:25:02
Nobody's been hurt, mind you.
:25:04
And that's the giveaway.
:25:06
I see.
:25:07
It's called "probing".
:25:09
It's a military procedure.
:25:11
You send out a
reconnaissance group...
:25:13
very small...
to check things out.
:25:15
Not to engage but
to evaluate the situation...
:25:19
evaluate the level of danger,
:25:22
make sure things
are all clear.
:25:25
Clear for what?
:25:28
For the rest of them.
:25:34
Yeah?
:25:36
You got a pamphlet or
something I can read?
:25:39
Sure.
:25:42
Thanks.
:25:44
You didn't used to play
baseball, did ya?
:25:48
Shit, I know you.
You're Merrill Hess.
:25:51
I was there the day
you hit that 50 7-footer
:25:54
over the left-field wall...
set the record.
:25:57
Man, that thing had
a motor on it.
:25:59
It's still the record, right?
:26:01
Got the bat at home
o-on the wall.
:26:06
You've got two minor-league
home-run records, don't ya?
:26:08
Five.
:26:11
Why weren't you in the pros
making stacks of cash
:26:13
and getting your toes licked
by beautiful women?
:26:16
'Cause he has another
record most people
don't know about.
:26:19
He has the minor-league
strikeout record.
:26:24
Hello, Lionel.
:26:26
Merrill's a class-A screw-up.
:26:28
He would just swing
that bat as hard as
he could every time.
:26:31
Didn't matter what
the coaches said,
:26:33
didn't matter who was on base.
:26:34
He would just whip that
bat through the air
as hard as he could.
:26:38
Looked like a lumberjack
chopping down a tree.
:26:41
Merrill here has
more strikeouts than
any two players.
:26:45
You really got
the strikeout record?
:26:54
Felt wrong not to swing.