Let us begin here.



On Sunday, Marcus Stroman went through it. Afterward, as required of the starting pitcher, he did his duty in a media scrum. He held his frustration in check.



But then, after the scrum, he showed it.



He let it loose, in a manner both loud and profane.



And yes, his outburst was understandable, at least to a point. Because, in his view, it was provoked.



That’s debatable.



You probably know the sordid saga by now. Our Kaitlyn McGrath reported it well here. At the end of the scrum, with the camera still on, Sportsnet reporter Arash Madani asked the Blue Jays’ pitcher for a comment about his brief 2012 sojourn in Vancouver while pitching for Toronto’s farm club there.



Apparently, Madani was looking for a bite to include in an upcoming feature on the Jays’ habit of orienting prospects to Canada by running them through Vancouver. But under the circumstances – the Jays had just lost...