Astros manager A.J. Hinch denied a TMZ report that he was involved in an "altercation" at a Pasadena hotel bar with Los Angeles Dodgers fans after Game 1 of the World Series in L.A. "There was no confrontation," Hinch said plainly and definitively Thursday to open his daily World Series press conference, part of the off-day workouts at Minute Maid Park where the series will resume Friday. Hinch called the story "nonsense" and a "fabrication" and expressed his disappointment that this was even a topic of discussion after his team's thrilling Game 2 win Wednesday night in L.A.