Manfred Says MLB in Better Position to Reach Broadcast Agreements for 2026-28

Manfred says MLB in better position to reach broadcast agreements for 2026-28

Manfred on State of MLB: Pay Gap Growing, Media Future in Flux

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is heightening his call for systemic change in the sport’s economics.

Rob Manfred: “We Need to Deal With That Issue" in regards to the Pittsburgh Pirates being cheap, useless, and painfully irrelevant

It finally happened. Somebody put MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in front of a mic and asked him the one question every Pittsburgh sports fan has been screaming for years: Why are the Pirates allowed to be this bad for this long? Credit to Pat McAfee, who might be the most famous Yinzer to ever appear on television outside of Mr. Rodgers, for throwing it straight at the commissioner. His question was simple: Why does one of baseball’s proud old fr…

"We Need to Deal with that Issue," Says Rob Manfred in Regard to the Pittsburgh Pirates Being Cheap and Useless

Famous Yinzer and WVU alumnus Pat McAfee broached, with Rob Manfred, the topic of the Pittsburgh Pirates being a total embarrassment: "Pittsburgh is a great sports town and there's a lot of really passionate Pirates fans..They just want to look at the system and think that they have a fair chance to win..We need to deal with that issue" ~ Rob Manfred#ProgrumSummerRoadTrip pic.twitter.com/GLjBUbt9Lv— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) July 14, 2025 “Th…