The Art of Pointing and Baseball

The Phillies are in a playoff race. With just 4 games to go, every game counts. They have fought their way back when everyone thought they were out of it halfway through the season.
After fighting back so hard, they almost let it slip away last night. Against one of the worst teams in the league, they found themselves trailing 4-1. They came back to take the lead 5-4 in the 9th and brought in their closer. He struggled. He ended up walking in the tying run. We're going to extra innnings. Thankfully, the Phillies scored a run in the top half of the 10th. Another chance to close out the game. Unfortunately, after a couple of errors, the other team ties it up again. A couple more scoreless innings brings ourselves into the 14th inning. The phillies have runners on 1st and 3rd with no one out. A golden opportunity! First batter: Ground out. Runner doesn't score. Next batter: Groundball, runner thrown out at home. Two outs. The phillies dugout appears dejected. We see a shot of their heads lowered over the railing. Next batter: Jimmy Rollins.

Interlude

Jerry Maguire is a movie about what happens when men bond. Jerry is a sports agent to a superstar football player Rod Tidwell. Over the course of events, they end up becoming each others best friends and with that, dependent on each other. Rod struggles feeling accepted by his team and doesn't play as well as he should. Fast forward to the biggest game of his life. It's monday night football and he is playing like a superstar. Towards the end he gets hit and lays unconscience. Suddenly the money and acceptance by his teammates doesn't appear as important. His family and his friends become priority. After along delay, he gets up unharmed and ecstatic. He just ended the biggest moment of his life.

Afterwards in the locker room, with all the reporters in his face, he looks for the one man who has stood by him through it all. With tears in his eyes, he locates Jerry. He points at him, acknowledging he couldn't be there if it wasn't for him. Jerry tearfully points back, acknowledging it's all you Rod. You are the man!

Back to Jimmy Rollins and his dejected teammates. Top of the 14th inning. 5 hours after the start of the game. With two outs and hope for the playoffs diminishing, he steps into the batters box. First pitch he lines over the head of the first baseman. It's going all the way to the corner. Two runs score! Jimmy goes into third base with a triple. As he settles on 3rd, you see him rise up and point but you don't know what he is pointing to. We then see that his pointing was a response. His teammates are standing on the edge of the dugout cheering and pointing at him, saying "You are the man". Jimmy was pointing back saying "I couldn't do it without you."