Eight Men Out (1988)
James Read: Lefty Williams
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Quotes
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[Shoeless Joe Jackson is talking to his bat]
Shoeless Joe : Big whop now. Big whop, Betsy; you tell me when.
Freddie : Does it ever answer you, Joe?
Lefty Williams : Probably sleeps with it, too.
Lefty Williams : Lay off, you guys.
Hap Felsch : You crackers stick together, huh?
Swede Risberg : Ask it for a triple, Joe. You hear me?
Freddie : 60 years since the Civil War, Lefty. Ease up.
Hap Felsch : Besides, you guys lost. It was in all the papers.
Freddie : That wouldn't help Jackson none.
[Players laugh]
Lefty Williams : Just leave him be.
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Lefty Williams : [Lefty and Hap confronting Chick before game 7] I thought you were supposed to be in charge of this thing! What happened to Sullivan?
Chick Gandil : He switched hotels, we can't track him down.
Lefty Williams : And what happened to Attell?
Chick Gandil : Shot his wad in the third game when Kerr won. Said he's busted.
Hap Felsch : Hell with them then.
Chick Gandil : Hey, you two made an agreement!
Hap Felsch : Hey, we blow one more, it's over! I've dumped 4 games and I've been only paid for one!
Chick Gandil : Hey, you don't know what these guys are like!
[Lefty and Hap chuckle and walk away]
Chick Gandil : Once you're in, you're in! You can't welch on these guys!
[Throws his glove to the ground]
Chick Gandil : Your funeral! Assholes!
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Hired Killer : You're gonna lose tomorrow.
Lefty Williams : Oh, is that so?
Hired Killer : I know it for a fact. That your wife?
Lefty Williams : Yeah, what's it to you?
Hired Killer : You don't lose tomorrow, she dies.
Lefty Williams : Who sent you?
Hired Killer : You made a promise to certain people.
Lefty Williams : You son of a bitch!
Hired Killer : You can't protect her. If I don't do it, somebody else will. First inning, Mister Williams.