Good morning, baseball fans!
It was reported by Andrew Marchand of the New York Post earlier this week that Ken Rosenthal was being removed from his role as a MLB insider on the MLB network, reportedly due to articles he penned for The Athletic during the summer of 2020, in which Rosenthal was critical of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s handling of the ongoing pandemic.
I guess hurt feelings are the most important part of a global pandemic? But I digress. You can read the article for yourself here.
At the time, and under the radar, it is reported that Rosenthal was quietly benched for said criticism, not appearing on air for three months, though no formal suspension was ever announced.