Let’s go back to October 31, 2019. Jayce Tingler was introduced as the 21st Padres manager in franchise history at Petco Park. I, like many fans, had a much different reaction to Tingler compared to Melvin after their respective introductory press conferences at Petco Park.
Here were a couple of the responses to this Tingler hiring post:
That was a couple of examples of how Padres fans reacted to the Tingler deal. His press conference wasn’t much better. The headline of the introductory presser for me was this line:
“I may not be perfect,” Tingler said regarding his lack of experience.