SAN FRANCISCO -- Mike Tauchman's Monday evening got off to a rocky start.
He struck out three times in an extra-inning loss for Triple-A Albuquerque in Fresno before getting pulled aside by manager Glenallen Hill. The skipper had a message that was about to make Tauchman's night a lot better.
"He goes, 'If you do that tomorrow in the big leagues, I'm going to be mad at you,'" Tauchman said. "I kind of just looked at him and he's like, 'Yeah, man.' I said, 'Are you serious right now?' He kind of slid it right in there, but that's his personality.