Perspective: Nobody in baseball cares deeply enough to save the game from the people who run it
— particularly the 1981 strike that split the season in two and the 1994-95 strike that caused the cancellation of the World Series. It has always proved resilient.
But what was needed here — not just over the past week but over the preceding years — was someone looking out for the sport as a whole, someone who cares deeply about the game itself but is simultaneously clearheaded enough to recognize its tenuous position in the American entertainment landscape. The negotiations are pedantic by nature, and there would never be a deal without people in the weeds.
But Tuesday was Manfred’s darkest day, and not just because he is the face of a management side that seems intent on breaking the union at whatever cost might come. This was a grave day, not just in the course of these negotiations but in the history of the sport. In the big picture, does it matter that Manfred laughed during his question-and-answer session with reporters, which was broadcast live on ESPN? Not really.
But baseball is also an American institution, or at least was one. In a world in which its most loyal fans are dying off and the youngest generation has a bazillion other places to turn, creating a void — a baseball season when there is no baseball — shouldn’t have been an option. Maybe the owners don’t care about the lost games. They should care about a lost sport.
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