You see? That's the sort of crap people are always trying to lay on me. It's not my fault...
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Ray Kinsella:
By the time I was ten, playing baseball got to be like eating vegetables or taking out the garbage. So when I was 14, I started to refuse. Could you believe that? An American boy refusing to play catch with his father. Terence Mann:
Why 14? Ray Kinsella:
That's when I read "The Boat Rocker" by Terence Mann. Terence Mann:
[rolling his eyes]
Oh, God. Ray Kinsella:
Never played catch with him again. Terence Mann:
You see? That's the sort of crap people are always trying to lay on me. It's not my fault you wouldn't play catch with your father
By the time I was ten, playing baseball got to be like eating vegetables or taking out the garbage. So when I was 14, I started to refuse. Could you believe that? An American boy refusing to play catch with his father. Terence Mann:
Why 14? Ray Kinsella:
That's when I read "The Boat Rocker" by Terence Mann. Terence Mann:
[rolling his eyes]
Oh, God. Ray Kinsella:
Never played catch with him again. Terence Mann:
You see? That's the sort of crap people are always trying to lay on me. It's not my fault you wouldn't play catch with your father
Full Transcript
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By the time I was 10, playing baseball...
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...got to be like eating vegetables
or taking out the garbage.
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So when I was 14, I started to refuse.
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Can you believe that?
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American boy refusing to have a catch
with his father?
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Why 14?
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That's when I read The Boat Rocker
by Terence Mann.
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God!
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I never played catch with him again.
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That's the kind of crap
people always lay on me.
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It's not my fault
you wouldn't play catch with him.
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I know.
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Anyway, when I was 17...
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...I packed my things,
said something awful, and left.
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After a while, I wanted to come home,
but I didn't know how.
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Made it back for the funeral, though.
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What was the awful thing you said?
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To your father?
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I said I could never respect a man
whose hero was a criminal.
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Who was his hero?
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Shoeless Joe Jackson.
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You knew he wasn't a criminal.
Then why did you say it?
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I was 17.
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Movie Summary
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Actors
Ray Kinsella
Terence Mann
