Eric Bruskotter: Rube Baker
Quotes
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Gus Cantrell : Hey Rube.
Rube Baker : Hey Skip.
Gus Cantrell : Say Rube, I was wondering, do you have any hidden skills?
Rube Baker : Hidden skills?
Gus Cantrell : Yeah, like if my car wasn't running right, would you be able to take the carburetor apart and fix it?
Rube Baker : No. I don't know anything about carburetors.
Gus Cantrell : How about if I bought some lumber, would you be able to build me a coffee table?
Rube Baker : I don't think so.
Gus Cantrell : So your skills have primarily lend themselves to baseball. Can we say that?
Rube Baker : Yeah, we can say that.
Gus Cantrell : If another routine ground ball lands 15 rows in the grandstands, I'm sending your ass home. So I suggest you make your throws. Or, I suggest you invest in some how-to books and find a fallback profession, understood.
Rube Baker : Yeah.
[Rube leaves the dugout, and comes back in, and leaves again]
Rube Baker : Mitt.
Doc : I thought you were going to give him the gentle speech.
Gus Cantrell : That was it.
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Rube Baker : Carlos Liston, a resident mad man and cleanup hitter.
Hog Ellis : I have to pitch to him today?
Rube Baker : Yeah.
[laughs]
Frank 'Pops' Morgan : Just remember one thing, Carlos is a bit like a mad dog.
Hog Ellis : Mad dog?
Pedro Cerrano : If he smells fear, he goes into attack mode.
Frank 'Pops' Morgan : So, whatever you do,
Pedro Cerrano : Don't let him know that you are scared.
Hog Ellis : I need to use the bathroom.
Pedro Cerrano : Use the mound.
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Carlos Liston : Tell that son of a bitch to throw me his fastball.
Rube Baker : That was his fastball.
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Rube Baker : Gus Cantrell, you remember me?
Gus Cantrell : Rube Baker, what are you doing here? I thought you were with San Diego.
Rube Baker : I was with San Diego, but some throwing problems came back to haunt me.
Gus Cantrell : Having trouble making the throw to second?
Rube Baker : Yeah, second. And uh, first. Third, a little. I still have trouble getting the ball back to the pitcher.
Gus Cantrell : Oh, come on I don't believe that. Just take it back and let 'er rip.
[Rube throws the ball, it leaves the field and hits a car]
Kid : Mom, they did it again.
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Rube Baker : Hog, he's crowding the plate, forcing you to throw to his power.
Frank 'Pops' Morgan : Might want to give him a little chin music.
Hog Ellis : You want me to throw at Carlos Liston?
Frank 'Pops' Morgan : He'll hate you tonight, but he'll respect him in the morning.
Hog Ellis : What do I do if he comes out here?
Frank 'Pops' Morgan : Climbing the center field wall wouldn't be a bad idea.
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Gus Cantrell : Gentlemen, some of you might want to check your contracts. You all set there, Rube?
Rube Baker : Oh, yeah.
Gus Cantrell : Yeah, just a little more mayo there. It seems that you guys signed on to play an entire season, but quit playing about 2/3 of the way through, and I want to know what the hell is going on. Anyone? Yeah, Hog.
Hog Ellis : Well, nobody thinks that we can win without Downtown.
Gus Cantrell : Look, this game is not about one player. Believe me, I miss Downtown just as much as the rest of you. But baseball is about a team, an entire team, playing together. Yeah, look at me like I'm some damn corndog old man who doesn't know what the hell I'm talking about!
Frank 'Pops' Morgan : I don't know about the rest of you, but I remember not too long ago, we were the joke of the league. Now we've won some games. We even went dead even with the big team, and this man made the difference. I think we should listen to what he has to say.
Gus Cantrell : Look, I'm not asking for too much. Just help the guy sitting next to you. Maybe you know something he doesn't. Maybe you can pass that information along. We're traveling tonight. We got the Crawdads tomorrow. By the time we hit the field, I expect everyone's minds to be on teamwork and the business of baseball. That cool?
Hog Ellis : Yeah, it's cool
Gus Cantrell : All right, let's pack up and get out of here.
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Frank 'Pops' Morgan : I'll tell you what, Rube. Playing a big league team, big league park, made the whole 20 years worthwhile.
Rube Baker : It's a beautiful thing.
