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Why 14?
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That's when I read The Boat Rocker
by Terence Mann.
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God!
:19:09
I never played catch with him again.
:19:11
That's the kind of crap
people always lay on me.
:19:14
It's not my fault
you wouldn't play catch with him.
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I know.
:19:20
Anyway, when I was 17...
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...l packed my things,
said something awful, and left.
:19:28
After a while, I wanted to come home,
but I didn't know how.
:19:32
Made it back for the funeral, though.
:19:45
What was the awful thing you said?
:19:49
To your father?
:19:55
I said I could never respect a man
whose hero was a criminal.
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Who was his hero?
:20:03
Shoeless Joe Jackson.
:20:07
You knew he wasn't a criminal.
Then why did you say it?
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I was 17.
:20:19
The son of a bitch died
before I could take it back.
:20:23
Before I could tell him...
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...you know.
:20:31
He never met my wife.
:20:34
He never saw his granddaughter.
:20:38
This is your penance.
:20:41
I know. I can't bring my father back.
:20:45
So the least you can do
is bring back his hero.
:20:49
Well...
:20:53
Now I know
what everybody's purpose here is.
:20:58
Except mine.