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Manfred on shut down talk: ‘We are playing’

CHICAGO - - One day after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told player association director Tony Clark that the season may need to be shut down if COVID-19 cases within in the sport continue to spike, he reaffirmed that, "we are playing" in 2020.

Manfred told Karl Ravech of ESPN, "We are playing. The players need to be better, but I am not a quitter in general and there is no reason to quit now. We have had to be fluid, but it is manageable.