How Blue Jays sensation Davis Schneider ended up with his old-school glove

While Toronto Blue Jays infielder Davis Schneider made his mark in his major-league debut series with his bat, his fielding glove was making waves off the field.

Before Sunday's game against the Boston Red Sox, Sportsnet's Hazel Mae shared that Schneider found his old-school Mizuno glove in the lost-and-found at the facility where he spends the off-seasons coaching and training — before asking the 24-year-old rookie to share the story himself after Toronto completed the sweep.

"The place where I gave lessons at and train at in the off-season, it was in the lost-and-found for about a year-and-a-half," Schneider, a New Jersey native, said. "No one got it, and it looked cool, and it looked old, and I was like, 'alright, I'm just gonna use it for now.'"

If Schneider's first weekend in the majors wasn't storybook enough, it turns out his glove has a connection to the current Blue Jays coaching staff.

Mae shared late Sunday that the glove actually belonged to former MLB player, coach and manager John "Vuk" Vukovich, whose son Vince, coincidentally, was Toronto manager John Schneider's roommate and teammate at Delaware. The glove has the letters 'VUK' on it.

Vince jokingly texted the Blue Jays' skipper upon seeing the tweet, "I've been looking for this. Tell Davis I want it back!"

The elder Vukovich played in parts of 10 MLB seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds. He also served nine career games as manager of the Phillies and Chicago Cubs.

An immediate difference-maker through his debut series with Toronto, Davis Schneider became the first player in MLB history to rack up nine hits with two home runs through their first three games.

In total, the former 28th-round pick went 9-for-15 while working one walk to start his career.

With the bat stealing the headlines, Schneider and his unique glove also did their job defensively, making all six plays hit his way this weekend.