Tony Vitello explains why he was oddly ejected from Giants' win over Mets
Giants manager Tony Vitello speaks to reporters after San Francisco's win against the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.
Tony Vitello explains why he was oddly ejected from Giants' win over Mets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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It was an offensive explosion.
You had to be happy what you saw, especially from Devers and Koss.
Yeah, I mean, the main thing is we just want our guys to go, go out there and fight, and they were certainly doing that, and the byproduct was really good at-bats.
Last night too, but tonight, balls jumping out of the l- out of the park a little bit, but also guys are taking good at-bats and good swings.
And Devers doing his thing, but just happy for Koss because he's a guy who gets anything that kinda comes his way or deserves anything that comes his way.
Talk about Koss.
He's not known for the long ball, but he hit two for you today.
Yeah, I mean, he's struck some balls well in recent memory here.
Last 10 games, he's driven some balls to the park or, or to the wall, but hadn't got it over the wall as often as he did today, but the guy plays his ass off every day.
And, you know, playing shortstop's a burden.
You can ask Willie, you can ask Lindor.
It, it, it takes a lot out of you, and he's been doing it every day for us.
And again, the at-bats have been competitive, but his defense has been superb.
Overall, your offense, six home runs.
You had to be happy.
Yeah, no doubt.
I thought those guys had a good game plan, in the hitters meeting today, and the vibes were great.
They were having some fun in there, and they were kinda determined to kinda pick up where we left off last night.
Didn't get a win, but I do think we had some We forced them to use their closer, and, we had some momentum going out, out towards the end of the game, and it carried over into today.
What can you say about Molina?
He gave you five good innings.
Strikes.
Strikes.
Not quite as many as he had in Atlanta, but a lot of strikes, and the biggest thing I get from watching him pitch, he's a good example for the young kids 'cause wherever he's going, he goes.
Up, down, side to side, he goes with conviction.
What happened in that second inning with the umpire?
Called out from the dugout, just wanted to know why it took the time it took to make the call.
He clapped back in our dugout.
So last week, I was ejected and told I was ejected 'cause I didn't come out of the dugout and talk.
Had someone from the umpiring association tell me I should just walk out, and so I walked out without any fire in me just to explain what was coming out of our dugout and to calm the situation, and got thrown out for walking out of the dugout.
When, when you see a power outburst like this, even last night, do you think of what could have been?
You know, you got a few guys on the IL obviously that are, can go deep too.
Yeah, yeah.
Do you think what could have been to this offense, what it might be hopefully if everybody back for next year?
Yeah, I mean, I think it, there's some exciting names that aren't with us right now.
A couple guys are getting ready to get active again, in minor league ball and maybe finish the season with us.
A few guys are done.
But I'm a big believer in what our hitting guys, Hunter and OB in particular, are doing with our kids, and they're in there a ton, hopefully to the point where they're not overdoing it, but the conversations have been really good, and some of the adjustments have been great to watch too.
