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What's next for baseball? Fallout from Rob Manfred's incendiary negotiating tactics will be felt for years

History may remember June 15, 2020, as the day a baseball season came crumbling down. It may also remember Monday for something even more surprising — it was the day that many baseball fans started to miss their old punching bag, Bud Selig.

Rob Manfred, MLB’s current commish, went on TV and said he’s not 100 percent certain there will be a baseball season in 2020 after all, reversing course in less than a week and trying to undermine the players union’s declaration of, “It’s time to get back to work. Tell us when and where.