BOSTON, MA - DECEMBER 10: Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during the 2019 Major League Baseball Winter Meetings on December 10, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
Fans of the KC Royals probably welcomed this week’s announcement that there will be baseball in 2020. But Commissioner Rob Manfred’s “We’ll play” proclamation meant more than that.
From the outside looking in, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred can seem at times like an affable fellow. He smiles, he speaks well and often says things people want to hear, like his proclamation earlier this week that baseball will be played in 2020.