John antonoff
LOS ANGELES — Even after the Cubs’ homestand this week, the origin of the sheriff’s hat remained a mystery. Catcher Yan Gomes said he found it lying around the clubhouse.
‘‘Somebody’s missing a hat,’’ he quipped.
Gomes put the hat on second baseman Nico Hoerner’s head for his interview after he hit a walk-off RBI single Monday against the Mariners. Hoerner then passed it to outfielder Nelson Velazquez in the clubhouse after his go-ahead grand slam Tuesday.
As a media scrum formed around Velazquez, he turned to right-hander and locker mate Adbert Alzolay to ask whether he should put the hat back on for his interview.