..Naturally, a thing that is profitable to some is unprofitable to others...We all know that some folks here have suffered financially due in some measure to this man""s success with the Syndicate Plantation." In fact, Seth Lord""s interests included "the art of putting up a hundred thousand dollars to display the shapely legs.I took a doll-faced hick.Hildy: Well, you wouldn""t take me if I hadn""t been doll-faced...Walter: Listen.I made a great reporter out of you, Hildy.But you won""t be half as good on any other paper and you know it.We""re a eam.That""s what we are.You need me and I need you, and the paper needs both of us.Hildy (overlapping with his words, she pretends she is an auctioneer for Lucky Strike cigarettes): Sold American! Listen, Walter, the paper""s gonna have to get along without me.Beats the hell outta workin"" at Sears....Even if it is the Carolina League this is a chance to play every day.""Crash": "You don""t want a player.You want a stable pony...Well, my AAA contract gets bought out so I can hold the flavor-of-the-month""s dick in the bus leagues.