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DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/17/92 - ACT SEVEN 104.
230 REVERSE ANGLE - EXT. BASEBALL FIELD - DAY
Sisko is standing on a pitcher's mound, wearing a Cubs cap
circa 1923... and his Starfleet uniform... in the background,
the rest of the Cubs' team works out... playing catch, hitting
fungos, fielding... a few spectators and reporters in straw
hats mill about...
SISKO
(correction)
Competition. For fun. It's
a game... that Jake and I play...
on the Holodeck... it's called
baseball.
And Jake alien stands out of his crouch and as he takes off
the mask and looks at it curiously... and then looks around
at the environment... joining Sisko on the mound...
JAKE ALIEN
"Baseball" - what is this?
SISKO
I was afraid you'd ask that...
A beat... How the hell do you explain baseball to an alien...
he takes a deep breath, well, here goes...
SISKO
I throw the ball to you... and this
other player stands between us with
a bat, a stick... and he... he tries
to hit the ball in between these two
white lines...
Jake alien blinks with confusion, Sisko pauses... regroups...
getting another idea... his delivery growing with confidence
as he continues...
SISKO
The rules aren't important... what's
important is -- it's linear.
Every time you throw this ball a
hundred different things can happen
in the game... he might swing and
miss, he might hit it... the point
is you never know... you try to
anticipate, set a strategy for all
the possibilities as best you can...
but in the end it all comes down to
throwing one pitch after another...
and seeing what happens. With each
new consequence, the game begins to
take shape...