Daily Dialogue — August 6, 2019

Larry: Excuse me, but what the hell’s going on out here?
Crash Davis: Well, Nuke’s scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man’s here. We need a live… is it a live rooster?

Jose nods.

Crash Davis: We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose’s glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present. [to the players] Is that about right?

The players nod.

Crash Davis: We’re dealing with a lot of shit.

Larry: Okay, well, uh… candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she’s registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let’s get two! Go get ‘em.

— Bull Durham (1988), written by Ron Shelton

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Baseball. Today’s suggestion by @kevinpgoulet.

Trivia: Ron Shelton was a former minor league baseball player and used his experience as the basis for the story.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Such a fun bit of business, an inane conversation on the mound right in the middle of a baseball game.