Ring tone sounds (“Canary in a Coal Mine” by the Police). Ruben picks up his phone.
“R.A.J. here, yo. Who dis?”
“Enough, Ruben.”
“Jon! What up, Broseph?!? Thanks for calling back! Cole pitched yesterday.”
“Yeah, man. I know. Whatcha got, Ruben?”
“He was really good and now I want a lot more for him.”
“Ruben, you didn’t say you’d take less after those two eggs he laid the two times before.”
“I didn’t?”
“We’ve gone down this path, and you know what we’ll give up and what we won’t.