Ever since he took over as MLB commissioner in 2015, Rob Manfred has demonstrated an absolute hatred for the game of baseball.
He’ll let a World Series champion get away with an unprecedented cheating scandal. He’ll push for unpopular rule changes. He’ll operate in bad faith with the players union. And, of course, he’ll oversee a system that takes advantage of minor-league players in order to line the pockets of his employers: the owners.
But it remains astounding how Manfred can make objectively false statements about baseball while believing his own lies. That happened during Tuesday’s media availability at the MLB All-Star Game when Manfred — who makes $17.5 million per year — was asked about the unlivable wages minor leaguers take in a year.
