The Giants have had a handful of off days in San Francisco, but Tony Vitello has been hesitant to show face in his new city. This week, he faced his fear and ended his night out with a fist bump from comedian Dave Chappelle. 

Vitello had been fearful of getting into the city because he’d like to get a few more wins under his belt as the Giants’ new manager. That, he thought, might ease conversations between him and the local baseball fans. 

The Giants went into Tuesday’s series against their rival Los Angeles Dodgers off a three-city trip in which they went 4-5, moving to 9-13 on the year and fourth place in the division.

With Monday’s off day, Vitello decided to get over his fear and went out to a downtown restaurant recommended by a friend. 

“I said, ‘To hell with it, I’ll go to the restaurant,’” Vitello said.

He met Giants fans, who told Vitello how much they believed in the Giants despite the slow start under his watch. 

“So I returned fire and said, ‘Well, what do y’all got? You having fun? ’” Vitello said. “They said, ‘Yeah, we’re getting ready to go to the Dave Chappelle show.’”

Vitello parted ways with the fans and called an Uber home, but had a change of heart. 

“It was raining. I called an Uber, stared at the Uber. Canceled the Uber — apologies to that Uber driver — and asked myself, ‘Why am I being so scared? I coach guys and tell them to not be scared,’” Vitello said. 

After canceling the Uber, Vitello found a ticket into Chappelle’s show at Punch Line near the Embarcadero. 

“Dave was Dave,” Vitello said. “So I needed a laugh, and it was good to do something in the city. It was a lot of fun, met some cool people, and then got some rest to get ready for this deal.”

Vitello got a fist bump from Chappelle to end the night. 

Since becoming manager, Vitello has shown glimpses of his celebrity connections and cultural reference library in his media availability. 

He quoted the Kanye West lyric, “If you try hard, you die hard” after his first managerial win when discussing how hitters were trying too hard at the plate. 

In an interview with MLB Network, Vitello referenced the Catalina Wine Mixer joke from the movie “Step Brothers,” where a mundane event is blown out of proportion, when asked about Matt Chapman getting upset at Casey Schmitt over a defensive miscue that occurred during their series against the San Diego Padres.