Moments after announcing the first cancellation of Major League Baseball games due to labor strife in 25 years, and the first in any of the major US sports since 2011, Rob Manfred laughed.
After he “officially canceled” the first two series of the regular season via a prepared statement Tuesday, the MLB commissioner took questions. He pointed to Yahoo’s Hannah Keyser, who noted she had two.
Manfred, after a beat, quipped, “Well, you only get one!”
As Keyser kept speaking, Manfred chuckled at his line, looking across the group of reporters (and thus, toward the broadcast camera) with a smile, as though he expected them to join him.