Time to fire Manfred

[jacksonianmarch]

The commissioner, Rob Manfred, was not a fan favorite prior to this offseason. He’s the face of the current CBA where the Lux tax limit has been treated like a real cap for third time offenders, essentially pulling big markets out of the market for big name FAs. The fact that Harper and Machado ended up in small markets was the worst thing for the MLB. But this was collectively bargained and they can change it for 22.

 

Manfred has been the face of declining viewership and has done nothing to push the game to the younger generation. The best player in the game isn’t marketed at all. The second best player wasn’t marketed at all either (Betts). The individual markets were handling marketing themselves, but MLB push marketing doesn’t exist. Also, the MLB regulates their highlights to the point where you need to pay for them. Bauer has a great comment on this comparing the NBA (where a LeBron James bounce pass assist is viral within 10 seconds) to the MLB (without paying, you cannot see any Mike Trout highlights). Instead, Manfred thinks the length of the game is the issue. If you love baseball, you don’t care how long it is. If you cared about the younger generation, the games would be on when kids are awake. But no, now we have to regulate mound visits (which were necessary due to cheating) and batter limits for pitchers.

 

But this year’s handling of the Astros crisis is the war cry for a new commish. The players got full immunity, which makes some sense to avoid fighting the union, but was actually demonized by the players themselves. Then the commish calls the WS trophy a “piece of metal” thereby diminishing the spoils for winning a title. The commish just diminished his own title trophy. That’s insane. The time has come

[Jasonbay44]

He really is horrible. He and Goodell are two of the worst commissioners of all time.

[Slasher9]

the MLBPA would not allow the players to face punishment. Manfred's hands were tied.

[notin]

The commissioner, Rob Manfred, was not a fan favorite prior to this offseason. He’s the face of the current CBA where the Lux tax limit has been treated like a real cap for third time offenders, essentially pulling big markets out of the market for big name FAs.The fact that Harper and Machado ended up in small markets was the worst thing for the MLB. But this was collectively bargained and they can change it for 22.

 

Manfred has been the face of declining viewership and has done nothing to push the game to the younger generation. The best player in the game isn’t marketed at all. The second best player wasn’t marketed at all either (Betts). The individual markets were handling marketing themselves, but MLB push marketing doesn’t exist. Also, the MLB regulates their highlights to the point where you need to pay for them. Bauer has a great comment on this comparing the NBA (where a LeBron James bounce pass assist is viral within 10 seconds) to the MLB (without paying, you cannot see any Mike Trout highlights). Instead, Manfred thinks the length of the game is the issue. If you love baseball, you don’t care how long it is. If you cared about the younger generation, the games would be on when kids are awake. But no, now we have to regulate mound visits (which were necessary due to cheating) and batter limits for pitchers.

 

But this year’s handling of the Astros crisis is the war cry for a new commish. The players got full immunity, which makes some sense to avoid fighting the union, but was actually demonized by the players themselves. Then the commish calls the WS trophy a “piece of metal” thereby diminishing the spoils for winning a title. The commish just diminished his own title trophy. That’s insane. The time has come

 

Philadephia is a small market?

 

Forbes says they have the third richest TV deal in MLB, behind only the Yankees and Dodgers...

[a700hitter]

He really is horrible. He and Goodell are two of the worst commissioners of all time.

Where the heck is the Like button!!

 

It's 2020, can't we get a like button and a vomit emoji. It's time to modernize.

[notin]

Is he really worse than Selig?

 

It's one thing to be Commissioner at a time when a complex scandal hits, but at least he did not do anything as phenomenally stupid as make the All Star game have post-season implications. In fact, to Manfred's credit, he fixed that...

[notin]

Where the heck is the Like button!!

 

It's 2020, can't we get a like button and a vomit emoji. It's time to modernize.

 

Can we use :0====>* for vomiting?

[a700hitter]

Can we use :0====>* for vomiting?

Should I go on Ebay and buy a classic version of Pong?

[Slasher9]

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[mvp 78]

Manfred is pretty damn horrible. Selig was arguably worse IMO. He ignored PEDs. He constantly talked about contraction of various teams. He ruined the All Star game forever. He added gimmicky ******** like interleague play.

 

Honestly, the next commissioner needs to market to a younger audience by reducing game length, changing start times, marketing their stars, paying a living wage to all MiLB players and figuring out how to expand youth baseball.

[mvp 78]

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hell yeah

 

B=====D - - - ___

[notin]

Should I go on Ebay and buy a classic version of Pong?

 

Get me one too!!

[mvp 78]

@JoseCanseco

I am ready to be baseball's next commissioner

[Slasher9]

@JoseCanseco

I am ready to be baseball's next commissioner

 

hahaha. thats pro level troll right there.

[mvp 78]

He couldn't be any worse. At least we'd have a more entertaining game to watch.

[Jasonbay44]

I can’t wait to see the rule changes he’d make.

[notin]

I can’t wait to see the rule changes he’d make.

 

Well, we already know his stance on lettng steroid users into the Hall of Fame. (Very much for it, for those who missed it.)

 

So beyond that, I expect the following rule changes:

 

1. All performance enhancing drugs are now legal. And mandatory.

2. Players are permitted to carry firearms at all times.

3. If a batted ball bounces off a player's head, the batter is out.

[Jasonbay44]

I honestly don’t have a problem with steroid users being in hall of fame. A lot of the league was cheating and most of them would’ve been great anyway. Barry Bonds is best player I’ve ever seen.

[mvp 78]

@byJulianMack

David Ortiz said commissioner Manfred he thinks is receiving too much heat. Said people need to “chillax.”

 

Papi, no!!!!!!

[notin]

I honestly don’t have a problem with steroid users being in hall of fame. A lot of the league was cheating and most of them would’ve been great anyway. Barry Bonds is best player I’ve ever seen.

 

I don't either.

 

The Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to baseball history. The purpose of a historical museum is to preserve history, not to censor it...

[notin]

I honestly don’t have a problem with steroid users being in hall of fame. A lot of the league was cheating and most of them would’ve been great anyway. Barry Bonds is best player I’ve ever seen.

 

And fans argue it's not the same thing, but the Hall admitted Gaylord Perry.

 

Even if you overlook the "degrees of cheating" with Perry, as if such a thing exists, the fact is he openly and arrogantly defied the rules. He even titled his autobiography "The Spitter And Me." How exactly is that not thumbing his nose at the MLB rulebook?

 

If that level of cheating and arrogance is worth immortalizing, I have no issue with Bonds or Clemens or any other steroid user who at least had the decency to lie about what they did...