Late Sunday night, Cubs starter John Lackey sat down in the interview room. He was pulled from the game in the seventh inning with some shoulder discomfort, despite arguing with manager Joe Maddon to finish the inning.
The bullpen blew the game in the eighth and the Cubs lost to the Cardinals, 6-4, on a steamy August night.
A perfect recipe for a mumbly, brusque Lackey in the postgame room, right?
“First of all, before we get to that,” Lackey said as he addressed the room, and I suddenly wondered if he had been reading reporters’ sarcastic tweets about him or something.