LOS ANGELES -- The cell phones started buzzing, the talk shows started blaring, and nearly every player, coach and staff member of Atlanta’s organization were being asked the same question.
“What’s up with the pearls?’’ Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley said. “Everyone wanted to know. I had so many people ask me that. We were all asking each other that.
“No one knew.’’
So, with a room of inquiring minds wanting to know, let alone a major metropolis, they directly asked Atlanta right fielder Joc Pederson why in the world is he suddenly wearing a pearl necklace?