影片《曲線難題》中，年事已高、經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的棒球球探Gus（Clint Eastwood飾），深受眼疾影響，同時(shí)又受到老板和同事的排擠，踏上退休前最后一次為球隊(duì)發(fā)掘未來球星之路。Gus的女兒Mickey（Amy Adams飾）是一名律師，剛剛獲得律師事務(wù)所合伙人的資格，她得知父親的狀況后，與其前往卡羅萊納州，遇到曾經(jīng)被Gus簽下的前球員Flanagan（Justin Timberlake飾），由此產(chǎn)生愛的火花。

究竟Gus能否獨(dú)具慧眼為球隊(duì)找到未來之星呢？Mickey又是如何在事業(yè)和父親之間作出取舍呢？

Mickey在律師事務(wù)所努力工作七年，終于得到成為合伙人的機(jī)會(huì)。

Boss 1： Hard to believe its been seven years.

Mickey： Time flies when youre working your ass off. Excuse me， doing your lifes work.

Boss 1： So where do you stand on the Landau case？

Mickey： I like my chances.

Boss 2： That could be quite a 1）coup for us.

Boss 3： Its all very impressive.

Mickey： Thank you.

Boss 2： Youd be the youngest partner this firms ever had.

Mickey： There is a reason Ive not taken a Saturday off in seven days. I want this. Bad.

Boss 1： So does Todd. Hes been productive for a long time. Hes a quality associate.

Mickey： But I have been more productive. And I agree with you， he is a quality associate.

Boss 1： Youd be the only woman.

Mickey： Gentlemen， my father is a baseball 2）scout. And while he was hardly 3）attentive， the one thing he did give me was life experience. I took a lot of road trips. I grew up around men who swore， drank and 4）farted. Trust me， I can handle it.

Boss 3： Let us bring it to the partnership committee. Then well talk.

Mickey： Great.

老板甲：難以置信（你在這里工作）已經(jīng)七年了。

米琪：當(dāng)你不要命似地干活，時(shí)光飛逝。對(duì)不起，（我是說）竭盡全力工作時(shí)。

老板甲：那么關(guān)于朗度案，你有什么看法？米琪：我覺得我能贏。

老板乙：我們對(duì)此出乎意料。

老板丙：這非常令人欽佩。

米琪：謝謝。

老板乙：你將是公司有史以來最年輕的合伙人。

米琪：這就是我為什么每周工作七天，周六也不休假的原因。我非常想得到這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。

老板甲：托德也是。他已經(jīng)努力很長一段時(shí)間了。他是個(gè)合格的準(zhǔn)合伙人。

米琪：但是我比他更有成效。我同意你的意見，他是個(gè)合格的準(zhǔn)合伙人。

老板甲：你將是唯一的女性。

米琪：先生們，我的父親是一名棒球球探。盡管他并沒意識(shí)到，但他給了我很多人生經(jīng)歷。我有過很多次公路旅行的經(jīng)歷，在滿口咒罵、成天酗酒和放屁的男人堆中長大。相信我，我能應(yīng)付得來。

老板丙：我們呈報(bào)到合伙人委員會(huì)討論吧，然后我們?cè)僬務(wù)劇?/p>

米琪：好極了。

電腦技術(shù)運(yùn)用到發(fā)掘球員上，而Gus并不會(huì)使用電腦。他的同事Phillip想借選秀一事證明Gus已經(jīng)沒有價(jià)值并踢他出俱樂部。

Phillip： Absolutely 5）tremendous. Prescott just went 3-3 again last night.

Pete： Didnt he just get arrested for 6）assault？

Phillip： 7）Allegedly. Kids hitting .350， ready to move to Double A. So lets not rush to judgment.

Pete： Youve seen him play lately？

Phillip： I dont need to see him play.

Pete： You and that computer. Heh.

Phillip： Need to stay current， Pete. These programs are an essential tool to evaluate todays talent. In fact， theres only one scout in the entire organization， maybe in all of baseball， that doesnt use this technology. Maybe thats why hes only signed three kids in what， the last four years？

Pete： This is not a grocery store. You cant just go in and get what you want. Maybe theres nothing out there. Maybe his territorys a little thin.

Vince： What about Billy Clark in Rome？ Didnt Gus sign him？

Phillip： Heh， yeah， and hes struggling. Kids in a big-time 8）slump.

Pete： Hell come around. Gus could spot talent from an airplane.

Phillip： I just hope were not missing anything， thats all. I mean， he is getting up there.

Vince： Should we send him to look at Gentry？

Pete： Of course. The Carolinas are his territory.

Vince： 9）Drafts in nine days. I dont want any surprises. Pete： Youre talking about one of the best scouts baseballs ever seen. Youre talking about the guy that signed Ralph Garr， Dusty Baker， Dale Murphy， Tom Glavine， Chipper Jones. The list goes on.

Phillip： With all due respect， Pete， the games changed. Its so much bigger now. Its global. Need somebody to keep up with the times. Gus couldnt even turn on a typewriter， let alone a computer. Look， we all hate to think it， but he may be ready for 10）pasture.

菲利普：絕對(duì)精彩。普利斯科特昨晚又投出3個(gè)“三振”。

皮特：他不是因?yàn)閭吮徊读藛幔?/p>

菲利普：據(jù)說如此。這孩子擊中率達(dá)到35%，就要進(jìn)入雙A聯(lián)賽了，所以我們別過早下結(jié)論。

皮特：你最近看過他打球嗎？

菲利普：我沒必要看他打球。

皮特：就憑你和那臺(tái)電腦，呵呵。

菲利普：要緊跟最新信息，皮特。這些程序是評(píng)估一個(gè)有天分的球員必不可少的工具。事實(shí)上，整個(gè)聯(lián)盟的球探，可能甚至是整個(gè)棒球界只有他一個(gè)不使用這種科技。或許這就是他四年里只簽了三個(gè)球員的原因。

皮特：這不像是商店，你不能走進(jìn)走出就得到自己想要的東西?；蛟S那兒根本沒人才，又或許他的片區(qū)太小了。

文斯：羅馬的比利·克拉克呢？格斯沒簽他嗎？

菲利普：呵呵，簽了，他還在努力呢，正處于人生低谷階段。

皮特：他會(huì)好起來的，他在飛機(jī)上都能找到天才。

菲利普：我只是希望我們不要錯(cuò)過任何人才，就這樣而已。我是說，他正在恢復(fù)狀態(tài)。

文斯：我們?cè)撆伤タ纯唇鹛乩飭幔?/p>

皮特：當(dāng)然了，卡羅萊納州是他負(fù)責(zé)的片區(qū)。

文斯：九天后選秀就開始了。我不想有什么意外。

皮特：你們談?wù)摰目墒前羟蚪缡飞献詈玫那蛱街?。你們的談?wù)摰娜嗽?jīng)簽了拉夫·加爾、達(dá)斯汀·貝克、戴爾·莫菲、湯姆·格拉文、奇普·瓊斯，不計(jì)其數(shù)的球員。

菲利普：恕我直言，皮特，比賽已經(jīng)不同以往了?，F(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是全球化，更廣闊了。需要有人跟上時(shí)代。格斯甚至不會(huì)使用打字機(jī)，更別說電腦了。聽著，我們都不愿這么想，但他也許該退休了。

Gus正在為去卡羅萊納州發(fā)掘球員做準(zhǔn)備，這時(shí)Pete來看望他。

Pete： Busy？

Gus： Yeah. Just doing my homework， thats all.

Pete： Gus， did you ever think in a million years that computers would be a part of this game？

Gus： Computers？ Anybody uses computers doesnt know a damn thing about this game.

Pete： You know， If you wanted to， you could access any high school or college 11）roster pull the stats on any player any time. You wouldnt have to waste your time with all these papers.

Gus： Im not wasting my time. I enjoy doing this.

Pete： You know， they got a special program now that can calculate a players stats and based on the competition hes seen tell you whether or not hes ready for the next level. You believe that？

Gus： Yeah， what else does it tell you？ When to 12）scratch your ass？ （laugh）

皮特：在忙嗎？

格斯：是啊，正在做準(zhǔn)備，如此而已。

皮特：格斯，你想過電腦將成為比賽的一部分嗎？

格斯：電腦？用電腦的人都不懂得比賽。皮特：你知道的，只要你愿意，隨時(shí)可以進(jìn)入高中、大學(xué)的花名冊(cè)去查詢某個(gè)球員的數(shù)據(jù)，而不必浪費(fèi)時(shí)間在報(bào)紙上。

格斯：我沒浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，我很享受這個(gè)過程。

皮特：你知道的，他們有種特殊程序可以計(jì)算球員的數(shù)據(jù)，然后基于比賽情況就能告訴你他能否打入更高級(jí)別的比賽。你相信嗎？

格斯：是嗎，還能告訴你什么？什么時(shí)候撓屁股嗎？（笑）

Pete： I dont like them either， but theyre a part of the business now.

Gus： Pete， scouts， good scouts， are the heart of this game. They decide whos gonna play， and if theyre lucky they decide how its gonna be played. But a computer， that cant tell if a kids got 13）instincts or not， or if he can hit a cut-off man， or hit behind the runner. Or look into a kids face thats just gone 0-4 and know if hes gonna be able to come back the next night like nothing happened. No， a computer cant tell you all that crap， Ill tell you. No. Pete： What do you think about Bo Gentry？

Gus： I dont know. He looks pretty good on paper. Ill take a look at him， see if he can play.

Pete： If the Red Sox pass with their first pick， I know Phillip really wants to take him.

Gus： Phillip. Well， tell him to check his computer. What we need is a pitcher. Yeah. Maybe， uh， he can find one on his interweb. Heh， heh， heh.

皮特：我也不喜歡電腦，但是它們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為這個(gè)行業(yè)的一部分了。

格斯：皮特，球探，好的球探是比賽的核心。他們決定誰能上場(chǎng)，運(yùn)氣好的話，還能決定比賽打得怎么樣。但是電腦無法告訴你，一個(gè)孩子是否有天賦，也不能告訴你，他能否命中截傳者，或是打出地面球，也無法看著球員的臉，在四輪未得分后，判斷他能否在下一晚平靜地回到賽場(chǎng)上。不行，這些電腦都無法告訴你，但是我可以，電腦不能。

皮特：你覺得博·金特里怎么樣？

格斯：不知道，報(bào)紙上看還不錯(cuò)。我會(huì)去看他比賽，看看他打得怎么樣。

皮特：如果紅襪隊(duì)的首選不是他，我知道菲利普真的很想簽下他。

格斯：菲利普。好吧，叫他去看看電腦，我們要的是投手。是啊，也許他能在網(wǎng)頁上找到。呵呵。

Pete發(fā)現(xiàn)Gus身體情況不妥，特地來到律師事務(wù)所找Mickey，希望她能夠陪同Gus一同前往卡羅萊納州。

Pete： Have you noticed anything lately？ Has he been acting any differently？

Mickey： No， he is as unpleasant as usual.

Peter： He been sick at all？

Mickey： I dont think so.

Pete： Mick， if something goes wrong up in Carolina with this kid Gentry， hes gonna be out of a job.

Mickey： Well lets hope that doesnt happen. That would be the end of one of the all-time great love stories.

Pete： He wouldnt do well without his work.

Mickey： What do you want me to do about it？

Pete： Carolinas beautiful this time of year.

Mickey： （laugh） No， no way. He has his life， I have my life. That is the way its always been. Thats the way he wants it.

Pete： Just for a couple of days. Just to make sure everything goes okay. Itd be really nice for you two to spend some time together.

Mickey： Nice for who？

Pete： If you wont do it for him， do it for me. Hes my friend for 30 years. I care about him.

Mickey： Dont try to 14）manipulate me. Im an attorney， thats my job. Im sorry， Im just…Im really busy right now. Pete： I appreciate your time， Mickey. I just thought you should know.

皮特：你注意到他最近怎么了嗎？有什么不同嗎？

米琪：沒有，一如既往，還是那么悶悶不樂。

皮特：生病了嗎？

米琪：我想沒有。

皮特：米克，如果對(duì)卡羅萊納州的金特里

判斷上有失誤的話，他會(huì)丟了工作。

米琪：希望這不會(huì)發(fā)生。那將成為傳奇故事的終結(jié)。

皮特：他不能沒有工作。

米琪：你要我怎么做？

皮特：卡羅萊納正是全年最美的時(shí)候。

米琪：（笑）不，不行。他有他的生活，我有我的。向來如此，這是他愿意的生活方式。

皮特：只是幾天而已，確保一切進(jìn)展順利。對(duì)你們來說，花點(diǎn)時(shí)間在一起挺好的。

米琪：對(duì)誰好？

皮特：如果你不想為他這么做，就算是幫幫我吧。我跟他做了30年的朋友，我很在乎他。

米琪：別想操控我，我是律師，就是干這個(gè)的。對(duì)不起，我只是……現(xiàn)在我真的很忙。

皮特：感謝你抽出時(shí)間見我，米琪。我只是想告知你而已。

Mickey在得到Gus患了眼疾之后，放下律師事務(wù)所繁忙的工作前往卡羅萊納州。在球場(chǎng)，她與父親遇到了Flanagan，這是Gus曾經(jīng)簽下的球員，后來因?yàn)槭直凼軅麩o法繼續(xù)打球而被賣給了別的俱樂部。Flanagan發(fā)現(xiàn)Gus和Mickey父女之間有隔閡，試圖開解他們。

Gus： She was 13 years old， she was going to her first dance and she came in the room and asked me what I thought of her 15）outfit. I knew right then that she wasnt gonna be a kid any longer.

Flanagan： How old was Mickey when， uh…？

Gus： Her mother died？ Six. That shouldve been me. No kid should be without a mother.

Flanagan： How did you handle all that by yourself？

Gus： I didnt. How about you， Flanagan？ Dont you feel like youre over your head， handling a number one pick？

Flanagan： Ive been doing okay so far. Besides， youre here. Ill be fine.

Gus： This isnt exactly what you wanted to do， is it？

Flanagan： After my arm went， the Red Sox gave me a chance to， uh， you know， stay in the game. Theres gonna be a job in the booth next year， and lm gunning for it.

Gus： Announcing， huh？

Flanagan： Yes， Gus. I plan on bringing all that hard work and dedication I had as an athlete to my new profession as a broadcaster.

Gus： Well， ever think what wouldve happened if the Braves hadnt traded you？

Flanagan： No more than 8， 9 hours a day.

Gut： Yeah. Never goes away， does it？

Flanagan： No， it doesnt.

格斯：那年她13歲，正要參加第一次舞會(huì)，她來到我的房間問我她的衣服怎么樣，那時(shí)我就知道，她不再是孩子了。弗拉納岡：米琪那時(shí)多大，呃……？

格斯：她母親去世嗎？6歲。這都怪我，孩子不能沒有母親。

弗拉納岡：光靠你自己怎么能行？

格斯：確實(shí)不行。你呢，弗拉納岡？讓你來挑選狀元，不覺得力不從心嗎？

弗拉納岡：到目前為止還算不錯(cuò)。另外，有你在，我覺得沒問題。

格斯：這不是你想做的，對(duì)吧？

弗拉納岡：當(dāng)我手臂受傷后，紅襪隊(duì)給過我機(jī)會(huì)，呃，你知道的，繼續(xù)留在比賽里。來年他們讓我去控制室工作，我也努力爭取過。

格斯：解說，對(duì)吧？

弗拉納岡：是的，格斯。我也打算像做運(yùn)動(dòng)員一樣努力學(xué)習(xí)，在新領(lǐng)域做一名專業(yè)的解說員。

格斯：那么，想過如果勇士隊(duì)沒賣掉你會(huì)如何嗎？

弗拉納岡：每天工作也不會(huì)超過8、9小時(shí)。

格斯：是的。永遠(yuǎn)忘不掉，對(duì)吧？

弗拉納岡：對(duì)，忘不掉。

Flanagan： So You want to tell me whats wrong with Gus？ You can trust me. Okay？ When Gus scouted me， we spent a lot of time together. To be honest， when I got traded， I think it bothered him as much as it did me. Actually， I remember him saying he had a daughter in college. Yep. He would say that she was smarter than me and him put together. Thats why when I met you， obviously， I thought Gus had another daughter.

Mickey： Doesnt sound like my father. That sounds like a compliment.

Flanagan： Well， he said it.

Mickey： Well， he never tells me anything.

Flanagan： Maybe he wants to. You know？ Doesnt know how. You might have to take the lead.

Mickey： Trust me， Ive tried. Im done.

Flanagan： As you know， to hit the magical .300， you fail 7 out of 10 times.

弗拉納岡：能告訴我格斯怎么了嗎？你可以相信我。好吧？格斯簽了我之后，我們有很長一段時(shí)間在一起。說實(shí)話，我被賣掉后，我覺得他和我一樣難受。實(shí)際上，我記得他說過有個(gè)女兒在上大學(xué)。是的，他會(huì)說，她比我和他加起來都要聰明。所以我見到你，很明顯我以為格斯還有一個(gè)女兒。

米琪：聽起來不像我爸說話的語氣，倒像是贊美。

弗拉納岡：真的，他說過。

米琪：好吧，他從沒給我說過任何事。

弗拉納岡：也許他想說的。你知道嗎？只是不知道該怎么開口，也許你可以引導(dǎo)一下。

米琪：相信我，試過了，沒用的。

弗拉納岡：正如你所知，就像玩魔術(shù)30%一樣，打10次，有7次是失敗的。

受到Flanagan的鼓勵(lì)，Mickey決定再次敞開心扉與父親交談。

Mickey： Do you know what， um， therapy is？

Gus： What？

Mickey： Therapy. Ive been going since college. Its a long time. Just needed to talk to someone to help me deal with why you left me.

Gus： Did I say something wrong here？

Mickey： I just needed to， um， understand why after Mom died you took a 6-year-old to live with an uncle that she barely knew. And you left her there for a year and you didnt even call， not once.

Gus： We came here to watch baseball. We didnt come here to…

Mickey： Talk. I know. Everything is okay as long as we dont talk. But theres…theres no TV and theres no game on， so…its just you and me. So I…

Gus： I need a check here.

Mickey： And then you did it again. I had you until I was 13， until you sent me away to boarding school. And then nothing. Then you were just gone. Middle school， high school， college， nothing. And for a long time， I thought that I had done something wrong and thats why you left. But then I figured out thats just how you wanted it， so I acted like it was okay because I didnt want you to know how bad it hurt.

Gus： This is not the time or place to be talking about this. Mickey： Are you kidding？ Theres never a time or place. Gus： What are you doing， anyway？ Why did you start all this？

Mickey： Youre amazing…

米琪：你知道什么是心理治療嗎？

格斯：什么？

米琪：心理治療。我從大學(xué)開始就接受心理治療，已經(jīng)很長時(shí)間了。得一直和其他人談話，找出你離開我的原因。

格斯：我說錯(cuò)什么了嗎？

米琪：我只是想知道，為什么媽媽去世之后，你將6歲大的孩子托付給她都不認(rèn)識(shí)的叔叔。離開她整整一年，連電話都沒打一個(gè)。

格斯：我們是來看棒球的，不是來……

米琪：不是來談話的，我就知道。只要我們不談話，就都沒問題。但現(xiàn)在沒有電視，沒有比賽，所以……只有你和我，所以我……

格斯：我要結(jié)賬。

米琪：你又來了。13歲之前我都跟你在一起，直到你送我去了寄宿學(xué)校。然后什么都沒有了。然后你就消失了。中學(xué)、高中、大學(xué)，你都不在。一直以來，我以為我做錯(cuò)了什么，讓你離開我。現(xiàn)在我知道了，你就是不想和我在一起，所以我裝作沒事一樣，因?yàn)槲也幌胱屇阒肋@傷害有多深。

格斯：現(xiàn)在談這個(gè)不是時(shí)候，場(chǎng)合也不對(duì)。

米琪：你在開玩笑嗎？就沒有合適的時(shí)機(jī)和場(chǎng)合。

格斯：你究竟怎么了？怎么又說起這個(gè)？

米琪：你太不可理喻了……

父女倆發(fā)現(xiàn)Gentry并不是適合的球員，并向老板Vince報(bào)告，但是Vince最終接受了Phillip的建議，簽下Gentry。Phillip也借此達(dá)到了踢Gus出局的目的。

Gus： Well， I guess now I go into a life of retirement for all the good service Ive given them. Always use another watch. Mickey： I shouldve seen it earlier.

Gus： No， it wasnt your fault. Phillip Sanderson sent that guy up here to make sure I didnt screw it all up.

Mickey： Well， things are definitely screwed up. So what do we do now？

Gus： Go home. Me， to a career ending， and you to a career thats just starting as a partner.

Mickey： I dont think so.

Gus： What？

Mickey： It was more important that I be here. Its， I…Gus： No.

Mickey： No， its all right.

Gus： No.

Mickey： No， Ill deal with it.

Gus： No. God， I worked my ass off so you could have more， and you…youre gonna throw it away on coming to a garbage can like this？ Thats no life for a…

Mickey： For a girl.

Gus： Thats no life for a kid of mine. Living out of suitcase and visiting every shit-ball town in the area. Thats not what I wanted for my kid.

Mickey： Well I guess what I wanted didnt matter？

Gus： You dont even like baseball.

Mickey： I love baseball. You know I love it. I never even wanted to be a lawyer. I did that for you so that you would be happy with me and that you would approve of me and then maybe youd keep me around. Gus： I did what I felt was right. I just didnt want you to have life in the cheap seats， thats all.

Mickey： They werent the cheap seats. Spending every waking moment with my dad watching baseball， eating food that was no good for me， playing pool， staying up too late， those were the best seats in the house until you sent me away. Gus： Well I was just doing the best I know how.

Mickey： Only a coward leaves their kid.

Gus： Well， you dont know half of what you think you do.

Mickey： Okay， then tell me the other half. Goddamn it， Dad， talk to me. Dad， talk to me， please.

Gus： You remember years ago， down in Mobile， Alabama， they had the horse running around the field.

Mickey： Yeah.

Gus： They used to keep that horse in a trailer， down outside the bullpen gate. Anyway， I was talking to this kid I had signed， telling him theres no place for him in the Big Leagues. And all of a sudden I realized you were gone and I couldnt find you. I was 16）panicking. I saw this 17）shack there. I went…I went over and looked in and there you were with this guy. He had his hand down the back of your shirt.

Mickey： I dont remember that.

Gus： Yeah. How could you？ You were only 6 years old. I sent you out， and then I started beating the shit out of this guy. I smashed his head against the wall and I started hitting him with everything I had. I strangled his ass. Finally， he passed out. Mickey： Oh my gosh， Dad.

Gus： I kept waiting for the police to come and arrest me， but they never did. Thats when I sent you to your aunt and uncles， because I thought theyd take care of you. I thought Id failed you. Your mother had died a year before and I was a mess. You have to understand that.

Mickey： Cant you understand that you sending me away wasnt proctecting me？ It was rejecting me. And Ive been working really hard to not let anyone else get close enough to do that again. And being alone really sucks.

格斯：呃，我想我該退休了，不用再幫他們了。不再用那塊表了。

米琪：我該早點(diǎn)發(fā)現(xiàn)的。

格斯：不，這不是你的錯(cuò)。菲利普·桑德森派人來監(jiān)督我們，確保我們不會(huì)搞砸了。

米琪：但事情卻真的搞砸了。那么我們現(xiàn)在怎么辦？

格斯：回家。我結(jié)束職業(yè)生涯，你開始新的合伙人生涯。

米琪：我不這樣想。

格斯：什么意思？

米琪：這里的事重要得多，我……

格斯：不是這樣的。

米琪：是的，是這樣的。

格斯：不。

米琪：是的，我會(huì)處理好的。

格斯：天啊，我努力工作是想讓你過得好些，而你……你卻把這一切都扔進(jìn)垃圾桶嗎？這樣的生活不適合……

米琪：一個(gè)女孩。

格斯：那樣的生活不適合我的孩子。提著手提箱在城市之間奔波，我不想我的孩子那樣。

米琪：我的想法就不重要了嗎？

格斯：你又不喜歡棒球。

米琪：我愛棒球。你知道我愛棒球。我甚至從來都不想做律師。為了讓你高興我才去做的，這樣你就會(huì)認(rèn)可我，也許能讓我留在你身邊。

格斯：我以為我做對(duì)了。我只是不想你過著不堪的生活。

米琪：這沒什么不好的。和父親一起看棒球、吃不健康的食物、玩桌球、熬夜，這就是最好的生活，直到你把我送走。

格斯：我只是盡量按我認(rèn)為最好的方法去做。

米琪：只有懦夫才丟棄他的孩子。格斯：你根本就不知道怎么回事。米琪：好吧，那就告訴我是怎么一回事。該死，爸爸，告訴我。爸爸，告訴我，求你了。

格斯：你還記得多年前，在阿拉巴馬的莫比爾，他們?cè)趫?chǎng)上賽馬嗎？米琪：記得。

格斯：他們習(xí)慣把馬關(guān)在牛欄外的拖車?yán)?。那時(shí)我正在和一個(gè)孩子談簽約的事，告訴他進(jìn)不了大聯(lián)盟。突然我發(fā)現(xiàn)你不見了，我找不到你。我手足無措，看到那兒有一間棚屋，我走過去，往里面看，看到你和這個(gè)男人一起，他把手伸入你的后背。

米琪：我不記得有這回事了。

格斯：是啊，怎么會(huì)記得呢？那時(shí)你才6歲。我叫你出去，然后開始打這個(gè)混蛋。我把他的臉往墻上撞，用能拿到的東西打他，往死里掐他，最后，他昏過去了。

米琪：噢，天啊，爸爸。

格斯：我在那等警察來抓我，但是他們沒有來。后來我就把你送到叔叔嬸嬸那兒去了，因?yàn)槲矣X得他們能好好照顧你。我辜負(fù)了你，你母親去世一年，而我過得如此不堪。希望你能理解。

米琪：你知道嗎？把我送走并不是保護(hù)我，而是拋棄我。我一直努力工作，讓別人不能太親近我，孤獨(dú)是件很難受的事。

Mickey偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一名有天賦的球員Rigo，帶他回到俱樂部，并向大家證明了Gentry并不是那么優(yōu)秀。在短短幾天內(nèi)，Gus證明了自己的價(jià)值，也贏回了女兒的心，而Mickey，則開始勇敢地追求自己想要的生活。

Vince： Well theres no doubt that Rigo Sanchez should be offered a contract.

Pete： You think？ Heh.

Vince： And hes gonna need an agent.

Gus： Hes got one. Mickey. Shes a damn good lawyer and Im sure she can whip up some papers make that young man some money.

Phillip： Shit.

Gus： Or she could have your job because you sure as hell dont know anything about the game. And if Id have been any help along the way， shed be managing her own club now because she knows more about baseball than anyone in this room.

Mickey： Its okay， Dad.

Gus： No. Its in my blood and its in your blood too. I want you to be happy， thats all.

Woman： Heres the reports from last nights game.

Vince： What about you， Gus？ Your contracts gonna be up. Are you interested in an extension？ Gus： Ill think about that. Vince： Anything you want. You name it.

Gus： I said， Ill think about it.

Pete： Unbelievable. Billy Clark went 5-5 again. Hes been hitting close to .400 since his folks came to visit him.

Phillip： How much did it cost this organization to put his parents up？ Thats what I want to know.

Vince： Phillip， youre fired.

文斯：毫無疑問，李戈·桑切斯應(yīng)該得到一份合同。

皮特：你這么認(rèn)為嗎？呵呵。

文斯：他還需要一位經(jīng)紀(jì)人。

格斯：已經(jīng)有了。米琪，她是位優(yōu)秀的律師，弄弄文件讓那個(gè)年輕人賺點(diǎn)錢。菲利普：廢話。

格斯：或者她可以取代你的位置，因?yàn)槟銓?duì)棒球一無所知。如果我?guī)退话训脑挘軌蚬芾碜约旱木銟凡?，因?yàn)樗仍谧魑桓冒羟颉?/p>

米琪：還好了，爸爸。

格斯：不，（棒球）在我的血液里，也在你的血液里，我想要你快樂，如此而已。

女士：這是昨晚比賽的報(bào)告。

文斯：你呢，格斯？你的合同就要到期了，有興趣續(xù)約嗎？

格斯：我會(huì)考慮的。

文斯：任何條件隨你開。

格斯：我說了，我會(huì)考慮的。

皮特：難以

置信，比利·克拉克再次五擊五中，自從他見過家人后，他的擊中率已經(jīng)接近40%了。

菲利普：俱樂部花了多少錢把他父母接來？我想要知道這個(gè)。

文斯：菲利普，你被解雇了。