1:01:01
When Nuke started listening to Crash,
everything fell into place.
1:01:05
He started throwing strikes,
and we started to win.
1:01:08
But Nuke was still confused.
1:01:11
He was so encouraged
by his victory...
1:01:12
that he vowed not to have sex
until he lost.
1:01:15
Unfortunately, however,
he kept on winning...
1:01:17
and for one extraordinary
June and July...
1:01:20
the Durham Bulls
began playing baseball...
1:01:21
with joy and verve and poetry.
1:01:26
The two sides of my own brain
werejumbled up and cross-wired.
1:01:29
While one side
was being neglected...
1:01:32
the other was in paradise
watching our Bulls play...
1:01:34
like big leaguers.
1:01:35
We swept a four-game series
at Kinston...
1:01:37
two games at Winston-Salem...
1:01:39
and kicked the holy shit
out of Greensboro in a three-game set.
1:01:42
And Crash,
who kept hitting dingers...
1:01:44
was approaching
the minor-league record...
1:01:47
though l told nobody.
1:01:49
After sweeping
theJuly 4 doubleheader...
1:01:52
the Durham Bulls
were tied for first.
1:01:54
Beautiful as the winning streak was,
l was getting damn lonely.
1:01:59
Something had to be done.
1:02:01
l needed a man.
1:02:12
l love winning, man.
1:02:14
l fuckin' love winning.
1:02:17
You know what l'm saying?
lt's like better than losing.
1:02:21
Teach me something new.
l need to learn.
1:02:24
Teach me something.
1:02:26
You got something
to write with?
1:02:28
Good. lt's time to work on
your interviews.
1:02:30
My interviews?
What do l gotta do?
1:02:32
You have to learn
your cliches.
1:02:34
You're gonna have to study them,
gonna have to know them.
1:02:38
They're your friends.
Write this down.
1:02:42
"We gotta play 'em
one day at a time."
1:02:44
"Got to play--"
1:02:47
- lt's pretty boring.
- Of course it's boring.
1:02:49
That's the point.
Write it down.
1:02:50
"One day at a time."
1:02:54
"l'm just happy to be here.
1:02:57
Hope l can help the ball club."