{"id":169952,"date":"2026-03-27T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=169952"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:42:04","slug":"the-shocking-admission-just-leaked-tony-vitello-finally-got-his-first-real-rep-as-giants-manager-and-what-he-just-revealed-about-it-will-leave-mlb-fans-speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=169952","title":{"rendered":"The Shocking Admission Just Leaked: Tony Vitello Finally Got His First Real \u2018Rep\u2019 as Giants Manager\u2026 And What He Just Revealed About It Will Leave MLB Fans Speechless"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden\" data-lead-image=\"true\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello.\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_189,w_4829,h_2716\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/giants_baseball_insider\/01kmp227mjeymrshyyek.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello.\" width=\"4829\" height=\"2716\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 mt-4 text-grey font-group-tiny\" data-lead-image=\"true\">San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">What a way for someone like Tony Vitello to make his Major League debut.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">The San Francisco Giants manager had never logged a professional inning as a player, coach or manager before he stepped in the dugout to manage the Giants in their opening night game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">All the talk since he was hired in the offseason was of him potentially building a bridge for other college coaches to make the transition he&#8217;s making now. His enthusiasm wasn&#8217;t diminished after the Giants lost to the Yankees, 7-0. But he appeared grateful to finally have the first game out of the way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">\u201cIt\u2019s kind of chaos once the game starts, so it\u2019s good to have a rep of being in the dugout and having some of those conversations you have with coaches as the game is going on,\u201d Vitello said to reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\"><strong>Tony Vitello\u2019s First \u2018Real Game\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">For the past six weeks Vitello said that the priority was sticking to a plan during spring training games. That meant getting players in the game at certain times or giving players certain opportunities in certain situations to prove they should have a place in the team. It&#8217;s managing to a degree, but it&#8217;s nothing like the real thing. And it&#8217;s certainly nothing like opening day.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">He said San Francisco spent plenty of time planning for Wednesday&#8217;s game, as all teams do during the hours leading up to a game. As he fielded questions after the loss, he made a timely analogy about explaining how the Giants lost to the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">\u201cThis wasn\u2019t a March Madness game where we drew up the wrong play at the end or one guy missed a free throw at the end of the game or anything like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Giants players have supported Vitello throughout spring training. He&#8217;s also earned praise from two former managers on his staff, including Ron Washington, who serves as the Giants infield coach. It&#8217;s only one game, but third baseman Matt Chapman made sure to reiterate that support of their skipper after the loss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">\u201cBut the thing that Tony has been great with us is that he does bring a lot of energy,\u201d Chapman said to NBC Sports Bay Area and other outlets. \u201cHe\u2019s the same guy every day, and we\u2019ll be ready to answer the bell on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">The Giants resume the season on Friday with a contest against the Yankees that starts at 1:35 p.m. Pacific. San Francisco left-hander Robbie Ray will make his first start of the season against New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images What a way for someone like Tony Vitello to make his Major League debut. 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