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MLB’s new playoff format has faced some criticism after none of the regular season’s best teams made it to the League Championship Series, but commissioner Rob Manfred is calling for patience. Manfred responded to some recent criticisms …
Rob Manfred may not be particularly popular among MLB fans, but the owners are certainly happy with the job he is doing. Manfred is facing a re-election vote as commissioner next week and is expected to easily receive the necessary support, according …
In general, it is standard operating procedure for fans to boo the league commissioner at the annual draft. The fans in Seattle, however, went a little bit harder than most when it came to booing Rob Manfred. Manfred took on the customary role of …
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred responded on Friday to criticism over some comments he made about Oakland Athletics fans following their reverse boycott of the team’s impending move to Las Vegas. Manfred was asked if he wanted to offer any …
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred had a fairly harsh assessment of Oakland A’s fans’ reverse boycott of Tuesday’s game. With the A’s on the verge of a move to Las Vegas, Oakland fans staged a protest at Tuesday’s game by …
Major League Baseball is extremely serious about enforcing their new pace-of-play rules this season, as Bryce Harper is quickly learning. The Philadelphia Phillies slugger Harper, who just returned to their lineup after undergoing Tommy John surgery …
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred called for a significant change to MLB player contracts, albeit one that will be a non-starter to the MLBPA. Speaking at the Sports Business Journal’s World Congress of Sports conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, …
Major League Baseball fans have long been frustrated with the league’s policy on blacking out games in local markets, but that issue may soon become a thing of the past. MLB announced this week that it has hired longtime regional sports network …
Major League Baseball has denied that any so-called “juiced balls” were still in circulation during the 2022 season, and the league seems to have gone to great lengths to prevent anyone from concluding otherwise. Meredith Wills, the …
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred hinted Saturday that a significant rule change that was meant to be temporary may become permanent going forward. In an interview with Christopher Russo of Mad Dog Radio, Manfred suggested that the so-called extra innings …
Many MLB fans were once again upset over the uniforms at the All-Star Game on Tuesday night, but commissioner Rob Manfred remains quite pleased with the change. For the second consecutive year, players wore uniforms that were specific to the All-Star …
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has been open about many of the changes he thinks the league should make in the coming years, and one of them could significantly change the landscape of the sport. There have been 30 MLB teams since the …
MLB has been making efforts to improve the game, and they are working on one significant tactic to improve things. In a feature story written by ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. published Wednesday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred covered a plethora of …
Choosing a criticism of Rob Manfred is like choosing from an all-you-can-eat buffet. But it turns out Manfred has one specific criticism he really hates. In a feature written about him this week by ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr., the embattled MLB …
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 …
In some ways, the MLB lockout was the culmination of player criticism of commissioner Rob Manfred. Manfred has often been an unpopular figure among players, many of whom have said so publicly. Speaking to the media after ratifying the league’s …
