This is a column written in direct reaction to Sunday’s controversial post-game incident involving Marcus Stroman, who angrily stormed away from a media session outside the clubhouse at Fenway Park following yet another Blue Jays loss to the Boston Red Sox. He didn’t like a question from Sportsnet’s Arash Madani. The question from Madani, one of the most professional reporters in the business, was properly left to the end of the scrum because it had nothing to do with the game that had just taken place, a 5-2 loss to the Sox in which Stroman had allowed four runs in five innings, running his season record to 2-7 with a 5.86 ERA. As the cameras shut down and Stroman stalked away, he turned and ranted, “I’m f—ing terrible! We’re f—ing terrible! And you’re asking about Nat f—ing Bailey!” Stroman was referring to the beautiful home ballpark of the Class-A Vancouver Canadians, where he broke in as a first-year pro in 2012.The reason Madani asked the question — meant to be part of another video story — is that because, other than after his own starts, Stroman makes sure he is not available to any media for any type of interview. And the Jays have allowed that. As a disclaimer, it should be noted going in that Stroman doesn’t like me. He believes that there is no such thing as constructive criticism. He believes that it’s all mean-spirited, most of it stemming from a deep sense of jealousy from outsiders because he is successful and making a lot of money despite being, uh, short.I wrote a column early in 2016 when he was emerging in a breakout season. I suggested it was too early in his career, that he hadn’t done enough to call him a true major-league starting ace. He angrily called me out in the middle of the clubhouse and, with Josh Donaldson doing an excited, hilarious play-by-play of the exchange, suggested that I was suggesting he could not be an ace because he wasn ...
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