“I know a lot of us are pretty upset,” first baseman Ryan Mountcastle said. It was an emotional sentiment shared by many of Hyde’s players.Īsked what Mancini has meant to him and the Orioles, outfielder Anthony Santander reached into his locker and grabbed a signed Mancini jersey out, giving it a hug. One day we’re going to be three games up in the division, and things change.” “But this is part of the game and this is something that we know. “When you say goodbye to a friend or someone you’re close with, that sucks,” an emotional Hyde said. He was on the phone with his fiancee, Sara Perlman, before Monday’s game after an early batting practice session when manager Brandon Hyde called him into his office to inform him of the trade. On Thursday, in what proved to be his last home game at Camden Yards, Mancini hit an inside-the-park home run in his final at-bat, with Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Josh Lowe losing the ball in the sun and allowing Mancini to make it all the way around the bases to precede a lengthy standing ovation.
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