Whaddya suppose Gardy's hotel rooms have been looking like lately? I imagine the contents of the mini-bar strewn across the beds and floors. The bathroom sink dislodged from the wall. Various amounts of blood smeared on the walls.
Mauer's conversation with Gibson on the mound. Mauer: Don't ever shake me off, meat. Gibson: Why's he calling me meat? I'm the one driving a Studebaker.