As Chicago Cubs rookie Kris Bryant is already learning, the price of fame includes being connected to a constant flow of rumors, many of which are not worth a second thought or response. However, Bryant found it necessary to respond to rumors stemming from his early exit from Thursday's afternoon game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The team exit announced Bryant's exit was due to "flu-like symptoms." However, to many those terms were more likely a cover up than reference to an actual illness, with the speculation being that Bryant was hung over following a night of partying. [ Check out Big League Stew on Tumblr for even more baseball awesomeness. ] While that's certainly been true a time or 10,000 throughout baseball's history, Bryant wanted to make sure we knew that wasn't the case with him on Thursday. Here's what he told the media ahead of Friday's game in St. Louis. Bryant on rumors he was hungover Thu. "I think if u know type of person I am, you know what I believe in. A trade would be more believable." — Mark Grote (@markgrotesports) June 26, 2015 Yeah, we know Bryant isn't going anywhere any time soon, so that about the strongest denial possible. Not even Scott...