I reached Lucchino briefly in his office this morning. He said he couldn’t talk to me. He said there would be no announcement today.

I followed that up with, ‘‘Do you have any comment on how indecisive this makes you guys look?’’

‘‘Goodbye, Dan,’’ he answered. ‘‘Nice to talk to you.’’

Click.

Dial tone.

– Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe.

I suspect Larry Lucchino was lying, and that it wasn’t actually nice to talk to Dan Shaughnessy.

Via Rob Neyer.