Bull Durham (1988)

Robert Wuhl: Larry

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Quotes 

• Skip : You guys. You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Larry!

  Larry : Lollygaggers!

  Skip : Lollygaggers.

• Larry : [Larry jogs out to the mound to break up a players' conference]  Excuse me, but what the hell's going on out here?

  Crash Davis : Well, Nuke's scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man's here. We need a live... is it a live rooster?

  [Jose nods] 

  Crash Davis : We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose's glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present.

  [to the players] 

  Crash Davis : Is that about right?

  [the players nod] 

  Crash Davis : We're dealing with a lot of shit.

  Larry : Okay, well, uh... candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let's get two! Go get 'em.

• Skip : What's our record, Larry?

  Larry : Eight and sixteen.

  Skip : Eight... and sixteen. How'd we ever win eight?

  Larry : It's a miracle.

  Skip : It's a miracle. This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. You got it?

• Skip : Crash Davis? Joe Riggins.

  [shakes hands with Crash] 

  Crash Davis : And you Larry Hockett should remember me, 'cause about five years ago in the Texas League you were pitching for El Paso and I was batting clean-up for Shreveport. You hung an 0 and 2 curve ball in a 3-2 game in the bottom of the 8th and I tattooed it over the Michelin Tire sign and beat you 4-3.

  Larry : Yeah, I remember. I should'a thrown a slider. Damn, Crash, nice to see you.

• Joe Reardon : He walked 18.

  Larry : New league record!

  Joe Reardon : Struck out 18.

  Larry : Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...

  [Joe laughs] 

  Larry : Also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit.

• Larry : Who's this? Who are you?

  Crash Davis : I'm the player to be named later.

• Larry : Well if there was one chick who would know you were pulling your hips out early it'd be Annie.

• Umpire : Call me a cocksucker again, and you're outta here.

  Crash Davis : You're a cocksucker.

  Umpire : You're... *outta*!

  Larry : Whoa! What the fuck is that?

• Larry : Sears sucks, Crash. Boy, I worked there once. Sold Lady Kenmores. Nasty, whoa, nasty.

• Crash Davis : I'm too old for this shit. Why the hell am I back in A ball?

  Joe Reardon : 'Cause of Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. Big club's got a hundred grand in him.

  Larry : He's got a million dollar arm, and a five cent head.

  Joe Reardon : Had a gun on him tonight. The last five pitched he threw were faster that the first five, He has the best young arm I've seen in 30 years. You've been around. You're smart, professional. We want you to mature the kid. We want you to room with him on the road, stay on his case all year. He could go all the way.

  Crash Davis : Where can I go?

  Joe Reardon : You can keep going to the ballpark, and keep getting paid to do it. Beats the hell out of working at Sears.

  Larry : Sears sucks, Crash.