COMMENTARY
Playing nine innings while realizing that in normal times, the Red Sox would already be more than a quarter of the way through their schedule …
1. Rob Manfred succeeded Bud Selig as commissioner of baseball since January 2015. Can anyone cite an example of something he has done in his five years in charge that suggests he understands why fans love the sport? Can anyone cite a clue that he likes the sport himself, beyond using it as a tool to make rich men richer? Because from what I can see, everything — everything — he does suggests a total lack of understanding about why people care about baseball.