The Phenom Page #3

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strikes if you were a complete Marxist.

Exactly.

When I grew up, athletes were political.

They wanted to be like Muhammad Ali.

Nowadays, they want to be

like Michael Jordon.

Hollow billionaire. They're capitalists.

No heart or love in what they do.

LeBron went back to Cleveland.

There was love in that move. Kevin Love.

Ba-dum-bum-tssh.

Did I tell you the one

about the polar bear and rabbit?

- Oh, the polar bear and the rabbi?

- Rabbit.

Uh, uh, hold it. LeBron,

are you ready for dessert?

I just called you LeBron, didn't I?

Because I love the game.

Oh, Hopper, are you ready for dessert?

No, you can call me LeBron.

You can call me LeBron. I like it.

My parents, they loved you.

Really?

I'm not used to talking like that

at dinner at all.

Yeah?

- What's it like at your house?

- My house? At dinner?

I always sit in front of the TV.

We eat, we don't really say anything.

My mom works all the time.

She is in real estate. My dad he's...

He's away.

Your family is so smart.

You're smart.

You're going to be a valedictorian.

You got all the Chinese kids beat.

I'm just good at studying, that's all.

I'm terrible at studying.

My Mom says I have ADD.

How do you focus when you're on the mound?

I just forget about everything.

Hopper, come on in for a second.

- Sunflower seed?

- No, thank you.

How is the change up coming along?

Mm-mm. I don't know. Sometimes,

I think I'm getting it, and then...

Yeah.

There's not really anything to get.

You just can't blow up, you know.

Yeah, I guess.

I heard your dad's coming back this week.

Yup.

Is that what you wanted

to talk to me about?

Is he going to stay with you and your mom?

Yeah, I think so.

- How do you feel about him coming back?

- I feel great about it.

- Real f***ing cocksucker.

- Yeah.

My dad rides me pretty damn hard.

I know he does.

He rides me hard too.

He tells me all the time

not to watch the pitch count,

'cause it's going to make you soft.

A dime a dozen.

He's a piece of work, your pop.

Yeah, he thinks you are...

he thinks you're slow too because you didn't

take that third base Coaching gig at FSU.

- That's what he said?

- That's what he said.

You are doing really good.

- Yeah.

- Staying out of trouble.

I'm trying really hard.

And I like Dorothy. That's a good girl.

- Yeah.

- She's got sturdy head over her shoulders.

It seems to me you've been

in the pink since you been with her.

A lot better than with the last one,

I forgot her name right now.

I think it was another "D" name.

- Doreen.

- Doreen.

Any girl going to math class,

puts on that much mascara,

she does not like herself very much.

Anybody puts on that kind of mask,

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