SCENE THREE: CUBS’ SPRING TRAINING PR OFFICES

BRENT DAVID (to CARRIE FITCH)

Carrie! Is Miss…uh…Misses? Zapatos in there? (Points at her office)

CARRIE FITCH

She’s had the door closed all morning. I don’t disturb her when she’s like that.

BRENT DAVID

Why?

CARRIE FITCH

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but she’s a little…uh…high strung? When it’s quiet, I like it.

BRENT DAVID

Well, I think I have to go in there.

CARRIE FITCH

Good God, man. Why?

BRENT DAVID

Dusty said something at the press conference that was…uh…

CARRIE FITCH

What’d he say?

BRENT DAVID

He said honkey.

CARRIE FITCH

Honkey? (Laughs) Honkey? Like on The Jeffersons? What is this, 1983? Honkey. (Laughs some more)

BRENT DAVID

It’s not funny! OK, maybe it’s a little funny.

CARRIE FITCH

Where’s Kumsteen?

BRENT DAVID

He said he had to go do something.

CARRIE FITCH

Oh, he’s golfing.

BRENT DAVID

He’s golfing?

CARRIE FITCH

We should call him. I’ll see if I can find his number. (Starts rifflling through piles of papers on her desk.)

Brent reaches into his pocket and pulls out the note she gave him before.

BRENT DAVID

I think you gave it to me earlier.

CARRIE FITCH

What?

BRENT DAVID

Mitch’s number. You wrote it down when I was looking for him. When you said he was in Chicago.

CARRIE FITCH

Oh, yeah. Let’s see what I wrote.

Brent unfolds the piece of paper and written on it is, “Use less comb.”

BRENT DAVID

Use less comb? What is that?

CARRIE FITCH

Oh, yeah. Your hair. You should mess it up a little. It’s too…molded.

BRENT DAVID

How was that supposed to help me find Mitch?

CARRIE FITCH

Did I ever say I was trying to help?

BRENT DAVID

Well, you need to help me now. We need his number.

Carrie turns to her computer and pulls up a phone list and dials her phone.

CARRIE FITCH

Hey, Kumsteen! It’s Fitch!

BRENT DAVID

Tell him what Dusty said.

CARRIE FITCH

Yeah, call me when you get this!

BRENT DAVID

He didn’t answer? Did you call his cell?

CARRIE FITCH

No, I called him in his office. Yes, I called his cell. He must have turned it off because he’s on the golf course.

BRENT DAVID

Great, I’m gonna have to tell Miss…uh…Misses? Zapatos.

CARRIE FITCH

Just call her The Big Shoe. Everybody else does. And no, you are not telling her. She’s been nice and quiet today. No need to poke the badger.

BRENT DAVID

Poke the badger?

CARRIE FITCH

Never mind. We’re taking a road trip!

BRENT DAVID

Where?

CARRIE FITCH

To the golf course. He usually plays at Acres Ventosos. We’ll find him there. Come on.