NEW YORK — Tony Clark was a minor league prospect in the Detroit Tigers’ system and Rob Manfred a junior lawyer on Major League Baseball management’s legal team during the sport’s last work stoppage.
Now, they lead billion-dollar factions of a fractured sport that is headed toward a lockout that would start when the collective bargaining agreement expires at 9:59 p.m. MT Wednesday.
“His voice of being a player resonates with fellow players,” leading player agent Scott Boras said this week of Clark, who leads the players’ union. “That communication branch is a very important part of the union leadership.