Name: For Love of the Game
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1999-09-17
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox

For Love of the Game

Heartbreak and Loss in Sports

Jane Aubrey You ever gotten your heart broken?

Billy Chapel Yeah. When we lost the pennant in 87.

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For Love of the Game

Focus and Clarity in the Moment

Billy Chapel Clear the mechanism.

[repeated line - his trick for concentration]

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Misunderstanding About Deodorant Brands

Jane Aubrey I need a regular guy. Not the guy in the Old Spice commercials.

Billy Chapel It was Right Guard.

Jane Aubrey What?

Billy Chapel It was Right Guard, not Old Spice.

Jane Aubrey I was being metaphorical.

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For Love of the Game

A Farewell to the Game He Loves

Billy Chapel Tell them I'm through, "for love of the game", Billy Chapel

[writing on a baseball]

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For Love of the Game

Hidden Depths of a Baseball Game

Vin Scully As so often happens in a ball game, there are so many other under currents, so much more that meets the eye… the owner of the beleaguered franchise selling their star player, and all the while, Billy Chapel had to make the biggest decision of his life…

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Maintaining Dignity Amidst Public Scrutiny

Billy Chapel There's a bunch of cameras out there right now waiting to make a joke of this, Mick. So you can either stop, give them the sound bite, do the dance. Or you can hold your head up and walk by, and the next time we're in Boston, we'll go out there and work the wall together. Don't help them make a joke out of you.

[consoling Mickey Hart after an embarrassing play in [[w:Fenway Park|Fenway Park]

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For Love of the Game

Love and Friendship in Difficult Circumstances

Jane Aubrey What if my face was all scraped off and I was totally disfigured and had no arms and legs and I was completely paralyzed. Would you still love me?

Billy Chapel No. But we could still be friends.

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A Plea for Relief in Baseball

Billy Chapel God, I always said I would never bother You about baseball, always seemed silly. But if You could make this pain in my shoulder stop for ten minutes...

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For Love of the Game

Small Efforts Accumulate to Create Impact

Gus Sinksi You know, a lot of little bottles makes a big bottle, Chapy

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Appreciation for the Game of Baseball

Billy Chapel The game doesn't stink, Mr. Wheeler. It's a great game.

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Misunderstanding Between Jane and Billy

Jane Aubrey It's not mine.

Billy Chapel You mean it doubles as a flashlight?

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Baseball Conversations in For Love of the Game

Gus Sinski How ya doing, ace?

Billy Chapel Anybody been on base?

Gus Sinksi No way.

[Shakes his head]

Billy Chapel Nobody?

[Surprised]

Gus Sinksi This, I ain't seen much of.

Billy Chapel Me neither.

Gus Sinski Chappie...I never have. What's the matter?

[Billy hangs his head]

Billy Chapel I don't know if I have anything left.

Gus Sinski Chappie, you just throw whatever you got. Whatever's left. The boys are all here for you, we'll back you up, we'll be there. Cause Billy...we don't stink right now. We're the best team in baseball, right now, right this minute, because of you. You're the reason. We're not gonna screw that up, we're gonna be awesome for you right now. Just. Throw. Alright?

[sees the home plate umpire coming to the mound and waves him off before turning back to Billy]

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Team Support and Confidence in the Moment

Gus Sinksi The boys are all here for ya, we'll back you up, we'll be there, cause, Billy, we don't stink right now. We're the best team in baseball, right now, right this minute, because of you. You're the reason. We're not gonna screw that up, we're gonna be awesome for you right now. Just throw.

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Yankee Stadium: A Cathedral and Chapel

Vin Scully The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel.

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The Consequences of Reliability in Sports

Frank Perry Well, since you're throwing bullets, I'm not even gonna mention the fact that you're an hour late, and I have been standing here trying to figure out who my starting pitcher would be if you didn't show up.

[Billy is warming up in the bullpen before the game]

Billy Chapel Have I ever not showed? In the 19 years, have I ever not showed?

Frank Perry Well, that's true of everyone until the first time they don't show.

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Disdain for the Yankees in Sports Rivalry

Billy Chapel Sam Tuttle. I can't think of a better reason not to be a Yankee.

[to himself, pitching to Sam Tuttle]

For Love of the Game

Recognition of New York's Unique Presence

Billy Chapel I can always tell when I'm in New York.

[Hearing Yankee fans boo and jeer him]

For Love of the Game

The Decision to Retire from Baseball

Mike Udall *Mike Udall, the Tigers’ trainer telling Billy why he should retire.

For Love of the Game

Seeking Comfort in Unconventional Places

Billy Chapel I ain't carryin no books. Where's the pillows?

[while helping a traded teammate, Davis Birch, move]

For Love of the Game

The Burden of Achievement and Expectations

Mike Udall “You’ve done it all; you’ve won every award there is to win. You’ve got a room a room reserved in Cooperstown. I don’t know how much more you have to prove. Even if you make it back, you won’t be 100%, you won’t even be 50… ”

For Love of the Game

Counting Losses in Life and Sports

Jane Aubrey Do you lose very much?

Billy Chapel I lose. I've lost 134 times.

Jane Aubrey You count them?

Billy Chapel We count everything.

For Love of the Game

Pitching Against Time

Vin Scully At 40 years old Billy Chapel is flirting with perhaps the greatest accomplishment in baseball and standing his way is Matt Crane hitting for Babe Nardini. Then Jesus Cabrillo and Ken Strout has a bat in his hands in the dug out and might very well get the call to bat for Jaimie Ruiz. And, you know, Steve, you get he feeling that Billy Chapel... isn't pitching against left-handers. He isn't pitching against pinch hitters.... He isn't pitching against the Yankees. He's pitching against time.

For Love of the Game

Uncertainty in Romantic Relationships

Heather So, are you my mom's boyfriend?

Billy Chapel I'm not sure.

Heather But you've slept with her.

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Living Independently in a Relationship

Jane Aubrey So, when you're away, I'll live my life and you'll live yours. And none of this stupid bullshit "why didn't you call me?" crap. And "What you do when you're not with me has nothing to do with me" and vice versa. No questions asked, no worrying, no obsessing.

Billy Chapel That sounded perfect.

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