SAN DIEGO — At the beginning of his Zoom conference with reporters from Petco Park, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt mentioned the news casually, almost offhandedly as if everyone logged in had already heard about it.
They hadn't.
"We got Paddack in Game 1," Shildt said, "so we’ll focus on him right now."
In the words of Padres manager Jayce Tingler: "Shildty spilled the beans."
In the coin of the realm, Shildt got the scoop.
And he doesn't even have Twitter.
All eyes in the press box at the ballpark were focused on him, Chris Paddack, and the other possible pitchers San Diego could choose to start the first playoff game for the Padres in 14 years.