MESA, Ariz. – Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward chuckled when asked what kind of locker-mate manager David Ross was when they played together in Atlanta.
“This space right here,” Heyward recalled this weekend, tapping the corner of a box next to his chair, “if a flip flop went partly over the line, he would let either one of us know, like, ‘Fellas, clean this s— up.’”
The veteran catcher would say so straight-faced and walk off. Then, he’d look back and laugh.
The lockers of Heyward, Ross and Andrelton Simmons, from right to left, stood next to one another in the Braves’ clubhouse a decade ago.