He did not duck down that cinder block of a hallway toward a bag that needed to be packed, because before he could start the offseason he wanted to feel the end of the postseason. The Dodgers had ousted the Cardinals from the playoffs on the final pitch a Cardinal would throw in 2021. It landed somewhere in the bleachers, sending Los Angeles onward with a walk-off victory and most of the Cardinals inward to the clubhouse.
Not Marmol, the team’s bench coach in that moment.
He stayed to marinate.
LA’s celebration cascaded around him, like lemon juice pooling on a papercut.