Rob Manfred Work Quotations

We have our regular crews. If somebody gets injured and they're unwilling to work, we'll find somebody willing to work.

We've worked very hard on our relationship with the players association. The economics of the sport are strong and the current agreement has worked very well. Those three things are good reason to be optimistic we can get a new agreement without a dispute.

The umpires selected to work the World Baseball Classic are longtime professionals, three of them were members of our full-time staff and many have extensive experience at the Major League level.