Pee Wee Reese
[Robinson enters the playing field, the crowd in Cincinnati boos him, fellow teammate Pee Wee Reese approaches him]
They can say all they want. We're just here to play ball.
Jackie Robinson
It's just a bunch of crackpots still fighting the Civil War.
Pee Wee Reese
Well hell, we'd have won that son of a gun if the cornstalks would have held out. We just ran out of ammunition.
Jackie Robinson
Better luck next time, Pee Wee.
Pee Wee Reese
[Wraps his arm around Robinson, provoking though later silencing the crowd]
Ain't gonna be a next time, Jackie. [Looks toward the crowd] All we got's right here. Right now. You know what I mean? Thank you, Jackie.
Jackie Robinson
What are you thanking me for?
Pee Wee Reese
[Signals toward the stands]
I got family up there from Louisville. I need them to know. I need them to know who I am.
Umpire
[Distantly]
Hey, number 1! You playing ball or socializing?
Pee Wee Reese
[scoffs, smiles]
Playing ball, ump! [To Robinson] Playing ball. Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42. That way they don't tell us apart.
