["Pressure Drop" by Toots and The Maytals plays]
[indistinct chatter]
[Garrett] Oh baby.
♪ Mm, hmm, hmm, hmm… ♪
[Glenn] This is one of the best atmospheres
that I have observed in my 52 Spring Trainings.
It's just something about the chemistry of this team,
the camaraderie, the enthusiasm that you see in that clubhouse.
What Alex has done with this team is absolutely amazing.
♪ It is you ♪
-♪ Oh yeah ♪ -♪ Oh yeah ♪
♪ It is you, you ♪
-[all] Oh! -♪ Oh, yeah ♪
-[laughter] -[Cora] That's nice, baby!
We got a lot of people in the family.
The next six weeks, hang out, go out to dinner, meet people.
-Let's go, Masa. Let's go. Let's go. -[Masa chuckles]
-[man 1] Got him. -[man 2] Yeah!
[man 3] Whoa-ho! Yes, sir!
They get along great. No, bitching, no complaining about drills.
They just put their head down and kept working.
After the game on Wednesday, we'll have the BBQ.
Good job. Let's go. Let's go.
There's been good clubhouse that don't finish in first place.
But one thing for sure,
I never been part of a bad clubhouse having successful seasons.
-Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! -[woman] Yeah!
[Cora] Hell yeah! [chuckles]
Bring the good vibes. [chuckles]
-[both laughing] -[music continues]
Let's go, kid. Have fun.
[Booser] You're sharing the clubhouse with guys who have won Gold Gloves.
Getting to sit and listen to Alex Cora talk each morning, it's incredible.
I kinda look around and be like, "I'm in camp with the Boston Red Sox."
Like, this is, you know,
one of the coolest things I've ever… I've ever seen.
-[Cora] Boos. -[Andrew] Morning.
-[Craig] Morning. -Good morning.
[Cora] What's up, kid?
-Um… We're making moves. -Yeah.
We're gonna reassign you to… to minor league camp.
-Understood. -But great job, man.
[Booser] Thank you.
I never expected to be here,
so I took every day for what it was and greatest experience of my life so far.
Obviously, you've been through a ton, right?
But you're here. You're fucking banging on the door.
Like, don't be thankful that you had a day here.
You're a big leaguer. Be like, "What the fuck are you guys doing?"
"You're making a mistake." 'Cause we might be.
I got invited to camp as a non-roster invite,
meaning I'm not on the 40-man roster, but I will attend Major League camp,
and go through everything that all the guys on the roster does.
How's this? Am I all right? Any stragglers?
You look elite.
Like a man amongst boys.
Cam Booser, to tell the truth,
a guy I did not know a lot about going into Spring Training.
So he came in as just another guy, and then I looked up his profile,
and I said, "This guy's 31 years old." You know, "What is he doing?"
"He's still in the minor leagues at 31, and he's throwing 98."
"What happened to this guy?"
So I just went and did some research, and it was just an amazing story,
all the things this guy went through.
The timeline of his whole life is struggle, fight back,
struggle, fight back.
[poignant music plays]
His sophomore year, he played football, and he snapped his femur.
You could hear the snap.
I've never heard that kind of agonizing scream of pain.
Lifting weights in high school, he broke his vertebrae.
[Booser] I had Tommy John in July of 2011 after my freshman year at Oregon State,
and then I transferred to Central Arizona,
and I got hurt again, so I didn't really pitch all that much.
[Ian] He finally got healthy. The Twins drafted him.
And then he tore his labrum.
[Booser] The Minnesota Twins doctor performed that surgery.
Then, when I was rehabbing my shoulder, I got hit by a car on a bicycle
and fractured my sacrum.
I was pretty limited with my mobility and being able to move around after that.
I ended up medically retiring.
I felt like that was my only shot and I ruined it.
So he goes home to Seattle, and he becomes a carpenter.
-[ball thwacks] -[crowd cheers]
[Booser] Throughout the time that I was away from the game,
I developed rather a pretty bad alcohol problem.
It caused me to burn most bridges that I had built with most people.
Through the strength of my loved ones, I was able to kinda come out of that
and ultimately come through it a better man.
And through the power of God, I've found a lot of peace through it.
-[crowd cheers, applauds] -[announcers chatters indistinctly]
So he just thought this was his life.
But he was doing these pitching lessons with kids,
and once the kids would leave, he would throw against a net.
I would just grab a bucket of balls
and fantasize about one day coming back and playing.
[Ian] He got the radar gun going, and he saw 96, 97.
[Booser] I knew I wasn't done playing. I knew that I had plenty left in my arm.
Slowly but surely, the game started pulling me back.
In January, we finally got a call from the Red Sox.
-[commentator 1] Crazy story, this guy. -[commentator 2] It is.
[commentator 1] Kid had some injuries, to say the least.
[commentator 2] He's happy to be here.
[commentator 1] Yeah, he retired in 2017, became a carpenter.
[Booser] Make a play, Pablo. Make a play, Pablo.
You a dirty dog, baby. That's what I love about you. Attaboy!
[crowd applauds]
Minor Leagues, Major Leagues, I still have a Red Sox uniform.
I thank God each and every morning
that I wake up and get to put the uniform on.
[Cora] It was fun to watch you compete.
-That was fun to watch. -Yes.
Just take that step forward of that confidence in yourself, um,
and… and you'll be where you need to be.
And the phone call happens at the… You never know what's gonna happen.
-Thank you. -[Booser] Thank you.
-Thank you. -[Andrew] Appreciate it.
-Good luck tonight. -[Cora] Yeah, thank you.
[director] To get to the big leagues, what has to happen?
[smacks lips] Um…
You know, I've… I've never been there, so I'm not really sure.
[director] If that call were to come, what would that be like for you?
[Booser scoffs softly]
I don't know. I've imagined it about five million times.
[ethereal, expectant music plays]
[music fades out]
[stadium chatter fades in]
[Will] What is going on here at Fenway Park?
The Red Sox just have not played great in this season-opening homestand.
[Casas] What's up, fellas? How we doing? What's up, Marky? Let's get it.
Fuck yeah.
[Will] Fenway can be such an imposing place,
intimidating for opposing players.
But recently, the Sox just have not made it that way.
And that's something that's really bothering Alex Cora.
[Cora] Attaboy!
[Joe] Down the left field line, gonna get down for a hit.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cora] No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!
[Joe] That's a standup double for Triston Casas.
[crowd cheers]
-[Cora] That's all right. -[clapping]
[cheering subsides]
-[commentator] Oh no. -[Will] There goes Casas.
Here's the throw to third. He is gonna be out at third base.
"Oh no" indeed.
-[in Spanish] What did he do? -I don't know.
He ran early. He got his leg out and went for third.
[Will in English] Cora's face tells you everything you need to know.
-What was going on there? -[fans boo]
[scoffs] That is just not even in the galaxy of a good baseball play.
[Casas] Fuck, man.
[commentator] These are the plays that keep managers up at night.
[Casas panting]
[Cora in Spanish] We really think we're ghosts running the bases sometimes.
[Devers] Yeah.
I can't tell him anything because he knows he fucked up, you know?
-[Devers] We're making such stupid errors. -[Cora] By trying to do too much.
You know, we have to stay calm.
We're fine.
[in English] Slow it down. Slow it down.
[in Spanish] Let the game happen.
[Joe] Swing and miss at an off-speed pitch away,
and the ball game is over.
[man] Get a bullpen, Cora!
[Will in English] There's the micro-level stuff here tonight.
A couple plays that probably should've been made that weren't.
All of it recedes to the news that Garrett Whitlock leaves the game
after four innings with an oblique injury.
I tell you, that is not good, with Pivetta already down.
These injuries are just getting out of control.
Don't you think this bullpen
could just for, at least, maybe like a week, use a refresher?
Somebody like Cam Booser, Zack Kelly,
who continue to be pitching well.
[Joe] I think so. They could use a body here tomorrow, I think.
[tense, pensive music plays]
[Casas] I feel, as a player,
the best thing that I do is turn the page really quickly.
When I go into the back of the clubhouse and clean off my cleats,
that's my way of cleaning off whatever happened
and flushing it and moving on.
This walk home is like my favorite part of my day, every single day though.
I hope I get recognized enough to where I can't do this anymore.
[producer] Do you ever get nervous walking home alone?
No, not particularly, 'cause I'm… I'm 6'5", 250 pounds,
so anybody who,
you know, is gonna mess with me is gonna have a problem.
Boston is a… it's an old city with a young crowd.
The bars get filled, then, you know, people step out,
but I'm deciding to go to sleep early tonight.
Hopefully it pays off and I get on base three times tomorrow.
But, yeah, for right now,
uh, the bars and the clubs, they're, uh… they're not going anywhere.
You know, they'll… they'll be here when I'm done playing,
long after I'm done playing.
I'm definitely not saving money by living in a hotel, you know.
I just, uh…
I like somebody coming in and cleaning my room for me.
I like not having to worry about utilities, water, and furniture,
and… and Wi-Fi, and TVs.
And then there's the commitment aspect of it,
which, in reality, we're so expendable.
We're so replaceable that I could be sent down.
I could be optioned to Triple-A. Um…
So we don't… I feel I need, especially me,
that I don't have, you know, a ton of job security.
I feel like I need a little bit of flexibility…
-[card reader beeps] -…uh, in my living space.
-[Cora] How's it going? -[boy] Team's doing good this year.
-[Cora] So far, so good, right? -Yeah.
-World Series this year. -[Cora] Ugh. That would be great.
But we gotta win it. It's not getting there, right?
You got this!
-Thank you. We got it. -You got a good team this year.
[Cora] They're playing well. Playing well.
[commentator 1] New second baseman, Alex Cora.
Joey's younger little brother.
His first Major League at-bat.
Strike three called.
Cora is the perfect example of a non-star player
taking his experience as sort of a journeyman,
who bounced around to a number of teams, wasn't always a starting player,
but absorbed a lot in his playing career
and put that to great use as a manager.
[commentator 2] Ground ball to short.
[commentator 3] Hurried and Cora throws it away.
[Casas] He knows what it's like to be on the bench.
He knows what it's like to be in a starting role,
so he's the kind of guy that has perspective.
He was that guy that put his teammates before himself.
-C'mon, kid. Love you. Keep going. -[Duran] Love you too.
He's become like another father figure to me.
[in Spanish] He's a very good manager.
I feel comfortable with him, especially because he's Latino.
He has given me the trust I need
so I'm able to demonstrate what I can give to the team.
How does it go? "The Lord squeezes you, but he doesn't strangle you."
-Just like that. -But, fuck, don't squeeze so hard!
Damn!
[in English] There's so many Spanish-speaking players across the game,
to be able to have your manager that you can kind of just open up to
and speak in your own language, that really does help.
[Peter] Alex finds a way to relate to everybody,
to understand their insecurities.
He understands what it is to fail 60, 70% of the time.
That's the nature of baseball,
'cause you're always in a losing percentage.
It's such a human game.
[Refsnyder] In every article I read, it says AC's not coming back.
[player chuckles]
-Every article. -[Andrew] It's been flooding my timeline.
-[player] No pressure. -[Refsnyder] Enjoy…
Enjoy the last few months of Alex Cora 'cause he's gone.
[all chuckling]
[Cora] I do believe, at this level,
it's about managing people here, right?
And if you don't connect with them, it's hard.
So that's what I try to do, just manage people.
He's young. He's bilingual.
The young bilingual skipper has the Red Sox in great shape.
[Cora chuckles]
On the business side of it, I gotta do a good job, you know?
Because, uh…
I'm in the last year of my contract, and, um, all that stuff comes into play.
[player groans]
Ownership and upper management has always been infatuated with Alex Cora.
I mean, they love him.
This guy got suspended for a year by Major League Baseball
for his involvement in a sign-stealing scandal
with the Houston Astros.
[reporter] Before heading to Boston,
Cora served as bench coach for the Houston Astros
during their 2017 World Series victory.
[commentator] The Houston Astros are world champions.
[reporter] The League concluding that during the championship season,
the Astros placed a camera in the outfield stands
that could see the catcher's signal
and would then relay that information to the batter
by banging on this garbage can.
The commissioner's report identified Cora as the potential mastermind.
[man 1] Official punishment has now come down from Major League Baseball.
Alex Cora has been suspended for all of the 2020 season.
[Cora in Spanish] It was something that, in the moment, was addictive,
to be honest.
What we did was addictive.
It started one day, and we just kept at it.
We never thought it would come to this.
My suspension, you know what?
Well deserved.
What we did was wrong.
They took me out of the game.
It hurt me.
2020 was difficult, you know?
And I was at my lowest.
[Sean in English] In 2020, when all of this stuff comes out,
and it becomes obvious that his hands are dirty from this 2017 season,
they can't wait to bring him back
when his suspension is up and he's eligible to work for a team,
and they do.
[Sam] A huge welcome back.
Welcome home to Alex.
When the Red Sox brought him back in… in 2021 after he was suspended,
he was very open, talking about his mistakes.
I made a mistake. I still love the game.
I still love what I do.
I'm not proud of it,
I'm not happy about it, but we have to move on.
He took the heat for it.
He didn't try to push it under the rug. He still doesn't to this day.
[man 2] Alex, you're a cheater!
No garbage cans here tonight!
[Cora] There's a reputation, and, obviously, uh, I got hit hard.
That was five years ago, bro.
Yeah.
[Cora] But, uh, I think the last three years,
I have been able to stand up and keep moving, right?
[Joe] A rainy day at Fenway.
Really a cold and miserable day.
[Will] It's definitely been a tough, tough homestand,
the longest one of the year.
Well, the injuries have piled up too.
Tyler O'Neill over there, who has gone on the seven-day IL.
Obviously, Nick Pivetta trying to work his way back,
but Garrett Whitlock went on the IL as well this week.
Been a tough stretch.
-[Andrew] Are you thinking anything here? -Uh… Maybe a lefty.
-Yeah. -Call for Jimenez.
-[Andrew] Want Jacques for Jimenez? -[Cora] Yeah.
[Joe] Left-handed Joe Jacques just back from Worcester,
getting called for the first time this season, as he takes over on the hill.
Come on, Joe. You're with Hammy.
-Here we go. Get a ground ball. -Yep.
-Yeah, let's go. Be ready. -[Andrew] Come on.
[Cora] Come on. Get a ground ball here. Let's go.
[Joe] Jacques is 29, debuted last year with the Red Sox.
The runner goes from first. The pitch is grounded.
-Left field base hit. -[crowd murmurs, shouts]
[Joe] Run scores easily,
and it's 3-1, Cleveland.
[Will] Real struggle for Jacques in Spring Training.
Now, he finds himself, and the Red Sox find themselves,
in a spot where this game could get out of hand right here.
[low, tense music plays]
[Joe] 2-1, bases loaded, one out. Here's the pitch.
And he hits a hard grounder to third. Reyes has it, fires to second, out.
-Relay to first, safe, and a run scores. -[crowd groans]
[Andrew] Fuck. We can't fucking turn a double play.
[Will] That one beat cost them the double play.
[tense music continues]
[Will] The rain continues to fall. The pitch.
Ripped into left field, a base hit, and another Cleveland run.
Anyhow, the Guardians tack one on, and they lead by four.
These Guardians are relentless. They just keep on going.
[Joe] This game is getting to be as ugly as the weather here today. [chuckles]
Nobody on, ninth inning, 5-4, Cleveland.
But now it's up to Casas, who's had an infield hit off first base
and fanned twice looking and swinging.
Ready for the 1-1 pitch.
-Strike called. -[fans groan, boo]
[Joe] That was a borderline pitch on the inside edge and up.
[tense music continues]
[Joe] The two-ball, two-strike pitch.
Swing and a miss on an inside cutter, and that's the ball game.
[Casas] Oh my God, man.
[Will] We got Casas up in the last inning, trailing by a run. He did not deliver.
[Casas] Okay.
-[boy] Triston! Triston! -[Casas] What?
[boy] Can I have your autograph?
[Casas] No.
[Joe] The Red Sox complete this homestand with a record of 3 and 7
after going 7 and 3 in the opening trip.
[Craig] We're gonna option you.
You know, less about what happened today,
and more just kinda, you know, need for… for some arms came in.
Ate up some… some outs for us, which is really important. Uh…
But appreciate you going out there and… and sucking down some outs for us.
Um, I think you got a good idea of what you need to do.
Obviously, you'll get with Bails and the rest of the group, um,
and… and keep working.
Uh, you know, we're gonna… we're gonna need a lot of arms,
so go down, keep doing what you do,
and… and put yourself in position when we need somebody to come back.
-I got you. -[Cora] Good luck.
-Stay healthy. -[Craig] You need anything, let us know.
-[Jacques] Yeah. -[Craig] Good.
-[Eddie] Yup. -[Craig] Thanks, Joe.
[Cora] It's a good group.
A changing group. In two days, it's a new group.
That's the… that's the…
That's the beauty of baseball, but the hard part of baseball, right?
It's a different group than two days ago. It's not the same team.
It's not the same roster.
So he threw two on Tuesday?
-He's ready to go. -[Eddie] You make that call.
-[Craig] I'll call Tracy. Yeah. -Yeah.
[line ringing]
-[Tracy] Hey, Bres. -Trace, it's Bres. How you doing, man?
-[Tracy] Good, you? -Good, good. I got… I got the crew here.
AC, Bails, Eddie…
-[Andrew] Netflix. -Netflix.
[all chuckle]
-[Tracy] All right. -Uh, we're… we're gonna get Booser.
-[Tracy] Love it. -Yeah. Is he, uh… is he still around?
-[Tracy] I think he's still in there. -[Craig] Okay, perfect.
I just need you for two seconds, dude. Um, I know I've, like… Just grab a seat.
I know I've… we've relied on you, like, kind of heavily,
with the… the multiple innings.
-How… how do you feel? -Good.
-It's going okay? -Yeah.
-If you needed to throw tomorrow… -Need me to start?
You need me to start tomorrow?
I don't need you to start, but are you gonna be able to do a couple of innings?
If you need me for three, I got you.
What about three in Pittsburgh with the big league team?
Think you can handle that?
What do you mean?
If you need to go throw three innings in Pittsburgh, in the big leagues,
think you could handle that?
[man] What if you're a big leaguer?
Yeah, so you think you wanna pitch in the big leagues
maybe tomorrow or the next day?
What?
I said, think you wanna pitch in the big leagues?
Maybe tomorrow or the next day or whenever Alex needs you?
Yeah.
You think you can do that? You're going to the big leagues.
-[man] You're going to the big leagues. -[clapping]
I got Breslow on the line. AC's on the line. They can all hear.
[tender music plays]
-And let it out. -Tears are all right.
-[man] Let it out. -Tears are all right.
[Tracy] We're getting through the tears.
Yeah. You guys all crying or what?
[laughter over phone]
[Tracy] Well, yeah, we're all… Pretty much.
-Awesome. -[all laugh]
-[Tracy] Give me a hug, man. -[Booser] God.
-[Tracy] Good for you. Good for you. -[man chuckles]
[Booser sighs]
[Tracy] Thirty-two years old, and it's been a long time,
and you really deserve this.
I'm thrilled for you.
-Good for you, sir. -Yeah.
Let's go, Boos. Super happy for you, man. Can't wait to see you buddy. All right?
-[Booser] Thank you. I appreciate it. -Hey, I'll… I'll call you in a little bit.
Go call your family, and we'll catch up, okay?
-[Booser] Okay. -Yeah, congrats, man. Soak it in.
All right. See you.
-[Craig] Thanks, fellas. -You all right?
[all chuckling]
Nice work, Bres.
-Good news. -[Craig] Yeah, it's great.
[tender music continues]
[commentator] Back here at PNC Park,
and the Red Sox have the hard-throwing lefty
Cam Booser in the house
after they designated Joe Jacques for assignment.
His mom and dad are here, as well as his girlfriend.
[Will] The fascinating and long road to the big leagues,
on the verge of making his Major League debut.
Bottom 8, Red Sox in command.
[Cora] Come on, Chase. Keep going. Vamos.
[clapping]
[woman 1 whoops]
[Cora] Vamos, Chase. Nice job.
Boos? Let's go.
Kid, good job. That's it for tonight.
-[Chase] That's it? -[Cora] Yeah. Got the other kid going.
Let's get Boos here. [chuckles]
-[player] Your first appearance… -Oh!
[player] …remember it or were you unconscious?
[Andrew] Uh, I… I remember it. Opening Day.
Down two, eighth inning, on the road,
fly out to right.
Think I punched out Kendrys Morales
and, uh… got Juan Rivera
maybe to pop up to left or something.
Big, big fly ball guy. [chuckles]
[Will] Cam Booser can really bring it
and about to make his Major League debut here in Pittsburgh, PA tonight.
[Andrew] Let's go, Boos.
[announcer] Making his Major League debut, number 71, Cam Booser.
-[crowd cheers] -[fans] Boos!
-[Cora] Come on, Boos! -[man 1] Boos!
[Booser] My time with the Twins,
the mental side of the game was something I really struggled with.
His head is fucking spinning right now. It's gotta be.
I had some things going on in my own life off the field
that I might've brought to the field a little bit.
[expectant guitar music plays]
[Will] Cam Booser throwing his first Major League pitch.
[crowd cheers]
[Cora] No, no, no! Oh shit.
[cheering continues]
[Will] Williams rounding second, on his way into third,
and he stops there with a triple.
[cheers, applause]
-[man 2] Go, Boos! -[Will] So a real greeting.
[man 3] This guy Booser sucks!
[announcer] Designated hitter, Andrew McCutchen.
[Will] He sends up Andrew McCutchen…
[crowd cheers]
…the five-time All-Star.
In high school, he pitched angry.
Like if he missed by just a little bit, it would affect him.
[woman 2] Yeah!
[Shane] There was probably a lot of self-doubt.
[indistinct shouting]
-[Andrew] Whoo! -[Cora] Wow.
But he never gave up.
[crowd cheers]
[Will] McCutchen down hacking, and he collects his first K.
Yeah, Boos!
When I retired from the game, I addressed all the off-the-field issues.
[Will] Friendly hop for Dalbec as the run comes in,
and he guns down to first base
for out number two.
[Booser] I'd wrapped my identity up so much into the game
that when I kinda started to find my identity away from the game,
I found a lot of peace.
-[player] Attaboy. -Good play, Boos!
[Booser] And so, that helped me with the mental side of things.
[Will] Oh. Triolo with half a swing, gobbled up by Valdez.
He'll get him, and the Red Sox are in the win column.
They beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-1.
Life on the road continues to be awfully good for the Red Sox.
[expectant music continues]
[Wong] Congrats, man. Congrats.
-Not a bad first one to get, huh? -I had to give it up at some point, right?
No, I'm talking about McCutchen.
-Oh. Oh, yeah. That was pretty cool. -First punchy.
[Cora chuckles] Attaboy, kid. Proud of you, man. Awesome.
Congrats, Boos!
Congrats, boss.
[Andrew] Proud of you, man. Awesome job. Nice job.
[Cora] Go give that kid a hug, man. Look at him.
[Booser] When I was away from the game, one of the things that I missed most
was the competitive side of it.
I've really fallen in love with the journey
and the grind of the game.
Those are things that I just took for granted,
having the opportunity to play this game each and every day.
[stirring music plays]
[woman] I'm so proud of you, Cameron.
You deserve it. You deserve it.
[Booser] Both of my sisters, my mother, and my father,
through their love and through their support,
I was able to put one foot in front of the other.
Love you, Cam.
[gasps] Are you giving…
-Oh! [sobs] -Get out of here.
[Booser] They were all a huge role in helping me get back to who I truly am
and helping me realize the type of man that I should be
and that I wanna be.
[Tim] Heck yeah. Way to never give up. Seriously. Good job.
[Cora] Boos.
-[players applaud] -[player 1] Boos!
-[all] Boos! -[Cora] Boos.
-[Cora] Hey, kid. Hey, kid. -[player 2] Speech!
-[player 3] Speech. -[Cora] Hey.
-[overlapping shouting] -Hey.
-[shouting subsides] -[player 4] Speech!
This is the lineup card.
There's only 780 of you guys in the world today, tonight.
Big leaguers in the world, 780.
You're a part of it. Nobody can take that shit away from you.
You're a fucking big leaguer, man.
-Congrats. -[all applaud]
-Yeah. Good job. -[Booser] Thank you.
[overlapping shouting]
[player 5] Get in! Hurry up!
-[player 5] Yeah! Yeah! -[all cheering rambunctiously]
-[soundscape fades] -[stirring music continues]
-[music fades] -[Joe] 3-1 pitch coming to Triston.
Here it is.
And he fouls it left side into the upper deck.
[Will] Did he hurt himself there?
[Cora] There was a swing in that first at-bat.
He ended up walking that one, and when he came in,
he's like, "I can play defense,
but you need somebody to hit for me in the next at-bat."
I said, "No, you just go in."
And so they're checking on him,
and, uh, we'll know more over the… the course of night.
No ribs were fractured.
It's not a bone thing. It's more a cartilage thing.
So what the doctor explained to me,
he said that me being so big, rotating so fast so many times
that I pretty much created a car crash within my body.
They said anywhere from three weeks to six weeks to nine weeks.
They don't know. It's just depending on how… how my body's feeling.
But, uh, for right now, I'm still in pain to breathe.
[Cora] We gotta stay together in the fight.
People are banged up and all that. Let's stay together. We have a good group.
Just keep pushing each other to be great, and good things are gonna happen, okay?
Keep going. Don't stop.
[Casas] We will.
-We got media? -[man] Fuck.
[Cora chuckles]
-[man] That sucks. -[Cora chuckles]
Vámonos. What up, kid?
You look better. Jimbo.
[in Spanish] ♪ The game is ending ♪
♪ The board says 3-0 ♪
♪ Chicago is winning ♪
♪ The Yankees are at bat ♪
♪ And the ball It goes, it goes, it goes ♪
♪ The ball goes ♪
Yes!
[in English] Good.
[in Spanish] Alex, how difficult has it been for you
to manage this group of players and their injuries,
to try to put forth a competitive lineup every day?
It hasn't been difficult. It hasn't been difficult. It's been fun.
Moving the pieces around is the challenge that comes with the territory, right?
And, yeah, we would've loved to have had everyone healthy
and not have to make adjustments, but we know that's not the reality.
It is what it is, and like we always say, we have to focus on what we can control.
And up to now, we've done that.
-[Casas in English] What's up? -What's up?
-Nice to meet you. -You too.
-Excited to have you. Let's get it. -Appreciate it.
-I saw Casas tore his oblique. -Casas, yeah.
It's kind of, like, in there, in the rib.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Well, kid… -[Garrett] Appreciate it.
[Cora] Whatever you need, I'm here, okay? Yup.
[Joe] Garrett Cooper's up in his Red Sox debut.
He struck out looking. He struck out swinging.
[tense music plays]
-[dull thwack] -[Garrett groans]
[Joe] Hit him. Uh-oh, not another injury.
[Will] Just joined the Red Sox, and here he is in agony.
Could they be more snake bitten, these Red Sox?
[twanging rock music plays]
[commentator 1] Every single day, someone's going down with an injury.
You can't even enjoy one day.
Like, they'll sweep the Pirates, and it's like, "Cool, Triston Casas is out
for the next three months, probably."
[commentator 2] They're at .500,
which, given the spate of injuries that they've had, is pretty remarkable,
and they just keep on coming.
[Will] Swing and a miss. He got him on a slider.
[sharp clack]
We have to be patient with these kids. Uh, that's part of the process, right?
That's who we are. We're… we're young, and we're learning.
[in Spanish] You know what's coming, but…
Now it's just a question of "slow it down."
[Will in English] Swing and a high fly, at the wall.
-[crowd cheers] -[Will] He watches it fly!
[Cora] You got a bunch of rookies,
so you teach the rookies to become big leaguers.
You have to help to connect the group.
We're family here.
[whimsical electronic music plays]
-[Will] Top of the wall! Gone! -[cheering]
Ceddanne Rafaela has homered again!
[Cora] Wait, wait, wait, wait. Thank you, kid.
[Duran] I'd say we're doing better than our record is showing.
I think we're in a good spot.
We have a lot of young guys starting to come around and swing it.
[Cora in Spanish] Oh damn!
[Rafaela in English] Yeah!
[music continues]
We're gonna show up every day and try to kick ass.
-[Andrew] Get out! Get out! -[cheering]
Fuck yeah! We needed that.
Sometimes we will, and sometimes they'll kick our ass.
[Joe] Here he is. There's a drive hammered to deep right-center field, grand slam.
[reporter] Deflating news as right-hander Garrett Whitlock told reporters today
that he will miss the remainder of the season.
It was frustrating,
but you take it, you roll with it, and you, uh, put your best foot forward.
[Cora] That's the attitude we have.
There's no excuses, no feeling sorry for the group.
We've been through this shit for two years,
and we have to turn the page.
The last two years, we were trying to be somebody else.
This team is doing this. This team is doing that.
Let's try to emulate what they're doing.
Instead of, "You know what? These are the Boston Red Sox."
"This is our identity."
We have to fight with them.
Twenty-five pitches in an inning, we don't score, we won the battle.
Everybody feels around here, you guys too,
that it's a different attitude in that clubhouse.
Make a pitch. Make a pitch here. Come on.
[whimsical electronic music continues]
He got it! He got it! He got it!
-Yeah! -[Andrew] Hell yeah!
Awesome. Good job. Good job. Good job.
Hell yeah, boys! Let's get out of this shithole.
[Will] There's a drive to center field. Back and that ball gets out.
Home run, Raffy Devers!
Hey. On low.
The drive, socked the other way, left field.
Raffy Devers has done it!
He has set a new Red Sox record
by homering in six consecutive games.
[Cora] I'm very proud of him.
So I got him some Ron del Barrilito from Puerto Rico, so…
-[players cheer] -[Cora] Yeah.
When they're having fun, it really brings back
sort of the joy of not only Boston but just baseball.
[whimsical electronic music continues]
[crowd cheers]
I've seen Alex at the clubhouse more this season than I've seen before
and put everything of himself into this job this year.
Players are feeding off that.
I think we can lean on each other, guys.
Like, we're a pretty fucking close group, like brothers.
Like, we know what we can do.
I think that's just the energy we need to just keep going with
'cause we've got that shit.
Guys are starting to feed off each other and play,
and the last few nights have been pretty electric here at Fenway Park.
Alex always said he wanted athletes. We got athletes now.
[Will] There goes Devers from first.
Another throw down. Now Duran breaks for home.
Here's the throw to the plate. He dives, and he's safe!
-He beat it! He got under the tag! -[crowd cheers]
[commentator] Duran, his reads have been better.
His jumps have been better.
Duran's becoming the leader of the Boston Red Sox.
-Fuck with them, okay? Okay. -All right.
[Will] Alex Cora's gonna go hard for this one.
He knows what it means to this club,
especially with the Yankees coming to town.
[Joe] Sanchez is ready, and his pitch,
swing and chopper over the mound to the second baseman.
Here's the throw to first. It gets away.
Goes up the dugout. That's two runs that's scored.
Duran on his way to second. He's there safely.
[Cora] Every day, Jarren. Every day, JD!
-[cheering] -[music continues]
-[music fades] -[train squeals, rattles]
[Will] There is a real buzz in the air.
You got the Red Sox and the Yankees
for the first time in game number 70 of the season.
[commentator] Red Sox and the Yankees gonna open up a three-game series
from Fenway Park tonight.
The New York Yankees have the best record in all of baseball.
-[Will] A lot of Yankee fans here. -[Joe] Certainly are.
[Will] I mean, the jerseys are everywhere.
Wow.
Y'all should burn them jerseys. Burn 'em.
[man] Hey, Sox caps here. Check us out here.
Sweatshirts here. T-shirts here.
Red Sox caps here!
Come on over here. We like Yankee fans.
Well, not… not really. Sox caps here. T-shirts here.
I'm giving you a challenge. If you go over there, throw that hat away,
I will give you a free Red Sox hat.
-[woman 1] Ain't happening. -Take the challenge.
I got this at the Hall of Fame.
-[Keith] If you go throw that-- -Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame.
It ain't happening.
Get your Father's Day gift right here, folks.
Come on over here, folks.
Hey, if you throw that Yankee hat away, I'll give you a Red Sox hat.
Come on, get a real hat.
-Go! Come on! Step on it! -[woman 2] Don't do it!
-[woman 3 shrieks] -[Keith] Step on it! Step on it!
-Come on. Come on. -[woman 4] Don't do it.
-[woman 3] Ah! -[Keith] Yeah!
[crowd cheers]
You got two. Come on. Come on over here, honey.
-Yeah! -Yankees!
[upbeat rock music plays]
[Joe] And the pitch is swung on, in the air to center field and deep.
Back goes Rafaela, back to the wall, looks up.
-It's gone! -[crowd cheers]
[Joe] The first pitch Verdugo sees in a Yankee uniform
at Fenway Park, he goes deep.
[Red Sox player] Fucking Duggie, bro.
[music continues]
[cheering fades]
Yeah, I mean, let's face it. The Yankees are the Yankees.
I mean, they're the crown team in baseball.
-[man 1] Boston sucks! -Boston sucks.
Come on. It's the biggest rivalry in sports.
You got two iconic American teams that have been battling for 100 years.
Nothing says America like Red Sox and Yankees.
[commentator] For the out. And this is over the head…
[man 2] I don't mind the occasional fight.
We don't like 'em. They don't like us. It's okay.
[commentator 1] Now Ramirez…
[man 2] It's not as intense as it used to be,
and I wish that it was,
because it made the game that much more fun.
[commentator 2] Look out! It hit him.
We miss those good old days. We went out fighting.
[crowd cheers]
[man 3] History, you know.
When Boston and the Yankees play, we always go at it, back and forth.
-[inaudible] -[crowd cheers]
[commentator 3] And we know what he said. Here we go.
They're attacking A-Rod, going at it.
[rock music lifts]
[crowd cheers, whoops]
-No! Get outta here! -[Cora] Fuck you!
What the fuck is that throw? Fucking go!
Fuck you, Carlos!
[Joe] The Red Sox have evened the series at one apiece.
This is the passion. Both sees the passion of both their teams.
It's simple as that.
[producer] So when I say "Yankees," what do you think?
-Suck. -Suck.
[both chuckle]
The Yankees, they remain the gold standard and the measuring stick
against which Red Sox fans measure their satisfaction,
or conversely, their misery.
[music stops]
[music plays over stadium speakers]
[boy] Dad, are there a lot of Yankee fans because it's the most important game?
Yeah, these are important games 'cause they're in the division, right?
So who's in our division?
Yankees, Baltimore,
Toronto, and Tampa Bay.
[Andrew] Yup, and us, right?
And is it because this is the last game of the series?
[Andrew] Yeah, last game of the series, and the series is 1-1.
So today, if we win, we win the series.
If you take care of business every series,
you'll be in a good spot to be in the playoffs, in the World Series.
[boy] D'you think you're gonna make it?
I hope so. We gotta try really hard, right?
[boy] That's not the question.
[chuckles] What's the question?
Do you think?
I think we will, yeah.
-[man] You guys win yesterday? -[boy] Yeah.
-Nice. -[Andrew] Tell Bobby what you did.
-[Bobby] What'd you do? -Hit a home run.
-[Bobby] That's my favorite thing ever. -[Andrew] What kind?
-A walk-off. -[Andrew] A walk-off homer.
Yeah, the Little League. Down the line, shot the line, ran.
-Speed kills, you know. -Nothing wrong with it.
-[Andrew] Is that Alex? -[Cora] Inside-the-park walk-off?
Let's go. That's what I'm talking about.
[mellow, expectant music plays]
[Will] Yet another beautiful night at Fenway Park for a ballgame.
It's the Red Sox and the Yankees,
the greatest rivalry in all of Major League Baseball.
[Joe] Well, this is Father's Day,
so my son Duke will be joining us here in the booth today.
Just like old times, riding into the ballpark with you.
[Will] Lots of dads in the ballpark tonight.
[Joe] There's so much father-son importance in this game.
[man] You guys ready?
Back here in Fenway Park with Red Sox manager, Alex Cora.
Today's Father's Day. Your father was so important to you.
What's a moment that really sticks out for you,
a time with your dad?
My best memory with him, 1987, Shea Stadium.
[commentator] Two down and Joey Cora.
[Cora] I went to see my favorite player, Joey Cora, with the Padres,
with my favorite person, my dad.
[commentator] Santana can't get it. Padres tied at 1.
That was amazing.
Man, I miss him. I lost him when I was 13.
[reporter] Alex, thank you. Back to you.
[Joe] The Red Sox split the first two games here
against the Yankees, losing Friday, 8-1, and then winning yesterday, 8-4.
[tense music plays]
Come on, Kut. Come on, baby.
[Joe] There's a drive, high and deep to left field.
This ball is…
gone.
[crowd cheers]
[Joe] Wow. That was high enough to bring rain.
[Will] And the Yankees lead it 1-0.
[Yankees fans cheering]
[commentator] This weekend, I had one person estimate
that 75% of the fans who were at the park on Friday night were Yankee fans.
That is because Red Sox fans have felt frustrated, disconnected in recent years.
[tense music continues]
[Will] The Red Sox have speed everywhere.
Tonight, starting at the top with Jarren Duran. He's got 15 steals.
[Cora] Oh shit!
[Will] High chopper, and there's no play for anybody to get the speedy Duran.
[Duke] Well, these aren't your grandfather's Red Sox.
They're exciting, and they can run.
[indistinct chatter]
[coach] All right, guys. The Yankees, they've given up 39 bases as a team.
Uh, behind the plate, Trevino's back there today.
Got some throws here from him.
Uh, Trevino's got the lowest arm strength in the big leagues.
Throwing to second base, pop time of 2.06.
So this is a back pick he pulled on a check swing, check to first.
So everyone's looking at the first base umpire,
and he snaps it down there to third and gets the runner out.
So Trevino's pretty smart back there. He's gonna play the game.
He's gonna look to back pick to help himself out.
So just make sure we got our head on a swivel with him.
[bass-heavy rock music plays]
[in Spanish] They won't throw here.
-With that guy back there? -I don't think they'll throw.
[Cora in English] Come on, JD!
-[overlapping shouting] -[Cora] Yeah!
[Joe] Goes from first, the pitch was taken for a strike and no throw.
[crowd cheers]
[Joe] Trevino couldn't get it out of the mitt.
[Duke] There's an energy about Duran when he's on the field.
Attaboy!
[commentator] And it causes that sense of anxiety on defense.
[Cora] Hey, keep working on the bases.
As you guys know, the… the paranoia comes into play.
You know, you… you act like you have shit on the bases,
on first, on second, they panic.
So… kinda like, even if you don't have shit,
just… just play with it.
You know? Play with it.
[Joe] The runner goes from first. It's taken low, no throw.
Stolen base for Dom Smith.
-Attaboy! -[Andrew] Good work!
[Joe] The hit that put 'em ahead.
[clapping in dugout]
[in Spanish] This guy's nervous.
[commentator] Don't be surprised if you see more running
from the Red Sox, challenging Trevino.
One you show a little bit of the weakness,
Alex Cora is gonna try to take advantage of it.
[Joe] The payoff.
Swing, ground ball up the middle,
and sneaks towards the center field, a base hit.
Here comes Valdez. Right behind him, Smith.
The throw goes into second, and the Red Sox lead it, 2-1.
-[player 1 exclaims] -[player 2] Attaboy, Rafa!
[Will] The steal pays off. They score two runs.
-[crowd cheering] -[Will] And Boston now on top.
Come, come. Vamos. Vamos. That's what I'm talking about. Vamos.
-[overlapping shouting] -[Andrew] Attaboy!
Let's go! Let's go! We're in the lead. Let's go!
-[music ends] -[cheering]
[Andrew] It's fired up.
Did you get anything exciting for Father's Day?
[Will] I had a fun day with the kids. We went down to Blount's Clam Shack.
Had a lobster roll and some fried shrimp.
Triston Casas kind enough to join us from the Red Sox dugout.
What's up, guys? How we doing in the booth? Good?
-[Will] We're good. How are you doing? -Awesome. Awesome.
I'm doing fantastic. Huge shoutout to all the dads out there.
Happy Father's Day to everybody. Happy Father's Day to my dad, José.
Uh, without him, I wouldn't have this opportunity. Uh…
Funny story about my dad, this is my favorite…
My favorite memory of my dad, right? I heard AC tell his.
Uh, when I was in Little League, right,
you know, I get out one day,
and I come back to the dugout crying, pissed.
And, you know, that's… that's what a six-year-old does.
He sits on the bench, cries, and he doesn't want to go out
when, uh, you know, his team's playing defense.
So my dad, you know, being the dad that he is,
trying to teach me the lessons that he did in his own special way,
came into the dugout.
He actually grabbed me by my shirt, dragged me to the line,
and Looney Tunes-style kicked me out onto the field.
And I actually had one of my best friends that I went to high school with later,
he ended up playing pro ball. His mom actually called Child Services on my dad…
-[Will] No way. -Had him arrested.
I see my dad go away in the cop car, gets arrested, spent the night in jail.
-[Will] He spent the night in jail? -[laughs] Yeah. That's my understanding.
I don't know if it was a little stretched, if somebody would be bending the truth,
or even I am, I don't know.
But, uh… Yeah, that's, uh… that's my understanding of it, yeah.
[Will] Okay.
[Cora] Huddy… what do you wanna do for fake break?
[Hudson] Don't know. What are you comfortable with?
-Both ears? Both at the same time. -[Hudson] Yeah, at the same time.
Wait. I gave it.
No, no. But just… Yeah, yeah, for me.
-[Hudson] Yeah. Okay. -Yeah.
-[Hudson] They ain't throwing in that-- -No, no, they're not. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
["Tití Me Preguntó" by Bad Bunny plays over stadium speakers]
♪ Novia', ey ♪
♪ Mucha' novia' ♪
-[Pete mumbles] -[Cora and Vázquez sing in Spanish]
And? And what?
[sings along in Spanish]
-[Pete] I don't know. -♪ Pa' un VIP, un VIP, ey ♪
-VIP? -[Vázquez sings along]
-What? -I don't know this part.
-VIP? -VIP.
-Yeah.
-♪ VIP, VIP, ey ♪ -♪ Ey ♪
[music continues, lyrics in Spanish]
[shouts in Spanish]
[Joe in English] Runner goes.
-Here's the throw to second. -[Cora] Oh! Go, go, go, go!
-[crowd cheering] -[Cora] Run, run, run!
[Will] And the running Red Sox have caused a problem for the Yankees early here.
-[music continues] -[fans cheering, whistling]
[Joe] Runner goes from first on the first pitch.
Here's the throw to second, far too late.
[cheering]
Fucking not even close.
[Will] Five steals tonight. That's the season high for the Red Sox.
The running Red Sox going wild.
[music continues]
Drop glove. Drop glove.
[Joe] 2-0. He's stealing third. Here's the strike taken and no throw.
And the running Red Sox have half a dozen steals,
and we're only in the fifth inning with nobody out.
[Cora] Yes, sir!
[crowd cheers]
[Cora] Go, go, go, go, go, go!
[Joe] So the stolen bases pay instant dividends.
And the Red Sox have a 4-1 lead.
[Cora] One-eight. One-eight. One-eight. One-eight. One-eight.
[Will] This is amazing, what the Red Sox are doing on the bases tonight.
[music continues]
[music stops]
[commentator] The anxiety in the seventh sweeps up a little bit.
[Will] A game the Red Sox really have controlled.
All of a sudden, uncomfortable now.
-[Duke] Bases loaded, nobody out. -[Will] What a spot this is.
[Duke] There are a whole bunch of Yankee fans waiting to explode.
[Will] 3-2, the pitch of the game is coming home.
Swing and a miss. He got him with a sweeper.
What a big pitch for Zack Kelly.
[tense music plays]
One. Vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos.
[Will] Fastball for a strike.
Total precision.
-Slider swung on and missed, and it's 0-2. -[crowd cheers]
[shouts in Spanish]
[in English] Chase!
[Will] Swing and a miss. He struck him out.
Another sweeper,
and Kelly has fanned a pair
with the bases loaded.
He is one out away
from the most heroic escape act of the season.
[tense music builds]
[music swells]
-[crowd cheers] -[Will] He makes the play!
Zack Kelly comes on with the bases loaded,
nobody out, and he dodges three huge bullets.
[players whooping, shouting]
-[Duke] Six to midnight. -[Cora] Woo-hoo-hoo!
Come on, kid.
[Will] Somehow, someway, 4-3 Sox.
[Cora] Good job.
Fucking A, buddy. Hell of a job.
[music abates]
[Casas] We were just talking about JD,
how he's playing his 71st consecutive game today. What's up?
[in Spanish] You're talking too much. You gotta shut up.
[Casas in English] Look.
[in Spanish] There's a reason they gave me a microphone and not you.
They gave it to me and not you for a reason.
-Because you… -Because I talk too much.
That's my job now. I talk.
[Will] Well, you keep playing baseball for a little bit, but you were amazing.
-[Casas] Thank you, guys. -[Will] Thank you very much, Triston.
[funky electronic music plays]
[Will] Line drive down the right field line.
-And it's down. It gets past Verdugo. -[crowd cheering]
[Will] Coming home to score is Refsnyder. Devers behind him.
On to third is Wong.
-That's a two-run triple. -[Wong yells]
[Will] Wong is flexing at third.
And it is 7-3, Red Sox.
[funky electronic music continues]
[crowd cheering raucously]
♪ Boom goes the dynamite ♪
[Will] Inside, it hit him, and it got him on the right hand.
So far, Yoshida looks okay.
He'll take his base. Alex Cora wants to talk it over, but…
I was even thinking about bringing Bobby and steal second here, right?
Bobby, run for him.
Hey, break first pitch, and then, fucking, if you've got a jump, go.
Yeah, fake break it.
[Will] 7-3, Boston.
[Cora] Hand okay?
-Yeah. -[Cora] Good.
[Will] Dalbec leading at first, Wong at third.
I think they might be tempted to put Dalbec in motion here.
And why not? With a four-run lead, take a little gamble here.
Go. Go.
[Will] And he goes, swing and a miss. Trevino will not throw down.
[Cora] Fuck yeah!
[Duke] That's a lot of action, all over the bases for the Sox.
Seven bags.
[Will] Thus far, a very satisfying evening at Fenway Park.
[Cora] One pitch and then go.
[Joe] 3-2, it's hit hard to the ground, by the diving LeMahieu, into right field.
Rafaela on his way to third. Duran's going to second.
-Now he puts on the brakes. -[Cora] Yah, yah, yah!
[Joe] Hamilton deals, he goes, taken for a strike.
-The throw goes to the cut-off man. -[Cora] No, no, no, no.
[Joe] The Red Sox have tied the club record with eight stolen bases.
-Can you believe it? -[Will chuckles]
[Joe] Hamilton can break the club record, if he wants, here.
-[Will] He should. -[Joe] Here's the throw to first.
He was diving, and, oh, he was lucky to get back.
-[whistles] -[funky electronic music continues]
[Joe] Runner goes. The pitch, swing and a miss.
Here's the throw down to second, he dives…
Safe!
Club record, the Red Sox steal their ninth base.
[cheering]
[Joe] Can you believe it?
[Duke] This is Alex Cora baseball right here.
You see something, you go after it, and you continue to go after it.
[Cora] Yes, sir!
[Joe] Lines a bullet into left-center field, a base hit.
Hamilton hits third. He's being sent home.
Diving in, headfirst slide, safe at home.
-[music ends] -[cheering, applause]
Come on!
[Duke] How do you guys feel about Alex Cora?
Will he be a much-sought-after free agent?
[Sean] One hundred percent.
Look, even the last two seasons where the Red Sox finished in last,
they were competitive.
They continue to hustle out there for Alex Cora.
The players relate to his personality.
[crowd cheers]
[Joe] There's a strike, and the ballgame is over.
Fastball down the middle, and the Red Sox win it.
They beat the Yankees two out of three.
-[cheering] -[tender music plays]
[Will] What a win, what a week, what a night.
9-3, they beat the Yankees.
Fun times coming down the road for these young Red Sox.
That was fun, guys.
-Happy Father's Day. -[Joe] Happy Father's Day to you.
[Cora laughs]
-Come on, kid! Attaboy! -[Andrew] Nice game, fellas. Nice game.
[Cora] Early on, when I was a kid, I hated this day.
After I lost my dad, I hated it.
You know, it's just like, "Why us? Why he's not with us?"
-[players cheer] -[Cora] You grow up, and you learn.
And you understand, you know, what it is.
-Hey-- -Need a shower?
-No, no, no, no. -[players laugh]
There are certain days that I wonder if he's proud of what I'm doing here
or what I've done throughout the years, you know?
And, uh, I bet he'll… you know, he'll be honest with me.
At certain points, very disappointed,
but at certain points, very proud of what I have accomplished.
-[Andrew] Yeah, let's go. -[all cheering]
[tender music continues]
[Cora in Spanish] I think we are writing the story the right way.
People saw me succeed, they saw me at my lowest,
and they saw me bounce back.
I have created some balance, and I am doing things differently.
Is history perfect? No, it's not perfect.
You know, it's not perfect.
[in English] I'm not perfect, the group is not perfect,
but they make me better too.
You know, through their ups, through their downs,
through the struggles,
uh, they make me a better person and a better manager.
[music fades]
[mellow, uplifting music plays]
[music fades out]
[clicking]
-[commentator] Number 23. -[crowd cheers]
[string stab]
[cheering fades]
-[child giggles] -[gull calls]
[waves lapping]
[earth skitters]