New Giants manager Gabe Kapler talked and talked and talked some more.
For more than an hour — including a near-20-minute introductory statement — he filled the air with platitudes, empty rhetoric, excuses, and self-help mumbo-jumbo, living up to his reputation as a wannabe baseball Tony Robbins.
Ultimately, despite all that talking, we learned almost nothing from Kapler’s introductory press conference — save for the fact that he did himself few, if any, favors with an incredulous fan base with his performance.
While the die-hards who were against this hire Tuesday were never likely to change their minds on Kapler based on a press conference, they’re certainly not going to give him the benefit of the doubt now.