Tag: Manfred baseball civil war

MLB short season skews results
Posted in MLB Analysis MLB owners MLB players

MLB and the perils of a skewed 50-game regular season schedule

MLB will soon exercise its power to impose a regular-season schedule for 2019, widely rumored to be 50-games. A look back at 2019 says foul…

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Rob Manfred giving everyone a headache (USA Today)
Posted in MLB Editorial Yankees 2020 Yankees Commentary

Yankees lead the way as full blown Civil War breaks out among players

The Yankees started it, and it’s looking like MLB players will end it. Rob Manfred, there is a full-blown civil war underway, and only you…

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Rob Manfred giving everyone a headache (USA Today)
Posted in Mets 2020 MLB Editorial

Mets: Commissioner, try telling Pete Alonso it’s only “a piece of metal”

The Mets exist only to lay claim to that “piece of metal,” Rob Manfred’s nonchalant reference to the World Series trophy. They get it, a…

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Don't Rip My Shirt - Jose Altuve (NorthJersey.com)
Posted in Astros Cheating Scandal MLB Editorial

Yankees upping the pressure – Commissioner facing a baseball Civil War

The Yankees are no longer flying solo in their war with the cheating Astros. The pressure is mounting on Manfred to act, to do “what”…

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