Readers of the Chronicle were mostly positive about the San Francisco Giants hiring former University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as their new manager.

Scrub walk-on’ turned opportunity of a lifetime into an unprecedented leap from Tennessee’s head coach to the Giants’ new manager.

"I think it's a great move," Pat Murphy said. "I think Buster Posey is trying to get it right and not just following normal patterns."

San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello has a pre-existing relationship with a Major League star that could be a trump card in signing him this offseason.

Former Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello was hired by San Francisco to fill its vacant managerial position in MLB on Oct. 22. Vitello joins Dick Howser as a college baseball head coach in going directly to MLB as a manager.