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Music THEATRE INTERNATIONAL 421 West 54th Street New York NY 10019 (212) 541-8656 ® Music THEATRE INTERNATIONALCHARACTERS JOE BOYD (later called Joe Hardy) MEG BOYD MR. APPLEGATE, ‘SISTER, DORIS: JOE HARDY HENRY SOHOVIK SMOKEY LINVILLE VAN BUREN ROCKY GLORIA THORPE LYNCH WELCH BRYANT LOLA, EDDIE BOULEY LOWE MICKEY ‘VERNON: MISS WESTON COMMISSIONER POSTMASTER GUARD OTHER BALL PLAYERS. BASEBALL FANS SINGERS AND DANCERS, - iii -Music UMBER #1 — Overture .. #2.— Opening Curtain ACT I, Scene #3 —Six Months Out Of Every Year . #4 — Devil Music #5 ~ Goodbye, Old Girl .. ACT I, ScENE #6 —Heart .. #7 —Heart (Encore) ACT I, ScENE nr #8 —Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO .. #9 —Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, MO (Dance) .. ACT I, Scene 1v ACT I, SCENE ¥ #10—A Man Doesn't Know .. #11 —Lola’s Entrance ACT I, Scene vi #12—A Little Brains, A Little Talent #13 ~ Goodbye, Old Girl (Reprise) .. ACT I, SCENE vit #14 —A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) .. 60 ACT I, Scene vir ACT I, Scene 1x #15 ~Whatever Lola Wants .. #16 — Change Music (Not Meg) .. ACT I. Scene x #17 —Heart (Reprise) ... 78 ACT, Scene xt #18 — Fanfare .... #19 —Who's Got the Pain? .. #20—Finale— Act One... -iveACTH #22 Entr'acte #23 — Opening Act Two .. 89 ACT I, SCENE 1 #24-The Game .. ACT IL, SCENE 1 #25 — Near to You .. 97 ACT I, SCENE #26 — Those Were the Good Old Days . 102 #26A — Those Were the Good Old Days (Encore) ... +103 ACT II, Scene v #27—Court Room (Blackout) . ACT II, ScENE V #28 — Two Lost Souls Act II, Scene vi ACT HL, ScENE vit ACT I, Scene vir #29 — Devil Music 7 ACT IL, Scene 1x #29a— Devil Music (Reprise) 118 #30 ~Shoeless Joe (Reprise) ... 1B Act II, SCENE x #31 — Back Home .... 2120 _ ACTH, Scene xt #32—A Man Doesn't Know (Finale) .. #33 — Heart (Bows). #34 — Heart (Exit March)SONGS BY HAR TER APPLEGATE #26 — Those Were the Good Old Days 426A — Those Were the Good Old Days (Encore) BALLPLAYERS #24 —The Game EDDIE #19 —Who's Got the Pain? ENTIRE CAST #33 — Heart (Bows) FANS #17 — Heart (Reprise) GLORIA THORPE #8 — Shoeless joe ‘from Hannibal, MO HENRY #24—The Game JOE BOYD #3 — Six Months Out Of Every Year #5 — Goodbye, Old Girl #10~A Man Doesn‘t Know #13 — Goodbye, Old Girl (Reprise) .. #14—A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise)... #26 — Those Were the Good Old Days . #28 - Two Lost Souls #32~A Man Doesn't Know (Finale) LOLA #12—A Little Brains, A Little Talent 102 103 60 . 102 . dH 55 —vi- #15—Whatever Lola Wants... . 75 #19 Who's Got the Pain? ..... 86 #28 — Two Lost Souls il MEG BOYD #3 — Six Months Out Of Every Year 0.02. .-+- 2 #14—A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) 0.0.0. 0e ee 60 #32—A Man Doesn't Know (Finale) .......121 MICKEY #24—The Game .. .91 ROCKY #6—Heart .......5-- . 21 47—Heart (Encore) .... . 25 #24—The Game... 220.02. mn SINGERS. #3—-Six Months Out Of Every Year 2 #8 — Shocless Joe ‘from Hannibal, MO SISTER #17 —Heart (Reprise) SMOKEY #6—Heart oe. cece eevee eee #7 - Heart (Encore) 424—The Game .... VAN BUREN #6 — Heart #7 — Heart (Encore) VERNON #6 — Heart #7 —Heart (Encore) 78 at 25 91 221 225 . 21 25DAMN YANKEES -a- Act L, Scene i: Meg’s House JOE is watching a ball game on television. MEG sits nearby sewing. It is a very warm evening, They are a comfortable couple in their forties. JOE Astrike—you're nuts. He's nuts, MEG (Stop sewing) Back home in Hannibal we had heat over 100 lots of times. JOE (Slides down in his chair) Slide. MEG Casper Niles tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk in front of his drugstore one time, JOE (Turns io Meg) Good old Smokey he got a hit. MEG In Hannibal they were always saying cool air was on its way from Canada. 1 certainly don’t see any sign of it here, do you? (JOE is concentrating. Still does not reply) Do you? JOE Do I what? MEG See any sign of cool ait...? JOE ‘You're blind, ump. You're blind, See any sign of what dear?Damn YANKEES MEG Never mind. (MUSIC begins. SHE sews. Sews on vamps) ‘Tt wasn’t important. (Heals up — leans head to him, sings:) MEG WHEN WE MET IN NINETEEN THIRTY-EIGHT, IT WAS NOVEMBER (Front) WHEN I SAID THAT I WOULD BE HIS MATE, IT WAS DECEMBER. (Leans forward) I REASONED HE WOULD BE THE GREATEST HUSBAND. THAT A GIRL HAD EVER FOUND (Glasses off, look front) THAT'S WHAT I REASONED THAT'S WHAT I REASONED ‘THEN APRIL ROLLED AROUND (Look front L) JOE STRIKE THREE, BALL FOUR, WALK, A RUN'LL TIE THE SCORE, YER BLIND UMP, (L hand) ‘YER BLIND UMP, YA MUS’ (L hand) BE OUTA YER MIND, UMP! MEG SIX MONTHS OUT OF EVRY YEAR (in chair) * I MIGHT AS WELL BE MADE OF STONE (Face front, head tilt L)Damn YAnKeEs SIX MONTHS OUT OF EVRY YEAR WHEN I’M WITH HIM, I'M ALONE. JOE He caught the corner. MEG (Lean front L) SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV’RY YEAR. HE DOESN'T TAKE ME ANYWHERE (Front L) SIX MONTHS OUT OF EVRY YEAR, WHEN I PLAY CARDS—SOLITAIRE (He crosses R leg over L with R hand. MEG look. Rise, XR to door, fold arms) ‘THE OTHER SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV’RY YEAR WE ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN APART (XR step to door) BUT THEN THE WASHINGTON SENATORS, TAKE OVER MY PLACE IN HIS HEART. (By door) SIX MONTHS QUT OF EV'RY YEAR. (Head L) I MIGHT AS WELL BE WEARING CREPE (Head R front, refer to clothes, then L again) LIFE IS JUST AN AWFUL BORE, FROM WHICH I FIND—NO ESCAPE. (Then R, then L beginning next phrase} SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV’RY YEAR. (MEN enter L. Ist row on R knee, 2nd row half up. Hands on knees. 3rd row up) BOYS STRIKE THREE (R hand high, 4 fingers) BALL FOUR (Lhand high, 4 fingers) WALK, A RUN'LL TIE THE SCORE. FLY BALLDAMN YANKEES (BOYS) (L hand, 1 finger) DOUBLE PLAY (Glance once at each other) YANKEES WIN AGAIN TODAY THOSE DAMN YANKEES (Both hands down on “Damn") WHY CAN'T WE BEAT ‘EM? (Raise up with hands slowly on “Why”. 2nd row, R thumb rakes “He's out,” Ist & 3rd rows take “He's safe”) HE'S OUT, HES SAFE, HE'S OUT, HE'S SAFE, HE'S OUT, HE’S SAFE, HE'S OUT (GIRLS enter R) YER BLIND UMP, (R fist by head) YER BLIND UMP, YOU MUST BE OUTA YER MIND UMP! (R hand melts down, tap head twice) GIRLS (Come in, fold arms on arrival) ‘SIX MONTHS OUT OF EVRY YEAR. (Look L) HE LIVES BY THE TELEVISION SET BOYS HE'S OUT, HE'S SAFE, HE'S OUT GIRLS * IF YOU SEE THAT MAN OF MINE, (Point L hand L)DAMN YANKEES HOW DOES HE LOOK? (X beat. L foot, R foot, fold arms, L foot, drop arnts and shoulders. Raise shoulders and {fold arms) I FORGET (Drop shoulders at once) BOYS LETS GO! (Fists R) GIRLS SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV'RY YEAR (Clasp hands low in front) WE KNOW THERE IS NO OTHER DAME BOYS HE S$ OUT, HE'S SAFE, HE'S OUT! GIRLS (Shake heads. Lean front) IF HE ISN'T HOME BY SIX IT’S SIX TO ONE (Point left hand down. Music — go 3 steps L. Hands on hips) ‘THERE S A GAME (Lean to boys) BOYS LET'S GO (Sway front and back) GIRLS SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV’RY YEAR WHEN WE COOK FOR THEM, IT NEVER PAYS (Stop, look L) BOYS AAHH-6- DAMN YANKEES GIRLS INSTEAD OF PRAISING OUR GOULASH, (Both hands on chest) THEY’RE APPRAISING THE PLAYS OF WILLIE MAYS: (Both armas open low front) BOYS HE'S OUT, HE'S SAFE, HE'S OUT! HE'S SAFE, HE'S OUT! HE'S SAFE, HE'S OUT! GIRLS BOYS (Shift back row into Ist line) SIX MONTHS STRIKE THREE, BALL FOUR, OUT OF EV’RY YEAR WALK, A RUN’LL TIE THE SCORE (Shoulders) WE MIGHT AS WELL BE WEARING FLY BALL, DOUBLE PLAY, CREPE YANKEES WIN AGAIN TODAY! (Touch dress) I LIFE IS THOSE DAMN YANKEES: JUST AN AWFUL BORE FROM WHICH WHY CAN'T WE BEAT ‘EM? (Fold arms) FIND HE'S OUT HE'S SAFE. HE'S OUT HE'S SAFE HE'S OUT HE'S SAFE HE'S OUT! NO ESCAPE YER BLIND UMP, YER BLIND UMP, (R fist by head) YA MUST BE OUTTA YER MIND, UMP! (Tap head R finger twice)DAMN YANKEES GIRLS BOYS WE'RE DYING FOR LE- THE MERCURY “EVs ‘TO DROP TO THREE BELOW Go! (Go R, R fist) WE'RE CRYING FOR LE- THE HAPPY DAYS “ETS OF ICICLES AND SNOW Go! AR fist) WE DON'T MIND SLEEPING THOSE SOLO, THAT IS, DAMN ONCE A YEAR OR SO YANKEES! (ALL dress L GIRLS go L single file, hands clasped on chest. GIRLS and BOYS spread to two lines) GIRLS BUT WITH THEM IT’S A CAREER (Point R finger diag. down at boy) BOYS (Spoken Rhythimically) WHAT ARE WE WAITIN’ FOR? (Up sharply R fist high) APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, GIRLS MEN! BOYS SEPTEMBER (lap R foot, hands on hips) GIRLS BAH! APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, BOYS ‘SLIDE! (BOYS stide =)Damn YANKEES GIRLS SEPTEMBER BOYS OOH! (Hold heads) GIRLS & BOYS SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV'RY BOYS GIRLS (Clench fist) YER BLIND UMP, YER BLIND UMP. YEAR! YA MUST BE OUTA YER MIND UMP! YEAR! (PRINCIPALS sit. BOYS & GIRLS exit R & L on:) ALL APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, MEG SIX MONTHS OUT OF EV’RY JOE MEG YER BLIND UMP, YER BLIND LIMP YEARE ‘YA MUST BE (Go to chair, put on glasses) JOE (Fades out ard speaks. L hand) OK. Sohovik, don’t try to murder it—Just slip one through the infield —Come on, Sohovik, get lucky —Oh boy — (To Meg) The ball’s in the dirt and he swings. That does it! OE snaps off the television. Rise XR) MEG Did the Washington Senators win, dear? (HE grunts) Oh, I m sorry. Well, maybe they will next time.DAMN YANKEES JOE Gb Damn Yankees. MEG What, dear? JOE Td like to lick those damn Yankees just once. MEG But how can you if they're the champions? JOE (X to L of Meg) If we had just one long ball hitter —just one— MEG Honestly, Joe, you're going to get yourself a stroke if you keep this up—or at least ulcers, JOE (Takes a swing at an imaginary ball) Wham! MEG Oh, Joe, now my friends Sister and Doris—They like baseball, but they don’t suffer so. (Rises) Well, I'm going to bed. I’ve got the bridge club tomorrow. (X to him, kisses him) Goodnight. (XR and exit upstairs ~ takes shirt) : JOE Yeah, sure—I mean good night. (XR) Good night, old girl. (Goes out onto porch. Take swing at imaginary ball) Wham! One long ball hitter, that's what we need, I’d sell my soul for one long ball hitter.- 10 = Damn YANKEES (IOE lifts his head as though conscious of some new element arut steps off porch Xing Land looking off L.. Then he turns, APPLEGATE is standing in front of the chair R. MUSIC OUT. JOE X RC) JOE Hey, where did you come from? APPLEGATE Good evening. JOE (X up to porch) Who are you? APPELLATE Aman who agrees with you. JOE Agrees? APPLEGATE (One step DS) One long ball hitter— that’s what the team needs. JOE You are right about that. You live around here? APPLEGATE My name is Applegate, and I think we have something in common, a love of the national game. JOE You bet. Care to sit down? (THEY BOTH sit, JOE on chair L, APPLEGATE on R) APPLEGATE ‘Thanks. You don’t like to see the Senators in 7th place. JOE Well they may pull together yet. APPLEGATE I'm here to make you a proposition. Not only would you like to see Washington win a pennant, but your secret yearning all your life has been to be a baseball player yourself.Damn YANKEES - 11 JOE (Crossing legs) I wasn’t so bad in high school. APPLEGATE Not so bad! They were scouting you for Kansas City. You’ ve still got your spike shoes and your glove—they’re up in your bedroom, (He nods in direction of the room above the porch) JOE Who told you? APPLEGATE (Leans forward) Would you like to be the greatest baseball player in all history? JOE (Rises) Big, joke. (XL step) APPLEGATE No joke. You can be a great ball player. JOE I can’t even bend over and touch my toes. APPLEGATE Try it Just for laughs. (JOE shrugs and trees to bend over. APPLEGATE motions with his hand. Suddenty JOE can go down to his toes easily. He looks up surprised) JOE What do you know. , APPLEGATE With my help a lot of things come easy. (Rise, He makes a sudden move, there is a flash of fire and he is smoking a lighted ciga- rette) Do you smoke? JOE Hey, how'd you pull that off?- 12 - DAMN YANKEES APPLEGATE I'm handy with fire. | JOE a Who are you? 4 APPLEGATE Tam quite a famous character, Mr. Boyd. I have historical significance too. In fact, I'm responsible for most of the history you can name. JOE Listen, I don’t know what the gag is. (SISTER and DORIS come in R. APPLEGATE X D. THEY are two middle-aged friends of Meg who affect young mannerisms) wesc SISTER (X to Joe followed by DORIS) Talking to yourself, So you finally flipped your lid. What are you doing out here talking to yourself? In the dark? JOE (Looking at APPLEGATE) Talking to who? SISTER It’s a sign of old age, you know, Joe, talking to yourself. JOE Ttis? SISTER Is anything the matter? JOE (Looks at APPLEGATE Then to sisters) I was just thinking about the game. , DORIS (Laughs) We went to the game yesterday — it was ladies’ day. SISTER And I must say the hot dogs out at the park aren’t what they used to be. Thad the poorest hot dog yesterday I ever had. DORIS Is Meg still up?Damn YANKEES =~ 13 = JOE No—she went to bed a while ago. DORIS We'll see her at bridge club tomorrow. (Exit R.) SISTER We just came from our ballet lesson. (Exit R.) JOE (X to APPLEGATE) ‘They couldn’t see you. APPLEGATE No they couldn’t—an amusing little stunt—it was all the rage in the Middle Ages. JOE (Sits on lip of the porch) I think the heat’s got me, You mean you really are? APPLEGATE Can't believe it, eh? JOE But that s crazy. It can’t be. APPLEGATE ‘The world is full of crazy things. Crazier every day. JOE Gosh, What are you doing here? APPLEGATE (X above him. Step to porch} Great events bring forth great men, Joe. They arise from nowhere—they take command. That's history. JOE What are you tallying about? APPLEGATE Thave chosen you, the most dedicated — (X to R of hfm, foot on porch)- 14 ~ Damn Yankees (APPLEGATE) — partisan of the noble Washington Senators, to be the hero who leads them out of the wilderness to the championship. JOE (Front) ‘The Senators are in seventh place. APPLEGATE Your powerful bludgeon and sparkling play will inspire the team to greatness, We'll call you Hardy —Joe Hardy. You will be 22 years old. They'll put a new wing on that baseball museum at Cooperstown, dedicated to you—the Hardy shrine. JOE (Rise) ‘Well—well—what do you want me to do? APPLEGATE (Front) —Just leave everything to me. JOE (Rise) My job—my wife. APPLEGATE This is a big operation. Can’t let things like that stand in the way. JOE I just disappear, is that it? APPLEGATE Very simple. JOE And what happens after I stop being a baseball player? Then where would I be? APPLEGATE (Laugh XL) Well now, of course, that’s fairly well known. JOE Yes, but—Damn Yankees - 15 - APPLEGATE (Turns) After all, there's nothing unusual about it. How do you suppose some of these politi- cians around town got started ~and parking lot owners. JOE Still — If what they say— APPLEGATE Look, I've got something to trade here. I'm offering you a chance to be what you wanted to be all your life. OE In my business we have what you call anceps clause. APPLEGATE, (XL) This is not a real estate deal. JOE If I don’t like it, | ought to be able to get out. APPLEGATE (Turns back) Get out? JOE I've got my wife to consider. APPLEGATE (Turns) AlLright, all right. I don’t want to hear any more about your wife. Wives. They cause men more trouble than the Methodist Church. (XR) , I'm trying to be understanding, but all this haggling. All right, I'll give you a chance to get out. JOE Well sure in that case— APPLEGATE On the 24th of September at midnight. I wouldn’t do it, but I don’t want to have those damn Yankees win. . JOE You can say that again.- 16 - Damn Yankees APPLEGATE (THEY clasp hands) Its. a deal. JOE (Surprised) Itis, APPLEGATE ‘And now the other hand. JOE (Shaking hands left-handedly) That's all? APPLEGATE Sure. What do you expect to do, sign your name in blood, or some phony stunt like that? (XR. JOE follows one step) Come on. The team needs you, let's not waste any more time. JOE I want to leave a note for my wife. (Into living room) And get my shoes and my glove. (JOE exits upstairs) APPLEGATE (Follows into living room, calls upstairs) OXK,, tell her you're going to Little America, to interest Eskimos in split level houses. (Xs back onto porch JOE (Comes downstairs with glove and spike shoes, puts them on the floor L. of table) I'm nearly ready. APPLEGATE (Rises) Tl calll a taxi. (Applegate exits R)Damn Yankees =~ 17 = (JOE picks up pad and pencil on table and sits in chair R. Sings while writing. Think on last vamp) JOE GOODBYE, OLD GIRL, MY OLD GIRL, WHEN YOU AWAKEN I'LL BE GONE, (Look down) CAN'T TELL YOU WHERE | GO, ITISN’T FAIR, I KNOW, (Front out) BUT TRUST IN ME AND CARRY ON. GOODBYE, OLD FRIEND, (Front) MY OLD FRIEND, (Tilt head) THERE'S SOMETHIN’ I MUST LET YOU KNOW. (Look down) 1 HAVEN'T SAID IT MUCH, 1 GUESS I'VE LOST MY TOUCH, (Look out. Tilt R) BUT, MY OLD GIRL, I LOVE YOU $0, (Rise, X L) NOW I KNOW IT HASN'T ALL BEEN ROSY. (X to chair) WE'VE HAD SQUABBLIN’ DAYS WHEN TEARS WERE BROUGHT ABOUT. (Look R. Go R. to fireplace) BUT IN A MOMENT OR TWO WE WOULD BILL AND COO AND NEVER EVEN KNEW (Look down, think) WHAT WE FOUGHT ABOUT. (Front)= 18 - Damn YANKEES (JOE) AND NOW YOUR JOE HAS TO GO, BUT HE’LL COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN, (Look upstairs. Back up 2 steps) SO SLEEP YOUR SLEEP, OLD GIRL, (Look upstairs. X to desk) OUR LOVE WILL KEEP, OLD GIRL, TILL THEN. (Last note back to audience. X and sit at desk. The MUSIC swells for a few bars. The spotlight dims down and out as APPLEGATE enters R. Applegate Xs to door, looks in, smiles and Xs DR, pulls another lighted cigarette out of the air, takes a puff and Xs up on porch to door. He ntakes magical pass in the direction of Joe Boyd, opens door to house and surveys his work for a second) APPLEGATE Allright, cabs waiting. JOE (Rises. He has been changed to JOE HARDY. He senses something different) Hey. (He looks down at feet then to Applegate) Did you? (Pulls in pants which are much too large for him) I can’t believe it (Takes batting stance and swings at imaginary ball) Wham. (Picks up shoes and glove, Sings:) AND THOUGH YOUR JOE HAS TO GO HE MAY COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN, SO SLEEP YOUR SLEEP OLD GIRL, OUR LOVE WILL KEEP OLD GIRL, TILL THEN, GOODBYE, OLD GIRL. APPLEGATE Come on. (Goes out onto porch and exits R. JOE follows. Exits R.) JOE MY OLD GIRL GOODBYE.DAMN YANKEES ~ 19 = ACT I, Scene ii Corridor under the stands of the Washington Baseball Park, HENRY and SOHOVIK both in uniform are standing stage R talking HENRY (Left of Sohovik) Do you have to sell insurance in the summer too? SOHOVIK I don’t have to but when I see a guy like you that’s not covered, I get worried. HENRY (Center) I've been uncovered a long time. I don’t worry. SOHOVIK Everybody should have an insurance program. (SMOKEY enters R) HENRY Next year, maybe. (X SOHOVIK to R) How’s the crossword coming Smokey? SMOKEY Very difficult. (HENRY looks over Smokey’s shoulder} LINVILLE (Enter 1. followed by LOWE, X R) So Ferguson give me the signal to steal, it was a pitch out and when I got to second, everybody was waiting for me except Ford Frick. SMOKEY Hey, Sohovik, what's a three-letter word for a sticky substance? (SOHOVIK points in his mouth, where he is chewing gum) Spit? No, that’s four. SOHOVIK Gum. (LOWE, SOHOVIK and HENRY exit R. as VAN BUREN and ROCKY enter L. VAN BUREN Xs IC with ROCKY)— 20 - DAMN YANKEES SMOKEY Gum. VAN BUREN Look— Rocky —What sign is this? (Goes through routine of complicated signals) ROCKY Hit and run, sure. VAN BUREN Right. Now you're still at bat. (ROCKY takes stance. VAN BUREN signals again. XC) ROCKY I take, VAN BUREN OK, Now the Count’s two and one. (HE signals) ROCKY I don’t do nothin’. VAN BUREN How can you not do anything. If I wipe the take signal watch what follows. (He signals. ROCKY looks dumbfounded) You go for it ROCKY Oh, sure. VAN BUREN Why couldn’t you remember that last night, you could have cost us a big inning. ROCKY . (XO) It's not that I'm dumb, Benny. VAN BUREN Nobody said anything about your being dumb, exactly. ROCKY It’s just that when we play the Yankees I kind of tense up. I kind of lose my head. 1 figure what the hell is the use.DAMN YANKEBS - 21 VAN BUREN Will you listen to this guy? SMOKEY (Xs C. one step) Benny, there is something different about ‘em. VAN BUREN What do you mean? ROCKY Well, we don’t make them same goofers when we're playing Kansas City. VAN BUREN Now, listen, all of you, that’s what I'm talking about. Boys, I know you're not yellow. Smokey, you bang into fences until you drive me crazy, and Rocky, you played three games with a broken hand. But your mental state is all off the left field. Now listen to me: Baseball is only one half skill—the other half is something else. Something bigger. (He sings) VAN BUREN (Front) ‘YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART (R fist. Walk to NAT) ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS HEART (Right hand on NAT’s shoulder) WHEN THE ODDS ARE SAYIN’ YOU'LL NEVER WIN (GoL to JIM) THAT'S WHEN THE GRIN SHOULD START (To JIM. Point R hand out) YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HOPE (AL X to NAT, L hand on shoulder) MUSTN'T SIT AROUND AND MOPE, (Both hands lew. Both arms out front) NOTHING'S HALF AS BADDAMN YANKEES (VAN BUREN) AS IT MAY APPEAR (To fim) WAIT’LL NEXT YEAR AND HOPE (Arm around Rocky. 2 steps SR) WHEN YOUR LUCK IS BATTIN’ ZERO (Beer sign, R hand) GET YOUR CHIN (R hand) UP OFF THE FLOOR: (L point to JIM) MISTER YOU CAN BE A HERO. (Jim straightens up. Point R hand) YOU CAN OPEN ANY DOOR, ‘THERE'S NOTHIN’ TO IT, BUT TO DO IT. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART (Front) MILES ‘N’ MILES ‘N’ MILES OF HEART (Opens arms wide. Front) OH, IT’S FINE TO BE A GENIUS OF COURSE BUT KEEP THAT OLD HORSE (R hand burnpy) BEFORE THE CART (R arm out to side. R finger high) FIRST YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE HEART (Tap heart. VAN BUREN XL. ROCKY X to BOYS. VAMP. BOYS X to C) ROCKY AGREAT SLUGGER WE HAVEN'T GOT (To Nat) SMOKEY A GREAT PITCHER WE HAVEN'T GOT (To Alt)DAMN YANKEES = 23 - A VERNON AGREAT BALL CLUB WE HAVEN’T GOT (Down and to Nat) ROCKY, VERNON & SMOKEY (To VAN BUREN) WHAT'VE WE GOT? (Music—on 4th beat front) ROCKY, VERNON & SMOKEY WE'VE GOT HEART (Back to pose) ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS HEART WHEN THE ODDS ARE SAYIN’ YOU'LL NEVER WIN, (Front) THAT’S WHEN THE GRIN SHOULD START, (Look at VAN BUREN, smiling) VAN BUREN Now you're getting the idea. (R hand at BOYS) ROCKY, VERNON & SMOKEY WE'VE GOT HOPE WE DON'T SIT AROUND AND MOPE NOT A SOLITARY SOB DO WE HEAVE MISTER, ‘CAUSE WE’VE GOT HOPE. VAN BUREN Boys I'm proud of you. , ROCKY WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT WE’RE HUMMIN’ ROCKY, VERNON & SMOKEY HMM—HMM—HMM VAN BUREN THAT'S THE HEARTY THING TO DO (R hand on “hearty”)