Tony Vitello\u2019s first week as a Major League Baseball manager could have gone better.<\/p>\n
The San Francisco Giants opened the 2026 MLB season by getting swept by the New York Yankees in a three-game series. Not only did the Giants lose, but they scored only one run in the entire series and were shut out in back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n
The first-year skipper who was hired directly from the college ranks came into the season with a lot of question marks surrounding how well he\u2019d be able to handle the bright lights of the big leagues. Those questions grew louder in the preseason when he seemed more concerned with how<\/a> his hiring was reported<\/a> than with how he was preparing the team.<\/p>\n His burgeoning reputation for saying things he didn\u2019t need to say continued over the weekend when he blamed himself for the team\u2019s slow start<\/a>, saying he got \u201call fire and brimstone\u201d before the season and that it was \u201ca little emotional\u201d in the locker room where there\u2019s \u201ca lot of try hard.\u201d It didn\u2019t help that several players seemed to refute that sentiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n During Saturday\u2019s game, Vitello was interviewed by Fox\u2019s Ken Rosenthal, who asked him what the\u00a0biggest adjustment has been since getting to the majors.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t talk down to guys anymore, they\u2019re my age!\u201d \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n Tony Vitello spoke with @Ken_Rosenthal<\/a> about the biggest adjustment he\u2019s had going from managing in college to now managing in the big leagues pic.twitter.com\/vGd2eejjyc<\/a><\/p>\n