:41:01
Let me repeat: any record.
:41:03
Commissioner, according to my schedule,
game 154 is September 20 in Baltimore.
:41:07
Isn't that where the Babe was born?
:41:09
That's right.
:41:11
What are you gonna do?
:41:12
Frick used to be the Babe's ghostwriter.
They were tight.
:41:15
Yeah, it stinks.
Its a crock of shit is what it is.
:41:18
- Fuckin' Frick. This is gonna be a circus.
- A zoo.
:41:21
Yeah.
:41:23
I think Frick's right.
If I'd have got it in 155, I wouldn't want it.
:41:27
How could you not want it?
:41:29
Not if it had a thingamajig on the end of it.
:41:32
How about you?
You think it's right, this asterisk?
:41:35
I don't know. Say Mickey breaks it in 154,
and then I pass him later.
:41:39
What are they gonna say if that happens?
My mind's season-to-season.
:41:43
- Then you disagree with his ruling.
- He's the commissioner. Its not my place.
:41:47
We got eight extra games, it's true...
:41:49
...but Ruth never had to fly to
the West Coast, or play in night games.
:41:53
- I just think it's harder for us.
- Babe hit.343 the year he set the record.
:41:56
You're only hitting.270.
You feel bad about that?
:41:59
No, why should I feel bad
when Im doin' the best I can?
:42:02
If you focused less on the record
would you hit better?
:42:05
Im not focusing on the record,
you guys are.
:42:09
Im gonna go hit.
:42:10
- Rog, I got a couple...
- Watch out, Artie!
:42:13
Jeez, man, I saved your life.
Look, fellas, all this is bullshit.
:42:17
If one of us has got 50
coming in the last month...
:42:20
...come talk to us then.
:42:22
"Maris insults the commissioner
by saying the Babe had it easier."
:42:25
I did not say the Babe had it easierl
:42:27
- You believe this shit?
- You gotta be careful.
:42:30
You'd think I was trying
to replace Jesus Christ.
:42:32
- Then don't read The Daily News.
- What?
:42:35
Look, in '56, I had 52 home runs.
That's all anybody could ever talk about.
:42:38
"Ruth this, Ruth that," 24 hours a day.
:42:41
We're chasin' a ghost, Rog.
You go in that clubhouse, he's there.
:42:44
At home plate, he's there.
In the outfield, he's there.
:42:47
The fat fuck, he's everywhere.
We're playing in his house.
:42:50
You got it worse.
You're playin' his position.
:42:52
Yeah, but this is ridiculous.
I don't give a damn about Ruth.
:42:56
You better. He's a god to these people.
:42:58
Screw it. Im just not gonna
do any more interviews.