Mauricio Dubón may not have all of the natural tools that Bryce Harper possesses or that David Ortiz once had. But in the eyes of Giants manager Gabe Kapler, Dubón plays with a lot of that same emotion, maybe has that same kind of swagger.
So Kapler was making no apologies Thursday after Dubón enthusiastically celebrated a seventh inning home run — his first of the season — in what became a 6-4 Giants loss to the Colorado Rockies on Thursday at Coors Field.
After he hit the 414-foot homer to left off of Rockies starter Kyle Freeland to give the Giants a 3-1 lead, Dubón turned and yelled toward his team’s dugout — perhaps a no-no among baseball purists, especially for rookies.