CINCINNATI — A few hours before one of the Giants’ most thrilling baseball games in recent memory, manager Gabe Kapler struck a solemn tone in the dugout.
“I think you’ve noticed the last couple days, my mood in here has been especially light and playful,” he told reporters gathered in the dugout Tuesday at Oracle Park for a routine pregame question-and-answer session. “Today, it’s not.”
The massacre earlier that day at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers, was weighing heavily on his mind. Not long after his pregame address, Kapler stood with the rest of the stadium in a moment of silence honoring the victims, then watched Metallica play the national anthem.
