NEW YORK (AP) -- New baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred understands why the Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins did not interview any minority candidates when they hired new managers this month.
Speaking at a news conference Thursday after his first owners' meeting as the sport's head, Manfred said ''if a club has an internal candidate that they're so sure about that they're willing to forego the opportunity to interview anyone, forcing people through an interview process doesn't really make a lot of sense.''
Milwaukee replaced Ron Roenicke with Craig Counsell and Miami general manager Dan Jennings took over from Mike Redmond.