CHASE, MADISON, REAGAN, SAM, ADAM, LINCOLN, and LORENZO are all standing in Lorenzo's Kitchen at Primitives Park. It was the first game that Lorenzo's Kitchen was open, and the stadium had just emptied out.
LORENZO
Well I'd call that a pretty eventful day, don't you think?
No idea, we just got here. Remember?
LORENZO
Oh. Right. I called you in.
ADAM
ADAM
About that...why?
LORENZO
Because it was an eventful day!
REAGAN
You seem chipper than I expected.
LINCOLN
Yeah, I thought you hated what they did to your place. All this automation makes me sick...
LORENZO
I solved the problem! I ignored them!
MADISON
What do you mean, you ignored them?
LORENZO
Simple. I told people to ignore the ordering machines, tell me what they wanted, and pay me in cash.
SAM
Or card.
LORENZO
What's that?
SAM
Or card. Cash or card.
LORENZO
Nope, just cash.
Everyone is silent.
LORENZO
What?
CHASE
Oh, Lorenzo!!!
LORENZO
Pretty genius, right? Stick it to the big guy!
SAM
No, Lorenzo, you can't do cash only!
LORENZO
Seems pretty simple to me. Customers didn't have to have their faces scanned and their voices recorded when they ordered, and I'm sitting on a ginormous wad of cash. Can't wait to do it again next week.
ADAM
The Primitives are playing again tomorrow.
LORENZO
Wow, they play often these days.
SAM
These days?! Lorenzo, they've always played multiple times a week!
LORENZO
Not when I was on the team.
SAM
Yes, absolutely when you were -- we're getting sidetracked.
REAGAN
Back to the money, guys. Lorenzo, you gotta start accepting credit and debit cards. And you signed a contract. A bad contract, but a contract nonetheless. You don't want to get sued.
MADISON
Or...you know. Worse.
LORENZO
Worse than sued?
MADISON
You keep operating as cash-only, there's gonna be...rumors about this place.
LORENZO
That it's the greatest place in Primitives Park, besides the field and the bullpen?
MADISON
That it's a front for the Mafia!
LORENZO
Nonsense. Lennie approves of it.
CHASE
Lennie from Lennie's Tavern? Or just some guy named Lennie?
LORENZO
The tavern one. He said he was cash-only himself until this season.
REAGAN
Why'd he change?
LORENZO shrugs.
MADISON
We gotta get to this Lennie guy. See what's going on here.
LORENZO
Easy. I'll introduce you guys.
ADAM
And promise, no more cash-only, okay?
LORENZO
Yeah, sure, bring on the full AI-powered surveillance!
CHASE
Lorenzo, would you rather be mistaken for the Mafia?
LORENZO pauses.
CHASE
I don't have time to explain. The answer to that question is No. Goodbye.
CHASE, MADISON, LINCOLN, ADAM, SAM, and REAGAN leave. LORENZO steps out of Lorenzo's Kitchen and makes a phone call to LENNIE.
LENNIE
Lorenzo! How are you, my friend?
LORENZO
I'm great! I told my friends we met and they want to meet you!
LENNIE
Yeah, sure, whatever.
LORENZO
Oh also -- what's the Mafia?