Tony Vitello's Unforgettable Recruiting Visit With Max Scherzer

Dugout Discussions with Chris Rose

Jomboy Media

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code DISCUSSIONS\ at takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad This week Chris sits down wit the Giant's new skipper Tony Vitello. The two talk about a special gift he received from Ryne Sandberg, how he handles the pressure of managing in a major city, and why he handles the media the way he does. *This episode took place before Wily Adames recent base running error in LA* 0:00 Tony was a high schools soccer state champion 1:38 Recruiting Max Scherzer and Ian Kinsler to Missouri 3:40 When Tony realized Scherzer was special 6:40 Tony was hyped to meet Ice Cube 8:05 Growing up a St. Louis fan 9:10 A special gift Tony got from Ryne Sandberg 10:40 How Tony is handling the pressure of managing in San Francisco 15:15 How do you earn the respect of veterans as a rookie coach? 16:50 How Tony views handling the media 19:13 The time Tony crashes a Hollywood Audition 19:55 What is the best baseball environment in the SEC? Follow along with Jomboy Media at theshownotes.jomboymedia.com JM Merch Store: https://shop.jomboymedia.com/ Featuring: Tony Vitello Hosted by: Chris Rose Edited by: Alex Graap #JMBaseball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	I'm not going to celebrate with a hip thrust because I know how we feel about that stuff.
0:03.4	Well, if you're a Key and Pee fan, you can do two hip throws.
0:06.9	That's true.
0:22.5	You can't do three. No, three is, I mean, that's where we draw the line here on dugout discussions. It is time for another episode of dugout discussions with Chris Rose. It is presented you by Ultra Pouches. This is the manager of the San Francisco Giants, Tony Vitella, or as I like to introduce him as a 1997 Missouri State soccer champion from Desmet High School. Did I say it right?
0:28.7	Yeah, yeah, you nailed it. Okay. I'm glad he brought that out. Yeah, isn't that the way we
0:32.3	should really be introducing you? Well, usually it's the real coach Vitello is my dad. So I'm his son and I, you know, try and coach or following his footsteps, whatever. But he led that team, which had a really lot of talent on it, but a great group of guys. So you bring back good memories with that. All right. So I need the full rundown. I mean, we do have the World Cup coming to North America this summer. So, yeah. How were you?
0:55.0	I was okay.
0:56.0	Our school was really good.
0:58.0	St. Louis is very heavy on private schools, Catholic schools, and the soccer players kind of flocked to those.
1:05.0	And guys like Taylor Twelman, who's probably the biggest voice in St. Louis.
1:09.0	He was on the pitch that day for the opponent.
1:12.4	And then... And y'all beat his ass? We beat them. He was on the team. He was going to go play
1:19.0	baseball in college, too, a two-way guy, or a two-sport athlete. He was a stud, but one of the best
1:25.1	players on our team is Cincinnati's MLS manager, and he was
1:28.2	manager of the year for his team.
1:30.7	So good memories back in St. Louis, a lot of good basketball players as well.
1:35.5	One way or another got here in this dugout, pretty blessed.
1:39.0	So you do go on to coaching, and you actually got back to Missouri relatively early in your 20s.
1:46.5	Were you indeed the guy that brought Kinsler there and Scherzer?
1:49.7	So Max helped with my recruiting dinner with him was quite epic.
1:55.6	He, if you know Max, I mean, he's always egging stuff on off the field and I had to get
2:00.5	the Diablo pasta, which is the hottest version of it.
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