Quantum Leap (TV Series)

Play Ball - August 6, 1961 (1991)

Dean Stockwell: Al

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Quotes 

• Admiral Al Calavicci : Yeah, there is something magical about a baseball diamond. Yeah - no matter how old you get, it still makes you feel like a kid.

• [Al is teaching Sam how to pitch] 

  Admiral Al Calavicci : You can't hold it like that. It's hand pitching.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : What's wrong with holding it like this?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Because i... It's fine if that was a hand grenade, but it's a baseball. You gotta treat it like a woman.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Why does everything always come down to being a woman?

• Warren Monroe : I've seen you play a few times. You're good.

  Chucky : Well, I don't know about that. I'd be in a lot of trouble if, uh, if Doc here hadn't made that leap.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : You can say that again, kid.

• Admiral Al Calavicci : [referring to Chucky]  What are you so interested in this kid for anyway?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : [sighs]  'cause he reminds me of you.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Oh. What?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : You remember the first time we met, Al? You were running the Star Bright Project, and, uh, I came into the lab, and you were smashing the vending machine with a hammer.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Oh, uh-mmm, it ate my dime.

  Dr. Sam Beckett : Yeah, you were, you were drunk and, uh, angry, and... the government wanted to wash you out of the project completely, but I stopped them. Because I knew that underneath all that booze and that anger was a pretty terrific person.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : So you think this... kid is a terrific person too?

  Dr. Sam Beckett : I don't know. But I think he deserves a chance to find out. Don't you?

• Dr. Sam Beckett : [referring to Al's experiences as a baseball pitcher]  Is there anything you haven't done?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : No. Oh, wait. There is these twins at the fitness center...

  Dr. Sam Beckett : All right, I'm sorry I asked.

• Bunny : [trying to seduce Sam]  I've heard about the way you treat women. The thangs you do.

  Admiral Al Calavicci : Thangs? What thangs?

• [Sam is questioning Al's - and Ziggy's - prediction of what Sam is supposed to do during the leap] 

  Dr. Sam Beckett : You sure?

  Admiral Al Calavicci : [looking at handlink]  Yeah, It's right here in yellow and pink... and green and blue and orange and purple...