Pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training camps next week, but there’s almost no chance of that happening on time. Major League Baseball is in a lockout, and there’s been virtually no progress in talks to bring an end to the work stoppage.
Understandably, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is taking much of the blame from players and fans. Since taking over as commissioner in 2015, Manfred has botched the sport’s biggest cheating scandal in a century and has operated as someone who just despises baseball.
Manfred has remained awfully quiet throughout the lockout, but that’s about to change. Manfred is scheduled to address the media on Thursday, and he’s almost certain to stumble through answers and make things worse — it’s what he does.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is scheduled to address the media on Thursday, via multiple sources. pic.twitter.com/4ZxNB9nu5N
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 9, 2022
MLB fans treated the news of the upcoming press conference as an opportunity to crush Manfred. And honestly, you can’t blame them.