:11:02
I told Alicia I was going to take a walk.
:11:07
Do you mind if I join you?
I'd like to talk to you.
:11:12
Let's walk over to my office.
:11:16
What do you want to talk to me about?
:11:18
When you got to the majors,
you played only one inning of one game.
:11:22
What happened with you?
:11:25
It was the last day of the season.
:11:27
Bottom of the eighth inning,
we were way ahead.
:11:30
I'd been up with the club for three weeks,
but I hadn't seen any action.
:11:34
Suddenly old John McGraw
points a bony finger in my direction...
:11:37
...and he says, "Right field."
:11:41
I jumped up like I was sitting on a spring.
:11:43
Grabbed my glove, and ran out on the field.
:11:50
Did you get to make a play?
:11:52
They never hit the ball out of the infield.
:11:57
The game ended. The season was over.
:12:00
I knew they'd send me back down.
:12:03
I couldn't bear the thought
of another year in the minors.
:12:06
So I decided to hang them up.
:12:12
-Go on. Sit down.
-Thank you.
:12:17
So what was that like?
:12:21
It was like coming this close
to your dreams...
:12:24
...and then watching them brush past you,
like a stranger in a crowd.
:12:28
At the time, you don't think much of it.
:12:30
We don't recognize our most significant
moments while they're happening.
:12:34
Back then I thought,
"Well, there'll be other days."
:12:38
I didn't realize that was the only day.
:12:43
And now, I want to ask you a question.
:12:47
What's so interesting about half an inning
that would make you come from lowa...
:12:52
...to talk to me about it
50 years after it happened.
:12:56
I didn't really know till just now...