Shane is friend with whitesoxdave, who is the all time Rick Hahn water carrier. I'm assuming wsd helped Shane get the Hahn interview. I also assume this is why most questions were softballs.
I'm rewatching some of game 1. Stone didn't hold back at all when they pitched to Ramirez in the 3rd and he got the 2 RBI single. He's kept questioning it the whole inning. No mercy.