We are barely a day into the MLB’s lockout which went into effect after the CBA expired at midnight Thursday. Both sides addressed the media this morning with commissioner Rob Manfred trying to portray the lockout as a necessary step. Manfred began his discussion by saying that all 30 owners supported the decision to enact the lockout.
“We took this action with the support of all 30 clubs,” Rob Manfred says opening his press conference explaining MLB’s lockout.
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Manfred, in recent days, has referred to a lockout as a defensive mechanism that the owners were forced to put in place by the MLBPA’s actions.