Rob Manfred
Rob Manfred
Robert D. Manfred Jr.is an American lawyer and business executive who is the tenth and current Commissioner of Baseball. He previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball and succeeded Bud Selig as Commissioner on January 25, 2015...
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We are disappointed obviously that the union decided today to set a strike date. Our hope had been that we could get an agreement with the players without the players taking this step that causes such concern to so many of our fans. Our disappointment is magnified by the fact that as a result of compromises by both sides we made substantial progress towards a new agreement over the past weeks. A number of important issues have been resolved and we are close on many others.
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Mr. Wells' statement that the discipline was delayed is pure fiction. With respect to the larger issue of steroids, Mr. Wells is obviously unaware that commissioner Selig has proposed a tougher steroid policy for the industry and that such a policy can be imposed only through collective bargaining.
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For us to make a deal, there has to be a luxury tax in it.
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Given the number of people involved in the organization, from the minor-league system through the major leagues, we don't feel their numbers are suggestive of anything. The sample is too small. Any real conclusion is unfair.
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Because of the nature of our travel and the makeup of our employees, it has never been an issue that we had to centrally regulate, ... The clubs have been close enough as to what they require of the players.
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If you compress payroll, lessen payroll disparity, have a little restraint at the top, give more at the bottom,
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In all candor, I think the agreement has probably been showing positive trends sooner than we might have expected. It looks like it's working.
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The umpires selected to work the World Baseball Classic are longtime professionals, three of them were members of our full-time staff and many have extensive experience at the Major League level.
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We are awaiting a formal response from the union. We expect that in the very near future.
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We have our regular crews. If somebody gets injured and they're unwilling to work, we'll find somebody willing to work.
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David Wells has once again created a distraction with a series of ill-informed and ill-conceived comments,
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The minor league program has been very effective at getting us to very low positive rates in the minor leagues,
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With respect to the appeal process for on-field discipline, that process was negotiated in collective bargaining and has served the industry well for decades, ... Mr. Wells' dissatisfaction with his appeal says more about his poor behavior than it does about the quality of the appeal process.
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We like to keep them fairly low-keyed. You're not going to see a lot of publicity.