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I love you, Bucky.
Goddamn right you do.
And it’s because I love you that I have to share this news with you.
Oh. Okay?
The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.
Yeah?
The Brooklyn Dodgers are now the L.A. Dodgers.
Yes. I know.
You knew?!
I thought you knew!
I just found out!
Steve, you’ve been in this century for longer than I have.
I was busy!
You were scared to look up scores because you didn’t want them to suck.
That too.
I’m sorry.
They don’t even have trolleys in LA, the name doesn’t make any sense now!
They’re pretty good now, if that makes you feel better.
It doesn’t. I’m not a Los Angeles kid, I’m a Brooklyn kid!
Well they did whoop the Yankees in the world series before they left.
…That makes me feel a little better.
I guess when they moved people would say "If you had a gun with only two bullets in it and you were in a room with Hitler, Stalin and the guy who sold the Dodgers, who would you shoot?” and people would say “The last guy twice!”
That’s a terrible joke.
I know.
Obviously you shoot Hitler and Stalin. What the hell.
I know.
And then you punch the other guy. It’s baseball, for fuck’s sake.
I love you.
I love you too, but I’m busy being angry about sports right now.
Okay, I understand. Brooklyn’s got a minor league team now.
Really?
Yeah, the Cyclones. They play near Coney Island. Wanna go see a game?
Yes, I do.