1919SILENT FEATURE FILMS
DIRECTED BY JEROME STORM. CHARLES RAY, COLLEEN MOORE, JOHN GILBERT, JAY MORLEY, OTTO HOFFMAN, JACK NELSON, LOUIS DURHAM.
A RATTLING STORY OF THE EARTHY DIAMOND WHERE MEN GLORY IN FAME ONE MOMENT AND ARE ENGULFED IN BITTER CONDEMNATION OF FRIENDS, EVEN SWEETHEARTS, THE NEXT. HE HAD EVERYTHING THAT CHRISTY MATHEWSON HAD IN HIS PALMIEST DAYS, EXCEPT CHRISTY'S SPEED, CURVES AND BRAINS. BUT HE HAD NERVE AND THAT WON FOR HIM THE GAME AND THE GIRL.
THIS FILM IS EXCELLENT FOR BLACK SOX-TYPE BASEBALL IMAGES. THE NAME OF ONE OF THE TEAMS IN THE FILM, IS THE PINK SOX! THIS FILM WAS MADE THE SAME YEAR AS THE BLACK SOX SCANDAL.
A RATTLING STORY OF THE EARTHY DIAMOND WHERE MEN GLORY IN FAME ONE MOMENT AND ARE ENGULFED IN BITTER CONDEMNATION OF FRIENDS, EVEN SWEETHEARTS, THE NEXT. HE HAD EVERYTHING THAT CHRISTY MATHEWSON HAD IN HIS PALMIEST DAYS, EXCEPT CHRISTY'S SPEED, CURVES AND BRAINS. BUT HE HAD NERVE AND THAT WON FOR HIM THE GAME AND THE GIRL.
THIS FILM IS EXCELLENT FOR BLACK SOX-TYPE BASEBALL IMAGES. THE NAME OF ONE OF THE TEAMS IN THE FILM, IS THE PINK SOX! THIS FILM WAS MADE THE SAME YEAR AS THE BLACK SOX SCANDAL.
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1910s CAR DRIVING ON RURAL ROAD. MS HOME WITH WHITE PICKET FENCE.
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MAN RELAXING OUT DOORS, SITTING ON LAWN IN CHAIR ADJUSTS HIS PINCE NEZ EYE GLASSES, SMOKING A PIPE
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YOUNG MAN WEARING BROWNVILLE BASEBALL UNIFORM PRACTICES PITCHING AGAINST SHEET, BALL ROLLS DOWN DRAIN PIPE RIGHT TO HIS FEET.
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FINISHED PRACTICING BASEBALL, WALKS OUT PICKET FENCE GATE, FATHER CALLS HIM BACK, THEY TALK CHICKENS IN THE YARD
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STEAM TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE SPEEDS TOWARD CAMERA
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INTERIOR TRAIN CAR, PORTER SERVING MEN PLAYING CARDS. CARD PLAYER WARNS THE REST THAT THE BOSS IS APPROACHING. TRY TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE, CARDS &
CHIPS, BUT GET CAUGHT. **NOTE THIS IS A GOOD SCENE OF BASEBALL PLAYERS GAMBLING** |
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TRAIN COMING INTO STATION, MEN INSIDE LOOKING OUT TRAIN WINDOW. TRAIN DELAYED.
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YOUNG WOMAN SITTING OUTSIDE HOLDING KITTEN, MAN BESIDE HER. SIBLINGS. BROTHER & SISTER. SHE SEES YOUNG MAN IN BASEBALL UNIFORM APPROACHING, THEY FLIRT ON EITHER SIDE OF WHITE PICKET FENCE.
SHY EMBARRASSED GIRL HIDES HER FACE |
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MEN STUCK AT TRAIN STATION THROWING BASEBALL
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CU DISAPPOINTED MAN WHEN WOMAN TELLS HIM SOMETHING HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR.
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CU KITTEN PLAYING WITH STICK OF GRASS
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GIRL MAKING FUN OF HIS WORN OUT BASEBALL GLOVE, PUTS HER FINGER THROUGH A HOLE IN THE LEATHER.
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RICH BOY IN TOWN PULLS CAR UP TO WHITE PICKET FENCE WHERE COUPLE IS TALKING. SITUATES HIMSELF BETWEEN COUPLE, GIRL CHOSE RICH BOY OVER POOR BOY.
POOR BOY PICKS UP BASEBALL BAT & SAYS GOODBYE |
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BASEBALL TEAM STUCK AT TRAIN STATION PLAYS BASEBALL GAME IN SUITS. BOY IN BASEBALL UNIFORM APPROACHES TRAIN STATION. PLAYER THROWS HIM A BASEBALL, HE THROWS IT BACK. JOINS THEM, THEY TALK
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COUPLE ON A DATE, DRIVER PULLS OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, FLIRTS WITH HIS DATE
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STRANDED BASEBALL TEAM CHOSES UP SIDES, CU HANDS ON BASEBALL BAT TO SEE WHO GOES FIRST. CHOOSING TEAMS FOR BASEBALL GAME.
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FRIENDLY SMALL TOWN BASEBALL GAME. PLAYER BACKING UP TO CATCH BALL FALLS & MISSES THE BALL. CUTS TO SPECTATORS JUMPING UP & DOWN. RUNS FOR BALL, THROWS IT TO THE PLATE, PLAYER ARGUES WITH UMPIRE WHO SAYS HE WAS SAFE. SPECTATORS CHEER
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OLD MAN READING & PIPE SMOKING, LOOKS UP, GETS UP, PUTS ON JACKET, PICKS UP HIS CANE, GOES TO WATCH BASEBALL GAME THROUGH HOLE IN FENCE.
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SMALL TOWN BOY PITCHING TO PRO-BALL PLAYERS, THEY CAN'T GET A HIT OFF HIM. STRIKES OUT PLAYER. CUTS TO HIS CHEERING FATHER WATCHING GAME THROUGH HOLE IN FENCE. BANGS HIS CANE AGAINST FENCE BREAKING IT
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FATHER PULLS OUT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT BASEBALL PLAYER TOM SLATTERY WHO HIS SON JUST STRUCK OUT.
RUNS TO HIS SON, SHOWS HIM ARTICLE. MANAGER RUBS HIS CHIN, GOES OVER TO SMALL TOWN BASEBALL PLAYER GIVES HIM HIS BUSINESS CARD. CU BOY IN AWE OF STAR |
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COURTING COUPLE STROLLING THROUGH FIELDS, MAN OPENS GATE, PUTS COW BACK IN CORRAL.
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SMALL TOWN PLAYHOUSE, CURTAIN OPENS, SILHOUETTE OF A GIRL SEEN BEHIND SCREEN. GROUP OF GIDDY GIRLS WAIT THEIR TURNS. GUESSING GAME GUESS WHO THE GIRL IS. MEN BIDDING FOR WOMEN BEHIND A SCREEN. SILHOUETTES OF WOMEN
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MAN BIDS FOR A WOMAN HE THINKS IS THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS, SHOCKED. DISAPPOINTED WHEN HER IDENTITY IS REVEALED.
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MS FORLORN, SAD MAN BEING FED BY HIS PRIZE GIRL CU SAD GIRL HE REALLY LIKES & WHO LIKES HIM SITTING WITH ANOTHER MAN. IRIS OUT
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SMALL TOWN FOLKS HAVING SQUARE DANCE. SMALL TOWN ENTERTAINMENT. MESSENGER BRINGS IN A TELEGRAM TO SMALL TOWN BASEBALL PLAYER, HE BACKS OFF THINKING IT MUST BE BAD NEWS, AFRAID TO READ TELEGRAM.
TELEGRAM ASKING HIM TO COME TO HOTEL METROPOLITAN SAINT PAUL. TOWNSPEOPLE CHEER |
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COUPLE WALKING IN THE MOONLIGHT, MOONLIT STROLL.
ROMANCING. HE SEES HER TO HER GATE, THEY KISS GOODNIGHT OVER WHITE PICKET FENCE. THEY BOTH TURN AROUND AS THEY PART, ONE LAST LOOK |
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SMALL TOWN RUBE ARRIVING IN BIG CITY, SEES DOOR MAN AT ENTRANCE, ASKS HIS PERMISSION TO ENTER, NOT ACCUSTOMED TO HOTEL PROTOCOL. BASEBALL PLAYERS INSIDE LAUGH AT HIM
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MAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF, RUBE PUTS SUITCASES BAGS DOWN, BELLHOP TAKES THEM AWAY, HE TURNS, SEE BAGS MISSING, MAN HAS TO EXPLAIN THAT BELLHOP TOOK THEM TO HIS ROOM. BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE A LAUGH AT HIS EXPENSE
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TEAM PHYSICIAN EXAMINES NEW BALL PLAYER, HE'S ACTUALLY PULLING RUBE'S LEG, OTHERS LAUGH. THEY PLAY A JOKE ON HIM & PINS NOTE ON HIS BACK "100%
PERFECT" |
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BUSTLING, BUSY SMALL TOWN GENERAL STORE, OLD MAN IN CHAIR SMOKING A PIPE & READING NEWSPAPER, MORE OLD MEN SITTING & TALKING, PEOPLE SHOPPING, PEOPLE GETTING THEIR MAIL AT POST OFFICE COUNTER IN GENERAL STORE. CU NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FEATURING SMALL TOWN BOY MADE GOOD ON BASEBALL TEAM, GIRL GRABS PAPER, GOES OFF ON HER OWN TO READ ABOUT THE BOY OF HER DREAMS
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SMALL TOWN RUBE NOW ACCUSTOMED TO BIG CITY WAYS, WEARING NICE SUIT, CANE, SHOPPING IN FANCY STORE
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CU PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN MAKING EYES AT NEW BASEBALL STAR. HE TAKES NOTICE, TALKS TO HER, FLIRTING
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SMALL TOWN FOLKS IN GENERAL STORE, OLD MAN STANDS ON CHAIR TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, ASKS IF ANYONE WANTS TO GO SEE THEIR "SMALL TOWN SON" PLAY BALL GIRL HOLDS UP MONEY, BILL IN HER FIST TO BUY A TICKET TO THE BASEBALL GAME
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BASEBALL PARK, SIGNS HANGING ON FENCE "BROWNVILLE FOREVER" "BROWNVILLE GREETS OUR HERO". SMALL TOWN FOLKS AT CITY GAME TO SEE THEIR SMALL TOWN HERO MADE GOOD
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SMALL TOWN BOY MADE GOOD DRESSED IN DAPPER THREADS GETS DROPPED OFF AT BASEBALL FIELD, GOES IN PLAYERS ENTRANCE. WALKING & READING A LETTER FROM A NEW GIRLFRIEND. INTERRUPTED BY MANAGER WHO YELLS AT HIM FOR BEING LATE AGAIN
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PAN BASEBALL STADIUM, ST. PAUL ? FANS TAKING SEATS, ANNOUNCERS BOOTH. BASEBALL PLAYERS COME OUT ON THE FIELD & LAUGH AT THE RUBES FROM THE COUNTRY IN THE STANDS.
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SMALL TOWN HERO COMES OUT, HIS FRIENDS IN THE STANDS GO WILD, CHEERING & SHOUTING HIS NAME, HE SEES ALL HIS FRIENDS IN THE STANDS. IGNORES THEM AS IF HE'S NOW BETTER THAN THEM, GOES OVER TO NEW GIRLFRIEND, INSULTS HIS HOME TOWN FRIENDS BY SAYING THEIR "JUST SOME HICKS WHO THINK THEY KNOW ME". TRYING TO IMPRESS SOPHISTICATED WOMAN CUTS TO DISAPPOINTED GIRL FROM HIS HOME TOWN
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BASEBALL PLAYERS IN DUG OUT, PRE-GAME.
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CU BELL RINGING, IN OFFICIALS BOOTH, STARTING BASEBALL GAME.
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PLAYERS TAKING THE FIELD, SMALL TOWN FRIENDS CHEERING WILDLY FOR SMALL TOWN BOY MADE GOOD, PITCHING BASEBALL GAME.
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MONTAGE 1919 BASEBALL GAME. PITCHER NOT DOING WELL UNDER PRESSURE BETWEEN SMALL TOWN FRIENDS & NEW GIRLFRIEND MANAGER CALLS HIM OUT OF THE GAME, PITCHER ARGUES WITH MANAGER WHO SENDS HIM TO THE CLUB HOUSE
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PITCHER SENT OFF STOPS WHERE NEW GIRLFRIEND IS SITTING, SHE MAKES A FACE AT HIM, SENDS HIM AWAY
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MANAGER TALKING TO PITCHER, TELLS HIM "YOU GOT SO STUCK ON YOURSELF YOU FORGOT ALL ABOUT YOUR WORK" .
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ALL THE BROWNSVILLE FANS GET UP & WALK OUT OF BALL PARK EN MASSE
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1919 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE COMING INTO SMALL TOWN TRAIN STATION RETURNING THE PRODIGAL SON WITH HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS.
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RETURNED TO HIS HOME TOWN, MAN GOES OVER HIS EX-SWEETHEART'S HOUSE, SEES HER SAYING GOODNIGHT TO NEW BEAU OVER PICKET FENCE, SADLY WALKS AWAY
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FARMER FEEDING CHICKENS IN BARNYARD, SON RETURNS HOME FROM THE BIG CITY BROKEN & BEATEN. SEEING HIS SON IN SUCH A BAD STATE, FATHER GIVES HIM HIS OLD JOB BACK. HE STARTS FEEDING THE CHICKENS.
FARMYARD ANIMALS. FATHER GRABS CHICKEN FEED FROM HIS SON, SADDENED TO SEE HIM IN SUCH A STATE, CALLS HIM IN FOR DINNER |
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CIGAR SMOKING CRONIES PLAYING CARDS AT SMALL TOWN MEN'S CLUB, CU POKER FACED CARD PLAYERS.
STRANGER IN TOWN PLAYING CARDS WITH THE LOCALS. |
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CARD PLAYER TAKES MAN WHO OWNS HIM MONEY ASIDE TELLS HIM HE BETTER PAY UP. BLOWS HIM OFF, GOES INTO BAR THROUGH SALOON SWINGING DOORS
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TWO FRIENDS OUTSIDE SMALL TOWN MEN'S CLUB, BAR TALKING THEN WALKING AWAY
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MS MAN IN HIS WITH HIS HEAD ON TABLE, HIS LIFE IN SHAMBLES. STANDS UP, FATHER ENTERS HIS BEDROOM.
FATHER PULLS SON'S OLD BASEBALL GLOVE FROM BEHIND HIS BACK & LEAVES ROOM. STIRRING UP OLD MEMORIES. REMINISCING |
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FATHER SLIPS NOTE, PIECE OF PAPER UNDER SON'S BEDROOM DOOR. SON SEES NOTE, PICKS UP PIECE OF PAPER, READS CRUMBLED UP NOTE, DROPS HIS SHOULDERS, DEPRESSED MAN PUTS HEAD IN ARMS & CRIES. GROWN MAN IN TEARS. DESPONDENT OVER THE WAY HIS LIFE TURNED OUT
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SMALL TOWN BASEBALL GAME, CELEBRATIONS, MARCHING BAND, PRE-GAME FESTIVITIES. GOAT MASCOT.
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LOCAL GIRL GETS EVEN WITH EX-PRO BALL PLAYER BACK IN TOWN WHO SNUBBED THEM AT BASEBALL GAME IN THE CITY & NOT PLAYING IN THE BASEBALL GAME, SAYS "WE WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU IN THE CITY, I GUESS YOU AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR US HERE" PAYBACK FOR TOWNSPEOPLE WHO SNUB HIM. HE WALKS AWAY WITH HEAD DOWN
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OLD MAN ALMOST GETS HIT BY 1919 CAR RACING DOWN RURAL DIRT ROAD, SHAKES HIS FISTS AT CAR.
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DRIVER OF CAR CIRCA 1919 STOPS & TALKS TO A LOCAL, LIGHTS A CIGARETTE, GIVES THE MAN "A NICKLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE" DRIVES AWAY. MAN ANGRY AT THE GESTURE THROWS THE NICKLE ON THE GROUND, FIXES HIS HAT, PULLS PANTS UP, WALKS AWAY, TURNS AROUND AGAIN, IN DISBELIEF OF MAN'S PATRONIZING ATTITUDE
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CROWDS ARRIVING AT BALL PARK FOR SMALL TOWN BASEBALL GAME BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE & CENTERVILLE
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BASEBALL TEAM IN DILEMMA, CAN'T FIND THEIR PITCHER, TEAM MANAGER TAKES OFF HIS HAT & THROWS IT ON THE GROUND, GROWN MAN THROWING TEMPER TANTRUM
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SHYSTER WHO RIGGED BASEBALL GAME SECRETLY TELLING MAN TO BET ON OPPOSING VISITING TEAM. IS OVERHEARD BY EAVESDROPPER HIDING BEHIND A TREE
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BASEBALL TEAM TAKING THE FIELD, RUNNING ONTO BASEBALL DIAMOND. UMPIRE BRUSHING OFF HOME PLATE WITH HIS HAT
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SMALL TOWN FANS CHEERING & WAVING THEIR HATS AT BASEBALL GAME
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FALLEN PRO-BALL PLAYER FARMING FIELDS HEARS THE FANS CHEERING, LOOKS AROUND
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HOME TEAM DOWN BY TWO IN THE LAST HALF OF THE 7TH LOCAL FANS UNHAPPY, VISITING FANS WITH GOAT MASCOT GOING WILD
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MS FANS BREATH A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF DISAPPOINTMENT AT UMPIRE'S CALL. BASEBALL TEAM IN DUG OUT DO THE SAME
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CU SHYSTER WHO FIXED THE GAME LOOKS VERY HAPPY
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MAN RUNS DOWN AVENUE OF TREES TO PRO-BALL PLAYER'S HOUSE, AFTER MUCH PERSUASION, TALKS HIM INTO PITCHING IN GAME.
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EX PRO-BALL PLAYER GOES IN TO PITCH, SAVES THE DAY BY HELPING WIN THE GAME. EVERYBODY BUT THE SHYSTER IS HAPPY LOSING ALL HIS MONEY
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CROWD RUSHES OVER TO PITCHER, CARRY HIM ON THEIR SHOULDERS, FANS WAVING THEIR ARMS CHEERING, GOING WILD. HUMBLED EX PRO-BALL PLAYER MAKES A SPEECH TO TOWNSPEOPLE ABOUT HOW IT FEELS TO BE "ASHAMED CLEAR THROUGH", THEY GLADLY ACCEPT HIM ONCE AGAIN
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PAYBACK FOR MAN ON THE ROAD WHO DRIVER GAVE A NICKLE; HE RUNS OVER TO HIM SAYS "HERE'S A NICKLE FOR WHAT'S TROUBLIN' YOU, MAYBE YOU NEED IT". MAN THROWS IT ON THE GROUND & STORMS OFF
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EX PRO-BALL PLAYER SIGNS CONTRACT TO PLAY ON HOME TEAM, MINOR LEAGUE
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MAN WHISTLES THROUGH HIS TEETH TO GET GIRL'S ATTENTION, RUNS TO HER, DOFFS HAT, HOLDS OUT HIS ARM FOR HER TO TAKE, THEY WALK OFF ARM IN ARM
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BALL PLAYER REUNITED WITH EX-GIRLFRIEND WHO FORGIVES HIM. SHE PULLS OUT DOG EARED WELL WORN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT HIM SHE'S BEEN CARRYING AROUND. HE WHISPERS IN HER EAR. SHE WHISPERS BACK IN HIS EAR
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COUPLE PUTTING COW BACK IN CORRAL, WOMAN OPENS GATE, MAN UNTIES ROPE, SETS COW FREE. COUPLE RUNS INTO WOODS, SHE SHOWS HIM HONEYMOON TICKETS HE KISSES HER & THEY RUN OFF INTO THE WOODS
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