Giants' outfielder lost his glove and couldn't take the field — manager Tony Vitello wasn't thrilled
This really can't happen, but it did.
Giants' outfielder lost his glove and couldn't take the field — manager Tony Vitello wasn't thrilled originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It's not a problem you generally notice.
But on Wednesday night, the San Francisco Giants had an outfielder late getting out to his position for an absurd reason. Jerar Encarnacion lost track of his glove. Yeah, like the one thing you need to properly play the outfield.
Giants beat reporter Justice delos Santos reported the odd news on Wednesday night, writing specifically that Encarnacion "didn't know where his glove was. " Giants manager Tony Vitello spoke about it postgame, too. And with the way his comments have been received so far this season, it was always going to be fascinating to see the way he came out on this.
“I’d rather defend our guys to the death, but that one’s a little elementary," Vitello told reporters. Jerar Encarnacion was late running out to right field because he didn’t know where his glove was. Tony Vitello: “I’d rather defend our guys to the death, but that one’s a little elementary.