Angels in the Outfield (1994)

Jay O. Sanders: Ranch Wilder

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Quotes 

• Ranch Wilder : [hands JP a business card]  Hey. I'm Ranch Wilder. The voice of the Angels.

  JP : I know who you are. I heard you on the radio. You sure do have a big chin.

  Ranch Wilder : Everybody's a critic.

• Ranch Wilder : Bass sets... and sets... and sets again.

• George Knox : Any loss is hard.

  Ranch Wilder : But this one really got to you. You leave Cincinnati after ten years of winning ball clubs - although the really big one always seemed to be just out of reach - and you come out here to manage our Angels. Now, expectations were high that you could turn this team around. But that just doesn't seem to be happening.

  George Knox : Season's only half-over, Ranch.

  Ranch Wilder : And your club's in last place.

  George Knox : You oughtta know how one incident can change the course of events.

  Ranch Wilder : Well, you know, you play the game. You take your chances. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  George Knox : Yeah, you're an expert at that.

  Ranch Wilder : I could say the same about you.

  George Knox : Well, actions speak louder than words.

• George Knox : Gimme the ball.

  Frank Gates : It ain't my fault. You need a new outfield!

  George Knox : You're outta here, GIVE ME THE BALL!

  Frank Gates : You want the ball? Here you go...

  [makes as though to hand it over then tosses it] 

  Frank Gates : Go get it. Want my glove?

  [repeats the gesture] 

  Frank Gates : Go get it!

  Ranch Wilder : [broadcasting offscreen]  Gates has thrown the ball and his glove into the stands.

  George Knox : [jumps Gates]  Get out of here! You're finished, Gates! You're washed up! You'll never pitch again!

• Ranch Wilder : Whit Bass takes the mound with his oddball antics that are now well known to the fans.

  Wally : That's right, Ranch. This season alone we've seen him lick dirt, eat bugs, and floss his catcher's teeth in the dugout.

  Ranch Wilder : [switches off Wally's mike and on his own]  None of that, may I add, seems to have helped his pitching. He's 2 and 11.

• Ranch Wilder : I'd say the fans seem a little bouncier today, wouldn't you, Wally?

  Wally : That's right, Ranch. As we saw last game...

  Ranch Wilder : [Turns off Wally's mike for the second time]  Easy Wally, less is more.

• Hank Murphy : Ranch?

  [Ranch turns to face him, grinning as though he supported the play] 

  Hank Murphy : You're fired.

  [exits] 

  Ranch Wilder : You can't fire me! I have got a contract! I AM RANCH WILDER!

  Wally : [cheerfully]  Easy, Ranch. Less is more.

• Ranch Wilder : [flinging the stats book and pamphlet the assistant offers him aside, after Clark's first two pitches fail miserably]  I'm checking to see if Dan Prince pulled a muscle during his warmup tosses. There has to be some reason why Knox would make such a radical change. I have personally checked the stats, sports fans, and Mel Clark has not started a game in this decade.

• Ranch Wilder : And Ben Williams makes a miraculous catch!

  Roger Bomman : Holy cow!

  George Knox : How did he do that?

  Ranch Wilder : How'd he do that? HOW DID HE DO THAT?

• Ranch Wilder : No doubt he's tiring, Wally, and Knox knows it. Ball one.

• Ranch Wilder : And Williams and Norton collide, and the catch is blown.

  Roger Bomman : Boy, they're bad!