If you listen closely, between the cheers of virtual fans and the dings of tweets announcing another decision to opt out, you can hear it: the sound of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred beginning to blame players for the season’s possible collapse.
On Saturday, as 20% of the league was sidelined in an attempt to combat two separate coronavirus outbreaks, Manfred got to work on his spin rate. He would not cancel the season, he told ESPN. Yet. "The players need to be better,” he added, “But I am not a quitter in general and there is no reason to quit now.