Terence Mann: Brett and PJ, people will come.
They'll come to the ball park turned movie theatre for reasons they can't even fathom.
They'll turn into the parking lot not knowing for sure why they're doing it.
They'll arrive at their seats as innocent as children, longing for the past.
Of course, you two won't mind if they look around, as they wait for the opening credits to roll.
It's only $10 per person. They'll pass over the money to the ballpark movie theatre usher without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and Baseball Movies that they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect moonlit night.
And they'll watch movies...Baseball movies Brett and PJ...Baseball Movies.
They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the Baseball Movies and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters.
They'll sit with their kids and they'll eat popcorn and Cracker Jac...
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