It could have been a Jim Mora moment.
Mike Shildt was about to manage his 10th game in six days. He was staring down the barrel of 13 more games in the next 11. His team will have played 23 in 18 by the time it reaches its next off day, which will mark the first chance to catch a collective breath since baseball’s longest COVID-19 shutdown of any team (at least so far) kept the Cardinals off the field for two weeks.
So, it would have been hard to fault Shildt if he channeled his inner Mora, cocked an eyebrow and repeated the lines of the disgruntled Colts coach after a 2001 loss.