Robert D. Manfred, Jr. was elected as the 10th Commissioner in the history of Major League Baseball on August 14, 2014 by vote of the 30 Major League Clubs. Minor League Baseball President Pat OConner said last October that MLB was treating his group like a union in other words, with an aggressive, bottom-line fixation. With the All Star Game set to take place in Atlanta, the political left spread misinformation through the media in an attempt to exert their political influence. The fact that, you know, I dont wear an I love baseball tattoo on my forehead doesnt mean that I dont love the game. Just last week, a general manager publicly questioned Manfreds leadership. Yet the image of a commissioner untethered and righteous and able to take on the owners has long persisted, the sort of aspirational bygone standard that baseball has long fostered. The big one still looms Beijing. The senator drafted the letter asking Rob Manfred if he would relinquish his membership after the MLB moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta. Rob Manfred puts baseball in middle of political fight I point particularly to our efforts with respect to women, softball, womens baseball. Manfred has been successful on some fronts, too. He has a difficult time dealing with people who dont think like him, the executive said. Once that fuse was lit, the usual group of corporate wokesters jumped into the fray: Delta, Coca-Cola and, of course, Larry Fink, the uber-progressive CEO of money-management powerhouse BlackRock that has seeded the Biden administration with its top executives. It was the first thing that came out of his mouth. The change on the rule at second base, same thing. That trial balloon was immediately popped by fans and media. And yet, he was technically correct: Baseballisa business, and heisfree to operate within that framework. Whatever criticism has been levied at Rob I think is unfair. The NFL pulled the 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona because the state refused to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. Manfred is a 1980 graduate of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University.