“I wasn’t asking for this opportunity,” Romo told this news organization Sunday. More than anything, Romo, 40, was just grateful for the chance. I’m like, ‘what the heck happened?’ I think it’s a good time for me to walk away because I always took my time on the mound.” “Sure enough, I throw two balls and the guy’s running to first base. “Then once (Capel) got in the box, the (umpire) goes, like, peace sign. “I did catch myself on the mound, trying to savor the moment a little bit and try to embrace the moment a little bit and then (the home plate umpire) literally put up with one finger and I’m like, ‘Oh, OK, yeah, one more?'” Romo said. San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo #54 pitches for the last time in the seventh inning of their MLB game against the Oakland Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, March 27, 2023. He started to warm up after the fourth inning, then entered the game to a thunderous ovation to start the seventh, with Banda MS’ “El Mechón” blaring over the speakers.įacing Capel, Romo was bitten by baseball’s new time-limit rules, twice, and was down 2-0 before he threw a pitch to begin the at-bat. In the third inning, Romo received a standing ovation as he walked from the Giants’ dugout to the bullpen. “I knew I couldn’t let this opportunity pass.” That’s why a couple of weeks ago when I was sitting on the couch, and they presented me with this opportunity, it didn’t matter how I felt physically, and where I was at physically. “I understand how special these opportunities are. “What an experience, what an experience,” Romo said. Then, one curtain call, and then another, as Romo removed his cap to yet another standing ovation.Ī moment that will never be forgotten 🧡 /fOggzTofLH And before he entered the Giants dugout, he removed his cap and saluted the adoring crowd of over 30,000 at Oracle Park. Romo - as was his custom - didn’t step on the third base line as he left.
San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo #54 is congratulated by former teammate Hunter Pence after pitching for the last time in the seventh inning of their MLB game against the Oakland Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, March 27, 2023.
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Romo then gave the ball to Pence, got a hug from his former Giants teammate, with whom he won two World Series titles, then slowly walked off the mound, ending an unlikely 15-year Major League career.
“And I was like, ‘this dude’s taking me out.’ I’m just barely getting started.” “My first reaction to it was, ‘Who is that coming out?’ Then (Pence) busted one of these ones out, signaling to the bullpen,” Romo said, tapping his right arm with two fingers. It was Hunter Pence, walking out to the mound. He then peered into the San Francisco Giants dugout, and almost couldn’t believe what he was seeing. SAN FRANCISCO – Sergio Romo had just given up an RBI single to Carlos Pérez and was getting ready to face the next Oakland A’s batter.
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