The Catcher Was a Spy Page #3

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This visit is very important.

It goes beyond sport.

Our cultures are very different,

and growing further apart.

If we don't stop to learn

about one another, then..

Then what?

There'll be no more games.

[instrumental music]

You're happy here?

I am.

Why?

When I was growing up

my first baseball team

was a church team.

But I'm a Jew.

Now, I was never

a practicing Jew

but I was different

than the other boys.

I never even told them

my real name.

I tried to blend in.

I wanted to hide.

And it worked.

Do you like to hide, Mr. Berg?

I do.

[chuckles]

I don't fit.

Even now, I have no real home,

I have no wife.

Do you have a wife, Isao?

I do.

And six children.

She's very fertile.

I like to hide too.

[instrumental music]

[sighs]

Now, can I ask you

an important question?

Yes.

You're a professor of history.

Will there be a war

between our two countries?

[music continues]

Yes.

It has been progressing

step-by-step.

It is quite inevitable.

Everything will change.

And we'll all play our part.

I also think

after this visit..

...we will never

see each other again.

I hope you're wrong.

As do I.

[music continues]

[music continues]

[whirring]

The attack yesterday

on the Hawaiian Islands

has caused severe damage

to American naval

and military forces.

I regret to tell you

that very many American lives

have been lost.

[singing in foreign language]

[indistinct chatter]

[singing continues]

Hello, Jerry.

Moe, nice to see you.

Been a long time.

I was hoping you'd be here.

Oh, yeah? Why?

I understand you're working

in Washington.

Where'd you hear that?

One of the guys.

I can't remember who.

- State Department?

- Uh, yeah, sort of.

How'd you come to get the job?

There's room for people

with languages.

That's what I figured.

[speaking in foreign language]

- How are your knees?

- What do you mean?

I figure a professional

ballplayer's getting 4F.

Bad hinges.

My knees are as passable

as my Italian.

Have you heard

of Bill Donovan?

Yeah, sure. Yale, football.

Medal of Honor, 1918.

He's my boss.

We're setting up a small adjunct

to the State Department.

Here's the number.

- Give this man a call.

- Thanks.

First time I've seen you

at one of these things.

Well, first time

I've come to one.

Gentlemen, may I have

your attention please?

We are at war.

In light of what lies

before us

the challenges, the sacrifices

the losses.

I ask you,

gentlemen of Princeton

to join us in the singing of the

"Battle Hymn Of The Republic."

[choir humming]

Mine eyes have seen the glory

of the coming of the Lord..

Sorry for the song choice.

What?

Where the grapes

of wrath are stored

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