Pablo Sandoval showed off a killer curve in his pitching debut and everyone couldn't stop smiling
The Giants were losing, 15-6, to the Dodgers, in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, but as the top of the ninth began, a roar of approval reverberated around AT&T Park. That's because
It wasn't just the fans that were excited.
Sandoval's teammates were smiling, too:
I guess I wasn’t the only one amused by Pablo Sandoval’s pitching pic.twitter.com/7Rzck8P0kD
— Carmen Kiew (@carmenkiew) April 29, 2018
And why shouldn't they? This was fun. But then Sandoval started pitching -- and it got even better. Because it turns out that the third baseman has some stuff. Sandoval mixed mid-80s heat, which is good enough for
When Sandoval wrapped up the inning 1-2-3 with three groundouts, even the infielder-turned-pitcher couldn't help but flash the pearly whites:
And when he came to bat in the bottom half, the fans roared their approval, too. Move over