INT. JERRY’S APARTMENT – DAY
[Steve bursts in, looking excited]
Steve: (triumphantly) Great news! Just had an amazing meeting with Soto. He’s gonna be a Met!
Jerry: (skeptical) Really? Then why is he meeting with the Phillies right now?
Steve: (defensive) Jerry, Jerry, Jerry… you gotta understand how these things work. Agents have to do their due diligence.
Jerry: Like when you didn’t even call Ohtani’s guy last year?
Steve: (getting agitated) Ohtani didn’t want to play in New York, OK? He made that very clear!
Jerry: But Soto does. Just not for the Yankees?
Steve: (defensive) That’s different!
Jerry: (sarcastically) Oh right, because he’d rather play for the team whose identity is the Grimace instead of the team he just took to the World Series.
[Kramer bursts through the door]
Kramer: What are you guys talking about?
Jerry: Oh, Steve here thinks Soto is signing with the Mets.
Kramer: (excited) Why wouldn’t he? The Mets have signed lots of great free agents over the years… You got Jason Bay, Bobby Bonilla, George Foster,, Mo Vaughn….
Steve: (interrupting) Kramer, please…
Kramer: (continuing, more animated) Luis Castillo, Vince Coleman
Steve: (getting more upset) Those were the Wilpons!!!
Jerry: (smirking) Yeah and they didn’t call Ohtani’s agent either.
Kramer: (really getting into it now) Eddie Murray, Kaz Matsui…..
Steve: (covering his ears) ENOUGH! This time it’s different! Soto wants to be here!
Jerry: (deadpan) Sure he does, Steve. Just like Jose Reyes wanted to be here before waiting seven minutes to sign with Miami.
[Steve slumps onto the couch, defeated]
Steve: (muttering) At least we still have the Grimace…