On a night when the national anthem kneeling of a selection of Giants drew the Twitter ire of the president, the team made history as Alyssa Nakken become the first woman to coach in an on-field capacity. Nakken, who joined manager Gabe Kapler's staff in January and who has been with the club since 2014, took over at first base in the top of the eighth.
Giants sage Hunter Pence tweeted his support for the rookie coach:
"Congratulations on making history," Pence wrote.
Kapler offered the following explanation for giving Nakken a shot on the field.
And for those so inclined, here's the president responding to Kapler and an assortment of his players opting to kneel for the anthem.
The game WAS over as this Tweet was fired off a good eight hours after the exhibition, which ended 6-2, Giants, had wrapped.
