EXT. PUBLIC POOL - DAY
...chucks his boney butt into the hedges. The guys scramble
out, dragging their clothes after them. They help Squints
up.
HAM
Did you plan that?!
SQUINTS
A'course I did. Been plannin' it for
years.
They let Squints walk out front:
NARRATOR
Michael "Squints" Palledorous walked a
little taller that day. And we had to
tip our hats to him. He was lucky she
hadn't beat the crap out of him. We
wouldn't have blamed her. What he'd
done was sneaky, rotten and low.
(BEAT)
And cool.
(BEAT)
Not another one among us would've ever,
even for a million dollars, had the
guts to put the move on the Lifeguard.
He did. He had kissed a woman. And
he kissed her long and good.
(BEAT)
We got banned from the pool forever
that day... but every time we walked
by after that, the Lifeguard looked
down from her watchtower, right over
at Squints... and smiled.
INT. SCOTTY'S ROOM - NIGHT
Scotty pours over his "Baseball Stuff To Remember" list: 2.
Maury Wills, 3. Mickey Mantle, 4. Willie Mays, 5. Hank Aaron,
6. Stan Musial, 7. Lou Brock, 8. Luis Aparicio, 9. Brooks
Robinson, 10. Frank Robinson, 11. Bob Uecker. Right Field is
near the green fence. Left Field is in the left. Double play
gets two outs. Triple play is impossible. Single is good.
Double is better. Home run is best. And, ominously, "Don't
get in a pickle or you're dead!" And one entry that's double
question marked: 1. The Great Bambino??
EXT. SANDLOT - SUNSET
The Guys play in magic hour. CRACK!
everyone; *jaws drop*
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BENNY
jolts a high fly to
SCOTTY
in right field. No problem now. He backpedals, judging.
CLOSER TO
MR. MERTLE'S FENCE
then, SNATCH! Scotty makes a clean catch.
*everyone claps*
BENNY
gives Scotty "Thumbs Up." Just as
SCOTTY'S
gonna throw the ball back, he shivers, noticing that the sun
has fallen to a precise declination; its rays focused behind
the glowing green fiberglass of
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