The Fan Movie Quotes
[Gil talks to his son while listening to Mick Jagger in his van]
Gil Renard
I remember when Mick recorded this in '78, we had a wild party afterwards.
Richie Renard
Jason Pelligrino's dad says Mick Jagger's gay.
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[Bobby talks to Gil about how the fans of baseball are losers]
Bobby Rayburn
At least you're not one of those diehard, you know, baseball fans. You know, really.
Gil Renard
Why's that?
Bobby Rayburn
Because those guys are losers.
Gil Renard
Aren't the fans what it's all about?
Bobby Rayburn
[Bobby chuckles]
Shit! Tell you somethin', man. The fans are like women. When you're hitting, they love you. When you're not, they'd just as soon spit on you as look at you.
Gil Renard
Why is that?
Bobby Rayburn
Because they don't understand that you're the same person when you're hitting or not. No. The only person you should play for is yourself.
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[Gil swings the bat to Coop's face, hitting him again in the head when he's down]
Gil Renard
We could've been teammates. We were teammates, man. We could've made it to the Bigs.
Coop
[Coop bloody from the ground]
It was Little League. We were 12 years old.
[as Gil raises the bat up in complete rage, swinging it to Coop's head]
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[Bobby waits for that pitch to hit a home run on, when the opposing team begins pitching him balls]
Bobby Rayburn
What, are you walkin' me?
Catcher
Consider it a compliment, dickhead.
Bobby Rayburn
Fuck! Do you know what you're doin' to me?
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[Leon the bartender and Gil talk to each other after Bobby Rayburn walks into the bar]
Leon, the Bartender
What a waste of space.
Gil Renard
What do you mean, 'A waste of space'? He hit a bad patch. We all hit bad patches, don't we? What you never hit a bad patch?
Leon, the Bartender
[Leon sarcastically replies]
No, this is my dream job.
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[Gil picks out what tie to wear from his collection of ties]
Gil Renard
Lucky tie, lucky guy.
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[first lines]
Gil Renard
[Gil narrating his poem]
Excited and anxious, I await my dream / To escape, applaud and embrace my team / Opening day I always can trust / It's just for this high that I crazily lust / Return of our hero does brighten the days / Just briefly my troubles get lost in the haze / The grace from the field arouses the crowd / Reflects on the days when I was quite proud / I'm more entranced than the average fan / I used to play, you see, and I know I still can / That time I drove the ball with such loft / My exit atop shoulders as they carried me off / This pastime and I just fade into one / Expanded upon from father and son / My boy is young and awkward for now / I just need the time and can show him how / I really am quite close, just a break away / From straightening things out and being okay / I can help my team to regain its glory / With just a little twist to the same old story / Players say now they play for themselves / This causes a burning within me that dwells / The fan is the one who pays for the game / Which bestows all the riches and welcomed fame / The players will listen but really don't hear / All the while just hiding behind an invisible tear / I grow tired now of all this greed / And chart a course to set things free
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[Bobby tries to explain to Gil his newfound philosophy on baseball]
Bobby Rayburn
I mean, come on. Let's be real here, you know. What are we doin'? We're not curing cancer, you know? We're playin' a game. That's all it is. It's just a game. So I stopped caring and relaxed. Then I started hitting.
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[the cops aim their guns at Gil as he holds a knife in the stance of a pitcher on the pitcher's mound]
Bobby Rayburn
No! No, don't shoot! He's got my son!.
Gil Renard
Now do you care? Bobby! Now do you care? Just a little bit?
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[Gil meets the customer Stanley Jackson, who asks him for kayaks]
Jefferson Sporting Goods Clerk
You got any kayaks?
Gil Renard
You gotta be out of your fuckin' mind, kayaks?
Jefferson Sporting Goods Clerk
I could use kayaks.
Gil Renard
Stanley, what the fuck do kayaks have to do with knives?
Jefferson Sporting Goods Clerk
Never mind.
Gil Renard
You fuckin' asshole, kayaks you're asking me about when I'm asking you about knives?
Jefferson Sporting Goods Clerk
Yeah. I understand, sir. Thank you for coming in.
Gil Renard
How about you take some kayaks and stick 'em up your fuckin' ass, you moron.
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[Gil tells Coop he's surprised he didn't move up in the baseball ranks]
Gil Renard
I always thought you'd be managing by now, Coop?
Coop
Managing?
Gil Renard
Yeah, in the Majors.
Coop
No one calls me Coop anymore, you sick son of a bitch.
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[Gil gives a demonstration to a customer by shaving the hair off his legs with one of his knives]
Gil Renard
Any more of these demos and I'm gonna have to start shaving the hair off my ass.
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[Gil teaches his son about the sacrifice fly ball while watching the game]
Gil Renard
Don't get greedy, son. Don't get greedy. What we need now is a sacrifice. A winning team has to know how to manufacture runs. Coop taught me that. He used to say the most beautiful play in the game is a sacrifice fly. You know why?
Richie Renard
'Cause you give yourself up for the team?
Gil Renard
And it doesn't even count against your average. That's why baseball's better than life. It's fair.
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[Jewel continues to bug Manny to get an exclusive with Bobby Rayburn]
Jewel Stern
You're saying there's absolutely no way you can get your boy to talk to me? Is that what you're saying? He's gotta talk to me.
Manny
I'm saying he'd rather nail his penis to a burning building, is what I'm saying, okay?
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[Gil see's the old lady sitting behind his son staring at them both]
Gil Renard
What's your fuckin' problem?
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[Gil tries to watch the game as he's running late, when the umpire calls time]
Umpire
Time!
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[Bobby finds his son in the old dugout of where Gil used to play]
Bobby Rayburn
I love you, Sean.
Sean Rayburn
I love you, dad.
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[Jewel and Manny talk for the first time at the Giants ballpark]
Manny
Well, well, well. If it isn't Jewel, my favorite token female sports reporter.
Jewel Stern
Blow me, Manny.
Manny
Yeah, I would, but you haven't had all your shots, babe.
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[Gil is fired from his job for his crazy behavior and lack of sales]
Gil Renard
My father started this business.
Garrity
Look, perfection and principles, they don't belong in business. Not now or then. As a friend of your father's...
Gil Renard
As a friend of my father - Keep your mouth shut. You know nothing about my father.
Garrity
Your father made beautiful knives. San Francisco made this business.
Gil Renard
Yeah, by ripping him off.
Garrity
He wasn't a business man, Gil. And neither are you. That's the bottom line.
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[Bobby and Gil meet for the first time as Bobby asks him to guess who he is]
Bobby Rayburn
You like baseball?
Gil Renard
Well, I'm not obsessed with it or anything. Are you a player?
Bobby Rayburn
Yeah. Yeah.
Gil Renard
You are?
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[Gil holds up two of his knives to one of his customers]
Gil Renard
[Gil with a smile on his face]
Big motherfucker. Little motherfucker. Which motherfucker do you want?
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[Gil takes a bat and begins to head down to his son in the batters box]
Gil Renard
[Gil turns around and holds the bat up at Tim]
Don't fuck with me! I'll send your head into the outfield!
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[Jewel waits to get Bobby Rayburn on the phone]
Jewel Stern
You got Bobby Rayburn on the line yet?
Broadcast Technician
Three time National League MVP?
Jewel Stern
And that gives him the right to fuck up my show?
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[Manny tries to make Bobby feel better about his new number 33]
Manny
Look, Jesus Christ was 33 when he died. People are still talking about him.
Bobby Rayburn
Jesus Christ? Give me my damn number!
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[Manny tells Bobby about seeing the sick kid in the hospital]
Manny
Spalding wants you to sign their balls. Before that we got that Wish Upon a Star routine. Sick kid in the hospital wants to shake hands with great baseball player.
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[Bobby finds out from Manny that he has to pay Primo $500,000 for his number 11 back]
Manny
Exactly. That's 250 G's a digit.
Bobby Rayburn
Oh, man, come on. What is this boy smokin'?
Manny
Look, I tried to haggle them down. I called the kid myself, and he says it's his lucky number.
Bobby Rayburn
Luck? Shit, there ain't that much luck in the world. He's lucky to be in the fuckin' country!
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[Gil picks up his son and says hi to Ellen's boyfriend]
Tim
Hey, Gil.
Gil Renard
Hey, Ted. Lose your job?
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[Gil asks his son where he got his baseball glove from]
Gil Renard
Where'd you get that glove?
Richie Renard
Tim gave it to me.
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[Jewel sees a soda can in front of her and takes a drink out of it]
Jewel Stern
Whose is this?
Manny
It's mine. I spit in it.
[Jewel quickly spits the soda out]
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[the ball park witnesses the bad collision between Bobby Rayburn and Juan Primo]
Gil Renard
[Gil tells his son as both players are slow to get up]
Center field makes the calls. Fundamental of baseball. Center field makes the calls. Pay attention!
Sports Reporter
[the sports reporter announces]
Well, a scary moment on day one. Boy, I'll tell ya. Rayburn's slow getting up, and Primo's still slow getting up. Forty million dollars laying out there in center field, Steve. Hope the Giants have comprehensive collision coverage.
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[Gil points out to his son how Bobby Rayburn is playing hurt]
Gil Renard
Look at that, he's playing hurt. That's a man showing his mettle, putting the team first. And remember, last year he hit .314 against lefties.
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[Manny finally agrees to do the Bobby and Jewel interview]
Manny
You still want that interview?
Jewel Stern
Are you serious? You would let Bobby Rayburn do an interview with a - What was it?
Jewel Stern
Castrating ball buster, that's right. I thought I was off your list, man.
Manny
Come on, Schindler has a list, not me. Okay? When you're hitting .183, you don't get a chance to have a list.
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[Coop gets nervous after Gil makes that threatening phone call to Bobby]
Coop
You're getting some serious shit for that. Cops are gonna be all over us.
Gil Renard
Boy, all of a sudden you lost your sense of humor.
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[Bobby talks to Jewel in his interview over the phone]
Bobby Rayburn
My season is like a bad freeway accident. And you guys, you're just slowing down to watch.
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[Gil holds up a knife to sell, as the customer doesn't respond]
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[Gil confronts Primo about Bobby needing the number 11 back]
Gil Renard
Can I just say something? Did you ever think how one man who's doing well... might throw off the rest of the team? What I'm saying is, like, you have to think what's best for the team, right? You might have to lay down a sacrifice. I'm talking about Bobby Rayburn's number. I don't know if you really understand how much he needs that number. Number 11.
Juan Primo
I am number 11.
Gil Renard
I know, but he needs it more than you.
[Primo shows Gil the number 11 that's branded on his shoulder]
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[Gill calls into Jewel's radio station at the final big game]
Gil Renard
This is gonna be one of the most amazing nights in the history of the game, believe me. It's gonna be incredible.
Jewel Stern
Really? Why is that, Gil?
Gil Renard
I'm telling you, The Kirk Gibson homer, Ripkin breaking Gehrig's record. Peanuts compared to tonight.
Jewel Stern
You're talkin' about some classic moments in baseball history. Well, what's gonna happen tonight that could top those?
Gil Renard
Let's just say, Bobby Rayburn is in for the night of his life.
Jewel Stern
Why's that, Gil?
Gil Renard
'Cause some people are ungrateful, and they should be taught a lesson.
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[the sports announcer calls the final play of Bobby Rayburn's hit]
Sports Reporter
[announcing, as the pitcher let's the ball go]
San Diego protecting its one-run lead. Martinez readies, steadies and delivers to...
Sports Reporter
[Rayburn hits the ball deep]
Rayburn drives it deep to right center field.
Sports Reporter
[the ball hits the wall]
It's off the wall. Rayburn could get three if he hustles. Robinson having trouble just getting to the ball.
Sports Reporter
[Rayburn keeps circling the plates]
Rayburn, rounding second, headed for third. And he's running through the stop sign. This could be an inside-the-park home run. The relay from Parker.
Sports Reporter
[Rayburn slides for home plate]
Rayburn slides head first! And he is... in there!
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[Bobby continues to ask Gil where his son Sean is]
Gil Renard
Bobby, where's my home run?
Bobby Rayburn
What? Curly, Curly. Where's my son?
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[last lines]
Reporter
[we see the images of trophies, news clippings, and baseball memorabilia within the dugout of where Gil used to play at, as a news reporter narrates]
What you are seeing here is a sad turn of events, indeed. Gil Renard, an unemployed knife salesman, was shot to his death by the police during tonight's game. Here's how it happened - Bobby Rayburn.
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[repeated line]
Gil Renard
Bobbyyy!
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[Gil talks to Bobby on the phone after he kidnaps Bobby Rayburn's son]
Gil Renard
Don't you talk back to me. You show me some respect. Without people like me, you're nothing. We're the ones that get you your 40 fuckin' million!
Bobby Rayburn
Look, what do you want?
Gil Renard
What do I want? I want every time they think of you they're gonna think of me.
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[Manny tries to tell Bobby Rayburn to come out of the game before he injures himself worse]
Manny
I'm telling you, that media will turn on you faster than the fans. Listen to me, you gotta come out, okay?
Bobby Rayburn
I can't come out. On account of you, I gotta be Babe fuckin' Ruth!
Manny
It's William fuckin' Bendix! Can you get it right!
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[Gil in front of his son's major tryouts, tells his son one thing while looking like a crazy man]
Richie Renard
[Richie cries when telling his father]
Dad, you'd better go.
Gil Renard
Don't swing at anything. Don't swing at anything. Wait for a good one. Step on the eggshell and squash the bug. Okay?
Gil Renard
[Gil begins to walk off as he points to Tim]
You mind your fuckin business! You're lucky.
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[Gil makes his threatening phone call to Bobby Rayburn]
Gil Renard
Remember that kid in chemo... whose life was unfair to him. Well, that's the way I've been feeling - My life has been unfair to me. The only difference is I'll be able to see you hit that home run at the game tomorrow. And I got a photo here, and I'm gonna get it to you, and I want you to put it on the jumbotron, okay?
Bobby Rayburn
Yeah.
Gil Renard
And what I want you to do, Bobby, is I want you to stand up and tell the 50 million viewers is that this home run is dedicated to Gil, a true fan. What do you think?
Bobby Rayburn
I can't believe you're serious.
Gil Renard
I'm as serious as a heart attack, Bobby. That's pretty serious, isn't it? You know there comes a time in everybody's life, Bobby, when you have to stand up for somethin'. Otherwise, you're just passin' on through. So, Bobby, I'm watchin' you. And if that pitcher goes easy on you, I'm gonna kill your fuckin' kid. Surprise, surprise. Hey, Bobby!
Bobby Rayburn
I'm still here.
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[Bobby and Gil start to argue about what life is about]
Bobby Rayburn
Look, all I'm saying is there's more to life than just baseball.
Gil Renard
Like what? Like your house? Like your big ass car? Like your 40 fucking' million? I mean, what the fuck do you care about?
Bobby Rayburn
I care about my son. That's what I care about.
Gil Renard
I'm sorry. I just hate that attitude you stopped caring. I'm sorry.
Bobby Rayburn
What? You got a better theory?
Gil Renard
Yeah, you got your number back.
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[Bobby takes some practice swings in the batting cage as he hits one out]
Bobby Rayburn
Poetry in motion, baby.
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[Jewel points out how Bobby Rayburn looks hurt after his bad collision]
Jewel Stern
Rayburn look like he's moving a little stiff to you?
Bernie
I can't believe Burrows left him in there after that collision.
Jewel Stern
Oh, that's right. That's all we need - Our 40 million dollar man on the DL.
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[Gil in front of his son yells at the umpire when he calls a strike on Bobby]
Umpire
Strike!
Gil Renard
[Gil yells out, standing up]
Are you out of your mind, Ump? Are you out of your fuckin' mind!
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[Gil shows up to his appointment while leaving his son at the ball game alone, only to find out the owner had left]
Angie
[Gil looks at her in silence]
Um, but he did leave you this note.
Angie
[Gil opens the note]
He didn't draw a smiley face, did he?
Gil Renard
What?
Angie
[Angie chuckles]
The previous assistant got him in the habit of drawing this little smiley face instead of 'sincerely,' and I keep telling him it's not always appropriate.
Gil Renard
No.
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[Gil gets in the way of a fan in the row behind him and almost starts a fight]
Man Behind Gil
[the man behind Gil taps Gil's shoulder]
Hey, hey!
Man Behind Gil
Hey, stop pushin', man!
Gil Renard
All right, just ask.
Man Behind Gil
Who the fuck you pushin'? I'm askin'!
Man Behind Man
Down in front, now!
[Gil and the man behind him sit down as the crowd claps]
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[Bobby starts to feel guilty for Primo's death as he talks to Manny]
Manny
You know, Bobby. I wish five people dead on my drive to work everyday; five people. But wishing doesn't make it so, Bobby. You're not God, lifetime averages withstanding.
Bobby Rayburn
Yeah? Well, why do I feel so bad then, huh?
Manny
I don't know. I don't... you know, this is gonna blow the hell out of my shithead theory. But I think you feel guilty. Oh, Jesus Harry Christ. You know, I've been wrong about you all these years. You're not a shithead at all. I'm fucking flabbergasted.
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[Bobby tells Gil his reason for getting out of a slump]
Bobby Rayburn
You know, Curly, I just stopped caring, man.
Gil Renard
What?
Bobby Rayburn
I just stopped caring.
Gil Renard
You stopped caring? What do you mean?
Bobby Rayburn
Hey, man, all my life I've been working to be the best. You know? Trying to be a perfectionist. And I thought about it, that's probably where I made my mistake.
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[Gil's boss Mr. Garrity shows Gil and his staff a demonstration of just how great their knives are]
Garrity
[Garrity drops a car door on the meeting desk]
Me, I think this knife is an ass kicker.
[Garrity then stabs the car door twice, then repeatedly over a dozen times]
Garrity
[Garrity screams with the final stabs when he stops]
This door, on the other hand, comes off a foreign car. Well, need I say more?
Garrity
[Garrity wipes the knife down looking back up to his staff]
What are you guys still doing here?
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[Gil holds his knife while walking back to the pitcher's mound]
[Gil turns around to see himself on the jumbotron, making a pitcher's stance]
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[Bobby argues with Manny over needing to be number 11]
Bobby Rayburn
I'm not playing with number 33. Okay, you understand me?
Manny
I know. I understand. Just be cool. Let me take care of it.
Stook
You know, three times 11 is 33. Maybe you'll play three times better.
[as Manny walks the Giants staff member away]
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[Bobby Rayburn on the television answers a reporter's question about why he's now suddenly hitting]
Gil Renard
[as Gil talks to the television]
That's it? You wish you knew. A simple thank you would have been nice.
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[Gil tells a scalper who sells him over-priced tickets what he hates most about scalpers]
Gil Renard
You know what bugs me about guys like you?
Scalper
Like I care.
Gil Renard
You don't even care about the game.
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Doctor
[voice on the radio] ... and so in a Freudian sense, Jewel, the catcher is the father, and the son is the pitcher.
Jewel Stern
[voice on the radio] Wow, that's fascinating, Doc. Let me ask you a question. What does that bat and ball represent?
Doctor
Well, the the bat speaks for itself, of course, and the ball is the ejaculate.
Jewel Stern
[in a dismissive tone] Well, thanks for calling, Doc. Who do we have on Line Two, Bernie?
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[Bobby talks to the dying sick kid in the hospital]
Bobby Rayburn
What's your name?
Sick Sean
Sean.
Bobby Rayburn
Sean? Sean.
Bobby Rayburn
[Bobby looks at Manny before replying]
Wow, what a coincidence. That's m-my son's name, too. Look, I have a present for you. Th-there you go. Maybe it'll make you feel better.
Sick Sean's Dad
[Sean's father holds the bat up to his son, whispering]
Wow. Bobby Rayburn.
Sick Sean
[Sean looks to Bobby]
Tomorrow, hit a home run for me? Please?
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[Bobby checks his freezer while on the phone with Gil, as Bobby finds the cut out piece of flesh of Juan Primo's number 11 tattoo]
Gil Renard
[Gil laughs]
He finally figures it out ladies and gentleman. Boy, it's really true what they say about sluggers - They are really, really stupid. Well, I'm a pitcher, Bobby. And pitchers use their brains.
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[the Sports Reporters announce the opening day game]
Sports Reporter
Opening day at Candlestick Park, 1996. Steve, what's not to love about opening day? Fathers sneaking away early from work and kids playing hooky from school. You know, for at least one day, everybody's in first place.
Sports Reporter
Opening day is what baseball is all about. How exciting is it gonna be for Giants fans with Bobby Rayburn coming home... after leading the Braves to a championship.
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[Gil and his son Richie arrive at the Giants game as Gil watches Bobby Rayburn do his practice swings]
Gil Renard
Did you see that? Did you see the way he moved his legs?
Richie Renard
Can I have a hot dog?
Gil Renard
A what?
Richie Renard
Can I have a hot dog?
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[Manny calls Jewel a castrating ball buster]
Manny
Bernie, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't she the castrating ball buster who had the temerity to ask my client if he was honestly worth 40 million?
Bernie
Yeah.
Manny
Thank you!
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[Bobby and the rest of the Giants team mourn Primo's death, as one player says to Bobby while pointing at the sleeve of his jersey]
Lanz
Now we all get to wear the number, man.
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[Manny checks on Bobby while the doctor checks him out after the bad collision]
Manny
Doc, is the rib bruised or fractured?
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[Gil runs over his son's leg to try and catch a foul ball]
Gil Renard
[Gil tries to take the ball out of the kids' hand who does catch it, walking back to his seat]
The wind took it. The wind took it. Kid was lucky. Kid was lucky.
Richie Renard
You stepped on me.
Gil Renard
Don't worry. We'll get one next time.
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[Bobby asks Manny if the sick kid in chemo ever saw the home run]
Manny
Oh, Bobby. Bobby, the kid didn't even see it. He slipped into a coma in the first inning and never pulled out. I'm sorry.
Bobby Rayburn
How come you didn't tell me that, man?
Manny
Like you take bad news really well, huh? What am I supposed to say? 'Hey, I got great news. The kid didn't make it. Have a good one.'
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[Manny congratulates Bobby on being back after that scary collision, hitting a home run]
Manny
You knocked the goddamn cover off that ball. You're back!
Bobby Rayburn
The hell I did. It was a fluke. I never even saw the pitch.
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[Gil talks to his son Richie about his little league]
Richie Renard
Think I'll make the Majors?
Gil Renard
Of course you'll make the Majors. Just remember what I said: Positive things happen to positive thinkers. Who said that?
Richie Renard
Coop.
Gil Renard
Damn straight. And he was the greatest player I ever played with.
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[Bobby talks to Jewel over a drink about his career slump]
Jewel Stern
I think the slump is a good thing.
Bobby Rayburn
Now, what kind of twisted shit is that?
Jewel Stern
It's gonna teach you to cut yourself a little slack. You can't keep up this act forever.
Bobby Rayburn
Oh, now it's an act now.
Jewel Stern
Oh, yeah. Mr. Perfect, Mr. No Error. Nobody can live up to that shit. You gotta give yourself a break. It's just a lie anyhow.
Bobby Rayburn
Yeah. Doesn't seem like a lie when I'm hitting.
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[Leon the bartender points to Juan Primo sitting in the club, talking to Gil]
Leon, the Bartender
I wish we had a whole team like him!
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[Gil talks to Bobby Rayburn on the phone over Jewel's live radio station]
Gil Renard
[to Bobby]
Listen, I wanna tell you that I know exactly what you're going through, more than you'll ever understand. You know, this whole number 11 thing is, is a fuckin' joke! I mean, you're the greatest player this city has ever had. And all of a sudden you've got... some flash in the pan, some hotdogger like Primo giving you a hard time about your number. I mean, you're the star. There's a reason you're being paid 40 million. And on top of it, the owners aren't even doing what they should be doing. I mean, they should be protecting their investment. I mean, pay him whatever he wants! Give him whatever he wants! If he wants a million dollars, give it to him. And if he doesn't want to take a million dollars, and if he doesn't want to give up his number, then fuck him! Get him out! What the fuck is the difference? Just get you hitting again. If that's what it's gonna take, then that's what it's gonna take.
Jewel Stern
And they say the fans don't know what they're talking about. You know, I think the public and the owners should be listening to you, Gil. And Bobby, why isn't this guy on your payroll?
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[Bobby takes his first photo with Juan Primo as both men whisper in each others ears]
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[Bobby shakes Gil's hand after their little game of baseball, when Gil doesn't let go]
Bobby Rayburn
Admit what?
Gil Renard
Admit you're hitting because Primo's not around.
Bobby Rayburn
Oh, that's a bunch of bullshit.
Gil Renard
It doesn't hurt that he's not around. Come on. Level with me.
Gil Renard
[as Gil's expression becomes more serious]
Level with me. Come on, I saved your kid. You wanna pay me back? Be honest with me and tell me you're happy that he's dead. Just a little.
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[Gil begins to pitch the ball to Bobby Rayburn's son Sean, as Sean grows afraid]
Gil Renard
[Gil begins to yell more louder]
Come on, bring the bat up slugger. Come on, look like a hitter. Bring it up. Bring it up. Bring it up. Come on. Come on! Come on, slugger. Bring the fuckin' bat up. Come on.
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