Fear Strikes Out Page #4

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Here's to the guy that

made the difference.

Jim, Jim, look!

Here's a telegram!

Look at that.

It's a telegram.

What's the matter, Jimmy?

What's wrong, Jim?

I wish I didn't have to go home tomorrow.

I wish we had more time

to think things out.

There's time.

Listen, you...

you don't want to be

tied down to a ballplayer

all your life, living

in trains and hotels.

No, you don't.

It doesn't make any difference.

There's no security in it,

and one bad year, and I'd be out of it.

So you'd do something else for a while.

Well, there's a great

career waiting for me

loading freight cars for

the international silver.

I can't do anything.

I don't know how to do anything else.

You're going to make the Red Sox.

Mary, you don't understand.

The competition is terrific.

You're terrific.

I got my folks to support.

If I got married, I'd

have to live with them.

That would mean four people

living in that house

that wasn't even big enough for three.

It's not possible.

It's impossible.

I have to go in now.

Mary?

I don't care what happens.

I love you, Mary.

Jimmy, I love you.

Let's get married.

Let's go back to Waterbury

and get married, OK?

OK?

Yes.

Right now.

I can't just walk out on my job.

Why not? Talk to them. You can do it.

Talk to them.

All right. I'll ask

the head nurse tonight.

I'll wait.

It may take a while.

I'll call you.

I'll wait.

You go ahead.

I'll call you at the hotel.

Promise?

Yes.

Jimmy, come on.

The old ballgame.

You're just what we

need, a center fielder.

No. I've got

to get upstairs.

I've got a phone call

coming. Please?

Come on, Jimmy.

Play ball.

The weatherman says tomorrow will be fair

and slightly warmer

with probable evening showers.

We now bring you Hal Morrison's

sports review.

Good evening, fans.

With no ballgames in the majors today,

rival managers juggled lineups

for the crucial games ahead.

Locally, the whole town's

talking about Jim Piersall,

the flashy young outfielder

of our pennant-winning

Scranton club.

Bug-eyed Piersall fans

are boosting him

as a hot major league prospect.

Some are even comparing him

to the immortals of yesteryear.

Let's get a few things straight, folks,

in all this hullabaloo.

Young Piersall has had... Hey...

just one season of professional ball.

Scranton is a long way from Fenway Park.

Would you turn that down

in there, please?

More than one rookie

has flashed like a comet in the minors

and fizzled out like a wet firecracker...

Your radio's on awfully loud!

Will Jim Piersall make the Red Sox?

Turn it down!

Has he the wrist power, the stamina,

the vital extras...

Your radio's on a little bit

loud in there, you know!

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