As we posted last night, the Atlanta Braves have been granted the 2020 All-Star Game. Today the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s story on it all contains a humdinger of a quote from Commissioner Rob Manfred on the matter:
“You want to be in a situation where you know in 2021 who is going to be here, who’s going to be running the club . . . There is no better-managed organization in baseball than the Braves. It’s been true for a very long time, and it makes it a lot easier for us to give them an event.