He laughed. Who laughs at a funeral? While Major League Baseball burned, Commissioner Rob Manfred stood at a lectern Tuesday in Florida, with the cameras rolling and the part of America that still cared watching, and chuckled as he announced the death of opening day.
“I am going to cancel some regular-season games,” Manfred said. “We worked hard to avoid an outcome that was bad for our fans, bad for our players and bad for our clubs.”
Really? Because according to a 2019 report in The Athletic, MLB clubs reportedly passed around a $20 WWE-style championship belt to the team that suppressed the most salaries in arbitration.