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Rob Manfred sent all MLB players interesting gesture of appreciation

Rob Manfred at a press conference

Rob Manfred is definitely trying to reverse his reputation as The Grinch of Major League Baseball.

The league commissioner Manfred sent each MLB player an interesting token of appreciation ahead of Opening Day this year — a pair of Bose headphones and a two-paragraph note. Take a look.

Manfred, who is in his eighth season on the job, has taken heat over his handling of everything from the Houston Astros cheating scandal to the recently-concluded MLB lockout that delayed the start of the 2022 season. Even some of the game’s biggest stars have taken public shots at Manfred.

A pair of headphones worth a couple of hundred dollars probably won’t be enough to get Manfred back in the players’ good graces. But it is better than nothing, especially with Manfred’s habit of creating terrible PR for himself.

Photo: Feb 17, 2019; West Palm Beach, FL, USA; MLB commissioner Rob Manfred addresses representatives from the grapefruit league during the annual spring training media day at Hilton in West Palm Beach. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

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