John antonoff
LOS ANGELES – Even after the Cubs’ homestand this week, the origin of the sheriff’s hat remained mysterious. Cubs catcher Yan Gomes said he found it lying around the clubhouse.
“Somebody’s missing a hat,” he quipped.
Gomes put the hat on Nico Hoerner’s head for his interview after hitting a walk-off RBI single – “He’s the new sheriff in town.” Then, Hoerner passed it to Nelson Velázquez in the clubhouse after his go-ahead grand slam the next night.
As a media scrum formed around Velázquez, he turned to locker mate Adbert Alzolay to ask if he should put the hat back on for his interview.