My father's name was John Kinsella. It's an Irish name. He was born in North Dakota in...
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Ray Kinsella:
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My father's name was John Kinsella. It's an Irish name. He was born in North Dakota in 1896, and never saw a big city until he came back from France in 1918. He settled in Chicago, where he quickly learned to live and die with the White Sox. Died a little when they lost the 1919 World Series. Died a lot the following summer when eight members of the team were accused of throwing that series. He played in the minors for a year too, but nothing ever came of it. Moved to Brooklyn in '35, married Mom in '38. He was already an old man working at the naval yards when I was born in 1952. My name's Ray Kinsella. Mom died when I was three, and I suppose Dad did the best he could. Instead of Mother Goose, I was put to bed at night to stories of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson. Dad was a Yankees fan then, so of course I rooted for Brooklyn. But in '58, the Dodgers moved away, so we had to find other things to fight about. We did. And when it came time to go to college, I picked the farthest one from home I could find. This, of course, drove him right up the wall, which I suppose was the point. Officially, my major was English, but really it was the '60s. I marched, I smoked some grass, I tried to like sitar music, and I met Annie. The only thing we had in common was that she came from Iowa, and I had once heard of Iowa. After graduation, we moved to the Midwest and stayed with her family as long as we could... almost a full afternoon. Annie and I got married in June of '74. Dad died that fall. A few years later, Karin was born. She smelled weird, but we loved her anyway. Then Annie got the crazy idea that she could talk me into buying a farm. I'm thirty-six years old, I love my family, I love baseball, and I'm about to become a farmer. And until I heard the Voice, I'd never done a crazy thing in my whole life.
Voice:
If you build it, he will come.
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Out there What is out there
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Come and find out
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Wait a second Why him I built this field
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You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me I'm unattached You have a family
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I want to know what's out there
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I want to see it But you're not invited
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Not invited What do you mean I'm not invited
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That's my corn out there You guys are guests in my corn
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I've done everything I've been asked to do I didn't understand but I've done it
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I haven't once asked what's in it for me
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What are you saying I'm saying What's in it for me
Clip duration: 37 seconds
Views: 429
Timestamp in movie: 01h 30m 39s
Uploaded: 04 April, 2022
Genres: drama, fantasy, comedy
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.
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00:08 Hey ump
00:26 The only thing we had in common was that she came from Iowa
00:08 Okay the last interview he ever gave was in 1973
00:11 I wish I had your passion
00:04 There's a man out there on your lawn
00:07 As a matter of fact it's Terence Mann
00:06 What if the voice calls while you're gone Take a...
00:06 If you build what who will come He didn't say
00:16 Oh my God What
00:30 I think I know what If you build it he will come means
00:12 I mean Shoeless Joe He's dead Died in '51...
00:09 What happened to you The voice is back
00:09 They're talking about banning books again
00:28 Thought you were watching some game
00:12 I've done everything I've been asked to do I...
00:04 Ease his pain
00:04 Go the distance
00:04 Don't sell the farm Ray
00:11 What are you grinning at you ghost
00:31 At times children could not afford eyeglasses or milk or...