SFGATE columnist Dave Tobener says San Francisco Giants chairman Greg Johnson's answer to a luxury tax question was incredibly tone-deaf.
Never in a million years would I have thought the first few weeks of the Giants’ offseason would have me pining for the halcyon days of Larry Baer’s “lightbulbs” comment. Yet here we are. At the introductory press conference Wednesday for new manager Bob Melvin, Giants chairman Greg Johnson was asked by none other than the SFGATE sports editor whether fans should expect Major League Baseball’s competitive balance tax, which is a de facto salary cap, to limit what the team would be able to spend.
What fan wants to hear that the goal of their favorite team is to break even? Is that really the message you want to be sending at the press conference to introduce your new manager, one that you hired in part to try to win back a portion of your rapidly dwindling fan base? Do those fans care whether the Giants’ seemingly endless number of owners make their money back this year? The answer is no. None of them care.
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