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Scene: A dingy writer’s garret, late 1968. The fading winter sun gives little light to the tiny room where two men in their mid-twenties are hard at work. The larger of the two sits hunched over an old Royal typewriter with a shaky return mechanism. He types fluidly, as though he were playing a keyboard. The other paces nervously, dictating. He stops pacing when he notices a pause in the typing.

Pete: Come on, Denny. Why’d you stop?

Denny: I don’t know, Pete. I’m not so sure we should tell the kids about the greenies.

Pete: How can we write a book called How to Play Better Baseball without mentioning greenies? That’s like writing a book about gardening without mentioning dirt.

Denny: Well, I gotta take a break anyway. My shoulder is killing me.

Pete: Hey! Look at those two mice fighting over a pizza crust!

Denny: The one on the left has spunk! Go Lefty!

Pete: The one on the right’s gonna get it.

Denny: My ass.

Pete: Hundred bucks says he does.

Denny: You’re on.

They yell encouragement to the mice as the sun sets, leaving the room in darkness...