Having run out of feet in which to shoot itself, Major League Baseball is moving on to vital organs.
Commissioner Rob Manfred’s sudden reversal from last week’s “100 percent” assurance of baseball this year to Monday’s threat to cancel the whole season is a tactic so tone-deaf as to inspire calls for the return of the commissioner who once canceled the World Series over a labor dispute.
“Can we bring Bud Selig back?” Cubs outfielder Steven Souza Jr. tweeted.
“What a JOKE,” tweeted Cubs catcher Willson Contreras.
To be clear, Manfred takes marching orders from MLB owners, so the response Monday to the public stalemate declared over the weekend originates with the billionaire boys club that includes Cardinals owner Bill "the industry isn’t very profitable” DeWitt Jr.