01:12:05,737 My grandfather, my uncle, same thing. 1344 01:12:05,905 --> 01:12:08,240 None of them made it past the age of 45, all right? 1345 01:12:08,408 --> 01:12:10,325 So l'm gonna live my life the way I want. 1346 01:12:14,414 --> 01:12:16,915 Why don't you get off my back. Go call your wife. 1347 01:12:17,083 --> 01:12:19,084 Go cry to her about it. 1348 01:12:20,962 --> 01:12:22,421 All right, then. 1349 01:12:24,424 --> 01:12:25,465 Shit. 1350 01:12:25,633 --> 01:12:27,217 Man. 1351 01:12:48,614 --> 01:12:50,615 [PHONE RlNGING] 1352 01:12:51,659 --> 01:12:52,784 PAT [OVER PHONE]: Hello? 1353 01:12:52,952 --> 01:12:53,952 ROGER: Hi, it's me. 1354 01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:56,663 PAT: Oh, it's late. Is everything all right? 1355 01:12:57,874 --> 01:12:59,875 ROGER: Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. 1356 01:13:00,043 --> 01:13:01,293 PAT: What's wrong? 1357 01:13:01,461 --> 01:13:03,003 [CHATTERlNG] 1358 01:13:03,171 --> 01:13:06,673 PAT: Tell me. ROGER: Oh, l don't know, honey. 1359 01:13:07,216 --> 01:13:10,844 Sometimes I just feel like I'm up against the world here. 1360 01:13:11,179 --> 01:13:12,220 Look, l gotta warm up. 1361 01:13:12,388 --> 01:13:15,432 ROGER: You know, l mean, I can see it. I can see it in their eyes. 1362 01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:17,642 They're all pulling for Mickey. 1363 01:13:17,810 --> 01:13:19,394 PAT: How are you two getting along? 1364 01:13:19,562 --> 01:13:20,604 ROGER: What do you mean? 1365 01:13:20,772 --> 01:13:23,023 PAT: Well, some of the papers say you two are fighting. 1366 01:13:23,191 --> 01:13:26,526 ROGER: No, no, they're just stirring up trouble, you know. 1367 01:13:26,694 --> 01:13:28,945 I hope he hits 80 home runs, Pat, I do. 1368 01:13:29,113 --> 01:13:30,697 PAT: And you hit 81 . 1369 01:13:30,865 --> 01:13:32,074 [PAT AND ROGER CHUCKLE] 1370 01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:33,575 ROGER: Yeah, of course. 1371 01:13:35,036 --> 01:13:36,661 But I just can't figure it, honey. 1372 01:13:36,829 --> 01:13:40,040 Why does it gotta be they only have room in their hearts for one guy? 1373 01:13:40,208 --> 01:13:41,875 PAT: Oh, I don't know, sweetheart. 1374 01:13:42,043 --> 01:13:43,960 ROGER: Boy, sometimes l wish they'd traded me... 1375 01:13:44,128 --> 01:13:45,796 ...at the beginning of the year, you know? 1376 01:13:45,963 --> 01:13:47,672 PAT: Oh, you know you don't mean that, Roger. 1377 01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:51,134 ROGER: No, l do. l really do. 1378 01:13:52,470 --> 01:13:55,430 PAT: Oh, l wish I could be there with you. 1379 01:13:55,598 --> 01:13:57,015 ROGER: Yeah. 1380 01:13:57,183 --> 01:13:59,017 Yeah, me too. 1381 01:14:02,396 --> 01:14:04,397 [MEN CHATTERlNG] 1382 01:14:25,002 --> 01:14:27,337 MAN 1 : lf you want, she's got a sister. MAN 2: Okay. 1383 01:14:32,885 --> 01:14:35,053 MAN 3: Cut right through it. 1384 01:14:38,474 --> 01:14:40,600 [SNEEZES THEN GROANS] 1385 01:14:40,768 --> 01:14:43,478 Why can't l kick this goddamn flu? 1386 01:14:43,646 --> 01:14:46,231 I get it two days, goes away, get it again worse. 1387 01:14:46,399 --> 01:14:49,401 I get these chills, I can't sleep at night. 1388 01:14:49,569 --> 01:14:51,111 Mick, this is my doctor. 1389 01:14:51,279 --> 01:14:54,906 Now, he treats Eddie Fisher, Sammy Davis, a lot of entertainers. 1390 01:14:55,074 --> 01:14:56,867 He's got this magic shot. 1391 01:14:57,034 --> 01:14:59,828 I've been sick during the day, I take one of these shots... 1392 01:14:59,996 --> 01:15:01,580 ...l do the game that night. 1393 01:15:01,873 --> 01:15:05,292 Now, his name's Max Jacobson. You give him a call, he'll take care of you. 1394 01:15:05,459 --> 01:15:06,626 Thanks, Mel. 1395 01:15:07,211 --> 01:15:08,587 You bet. 1396 01:15:10,923 --> 01:15:12,924 Seems like a good idea. 1397 01:15:16,762 --> 01:15:17,762 HOUK: Hey, Mick. 1398 01:15:17,930 --> 01:15:19,931 I'm not gonna take you out of the lineup... 1399 01:15:20,099 --> 01:15:23,393 ...but l need you for the Series, so if you need rest let me know. 1400 01:15:23,561 --> 01:15:25,270 I'll be all right. Tell you what. 1401 01:15:25,438 --> 01:15:28,607 I'll go get this shot and l'll be good as new. 1402 01:15:30,484 --> 01:15:32,777 You take care of yourself. You don't get sick. 1403 01:15:32,945 --> 01:15:35,864 Think your boy Roger's gonna do it now that he's falling apart? 1404 01:15:36,032 --> 01:15:39,284 He's not my boy, and if they pitch to him, he's still got a shot. 1405 01:15:39,452 --> 01:15:41,995 No, it's over. The record's safe. 1406 01:15:42,163 --> 01:15:44,289 -See you, Milt. -Yeah. 1407 01:15:51,422 --> 01:15:52,839 [SIGHS] 1408 01:15:56,802 --> 01:15:58,803 -Oh, hey, l look pretty good there. -Yeah. 1409 01:15:59,472 --> 01:16:01,473 Yeah, never better. 1410 01:16:08,314 --> 01:16:09,814 MlCKEY: Jeez. 1411 01:16:14,403 --> 01:16:16,154 People are stupid sometimes. 1412 01:16:18,658 --> 01:16:20,033 Yeah. 1413 01:16:23,913 --> 01:16:27,707 You know, Mick, where l grew up, you went to school, you got married... 1414 01:16:27,875 --> 01:16:30,669 ...you worked hard and stayed in Fargo the rest of your life. 1415 01:16:30,836 --> 01:16:32,087 That was it. 1416 01:16:32,505 --> 01:16:35,257 I tell you what, that would've been just fine with me. 1417 01:16:35,424 --> 01:16:36,967 Except l.... 1418 01:16:37,134 --> 01:16:39,010 I could play ball. 1419 01:16:41,055 --> 01:16:43,056 And my father taught me just like you. 1420 01:16:43,224 --> 01:16:44,557 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 1421 01:16:44,725 --> 01:16:47,936 He was tough, boy. Pushed us hard. 1422 01:16:48,104 --> 01:16:51,273 My brother Rudy, he was a hell of a player. 1423 01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:53,733 He was far better than I was. 1424 01:16:53,901 --> 01:16:57,112 We all thought that he was gonna be the one. 1425 01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:01,074 I don't think l would've played ball... 1426 01:17:01,242 --> 01:17:03,702 ...if he hadn't had dragged me to the park all the time. 1427 01:17:05,371 --> 01:17:09,457 -Then he got sick with polio. -Oh, jeez. 1428 01:17:09,625 --> 01:17:11,459 It was real bad. 1429 01:17:12,712 --> 01:17:14,963 My father, he just.... 1430 01:17:15,381 --> 01:17:18,758 He just got torn up inside, you know, just.... 1431 01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:27,559 Parents started fighting all the time. Screaming and yelling about everything. 1432 01:17:29,061 --> 01:17:32,105 But nobody ever talked about it, you know. 1433 01:17:32,940 --> 01:17:35,025 Not even in the house. 1434 01:17:37,862 --> 01:17:39,946 Just kept it private. 1435 01:17:40,114 --> 01:17:44,200 You know, it was nobody's business. Your life is your life. 1436 01:17:44,994 --> 01:17:46,411 Yeah. 1437 01:17:51,083 --> 01:17:52,959 You're like a movie star to these people, you know. 1438 01:17:53,127 --> 01:17:56,421 -Oh. -No, you are, Mick. You got a way. 1439 01:17:56,756 --> 01:17:59,049 But me, if l don't wanna talk about things... 1440 01:17:59,216 --> 01:18:02,594 ...and l don't know what they wanna hear and l just wanna play ball... 1441 01:18:02,762 --> 01:18:05,764 ...what does that make me? I mean, does that make me the bad guy? 1442 01:18:05,931 --> 01:18:07,515 There is no bad guy, Rog. 1443 01:18:07,683 --> 01:18:11,770 Well, l got about a thousand more of these says you're wrong. 1444 01:18:12,605 --> 01:18:14,189 I just.... 1445 01:18:14,565 --> 01:18:17,859 I just don't understand why it's so important to them, you know? 1446 01:18:18,611 --> 01:18:22,113 Maybe you ought to forget about your mail for a while, you know? 1447 01:18:22,948 --> 01:18:25,116 Put this shit away. 1448 01:18:25,284 --> 01:18:27,869 No, I gotta write back to the kids, you know. 1449 01:18:29,246 --> 01:18:32,624 Believe it or not, there's some real nice ones in there from the kids. 1450 01:18:42,510 --> 01:18:45,345 -Good night, Rog. -Good night, Mick. 1451 01:18:46,013 --> 01:18:49,099 Happy birthday. Happy birthday, Rog. 1452 01:18:49,266 --> 01:18:51,976 From all the gang at Toots Shor. There you go, pal. 1453 01:18:52,144 --> 01:18:53,478 -Thank you. -Blow the candles. 1454 01:18:53,646 --> 01:18:55,146 -Make a wish. -Blow them out. 1455 01:18:55,314 --> 01:18:57,190 [ALL CHEER] 1456 01:18:57,358 --> 01:18:59,317 -Here we go, toast. -Happy birthday. 1457 01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:00,944 -Cheers. -Happy birthday, Rog. 1458 01:19:01,112 --> 01:19:03,655 -All right. -lt's good shit, huh? 1459 01:19:03,989 --> 01:19:06,991 -Oh, that's good, Mick. -l had Toots bring out the best. 1460 01:19:07,159 --> 01:19:09,786 Man, look at you. You all right? You don't look so good. 1461 01:19:09,954 --> 01:19:12,872 I went to this stupid doctor and got a shot for my flu. 1462 01:19:13,040 --> 01:19:14,499 -Yeah? -Right in my hip. 1463 01:19:14,667 --> 01:19:18,378 Now my hip's all infected or something. It's swollen. I don't know what's wrong. 1464 01:19:18,546 --> 01:19:21,005 -l'll tell you, you should have-- TOOTS: Excuse me, fellas. 1465 01:19:21,173 --> 01:19:23,591 I got a couple of my nieces over at the bar. 1466 01:19:23,759 --> 01:19:26,094 They're nice, sweet college girls down from Boston. 1467 01:19:26,262 --> 01:19:28,179 Would you mind taking a picture with them? 1468 01:19:28,347 --> 01:19:29,931 -Yeah, yeah, sure. -Thanks, Rog. 1469 01:19:30,099 --> 01:19:32,767 Come on, let's go, sweetheart. These are busy men. 1470 01:19:32,935 --> 01:19:34,436 Smile. 1471 01:19:34,895 --> 01:19:36,229 PAT: It's everywhere. 1472 01:19:36,397 --> 01:19:38,481 Well, what do l tell my family, my friends? 1473 01:19:38,649 --> 01:19:41,484 I hope you tell them it's a crock because that's what it is. 1474 01:19:41,652 --> 01:19:44,612 I know, but I'm in the supermarket and people are whispering. 1475 01:19:45,781 --> 01:19:47,574 It's humiliating. 1476 01:19:47,908 --> 01:19:50,452 Why'd you have to go and take a picture with them? 1477 01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:52,537 -l don't know-- -It's embarrassing. 1478 01:19:52,705 --> 01:19:54,330 I don't know what you want from me. 1479 01:19:54,498 --> 01:19:56,875 -Roger. -They introduce me, say take a picture. 1480 01:19:57,042 --> 01:19:59,210 That's what they do. I don't control the press. 1481 01:19:59,378 --> 01:20:01,212 Roger, the kids were upset. 1482 01:20:01,380 --> 01:20:05,216 I was calling every 1 0 minutes. Just thought you were gonna be home to talk to us. 1483 01:20:05,384 --> 01:20:06,885 Look, l'm.... 1484 01:20:07,261 --> 01:20:11,139 Sorry, Pat, l.... Mickey came up to me after the game-- 1485 01:20:11,307 --> 01:20:13,308 It figures. One night out with Mickey. 1486 01:20:13,476 --> 01:20:17,061 No, this has nothing to do with Mickey. I wish you'd just leave him out of it. 1487 01:20:17,688 --> 01:20:18,813 Yeah. 1488 01:20:18,981 --> 01:20:21,232 You know, I don't have time for this, all right? 1489 01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:24,235 I don't know how many more times we can go over it. Sorry. 1490 01:20:24,403 --> 01:20:26,070 -There's nothing l can do. -Roger. 1491 01:20:26,238 --> 01:20:29,741 Look, you know, l gotta get to the airport. I'll call you from Detroit. 1492 01:20:33,871 --> 01:20:35,747 -Strike three. -Come on. 1493 01:20:35,915 --> 01:20:37,790 -That's bullshit. -l don't wanna run you. 1494 01:20:37,958 --> 01:20:40,919 Where's your strike zone? You're up, you're down. Be consistent. 1495 01:20:41,086 --> 01:20:42,670 -Roger, I won't run you. -Bullshit. 1496 01:20:42,838 --> 01:20:44,088 -Don't get tossed. -Come on. 1497 01:20:44,256 --> 01:20:47,091 -Don't get tossed. Don't. -You're better than that. 1498 01:20:47,259 --> 01:20:50,261 MAN: Hey, Roger, up here! Hey, hey! 1499 01:20:50,429 --> 01:20:52,847 Hey, it's the voice from above! 1500 01:20:53,015 --> 01:20:54,265 [LAUGHS] 1501 01:20:54,433 --> 01:20:56,267 Hey, Maris, up here! 1502 01:20:56,435 --> 01:20:57,852 It's The Babe! 1503 01:20:58,020 --> 01:20:59,062 [CROWD LAUGHlNG] 1504 01:21:02,274 --> 01:21:04,192 Hey, hey, you want my record? 1505 01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:05,568 You want my record? 1506 01:21:05,736 --> 01:21:08,738 You can come up and kiss my bambino ass! 1507 01:21:10,616 --> 01:21:14,911 Hey, saw you in the paper the other day! Nice hookers you got there, pal! 1508 01:21:15,454 --> 01:21:17,664 You're nothing. You got nothing! 1509 01:21:17,831 --> 01:21:19,916 You're never gonna be nothing! 1510 01:21:20,084 --> 01:21:21,960 Hey, what, you can't even face me? 1511 01:21:22,127 --> 01:21:24,212 You can't even look at me? 1512 01:21:24,380 --> 01:21:27,048 Oh, you wanna play ball? You wanna play some ball? 1513 01:21:27,216 --> 01:21:28,675 Hey, tell you what. 1514 01:21:28,842 --> 01:21:30,802 Catch this, you piece of shit. 1515 01:21:30,970 --> 01:21:32,470 [PEOPLE SHOUTING] 1516 01:21:32,638 --> 01:21:33,930 Shit. 1517 01:21:34,557 --> 01:21:37,141 Time! What are you, nuts? 1518 01:21:37,309 --> 01:21:38,643 What's the matter with you? 1519 01:21:40,437 --> 01:21:42,272 -All right, let's go, come on. -Come on. 1520 01:21:42,439 --> 01:21:46,067 You fucking maniac! What's wrong with you? 1521 01:21:47,069 --> 01:21:48,736 UMPIRE: We gotta get him off the field. 1522 01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:51,990 -Hey, Rog, we gotta get you off the field. -Horseshit, l'm staying. 1523 01:21:52,157 --> 01:21:54,909 -Ralph, we got a riot! -Hold on a second, it's his call. 1524 01:21:55,077 --> 01:21:56,828 -Wanna play? -l'm playing, staying in. 1525 01:21:56,996 --> 01:21:59,122 -He's playing. UMPIRE: We gotta get him off the field. 1526 01:21:59,290 --> 01:22:01,583 -Get this ball and get him out. HOUK: Wait a minute. 1527 01:22:01,750 --> 01:22:04,460 Don't you tell me to calm down! Don't tell me to calm down! 1528 01:22:04,628 --> 01:22:07,755 You control that field. My men should not be in danger. 1529 01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:09,424 Beat it, goddamn it. 1530 01:22:09,592 --> 01:22:12,510 -Hey, calm down, Ralph. Calm down. -Don't tell me to calm down. 1531 01:22:12,678 --> 01:22:14,762 -Are you gonna--? -Shut up. 1532 01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:17,682 -He shouldn't have to worry about his life. -Your call then. 1533 01:22:17,850 --> 01:22:20,435 You want my call? He's playing. He's playing safe. 1534 01:22:20,603 --> 01:22:21,728 MAN: Roger has been.... 1535 01:22:21,895 --> 01:22:23,896 [CHATTERlNG] 1536 01:22:27,276 --> 01:22:28,943 It's a madhouse out there. 1537 01:22:29,111 --> 01:22:31,863 -You all right, Rog? -Yeah, yeah, l'm fine. 1538 01:22:32,031 --> 01:22:34,699 -Wanna beer? -No. 1539 01:22:36,201 --> 01:22:37,493 [SIGHS] 1540 01:22:39,455 --> 01:22:41,331 Son of a bitch. 1541 01:22:43,417 --> 01:22:45,084 -What's wrong? -Oh, shit. 1542 01:22:45,252 --> 01:22:46,711 What is it? 1543 01:22:49,340 --> 01:22:51,299 Look at this, Gus. 1544 01:22:54,678 --> 01:22:56,679 [CHATTERlNG] 1545 01:23:02,895 --> 01:23:04,562 -Hey, slick, what is that? -Huh? 1546 01:23:04,730 --> 01:23:06,648 Oh, that's nothing. 1547 01:23:06,815 --> 01:23:08,900 MAN 1 : You gotta be patient, man. MAN 2: You need to-- 1548 01:23:09,068 --> 01:23:11,027 Hey, Ralph, Roger won't come out of the-- 1549 01:23:11,195 --> 01:23:14,072 Will you give a guy a break? Did you see what happened today? 1550 01:23:14,239 --> 01:23:18,201 -Come on, Ralph, he's got a responsibility. -You guys are all over him day and night. 1551 01:23:18,369 --> 01:23:21,871 -This is a big story, come on. -Let the man be for a minute, can't you? 1552 01:23:22,039 --> 01:23:24,666 If you can't do that, l'll throw you out. Do you hear me? 1553 01:23:24,833 --> 01:23:27,168 -Bob, do your job. -Move back, will you? 1554 01:23:28,170 --> 01:23:30,505 ROGER: How does it look in back? -A few patches. 1555 01:23:30,673 --> 01:23:32,256 God. 1556 01:23:32,925 --> 01:23:34,342 What the hell is happening to me, Gus? 1557 01:23:34,510 --> 01:23:35,551 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 1558 01:23:35,719 --> 01:23:37,178 FISHEL: It's Fishel. 1559 01:23:37,346 --> 01:23:39,764 -Roger, I need you out there. -l'm not talking, Bob. 1560 01:23:39,932 --> 01:23:42,684 -Look, they've got a job. -What, hurt me and my family? 1561 01:23:42,851 --> 01:23:44,686 You only make it worse by not talking. 1562 01:23:44,853 --> 01:23:48,356 I need you to protect me, Bob. Once, one time. 1563 01:23:48,524 --> 01:23:50,525 Get those bloodsuckers off my back. 1564 01:23:50,693 --> 01:23:52,610 -Roger-- -No, no. I'm done, Bob, l'm done. 1565 01:23:52,778 --> 01:23:54,904 I'm not talking to anybody. You hear me? 1566 01:23:58,909 --> 01:24:01,244 REPORTER 1 : Hey, Bob. REPORTER 2: Bob, Bob. 1567 01:24:01,412 --> 01:24:02,704 [SIGHS] 1568 01:24:02,871 --> 01:24:04,831 Let me see a mirror, Gus. 1569 01:24:24,935 --> 01:24:26,269 Ow! 1570 01:24:28,021 --> 01:24:29,772 [SIGHS] 1571 01:24:29,940 --> 01:24:31,357 [GROANS] 1572 01:24:38,782 --> 01:24:40,825 ROGER: I don't understand it, you know? 1573 01:24:40,993 --> 01:24:43,828 Doctor says it's stress. 1574 01:24:47,791 --> 01:24:51,669 Imagine that, hair falling out from stress. 1575 01:24:51,837 --> 01:24:54,005 Maybe you're in the wrong line of work. 1576 01:24:54,173 --> 01:24:55,882 Yeah, maybe. 1577 01:24:56,049 --> 01:24:57,717 Doctor says to me: 1578 01:24:57,885 --> 01:24:59,677 ''You just stay out of pressure situations.'' 1579 01:24:59,845 --> 01:25:01,345 [BOTH CHUCKLE] 1580 01:25:01,513 --> 01:25:03,014 Even got me on these relaxing pills. 1581 01:25:03,515 --> 01:25:05,349 You know, fuck doctors. 1582 01:25:05,517 --> 01:25:07,310 WAITER: Excuse me. 1583 01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:10,021 -Coffee and a Coke. -Thank you. 1584 01:25:10,189 --> 01:25:11,355 Thanks. 1585 01:25:11,523 --> 01:25:12,565 You see? 1586 01:25:12,733 --> 01:25:14,859 -See how I'm taking care of myself? -Yeah. 1587 01:25:20,449 --> 01:25:23,451 What are you up to now? Five packs a day? 1588 01:25:23,619 --> 01:25:25,745 Can't be too good for you. 1589 01:25:25,913 --> 01:25:27,538 No, probably not. 1590 01:25:28,499 --> 01:25:32,210 You know, when l first come up, I was under so much pressure... 1591 01:25:32,377 --> 01:25:36,255 ...from Casey and everybody telling me I was gonna be the next Joe DiMaggio. 1592 01:25:36,423 --> 01:25:38,966 And they gave me number 6, right? 1593 01:25:39,134 --> 01:25:42,887 Ruth was 3, Gehrig was 4, DiMaggio was 5 and me, number 6. 1594 01:25:43,055 --> 01:25:46,390 I hated that, being in line with the other guys. 1595 01:25:46,558 --> 01:25:50,019 And the press, man, they was all over me. Calling me a hillbilly. 1596 01:25:50,604 --> 01:25:52,814 I mean, l was, you know? 1597 01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:57,777 I get to New York. I got a $7 suitcase and an $8 suit and... 1598 01:25:57,945 --> 01:26:02,657 ...my whole town's got 2000 people in it and Yankee Stadium's got 40 times that. 1599 01:26:02,825 --> 01:26:07,078 I'm 1 8 years old and everybody's expecting a home run every time I get up to the plate. 1600 01:26:07,246 --> 01:26:08,454 Yeah. 1601 01:26:09,164 --> 01:26:12,542 That was killing me. Couldn't hit the ball. 1602 01:26:13,919 --> 01:26:16,295 So Casey sent me back down to the minors... 1603 01:26:16,463 --> 01:26:20,091 ...and l couldn't hit there neither. 1604 01:26:20,592 --> 01:26:23,427 And finally, I called up my dad and told him: 1605 01:26:23,595 --> 01:26:26,514 ''Well, l'm quitting. Can't do it no more.'' 1606 01:26:26,682 --> 01:26:29,267 And he said, ''Where you at?'' 1607 01:26:29,434 --> 01:26:33,813 And l told him and he come on down to Kansas City, that's where l was. 1608 01:26:34,106 --> 01:26:37,400 And throws all my shit in a suitcase and says, ''Okay, let's go. 1609 01:26:37,568 --> 01:26:41,153 You can come back to work the mines with me the rest of your life.'' 1610 01:26:42,781 --> 01:26:46,868 I started crying and he just let me have it, boy. 1611 01:26:47,035 --> 01:26:50,454 He told me, ''You know, you're being such a baby,'' you know. 1612 01:26:50,622 --> 01:26:53,291 ''I thought I raised a man. You ain't nothing but a coward. 1613 01:26:53,458 --> 01:26:55,543 Be a man,'' he says. 1614 01:26:56,962 --> 01:27:02,174 -Truth was I was lonesome, scared. -Yeah. 1615 01:27:03,093 --> 01:27:06,345 Anyway, I started hitting again after that. 1616 01:27:06,513 --> 01:27:07,763 I know. 1617 01:27:07,931 --> 01:27:11,434 Came back up and they gave me number 7. 1618 01:27:12,019 --> 01:27:14,604 I was glad about it. I hated that number 6. 1619 01:27:14,771 --> 01:27:16,314 Yeah. 1620 01:27:21,194 --> 01:27:27,491 Look, l don't want no more money from that M&M Corporation and I think that-- 1621 01:27:27,659 --> 01:27:30,286 -Oh, Mickey, listen to yourself. -You're the one that's-- 1622 01:27:30,454 --> 01:27:33,289 Man, there is no M&M without the two of us so just-- 1623 01:27:33,457 --> 01:27:36,000 Yeah, well, you're the one carrying us now. 1624 01:27:36,168 --> 01:27:37,919 That ain't true, you know. 1625 01:27:38,086 --> 01:27:39,962 You do what you want with it, Rog. 1626 01:27:40,130 --> 01:27:46,135 What l'm saying is I just ain't getting there and.... 1627 01:27:47,346 --> 01:27:51,432 I just can't play no more. 1628 01:27:52,351 --> 01:27:54,060 I'm wore out. 1629 01:27:55,437 --> 01:27:56,938 Done. 1630 01:28:00,025 --> 01:28:02,026 I'm out of the race. 1631 01:28:07,366 --> 01:28:10,159 I thought I took pretty good care of myself too. 1632 01:28:10,911 --> 01:28:13,079 You did, man. 1633 01:28:13,246 --> 01:28:14,622 Damn straight, you did. 1634 01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:18,834 Well, anyway... 1635 01:28:20,337 --> 01:28:22,713 ...he's all yours if you want him. 1636 01:28:26,134 --> 01:28:28,386 You go get that fat fuck. 1637 01:28:31,473 --> 01:28:33,599 MEL: Here is the pitch to Maris. 1638 01:28:38,146 --> 01:28:40,856 -Oh, my, he got a hold of that one. -Fifty-eight. 1639 01:28:41,024 --> 01:28:44,402 MEL: Number 58 for Roger Maris, just two shy of the record. 1640 01:28:44,569 --> 01:28:49,281 He took a fastball from Jim Bunting and drilled it into the second deck. 1641 01:28:49,449 --> 01:28:51,575 How about that? 1642 01:28:52,411 --> 01:28:55,162 Well, l'd like you to come to Baltimore if you could, honey. 1643 01:28:55,330 --> 01:28:56,914 Well, l wish l could, but-- 1644 01:28:57,082 --> 01:28:59,709 You know, the kids have been sick and l can't leave them. 1645 01:28:59,876 --> 01:29:02,503 -Yeah, I know. -But l'll be able to see the game. 1646 01:29:02,671 --> 01:29:03,754 Oh, yeah? How's that? 1647 01:29:03,922 --> 01:29:06,716 Well, one of the TV stations arranged for me to see the game. 1648 01:29:06,883 --> 01:29:09,927 Some kind of special hook up or something. 1649 01:29:10,095 --> 01:29:12,847 I'll be the only one in Kansas to see you break that record. 1650 01:29:13,015 --> 01:29:16,517 Oh, that's great, honey. Oh, that's great. 1651 01:29:16,685 --> 01:29:20,604 Listen, you know, if you could come to New York next week... 1652 01:29:20,772 --> 01:29:23,607 ...you could stay through the Series, that'd be nice. 1653 01:29:23,775 --> 01:29:26,944 -l don't know with the kids, it's-- -Hey, Pat. 1654 01:29:27,946 --> 01:29:31,240 Listen, l really need you there. Um.... 1655 01:29:32,743 --> 01:29:34,869 You know, if you could try.... 1656 01:29:35,704 --> 01:29:37,955 I'll try, Roger. 1657 01:29:39,791 --> 01:29:40,958 Do you promise, honey? 1658 01:29:41,835 --> 01:29:43,127 I promise. 1659 01:29:43,295 --> 01:29:45,171 Okay, then. l gotta go. 1660 01:29:45,338 --> 01:29:48,424 So l'll talk to you soon, l love you. 1661 01:29:48,592 --> 01:29:51,510 -l love you. -All right, bye. 1662 01:29:58,643 --> 01:30:01,687 Two home runs away, Roger. How do you feel about that? 1663 01:30:01,855 --> 01:30:04,523 MAN [OVER TV]: And as the Bronx Bombers arrive today in Baltimore... 1664 01:30:04,691 --> 01:30:06,317 ...the country braces for the showdown. 1665 01:30:07,110 --> 01:30:10,654 No, it's not a showdown about the Yankees and the Orioles... 1666 01:30:10,822 --> 01:30:13,449 ...but about one man versus history. 1667 01:30:13,617 --> 01:30:15,367 And that man is Roger Maris. 1668 01:30:15,535 --> 01:30:17,745 He comes into the game with 58 home runs. 1669 01:30:17,913 --> 01:30:20,247 Should I arrange for you to go to Baltimore? 1670 01:30:20,415 --> 01:30:21,499 -Can he do it? -No. 1671 01:30:21,666 --> 01:30:24,126 Well, all of America is watching. 1672 01:30:35,138 --> 01:30:37,515 -So Milt-- -Where the hell's Roger? 1673 01:30:37,682 --> 01:30:40,017 I don't know, tried him at the hotel, nobody knows. 1674 01:30:40,185 --> 01:30:41,602 He promised me an exclusive. 1675 01:30:41,770 --> 01:30:43,729 What do you want? I don't know where he is. 1676 01:30:43,897 --> 01:30:46,482 Bob, l'm one of the guys that's defended him all year. 1677 01:30:46,650 --> 01:30:48,776 Now he stands me up? What's wrong with him? 1678 01:30:48,944 --> 01:30:50,569 He promises me an exclusive. 1679 01:30:50,737 --> 01:30:53,197 I got a deadline. Now I'm coming in with nothing. 1680 01:30:53,365 --> 01:30:54,865 You know I got 1 5 local papers... 1681 01:30:55,033 --> 01:30:57,576 ...and God knows how many nationals I'm competing with. 1682 01:30:57,744 --> 01:31:01,413 And he doesn't even call? Nothing? Like l don't exist? 1683 01:31:01,581 --> 01:31:03,124 -lt's not right. -l'm sorry, Milt. 1684 01:31:03,291 --> 01:31:05,251 -l can get Mantle. -l don't want Mantle. 1685 01:31:05,418 --> 01:31:08,629 Mantle's not the story anymore. Where's Roger, where the hell is he? 1686 01:31:08,797 --> 01:31:11,048 I swear to God, Milt, if l knew, l'd tell you. 1687 01:31:11,216 --> 01:31:13,551 I'm sorry, Roger's been under a lot of pressure-- 1688 01:31:13,718 --> 01:31:17,054 You know what, Bob? Spare me that. Everybody's under a lot of pressure. 1689 01:31:17,222 --> 01:31:21,267 What do you think my editor's gonna say to me when l show up there empty-handed? 1690 01:31:22,185 --> 01:31:24,270 You know, there isn't a man in America... 1691 01:31:24,437 --> 01:31:27,815 ...who wouldn't give it all up to be playing right field for the Yankees. 1692 01:31:27,983 --> 01:31:30,526 Not a man and he doesn't understand that. 1693 01:31:30,694 --> 01:31:32,236 So don't give me any sob story... 1694 01:31:32,404 --> 01:31:35,239 ...about a guy being paid $38,000 just to play baseball. 1695 01:31:35,407 --> 01:31:36,615 He's been curt, rude. 1696 01:31:36,783 --> 01:31:40,327 He has been sullen, moody and l've been giving him the benefit of the doubt. 1697 01:31:40,495 --> 01:31:43,581 But l've had it, Bob, because now he's making me look bad. 1698 01:31:46,668 --> 01:31:48,377 FISHEL: Milt. 1699 01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:53,299 [THUNDER CRASHlNG] 1700 01:33:23,139 --> 01:33:25,224 What do you mean you don't wanna play tonight? 1701 01:33:25,392 --> 01:33:27,935 I don't know, maybe it's time I took a rest, Ralph, l-- 1702 01:33:28,103 --> 01:33:30,020 You know, I could really use a day off. 1703 01:33:32,315 --> 01:33:35,359 I know we got a 1 0-game lead, but if we win we clinch the pennant. 1704 01:33:35,527 --> 01:33:37,403 -l wanna get it over with. -Yeah, I know. 1705 01:33:37,570 --> 01:33:41,865 You know Mickey's out. Bob's leg worse, he may need surgery by the end of the year. 1706 01:33:42,033 --> 01:33:43,617 The point is l need you. 1707 01:33:43,785 --> 01:33:47,079 Well, l'll be there for you tomorrow, Ralph, l just-- 1708 01:33:47,247 --> 01:33:50,791 You know, I really feel like l could use a day off. 1709 01:33:50,959 --> 01:33:55,212 You know, the only reason most of these fans are here is to see you play. 1710 01:33:55,547 --> 01:33:57,715 You owe it to them to give it your best shot. 1711 01:33:57,882 --> 01:33:59,675 I owe it to them? 1712 01:34:00,218 --> 01:34:01,885 What the hell do I owe them, Ralph? 1713 01:34:02,053 --> 01:34:04,722 You gotta understand, you mean something to these people. 1714 01:34:04,889 --> 01:34:06,765 Good or bad. 1715 01:34:06,933 --> 01:34:09,560 And if you quit now, they'll never forgive you. 1716 01:34:09,728 --> 01:34:12,021 Ralph, they're never gonna forgive me if l do it. 1717 01:34:12,188 --> 01:34:14,064 Is that what you're afraid of? 1718 01:34:16,318 --> 01:34:19,278 No, I just want this whole thing to be over. 1719 01:34:19,904 --> 01:34:21,196 [SIGHS] 1720 01:34:31,333 --> 01:34:35,419 Look, Rog, l'm not a sentimental-type guy, you know... 1721 01:34:35,587 --> 01:34:40,090 ...but most of us bang around the game for a while and then we're forgotten. 1722 01:34:41,134 --> 01:34:46,805 Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, DiMaggio. 1723 01:34:46,973 --> 01:34:51,101 Those guys were bigger than the game. 1724 01:34:51,269 --> 01:34:54,980 And l know that is not what you want. 1725 01:34:55,690 --> 01:34:59,318 But right now, whether you like it or not... 1726 01:35:00,945 --> 01:35:03,030 ...you're bigger than the game. 1727 01:35:03,740 --> 01:35:09,620 This is your one shot to go out there and show them what you're made of. 1728 01:35:10,872 --> 01:35:13,457 And that you owe to yourself. 1729 01:35:15,460 --> 01:35:16,502 I'll tell you what... 1730 01:35:16,669 --> 01:35:19,880 ...why don't you play the first inning and if you wanna come out... 1731 01:35:20,048 --> 01:35:22,549 ...you give me a look and l'll take you out. 1732 01:35:24,427 --> 01:35:25,969 All right, then. 1733 01:35:27,722 --> 01:35:29,306 That sounds fair. 1734 01:35:30,308 --> 01:35:33,143 MEL: Well, you couldn't have picked a worse night for Roger Maris. 1735 01:35:33,311 --> 01:35:34,395 He's got 58 home runs. 1736 01:35:34,562 --> 01:35:38,148 He needs two to tie and three to break the great Babe Ruth's record. 1737 01:35:38,316 --> 01:35:41,819 But the winds of Hurricane Esther are swirling through Memorial Stadium. 1738 01:35:41,986 --> 01:35:44,113 PHlL [OVER TV]: Yes, and as if that weren't bad enough, Mel... 1739 01:35:44,280 --> 01:35:48,659 ...he'll have to do it in The Babe's backyard where he hasn't had a home run all year. 1740 01:35:48,827 --> 01:35:51,370 So sit back, open a Ballantine, because tonight could be history. 1741 01:35:51,538 --> 01:35:52,579 [CROWD BOOING] 1742 01:35:52,747 --> 01:35:55,165 ANNOUNCER: Batting third, center fielder, Roger Maris. 1743 01:35:55,667 --> 01:35:57,876 MEL: Well, Phil, without Mantle batting behind him... 1744 01:35:58,044 --> 01:36:00,003 ...l wonder if they'll pitch around Maris. 1745 01:36:00,171 --> 01:36:02,172 Nobody wants to give up the big home run... 1746 01:36:02,340 --> 01:36:04,758 ...but l believe it's pride and they'll pitch to him. 1747 01:36:04,926 --> 01:36:06,593 MEL: l certainly hope so. PHlL: Well, you know... 1748 01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:07,928 ...l wouldn't, but that's me. 1749 01:36:08,096 --> 01:36:11,807 Okay, and here comes Maris. All eyes are on Rog. 1750 01:36:11,975 --> 01:36:15,978 Fifty-eight home runs, but it's a nasty night here in Baltimore. 1751 01:36:16,146 --> 01:36:17,646 -Go. -Come on, Rog. 1752 01:36:17,814 --> 01:36:20,023 MAN: Get a piece of it. -Get one. 1753 01:36:20,650 --> 01:36:22,359 MEL [OVER TV]: Milt pappas looks in. 1754 01:36:22,527 --> 01:36:23,861 Here's the pitch. 1755 01:36:24,863 --> 01:36:26,780 [CROWD SHOUTING] 1756 01:36:26,948 --> 01:36:28,657 MAN: Get in there. -Go, go, go. 1757 01:36:28,825 --> 01:36:29,825 MEL: That ball is high and deep to right field. 1758 01:36:29,993 --> 01:36:32,536 -No, no, no. -Shit, the wind's got it. 1759 01:36:32,704 --> 01:36:34,163 MEL: It's going. 1760 01:36:34,330 --> 01:36:36,373 Going to be caught. 1761 01:36:36,541 --> 01:36:38,542 [CROWD CHEERING] 1762 01:36:39,711 --> 01:36:42,254 -Oh, it's gonna be a tough night. MAN 1 : All right, let's go. 1763 01:36:42,422 --> 01:36:45,257 -Well, guys, come on now. MAN 2: Let's go, Rog. 1764 01:36:45,425 --> 01:36:47,009 Shit. 1765 01:36:47,886 --> 01:36:49,011 ANNOUNCER: Now batting-- 1766 01:36:49,179 --> 01:36:53,223 MEL: All right, here comes Roger. Blow out to right field his first time up. 1767 01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:55,058 You know, I imagine someday... 1768 01:36:55,226 --> 01:36:57,394 ...someone will write about the month-long... 1769 01:36:57,562 --> 01:37:01,190 ...day-in, day-out pressure on Roger Maris. 1770 01:37:03,443 --> 01:37:05,444 [THUNDER RUMBLlNG] 1771 01:37:06,863 --> 01:37:08,530 Milt Pappas looks in. 1772 01:37:17,540 --> 01:37:19,082 Here's the pitch. 1773 01:37:20,293 --> 01:37:23,504 There's one, that ball is high and deep and into the wind. 1774 01:37:23,671 --> 01:37:25,088 Does it have enough? 1775 01:37:25,882 --> 01:37:26,965 -Come on. -Go, go, go. 1776 01:37:28,635 --> 01:37:30,385 MAN: He's got it. 1777 01:37:31,429 --> 01:37:36,266 That ball is going, going.... 1778 01:37:36,434 --> 01:37:37,684 It is gone. 1779 01:37:37,852 --> 01:37:38,936 ALL: Yeah! 1780 01:37:39,103 --> 01:37:40,270 Damn it. 1781 01:37:40,855 --> 01:37:43,190 -Son of a-- -Bitch. 1782 01:37:46,611 --> 01:37:48,320 MAN: You haven't missed anything, not at all. 1783 01:37:48,488 --> 01:37:50,113 PAT: Okay. -He came up the first time-- 1784 01:37:50,281 --> 01:37:52,699 I didn't know where to go, l got lost-- 1785 01:37:52,867 --> 01:37:55,744 MEL [OVER TV]: Number 59.... -Oh! Oh! Oh! 1786 01:37:55,912 --> 01:37:58,914 -He did it! Yes! -Wow. 1787 01:37:59,082 --> 01:38:00,415 How about that? 1788 01:38:00,583 --> 01:38:02,501 He's got two more bats, maybe three. 1789 01:38:02,669 --> 01:38:05,379 What, all of a sudden you're back on his side? 1790 01:38:07,340 --> 01:38:09,466 MEL: He's only one shy now, folks. -Way to go, Rog. 1791 01:38:09,634 --> 01:38:11,385 MEL: My, my, number 59. -lt's gone. 1792 01:38:11,553 --> 01:38:12,803 MEL: Don't go anywhere. 1793 01:38:14,347 --> 01:38:18,100 -Hey, great. MAN 1 : All right, let's get this, Roger. 1794 01:38:18,268 --> 01:38:20,143 MAN 2: Feel great. MAN 3: Way to go, Roger. 1795 01:38:20,311 --> 01:38:22,020 MAN 4: Two more, two more. -Good job, Roger. 1796 01:38:22,188 --> 01:38:23,814 -Great job, Rog. -Yeah. 1797 01:38:24,399 --> 01:38:26,024 MAN 5: Now, that's how we do it here, huh? 1798 01:38:26,192 --> 01:38:27,526 What happened? I was in the john. 1799 01:38:27,694 --> 01:38:29,152 [CHUCKLES] 1800 01:38:30,071 --> 01:38:32,739 -Slider, huh? -Yeah, didn't slide though. 1801 01:38:32,907 --> 01:38:34,283 MlCKEY: That was a good one. 1802 01:38:34,450 --> 01:38:37,828 ANNOUNCER: Now batting, left fielder, Yogi Berra. 1803 01:38:37,996 --> 01:38:39,454 [SIGHS] 1804 01:38:42,834 --> 01:38:46,336 Hall struck out Maris in the 6th, but he's got another shot here in the 7th. 1805 01:38:46,504 --> 01:38:50,340 And Hall has got that crazy side-arm delivery, it's very tough to read. 1806 01:38:50,508 --> 01:38:52,843 -Oh, what a swing by Maris. -Strike two. 1807 01:38:53,011 --> 01:38:56,513 PHlL: Boy, l tell you, every pitch could be the one. 1808 01:38:59,851 --> 01:39:00,851 One time, Rog. 1809 01:39:09,485 --> 01:39:11,194 Holy cow, number 60. 1810 01:39:11,362 --> 01:39:12,779 It's good. 1811 01:39:13,948 --> 01:39:15,699 -Go on, go. -No, no. 1812 01:39:16,909 --> 01:39:18,702 MEL: That ball is going.... 1813 01:39:18,870 --> 01:39:20,871 It is going, it is.... 1814 01:39:22,498 --> 01:39:23,999 Caught. 1815 01:39:24,167 --> 01:39:26,168 [LIGHT CHEERING] 1816 01:39:29,380 --> 01:39:30,380 Fuck. 1817 01:39:30,548 --> 01:39:33,133 It's like Ruth's ghost was pushing it back. 1818 01:39:33,301 --> 01:39:36,553 No, I thought he had it. 1819 01:39:36,721 --> 01:39:39,139 Too bad. And the way Hall's pitching tonight... 1820 01:39:39,307 --> 01:39:42,559 ...he'll never get another at bat. It's over. 1821 01:39:42,727 --> 01:39:44,353 PHlL [OVER TV]: Oh, what a shame. 1822 01:39:44,520 --> 01:39:46,730 And to go out that way, when it was so close. 1823 01:39:46,898 --> 01:39:49,566 The wind held it up. Any other night, that's out of here. 1824 01:39:50,234 --> 01:39:52,110 So unless the Yanks get a rally here... 1825 01:39:52,278 --> 01:39:55,906 ...Roger doesn't have a chance to get the 60th in a 1 54 games, Mel. 1826 01:39:56,074 --> 01:39:57,240 MEL: We'll see what happens, Phil. 1827 01:39:57,408 --> 01:39:59,660 ANNOUNCER: Left fielder, Yogi Berra. PHlL: It's all we can do. 1828 01:39:59,827 --> 01:40:02,704 Let's go, who's gonna start it? Let's start something here. 1829 01:40:02,872 --> 01:40:05,082 Come on, let's set something up. Come on, Yog. 1830 01:40:05,249 --> 01:40:07,793 MAN 1 : Let's go, Yankees. MAN 2: Sit down. 1831 01:40:08,753 --> 01:40:10,045 MAN 3: Go. 1832 01:40:10,213 --> 01:40:11,672 [PLAYERS CHEERlNG AND CLAPPlNG] 1833 01:40:11,839 --> 01:40:13,590 MAN 1 : Come on. MAN 2: Yeah. 1834 01:40:13,758 --> 01:40:16,009 MAN 3: Come on, Yog! 1835 01:40:16,177 --> 01:40:17,260 Let's go, Yogi! 1836 01:40:18,680 --> 01:40:19,721 Let's go. 1837 01:40:22,183 --> 01:40:23,225 MEL: Here we go, folks. 1838 01:40:23,393 --> 01:40:27,104 Top of the 9th, Yanks up 4-2, two outs and on the verge of clinching the pennant. 1839 01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:30,816 But nobody's thinking about that. All eyes are on Roger Maris. 1840 01:40:30,983 --> 01:40:32,317 PHlL: You said it, what a story. 1841 01:40:32,485 --> 01:40:34,695 The Yanks gotta rally to get Roger another at bat. 1842 01:40:34,862 --> 01:40:38,365 And l tell you, something's gonna happen here, l can just feel it. 1843 01:40:39,659 --> 01:40:41,993 I'm gonna make a change. 1844 01:40:42,161 --> 01:40:43,954 -Time. -Time out. 1845 01:40:44,122 --> 01:40:46,373 MEL: What's this? Time out on the field. 1846 01:40:46,541 --> 01:40:49,126 What the hell is going on? 1847 01:40:49,293 --> 01:40:51,920 HARRlS: l think it's time we call it a night. Good job. 1848 01:40:52,088 --> 01:40:53,880 MEL: They're making a pitching switch. 1849 01:40:54,924 --> 01:40:58,510 PHlL: Whoa, the man with the nastiest pitch in baseball, Hoyt Wilhelm. 1850 01:40:58,678 --> 01:40:59,803 ANNOUNCER: Attention please. 1851 01:40:59,971 --> 01:41:01,513 They're bringing in Wilhelm. 1852 01:41:01,681 --> 01:41:04,015 Don't come in unless they got a lead. What is this? 1853 01:41:04,183 --> 01:41:06,309 Son of a bitch is bringing him in to face Rog. 1854 01:41:06,477 --> 01:41:08,562 -No, this is bush. -Come on, it's a good move. 1855 01:41:08,730 --> 01:41:10,981 What? Schmuck. 1856 01:41:11,149 --> 01:41:14,860 PHlL: Folks, l gotta tell you. That knuckleball is one whoo! 1857 01:41:15,027 --> 01:41:16,153 WHlTEY: Look, the big glove. 1858 01:41:16,320 --> 01:41:18,321 -What, need help? -l hate that knuckleball. 1859 01:41:18,489 --> 01:41:22,325 -ln this weather, gonna be dancing all over. -lf he gets wood on it, it's not going. 1860 01:41:22,493 --> 01:41:23,618 Bush leaguer! 1861 01:41:25,538 --> 01:41:27,789 HARRlS: All right, Hoyt, here's the deal. 1862 01:41:27,957 --> 01:41:31,877 You give Maris the fastball and I fine your ass 5000 bucks, you hear me? 1863 01:41:32,044 --> 01:41:34,004 Just give me the ball. 1864 01:41:35,256 --> 01:41:36,506 Go get him. 1865 01:41:36,924 --> 01:41:40,510 PHlL: Oh, boy, Mel, l hated knuckleballers. That pitch is something. 1866 01:41:40,678 --> 01:41:43,680 I mean, it's got no spin so it dances and floats. 1867 01:41:43,848 --> 01:41:45,766 You don't know where it's gonna go. 1868 01:41:48,519 --> 01:41:50,353 UMPIRE: Let's play ball. 1869 01:41:51,439 --> 01:41:54,941 -So, what's this guy throwing? -All right, here we go, folks. 1870 01:41:55,109 --> 01:41:58,445 Roger Maris with one final shot at tying The Babe... 1871 01:41:58,613 --> 01:42:02,115 ...and he's facing the man with the single toughest pitch in baseball. 1872 01:42:02,283 --> 01:42:04,993 Wilhelm takes the sign, but we all know what's coming. 1873 01:42:05,703 --> 01:42:09,289 Does Roger Maris have one last home run in him? 1874 01:42:11,417 --> 01:42:13,376 PHlL: Oh, he fouled it back. 1875 01:42:13,544 --> 01:42:15,045 MAN: Rog, we're rooting for you! 1876 01:42:15,213 --> 01:42:16,880 -Roger! -Rog, let's go! 1877 01:42:17,048 --> 01:42:21,551 PHlL: Roger had a good cut on that ball, but it's dancing all over the place. 1878 01:42:23,387 --> 01:42:24,721 And here is the 0-1 . 1879 01:42:42,824 --> 01:42:44,783 PHlL: Wilhelm's got it. 1880 01:42:48,371 --> 01:42:50,497 -Out. PHlL: Too bad, too bad. 1881 01:42:54,085 --> 01:42:56,419 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention. 1882 01:42:56,587 --> 01:42:59,256 Tonight's attendance, 21 ,032. 1883 01:42:59,423 --> 01:43:01,842 The Orioles and Yankees thank you for your attendance. 1884 01:43:02,009 --> 01:43:04,344 Son of a gun. 1885 01:43:05,721 --> 01:43:09,099 All right, all right, shake it off. Three outs, we're clinched, let's go. 1886 01:43:09,267 --> 01:43:10,600 Yeah, yeah. 1887 01:43:10,768 --> 01:43:12,227 -Let's go. MAN: All right. 1888 01:43:12,395 --> 01:43:13,603 -Let's go. MAN 2: Come on, Yogi. 1889 01:43:13,771 --> 01:43:16,439 So that's it, folks, a valiant effort by Roger Maris. 1890 01:43:16,941 --> 01:43:18,859 But he'll fall one shy of the record. 1891 01:43:20,695 --> 01:43:22,445 How about that? 1892 01:43:23,406 --> 01:43:26,032 I'm sorry, Mrs. Maris. 1893 01:43:26,534 --> 01:43:30,036 I shouldn't have moved my chair. Jinxed him. 1894 01:43:31,289 --> 01:43:34,374 -Gave it a hell of a shot. -Yeah. Pressure got to him there. 1895 01:43:36,961 --> 01:43:39,129 Artie, you ever play baseball? 1896 01:43:39,297 --> 01:43:40,964 No, not really. 1897 01:43:42,216 --> 01:43:43,717 That's what l thought. 1898 01:43:52,226 --> 01:43:53,894 Hey, Rog. 1899 01:43:54,061 --> 01:43:56,980 We just wanna say we're proud to be your teammates. 1900 01:44:04,155 --> 01:44:05,906 Way to go, nine. 1901 01:44:07,325 --> 01:44:08,992 MAN 1 : All right. MAN 2: That's it, Roger. 1902 01:44:09,160 --> 01:44:10,619 MAN 3: All right, Roger. 1903 01:44:10,786 --> 01:44:14,623 GREEN: perhaps it may sound corny, but my biggest sports thrill of 1 961 ... 1904 01:44:14,790 --> 01:44:18,460 ...was seeing Roger Maris hit a weak squib to Hoyt Wilhelm. 1905 01:44:18,628 --> 01:44:23,340 Maris's failure to break Babe Ruth's record evokes no great regret here. 1906 01:44:23,841 --> 01:44:25,342 SlMON: lf the record is to be broken... 1907 01:44:25,509 --> 01:44:28,511 ...it should be done by someone of greater baseball stature. 1908 01:44:28,679 --> 01:44:30,764 Greater color and public appeal. 1909 01:44:30,932 --> 01:44:33,767 GREEN: Maris is no more than a good big-league ball player. 1910 01:44:33,935 --> 01:44:37,854 He's colorless, he's never hit .300 and is often surly. 1911 01:44:38,022 --> 01:44:41,942 There just isn't anything deeply heroic about the man. 1912 01:44:42,109 --> 01:44:43,568 KAHN: Is there something to be said... 1913 01:44:43,736 --> 01:44:46,988 ...about fate on this gloomy night in Baltimore? 1914 01:44:47,448 --> 01:44:52,035 Did that last knuckleball flutter just past the sweet spot? 1915 01:44:52,203 --> 01:44:56,790 Did the spirit of Babe Ruth stir those gusting winds? 1916 01:44:57,208 --> 01:45:02,629 Or was Roger Maris denied because he just wasn't what we wanted? 1917 01:45:02,922 --> 01:45:04,297 [INAUDIBLE DlALOGUE] 1918 01:45:04,465 --> 01:45:07,968 Maybe some records aren't made to be broken. 1919 01:45:08,135 --> 01:45:10,512 [ALL CHEERING] 1920 01:45:11,097 --> 01:45:12,347 Come on, come up. 1921 01:45:12,515 --> 01:45:14,724 MAN 1 : Where are those drinks? MAN 2: We drink them all. 1922 01:45:14,892 --> 01:45:16,267 MAN 3: Okay, press. 1923 01:45:17,353 --> 01:45:19,270 Around here, guys. 1924 01:45:22,108 --> 01:45:25,110 Congratulations, Rog, great season. 1925 01:45:25,277 --> 01:45:28,196 Rog, think you can hit two more before the next eight games? 1926 01:45:28,364 --> 01:45:30,073 I don't know, it's tough. 1927 01:45:30,241 --> 01:45:32,534 REPORTER 1 : You gotta be disappointed with that swing, huh? 1928 01:45:32,702 --> 01:45:34,536 ROGER: Yeah, but Wilhelm's a hell of a pitcher. 1929 01:45:34,704 --> 01:45:36,246 He's got a great knuckleball so.... 1930 01:45:36,414 --> 01:45:38,748 MAN: Roger. Ha-ha-ha. ROGER: Hey, how are you? 1931 01:45:38,916 --> 01:45:41,835 REPORTER 2: Who do you wanna play? ROGER: l'm not thinking about that now. 1932 01:45:42,003 --> 01:45:44,587 -We got eight games to play. REPORTER 3: Gonna put two more out? 1933 01:45:44,755 --> 01:45:47,632 ROGER: Well, I don't know. You know, it's the luck of the draw so.... 1934 01:45:47,800 --> 01:45:51,177 -l'm just happy to be playing ball, fellas. REPORTER 4: Let me ask you one more. 1935 01:45:56,058 --> 01:45:58,601 PAT: I can't believe you got a suite. ROGER: Yeah. 1936 01:45:59,437 --> 01:46:02,272 -Oh, here you are. -Thank you, sir. 1937 01:46:11,490 --> 01:46:14,200 [UNZlPPING] 1938 01:46:16,120 --> 01:46:18,580 You gonna wear that hat all night? 1939 01:46:18,748 --> 01:46:19,873 No, I.... 1940 01:46:20,041 --> 01:46:21,624 It's just, uh.... 1941 01:46:24,211 --> 01:46:25,754 Let me see. 1942 01:46:27,506 --> 01:46:28,882 Yeah. 1943 01:46:31,427 --> 01:46:32,719 [SIGHS] 1944 01:46:40,144 --> 01:46:43,063 -lt's not so bad. -No? 1945 01:46:45,149 --> 01:46:47,358 You're just molting. 1946 01:46:52,490 --> 01:46:56,409 You see the view? It's real nice. 1947 01:46:57,328 --> 01:46:59,621 That's Central Park out there. 1948 01:46:59,789 --> 01:47:03,083 -Yeah, I know, it's beautiful. -Yeah, real nice. 1949 01:47:03,250 --> 01:47:05,794 -Oh, I got some pictures of Randy. -Yeah? 1950 01:47:05,961 --> 01:47:08,088 Some new ones. 1951 01:47:08,255 --> 01:47:10,423 He is growing so fast. 1952 01:47:10,591 --> 01:47:13,635 The picture of Susan when she lost her tooth. 1953 01:47:18,182 --> 01:47:19,516 Look at that. 1954 01:47:38,786 --> 01:47:40,745 I didn't do it, Pat. 1955 01:47:42,873 --> 01:47:44,833 I just couldn't do it. 1956 01:48:05,646 --> 01:48:07,272 All right, listen up. 1957 01:48:08,732 --> 01:48:11,568 Cerv's recovering from his surgery, he's done for the year. 1958 01:48:11,735 --> 01:48:14,070 And we had to put Mickey in the hospital today too. 1959 01:48:14,238 --> 01:48:17,490 His hip's.... lt's in real bad shape. 1960 01:48:17,908 --> 01:48:19,993 And hopefully, we'll have him for the Series. 1961 01:48:20,161 --> 01:48:23,329 If not, we're just gonna have to pick up the slack. 1962 01:48:24,290 --> 01:48:27,750 Now we got five games left so let's just make sure we stay sharp. 1963 01:48:27,918 --> 01:48:28,918 -All right? MAN 1 : Got you. 1964 01:48:29,086 --> 01:48:31,004 MAN 2: Let us do it for the Mick. MAN 3: All right. 1965 01:48:31,172 --> 01:48:32,255 -Let's go. MAN 4: All right. 1966 01:48:32,423 --> 01:48:34,424 Oh, you had it. No, no, put it back. 1967 01:48:34,592 --> 01:48:36,009 -Bob, the button. -Shh-shh! Can l-- 1968 01:48:36,177 --> 01:48:37,594 Stop right there, you got it. 1969 01:48:37,761 --> 01:48:39,929 MAN 1 : Come on, Rog, go get him. 1970 01:48:40,431 --> 01:48:41,848 -Go, Roger. MAN 2: All right. 1971 01:48:42,016 --> 01:48:44,517 Your husband's a terrific ball player. 1972 01:48:44,685 --> 01:48:46,436 Thank you. 1973 01:48:46,604 --> 01:48:49,397 I'm sure The Babe would've been happy it was another Yankee. 1974 01:48:49,565 --> 01:48:51,816 No, I don't think Babe would've been happy at all. 1975 01:48:51,984 --> 01:48:54,027 Babe loved this record. 1976 01:48:55,279 --> 01:48:57,780 -Well-- -lt's nice of you to be here. 1977 01:48:58,949 --> 01:49:01,326 ANNOUNCER: The center fielder, number nine. 1978 01:49:01,493 --> 01:49:02,535 [CROWD CHEERING] 1979 01:49:02,703 --> 01:49:05,371 Roger Maris, number nine. 1980 01:49:05,539 --> 01:49:06,998 PHlL: Maris playing center today... 1981 01:49:07,166 --> 01:49:10,919 ...because Mantle, of course, is in the hospital with 54 home runs. 1982 01:49:11,086 --> 01:49:13,963 And l'm sure he's looking on and we wish Mickey all the best. 1983 01:49:14,632 --> 01:49:17,133 But today all eyes are on Maris. 1984 01:49:20,262 --> 01:49:21,304 There it is. 1985 01:49:21,472 --> 01:49:23,473 [CROWD CHEERING] 1986 01:49:26,894 --> 01:49:28,770 -Go! -Yeah! 1987 01:49:28,938 --> 01:49:31,814 -Don't move, put it back. -What do you want from me, Mickey? 1988 01:49:31,982 --> 01:49:36,194 PHlL: Up the deck for Roger Maris. Number 60 for Rog. 1989 01:49:36,362 --> 01:49:39,197 So now two men have hit 60 home runs in a single season. 1990 01:49:39,365 --> 01:49:43,451 Both Yankees, Roger Maris and of course the late Babe Ruth. 1991 01:49:45,037 --> 01:49:48,831 MEL: And Phil, he's got four more games to hit that 61 st. 1992 01:49:48,999 --> 01:49:50,500 My, my. 1993 01:49:50,668 --> 01:49:52,669 CERV: Number 60, one more. -l know. 1994 01:49:52,836 --> 01:49:54,420 PHlL: This is getting interesting. 1995 01:49:57,925 --> 01:50:00,176 ANNOUNCER: Will Roger bump The Babe? 1996 01:50:00,344 --> 01:50:04,555 After hitting his 60th home run, Yankee right fielder, Roger Maris... 1997 01:50:04,723 --> 01:50:07,600 ...has failed in three games to hit the elusive 61 st. 1998 01:50:07,768 --> 01:50:11,521 Try as he may, the slugging right fielder couldn't put one into the seats. 1999 01:50:11,689 --> 01:50:14,107 And now it's down to one final game. 2000 01:50:14,275 --> 01:50:15,733 Will it be Roger, over and out? 2001 01:50:15,901 --> 01:50:19,195 We'll find out this sunday. 2002 01:50:19,738 --> 01:50:21,030 ROGER: You know the difference... 2003 01:50:21,198 --> 01:50:24,701 ...between hitting a home run and popping up is an eighth of an inch? 2004 01:50:24,868 --> 01:50:26,577 Probably less. 2005 01:50:28,580 --> 01:50:31,916 God, Pat, l don't know where my swing has gone the last three games. 2006 01:50:32,084 --> 01:50:33,710 I just can't seem to hit the ball. 2007 01:50:33,877 --> 01:50:36,379 Maybe you're just trying too hard. 2008 01:50:37,089 --> 01:50:39,048 Yeah, maybe. 2009 01:50:40,551 --> 01:50:43,970 You know, if l hit one tomorrow... 2010 01:50:44,138 --> 01:50:46,180 ...the ball is gonna be worth 5000 bucks? 2011 01:50:46,348 --> 01:50:48,599 Five thousand dollars for a ball? 2012 01:50:48,767 --> 01:50:52,353 -Can you believe that? -Oh, my God, it'll be a madhouse. 2013 01:50:53,856 --> 01:50:55,356 Yeah. 2014 01:51:00,904 --> 01:51:02,071 I wanna do it. 2015 01:51:03,240 --> 01:51:06,617 You know, it may not count to everybody else, but l'll know. 2016 01:51:07,953 --> 01:51:10,413 I'm gonna hit that home run... 2017 01:51:10,581 --> 01:51:12,165 ...and you'll be there. 2018 01:51:27,264 --> 01:51:29,807 -Yeah. -Yeah. 2019 01:51:29,975 --> 01:51:31,601 I will. 2020 01:51:31,769 --> 01:51:33,853 Hello, everybody, this is Mel Allen. 2021 01:51:34,021 --> 01:51:38,441 Well, you couldn't have asked for a more dramatic finish to an incredible season. 2022 01:51:38,609 --> 01:51:41,277 Last game, last chance for Roger Maris. 2023 01:51:41,445 --> 01:51:44,405 Will it be 61 in '61 ? We'll find out today. 2024 01:51:44,573 --> 01:51:46,908 Yeah, l got the heebie-jeebies here, I'll tell you. 2025 01:51:47,076 --> 01:51:49,452 I can't imagine what Maris is going through. 2026 01:51:49,620 --> 01:51:51,704 Look at this crowd, it's pathetic. 2027 01:51:51,872 --> 01:51:54,874 The grandstand's filled. Everybody's looking for that 5000 bucks. 2028 01:51:55,042 --> 01:51:57,001 -ls Frick coming? -l spoke to his office... 2029 01:51:57,169 --> 01:51:59,128 ...they said he was out of town. 2030 01:51:59,296 --> 01:52:02,131 -What about Mrs. Ruth? -l think she had enough the other day. 2031 01:52:02,299 --> 01:52:05,968 ANNOUNCER: Number 39, Tracy Stallard. -Pathetic. 2032 01:52:06,136 --> 01:52:08,221 MEL [OVER TV]: And here it comes. 2033 01:52:08,389 --> 01:52:10,973 Only 23,000 fans here to see this. 2034 01:52:11,141 --> 01:52:12,934 -Come on, Rog. -Here we go. 2035 01:52:13,102 --> 01:52:14,310 ANNOUNCER: Center fielder.... 2036 01:52:14,478 --> 01:52:17,563 Roger Maris comes to the plate for the second time... 2037 01:52:17,731 --> 01:52:20,149 ...and they're getting busy in right field. 2038 01:52:20,317 --> 01:52:22,318 [CROWD CHEERING] 2039 01:52:44,466 --> 01:52:46,634 PHlL: Here's the wind up. 2040 01:52:47,469 --> 01:52:49,804 Fastball in deep to right. 2041 01:52:59,273 --> 01:53:01,023 Holy cow. 2042 01:53:01,191 --> 01:53:04,485 MlCKEY: Go, go, go. MEL: This could be it, where is it going? 2043 01:53:06,488 --> 01:53:07,780 [SCREAMlNG] 2044 01:53:07,990 --> 01:53:11,993 He did it, l don't believe it! Number 61 ! 2045 01:53:12,161 --> 01:53:13,202 [LAUGHlNG] 2046 01:53:13,370 --> 01:53:16,789 PHIL: It's unbelievable, Roger Maris. -Yeah. 2047 01:53:24,339 --> 01:53:26,340 [ALL CHEERING AND APPLAUDlNG] 2048 01:53:32,014 --> 01:53:34,265 PHlL: And they're fighting over it in right field. 2049 01:53:40,063 --> 01:53:41,731 How about that? 2050 01:53:41,899 --> 01:53:44,734 He ran that out just like it was his first. 2051 01:53:51,617 --> 01:53:53,618 Come on, Roger! 2052 01:54:00,876 --> 01:54:02,543 -Good boy. -You did it. 2053 01:54:02,711 --> 01:54:04,504 -Come on. -History, boys. 2054 01:54:04,671 --> 01:54:05,713 Way to go, Roger. 2055 01:54:05,881 --> 01:54:08,758 Roger, Roger, Roger. 2056 01:54:08,926 --> 01:54:10,927 CROWD [CHANTlNG]: Roger, Roger, Roger 2057 01:54:11,094 --> 01:54:14,096 Roger, Roger, Roger 2058 01:54:14,264 --> 01:54:16,557 -Roger, you have to go. -Get out there. 2059 01:54:16,725 --> 01:54:19,185 -Come on, this is for you. MAN 1 : Come on, get out there. 2060 01:54:19,353 --> 01:54:21,395 -Go on, get out there. MAN 2: Get out there. 2061 01:54:21,563 --> 01:54:23,356 MAN 3: Who's the guy. -Get out there. 2062 01:54:23,524 --> 01:54:26,442 PLAYERS: Yeah. 2063 01:54:30,906 --> 01:54:32,532 MAN 4: Yeah, take it in. 2064 01:54:33,951 --> 01:54:35,910 WHlTEY: Hey. No, stay out there. 2065 01:54:36,078 --> 01:54:38,120 MAN 5: Come on, the fans are crazy. 2066 01:54:38,288 --> 01:54:40,289 [CHEERlNG CONTlNUES] 2067 01:54:55,806 --> 01:54:57,807 [REPORTERS CLAMORlNG] 2068 01:54:58,600 --> 01:55:00,893 REPORTER 1 : Mr. Durante, Mr. Durante. 2069 01:55:01,061 --> 01:55:02,728 Hey, Sal. Mr. Durante. 2070 01:55:02,896 --> 01:55:04,480 MAN: Perfect. 2071 01:55:04,648 --> 01:55:06,899 Hey, Sal. Sal, Sal. 2072 01:55:07,067 --> 01:55:09,193 -What are you gonna do with the ball? SAL: Sell it. 2073 01:55:09,361 --> 01:55:11,904 Maybe put a down payment on a house. 2074 01:55:12,072 --> 01:55:13,114 Hey, Rog. 2075 01:55:13,282 --> 01:55:16,325 Don't you think that ball belongs to Roger or in the Hall of Fame? 2076 01:55:16,493 --> 01:55:18,578 Oh, no, fellas, l don't care about the ball. 2077 01:55:18,745 --> 01:55:20,997 Sal, sell it, do what you like, get your money. 2078 01:55:21,164 --> 01:55:22,915 -Thanks. REPORTER 2: Rog, Rog, Rog. 2079 01:55:23,083 --> 01:55:25,543 Rog, are you serious? You don't care about the ball? 2080 01:55:25,711 --> 01:55:28,629 No, I don't need the ball. He could use it more than I could. 2081 01:55:28,797 --> 01:55:31,465 How about the asterisk, Rog, you think that's all right? 2082 01:55:31,633 --> 01:55:34,844 Well, l don't know, Sam, l.... It's just not my decision. 2083 01:55:35,012 --> 01:55:36,345 -Roger. -Roger. 2084 01:55:36,513 --> 01:55:39,390 What'd you think about the crowd? Gave you a lot of support. 2085 01:55:39,558 --> 01:55:42,768 -Yeah, that was really nice, yeah. REPORTER 3: Rog. 2086 01:55:42,936 --> 01:55:45,479 Roger, do you think you've earned their respect... 2087 01:55:45,647 --> 01:55:47,273 ...holding up under this pressure? 2088 01:55:47,441 --> 01:55:51,527 Oh, gosh, you know, I really-- I don't know, Milt. 2089 01:55:51,695 --> 01:55:54,947 I really don't think that's something you earn on a ball field. 2090 01:55:55,115 --> 01:55:56,532 -Rog. Rog. -Rog. 2091 01:55:56,700 --> 01:55:59,368 Rog, what about next year? You think you can do it again? 2092 01:55:59,536 --> 01:56:02,371 [REPORTERS GROAN THEN TALK OVER EACH OTHER] 2093 01:56:03,206 --> 01:56:05,041 Get these fucking writers out of here. 2094 01:57:17,030 --> 01:57:18,489 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 2095 01:57:20,325 --> 01:57:22,118 Eh. Fuck you. 2096 01:57:24,705 --> 01:57:27,998 -How are you, pal? -Hey, congratulations. 2097 01:57:28,166 --> 01:57:29,875 Thanks. 2098 01:57:30,043 --> 01:57:32,628 -That was great. -Thanks, man. 2099 01:57:32,796 --> 01:57:35,965 Boy, this is some nice joint they got you in here. 2100 01:57:36,133 --> 01:57:38,843 -Oh, thanks. -Where's Bob? 2101 01:57:39,010 --> 01:57:42,638 Oh, he's in his room clipping his toenails or something. 2102 01:57:42,806 --> 01:57:43,848 -Yeah. -Yeah. 2103 01:57:44,015 --> 01:57:47,643 -So that was pretty crazy, huh? -Oh, man, the place just went nuts. 2104 01:57:47,811 --> 01:57:51,480 Yeah. l saw the guys, pushing you out of the dugout. 2105 01:57:51,648 --> 01:57:55,109 Yeah, yeah, they wouldn't let me back in so, you know. 2106 01:57:55,569 --> 01:57:59,155 I thought I saw you smiling there a little bit. 2107 01:57:59,322 --> 01:58:01,365 -Oh, yeah, a little bit. -Yeah, I caught you. 2108 01:58:01,533 --> 01:58:04,118 Yeah. Yeah, it was something else. 2109 01:58:04,286 --> 01:58:06,328 Yeah. 2110 01:58:08,749 --> 01:58:10,249 Oh.... Tsk. 2111 01:58:10,417 --> 01:58:12,001 Wish I was there. 2112 01:58:12,169 --> 01:58:14,879 Yeah. Yeah, we all did. 2113 01:58:15,046 --> 01:58:17,089 It just didn't seem right without you, Mick. 2114 01:58:17,257 --> 01:58:18,799 Well, why aren't you celebrating? 2115 01:58:18,967 --> 01:58:22,344 Oh, me and Pat, we're gonna go to Toot Shor's for dinner. 2116 01:58:22,512 --> 01:58:26,015 And l just figured I'd see how you're doing. 2117 01:58:26,808 --> 01:58:29,894 Wondering if the doctors are gonna have you ready for the Series. 2118 01:58:30,061 --> 01:58:34,398 Oh, l don't know. I hope so. I hate it here. 2119 01:58:34,566 --> 01:58:38,319 You know, the damn nurses, they wake you up to give you a sleeping pill. 2120 01:58:38,487 --> 01:58:39,528 [CHUCKLES] 2121 01:58:39,696 --> 01:58:41,155 You know? 2122 01:58:41,323 --> 01:58:44,283 I hate watching you guys on the tube. 2123 01:58:47,996 --> 01:58:50,080 You would've done it too. 2124 01:58:52,042 --> 01:58:53,626 You know that. 2125 01:58:54,503 --> 01:58:56,170 Bullshit. 2126 01:58:57,088 --> 01:58:58,380 It was you, Rog. 2127 01:58:59,549 --> 01:59:01,467 You did it. 2128 01:59:01,635 --> 01:59:04,011 You son of a bitch. 2129 01:59:04,179 --> 01:59:06,722 And nobody can ever take that away from you neither. 2130 01:59:08,850 --> 01:59:11,310 No matter what bullshit they try to tell you... 2131 01:59:11,478 --> 01:59:13,395 ...that record's yours. 2132 01:59:19,986 --> 01:59:21,737 You're a good man, Roger. 2133 01:59:29,204 --> 01:59:31,831 -Fastball, right? -Fastball, yeah. 2134 01:59:31,998 --> 01:59:34,625 -Guess it wasn't fast enough. -You got good wood on that. 2135 01:59:34,793 --> 01:59:37,586 ROGER: Oh, man, it felt good, Mick. MICKEY: I do know the feeling. 2136 01:59:37,754 --> 01:59:40,756 ROGER: Greatest season of my life. Wouldn't wanna do it again. 2137 01:59:40,924 --> 01:59:41,924 [BAT HlTS BALL] 2138 01:59:42,092 --> 01:59:43,509 [CROWD CHEERING] 2139 01:59:43,677 --> 01:59:45,928 BUCK [OVER TV]: Down the right field line. Is it enough? 2140 01:59:46,096 --> 01:59:47,596 Gone. 2141 01:59:47,764 --> 01:59:51,767 There it is, 62. 2142 01:59:53,019 --> 01:59:54,562 Touch first, Mark. 2143 01:59:54,729 --> 01:59:59,275 You are the new single-season home-run king. 2144 01:59:59,442 --> 02:00:01,443 [CHEERlNG OVER TV CONTINUES] 2145 02:00:17,377 --> 02:00:19,628 BUCK: The Maris family watching from their seats. 2146 02:00:19,796 --> 02:00:25,092 And now here comes sammy sosa, in to congratulate Mark McGwire. 2147 02:00:25,260 --> 02:00:26,969 What a classy move. 2148 02:00:27,137 --> 02:00:31,348 Two men from completely different backgrounds for this home run chase. 2149 02:00:31,516 --> 02:00:35,227 It's Mark McGwire who gets to the top of the mountain first. 2150 02:00:35,395 --> 02:00:41,025 Home run number 62 in the Cardinals 145th game of the year. 2151 02:00:45,071 --> 02:00:47,907 Well, mixed emotions, l'm sure, for the Maris kids. 2152 02:00:48,074 --> 02:00:49,950 Sorry to see the record fall. 2153 02:00:50,118 --> 02:00:54,538 But on the other hand, grateful for the fame this season has brought their father. 2154 02:00:54,706 --> 02:01:00,878 As l went over to the box and talked to Roger's kids... 2155 02:01:01,046 --> 02:01:03,631 ...l told them today when l met with the Hall of Fame... 2156 02:01:03,798 --> 02:01:08,218 ...they pulled out Roger's bat that, when he hit his 61 st home run. 2157 02:01:08,386 --> 02:01:11,096 [VOICE BREAKlNG] And l touched it. 2158 02:01:11,264 --> 02:01:13,557 I touched it with my heart. 2159 02:01:13,725 --> 02:01:17,603 Now I can honestly say that my bat will lie next to his and l'm damn proud of it. 2160 02:01:21,942 --> 02:01:23,192 [SIGHS] 2161 02:01:24,152 --> 02:01:30,157 SHEPPARD: The separate single-season home run records remained until 1 991 ... 2162 02:01:30,325 --> 02:01:33,452 ...when Fay Vincent, the commissioner of baseball... 2163 02:01:33,620 --> 02:01:37,247 ...ordered that there be only one record. 2164 02:01:37,415 --> 02:01:40,584 Roger Maris died six years earlier... 2165 02:01:40,752 --> 02:01:46,966 ...never knowing that the record belonged to him. 2166 02:03:15,138 --> 02:03:16,597 This is Mickey Mantle, son. 2167 02:03:17,807 --> 02:03:18,974 [CROWD CHEERING] 2168 02:03:19,559 --> 02:03:22,811 -Wow. -And that's a home run.