Well now, that’s a pretty significant claim I’ve made in the headline to this article, and you are here looking for an explanation and/or proof of this claim. And you shall get one, at least my view of Rob Manfred’s feelings about baseball.
Manfred sat down for a long interview with Evan Drellich of The Athletic, and it’s a good read that gives you some insights into the Commissioner that I haven’t seen before.
There were a couple of things that struck me in the article. First, and this is something I’ve mentioned before, Manfred approaches the game from a “lawyerly,” “transactional” standpoint:
“He was, is, a very accomplished attorney, litigator, advocate,” said one former league executive who worked with Manfred, echoing others.