Max Scherzer and Brandon Kintzler were having an animated discussion in a far corner of the visiting team’s clubhouse in Citi Field, handing a baseball back and forth and showing each other different grips as they talked. I hovered in the middle of the room, staying out of the way in the then-sparsely populated space with more reporters than players, waiting for an opportunity to try to ask Scherzer a few questions, trying to avoid looking like I was eavesdropping but wanting to stay close enough they knew I wanted to talk to one of them when they were done.