Soul on Fire

- -

Right there.

-You expecting someone? -No.

Hi. Sorry to bother you gentlemen.

-Is one of you John O'Leary? -I'm John.

Mr. O'Leary. Hi, my name is Deanna Rocco...

Oh.

-Sorry. -No, it's okay. I do, uh...

I do handshakes, I do knucks...

-High five. All that. -

Well, how can I help you, Ms. Rocco?

Well, I have a scout troop. I'm a den mother.

And I heard about what happened to you.

What do you mean? What happened?

The accident when you were a kid, um...

But... but then how you recovered

and became a successful builder, and, um...

Well, I... I just thought that my girls might be inspired

if you came and talked to them.

About what?

- -

-Hey. Oh, sorry. -

We're ready for you.

-Okay. Great. -Yeah, okay.

Uh, hi. My name is John.

O'Leary.

John O'Leary, um...

When I was your age,

I was burned in an accident, over 100% of my body.

Um, I burned my family's house down, too.

I was in the hospital for five months,

but eventually, I recovered.

I've got scars, but...

mostly I'm... I'm good.

Thank you.

Oh. Uh, any questions for Mr. O'Leary?

Oh, wow.

Okay, um... Yes?

How did you do it?

I was playing with gasoline.

Does it still hurt?

No. Um...

It's a little uncomfortable, but...

I... I'm fine, mostly.

Would you change it if you could?

Uh, what... what do you mean?

If you could go back and stop it from ever happening, would you?

[PAUSES PLAYING PIANO, THEN RESUMES]

- - Pay attention.

Sorry, Mrs. Whitaker.

Why do you keep looking at the clock?

You can tell me.

The Cards game is starting.

It's the National League Championship Series.

-Go ahead. -Thanks.

-Practice. -Okay.

Denny, you got the plates?

Yeah, I got 'em. -Okay.

Coming through. Coming through.

Excuse me. Pardon me.

Hey, young man.

Where do you think you're going without telling me the score?

- -It's 0-0.

Tudor just fanned

-the first batter. -Oh.

Dad and I are going out, we ordered pizza for you kids.

You be in by 5:00, okay?

And be careful on that bike.

No Evel Knievel stuff. Stay off busy streets.

I know, Mom.

And one more thing.

Mwah.

-We love you. -Love you, too.

This year, for his club,

he was 10 and 12.

Coleman takes the strike.

And that's Dravecky for you.

Got ahead of the hitters last time

and he gets ahead of Coleman here.

He's tough, and he's demonstrated that before.

And here's the pitch.

-Swing and a miss. -

-He threw it by him. Strike two.

If you're just joining us, I'm Jack Buck,

and we're here at the top of the first inning

of Game 6 of the NLCS here at Busch Stadium.

Another pitch coming.

Swing and a miss.

He struck him out.

I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri,

15 minutes away from Busch Stadium.

And if there's one thing people from St. Louis love,

it's Cardinals baseball.

Coleman in the series...

And all season long, the voice we waited for

was legendary Hall of Fame announcer,

Jack Buck.

A swing and a miss.

He was the soundtrack of my childhood.

Put some more on. -

No, it's my turn. I got it. I got it.

You ready? Okay. Watch out.

My turn.

Watch out, guys.

It's my turn. Ready?

Whoa. That was awesome.

That was a big one.

Let's do it again. Come on.

Let's get another one going.

All right, get the matches.

Hey, it's my turn. Come on, let's go.

Sorry, dude.

Watch out, watch out, watch out.

Here you go. Wait, hold on.

-I gotta put the gas down. Ready?

Let's back up. Go.

-Jeez. -Oh, my goodness.

Let me have a go. Let me have a go.

-That was amazing. That was the best one.

Hey, what are you guys doing?

-Get lost, dork. -No, he can watch.

Okay, but if you tell anybody, you're dead, got it?

Let's go. Let's get another one out.

Yeah, yeah.

All right, pour it. That's good.

Watch out, guys. That's plenty.

You ready? I'll do the matches

-this time. Okay. let's go.

- Holy cow.

That was crazy. -Cool.

-Could I try? No.

-Just go home. -Get lost. Just go.

Come on, man. No, get outta here.

We're done with you. Get outta here. Move on.

Get lost.

One out,

and the pitch is made from Tudor,

and a swing and a miss.

A low off-speed delivery,

-strike one. -

This crowd really wants to see Leonard do poorly, don't they?

[INDISTINCT CHANTING OVER RADIO]

They're chanting him like the Giant crowd

did Ozzie at Candlestick.

Boy, they're into it.

Pendleton, deep behind the base.

The Cardinals looking for the double play ball.

Here's another throw to first in the run.

Hey, what are you up to, Little Chester?

I told you not to call me that.

Okay, jeez, sorry.

So what are you up to?

-Nothing. Whatever.

Giants leading

the series, three games to two.

Another throw to first and he just got back.

It was close.

He had Mitchell hanging in midair for a while.

The ball didn't get to Lindeman very quickly.

The tag was late, it almost got him.

Still strike one on Leonard.

Mitchell, another rather average lead off at first.

Thompson struck out, Mitchell singled.

Tudor steps off, Mitchell goes to the mound.

And then he comes back behind the dish.

John Kibler at first,

Montague at second, Dave Pallone at third.

What do you mean?

If you could go back

and stop it from ever happening, would you?

Yes.

I absolutely would.

Okay, girls, what do we do when we're on fire?

Stop, drop, and roll.

Very good. Me?

I just ran.

A swing and a miss.

Mom, Dad! Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

I was praying for a hero, for a savior.

And that's when I saw Jim.

Oh, my gosh!

And I thought, "He hates me.

"He tortures me. Anyone but him."

Help!