Reds GM Nick Krall denies this, and his time with Washington goes back to 2002, when Krall was an intern with the A’s. But it was the Giants who finally extended a baseball lifeline to Washington, and it was Giants bench coach Jayce Tingler, who worked with the Texas Rangers when Washington was the team’s manager, who extended the invite because of Washington’s knowledge of tendencies, traits and characteristics, both on the field and off.
