David Bote stood in front of his locker wearing a shirt that said "El Mago" and depicted Javy Baez deploying his patented "Swim Move" slide on a catcher at home plate.
This was roughly 40 minutes after Bote made a game-saving play Friday afternoon when he fielded a high chopper and threw out Padres infielder Cory Spangenberg at home plate.
Yet Bote — who is a fantastic story in his own right this season — spent more than half of his four-minute session with media talking about Baez and how incredible it is to watch his teammate.