Spring training: Tony Vitello’s debut as SF Giants manager turns out to be a learning, winning experience

PEORIA, Ariz. — Giants manager Tony Vitello woke up Saturday morning and watched the sunrise, as he often does. This one, though, felt different.

For the first time in his life, Vitello attended a spring training game, another item off his checklist. He can now add managing one and exchanging a Major League Baseball lineup card to it, too.

Not bad for a guy who just last week said, “I don’t know what a spring training game feels or looks like.”

Against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Sports Complex Saturday afternoon...