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hwpEighty-six years of banging
our heads against the big green wall...
but we finally did it.
That part you know.
That part everybody knows.
But I got a story
you dont know.
Its about this schoolteacher
friend of mine named Ben.
This is him, back in
when he was a kid.
The little guy
was going through a tough time.
His parents had just got divorced,
and his mom dragged him up here to Boston...
where he didnt know nobody.
One day Bens mom says,
"Enough mopin around, "
and she calls her brother Carl
to take him somewhere...
anywhere, just to get
the kid out of the house.
Uncle Carl didnt have
any children of his own...
so he wasnt exactly
what you call "kid sawy. "
Im not gonna have to change hi m
or anything, am I?
Carl, look at him.
Hes seven, you dope. Come here.
Carl wasnt the kind of uncle
who was gonna take you to the circus...
or the zoo or a puppet show...
but he did know the greatest place
to bring any kid-
The heart and soul of Boston,
Fenway Park.
That was also the day I met Ben.
The pretty boy with the glasses?
Thats me, Al Waterman. I sell sponges.
Now thats the Green Monster, kid.
- Monster?
- Yep.
I taught the boy
what I knew about the game...
and Carl taught him what he knew.
Hey, Zimmer, you idiot,
what are you batting this bum leadoff for?
Dwight Evans parked
a couple homers, the Sox won...
and by days end, poor Ben had become
one of God most pathetic creatures-
- a Red Sox fan.
- Wow!
And thats where the story begins.
Careful, kid.
Theyll break your heart.
You could have gone over right there.
Come on, you gotta be aggressive, man.
- Take off the training wheels.
- Hey, I got a crowbar under the seat, okay?
So dont make me
knock your teeth out.
What are you doing?
Audrey and Tammy, are you guys talking
to each other on the phone?
Were conferencing Amanda. Shes home sick.
Amanda likes that song, Mr. Wrightman.
Can you turn it up, please?
Okay, so I asked for no ham, double turkey,
but it looks like they gave me double ham.
- Do you want me to go back?
- Uh, no. Just toss some of it in my mouth.
- And that teachers here with those kids.
- What?
That teacher you talked to on the phone,
about coming in, having a tour.
Oh, oh, God, thats today?
- Theyre here.
- Oh, no.
Okay, uh, just pretend that youe me
and take them around and- Hi.
- There they are.
- Ben Wrightman. We talked on the phone.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yes, yes, Ive been waiting for you.
Hi, Im Lindsey Meeks.
Excuse me.
Can I get anyone
something to drink?
Vodka martini, straight up.
Three olives, please.
Hey, I asked you to behave.
Uh, are you allowed to hit them?
Yeah, actually.
Do you wanna take a swipe at him?
Ill hold him if you want.
- Maybe later.
- Uh, okay. As I said on the phone, Lindsey...
I teach honors geometry,
ninth grade.
And every year I pick
a few promising math students...
to meet someone whos pursued
mathematics as an educational discipline...
and has made practical use
of that education.
So, thanks for having us.
All right, the client
Im working for right now...
is this really cool company
called Marquis Jet...
and theye trying to figure out how to
make renting private jets more affordable.
Wow. Now thats the way to go.
Yeah, and theyre growing
like crazy...
so theyd have to buy more jets
in order to meet the demands.
Now let me ask you guys
a crazy question.
Are any of you in the habit
of looking at numbers-
You know, addresses, license plates,
phone numbers- and adding them up...
and rearranging them in your head
to make more interesting patterns?
Oh, my God,
she knows my secret shame.
Well, step into the light, my friend,
because this is the church of numbers...
and every day is Sunday.
- She was a major hottie.
- Major?
- Colonel hottie.
- Yeah, she went optic for you, Mr. Wrightman.
- Optic?
- Yeah, I saw her glance to the pants.
- No way. - Yeah.
- What do you mean?
- I mean she was totally-
- No, no, not you. You. What did you mean?
Nothin, you know.
Well, come on, man.
You saw her.
What? Wait. Are you saying
that shes out of my league?
She is bringing some serious heat, man.
I dont know if you got the bat speed.
Oh, I got the bat speed. I got plenty
of bat speed. I could hit her best cheese.
Ezra, I need those
customer satisfaction data reports.
- I put them on your desk, Lindsey.
- Good lad. Keep me posted.
You got it.
- Those kids were cute.
- Which kids?
- The ones from earlier today.
- Oh. Yeah.
Maybe I should become a teacher
or a college professor, you know.
The hours would be better. You get summers free.
Its so much less competitive.
- Oh, my God, Jack is leaving.
- What?
Jack is leaving
the company next summer.
What that- So, do you think theyre gonna
bring someone in from the outside?
- I have- I dont know. - Or do you
think theyre gonna promote from within?
I thought you were
becoming a teacher.
Low blood sugar. I didnt eat yet.
Hi.
Hi. I didnt wanna interrupt.
It sounded like you were involved
with some major corporate hoo-ha.
Oh, well, theres a position
about to open up...
so i
