Cubs great flips the script on MLB insider amid retirement drama

Los Angeles Angels v Seattle Mariners | Stephen Brashear/GettyImagesShortly after the Chicago Cubs celebrated the retirement of Anthony Rizzo earlier this month, rumors started by Bob Nightengale of USA Today suggested that former Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks had already informed those close to him that he would be retiring after the season. Nightengale is no stranger to disguising assumptions as fact-based reporting, and that seems to be the case with his suggestion that the World Series icon is retiring.

Winding down his first season away from the Cubs, now with the Los Angeles Angels, Hendricks told Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times that he has yet to decide whether he will…