Giants notes: Thoughts on Posey and Belt
CHICAGO - One of the weirdest nights of my career happened in 2002, in San Diego, after the big dugout fight between Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds.
Bonds ducked out of the clubhouse at Qualcomm Stadium, but Kent hung around to talk.
Kent said he once hit a grand slam shortly after one of their physical altercations.
Think of the interpersonal relationships of a baseball team as an iceberg.
If someone built a team with 25 guys who had the same personalities, that would be weird.
Bruce Bochy, as much or more than any other managers, wants players to police themselves.
If we could somehow see video from a hidden camera in the clubhouse, we probably would be shocked at some of the arguments that arise between 25 hard-headed men.
There's not much more for me to say about Tuesday night's matchup between the pitchers who would have met in Game 5 of the Division Series last year, but Cubs manager Joe Maddon had some interesting thoughts Monday.
Return here later for lineups and other pregame notes.
The Cubs folks were saying this game has the greatest potential for a weather disruption in the series.
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.