Speaker 1: It's the Giants and the Reds on this beautiful San
Speaker 1: Francisco Wednesday. Dave Fleming alongside the Giants manager, Tony Vitello. Man,
Speaker 1: it's so nice outside. I was riding my bike down
Speaker 1: to the ballpark today. I rode through North Beach. I
Speaker 1: started thinking about you. Your job is so much different
Speaker 1: than mine, so much busier and more demanding than mine.
Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to have some routines around
Speaker 1: the city, some places you like to stop in?
Speaker 2: Have you.
Speaker 1: I know this year has been such a whirlwind for you,
Speaker 1: but here we are at the end of August. Have
Speaker 1: you gotten to know San Francisco a little well?
Speaker 2: A little bit, and I mean, somewhat familiar back in
Speaker 2: the day, coming to the park and going to the
Speaker 2: wharf and doing Alcatraz and all that. The one thing
Speaker 2: about San Francisco, I just haven't as much. I mean,
Speaker 2: it's a little easier. The other day I was thinking,
Speaker 2: how much better shape would I be in if we
Speaker 2: had more wins? You know, you got more energy and
Speaker 2: attitude to work out, and you're more likely to go
Speaker 2: celebrate with a dinner or something. Um, so not nearly
Speaker 2: as much as I would like to, but the one
Speaker 2: thing I've said about the city to any friends or
Speaker 2: visitors is what an unbelievable place this would be to live.
Speaker 2: First of all, because of it's a great city, but
Speaker 2: if you have a nine to five job or something similar,
Speaker 2: the areas that surround San Francisco, whether it's Healdsburg, Napa, Sonoma,
Speaker 2: Sausalito is kind of San Francisco, um, going South to
Speaker 2: Carmel and Monterey where I've spent a lot of time,
Speaker 2: Palo Alto, um, It really is a phenomenal area. The
Speaker 2: thing that make it even better are the people. Just
Speaker 2: had a visitor from the south where they think Southern Hospitality,
Speaker 2: they're the greatest people on earth. And my friend just
Speaker 2: couldn't stop talking about how friendly and down to earth
Speaker 2: everybody is in this area. So it's a great place
Speaker 2: and we need to win more games so I get
Speaker 2: more familiar.
Speaker 1: Let's do it. That's a good plan for the rest
Speaker 1: of this year and for next year as well. All right,
Speaker 1: let's focus on some baseball because there is some news today.
Speaker 1: I guess Some of the biggest news is we found
Speaker 1: out that you flip-flopped Landon Roop and Logan Webb. So
Speaker 1: Webb goes today. Can you give us some insight into
Speaker 1: why that happened?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was just a little bit more about not
Speaker 2: necessarily about strategy against another team or any other insight.
Speaker 2: It was really just about the routine in between starts
Speaker 2: that those two had going on. So one, you know,
Speaker 2: Roop definitely wanted to be able to do what he did.
Speaker 2: On the mound, he usually has a little bit more
Speaker 2: time between his bullpen and his start than Webby does.
Speaker 2: So it worked out easily just through communication with those guys.
Speaker 2: So definitely a flip, but nothing crazy strategy-wise.
Speaker 1: And I have to think that Logan was antsy to
Speaker 1: get back out there. The way that I know he
Speaker 1: was disappointed, the way that start at Fenway went.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just awkward, and he admitted he felt
Speaker 2: out of sorts. I think we could have maybe done
Speaker 2: some better things as a group. The pitch calling or
Speaker 2: playing on a couple of the hitters was something where
Speaker 2: he shook a couple extra times. Just nothing was really
Speaker 2: in sync. Grip on the ball was awkward. You saw
Speaker 2: the one ball go to the backstop. So you hate
Speaker 2: the phrase one of those days because you're kind of
Speaker 2: succumbing to not performing at your best. But when you're
Speaker 2: in the big leagues as long as Webby, you're going
Speaker 2: to have some phenomenal outings and you're going to have
Speaker 2: some not so good ones. But the huge chunk of
Speaker 2: what's in the middle of those is, a guy who's
Speaker 2: gritty out there and he gets you a chance to
Speaker 2: win a ball game. And that's what we're looking for today.
Speaker 1: So true.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: We'll have more with the Giants manager right after this.
Speaker 1: Back here with Tony Vitello. It's game three of this
Speaker 1: three game series, Giants and the Reds. We talked about
Speaker 1: Webb going today. Man, it just feels like the injury
Speaker 1: thing is just snowballed on your team here over the
Speaker 1: last few weeks. And we had another one last night.
Speaker 1: Adrian Hauser comes out of the game. It felt like
Speaker 1: a carbon copy from the night before with Wisenhut, do
Speaker 1: you have any new info or update on Hauser? Yeah.
Speaker 2: In order to answer, I'd, I'd throw out, um, you know,
Speaker 2: a mild flexor strain. Um, so we'll see if that's
Speaker 2: an IL stent, if it's even longer, um, do they
Speaker 2: get a second look and there's even more. So just
Speaker 2: kind of saying it with caution and yet being able
Speaker 2: to give you an update that was more of a,
Speaker 2: not one pitch thing. Like some injuries can be more
Speaker 2: of a, He admitted towards the end of the first
Speaker 2: inning started to kind of be tight on him, and
Speaker 2: it's something that's popped up, too, a few times in
Speaker 2: weeks past. So just a general feeling of tightness that
Speaker 2: he felt, and it popped up on him. So hopefully
Speaker 2: he's in the clear after some rest.
Speaker 1: I mean, he or you and I are sitting, it's
Speaker 1: still well before first pitch time. Do you anticipate maybe
Speaker 1: adding somebody before the game today?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Roxby's here, and he more than likely will fill
Speaker 2: that slot. Probably as soon as we're done, that's something
Speaker 2: we'll check up on. His flight was delayed, which we
Speaker 2: got to do better commercial flights. It's like automatic these days.
Speaker 2: So he literally just arrived. He'll get stretched and do
Speaker 2: his routine and more than likely be available for us
Speaker 2: today and kind of help carry the load through the
Speaker 2: rest of this week, especially with that doubleheader on Saturday.
Speaker 1: I know we're out of time, but I can't let
Speaker 1: the show go without at least saying one quick word
Speaker 1: about Rafi Devers and the job he's doing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, man, he's in that back foot really
Speaker 2: good in the swing. His swing is so gorgeous. Effort
Speaker 2: is the enemy. Everyone's fighting in the sport of baseball, especially, obviously,
Speaker 2: in other sports, too. But he looks really good at
Speaker 2: the plate. I think he's kind of embracing this role of,
Speaker 2: don't tell him I said this, but I got another
Speaker 2: guy I coached who's only 32, and everyone on the
Speaker 2: White Sox call him Grandpa, Rafi's old teammate, Benintendi. So
Speaker 2: he's kind of embracing the role of, I jokingly say grandpa,
Speaker 2: but just the veteran who can lead these guys and
Speaker 2: that needs to go out and play. And maybe it's
Speaker 2: bringing the best out of him. I think it was
Speaker 2: bringing some good things out of Willie. It'll be fun
Speaker 2: to watch how he leads these young guys the rest
Speaker 2: of the year.
Speaker 1: Just between you and me, I won't tell him. That's
Speaker 1: the Giants manager. Tony Vitello will get ready for the
Speaker 1: game right after this.