ESPN published this video item, entitled “Rob Manfred Interview: MLB’s 99-day lockout, rule changes and league’s future | ESPN” – below is their description.
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred sits down with ESPN Investigative Reporter Don Van Natta. In a series of exclusive interviews from May 2022, Manfred talks about cheating scandals, rules changes and his plans to return the game to a crisper form of itself.
0:00 Who won the CBA negotiations?
5:50 Smiling while announcing the cancellation of games during March 1st presser
7:40 “Rob, do you hate baseball?”
15:30 Oversight of cheating scandals
21:16 Biggest mistake he’s made
22:30 Manfred regrets calling the World Series trophy a “piece of metal”
23:20 Potential MLB rule changes
29:20 MLB’s slow pace of play
34:40 Umpiring and the possibility of robo-umps in MLB’s future
38:00 MLB’s evolving relationship with gambling and his willingness to meet with Pete Rose
45:00 Are the game balls different?
48:50 The possibility of MLB expansion
51:25 Is MLB getting a pitch clock?
57:30 Matt Harvey and MLB prescription drug use
58:10 Trevor Bauer’s suspension
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