(funky music)
- [Jim Brockmire] Now that ball is well hit
to deep right center field.
That one is gone but not forgotten.
- I think if you ask any baseball fan
when it comes to great announcers
they're gonna mention Ernie Harwell, Jack Buck, Vin Scully.
But if you ask broadcasters
they're probably going to a man say Jim Brockmire.
- You cannot fill out a top five
without mentioning Brockmire.
- Jim Brockmire hands down, best ever.
- [Brockmire] Oh, you can stick me in
some kind of Italian boat
because that one is gondola.
- We hear about people being old school.
Jimmy was old school.
- He always wore that same plaid jacket.
Always had that same red tie.
- Fresh cut flower in the lapel.
Take me out to the ball game at the top of his lungs.
- I mean Brockmire's style was ahead of it's time.
All that stuff we did back on the day in SportsCenter,
throwing in cultural references, catch phrases from movies
I mean we were ripping Brockmire off left and right.
- Nifty gram fires over to second and you complete me.
And that misses for ball four
and Robinson says, 'I'm walking here, I'm walking here.'
- He loved the Godfather.
- Two, three references a game.
- Here comes the 0-2, oh, Michael Corleone says hello.
So folks two outs, bottom of the fourth,
Barizini's a pimp could never have out fought Santino.
That would could be trouble, Spine giving chase.
So is Young and oh, look how they massacred my boy.
- Some of the references were so out there.
- Oh man, they way Vasquez's going
momma better make some more of that moist cake.
Oh, Wilmer Valderrama that must of hurt.
- It's like, what the hell is he talking about?
- What I remember most though is his classic sign off
to his wife at the end of every game.
- Little popper to the left side, Newman settles under it
and Lucy put supper on the stove my dear
because this ball game is over.
- The guy truly loved his wife.
That's what makes what happened such a shame.
- So there a lot of different versions of this story
that have gone around in circles.
- He was going to the ballpark
and then realized he'd forgotten
his lucky score keepers pen.
- And so he turned his car around and went back home.
- He opens the door
and there's Lucy on the kitchen floor with another guy.
- And there's just these indelible moments in sports.
Kobe getting 81 against Toronto, the OJ Bronco chase.
- And without a doubt Jim Brockmire's cheating wife game.
- [Brockmire] So Morales having himself a great season
wouldn't be at all surprised if my wife had her lips
wrapped around his johnson at some point.
Oh that one's way back!
I can't see the ball.
It's either out of here
or lost inside my wife's big, fat, cheatin' vagina.
- Was sad.
- [Brockmire] So we'll go to the top half
of the (beep) whore.
(beep) you bitch.
No, why don't you calm down Steve?
You didn't just see some guys (beep) disappear
inside your wife.
Good Lord.
- Plain and simple,
Jimmy Brockmire had a breakdown on the air.
- Come on join in.
Take your (beep) out of my wife--
- So, Brockmire got fired, obviously.
- He was gone.
There's no coming back from that.
But he's an announcer and that's what they do,
they announce.
- And that's what Jimmy did.
- Nothing doing here at the park.
Still nothing.
Hey that just hit me, that's a kinda
cheesy, beefy feel to it.
Reminds me, this poop is brought to you
by Antonio's Pizzeria.
Still nothing.
Brockmire one of the few back to front wipers in the league.
Very, very unconventional.
Ooookay, dabbing at it.
First likes to dab at it.
Still nothing
because nobody is here.
Nobody but Jim Brockmire.
(baseball ball crack)
That ball is well hit.
Knock, knock, who's there?
Mr. Baseball.
Mr. Baseball who?
Mr. Baseball went and got himself a outta here.
- And that's why these shoes are always a slam dunk.
- And cut.
Great take Blake.
I think we're ready let's bring in "little Blake."
Come on in. - Here we go.
My man, you are not a big bball star
until you get your very own puppet likeness,
am I right Blake?
- He's a little--
- You.
- Creepy.
- [Director] All right, let's hit the lights.
- What are you talking about
this is gonna be the next big lil thing.
I'm telling you my man.
Puppets a great idea.
My understanding women go crazy for him.
(creepy music)
(door creaking)
- Did you, did you just see that?
He just winked at me.
- That's impossible Blake.
The puppeteers not even here yet.
- Anyway, so--
- Where, where'd he go?
There look!
He's right there now, look, turn around.
- Uh, Blake, you're kinda freaking us out, okay?
- No, seriously he's back.
(gun shooting)
(giggling)
- A tiny gun.
- Oh my God, it's like tiny bullets in my ankle.
- It wasn't me.
Show your freckled little face.
- Ah, Blake maybe you're drinking a little too much
of that goofy Gatorade off the cooler (laughs).
- Right behind you.
- See, there's nobody.
- Oh my God, he's dead, he's dead!
Who did that?
- [Male Voice] It looked like, Blake.
- No, no, it wasn't me, I swear.
It was little me.
- Is that what you call your murderous alter ego?
Or your dick?
You sick son of bitch.
Get him outta here, get him off my set.
- No, no, no, stop, stop, stop, stop.
There's no need for this, I swear.
It wasn't me, I promise, it was him.
Stop, owww, you're hurting me.
Owww.
- Sorry about that Blake.
You were right about that big puppet.
Anyway, what I wanna achieve in this next pass
is I wanna establish the strength of your quadriceps.
(creepy music)
(pop music)
(slow music)
- What?
- I like your hustle.
- All right, listen up Chelsea Clinton
we don't play by the rules here, all right?
- Cool, cause I don't know the rules, at all.
- If you dream about being a great NBA player,
you can do it.
- I don't dream of that though
I keep tryin to tell you that.
- Only thing we need to work on is your dribbling,
shooting, passing, moving without the ball,
you need to learn the rules.
You have a great attitude though.
You're doing great!
That's all right Emily.
I believe.
- What do you see in me?
(laughing)
Seriously, you just keep laughing
and hugging me whenever I ask you.
- Hey, nice job Helen Keller,
way to lose the game for us.
- Do you think you were that good when you first started.
- She doesn't even care.
She's over there eatin hot dogs.
- Hey, where you going?
- Hey, I'm quitting
so I don't have to play basketball anymore, I hate it.
- You know what, you're right.
We're both quitting!
It's all on you guys. - No.
You should stay, you're good.
(rap music)
- I know you're frustrated cause you miss the game.
Let's just get back on the court
and figure it all out, come on.
(hip hop music)
Y'all miss us?
- Definitely not.
- Well think again.
(motivating music)
(cheering)
You did it Emily.
- Hi, Carrie Howard, we'd love for you to come play in WNBA.
- Why?
- Know what Parris Hilton?
You're not too bad.
- Thanks, dude, I never changed though.
(piano music)
- We thought that summer would never end.
But it did as all things must.
And after that last game at McDuggens field
the sluggers drifted apart.
I recently looked into where the old gang went
and I found out that Petey fought in the gulf war
and got a purple heart.
He has a wife and kids.
Later he ran for mayor of a small town and won.
As you might have guessed Roger left town
and never looked back.
Nobody had heard from him for years
until he showed up at our ten year class reunion,
in a limousine?
Woodstock, well, Woodstock really got into the 60's.
That's a aphorism for ODing.
Tony never did get over his anger management problem.
But he did become Vice President of
Zanger Management Solutions.
Lefty Lucy persuade acting and became a star.
And I'm sure you see her frequently.
You probably know her best by her stage name though,
Angela Bassett.
Crutches never did walk again.
As for Alan, he was finally able
to get rid of his walking helpers.
Oliver Specks may not have enjoyed baseball
but that didn't stop him from revolutionizing the sport
forever with a little invention,
maybe you've heard of it, it's called steroids.
Simon has perhaps the most fascinating story of all.
In the late 80's he, he's okay.
Then next summer Basketball Larry finally scored a homedunk.
It was later disqualified
because there is no such thing in baseball.
Sadly, Arthur Hops Anderson suffered a major head injury
and remains in a coma to this day.
You should go visit him,
he'd appreciate it.
The Bullpen Brothers finally settled down
and found a girl who agreed to marry both of them.
I had dinner over at their place just the other night.
We had turkey and it was cooked to perfection.
Not sure who this guy is exactly.
He never introduced himself to us
or we to him.
Cindy Fitzgerald and the rest of these people
won a free boat trip.
The boat sank.
After he won the trophy for excellence
Timothy sold it to a pawn shop
and got a great deal on a synthesizer.
He still tinkers with it from time to time.
The Gonzos, of course, went on to tour the world
with their famous singing act.
Pioneering a whole new art form called music.
Choked to death, cancer, chicken pocks,
President of the United States, stabbed.
Third dimension went on to become a famous movie director.
Maybe you saw his most recent film,
Avatarded, starring the Wayans Brothers.
Officer Frank O. Carrol was awarded
the New York City Police Departments highest honor
for the capture and arrest of Jackie the Killer.
This is Jackie the Killer.
He shouldn't have come to the game.
He knew Officer Frank O. Carrol would be there.
My trusty baseball bat went on to have, well,
only the hardest job of all,
mother to three human children.
Our coach, Captain Zap,
dematerialized right before our very eyes.
Riggggggghhhht now.
After he tore his ACL sliding into home plate on a home run
Theo never played baseball again.
As for me, well, I bought a house overlooking the old field.
Sometimes I'll stare longingly at the people below,
making up stories about what happened to them.
It's been quite a life.
(50's music)
- NBA2K16 made waves recently
with it's livin' da dream story mode.
A cinematic gaming mode that takes you off the court
and actually into the real life of an NBA player.
And we realized we needed to do the same
for Madden 2016.
- Hey Sledge, you're not training hard enough.
- I'm training really hard coach.
- Our goal was to capture the real struggles
that NFL players face.
- Did you beat your wife or not?
- Man, I ain't saying shit.
- Sledge, I'm your attorney.
It's okay if ya hit her.
The NFL has a two strike policy.
Your first time you get a little slap
on the wrist suspension
and you're good to go.
- For real?
That's crazy.
- I know, right?
- Working with actors and motion capture
we were able to really harness technology
to create a living, breathing three dimensional
wife beating character.
But where Madden's story mode really shines is owner mode.
Where you get to see what it's like to run your own NFL team
and make the hard decisions NFL owners make.
Not to mention commissioner mode
where users get to run the entire NFL.
(clicking)
Realism was of the utmost importance here.
We wanted to create a fully immersive gaming experience.
Walking that mile in your players shoes
just makes victory that much sweeter.
- You did it Sledge!
You got off scot free.
- [Sledge] I love this league!
- And the fun doesn't stop when your players career is over.
In story mode you actually help navigate him
through his twilight years.
In which he'll have a one in three chance
of developing acute brain damage.
It's pretty cool stuff.
- Help me.
I feel so alone.
- It's about that joy, you know?
It's about the joy of football.
(electrical buzzing)
(booming)
(sad music)
- Still no end in sight for the NFL lock out.
Leaving many fans wondering
if their will be a football season this year.
- Honey, do you really think
there's not gonna be football this year?
- I sure hope not.
- [Disembodied Voice] If you build it,
they will come.
- If you build what who will come?
- The voices didn't say.
(upbeat music)
- [Disembodied Voice] Are you ready?
- Am I ready for what?
- [Disembodied Voice] Some football.
- Honey, there's a man on the field.
- Tony Gonzales?
- Is this heaven?
- No, it's Iowa.
- There are others you know?
A whole league.
They're looking for a place to play.
- Well anytime, you know you're always welcome here.
Ray Lewis?
Are you a ghost?
- I just walked two miles through a corn field
let's play some football!
(crowds cheering)
- Wait, I thought we were going to the Waffle House.
- This corn is my house now.
- Welcome back to this makeshift football field in Iowa
where two all start ghost teams
are going at it with full action, Marshall.
- I'm not entirely sure if it's a regulation field, Rich,
since there's a tractor
smack dab in the middle of the red zone.
(rock music)
- What was that?
- My bad man, I thought you was somebody else.
- You outta orange soda.
- How long are they gonna be sleeping
in our living room for?
- Till the lockout ends I guess.
- Hey, is it okay if I order No Strings Attached
on Pay-Per-View?
- These players are taking advantage of your corn field.
You have to lock them out
till we reach an agreement.
This is bad for football.
- The one constant through all the years
has been football.
This field, this game, is a part of our past.
But the lockout is a complicated issue.
In an antitrust litigation
the winning party receives triple damages.
A collective bargaining agreement can only be reached
when a lower circuit courts
rule in favor of the--
(snoring)
ah, come on, wake up.
- Hey, what's up man?
I let the dog out, he ran away.
Is that cool?
- If you want to you can feel on my bicep.
- Wow.
- Now this is fantasy football.
- NFL has nothing on this.
- I'm never going back to the NFL.
- Hey, the lockout's over.
Guys, guys where you going?
Hey what am I suppose to do with this field.
(upbeat music)
Dad?
- Hey son.
Wanna have a catch?
That means you throw it back to me.
(funky music)
- That was just a taste.
(squeaking metal)