- Twelve hits including the Series' only home run, and they said he's trying to lose?
- It's ridiculous.
6 seconds sound clip from the Field of Dreams (1989) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:15:04.429 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- He's going to lose his farm.
- Then in 1919, his team, the Chicago White Sox, they threw the World Series.
- It means they lost it on purpose. Gamblers paid them to. Except Shoeless Joe.
- Now he did take their money, but nobody could ever proved he did a single thing to lose those games.
- I can't.
- Twelve hits including the Series' only home run, and they said he's trying to lose?
- It means they never let him play the game again.
- Said he'd put on 50 pounds, and his spring was gone from his step but he could still hit.
- Dad used to say nobody could hit like Shoeless Joe.
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