Reds coach Mike Napoli committed to Tito Speedo for as long as it works
"I looked over and saw his Speedo hanging over there. I was like, 'Is it washed? ' He said, 'Yeah, why?
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CLEVELAND – For all those clamoring to know, the Tito Speedo made it to Cleveland. Not that anyone had to ask, even if manager Terry Francona did exactly that when he saw bench coach Mike Napoli before the opener of the Cincinnati Reds ’ big Ohio Cup series against the Guardians. “He goes, ‘Do you even have to ask me that?
I’m offended,’ “ Francona said. Napoli: “Then I told him I slept in it. ” The Tito Speedo is, of course, the skimpy (sexy?
) undergarment that catcher Tyler Stephenson had custom-made and gifted Francona as a joke during spring training, and that Napoli procured during their daily cribbage session before the series finale at home this week against the Nationals. “We were talking, and I looked over in his locker and saw his Speedo hanging over there,” Napoli said. “I was like, ‘Is it washed?