Plot
November, 2004, New Mexico. Bud is a slacker with one good thing in his life, his engaging fifth-grade daughter Molly. On election day, Bud is supposed to meet her at the polling place. When he doesn't show, she sneaks a ballot and is about to vote when the power goes off. It turns out that New Mexico's electoral votes will decide the contest, and there it's tied with one vote needing recasting - Bud's. The world's media and both presidential candidates, including the current President, descend on Bud in anticipation of his re-vote in two weeks. Can the clueless Bud, even with the help of Molly and a local TV reporter, handle this responsibility?
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One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.
Bud Johnson: America needs someone who's bigger than their speeches.
Bud Johnson: You guys protect the President!::Lewis: She's... she's smarter.
Bud Johnson: I know exactly what you mean Andy.::President Andrew Boone: Do you?::Bud Johnson: Maybe not...
Bud Johnson: I'll call them back.::Molly Johnson: If we had a phone you could call them back.
Bud Johnson: Did you save me any hot water?::Molly Johnson: I don't know, did the water heater fix itself?
Bud Johnson: What's that?::Molly Johnson: Egg salad.::Bud Johnson: Egg salad?::Molly Johnson: You like egg salad.::Bud Johnson: Yeah but not every damn day.::Molly Johnson: We're on a budget.::Bud Johnson: Well you've got to stir it up a bit.::Molly Johnson: You want to eat better? Drink less beer.
Kate Madison: [bowling] Remember when we were kids? This was the only thing to do on weekends.::Bud Johnson: [laughs] It still is.
President Andrew Boone: Do you like football?::Bud Johnson: I'm an American aren't I?
Molly Johnson: I want to live with Mom.::Bud Johnson: So do I.
Bud Johnson: Jesus, Molly, you've got to quit being such a smartass.::Molly Johnson: And *you* have to stop using 'Jesus' as a cussword all the time. He's a billion people's Saviour.
Softball is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are bigger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand.Softball is played on a smaller diamond than in baseball; a softball field's average distances from home plate to the center, left and right field fences are 220 feet (67 meters) for females and 250 feet (75 meters) for males. The corresponding baseball field average distances are 410 for center field and 325 feet for left & right field 125 and 99 meters.
The earliest known softball game was played in Chicago, Illinois on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. It took place at the Farragut Boat Club to hear the outcome of the Yale and Harvard football game. When the score was announced and bets were settled, a Yale alumnus threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. The other person grabbed a stick and swung at it. George Hancock called out "Play ball!" and the game began, with the boxing glove tightened into a ball, a broom handle serving as a bat. This first contest ended with a score of 41-40. The ball, being soft, was fielded barehanded.
Well, Mr Burns had done it
The power plant had won it
With Roger Clemens clucking all the while
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile
While Wade Boggs laid unconscious on the bar-room tile
We're talkin' softball
From Maine to San Diego
Talkin' softball
Mattingly and Canseco
Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw
Steve Sax and his run-in with the law
We're talking Homer...
Ozzie and the Straw
We're talkin' softball
From Maine to San Diego
Talkin' softball
Mattingly and Canseco
Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw
Steve Sax and his run-in with the law
We're talking Homer...