How Blue Jays sensation Davis Schneider ended up with his old-school glove
While Toronto Blue Jays infielder Davis Schneider made his mark in his major-league debut sequence together with his bat, his fielding glove was making waves off the sector.
Before Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Boston Red Sox, Sportsnet’s Hazel Mae shared that Schneider discovered his old-school Mizuno glove within the lost-and-found on the facility the place he spends the off-seasons teaching and coaching — earlier than asking the 24-year-old rookie to share the story himself after Toronto accomplished the sweep.
“The place where I gave lessons at and train at in the off-season, it was in the lost-and-found for about a year-and-a-half,” Schneider, a New Jersey native, stated. “No one got it, and it looked cool, and it looked old, and I was like, ‘alright, I’m just gonna use it for now.’”
If Schneider’s first weekend within the majors wasn’t storybook sufficient, it seems his glove has a connection to the present Blue Jays teaching employees.
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Mae shared late Sunday that the glove truly belonged to former MLB participant, coach and supervisor John “Vuk” Vukovich, whose son Vince, coincidentally, was Toronto supervisor John Schneider’s roommate and teammate at Delaware. The glove has the letters ‘VUK’ on it.
Vince jokingly texted the Blue Jays’ skipper upon seeing the tweet, “I’ve been looking for this. Tell Davis I want it back!”
The elder Vukovich performed in elements of 10 MLB seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds. He additionally served 9 profession video games as supervisor of the Phillies and Chicago Cubs.
An fast difference-maker by means of his debut sequence with Toronto, Davis Schneider turned the primary participant in MLB historical past to rack up 9 hits with two dwelling runs by means of their first three video games.
In whole, the previous Twenty eighth-round decide went 9-for-15 whereas working one stroll to start out his profession.
With the bat stealing the headlines, Schneider and his distinctive glove additionally did their job defensively, making all six performs hit his manner this weekend.
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