About two weeks ago, reporter Ken Rosenthal’s contract was not renewed by MLB Network, the league’s official channel. There was discussion at the time that this move might have been related to some comments Rosenthal had made — at another outlet — about Commissioner Rob Manfred in the summer of 2020.
Whether that’s the reason for the non-renewal of Rosenthal or not — and opinions differ — Rosenthal used his position as a featured national baseball writer at The Athletic to pen this remarkable column yesterday basically calling out ownership and the Commissioner’s office for the lockout.