Sam Arkwright Diary
July 26th, 2022
Late night last night. Between looking over mock-ups for new visitor routing at Arkadia, considering a new animal breeding program at Arkworld, and reviewing specs on a revision to the upcoming Arkade console, I managed to keep an eye on the A's-Astros game. Oddly enough, the A's didn't suck. Tony Kemp stuck it to his old team, knocking in three runs on a double and a home run. Rookie Adam Oller, who came over to Oakland in a trade with the Mets for Chris Bassitt, got his first big league win. 7-5 the final. The team with 63 losses beat the team with 64 wins. Baseball is funny like that.
I got a solid 5 hours of sleep before my phone rang at 7 am sharp. It was the same 212 area code. I've got to get a ring tone for this number so I know it's Paul Manfred calling. Curiously, for the first time, Manfred didn't ask me if I was recording the call. Maybe he thought it wasn’t important enough for him to care. Or maybe he just forgot. Either way, I hit record.
Quote:
[Begin transcription, 7:00 am Pacific, July 26th, 2022]
Manfred: Good morning, Sam. Is now a good time to talk?
Arkwright: As good a time as any.
Manfred: Good. Listen... I think it's time we got you and John Fisher in the same room together. Are you free to meet?
Arkwright: Under what pretense?
Manfred: What do you mean?
Arkwright: Is he expecting me to make an offer on his team? Is he ready to talk numbers? How are we going to frame this conversation? Am I coming in as the guy who's ready to buy the team, or just another Las Vegas billionaire trying to score seats behind home plate?
Manfred: We're still a long ways from an offer. I just want to see if you guys hit it off or not.
Arkwright: So you're saying you want to see if I can get to first base or second base with this guy...
Manfred: At this point, I just want to see if he'll let you get up to the plate.
Arkwright: And if he doesn't?
Manfred: Then honestly it's not going to work out. He doesn’t have to fall in love with you. He’s just got to like you enough that he won’t throw a lamp at you when you ask him if he’ll sell you his team.
Arkwright: I don’t have any lamps in my office. It’s all recessed lighting.
Manfred: Oh, this meeting won’t be happening in your office. You’ll be on site with him. In Henderson. See you then.
[End transcription]
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