"Vitello clarified that he had yet to make a final decision when the report dropped on the morning of October 18th. He recalled being in the middle of a practice when his first and third-base coaches started freaking out, then freaked out on me, too. Somebody tweeted it out. I don't know who told them. I wish I did, Vitello said. It might've changed the course of history if I would've known who did, to be honest with you."
"But it just bothers me because I don't know. You see people angry I hate to get philosophical on the streets for, a lot of times, stuff that's not even true. People start arguing and you don't know what reality is. Vitello added: At that point, nothing was going to happen. But somebody decided that it was going to happen. Then, the whole world started spinning real quick."
A managerial candidate had not made a final decision when an initial report on October 18 claimed a team was close to offering him the job, sparking immediate chaos. Coaches at a practice began reacting and relayed the news, which then spread on social media. The premature report accelerated perceptions that a hire was imminent despite no final choice, generating frustration about misinformation and unpredictable public reactions. After the uproar subsided, the candidate experienced a positive clubhouse atmosphere on the second day with players present and spent the evening of the 18th at a friend's house.
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