Day-to-day operations are expected to remain largely the same under the older brother of late Padres owner Peter Seidler.

John Seidler leaned back and shifted his glance upward while appearing to not be looking at anything. He sighed. It had just been pointed out to him that it seemed the situation was clear — that the beloved Padres chairman was being replaced by a man who did not ever want to run a baseball team and under normal circumstances,

In case you missed it today, John Seidler has officially taken over as Padres chairman. Eric Kutsenda, who served as the team’s interim chairman after Peter Seidler’s death, is now a Special Advisor to the Chairman,