SF Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey surprised a lot of people with his decision to hire Tony Vitello as the next manager. However, Vitello got a stamp of approval from two legendary former Giants managers.
Following Vitello's introductory press conference last Thursday, Posey spoke with some members of the media and revealed that he consulted with two Giants greats before deciding to hire Vitello:
“Talked to a lot of people, as I mentioned. Spent some time talking to Dusty, to Boch recently. Yeah, and a handful of others I'm probably not thinking of.