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[electronic hums]

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[distant traffic]
[birds]

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[rope creaks]

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[tire drags]
[dirt crunches]

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[tire drags]

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[heavy breathing]

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[building music]

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[sports announcer in Spanish]

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[crowd cheers]

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[bat cracks]

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[crowd cheers]

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[crowd roars]

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[music continues]

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[waves crash]

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[people chatter]

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(reporter) For a young
Cuban baseball player,

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a childhood dream
to pitch in the U.S.

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is suddenly within reach.

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[cameras flash]
[people chatter]

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(reporter) You think he's a
million dollar plus player?

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A million dollars is--
it's not even close.

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[music continues]

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[motorcycle rumbles]

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[music fades]
[distant traffic]

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[toothbrush rustles]

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[echoing murmurs]

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[knocks]
[pensive music]

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[spoon clanks]

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[door creaks]

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[sings]

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[bat cracks]

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[announcer speaks]

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[crowd roars]

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[bat cracks]

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[bat cracks]

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[bat cracks]

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[bat cracks]

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[distant crowd cheers]

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[muffled murmurs]

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[overlapping voices]

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[muffled pop song]
[Happy murmurs]

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[players laugh]

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[players chat]

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[video game crowd cheers]

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[muffled music]

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[snaps fingers]
[whistles]

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[music fades]

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[water bubbles]

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[switch clicks]

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[birds]

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[rooster crows]

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[Happy speaks in Spanish]

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[laughs]
[muffled pop song]

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[laughs]

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[laughs]

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[wind]

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[knife scrapes]

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[oil bubbles]

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[hums]

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[rooster crows]

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[playful music]

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[chuckles]

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[splash]

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[family members cheer]

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[family members laugh]

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(man) Happy.

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[bat cracks]

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[bat cracks]

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[distant clatter]

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[tire drags]

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[pensive music]

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[distant traffic]

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This guy going over my-
over my grass.

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I'm gonna tell him.

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[laughs]

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[mailbox squeaks]

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[keys jingle]

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Good boy.

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[pensive music]

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(Gus) Okey dokey, man.

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I've represented Cubans now
for twenty three years.

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During the nineties,

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the first ten Cubans who defected came to me.

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[dramatic opening music]

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(archival Gus)
For most of these guys,

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the whole thing about

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defecting is about
playing the Major Leagues.

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It's the dream, you know.

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You know, the Major Leagues

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is where
the best baseballers play in,

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and they just want to get there

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and see if they can play
that type of baseball.

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[bat cracks]

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(Gus) We represented close
to about sixty Cuban guys

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who defected through the years.

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The Cuban market right now
is about

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as good as
it's probably gonna get.

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And I just want to represent
my few guys and

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hopefully they make it
to the Major Leagues.

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I help them reach their dreams.

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Reservations. International.

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I'm trying to book a flight
from LAX to San Jose.

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Business class.

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No, San Jose, Costa Rica.

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[music fades]
[birds]

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[fabric rustles]

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[rooster crows]

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[driving music]

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[machete cracks]

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[men murmur]

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[ball thuds]

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[ball thuds]

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[birds]

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[ball thuds]

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[car rumbles]

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[music continues]

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[Happy murmurs]

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[cheerful music]

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[laughs]

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[sings playfully]

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[other players sing]

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[plastic crinkles]

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[players sing and clap]

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[cheers]

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[Baró cheers]

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[cheerful music continues]

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[laughter]

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[plane roars]

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[music builds]

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[crowd murmurs]

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[driving music]

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[music fades]

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[cheerful radio]

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[distant motorcycles]
[birds]

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[locker room murmurs]

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Okay?

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[players murmur]

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(Gus) I got it!
I just gotta line 'em up

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so I can introduce you
to each guy.

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So you guys know
who each guy is.

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We'll start from the right.

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This is Ray Oliveros.

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[ball thuds]

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This is Victor Baró.

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This is Carlos González.

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You guys ready?

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- Yeah!

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(Gus) First guy is Oliveros.

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[driving music]

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[sand crunches]

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6.566.

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[ball thuds]

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Okay, we've gotta go VP right now.

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[music continues]

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[bat cracks]

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[bat cracks]

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(Gus) The pitchers...

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they're gonna throw ten pitches,

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and I'll tell you which pitcher throws what.

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Fast-ball!

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[ball thuds]

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[ball thuds]

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[ball thuds]

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(Gus) González will
throw his ten now.

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[ball thuds]

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He sure is

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Ballsy fucker.

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- Yeah, he's, well...

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He's a ballsy fucker, yeah.

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- Yeah.

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[hopeful music]

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[bat cracks]

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(Gus) No.

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I'm gonna handle that
right after this,

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right after everybody sees him.

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You guys,

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you know, make sure,
we start talking,

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and then we go from there.

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Well, I have, I have a idea.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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I'll talk, I'll talk to you.

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No problem.

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- You're right.

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Right, absolutely.

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- Yep.

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Yep, yep.

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[ball thuds]

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(Gus) I think this is
a good group of guys.

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There's a couple guys here

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that could be
in the $20 million range.

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Good job!

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Good job!

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Good job!

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Every guy's gonna get signed.

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You know, we'll see where
they land and for how much.

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[players murmur]

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[distant laughter]

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[laughter]

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[claps]

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[party chatter]

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[laughter]

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Cheese!

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[muffled dance music]

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[motorcycle rumbles]

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[ominous hum]

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(Gus) In 2007,
I got arrested for

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supposedly participating
in a smuggling operation.

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(reporter) Sports agent,
Gustavo Dominguez,

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was sentenced
to five years in prison

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for smuggling
Cuban baseball players

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into the United States.

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Dominguez paid $225,000

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to a small time drug trafficker
to run five Cuban ball players.

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(Gus) I lost my house.

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I lost my name in the business,

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and I went to prison
for five years.

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We never did anything

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that was outside
the rules of baseball.

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Or outside the rules

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of the govern- U.S. laws.

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When I came back out,
I said, "look,"

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"I can start this thing again."

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I know it's gonna
be hard for me.

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In certain circles
in this business,

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my name is not
what it used to be.

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But a lot of the Cuban players
know who I am,

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and they're not going to
worry about what happened.

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Okay?

00:20:51.583 --> 00:20:53.961
Cause they look at me as
someone who can help them.

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[ominous music]

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[kettle spits]

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[liquid sloshes]

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[distant television]

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[laughter]

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[laughter]

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[laughter]

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[television murmurs]

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[dirt scrapes]

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[ball thuds]

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[ball thuds]

00:22:01.528 --> 00:22:02.237
[ball thuds]

00:22:08.035 --> 00:22:09.036
[ball thuds]

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(Roberto) God said to Baró,

00:22:26.595 --> 00:22:27.721
"I'm going to give you an arm."

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"I'm gonna give you an arm,

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and you're going to be
a pitcher in life."

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"Whatever you do with that
is up to you."

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The difference that I see
inbetween Baró and Carlitos...

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Baró's lazy.

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:43.278
Baró doesn't want to train.

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You have to beg him.

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"You're gonna do
thirty pitches today."

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"I don't feel like it."

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Whereas, Carlitos will come

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and give you
a hundred and ten percent.

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[heavy breathing]

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There's plenty Carlitos.

00:23:03.131 --> 00:23:04.674
There's plenty Barós.

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I mean, everywhere.

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But...

00:23:09.221 --> 00:23:10.430
they look for

00:23:11.348 --> 00:23:12.599
the type of a kid

00:23:13.308 --> 00:23:15.394
that people will
fall in love with.

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That hero.

00:23:18.188 --> 00:23:19.439
He's short for a pitcher,

00:23:19.564 --> 00:23:21.608
but for a short guy to throw 95,

00:23:21.650 --> 00:23:22.567
that would be a story.

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That would be any kid's dream.

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[yells]

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Tonight in the party!

00:23:35.122 --> 00:23:37.040
[mimics party bass]

00:23:39.251 --> 00:23:40.710
[laughter

00:23:40.710 --> 00:23:42.212
[mimics party beat]

00:23:42.212 --> 00:23:48.885
[thunder]

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[driving rain]

00:24:01.648 --> 00:24:04.651
[distant traffic]

00:24:11.199 --> 00:24:12.117
I understand that

00:24:12.868 --> 00:24:15.495
pretty, pretty quick that
everything should be settled.

00:24:17.581 --> 00:24:19.541
That's pretty much our office

00:24:19.541 --> 00:24:20.959
who does all that,
you know, then.

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They've got lawyers and stuff
taking care of all this stuff.

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[ball thuds]

00:24:30.719 --> 00:24:32.095
[hits glove]

00:25:17.807 --> 00:25:20.810
[dogs bark]

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:47.963
[distant traffic]

00:25:49.089 --> 00:25:52.092
[birds]

00:26:28.044 --> 00:26:32.424
[energetic dance song]

00:26:32.424 --> 00:26:37.512
[pounding music]

00:26:51.901 --> 00:26:53.320
[carhorns]

00:26:57.115 --> 00:26:58.366
[bat cracks]

00:26:58.366 --> 00:27:00.952
[Carlos mimics reporter]

00:27:04.914 --> 00:27:05.790
[claps]

00:27:05.790 --> 00:27:08.793
[music continues]

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:11.212
[chatter]
[claps]

00:27:18.386 --> 00:27:20.889
[silence]

00:27:32.484 --> 00:27:34.778
[locker room chatter]

00:27:43.703 --> 00:27:44.954
[chains rattle]

00:27:44.954 --> 00:27:47.957
[ominous music builds]

00:27:52.670 --> 00:27:53.713
[ball thuds]

00:27:56.716 --> 00:27:57.842
[bat cracks]

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.452
[laughs]

00:29:10.457 --> 00:29:13.168
[ominous music continues]

00:29:14.169 --> 00:29:17.172
[distant traffic]

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:31.436
[pole thuds]

00:29:45.909 --> 00:29:48.912
[music fades]

00:29:55.585 --> 00:29:57.921
[dirt crunches]

00:29:57.921 --> 00:29:59.172
[grunts]

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:26.783
[driving music]

00:30:35.750 --> 00:30:38.753
[players murmur]

00:30:39.295 --> 00:30:40.547
[sighs]

00:30:46.469 --> 00:30:47.512
[bat cracks]

00:30:51.182 --> 00:30:52.225
[bat cracks]

00:30:56.312 --> 00:30:57.355
[bat cracks]

00:31:09.826 --> 00:31:12.829
[driving music intensifies]

00:31:17.584 --> 00:31:18.626
[ball thuds]

00:31:23.881 --> 00:31:24.716
[ball thuds]

00:31:26.384 --> 00:31:27.427
[claps]

00:31:34.767 --> 00:31:36.019
Yes!

00:31:56.748 --> 00:31:59.751
[music calms]

00:32:03.921 --> 00:32:05.840
[bag rustles]

00:32:07.258 --> 00:32:08.301
[zippers]

00:32:09.719 --> 00:32:11.596
(Gus) A couple guys are okay.

00:32:11.596 --> 00:32:13.348
The other guys are
a little off, so

00:32:13.973 --> 00:32:15.183
this is a wake-up call.

00:32:16.017 --> 00:32:18.353
We talk to each individual about
things we're gonna change

00:32:18.353 --> 00:32:19.562
We're gonna change
some things now.

00:32:19.729 --> 00:32:20.813
Uh, we'll see.

00:32:20.938 --> 00:32:22.982
We'll see, I think that
it's gonna be for the good.

00:32:23.566 --> 00:32:25.526
And we'll see how
they come back from this.

00:32:25.526 --> 00:32:30.698
[television in Spanish]

00:32:31.908 --> 00:32:35.286
[bouncy party music]

00:32:35.286 --> 00:32:38.289
[players chatter]

00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:55.473
[sinister music builds]

00:33:11.572 --> 00:33:14.575
[traffic]

00:33:24.043 --> 00:33:26.546
[music fades]

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:42.103
[traffic]

00:33:51.195 --> 00:33:54.198
[bus rumbles]

00:34:04.125 --> 00:34:05.334
[truck rumbles]

00:34:15.553 --> 00:34:18.556
[melancholic music]

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:29.567
[trucks rumble]

00:35:14.487 --> 00:35:18.407
[bus rumbles]

00:35:29.877 --> 00:35:32.880
[distant birds]

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:37.301
[phone dings]

00:35:44.058 --> 00:35:45.101
[bag thuds]

00:35:53.818 --> 00:35:56.571
[barbell clinks]
[radio]

00:36:09.876 --> 00:36:14.881
[towel thuds]

00:36:24.307 --> 00:36:25.349
[ball thuds]
[speedometer beeps]

00:36:30.021 --> 00:36:31.439
(Roly) They look
real, real good.

00:36:32.398 --> 00:36:34.150
Signing press, that's good.

00:36:35.401 --> 00:36:37.862
So hopefully
they can get to sign

00:36:38.529 --> 00:36:39.614
the Major Leagues.

00:37:11.479 --> 00:37:12.521
[ball thuds]

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:20.363
[ball thuds]

00:37:23.616 --> 00:37:24.659
[ball thuds]

00:37:25.952 --> 00:37:26.994
[ball thuds]

00:37:29.121 --> 00:37:33.793
[motorcycle rumbles]

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:39.924
[voice from phone]

00:37:39.924 --> 00:37:40.675
[chuckles]

00:37:51.352 --> 00:37:53.145
[laughs]

00:37:54.146 --> 00:37:57.149
[pensive music]

00:37:59.443 --> 00:38:00.486
[camera flash]

00:39:20.733 --> 00:39:23.736
[music fades]

00:39:26.947 --> 00:39:27.990
[door clatters]

00:39:41.837 --> 00:39:44.840
[television chatter]

00:40:18.082 --> 00:40:21.085
[people murmur]

00:40:29.969 --> 00:40:35.015
[bouncy radio song]

00:40:47.987 --> 00:40:51.073
[bills scrape]

00:41:08.591 --> 00:41:11.594
[somber music builds]

00:41:15.806 --> 00:41:18.809
[marimba]

00:41:26.650 --> 00:41:29.653
[marimba fades
into somber music]

00:41:35.826 --> 00:41:40.539
[distant children chatter]

00:41:45.002 --> 00:41:48.005
[music turns sinister]

00:42:10.653 --> 00:42:11.445
(Roberto) Charlie!

00:42:37.638 --> 00:42:38.055
Okay.

00:42:40.224 --> 00:42:41.684
(Roberto)
So I'm a little concerned

00:42:41.892 --> 00:42:44.395
as to his whereabouts.
What is he doing?

00:42:45.020 --> 00:42:45.980
And also,

00:42:46.188 --> 00:42:48.148
he's not practicing
like he used to.

00:42:48.732 --> 00:42:52.444
So I'm hoping this week
he'll get back on track and

00:42:53.529 --> 00:42:55.572
you know, work as hard
as he used to work.

00:42:57.116 --> 00:42:59.451
Having the tryout on Wednesday,

00:42:59.827 --> 00:43:02.705
he's trying to do what
he didn't do last week

00:43:02.871 --> 00:43:05.457
in one day, and it doesn't
work like that.

00:43:05.708 --> 00:43:07.376
Hopefully he'll hit good speed,

00:43:07.376 --> 00:43:09.670
and with his curveball,
he'll be alright.

00:43:10.754 --> 00:43:13.465
If not, I think he's in trouble.

00:43:14.717 --> 00:43:17.720
[distant birds]

00:43:18.178 --> 00:43:19.221
[man exclaims]

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:23.475
[whip cracks]
[water splashes]

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:47.207
[distant birds]

00:43:48.584 --> 00:43:50.919
[photos rustle]

00:44:22.618 --> 00:44:26.830
[somber music]
[rooster crows]

00:44:40.969 --> 00:44:43.972
[coaches murmur]

00:44:55.401 --> 00:44:59.488
[somber music continues]

00:45:00.864 --> 00:45:02.282
[Villalón speaks]

00:45:32.187 --> 00:45:35.190
[music continues]
[motorcycles rumble]

00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:44.324
(Gus) Unfortunately the guys
have not been able to sign.

00:45:44.867 --> 00:45:46.493
And I wanted to sign them, but

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:50.914
None of the teams have put
any offers for any of the guys.

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.958
Maybe what they think

00:45:53.083 --> 00:45:54.460
it's a lie.

00:45:54.668 --> 00:45:57.337
We've been telling them,
"This is what's gonna happen",

00:45:57.713 --> 00:45:59.089
the ultimate goal being signed

00:45:59.089 --> 00:46:00.632
by a Major League organization,

00:46:00.799 --> 00:46:02.759
and they haven't signed,
and maybe

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:04.428
they look at that
and say, "Well,"

00:46:04.678 --> 00:46:07.264
"these guys have been lying
to us the whole time."

00:46:07.389 --> 00:46:09.600
And we never lied to them.

00:46:09.766 --> 00:46:11.602
We've always wanted
to sign them.

00:46:11.602 --> 00:46:14.188
We wanted to sign them
to the best deals possible.

00:46:14.605 --> 00:46:17.149
I could have signed
each one of these guys for

00:46:17.232 --> 00:46:19.443
you know,
a hundred thousand dollars.

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:21.862
That's not what
we were there for.

00:46:22.446 --> 00:46:23.280
You know?

00:46:23.822 --> 00:46:25.908
I make investments

00:46:26.116 --> 00:46:28.827
in this company
because it is a business.

00:46:29.203 --> 00:46:31.163
I'm there to sign
a baseball player

00:46:31.330 --> 00:46:33.123
for what I believe he's worth.

00:46:38.003 --> 00:46:42.591
[truck rumbles]

00:46:49.556 --> 00:46:50.849
[police sirens]

00:46:50.849 --> 00:46:53.852
[truck idles]

00:46:57.648 --> 00:46:58.690
[door thuds]

00:46:59.608 --> 00:47:02.611
[people murmur]

00:47:02.611 --> 00:47:05.614
[sinister music builds]

00:47:06.782 --> 00:47:08.992
[carhorns]

00:47:13.580 --> 00:47:16.583
[driving beat]

00:47:36.103 --> 00:47:39.106
[sinister music continues]

00:48:35.662 --> 00:48:39.791
[music calms and fades]

00:48:39.791 --> 00:48:42.794
[birds]

00:48:47.424 --> 00:48:51.595
[distant music]

00:49:04.066 --> 00:49:10.489
[distant television]
[baby coos]

00:49:44.856 --> 00:49:47.859
[quiet television]

00:49:47.984 --> 00:49:54.116
[cars rumble]

00:50:14.344 --> 00:50:17.347
[passengers murmur]

00:50:37.617 --> 00:50:40.620
[baby cries]

00:50:49.671 --> 00:50:53.133
[bus hisses]

00:50:53.133 --> 00:50:56.136
[crowd murmurs]

00:51:35.342 --> 00:51:41.598
[somber music]

00:51:59.449 --> 00:52:03.662
[dirt scrapes]

00:52:20.929 --> 00:52:23.056
(Roberto) Today we have
a private workout.

00:52:23.557 --> 00:52:26.226
They showed a lot of interest
on three of our guys.

00:52:26.643 --> 00:52:30.313
So hopefully, they'll take
one of these guys with them.

00:52:33.066 --> 00:52:34.109
[ball thuds]

00:52:41.408 --> 00:52:42.450
[ball thuds]

00:52:48.456 --> 00:52:49.499
[ball thuds]

00:52:53.753 --> 00:52:54.796
[ball thuds]

00:53:05.223 --> 00:53:06.266
[chain rattles]

00:53:13.023 --> 00:53:14.065
[ball thuds]

00:53:19.571 --> 00:53:21.781
(scout) Uh, I came to see Baró.

00:53:22.032 --> 00:53:23.366
He's been here for a year.

00:53:23.366 --> 00:53:25.744
You know,
he has his free agency.

00:53:26.202 --> 00:53:28.830
And, now, you know,
he's ready to pitch.

00:53:28.997 --> 00:53:32.208
(interviewer) And did
he live up to the hype?

00:53:32.751 --> 00:53:34.461
Yes, he threw hard today.

00:53:34.794 --> 00:53:35.921
He was good.

00:53:37.631 --> 00:53:38.673
[men murmur]

00:54:50.203 --> 00:54:53.206
[ominous music]

00:55:30.368 --> 00:55:33.371
[music fades]
[crickets]

00:55:40.503 --> 00:55:42.213
[murmur]

00:55:55.977 --> 00:55:58.980
[laughter]

00:56:05.153 --> 00:56:06.613
[baby coos]

00:56:22.754 --> 00:56:23.922
[knocks]

00:56:27.467 --> 00:56:28.510
[panel clicks]

00:56:55.662 --> 00:56:56.830
[door thuds]

00:56:58.790 --> 00:57:00.458
[silence]

00:57:14.264 --> 00:57:17.267
[crickets]

00:57:23.481 --> 00:57:25.233
[baby fusses]

00:57:25.233 --> 00:57:29.821
[motorcycle rumbles]

00:57:47.046 --> 00:57:50.049
[motorcycle idles]

00:57:55.180 --> 00:57:58.183
[boat creaks]
[murmurs]

00:58:07.984 --> 00:58:09.611
[people murmur]

00:58:09.611 --> 00:58:12.614
[boat squeaks]

00:58:17.285 --> 00:58:19.037
[baby fusses]

00:58:21.956 --> 00:58:24.959
[boat creaks]

00:58:28.713 --> 00:58:31.007
[baby fusses]

00:59:07.794 --> 00:59:10.797
[ominous music]

00:59:43.705 --> 00:59:46.708
[footsteps]

00:59:50.628 --> 00:59:53.631
[music continues]

01:00:06.769 --> 01:00:09.772
[carhorns]

01:00:10.398 --> 01:00:12.150
[man coughs]
[door thuds]

01:00:18.156 --> 01:00:19.782
[people murmur]

01:00:23.661 --> 01:00:27.623
[music continues]

01:00:31.377 --> 01:00:34.380
[people murmur]

01:00:34.964 --> 01:00:37.967
[car rumbles]

01:00:45.516 --> 01:00:48.519
[whistles]

01:00:48.519 --> 01:00:51.522
[people murmur]

01:00:54.275 --> 01:00:56.861
[whistles]

01:00:56.861 --> 01:01:01.240
[razor whirs]

01:01:02.825 --> 01:01:05.828
[bouncy radio music]

01:01:24.555 --> 01:01:26.432
[distant traffic]

01:01:26.766 --> 01:01:29.769
[children murmur]

01:02:04.387 --> 01:02:07.390
[traffic rumbles]

01:02:22.697 --> 01:02:24.115
[pot bubbles]

01:03:13.956 --> 01:03:16.292
[fabric rustles]

01:03:16.834 --> 01:03:19.837
[cork squeaks]
[bouncy radio music]

01:03:21.756 --> 01:03:23.341
[pops]

01:03:48.699 --> 01:03:52.703
[hopeful music]

01:04:05.967 --> 01:04:08.970
[music turns sinister]

01:04:35.496 --> 01:04:40.876
[driving music]

01:05:02.607 --> 01:05:07.403
[footsteps]

01:05:07.403 --> 01:05:10.406
[music continues]

01:05:34.430 --> 01:05:37.433
[music fades]
[birds]

01:05:41.312 --> 01:05:44.315
[traffic]

01:05:49.445 --> 01:05:52.448
[pensive music]

01:06:21.394 --> 01:06:24.397
[muffled party music]

01:06:24.397 --> 01:06:27.233
[people chatter]

01:07:37.219 --> 01:07:40.181
[muffled music]

01:07:44.226 --> 01:07:50.983
[hopeful music]

01:08:04.205 --> 01:08:10.753
[muffled television music]

01:08:21.138 --> 01:08:24.141
[vendor continues to talk]

01:08:46.413 --> 01:08:49.416
[hopeful music continues]

01:08:59.510 --> 01:09:02.805
[music fades]
[wind]

01:09:17.111 --> 01:09:20.114
[equipment creaks]

01:09:38.173 --> 01:09:41.176
[barbell creaks]

01:09:41.176 --> 01:09:43.220
[thuds]

01:09:43.220 --> 01:09:46.223
[men murmur]

01:10:27.097 --> 01:10:30.100
[traffic]

01:10:32.686 --> 01:10:36.231
[car rumbles]

01:10:39.652 --> 01:10:40.861
[sighs]

01:10:43.113 --> 01:10:45.824
Our promise that we make
to the players is

01:10:45.950 --> 01:10:47.826
you know, we, we...

01:10:48.410 --> 01:10:49.578
we take care of

01:10:50.079 --> 01:10:52.790
their housing
and their food and all that

01:10:53.207 --> 01:10:54.375
for a certain amount of time.

01:10:54.375 --> 01:10:56.835
Obviously we gotta get them
training and we gotta get them

01:10:57.169 --> 01:10:58.379
to be free agents and

01:10:58.379 --> 01:11:00.130
there comes a point in time

01:11:00.798 --> 01:11:01.507
for us

01:11:02.257 --> 01:11:04.760
to say, "OK, this is where we"

01:11:05.177 --> 01:11:06.595
"cut the line here - this is..."

01:11:06.929 --> 01:11:08.097
"We're not gonna sign them."

01:11:09.139 --> 01:11:11.016
You know, that
the players understood

01:11:11.016 --> 01:11:12.851
there was going
to be a time limit

01:11:14.019 --> 01:11:14.895
going in.

01:11:16.188 --> 01:11:19.024
And if they don't sign
within that time limit,

01:11:19.900 --> 01:11:21.235
you know, it's expected that,

01:11:21.527 --> 01:11:23.195
now they have to
make a life of their own.

01:11:23.195 --> 01:11:24.238
Now they have to

01:11:24.738 --> 01:11:25.948
go do something

01:11:26.115 --> 01:11:28.033
that is not baseball related,

01:11:28.158 --> 01:11:30.953
and, you know,
start their lives.

01:11:32.121 --> 01:11:35.124
[traffic]

01:11:35.916 --> 01:11:38.210
[door rumbles]

01:11:38.210 --> 01:11:40.546
[cart scrapes]
[plastic crinkles]

01:11:52.933 --> 01:11:53.559
[door thuds]

01:11:53.559 --> 01:11:56.937
[GPS instructions]

01:12:04.528 --> 01:12:05.738
[door thuds]

01:12:06.071 --> 01:12:09.074
[wind]

01:12:09.867 --> 01:12:12.161
[energetic radio music]

01:12:18.792 --> 01:12:20.794
[pan sizzles]

01:12:37.811 --> 01:12:40.731
[car rumbles]

01:13:11.804 --> 01:13:14.807
[pensive music]

01:14:58.785 --> 01:15:00.204
[bat cracks]

01:15:05.918 --> 01:15:08.921
[music fades]

01:15:12.966 --> 01:15:15.969
[sprinklers hiss]

01:15:21.600 --> 01:15:24.603
[footsteps]

01:15:39.076 --> 01:15:42.079
[silence]

01:15:42.454 --> 01:15:48.669
[sprinklers hiss]

01:15:50.879 --> 01:15:54.800
[car rumbles]

01:15:55.842 --> 01:15:59.054
(Roberto) Everything just kind
of went to hell, you know.

01:16:00.889 --> 01:16:02.933
As far as Carlitos,

01:16:03.225 --> 01:16:04.434
shame on me.

01:16:04.434 --> 01:16:05.227
Shame on me,

01:16:05.227 --> 01:16:06.937
because I don't even know
where he lives.

01:16:07.688 --> 01:16:10.148
Shame on me -
I don't even know if he's got a

01:16:11.233 --> 01:16:13.694
a hot plate of food
in front of him today.

01:16:15.320 --> 01:16:16.029
Shame on me.

01:16:16.029 --> 01:16:17.823
Shame, goddammit, on Gus.

01:16:17.823 --> 01:16:18.865
Villalón.

01:16:19.324 --> 01:16:21.159
Who - they dropped him.

01:16:21.743 --> 01:16:22.619
Just like that.

01:16:22.703 --> 01:16:23.829
Never mind that he's a player.

01:16:23.829 --> 01:16:26.206
Never mind that he was signed.

01:16:27.291 --> 01:16:27.749
You, Gus,

01:16:27.749 --> 01:16:28.208
You, Gus,

01:16:28.500 --> 01:16:31.044
took him out of Cuba,
brought him here.

01:16:31.086 --> 01:16:33.839
All the sudden, you drop him
like a hot potato.

01:16:35.382 --> 01:16:37.426
The situation with Baró…

01:16:38.385 --> 01:16:39.720
In my mind,

01:16:40.178 --> 01:16:42.222
somebody should have
signed the kid.

01:16:42.222 --> 01:16:45.434
And if isn’t Houston, somebody
should have signed the kid.

01:16:45.892 --> 01:16:48.228
There may be something
they don't like about the kid.

01:16:48.228 --> 01:16:50.397
The scouts are, the scouts
are a funny thing.

01:16:50.397 --> 01:16:51.106
You know that.

01:16:52.024 --> 01:16:53.817
They look at you, and

01:16:53.817 --> 01:16:55.402
you walk off the field, and

01:16:55.652 --> 01:16:57.029
That's it. They close an X

01:16:57.946 --> 01:16:59.323
But we'll see.

01:17:01.325 --> 01:17:02.409
Salud.

01:17:05.954 --> 01:17:10.292
[motorbike rumbles]

01:17:12.794 --> 01:17:15.797
[distant radio music]

01:17:25.223 --> 01:17:30.103
[pensive music]

01:17:32.981 --> 01:17:35.192
[distant knocking]

01:18:23.949 --> 01:18:26.952
[dirt crunches]

01:18:54.396 --> 01:18:55.814
[deep breathing]

01:19:07.826 --> 01:19:10.829
[tire drags]

01:19:13.540 --> 01:19:16.543
[music continues]

01:19:28.221 --> 01:19:31.224
[television murmurs]

01:19:40.984 --> 01:19:49.993
[spray hisses]

01:19:51.995 --> 01:19:54.748
[gentle music]

01:20:27.781 --> 01:20:31.576
[crowd murmurs]

01:20:36.748 --> 01:20:39.751
[Happy's mother speaks]

01:20:57.102 --> 01:21:01.398
[Happy's family cheers]

01:21:19.541 --> 01:21:22.544
[music continues]

01:21:38.435 --> 01:21:42.897
[triumphant music]

01:22:18.224 --> 01:22:19.768
[ball thuds]

01:22:40.288 --> 01:22:43.291
[triumphant music continues]

01:26:45.658 --> 01:26:48.661
[music fades]