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  Alden GonzalezOct 21, 2025, 01:16 PM ET

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  ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.

The Los Angeles Angels have hired Kurt Suzuki as their new manager, turning to the longtime major league catcher with no professional coaching experience to help turn around a franchise navigating the longest playoff drought in the major leagues.

Suzuki, 42, spent 16 years playing for five franchises and won the 2019 World Series with the Washington Nationals. He had spent the past three years as a special assistant to Angels general manager Perry Minasian.

Former Angels stars Albert Pujols and Torii Hunter were also in consideration for the job to replace Ron Washington, who missed nearly half the 2025 season after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery.

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Ray Montgomery, the interim manager during Washington’s absence, was offered a different role with the organization but was not considered for the full-time manager role.

Suzuki inherits a team with plenty of offensive thump and questionable pitching. Shortstop Zach Neto is one of the game’s most well-rounded players, and outfielders Jo Adell and Taylor Ward combined to hit 73 home runs in 2025. Mike Trout is signed through 2030, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe, first baseman Nolan Schanuel and second baseman Christian Moore round out their young core.

Beyond Yusei Kikuchi and Jose Soriano, the Angels’ rotation is in flux, and their bullpen is filled with question marks that hamper their prospects in a division that includes the Seattle Mariners, who fell one game shy of representing the American League in the World Series.

Suzuki spent his last two seasons, 2021 and 2022, as a backup catcher with the Angels and drew rave reviews for his handling of the pitching staff. He now becomes the organization’s fifth manager since Mike Scioscia ended a 19-year run in 2018, following Brad Ausmus, Joe Maddon, Phil Nevin and Washington.

Under Scioscia, the Angels won the franchise’s first World Series championship in 2002 and claimed five AL West titles in a six-year period from 2004 to 2009. That 2009 season marked the last time the organization has won a playoff game. The Angels have made it back to the postseason only once, in 2014, getting swept out of the AL Division Series by the Kansas City Royals. The 2025 season, which finished with a 72-90 record, marked their 10th consecutive losing seasons.

Fans have long been displeased by the ownership tenure of Arte Moreno, who has been chided for getting too involved in baseball operations, not investing enough in player development and a long string of short-sided decisions, most notably not trading Shohei Ohtani before he became a free agent and then deciding not to match his contract offer from the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

Moreno was seen to be fixed on Pujols as a manager early in the offseason, sources said, but opted to go in another direction after a breakdown in talks.

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Tennessee Vols head coach Tony Vitello (22) holds up the NCAA Championship Trophy after the Vols 6-5 win over the Texas A&M Aggies in game 3 of the the College World Series Championship at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday, June 24, 2024 (Eddie Kelly/ProLook Photos)

In this week’s College Baseball Podcast, J.J. Cooper and Jacob Rudner get together for a special emergency edition to discuss news that Tennessee coach Tony Vitello is expected to be hired as the next manager of the Giants.

We dissect the news and take a look at what Vitello’s hiring would mean for everyone involved, including breakdowns of his candidacy and the fallout for Tennessee.

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• (00:00) What we know from our reporting
• (02:30) Why This May Make Sense
• (09:30) How college head coach jobs and MLB manager jobs are very different
• (14:00) Looking at Tony Vitello’s strengths that could carry over to MLB managing
• (19:00) Why this could be a no-lose situation for Vitello.
• (25:00) Tony Vitello as a talent evaluator
• (30:00) How Tony Vitello could open doors for others
• (32:00) What do we expect Tennessee to do if Vitello leaves?
• (33:15) An important note of Tennessee players special transfer portal
• (35:00) Why this will be such a challenge for Tennessee’s program
• (50:30) What we expected from Tennessee for 2026 before this news broke

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KNOXVILLE, TN – MAY 31: Tennessee Volunteers head coach Tony Vitello celebrates with Tennessee Volunteers catcher Cannon Peebles (5) during the NCAA Division I Regional Tournament baseball game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Cincinnati Bearcats on May 31, 2025, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN. (Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire)

If Tony Vitello finalizes a deal to become the next manager of the San Francisco Giants, it would mark one of the most unprecedented moves in modern college baseball—a sitting head coach jumping directly to leading a major-league club.

As of Saturday evening, no agreement had been completed, multiple sources told Baseball America, but conversations between the sides were described as advanced and likely to conclude soon.

Tennessee, meanwhile, has already begun preparing for the possibility that its most successful coach in program history could be on the move. The university has not acknowledged the situation publicly, but sources said internal planning is underway in anticipation of Vitelloâ€s departure.

Vitelloâ€s potential jump to the big leagues would close the book on one of the most transformative tenures in recent college baseball history. Since arriving in Knoxville in the summer of 2017, he turned Tennessee from an SEC afterthought into the sportâ€s standard of intensity and swagger.

His teams won with overwhelming talent and an unmistakable edge, capped by a national championship in 2024 and College World Series appearances in 2021 and 2023. His success earned him a contract extension through 2029 worth an average of $3 million per year, making him the first college baseball coach to hit that threshold and, at the time, the highest-paid in the country. That deal includes a $3 million buyout.

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If he departs for San Francisco, Tennesseeâ€s challenge will not be finding the next Vitello so much as preserving what he built. The early expectation among multiple sources is that athletic director Danny White will promote from within rather than immediately conduct a lengthy national search. Continuity is recognized as the best path forward for a program that has operated at the top of the sport for the better part of the last four seasons.

Associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Josh Elander and pitching coach Frank Anderson would be the candidates should White elevate from within the program. The two have worked side by side for most of the last decade.

Vitelloâ€s relationship with Elander dates back to their overlapping years at TCU, where Elander played from 2010-12 and Vitello served as an assistant from 2011-13. After being selected by the Braves in the sixth round of the 2012 draft, Elander played professionally until 2015, then returned to Fort Worth to finish his degree and begin his coaching career. He reunited with Vitello at Arkansas in 2017, where he served as an unpaid assistant before following him to Knoxville when Vitello landed the Tennessee job a year later.

Since then, Elander has emerged as one of the premier hitting coaches and recruiters in college baseball. Seventeen of his hitters have been selected within the first five rounds of the MLB Draft, including six—Drew Gilbert, Jordan Beck, Christian Moore, Blake Burke, Gavin Kilen and Andrew Fischer—who went in the first round.

Elanderâ€s eye for talent and player development track record have helped Tennessee sustain one of the nationâ€s deepest lineups year after year. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2022, and those within the program describe him as a steady hand capable of maintaining Tennesseeâ€s identity while putting his own stamp on it.

Anderson brings more experience, having served as Oklahoma Stateâ€s head coach from 2004-12 and in various assistant positions dating back to 1984. Heâ€s regarded as one of the best pitching coaches in college baseball with a particular knack for developing fastballs. Throughout his career, Anderson has coached 103 pitchers who have been selected in the draft, including 10 first-round picks (four at Tennessee). The Volunteers have had at least three pitchers selected in each of the last four drafts, including five in 2025.Â

What Happens To Tennessee’s Roster?

A promotion from within also provides immediate stability during what could otherwise be a volatile transition period. Tennesseeâ€s 2026 recruiting class is one of the countryâ€s best and features four players—Trevor Condon, Cole Koeninger, Landon Thome and Gary Morse—ranked among the top 100 prospects in the 2026 draft class.Â

Elanderâ€s presence in particular would go a long way toward keeping that group intact and ensuring that Tennesseeâ€s future pipeline remains strong. Andersonâ€s experience and success as a pitching coach also anchor the staffâ€s credibility.

A formal coaching search remains possible, but sources indicated Tennesseeâ€s administration understands the importance of momentum and is unlikely to disrupt the programâ€s structure. Naming an interim coach and revisiting the position after the 2026 season is an option, but one that risks creating uncertainty in recruiting and player retention.

Keeping Tennesseeâ€s current roster together would likely be less complicated than some might assume.

A coaching change opens the transfer portal for the Volunteers†players, but outside of graduate transfers, none would have immediate eligibility elsewhere. Most teams nationwide already have full rosters, leaving limited landing spots for anyone seeking to leave. As a result, Tennesseeâ€s core would have a strong chance to remain largely intact, especially if Elander or Anderson lead the program.

How Will This Impact Tennessee’s Future Recruiting Classes?

The greater test will come on the recruiting trail, where Vitelloâ€s magnetic presence and national recognition made Tennessee a destination program. His energy resonated with prospects and parents alike, giving the Volunteers a distinctive recruiting advantage even within the cutthroat landscape of the SEC.

Elander has been central to that success and carries credibility of his own, but sustaining Tennesseeâ€s national reach without Vitelloâ€s larger-than-life persona will require time and proof that the on-field results will continue. The infrastructure is there—from facilities to fan support to resources—but Vitelloâ€s leadership was the connective tissue binding those elements together.

In the broader picture, Tennesseeâ€s situation reflects how dramatically the programâ€s status has evolved.

A decade ago, it was a rebuilding job searching for relevance in the SEC. Now, itâ€s the kind of platform that can vault a coach directly to a major-league dugout. The potential ripple effects of Vitelloâ€s potential move—from staff reshuffling to recruiting shifts—could shape the next phase of college baseballâ€s power hierarchy.

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The San Francisco Giants “closing in” on hiring Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello as their next manager, according to The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, Brittany Ghiroli and Ken Rosenthal.

If a deal is completed, Vitello would replace Bob Melvin in the manager’s chair.

It’s unclear what the terms of a deal would be, though Baggarly, Ghiroli and Rosenthal noted Vitello is currently the second-highest-paid coach in Division I, as he has an annual salary that exceeds $3 million.

Vitello is getting his first crack as a professional coach at any level after spending the last 23 seasons working in the college ranks. He had stints as an assistant at Missouri (2003 to ’10), TCU (2011 to ’13) and Arkansas (2014 to ’17) prior to being hired as Tennessee’s head coach in June 2017.

In eight seasons with the Volunteers, Vitello led the program to a 341-131 record with two SEC regular-season and tournament titles. He also led them to the first national championship during the 2024 season.

After the Giants finished a disappointing 81-81 in 2025, president of baseball operations Buster Posey announced on Sept. 29 the firing of Bob Melvin.

Melvin went 161-163 in two seasons with San Francisco. The Giants are looking to find a manager who can get them back to the playoffs for the first time since 2021.

Posey, entering his second season running baseball operations in San Francisco, will hope that Vitello can be the answer they have sought out.

The Giants have been one of the most aggressive teams in terms of pursuing free agents in recent years, but they haven’t had a lot of hits. Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani and Carlos Correa were among the notable players they attempted to bring in.

Correa had an agreement in place with the Giants that fell apart before it became official due to concerns over his physical.

Rather than try to wait out free agency again, Posey was able to strike during the 2025 regular season with the deal that seemingly came out of nowhere to acquire Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox.

Devers gave the Giants exactly what they wanted with a .236/.347/.460 slash line and a 130 OPS+ in 90 games after the trade. Willy Adames, who was their big free-agent signing last offseason, overcame a slow start to become the first Giants playerto hit 30 homers since Barry Bonds in 2004.

There’s a good nucleus of talent in place for the Giants to be a playoff contender in 2026. They still have Matt Chapman, Jung Hoo Lee and Logan Webb to build around.

If the Giants can make a couple of decent roster additions this offseason, along with the potential hiring of Vitello as manager, they have a good chance to end their four-year playoff drought next season.

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  Myron MedcalfOct 14, 2025, 02:31 PM ET

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  Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Dawn Staley said she is convinced that NBA teams might never be ready to hire a woman as a head coach after her recent experience with the New York Knicks.

Staley boasts one of the greatest coaching résumés in the history of basketball, which is why the Knicks interviewed her earlier this year before ultimately choosing Mike Brown as their new coach to replace Tom Thibodeau.

Staley said she was legitimately interviewed by the Knicks and entered the process with an open mind, but acknowledged that she doesn’t think the league is ready for such a historic hire.

“No, I don’t [believe it will happen in my lifetime],” Staley said Tuesday during SEC media day. “And I hope I’m wrong.”

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Staley, 55, said she accepted the interview opportunity from the Knicks because she has known team president Leon Rose and senior adviser William “Worldwide Wes” Wesley for 30 years.

Staley, who revealed earlier this year that she would have taken the job if the Knicks had made an offer, said she emphasized in the interview process that the Knicks would have to be prepared to handle the scrutiny she would have endured if she had been hired as the first woman head coach in NBA history.

“If the Knicks have a five-game losing streak, it’s not going to be about the losing streak,” said Staley, a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer who has won three national championships at South Carolina. “It’s going to be about being a female coach. So you as an organization, a franchise, you have to be prepared for and strong enough to ignore those types of instances when you’re going to look to hire a female coach.”

Although she said she doubts an NBA team will ever make that move, Staley said the process with the Knicks helped her learn more about the possibility, which can help future candidates and NBA teams.

“If there is somebody that is interested in knowing and interested in being the first female NBA coach, I’ve got all the information,” she said. “Come see me, because I’ll get you prepared for the interview.

“And if there are NBA franchises that are interested in hiring a female, I’m here, too, because you’ve got to be ready to take that on and all the things that it comes with because it’s not just about hiring the first female coach.”

Staley’s Gamecocks are ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll behind only defending champion UConn.

South Carolina announced this week that Chloe Kitts, an AP All-America honorable mention last season, will miss the entire year with a torn ACL. Staley said the injury is a major loss for the Gamecocks because Kitts is “irreplaceable,” but she also said the injury will not end the program’s title aspirations.

“We’re unafraid of going into season without [Kitts],” she said. “We’re not going to skip a beat. Our players know that when we sustain any kind of injury, we believe in the system that we put together. We believe in the players that we’ve assembled.”

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Rangers have hired Skip Schumaker as their manager, agreeing Friday night on a four-year contract with the former National League Manager of the Year.

Schumaker’s deal was announced after Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, acknowledged earlier in the day that the Rangers were focused on an internal candidate in their search to replace Bruce Bochy. Schumaker had been in a senior advisory role with the Rangers since November.

Schumaker, 45, was the 2023 NL Manager of the Year when the Miami Marlins went 84-78 and made the fourth postseason appearance in club history. That was the same year Texas, with Bochy in his debut, won its first World Series championship.

“While I attained a good understanding of the organization through my front office role this past season, the conversations with Chris Young, [GM] Ross Fenstermaker, and others this week have only intensified my interest in this opportunity,” Schumaker said in a statement. “I can’t wait to begin the work for 2026.”

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The Rangers and the 70-year-old Bochy, a four-time World Series champion who was baseball’s winningest active manager, agreed Monday to end his managerial stint as his three-year contract ended. That was the day after Texas finished 81-81 for its second non-winning record since its championship.

The Marlins slipped to 62-100 in 2024 after changes in the front office and with a roster decimated by trades and injuries. Schumaker and the Marlins agreed that he wouldn’t return for the 2025 season.

Texas then hired Schumaker in November, a move viewed by many as making him the heir apparent to Bochy.

“We are thrilled to announce this promotion and have Skip leading this club in the dugout,” Young said in a statement. “Over his past year as a senior advisor to our baseball operations group, Skip has proven to be driven, passionate and thorough in everything he does. He has a winning spirit and energy, and we are fortunate that someone so highly regarded in the industry has agreed to become our manager.”

The Rangers became the first of eight major league teams to fill a managerial vacancy. Young declined to say earlier in the day if any other teams had requested permission to speak with Schumaker.

Before going to Miami, Schumaker was a bench coach in St. Louis, where he played for the Cardinals during their 2011 World Series win over the Rangers. He played 11 big league seasons with St. Louis (2005-12), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013) and Cincinnati (2014-15).

Schumaker will take over a Rangers team that for the first time in franchise history this year led the majors in ERA (3.47) and will bring back starting pitchers Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi and Jack Leiter. The Rangers also set a single-season MLB record with its .99112 fielding percentage, bettering the 2013 Baltimore Orioles’ mark of .99104.

But the Rangers ranked 26th in the majors with a .234 batting average and 22nd with 684 runs scored.

“It was a little bit bittersweet. It was painful to really see some of the things that we did so well, and then also there was optimism to know that we did so many things so well and came up short,” Young said earlier Friday. “But there’s a lot to look forward to moving forward, and I think there’s a lot of optimism I have that this is going to get corrected quickly. I mean, we’re not talking about a 20-game jump here to make the playoffs.”

Fenstermaker said that though Schumaker lives on the West Coast, he had been very involved with the team in his advisory role.

“He’d spend time with us and many different folks in the front office, add his perspective, his wisdom. He was around and available a lot,” Fenstermaker said. “We probably talked to him every few days, if not daily, throughout the course of the year and bounce ideas off him and get his perspective.”

Bochy has been offered an advisory role in the Rangers’ front office. He also could be in line for such a position with the San Francisco Giants, though he isn’t a candidate for the managerial opening of the team he led to World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

With 2,252 wins, Bochy is sixth among major league managers, with the five ahead of him all in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The Texas Rangers are hiring Skip Schumaker as their next manager, replacing World Series winner Bruce Bochy, the club announced Friday. Schumaker has reportedly agreed to a four-year deal.

The hire is hardly a surprising one. Schumaker spent the 2025 season as a special advisor to Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young. Back when that hire was announced, there was speculation that the 45-year-old’s real job was manager-in-waiting for the 70-year-old Bochy, and that is now coming to pass.

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It was reported by the Associated Press earlier Friday that Schumaker was the central focus of the Rangers’ managerial search.

Bochy and the Rangers “mutually” parted ways soon after a disappointing 2025 regular season, with the club noting that Bochy was offered an advisor role in the front office. It’s unclear if Bochy will take them up on that, find a job with a different team or retire again.

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An 11-year MLB veteran as a player, Schumaker spent time on the coaching staffs of the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals before landing the Miami Marlins managerial job after the 2022 season. He quickly earned respect as he led the usually moribund franchise to a surprise wild-card berth in his first season.

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The 2024 season was more trying for the Marlins, who went 62-98 and finished last in the NL East. Schumaker then made a surprise resignation after that season and immediately became one of the most attractive options on the manager market, though he ultimately took the Rangers job after the only other two teams looking for a skipper — the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox — opted for different names.

Schumaker now takes over a Rangers clubhouse that has fallen off a bit since a breakthrough 2023 World Series title. The team went 78-84 in 2024 and 81-81 in 2025 as it struggled with injuries up and down the roster. It enters the offseason with clear needs for its pitching staff, having already spent plenty of money in recent winters.

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There is still definitely talent in the organization, though, from veterans (Corey Seager, Jacob deGrom, Marcus Semien, Nate Eovaldi) to youngsters (Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter, top prospect Sebastian Walcott). It will be on Schumaker to keep them all on the right track as Texas tries to compete in an AL West that features a fading Houston Astros team and the upstart Seattle Mariners.

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In this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo discuss the Tony Vitello-to-the-majors rumors and brainstorm on the skills that would or wouldnâ€t translate from the college game to the majors.

Should MLB teams be looking for more managers from the college ranks? And why donâ€t we see more MLB/college coaching crossover in general?

We then talk about which of the current MLB manager vacancies would be the most and least appealing.

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• (0:00) Cam Schlittler
• (10:30) Tony Vitello—big league manager?
• (17:00) The value of college head coaches vs. MLB managers
• (25:00) Lifestyle of college jobs vs. MLB managers
• (37:30) The media scrutiny of an MLB manager
• (40:00) Should major league teams recruit college coaches more frequently?
• (51:00) Pat Murphy as a successful example
• (55:00) Which MLB manager jobs are the most/least appealing?
• (1:02:00) The Rockies & the Coors Field problem
• (1:09:30) A question about MLB ball adjustments

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Keegan Bradley says he felt silly. While he’d be the one doing the honoring, Bradley thought he’d be the one more rewarded.

But he still had to tell Larry Nelson that he wanted him to be his team’s ambassador.

“It’s really fun for us to see the guys around him and to have his knowledge and just his presence,” Bradley said.

“He’s a guy that we all look up to and really look forward to bringing him in at Bethpage.”

There, beginning next Friday, Bradley will captain the U.S. Ryder Cup team against Europe, and the Nelson appointment stands to work in a few ways. While he’d gone 9-3-1 across three Ryder Cup appearances and won three major championships, Nelson was never named a Cup captain, so Bradley’s move gives him some recognition.

But there’s his play, too; Nelson’s Ryder Cup record also includes a 4-1-0 mark against European legend Seve Ballesteros. Bradley said he was also appreciative of Nelson’s military service during the Vietnam War, and the ambassador idea was hatched in May at the PGA Championship’s champions dinner.

“I think that Larry Nelson is one of the best human beings I’ve ever met in my life,” Bradley said last week at the Procore Championship, where 10 of the dozen American Ryder Cuppers played as prep for Bethpage.

“… Hearing the stories from him and Lanny Wadkins and hearing about these old Ryder Cups and just knowing about his service to the country and his incredible Ryder Cup record, and then to top it off of what an amazing human being he is, it’s more of an asset for us to have him around. Like to have him around our guys, to have him talk about what the Ryder Cup means to him, tell stories of when he played. He — his Ryder Cup where he beat Seve four times, what an unbelievable, it’s like up there winning a major, nobody ever beat Seve four times.

“It’s really more of an honor for us to have him. Sometimes I feel silly in this role of inviting Larry Nelson to do this when he’s just this amazing golfer but better person, bigger role in our Ryder Cup history, and it’s really fun for us to see the guys around him and to have his knowledge and just his presence.”

The news came, Bradley said, last month during the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship in Atlanta, where Nelson lives. He’d been asked to do some interviews with the PGA of America, but Bradley said that was a setup in order to surprise Nelson with the appointment.

“I really feel it’s our duty to honor people like him, honor great Americans on our Ryder Cup team,” Bradley said. “When you have a guy that he alone is one of the best Ryder Cup players ever, but then you factor in his service in Vietnam and what he’s done for our country, it’s really stunning, it’s really an unbelievable story.

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“I also feel it’s so silly how I could be Ryder Cup captain and he can’t, he wasn’t. He would never say that. I felt like it was our duty to honor him and what he’s done for us.”

During an interview last week with Golf Channel’s “Golf Today,” Nelson said he was honored. He’s looking forward to it, too.

“Amazing, humbled by it,” Nelson said on “Golf Today.” “I really appreciated what Keegan said. It’s one of those things, I didn’t know a lot about Keegan — I know he won the PGA on the same

golf course as I did, knew a little about his history, about his father being a professional. It is amazing to me, and I’ve told a lot of people, you look into people’s eyes, you can kind of see their hearts sometimes. He is a great competitor. And I just feel like the U.S. team, the USA, the PGA is very fortunate to have him as captain this year.

“It’s going to be tough. It’s going to be a tough week. Both two good teams, and we needed a good captain, and I think he will be the one that will be able to motivate the guys. I just appreciate the opportunity to be able to go up there and watch it.”

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