Angels in the Outfield Page #4

for everybody around you.

Number three, and this is important:

Love and stop slugging thy neighbor,

you hear me?

I hear you fine.

Why can't I see you for one moment?

Because I usually stay

as far away from you as possible.

- The bleachers.

- Stay where you are.

Stand still and listen

or I'll blast you with a bolt of lighting.

Now, don't rile me, boy. Just behave

yourself and we'll get along fine.

As a matter of fact,

I'll make a deal with you.

Lay off swearing and fighting,

and I'll win you some ball games.

I might even win you a pennant. You'd like

to win a pennant again, wouldn't you?

All right, you play ball with me,

and I'll play ball with you. How about that?

How do I know

you're what you say you are?

Thunder and lightning's not enough?

All right, Aloysius, you trusting soul.

Look for a miracle tomorrow night,

in the third inning.

- What kind of a miracle?

- Tomorrow night, in the third inning.

Hey, hey. Hey, where are you?

Wait a minute! Wait a...

Ronson?

You're out.

You're out.

Safe.

Out.

Yeah? What?

I was about to suggest that possibly

you erred on that decision.

- Get off the field.

- Yes, sir.

Nice going, big mouth.

The Pirates had come to life.

On the road, they won 10 games straight.

And stranger still,

McGovern was a changed man.

He hadn't punched a soul in two weeks.

The team was sixth

when they played the Braves in Boston.

It was the last inning.

The Pirates were winning 8 to 6.

A hard-fought game.

Boys, boys, please, take it easy.

Now, I'll handle this. Let me...

Get out of my way, you bowlegged ape.

You fetter-mouthed donkey,

you bucket head!

Well, McGovern, you sure talked your way

out of that one.

Ten straight games,

and you had to go and blow it.

- Now, look, l...

- Take off your hat.

Yes, sir.

- All I said this afternoon...

- I heard what you said. Don't repeat it.

- Now, look, the guy called me an ape.

- Bowlegged ape.

- Yeah.

- You are a little bowlegged.

What am I supposed to do,

take it as a compliment?

- Don't I get a chance to talk back?

- Certainly.

The English language

has a total of 698,000 words.

We ask you to avoid a hundredth

of one percent of these...

... which at the moment

seems to be your entire vocabulary.

- I'll be tongue-tied.

- Shakespeare wasn't.

Nor Milton or Robert Burns.

Study, McGovern. Study.

Okay. I keep my trap shut,

I win all my games?

Now, wouldn't that look a little silly,

the Pirates winning every game?

Yes, it would.

Besides, we have other things to do.

A lot of time, you'll be on your own.

But when you need us,

we'll be in there pitching.

Who's we?

Me and my boys,

the Heavenly Choir Nine.

- Ball players?

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