ESPN radio host Dan Le Batard pestered MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday with questions about the sale of the Miami Marlins and baseball's treatment of fans in South Florida.
The interview came as many around baseball are upset with the Miami Marlins' offseason. After a group headed by Derek Jeter and billionaire Bruce Sherman bought the team for $1.2 billion, Miami traded away reigning NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton and All-Star outfielder Marcell Ozuna for relatively modest returns. The Marlins' moves, which ownership has deemed necessary for rebuilding, have been widely criticized as shameless cost-cutting by fans, media and even agents—Scott Boras called the organization a "pawn shop.