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ACT I
There he is, the man about to sell Babe Ruth, HARRY FRAZEE
– at his desk, on the phone while his assistant paces about
the room. It’s rainy outside, dark and dreary inside.
Frazee agrees to sell Ruth - “best thing about Boston is
the train ride back to New York”, He chuckles and then
hangs up the phone. Turns to his assistant, $125,000! – not
bad, not bad at all, and proceeds to light up a cigar. His
assistant, ED BARROW shakes his head and is visibly
bothered. He says “if I may sir, I think you’ve made a
mistake”.
Around 9:00 a.m. the next Saturday morning Jake bikes over
to his Dad’s house and lets himself in. Daniel and Jake
have plans to go to a baseball card show. While in the
kitchen grabbing a snack, Jake hears a sound coming from
the backyard. Cautiously, he decides to investigate. Jake
walks into the Barn and discovers a grown man in a vintage
Boston Red Sox home uniform– it’s none other than TED
WILLIAMS - Jake is stunned and speechless. His jaw drops,
he points to Ted, stuttering in shock. He points to his
father, who has emerged from behind a door, and says “you,
you unfroze Ted Williams” Daniel responds “no, no I did not
unfreeze Ted Williams”. Daniel says, still frantic, “Oh my
god – You cloned him. You cloned Ted Williams. How cool!”
Daniel, trying to calm Jakes excitement “Now, now Jake- I
didn’t clone him – It’s more like a time machine” Jake
responds, “a time machine? Daniel says “well, yeah, sorta -
I mean, it’s more like I borrowed him from a particular
time and place. Jake, confused, repeats “a time machine?”
Daniel hands Jake a 1954 Topps Ted Williams Card. “I did it
using this” – I mean, this and the machine. Also, I don’t
know exactly how it worked this time, but it worked. I
mean, I designed it to work, but it wasn’t working and
then, well, you see what happened” as he points to Ted.
Jake appears to be listening, but for sure he is just
The next thing you know Jake, Daniel, and Ted Williams are
all at the kitchen room table having cookies and milk as
Daniel tries to explain the science of what has happened to
Ted:
In the barn, Jake and Kenny are checking out the “invention
/ contraption”. Jake tells Kenny what happened by motioning
to the machine. “so this is it” “yeah, so”…Kenny responds,
Kenny’s focus is instead drawn upon the shoebox of vintage
baseball cards in the corner. Kenny says “it’s all Red Sox
and Yankees” “and nice ones” “holy crap” “this box has got
to be worth thousands” he continues to go through cards,
saying some names close to under his breathe, then to Jake:
“so all it takes is a baseball card, huh? “ Jake: well, I
don’t- - Cut off by Kenny, who says “here, try this one –
as a 1941 Joe DiMaggio sits firmly between his right hand
thumb and index finger, protected by Plexiglas. At that
very second, Jake and Kenny hear some movement in another
section of the barn and start to panic, fumbling all about
until the 1941 Joe Dimaggio card somehow gets tossed up
onto the invention’s platform just as the cat which created
the commotion runs on by “the button” – turning it on.
The clock says it’s around noon while Daniel, Jake, Kenny,
Ted, and now, JOE DIMAGGIO are all together at the dining
room table talking and eating lunch. Daniel rails into Jake
and Kenny about what they did. Of course, Jake returns the
argument since it was Daniel that started all this. Daniel
appears exasperated by it all – but unwilling to give up in
his attempt to find out how it happened as well as a way to
send the players back.
It’s no time at all before Ted, Joe, Jake, and Kenny are
playing catch and pepper in the backyard.
About twenty minutes later, Daniel comes out from the barn
– obviously disappointed to see the players out there, but
needing to get back to work, warns everyone to “just keep
it down – we do not want to draw attention. I repeat: we do
not want to draw attention”. Daniel is not happy and he
huffs and puffs himself back into the barn. The players and
the boys are doing there best to not laugh and quickly get
back to the fun.
Before you can say “time shift”, Ted and Joe bring over the
box of vintage baseball cards to where Daniel is. Daniel
looks up at Ted “it will just be a second – I am almost
done. Time to do this”. Ted , holding out a 19xx Jimmie
Foxx, says to Daniel “try this one”. Daniel responds,
confusingly and dismissively, “why would I – no, were
sending you back, I’m sending you back – this was a
mistake, I shouldn’t have done it. You have to go back –
now”. Joe then immediately steps forward, and with a
genuine 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle suggestively in his hand,
calmly says to Daniel, “we’d prefer to play ball”.
Before you can say batter up, the barn is overflowing with
the greatest Yankees and Red Sox players– Mantle, Foxx,
But then Chaos ensues. Red Sox versus Yankees arguing and
scuffling in the backyard. Thurman versus Fisk. Before you
know it an all out brawl erupts. A veritable powder keg
ready to blow.
Kenny is using his phone to call the Red Sox – they call
him a crank hang up. He calls the Yankees – they call him a
weirdo and hang up. Not seeming deterred, Kenny dials again
“Hello, ESPN – yeah, aren’t you like only 20 minutes away
from Middletown?”
Jake uses his cell phone to make a call “Mom, come to Dad’s
right away. No, everything’s fine, but I can’t talk. I need
you to come right away. You have got to see this. You have
got to see what Dad did – it is so cool”.
Sure enough, with the BBQ grill fired up, everything seems
under control and everybody is having a good ole’ time.
Victoria is in charge and CHARLES – the boyfriend, is
helping organize feeding everyone while Jake, Kenny, and
the Gang act as “food runners”.
The kids call Ted and Joe, who bring the idea to the other
players, and all the players love it! The players want to
play for the kids – in Middletown! Tonight!
TONIGHT!!!
After hearing the kids’ pleas and under the weight of the
greatest players’ and public support, The Red Sox and
Yankees officials give their blessing to the kid’s
“Middletown Baseball League” idea. Owners of the other
teams quickly follow suit, and the Commissioner goes on
T.V. to sanction this evening’s inaugural game of the
“Middletown Baseball League”.
ACT III
And so, amidst the dead of a late August night, under the
lights, the greatest game begins – and oh what a great game
it turns out to be.
The Red Sox didn’t wait long to respond, when in the top of
the forth, after a Cronin one out double, Dom DiMaggio,
brother of Joe, came to the plate –
“The Red Sox have been chipping away at this Yankee lead,
it is 5-3 Yankees and now the Red Sox have two runners –
Fisk on second base, via a walk and a passed ball, and
Boggs on first – having been hit by a pitch. There’s two
outs – and now its up to the Splendid Splinter, Ted
Williams - with a chance to tie things up with one swing of
the bat. There are two outs.
The pitch on its way - - - and there goes a high fly ball
to right field, Winfield going back, going back, Winfield
looking up – and into the right field bleachers - - Ted
Williams with a three run home run to give the Boston Red
Sox a 6-5 lead over the New York Yankees. Oh My!”
The run to tie was all the Yankees would get and things
settled down for awhile. Gomez, Guidry, and Catfish Hunter
having kept Boston at bay for the Yankees, while for the
Sox, Radatz and Parnell– in relief of C.Y. Young keeping
Red Sox Nation’s hopes alive.
In the bottom of the twelfth, With the Red Sox now ahead 7-
6, the Yankees have Earle Combs on second base with a one
out double. Jeter has popped out and Babe Ruth is coming to
the plate.
Babe Ruth, young pitcher for the Boston Red Sox approaches
the pitchers mound, bulbs are flickering all about, the
players are stunned, the Sultan of Swat - Babe Ruth,
outfielder for the Yankees at–bat has a look of utter
confusion on his face – and then everything seems to slow
down – as if in slow motion.
Ruth gets to the mound, the catcher and the first base men
gather round. The third basemen stands close by, kicking
and arranging some dirt and listening in. The short stop
and the second baseman are talking to each other (second
basemen went over to short stop) through their respective
gloves. The umpire approaches and the meeting ends. Babe
gives a look to each of his infielders and then steps to
the rubber. The catcher adjusts his mask and then flashes
the sign. Babe shakes him off and then nods – agreeing to
the pitch called for.
THE END