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Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred issued an apology for comments he made denigrating the World Series trophy.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Manfred explained his remark before expressing regret for how he said it.
"In an effort to make a rhetorical point, I referred to the World Series trophy in a disrespectful way," he said. "... It was a mistake to say what I said."
In an interview with ESPN's Karl Ravech earlier this week, Manfred called the Commissioner's Trophy a "piece of metal" when talking about the possibility of stripping the Houston Astros of their 2017 World Series title amid the ongoing fallout from their sign-stealing scandal.