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- You owe it to them to give it your best.
- I owe it to them?
:30:04
What the hell do I owe them?
:30:06
You gotta understand,
you mean something to these people.
:30:09
Good or bad.
:30:11
If you quit now, they'll never forgive you.
:30:14
- They're never gonna forgive me if I do it.
- Is that what you're afraid of?
:30:20
No, I just want this whole thing to be over.
:30:34
Look, Rog.
:30:36
Im not a sentimental-type guy,
you know, but...
:30:39
...most of us bang around the game
for a while, then we're forgotten.
:30:43
Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig.
:30:48
DiMaggio.
:30:49
Those guys were bigger than the game.
:30:53
And I know that is not what you want.
:30:58
But right now, whether you like it or not...
:31:02
...you're bigger than the game.
:31:05
This is your one shot...
:31:08
...to go out there
and show them what you're made of.
:31:12
And that, you owe to yourself.
:31:16
Ill tell you what.
:31:18
Play the first inning
and if you wanna come out...
:31:21
...you give me a look, Ill take you out.
:31:25
All right.
:31:28
Sounds fair.
:31:30
My fans, you couldn't have picked
a worse night.
:31:33
Roger Maris has got 58 home runs.
He needs two to tie, and three...
:31:36
...to break Babe Ruth's record.
:31:39
But the winds of Hurricane Esther are still
swirling through Memorial Stadium.
:31:42
As if that weren't bad enough, Mel...
:31:44
...he'll have to do it here
in the Babe's backyard...
:31:46
...where he hasn't had a home run all year.
:31:48
So, sit back, open up a Ballantine,
'cause tonight could be history.
:31:52
Batting third, center fielder, Roger Maris.
:31:55
Without Mantle batting behind him,
I wonder if they'll pitch around Maris.
:31:59
Nobody wants to give up the big home run,
but it's a matter of pride...