When Cubs reliever Joe Smith comes home from a game, the last thing he wants to do is talk about baseball. Unfortunately for him, he’s married to a reporter.
“He hates questions,” his wife Allie LaForce told me in a phone conversation. “I love asking questions. I ask a million questions. My job is to ask questions.”
LaForce is probably — OK definitely — a more recognizable name and face than her husband, a 32-year-old reliever with an average name. She’s a sideline reporter for CBS Sports where she covers high-profile college basketball games and SEC football.