Good morning, Birdland!
The nightmare scenario is upon us. MLB announced that due to its self-imposed lockout, the first two series of the season will be cancelled. Rob Manfred explained this in a weird press conference in which he made jokes, laughed in front of reporters, and lied a whole bunch. The guy is a disaster as commissioner, and he is completely unaware of it.
It is ridiculous that it has gotten to this point. The lockout started in December, and it took until this past week for substantial talks to take place. Manfred was asked specifically why that happened, and he didn’t have an answer.