ESPN.com · Jun 23, 2023
Rob Manfred: A's protest lags behind 'decade worth of inaction'
LONDON -- Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn't change "a decade worth of inaction" as he defended earlier comments about the "reverse boycott" held in protest of the team's proposed move to Las Vegas.
Manfred said he was taken out of context when he sarcastically praised the 27,759 fans for amounting to "almost an average Major League Baseball crowd" for a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on June 13 at the Coliseum.