Dave: In 10.
Will: Stand by 1-4-4.
Chris: Standing.
In 3...2...
Good evening. From New York City,
I'm Dan Rydell alongside Mike Gr eenwey
sitting in f or Casey McCall.
Those stories, plus Mike Ditka goes fishing...
I just went on a date with one of those guys.
From "Sports Night"?
Yeah.
-- You'r e kidding. -- No.
-- You dated a guy f rom "Sports Night"? -- Yeah.
Which one -- Dan? Was it Dan?
[ Sighs ] It's the one the guy on the right
is filling in f or tonight.
Casey.
Yeah.
-- You dated Casey. -- A date.
-- You dated Casey McCall. -- It was r eally half a date.
'Cause I'm a "Sports Night" nut.
Then you and Casey would have gotten along very well.
-- Is he a good guy? -- Howard...
I mean, in r eal lif e, is he a good guy?
Howard, don't you think this time would be best spent
talking about you... or even me?
You went on a date with Casey McCall.
Yes.
Ar e you gonna see him again?
No, I'm not.
Ther e ar e f ew guarantees in this lif e,
but her e's one --
I will never see Casey McCall again.
How you doin'?
-- Oh, my God. -- Wow.
Isn't this a coinkydink?
Yes...
-- I'm Casey McCall. -- You don't have to tell me.
-- He's a big f an. -- Thanks.
Can we go?
We'r e having a good time.
No, we'r e not.
She's a tough sell.
I am not a tough sell.
She was just telling me about your date.
Half a date.
It would have been a whole date, but she walked out.
Of course I walked out.
Ar e you with someone tonight?
Yeah, that girl who's sitting all by herself over ther e.
Give her a wave.
Don't wave, Howard.
Her name is Jessica. She's date number eight.
-- I think we should go now. -- You wer e date number one.
-- I r ecall. -- Ther e'll always be that special --
Get the coats, Howard.
[ Clears throat ] Nice meeting you.
Nice meeting you, too.
[ Indistinct voices, glasses clinking ]
Seems like a nice guy.
He is a nice guy.
[ Sighs ]
I started to call you, you know.
-- You'r e lying. -- No, I'm not.
-- You started to call me. -- Yes.
-- What happened? -- I stopped.
-- Why? -- I don't have your phone number.
-- Ah. -- But it was only that r ealization that pr evented me f rom --
You don't have a phone book?
Do you know how many people ther e ar e
named Pixley Robinson in the phone book?
-- Yes. -- How many?
-- One. -- Okay.
Good night.
Mystery solved.
You should get back to that poor girl over ther e.
That poor girl over ther e is having a perf ectly fine time -- wave f or a sec --
as you yourself wer e having until I started to tell you about my situation --
The date was a ridiculous r equir ement
made by the girl you r eally wanted to be with,
and you wouldn't have been ther e if you hadn't been f orced.
You have a way of making it sound a lot worse than it r eally is.
-- Make it sound better. -- Give me your phone number.
No.
[ Sighs deeply ]
Okay.
Give me yours.
You signed your name.
Yeah, 'cause it's, uh, also an autograph.
[ Chuckles ]
Your f riend's waiting f or you.
Huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, absolutely.
Dan: How can you not have heard of this game? Dave: Dan, I --
It's among the gr eatest baseball games ever played...
-- I heard you. -- In the history of baseball.
I'm not a baseball f an.
You work f or a sports show.
I'm a technical dir ector.
At a sports show. Stop walking.
Everyone should know this.
In 195 1, ther e wasn't a mor e passionate rivalry in sports
than the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants.
Giants f ans hated Dodger f ans,
Dodger f ans hated Giants f ans.
Fathers passed it on to sons.
In August, the Giants wer e 13 1/2 games out of first place.
That's insurmountable.
Your season's over. But mnh-mnh.
Giants come back f rom 13 1/2 games,
f all into a first-place tie with guess who -- the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Now, they play a playoff game to see who gets to go to the World Series.
And the Dodgers have it won, right?
Until a guy named Bobby Thomson hit what they called
"The shot heard 'round the world."
l-I used to listen to this tape.
Ther e's this f amous announcer's call,
maybe the most f amous ever.
[ Softly and ex citedly ] "The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!
The Giants win the Pennant!"
His name was Russ Hodges, and he -- he just kept going,
the guy just kept going on,
"The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!"
l-I think I listened to a tape of Russ Hodges making that call,
I don't know... [ Sighs ]
every night f or, I think, f our or five years. [ Chuckles ]
You like sports, don't you, Dan?
I r eally do.
-- Hey. -- Hey.
-- I gotta go. -- Thanks.
-- Jer emy? -- Yes?
I think we should do a f eatur e on Bobby Thomson's homer.
-- Why? -- 50th anniversary.
-- Thomson's homer was '5 1 . -- That's right.
It's the 49th anniversary.
And deserving of a tribute.
A 49th-anniversary tribute?
What, ther e's a law it's got to come with 5s and 10s?
-- Well, none that I know of. -- We make our own laws, Jer emy.
Why don't you talk to Isaac?
I don't need Isaac's permission. I make my own laws.
You do need Isaac's permission,
but that's not why you should talk to him.
Why should I talk to him?
He was ther e.
-- Wher e? -- At the game.
-- The Giants game? You'r e kidding me. -- Yeah. No.
-- He was ther e? -- Yeah.
-- He never told me that. -- Go talk to him.
How did you know that, and I didn't know that?
Go talk to him.
-- I will go talk to him. -- Okay.
You'r e telling me he was ther e, Branca pitched, Thomson swung, crack,
"The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!" -- he was ther e?
Yes.
Okay.
[ Knocks ] Yes?
I got a bit of a problem with you, Isaac.
Yes, thanks f or asking. I'm f eeling fine.
You wer e at the Giants game?
Which Giants game?
The one 49 years ago.
Bobby Thomson?
-- Yes. -- Yes!
-- And you never told me? -- You never asked.
-- Did Jer emy ask you? -- No. -- Then how did he know?
I told him.
We'r e supposed to have a special bond, Isaac.
We do.
-- It doesn't seem like it. -- It's very special.
Not special if you have it with other people, too.
Why did you come in her e?
I want to do a piece on the game.
For the 49th anniversary?
-- Ther e's a law that says it's gotta come in 5s and 10s, what? -- No, no.
You cover ed the game.
Yes.
-- Let me put you on camera. -- No.
-- To talk about the game. -- No.
-- Why not? -- Well, because I said so.
Isaac, this is something that doesn't happen --
What is the occasion?
It's probably the gr eatest baseball game ever played,
and spring is coming -- that's the occasion.
Okay.
-- So you'll go on camera and talk about the game? -- No.
I want to do a f eatur e, Isaac.
-- Go ahead. -- And I want to use you.
-- No. -- Why not?
Ther e again because I said so.
-- You won't do it f or me? -- No.
I'm not f eeling that special bond.
Lif e is like that, homey.
Okay.
Momentarily does not mean "in a moment."
Her e's two dissolving to thr ee.
Thank you. It means "for a moment."
-- Yes. -- That makes me crazy.
We've been wondering what the source was.
Let's see a graphic f or Seattle.
Coming.
It means "for a moment," not "in a moment."
Seattle's up.
On the plane when they say, "We'll be landing momentarily. "
I call over a flight attendant,
and tell them, "If we land momentarily,
"it won't give the passengers enough time
to get off the plane."
And once saf ely inside the airport, how long do they usually detain you f or questioning?
Well, they know me by now.
-- Oh, Dana, a word. -- Hey!
Yes. I'll only be gone momentarily.
Oh, notice how I didn't say, "I'll be back momentarily"?
That wouldn't be true, as I plan on spending
most of the morning on this,
but I'll only be gone momentarily,
-- which is why I said that I -- yes! -- Dana...
So...
I'll tell you what else.
-- Hopef ully means "f ull of hope," -- Yes.
With hope in one's heart.
Do you r emember my girlf riend Katie?
No.
-- I have a girlf riend named Katie. -- Okay.
-- Katie works downstairs with a woman named Rita. -- Okay.
And Rita has a f riend named Howard.
Bring it around to me.
Howard went out with Pixley last night.
-- The Pixley? -- Yes.
Casey's first date?
Yes, but her e's why it's news -- Casey was ther e.
Wher e?
On Pixley and Howard's date last night.
I thought Casey was on his own date last night.
He went to the same place as Howard and Pixley.
By coincidence?
I suppose, but that's r eally --
Natalie, please don't try and talk me out of the dating plan.
I have r eally put a lot of thought into it.
I know what's best, and I also know what --
Casey wrote his number down on her hand.
Wow.
Yes.
He wrote his number down on her hand?
Yes.
The dating plan sucks.
Hodges: Hartung down the line at third, not taking any chances.
Lockman without too big of a lead at second,
but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one.
Branca throws... there's a long drive!
It's going to be, I believe...
The Giants win the Pennant!
[ Door opens ] The Giants win the Pennant!
-- Jer emy? -- Yes?
I spoke to Isaac, and, yes, you'r e right.
He was at the game, though he also confirmed
that him and I have a bond that f ar ex ceeds his and yours.
Okay.
He was ther e.
He saw it. He saw them take out Newcombe
and put in Branca.
He saw Thomson tap the dirt off his cleats.
-- He saw it... -- Yeah.
But he won't go on camera.
I'm not surprised.
-- You'r e not? He loves going on camera. -- No.
Dan...
Oh.
-- The stroke. -- Yes.
The old stroke.
Yes.
Well...he's just wrong.
-- Well, maybe so, but -- -- He's just flat-out wrong.
You just leave it.
-- You think? -- Yes.
Hmm...no.
I want to talk to him, make him see how wrong he is.
Oh, that's a better plan.
It is?
You going to tr eat the subject with sensitivity?
No.
Ther e you go.
You're an idiot.
Hang on.
Ex cuse me?
The r eason you won't go on film
with your Bobby Thomson story is you'r e self-conscious
about the way you look and sound since the stroke.
Is ther e something wrong with the way I look and sound since the stroke?
Nope.
Honey? Danny thinks ther e's a problem
with the way I look and talk since the stroke.
-- No, no, I -- -- [ Chuckles ]
Yeah, I thought I was looking pr etty good, too,
-- Isaac, I... -- But Dan doesn't think so.
It was Jer emy, actually, who --
I'll talk to you later.
[ Receiver hangs up ] How ar e you?
-- You won't tell your story. -- No.
-- We still have a special bond? -- Yes.
Okay.
Well, well, well, well, well.
Yep?
Nothin' .
Okay.
Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
Okay.
You know how small a world it is?
Nope.
Natalie, who has a f riend
who works with a girl named Rita,
who knows a girl named Katie,
who knows a man named Howard,
is how small the world is.
How can I help you?
Howard, who is a f an of yours,
-- and ther ef or e slightly troubled, -- Mmm...
was bragging that you signed his date's hand.
[ Clears throat ]
He, f or some r eason, was just too dumb to r ealize
why you'd written your phone number as well.
You know what?
What?
The dating plan was your idea.
Yes, it was.
So I'm just saying...
Let's go.
Have a good show.
Kim: One minute to VTR. Two minutes live.
-- This is very mysterious. -- Yes.
The most f amous home run of all time,
and he doesn't want to talk about it.
-- Yes. -- It's as if something about it makes him uncomf ortable.
-- You know what I'd do? -- What?
I'd keep prodding him about it
until he beats you with his cane and then fir es you.
Yeah...that's a good plan.
Thanks.
Hey, Jer emy.
-- Good show. -- Good show.
Dave: 30 seconds to VTR.
Kim: 90 seconds live.
Natalie: Aha! -- What?
According to the dictionary,
momentarily means both "f or a moment"
-- and "in a moment. " -- Well done.
"Monad," by the way,
is "an elementary individual substance
"which r eflects the order of the world
and f rom which material properties ar e derived."
Thank you.
Wher e ar e we?
Dave: Counting in 10 to VTR.
-- You wer e wrong about momentarily. -- Huh?
-- Ar e you okay? -- Yeah.
Roll VTR.
60 seconds live.
Listen.
-- [ Sighs ] -- What?
It's been all day long, and I knew you had something to tell me.
Do you r emember Pixley?
-- Date number one. -- Yes.
-- You saw her last night. -- Yeah.
-- You gave her your number. -- Yes.
-- Can't stop thinking about her, and you want to call her. -- Yes.
But you f eel guilty about it 'cause it's an emotional abandonment of Dana.
Look, it's not an abandonment.
-- I need to be left out of this. -- Why?
'Cause I like Dana, and I know what's gonna happen next.
-- You don't know what's gonna happen next. -- I do.
I'm just saying I had these f eelings.
I'm not saying I'm gonna act on them.
What's that?
Phone message.
She called.
Yeah.
Dave: In 3...2...
Good evening. From New York City,
I'm Dan Rydell alongside Casey McCall.
Those stories, plus the Hogs get gr eedy in Fayetteville,
the Bruins get bearish at Pauley Pavilion,
and don't bet on the Rebels in Vegas.
All that coming up after this.
You'r e watching "Sports Night" on CSC, so stick around.
Dave: We're out.
[ Door opens, knock on door ]
Dan: Hey.
Hey.
You know, I'm a little surprised to see you.
-- 'Cause I'm supposed to be on the air right now? -- Yeah.
I got 4 minutes and 20 seconds.
Let's see how long we can hold our br eath.
-- It was 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th -- -- Danny...
Come on, it was 3-1 in the bottom --
I'm not talking about it.
Isaac, it was 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th.
It was 4- 1.
It was 4-1 in the bottom of the 9th.
The Dodgers' dir ector of player r elations
came into the pr ess box chewing on a cigar,
telling us wher e we could pick up our cr edentials
f or the World Series.
'Cause he didn't know the Giants wer e about
-- to stage one of the biggest comebacks -- -- That's right.
Ther e was no place to sit in the pr ess box,
so I stood up the whole game.
But then when they took Newcombe out,
I ran to the men's room.
I knew I had time, because Branca was notorious
f or taking his time on the mound warming up.
Ex cept he didn't that time.
Isaac --
I don't know why,
but he warmed up a lot f aster that day.
-- Ar e you telling me that -- -- Yeah...
I didn't see the home run.
What?
I was in the men's room.
I was washing my hands.
Branca warmed up a lot f aster.
You never saw Thomson's home run?
No.
You were at the game.
I was washing my hands.
Never wash your hands.
If only you'd been my mother.
-- You didn't see it? -- No.
You wer e washing your hands?
Yes.
Were you bummed?
For a while, but then you get older,
and it just joins
all the other things in your lif e that happened
while you wer e looking the other way.
Did you see your daughter get born?
Yeah.
Did you see her graduate college?
Yeah.
Are you watching "Sports Night" tonight?
Yeah.
Then shut up.
[ Chuckles ] Yeah.
Guy hit a baseball.
I know.
I'm gonna go back on the air.
Okay.
[ Door closes ]
"Monestrous" means "experiencing estrous
once each year or br eeding season."
-- What's "estrous"? -- Let's find out.
Give me the dictionary.
Dave: In 3...2...
Casey: That's all for us.
Next scores and highlights on "West Coast Update" at 2:00 A.M.
Dan: For Casey McCall, I'm Dan Rydell.
You've been watching "Sports Night" on CSC. We'll see you tomorrow.
-- Music. Chris: Go.
-- Animation? -- Go.
We'r e out.
[ Knock on door ]
-- Hey. -- Hey.
I'm going home.
Okay.
You want to come?
To your home?
[ Chuckles ] No. We'r e going out.
Uh...I thought you said you wer e going home.
Jer emy and I ar e going out f or a drink.
I'm going to stay her e and work.
-- You sur e? -- Yeah.
-- Okay. Hey, Dan. -- Hey.
I'll see you guys tomorrow.
-- What do you need? -- What?
Don't you want to go out or go home?
Yeah, I'm taking off.
Have a good night.
Hey, listen,
I was talking to Isaac bef or e.
Did you know that he was at the Giants game in 195 1?
-- Bobby Thomson? -- Yeah.
I did know that.
Everybody but me.
What about it?
He missed the home run.
He was in the men's room washing his hands.
Really?
Yeah.
It's kind of f unny, if you think about it.
Yeah, 'cause at the end of the day, it's just a baseball game.
How is it not f unny?
It was an idiotic dating plan, Dana.
What did you think was gonna happen?
-- Hey, Dan... -- Forget that he's meeting all kinds of women.
That was gonna happen.
But the one that he wanted was you anyway.
Wanted?
[ Sighs deeply ]
All this is doing is making him f eel
a lot less like the man he is,
which is why he left Lisa in the first place.
I know what he wants, and I got to say
he's done a pr etty good job of going after it,
which isn't, like, the most natural thing in the world
f or Casey to do.
And I know what you want, and all I've seen you do
is hide behind this psychotic behavior
all dr essed up as cute.
He wanted you,
and he told you every possible way he could.
You've just been hanging out in the men's room.
[ Intro to Susan Tedeschi's "It Hurt So Bad" plays ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
'lt hurt, it hurt, it hurt so bad '
-- "Cause, ooh, you were the best man ' -- Jack... -- Hey, Dana.
-- 'I ever, ever ' -- Was Casey in her e tonight?
-- 'Ever ' -- You just missed him.
-- 'Had ' -- He left? -- Yeah.
-- 'Why was I so blind to see? ' -- Do you need anything?
-- Was he in her e alone? -- He met someone.
-- 'And now the biggest fool is me ' -- A girl? -- Yeah, with a strange name.
-- 'Oh, oh ' -- Pixley? -- Yeah.
-- 'What a fool I was, darlin' ' -- Did they leave together?
-- 'Yes ' -- Yeah.
-- 'And, ooh, you were a fool to let ' -- Okay.
-- 'Let me go ' -- Do you need anything?
-- 'Why did you let me go? ' -- Uh...no.
'lt's so lonesome here without you '
'Oh, how I miss you so '
'Oh, oh, now, yes '
'Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, oh, Lord, no '