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• Manfred admits concern talks will end in lockout
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged he has concerns that labor negotiations will lead to a lengthy work stoppage....2026
• Pitcher’s crotch-chopping antics are exactly the vulgarities Rob Manfred has courted

What have we here? Has Rob “The Neglectful” Manfred finally established a precedent that was both too long in coming and likely unsustainable given his look-the-other-way track record? As of Thursday, two days after the episode, a report surfaced that MLB will suspend or has suspended Brewers reliever Abner Uribe for three games following on-the-mound......2026
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• A 32 Team Alignment
What’s the point of having an American and National league then? — Steven Deal (@Dealthegame) May 5, 2026 Bud Selig killed the leagues, taking power away from league presidents, mixing the umpires between the two leagues, introducing interleague play, and getting teams to change leagues. Rob Manfred put the final nail in the coffin with […]...2026
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• Why Dodgers owner Mark Walter's 'parity' comments matter with potential MLB lockout looming

MLB owners and commissioner Rob Manfred intend to push for a salary cap...2026
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• MLB’s Opening Day an ugly debacle corrupted by shameless greed

Reader Keith Marston is a gracious man, willing to provide even Rob Manfred with a silver-lined cloud to hide behind. Sure, he realizes that baseball’s Opening Day game — an interleague night game, Yanks-Giants from the West Coast hidden to the nation behind a highest-bidder Netflix paywall, is now an ugly historical fact that won’t,......2026
• WBC's success may lead to midseason tourney
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says the continued growth and success of the World Baseball Classic could lead to a midseason competition in the future....2026

• Pitcher’s crotch-chopping antics are exactly the vulgarities Rob Manfred has courted
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic make All-Star Game

Your 2025 Kansas City Royals All-Stars | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Maikel Garcia and Carlos Estévez snubbed Two Royals were named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters, which were revealed this afternoon. Unsurprisingly, Bobby Witt Jr. made hit second All-Star Game. What more can be said about the Royals franchise star? He’s off to a “slower” start than last year at .292/.344/.493 ...2025
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• MLB ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson to be lifted

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The hit king and baseball pariah could be eligible for Hall of Fame induction. On Tuesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated deceased players Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson from he permanently ineligible list, paving the way for them to be possibly inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Manfred’s reasoning was that the bans were meant to b...2025
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• Rob Manfred concedes that inning requirements for starters won't solve problems, but he has another idea

The MLB commissioner wants to increase the use of starting pitchers without seeing injuries skyrocket...2024
• Is the Golden At-Bat coming soon to baseball?

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Imagine having the choice to see Ronald Acuña Jr. having the bat in his hands for every big late at-bat with the game on the line. Sounds like a golden idea, right? Maybe, maybe not! By now, I’d imagine that you’ve all heard about or read Jayson Stark’s article over on The Athletic about the “buzz” surrounding the idea that Major League Baseball may ad...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta calls up Andruw Jones

Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Braves record 11 hits off Jeff Tesreau and beat the Giants 7-3. Bill James is the winner while Joe Connolly finishes a triple shy of a cycle. 1971 - The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the A’s. 1982 - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres and move back within 1.5 games of first place Los Angeles in the NL West standi...2024
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• Ex-Mets GM Eppler suspended for faking injuries

Former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler was suspended through the 2024 World Series on Friday by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who concluded he directed the team to fabricate injuries to create open roster spots....2024
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• Kansas City’s pitching development is changing - is it enough?
Jun 4, 2023; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brady Singer (51) on the mound during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Kauffman Stadium. | William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Reclaiming the currency of baseball. “Some of it’s a little bit different. Some of it’s the same.” That was Zack Greinke’s response—delivered in his trademark laconic, unhur...2023
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• MLB, Rob Manfred deny Phillies' request to allow Bryce Harper extra time to put on elbow brace on the bases

MLB says it will 'not make exceptions' when it comes to the new pitch clock rules...2023
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• Trevor Bauer To Sign With NPB’s Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Free-agent right-hander Trevor Bauer has agreed to a one-year, $4MM deal with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, as first reported by Japan’s Sankei Sports (Twitter link). Bauer had previously been suspended for 324 games under MLB’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. Back in December, commissioner Rob Manfred…...2023
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• Brewers' David Denson Hopes Coming Out Paves Way to Achieving MLB Dream
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Yogi Berra, MLB Icon and War Hero, Was One of Sports' Most Unforgettable
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"Yankees and Mets in the same division? How Rob Manfred envisions MLB realignment post-expansion"

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"MLB commissioner Rob Manfred defends decision to reinstate Pete Rose, others: 'A ban on working in the game'"

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"Former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler was suspended through the 2024 World Series on Friday by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who concluded he directed the team to fabricate injuries to create open roster spots."

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"MLB has extended commissioner Rob Manfred through January 2029, which puts him in line to guide the owners through another round of collective bargaining."

2022
"Rob Manfred: He doesn't hate baseball; he wants to save it"

2021
"Seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings with runners on second are likely to be dropped by MLB after this season, commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday."

2020
"Pete Rose is again asking commissioner Rob Manfred to take him off the league's ineligible list, citing his lack of punishment for Astros players in the sign-stealing scandal."

2019
"Commissioner Rob Manfred is now threatening to walk away completely if…"

2018
"Major League Baseball will implement new pace of play rules for the 2018 season, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Monday, but there will be no pitch clock this season."

2017
"Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series."

2016
"Major League Baseball hopes to play its first regular-season games in London in 2017, Commissioner Rob Manfred said in an interview with The Associated Press."

2015
"MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says he has received a formal request from Pete Rose asking that his lifetime ban be lifted and that he will consider the all-time hits leader's request."

2014
"Rob Manfred has been given a five-year term as baseball commissioner when he succeeds Bud Selig in two months."

• Why Dodgers owner Mark Walter's 'parity' comments matter with potential MLB lockout looming
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• Passan on the Salary Cap
Jeff Passan at ESPN writes a good discussion of the salary cap issue that MLB and the MLBPA will likely deal with in the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiation. One way out, he finds, is through better television revenue sharing, something I’ve wanted for years: For years, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has dreamed of […]...2026
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• DeSantis, Manfred support Rays' Tampa stadium
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday voiced support for a proposed new stadium for the Rays in Tampa, but few specifics were offered, including cost or timeline....2026
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2425: The Manfred Mantra

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a breakup of baseball lookalikes, minor league free agent draft eligibility, and more players who unretired after becoming coaches, then break down the latest baseball broadcasting developments, Rob Manfred’s recent comments (about his priorities and future, an offseason signing deadline, and regular-season structure), Tarik Skubal’s historic a...2026
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• Tony Clark issues forceful response to Rob Manfred about free-agent signing deadline

During a Thursday afternoon appearance on New York sports radio station WFAN, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred once again suggested the league could benefit...2026
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• MLB ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson to be lifted
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• A century of exile concludes: Shoeless Joe Jackson finally has a chance for immortality

Say it’s so, Joe! MLB finally lifts lifetime ban for Jackson and others. | PhotoQuest/Getty Images MLB ends ban, Hall of Fame door opens for members of 1919 Black Sox In a stunning reversal of decades-long policy, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced today a sweeping decision to remove deceased players, including the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, from the permanently ...2025
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• What happens if ESPN opts out of its TV deal with MLB?

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Worldwide Leader has broadcast MLB games since 1990. ESPN will be entering its 36th season of broadcasting Sunday Night Baseball and Tuesday announced that Karl Ravech, David Cone, Eduardo Perez and Buster Olney will be its SNB broadcast announcing team. They’ll be entering their fourth season as SNB announcers. But next month, ESPN can opt out of t...2025
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• Manfred: Fans concerned over no MLB salary cap
Rob Manfred says he is getting emails from fans concerned over MLB's lack of a salary cap following an offseason spending spree by the Dodgers....2025
• MLB free agency is so broken a salary cap would actually help

The MLBPA has resisted a salary cap for ages, but it may be what the sport needs the most. Baseball’s offseason has been about as cold as much of the country finds itself this month. While NBA and NFL fans are overloaded with news of signings at the advent of their free agent seasons, the MLB off-season has moved at a glacial pace. With a month to go before spring training, 14 teams have doled ou...2025
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic make All-Star Game
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• What happens if ESPN opts out of its TV deal with MLB?
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• The Savannah Bananas are must-see baseball

Al Yellon Well, it’s sort of baseball. And all great fun! MESA, Arizona — This isn’t a recap of the Savannah Bananas game Saturday night at Sloan Park. That’s because the score of the game isn’t really the point, although if I recall correctly, the Bananas “arch-rival” Party Animals scored 16 runs in the first eight innings and the Bananas had four. Or five, I didn’t keep score because... ...2025
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• What the Dodgers are doing is great for them. It might not be great for baseball’s future.

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images And some thoughts about the Cubs, too. Late Thursday, Jeff Passan posted this 3,000-word epic that’s mostly about the Dodgers’ pursuit of Roki Sasaki. It’s worth reading for that alone, but Passan also touches on whether what the Dodgers are doing is good for the sport, and adds a few things about the Cubs and comments made over t...2025
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• A few more clues about where Roki Sasaki might sign

Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images It’s January and he’ll be on a MLB team by the end of this month. Earlier this week, I posted this article with some information about Roki Sasaki’s process for deciding which MLB team he will choose later this month. Now, thanks to Pete Abraham’s Sunday notes column in the Boston Globe, we have a bit more information. In i...2025
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• MLB owners appear likely to push for a salary cap again

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The next labor negotiation in baseball will be ugly. We still have two more MLB seasons before the current collective-bargaining agreement between owners and players expires Dec. 1, 2026. Enjoy them, because per this article by Evan Drellich in The Athletic, team owners seem likely to push for a salary cap in the negotiations that will follow ...2024
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• Is the Golden At-Bat coming soon to baseball?
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• MLB will test the ball-and-strike challenge system in Spring Training

MLB Network To which I say, “Hallelujah!” Major League Baseball has had home run reviews since late 2008. It’s had replay review for most plays in the field since 2014. And a ball-and-strike challenge system has been in place in several minor leagues over the past three seasons. Now, as reported by R.J. Anderson, Commissioner Rob Manfred says the challenge system for ball-and-strike calls ...2024
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• Should Major Leaguers play in the 2028 L.A. Olympics?

Salvador Perez having a blast representing his country in the World Baseball Classic. | Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports If baseball returns to the Olympics in 2028, should MLB players participate? Quick—name your favorite moment in Olympic baseball history! Yeah, I didn’t think so. I don’t have one, either. Okay, maybe that’s not fair—maybe some of you have a favorite Olympic baseball moment....2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta calls up Andruw Jones
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• Commissioner’s Office Considering Petition To Remove Pete Rose From Ineligible List
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition filed by the family of Pete Rose to have Rose posthumously reinstated from the ineligible list, according to a report from Don Van Natta Jr. of ESPN. Rose passed away in September at the age of 83, and Van Natta notes that the petition was filed on…...2025
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• Sources: Manfred reviewing bid to reinstate Rose
Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition filed by Pete Rose's family filed on Jan. 8 to have MLB's all-time hit leader posthumously removed from baseball's ineligible list, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN Saturday....2025
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• Is the Golden At-Bat coming soon to baseball?
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• Could baseball experiment with a “Golden At-Bat”?

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Could you send your best hitter up when he’s most needed? In Game 5 of the series-deciding ALDS against the Yankees, the Royals had their backs up against the wall in the seventh inning. Down 3-1, Tommy Pham smacked a two-out single to give the Royals some hope at a comeback against a tiring Gerrit Cole. Unfortunately they had their #8 hitter, Kyle Isbe...2024
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• Should Major Leaguers play in the 2028 L.A. Olympics?
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• There is no such thing as a good owner

Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman prior to a game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Last June, the Oakland Athletics were in the midst of yet another terrible season. With an Opening Day payroll of under $57 million, they were dead last in spending—the third time in the past six years that they were last or second to last in total pay...2024
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• Another update on the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas situation

Fans at the Oakland Coliseum in September 2022 | Al Yellon Just when you thought it couldn’t get messier, it has. Gonna say this right now, off the top, so we’re all on the same page: If this topic doesn’t interest you, go pass it on by and click on some other BCB article. I think the issues surrounding the Oakland Athletics’ proposed move to Las Vegas are important for the entire future o...2024
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• Report: MLB Can Make Orioles Relinquish Nationals’ TV Rights As Condition Of Sale
The Angelos family has a deal in place to sell the Orioles to a group led by David Rubenstein, though that deal still needs to be approved by the league. Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke to the media today about various topics including that sale. Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun relayed some of those comments…...2024
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• Rob Manfred says league will discuss playoff format

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Rob Manfred said that the league will discuss MLB’s playoff format, however there doesn’t appear to be much momentum to change it. For the second year in a row, there has been a lot of discussion over Major League Baseball’s playoff format. The league shifted to a 12-team system in their latest CBA and many have expressed concern that it doesn’t do eno...2023
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• A few thoughts about MLB’s same-city rivalries
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Too many games? Too few? You make the call. Last week, I wrote about the fights I saw at the Cubs/White Sox game Wednesday, July 26 on the South Side. One conclusion I drew from that: Lastly, from time to time the subject of MLB realignment brings up the possibility that the Cubs and White Sox could be placed in the same division, and thus perhaps play a ...2023
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• Rose uses Astros saga to ask for reinstatement
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• Rose sends formal appeal to MLB commish
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended for five games during the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Rob Manfred 'not confident' there will be a 2020 MLB season, says it's 'just a disaster for our game'
After the latest exchange of proposals, the MLB commissioner is expressing doubt about a season being played...2020
• Red Sox Fire Alex Cora
The Red Sox announced Tuesday evening that manager Alex Cora will not return as their manager in 2020. The news comes one day after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the results of his investigation into the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, wherein Cora was revealed to be one of the architects of Houston’s trash-can system. The Red…...2020
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• 3 Opening Day games to be played on first Sunday
Opening Day 2016 will feature a combined seven national ESPN telecasts -- three on Sunday, April 3, and four on Monday, April 4 -- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday at the end of Major League Baseball's quarterly Owners Meetings in Dallas....2015
• 3 Opening Day games to be played on first Sunday
Opening Day 2016 will feature a combined seven national ESPN telecasts -- three on Sunday, April 3, and four on Monday, April 4 -- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday at the end of Major League Baseball's quarterly Owners Meetings in Dallas....2015

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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• MLB commissioner Rob Manfred teases possible schedule change for the next World Baseball Classic

The timing of the WBC has caused issues, particularly with pitchers who are not yet stretched out in March...2026
• MLB Has Had Internal Conversations About In-Season Tournament
Major League Baseball has had conversations about what would be radical changes to the schedule. Commissioner Rob Manfred made an appearance on New York’s WFAN with Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle and identified two possibilities that the league has discussed. “We’ve talked about split seasons. We’ve talked about in-season tournaments,” Manfred said. “We do understand̷...2026
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• Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic make All-Star Game
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• MLB commissioner Rob Manfred pushes Rays owner Stu Sternberg to reveal plans for team's future

The Rays will play their 2025 home games at a spring training park and their longterm future in Tampa is uncertain...2025
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• What happens if ESPN opts out of its TV deal with MLB?
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• MLB uniforms will look better this year after Nike addresses player complaints

Photo illustration: Mike Bojanowski Eventually, they’ll completely revert to the pre-2024 style. The photo illustration above is just one part of the uniform fiasco Nike put forth for MLB players in 2024. The Shōta Imanaga jersey at the left was the one he wore for his introductory news conference in January 2024, before the new Nike style debuted. The onel on the right, with the smaller n...2025
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• Manfred: Dodgers Aren’t Ruining Baseball
Major League Baseball’s 30 owners and commissioner Rob Manfred are having some scheduled meetings in Florida this week. One item on the agenda was approving John Seidler as the Padres’ control person, which MLBTR covered earlier. There are plenty of other issues going on around baseball, which Manfred discussed with Evan Drellich of The Athletic…...2025
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• The Savannah Bananas are must-see baseball
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• MLB free agency is so broken a salary cap would actually help
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• A few more clues about where Roki Sasaki might sign
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• MLB’s Opening Day an ugly debacle corrupted by shameless greed
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• MLB ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson to be lifted
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• A century of exile concludes: Shoeless Joe Jackson finally has a chance for immortality
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• Is the Golden At-Bat coming soon to baseball?
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• There is no such thing as a good owner
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• Manfred eyes 'short' time for Ohtani investigation

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday the league is committed to its investigation of the scandal surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, and hopes it will take a "short" time to resolve....2024
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• You are Commish for a day - what do you change?

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Fix the game for us. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced recently that he is stepping down...when his term expires in 2029. There is speculation on who might replace him, with former Red Sox and Cubs executive Theo Epstein a popular choice, but the most likely selection is some executive - probably a lawyer - already in the MLB office wh...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rejoice, baseball fans, we now have an idea of when the Manfred era will end. If we’re being honest, the role of MLB Commissioner is not an enviable one. The job, by its very nature, is inclined to create ire among fans, as the person in charge is trying to appease fans, players, but mostly owners, and the goals of those three groups rarely...2024
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• Another update on the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas situation
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• A few thoughts about MLB’s same-city rivalries
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