Speaking to a group of fans Monday at Petco Park, Padres Executive Chairman Ron Fowler shared his frustration over the season that ended a day earlier.
Fowler addressed his disappointment with Wil Myers’ offense and Eric Hosmer’s defense, said “heads will roll, beginning with mine” if the team does not begin to have success in 2020 and apologized profusely for an “embarrassing” 2019.
He did it while sitting on a stool facing those invited to the team’s annual Social Summit, setting off a social media frenzy that characterized the owner as going scorched earth.
In a phone interview later, Fowler said, “I wasn’t spitting fire.