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Hi. My name's Mike.
I'm an over eater.
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All: Hi, Mike.
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I had a pretty good week.
I lost two more pounds.
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(Applause)
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And that was before I cut my
hair, flossed my teeth
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and pulled a dust bunny
from my belly button.
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So, let's just call it
an even three.
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My point is, the winter weight
is slowly starting to melt away.
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That doesn't mean
I'm out of the woods yet.
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In fact, I'm looking
at what could be
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the biggest food challenge
of the year
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for any Chicago sports fan.
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I'm talking about opening day
at wrigley field.
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(Attendees murmur)
All right? Cold beer,
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chili dogs, salted peanuts.
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Those little cups
of chocolate ice cream...
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You know... that you eat
with the tiny wooden spoon?
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You're still sucking the flavor
out of the wood grain
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while you're ordering
the next one.
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But this year,
I'm sticking to my diet.
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I'm pitching a no-eater.
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When I stand up for the
seventh-inning stretch,
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there'll be no crumbs, peanut
shells, or candy wrappers
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falling from my vintage
Ryne Sandberg Cubs Jersey.
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It's all about discipline.
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I'm going to keep my eyes
on the ball,
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away from the vendors,
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and pray to God
we don't go into extra innings.
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I'm gonna do it this year.
But more importantly,
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the Cubbies
are gonna do it this year.
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I'm planning on dieting
through the playoffs,
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all the way to the world series.
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Now who's with me?!
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Cubs! Cubs!
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Cubs! Cubs! Cubs! Cubs! Cubs!
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♪ For the first time
in my life ♪
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♪ I see love. ♪
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Man, I'm looking forward
to this game.
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And this year, I got a new pair
of blue blocker sunglasses,
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so I ain't losing any more
foul balls to the sun.
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You didn't lose that ball
in the sun;
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you lost that ball
to a six-year-old girl.
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She bit me.
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Ah, baseball season again.
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You know, we have something
similar in my country.
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No kidding. Samuel: Yes...
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One man stands in the field
holding a large stick.
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Another man throws
a stone at him.
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Then the man with the stick
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chases the man
who threw the stone.
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Oh. And you call
that baseball?
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No. It's called: Stay away from
my goats,
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you rock-throwing bastards.
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Similar to your sport, except
instead of hot dogs and beer,
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we have drought and starvation.
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Go, Cubbies!
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(Scoffs)
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Hey, Carl, what would
you think about, um,
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me asking Molly to go to
the game with us? Sure.
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Why don't I ask my grandma
to go, too?
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Better yet,
let's just Skip the game,
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and we can all just make a quilt
and do each other's hair.
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A simple "I don't care
for the idea" would suffice.
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Well, I'm just saying,
opening day is our tradition.
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And besides, we only got
the two tickets.
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Yeah, but I could trade those
two for three in the bleachers.
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What? I stood in line all night
for those field-level tickets.
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I had to pee in my thermos.
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But Molly's my girlfriend,
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and I should include her
in everything I do,
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because shared experiences
and memorable moments
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are what bring a couple
closer together.
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You're reading her magazines,
now, aren't you?
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I can't help it.
She leaves them in the crapper,
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and the sports section
only gets me halfway home.
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Look, there's nothing wrong
with you guys
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doing things apart
from each other.
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Yeah, but isn't that one
of the top ten warning signs
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that your man is cheating?
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Dude, seriously, you got to read
a little less
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and push a little harder.
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Oh. That's where my cosmo went.
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Yeah, I wanted to finish
this article
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on finding the female g-spot.
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Got to be honest.
Looks like a two-man job.
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Yeah, or a one-woman job.
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Hey, I only have to work
a half-day tomorrow.
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I was thinking we
could go grab lunch.
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Oh, I can't. I'm going
to the Cubs game with Carl.
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You guys are going
to opening day?
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Ah, that's great.
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Yeah, I wasn't trying
to exclude you from anything.
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This is just an annual ritual
that I have with Carl.
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I get it. It's a guy thing.
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Exactly. It's like growing
a beard, or peeing standing up.
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Might not be fair,
but I didn't make the rules.
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Actually, I'm okay
with being excluded
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from both of those things.
(Chuckles)
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Besides, it's baseball.
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You'd probably
be bored to tears.
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No, I love baseball.
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Used to go to the games
all the time with my dad.
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We'd take the el
to the ballpark,
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I'd sit on his lap
and keep the scorecard.
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Some of my best memories of him
are at those baseball games.
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Really?
Yeah...
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That was our special time
together.
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Just me and my pop.
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You know, I haven't gone to a
single game since he died.
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You're kidding?
No.
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So I completely understand
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how much this tradition
means to you guys.
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Good night, sweetie.
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Sleep tight.
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Grandma:
Now, Michael...
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Be sure and make a big fuss over
Carlton's new baseball mitt.
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He's been breaking
that thing in all month.
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I promise to ooh and ah.
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I'm just happy to see the boy
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oiling something other
than himself.
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Hey, what are you
doing here so early?
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Batting practice doesn't start
for another 45 minutes.
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I'm just excited to get
to the park.
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Cheering on my favorite team,
with my best buddy.
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Oh, we got to make one little
stop on the way.
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What stop? No big deal.
Hey is that a new mitt?
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Ooh... ah...
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You invited Molly
to come with us, didn't you?
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Oh, man!
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I knew you'd fold!
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I had to. She used to go
to the games
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with her dead dad.
They'd take the train;
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they'd sit
in each other's laps...
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I don't know, you got
to hear her tell it.
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And because of that,
I got to sit in the bleachers?
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Hey, I didn't kill the man.
Why do I have to be punished?
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I'll sit in the bleachers.
You two can sit down front.
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Oh, I see.
You get to enjoy the game
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while I entertain
your girlfriend.
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Fine, then you sit
in the bleachers.
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Which is exactly what
you wanted.
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Boy, quit going on and on.
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You talking about
a baseball game.
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Acting like Michael stood
you up for the junior prom.
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Well, he asked me to go first.
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Is it any wonder
that everybody at my church
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has you in their
special prayers?
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Listen, we'll take turns
in the bleachers.
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I promise I won't let her
ruin our day.
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Fine. She can come.
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But I am not the third wheel.
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She is the third wheel.
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I get it. We're the motorcycle
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and she's the sidecar.
No.
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We're the winnebago, and
she's the little ski-doo
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we're dragging behind us.
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Hey, this winnebago lost
three pounds last week.
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Well, I already told you
how good you looked.
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It's just nice to hear
once in a while.
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Good Lord.
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The two of them might as well
move to Las Vegas,
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get a couple of white tigers
and start a magic show.
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Looky what I found.
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Oh, my God.
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Dad's old Cubbie cap.
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(Laughing):
Oh...
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Ah, it smells just like him.
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Vitalis and old spice.
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(Laughs)
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Dad sure loved the old spice,
didn't he, mom?
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That's all you girls ever
gave him... for Christmas,
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his birthday and father's day.
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He used to have to
slap it on pretty heavy
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just to keep it from piling up.
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Yeah, I have a weird memory of
him using that stuff
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to start the grill.
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Starting the grill,
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getting paint off his hands,
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killing ants...
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Victoria:
Oh, my God.
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If you were a little bustier,
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you'd look just like dad.
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Boy, he loved
taking you to the games.
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You were his little tomboy.
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I remember as soon as we'd get
to the ballpark,
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he'd always order his one beer
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and then give me
a little sip of the suds.
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Well, he'd usually slam down
four or five
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before you even left the house.
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That's the reason
you had to take the train.
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It's going to be weird,
you know?
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I-I've never been to a game
without him.
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Don't worry.
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He'll be there with you
in spirit.
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I know he's sitting up there
right now,
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looking down on all of us.
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Hmm. Kind of like
when he used to take
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the lawn chair up on the roof
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with a cooler of beer.
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Yeah...
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Except without the
neighbors complaining
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because he's throwing
rocks at cars
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or peeing in the drainpipe.
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Carl, I'll be happy
to sit in back,
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if you want to be up front.
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No, I'm fine.
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Didn't camp out overnight
for those two seats.
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Hmm? What?
Nothing.
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He's just being funny.
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(Laughs)
Hey, I really appreciate
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you guys inviting me along.
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And don't think
you have to give me
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any special treatment.
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Just consider me one
of the fellas.
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Shouldn't be a problem;
I'm able to consider Carl
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one of the fellas.
(Chuckles)
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See, that's what we do for fun;
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we bust each other's stones,
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give each other
little zings. Ha-Cha!
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Oh... well. Hey!
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You can do that with me, too.
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Feel free to give me
little zings
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and bust my stones.
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Girls don't have stones.
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Not her fault, Carl.
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Okay, look, I-I realize
I'm a guest here,
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so I should be the one to take
the seat in the bleachers.
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I agree. No, I think
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we should work out some sort
of seating schedule.
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I disagree.
Hear me out.
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We'll rotate every
couple innings.
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That way nobody feels left out.
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Oh, it sounds too complicated.
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Oh. It's actually
pretty easy.
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Just in case,
I-I worked out
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a little round-Robin rotation,
where we alternate
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every three innings,
and if we go extra innings,
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we just pull a name
out of a hat.
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Does anybody have a hat?
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(Chuckling)
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This is going to be fun, huh?
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Crowd:
♪ ...Land of the free ♪
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♪ and the home of the brave. ♪
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Play ball!
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Ooh...
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Are you sure you don't mind
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me eating this in front of you?
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Don't worry about me.
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I got a tub of carrot sticks:
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America's favorite
ballpark snack.
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I'm only having it for my dad.
253
00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,901
I get it.
It's a ritual
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00:10:13,902 --> 00:10:16,437
that you shared with your father.
Exactly.
255
00:10:16,438 --> 00:10:18,172
It's a little tribute
to my pop.
256
00:10:18,173 --> 00:10:20,241
Well, you enjoy it.
Okay.
257
00:10:23,245 --> 00:10:25,746
- Oh, my God.
- Is it good?
258
00:10:27,281 --> 00:10:29,382
No.
259
00:10:29,383 --> 00:10:31,618
Not at all.
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00:10:31,619 --> 00:10:34,755
Very disappointing, in fact.
261
00:10:34,756 --> 00:10:36,623
I mean, I'm going to finish it,
262
00:10:36,624 --> 00:10:38,158
because I don't... I don't
like to be wasteful,
263
00:10:38,159 --> 00:10:40,926
but this is not a good dog.
264
00:10:40,927 --> 00:10:42,561
Not at all.
265
00:10:42,562 --> 00:10:44,596
Thanks for sparing my feelings.
266
00:10:44,597 --> 00:10:45,865
Just enjoy your hot dog.
267
00:10:45,866 --> 00:10:49,135
Aw, thank you.
268
00:10:49,136 --> 00:10:50,335
Mm-Hmm.
269
00:10:53,006 --> 00:10:54,907
Whoo!
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00:10:56,776 --> 00:11:00,611
Man, look at the two of them
down there in my seats.
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00:11:00,612 --> 00:11:03,347
Man, I almost caught pneumonia
getting those tickets,
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00:11:03,348 --> 00:11:06,450
and here I am stuck in the
bleachers.
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00:11:06,451 --> 00:11:09,720
As a true cub fan, I believe
the bleachers provide the best
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vantage point to fully appreciate
and experience the game.
275
00:11:12,857 --> 00:11:14,258
Uh-huh.
276
00:11:14,259 --> 00:11:17,661
Plus, you can reach up and grab
a bird or touch an airplane.
277
00:11:17,662 --> 00:11:19,695
You're exaggerating for effect,
278
00:11:19,696 --> 00:11:22,398
but I did see a pigeon fly
into a guy's eye one time.
279
00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:24,533
It was against
St. Louis, 1995.
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I was sitting exactly where
I'm sitting right now.
281
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I'm also wearing
the same pants.
282
00:11:29,907 --> 00:11:30,907
(Bat striking ball)
283
00:11:30,908 --> 00:11:32,909
(Cheering)
284
00:11:32,910 --> 00:11:34,777
Come on!
285
00:11:36,445 --> 00:11:40,048
Let me ask you, if the bleacher
seats are so good, why are you
286
00:11:40,049 --> 00:11:42,918
staring at that little tv
instead of looking at the field?
287
00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:44,986
I enjoy the color commentary
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00:11:44,987 --> 00:11:48,056
and the humorous
anecdotes about the players.
289
00:11:48,057 --> 00:11:51,425
Are you gonna be this confrontational
throughout the entire game?
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00:11:51,426 --> 00:11:54,228
I'm sorry, I'm a little on edge.
I've been coming to opening day
291
00:11:54,229 --> 00:11:56,297
for five years with my best
friend and this year
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he decided to bring his
girlfriend.
293
00:11:58,599 --> 00:12:03,137
Ouch. But way cool to have a
buddy with a girlfriend, right?
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00:12:03,138 --> 00:12:04,238
Up high.
295
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Down low, too slow.
296
00:12:05,573 --> 00:12:07,340
(Chuckling)
297
00:12:10,911 --> 00:12:13,386
When my dad and I would
always go to the games,
298
00:12:13,387 --> 00:12:14,881
it was my job to keep score.
299
00:12:14,882 --> 00:12:17,450
I always thought he did it to
help me learn math,
300
00:12:17,451 --> 00:12:20,786
but I think now it's because he
was too hammered to hold a pen.
301
00:12:20,787 --> 00:12:23,889
Oh, wave, wave, wave!
302
00:12:23,890 --> 00:12:26,578
Come on, people!
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Represent!
304
00:12:30,230 --> 00:12:33,498
Wow, I had no idea you
were such a baseball fan.
305
00:12:33,499 --> 00:12:35,667
Well, if you didn't fall asleep
after we had sex,
306
00:12:35,668 --> 00:12:38,237
you might learn a
thing or two about me.
307
00:12:38,238 --> 00:12:39,270
Hot-Cha!
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I'm busting your stones.
309
00:12:41,573 --> 00:12:43,040
You should've worn a cup.
310
00:12:43,041 --> 00:12:44,475
Maybe I can borrow yours.
311
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Hot-Cha!
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Hey... (Chuckles)
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Thanks for bringing
me today, Mike.
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00:12:51,316 --> 00:12:54,651
I forgot how much I loved
coming to these games.
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00:12:54,652 --> 00:12:56,686
I'm glad you're here.
316
00:12:56,687 --> 00:12:59,555
The minute I cleared the
turnstile, I was just...
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00:12:59,556 --> 00:13:02,959
Flooded with so many memories.
318
00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,896
(Voice breaks): Some of the best
times my dad and I ever had
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00:13:05,897 --> 00:13:08,198
were right here in
this ballpark.
320
00:13:08,199 --> 00:13:11,300
(Sniffling)
All right, sweetie, it's okay.
321
00:13:11,301 --> 00:13:14,236
No, I'm fine. I'm fine.
This is good.
322
00:13:14,237 --> 00:13:16,372
My dad was the best, you know?
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00:13:16,373 --> 00:13:19,541
If I'd have known I had
such little time with him...
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00:13:19,542 --> 00:13:21,911
C'mon, mol, hold it together.
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00:13:21,912 --> 00:13:25,080
(Sobbing loudly)
326
00:13:28,384 --> 00:13:29,683
She's a little upset.
327
00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:31,585
She thought it was
bobble-head day.
328
00:13:41,596 --> 00:13:42,696
Well, looks like Molly's
329
00:13:42,697 --> 00:13:46,300
honoring her dad
with a frosty malt.
330
00:13:46,301 --> 00:13:48,268
Mmm.
331
00:13:48,269 --> 00:13:51,038
Nothing like
a ballpark hot dog, huh?
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00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:54,975
Mmm, it's like heaven wrapped
in a pig intestine.
333
00:13:56,510 --> 00:13:58,412
Normally I would share,
334
00:13:58,413 --> 00:14:01,613
but your loudmouth friend
ate half my nachos,
335
00:14:01,614 --> 00:14:05,151
and contrary to popular opinion,
I'm not the food fairy.
336
00:14:06,886 --> 00:14:09,588
No, I'm set.
I got my carrot sticks.
337
00:14:09,589 --> 00:14:12,891
Fresh off the
grill of mother Earth.
338
00:14:12,892 --> 00:14:17,362
If you already have a girlfriend,
why are you still on a diet?
339
00:14:17,363 --> 00:14:20,065
Getting a girlfriend doesn't
eliminate your problems.
340
00:14:20,066 --> 00:14:22,633
You still gotta watch what you
eat. The key is discipline.
341
00:14:22,634 --> 00:14:29,374
I am all about discipline.
That's why I got into karate.
342
00:14:29,375 --> 00:14:32,276
It provides me both mental
and physical balance.
343
00:14:32,277 --> 00:14:36,280
Uh-huh. Plus, an excuse to walk
around in drawstring pajamas.
344
00:14:36,281 --> 00:14:39,984
Believe me, a black belt isn't that
impressive when it's 52 inches long.
345
00:14:41,486 --> 00:14:45,055
Ah, well played, sensei.
346
00:14:45,056 --> 00:14:46,490
Hey, pass it down.
347
00:14:51,795 --> 00:14:53,463
Hey, pal,
you gonna pass it or what?
348
00:14:53,464 --> 00:14:56,599
Is it against the law for a man
to smell a hot dog?
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00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,766
(Bat strikes ball)
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00:14:57,767 --> 00:15:01,170
(Cheering)
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00:15:01,171 --> 00:15:05,740
(Sobbing): I just always thought
my dad would be there, you know?
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00:15:05,741 --> 00:15:10,245
To watch me graduate from High School,
or give me away at my wedding.
353
00:15:10,246 --> 00:15:11,513
But you're lucky.
354
00:15:11,514 --> 00:15:13,448
At least you got some good
memories of your dad.
355
00:15:13,449 --> 00:15:17,085
My old man had to work two jobs just to
make ends meet, and I never saw him.
356
00:15:17,086 --> 00:15:18,686
Ever?
357
00:15:18,687 --> 00:15:21,055
Well, if I didn't see his shoes,
I knew he was at work.
358
00:15:21,056 --> 00:15:23,957
And if I did see his shoes, I knew I
had to be quiet 'cause he was asleep.
359
00:15:23,958 --> 00:15:27,361
Oh, that's terrible.
360
00:15:27,362 --> 00:15:31,865
Do you know I never got to see
one baseball game with him?
361
00:15:31,866 --> 00:15:36,236
Share some peanuts,
catch a foul ball.
362
00:15:36,237 --> 00:15:39,939
That's probably why I make such
a big deal out of opening day.
363
00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,941
I get it. You are...
364
00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:45,445
You and Mike are doing something that
you never got to do with your dad.
365
00:15:45,446 --> 00:15:49,282
And I intruded on
that, didn't I?
366
00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:52,151
Yeah, little bit.
367
00:15:54,354 --> 00:15:56,688
I'm so sorry, Carl.
368
00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,190
It's all right.
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00:15:58,191 --> 00:16:00,892
You didn't know any better.
370
00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:02,327
(Bat strikes ball)
371
00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:04,263
(Cheering)
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00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:10,234
Oh, my God,
what an amazing day.
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00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:12,703
It's just, like...
Been cathartic, you know?
374
00:16:12,704 --> 00:16:16,107
You should come on floppy
hat or foam finger day.
375
00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:19,377
The vibe is palpable.
376
00:16:19,378 --> 00:16:22,646
May I interest a lovely lady
in a nice draft beer?
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00:16:22,647 --> 00:16:25,848
Oh, no, thank you, I'm fine.
378
00:16:25,849 --> 00:16:29,152
And taken, by the way.
379
00:16:29,153 --> 00:16:30,420
Oh, thank goodness.
380
00:16:30,421 --> 00:16:33,390
Getting a little tired
of holding my stomach in.
381
00:16:38,762 --> 00:16:42,164
My boyfriend was the one
sitting up here earlier.
382
00:16:42,165 --> 00:16:44,066
The portly gent with
the carrot sticks,
383
00:16:44,067 --> 00:16:48,237
or the African-American
who scarfed my nachos?
384
00:16:48,238 --> 00:16:50,539
The cute one with the carrots.
385
00:16:50,540 --> 00:16:52,774
Hmm, he did mention something
about having a girlfriend.
386
00:16:52,775 --> 00:16:55,477
But these bleachers
are full of guys
387
00:16:55,478 --> 00:17:00,281
claiming to have girlfriends...
And their own cars.
388
00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:07,522
Well, he actually has both.
389
00:17:07,523 --> 00:17:10,992
I certainly can't
compete with that.
390
00:17:10,993 --> 00:17:13,860
Is it true he lost
three pounds last week?
391
00:17:13,861 --> 00:17:15,229
Yeah, it is.
392
00:17:15,230 --> 00:17:19,099
Man, it comes so
easy to the winners.
393
00:17:23,004 --> 00:17:24,704
Carl, I'm sure your dad loved
you, but he
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00:17:24,705 --> 00:17:26,540
had to work
and provide for your family.
395
00:17:26,541 --> 00:17:29,642
I realize that, but I missed so many
moments with him because he wasn't there.
396
00:17:29,643 --> 00:17:32,778
Hey, my dad was there and we
never talked to each other.
397
00:17:32,779 --> 00:17:35,014
We must've gone to 50
ball games together
398
00:17:35,015 --> 00:17:36,682
and didn't say two
words to one another.
399
00:17:36,683 --> 00:17:38,484
That's horrible!
Yeah.
400
00:17:38,485 --> 00:17:40,753
And every time I did
try to talk to him,
401
00:17:40,754 --> 00:17:44,022
he'd buy me a hot dog
just to shut me up.
402
00:17:44,023 --> 00:17:47,325
You know, once I asked him if
he really loved my mom. Mm-Hmm.
403
00:17:47,326 --> 00:17:49,761
He bought me two chili
dogs, a piece of pizza
404
00:17:49,762 --> 00:17:52,364
and a bucket of chicken
on the ride home.
405
00:17:52,365 --> 00:17:54,432
And that's probably
why you eat like you do.
406
00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:56,280
Because you're stuffing
your emotions down,
407
00:17:56,281 --> 00:17:58,002
because your daddy
wouldn't talk to you.
408
00:17:58,003 --> 00:18:00,504
You're right.
409
00:18:00,505 --> 00:18:03,374
But not anymore.
The cycle ends here.
410
00:18:03,375 --> 00:18:05,409
I'm proud of you, man.
411
00:18:05,410 --> 00:18:07,711
You know what, I'm calling my
dad in Scottsdale
412
00:18:07,712 --> 00:18:11,515
right now and I'm telling
him that I forgive him.
413
00:18:11,516 --> 00:18:13,284
Look at me, Carl.
414
00:18:13,285 --> 00:18:16,586
It's the ninth inning, and I
have not had one hot dog.
415
00:18:16,587 --> 00:18:17,987
You want everything
on it, big guy?
416
00:18:17,988 --> 00:18:20,756
Walk away! Walk away! Walk away!
417
00:18:20,757 --> 00:18:23,159
Dad, it's Carlton...
418
00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,160
(Bat strikes ball)
419
00:18:24,161 --> 00:18:25,595
(Cheering)
420
00:18:25,596 --> 00:18:27,830
Hey!
421
00:18:27,831 --> 00:18:30,966
Foul ball. Hey!
422
00:18:31,934 --> 00:18:33,802
That did not just happen.
423
00:18:35,805 --> 00:18:37,339
Hey, dad, guess what?
424
00:18:37,340 --> 00:18:39,508
I just caught a foul ball!
425
00:18:41,377 --> 00:18:42,744
Yeah!
426
00:18:45,498 --> 00:18:46,998
The bad news is, the Cubs lost.
427
00:18:46,999 --> 00:18:48,533
Good news is, Mike Biggs won.
428
00:18:49,514 --> 00:18:52,449
I got through opening day
without gaining a pound.
429
00:18:52,450 --> 00:18:54,852
Now if I could just get past
Easter, Memorial Day
430
00:18:54,853 --> 00:18:56,820
and fourth of July,
I should be fine
431
00:18:56,821 --> 00:19:00,423
until the Halloween candy hits
the shelves.
432
00:19:00,424 --> 00:19:02,758
But one day at a time.
Thank you.
433
00:19:06,396 --> 00:19:08,498
Nice speech.
Humorous, yet heartfelt.
434
00:19:08,499 --> 00:19:09,932
Glad you made it.
435
00:19:09,933 --> 00:19:12,001
You've inspired me to
take control of my life.
436
00:19:12,002 --> 00:19:14,403
Well, if I can do it,
you can do it, too.
437
00:19:14,404 --> 00:19:16,906
I'm cautiously optimistic.
438
00:19:16,907 --> 00:19:18,974
Attendees:
Hi, Joe.
439
00:19:20,309 --> 00:19:22,210
So, is this it for the chicks,
440
00:19:22,211 --> 00:19:25,013
or do more show up when
the cookies are laid out?
441
00:19:25,014 --> 00:19:28,016
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