2041.04 Colbert acquired

[felipe]

The Genius stabs down on the phone button on his steering wheel to silence it.

"What?!" he demands.

Devin 'Fungo' Clark sleeps in the passenger seat beside him, as a duct taped and zip tied, still unconscious Leon Sandcastle, lolls his head on the windowless backseat of the cargo van.

"Yeah, its me, Brett," the van's speakers announce.

"I don't know any Brett," says the Genius suspiciously.

'I manage Las Vegas now," the speaker answers.

"Oh yeah, the guy that quit in a huff a while back when he was managing some sad sack team," reminisces the Genius.

"Umm..."the voice begins.

"So then you take over a perennial contender and finally win something! Good for you!" smiles the Genius, "It's not easy to capitalise on someone else's hardwork...Shaw!"

"It took ME to get them finally across that finish line," the voice interrupts.

"Yeah...great work...now what do you want?"

"Well...I'm calling to see if you want to finalise the Colbert deal now?"

"The what now?" The Genius asks.

"The Colbert deal. Abe for Jim Ashford."

"An ancient pitcher for my best prospect? What's wrong with you?" questions the Genius.

"I made this deal two weeks ago...with your assistant Zach Bauer...he asked me as a courtesy to delay finalising the deal for a couple of weeks. All the paperwork is filled out and ready to go."

"Two weeks ago, Zach ceased being my assistant and became my pitching coach...ohhhhh..." realises the Genius.

The disembodied voice laughs,"That's right Genius! I finally got you back for stealing Colbert and Quintana from me, back in 2025! BaaHahahahaha!"

The phone clicks off and the Genius is left staring at the silent steering wheel.

"We'll see who laughs last...Brett..."grunts the Genius. He roughly nudges the sleeping figure beside him, "Wake up Fungo; we got some scheming to do."

[HoosierVic]

This is outstanding.

[bschr682]

hahahaha