Quantum Leap (TV Series)
Play Ball - August 6, 1961 (1991)
Scott Bakula: Dr. Sam Beckett, Lester Fuller
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Quotes
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[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?
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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?
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[Coach hands the mascot pig over to Sam, who embodies "Doc", an aging baseball player]
Dr. Sam Beckett : What's this?
Coach : You know the rules. The one who screws up babysits Milo. You did, so you do.
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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.
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Dr. Sam Beckett : [picking up a picture frame from Margaret's desk] Who-who-who is this? Is this your husband?
Margaret Twilly : Yes.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Where is he?
Margaret Twilly : He died of a heart attack.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Oh. I'm-I'm sorry to hear that. He looks like a very fine... man.
Margaret Twilly : He used to dress up in my underwear and pretend he was Judy Garland.
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[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...