Asked MLB official why Reinsdorf fought Manfred’s election. A: “Because Rob wouldn’t go down there to meet him and smoke his f----- cigars.”
— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) January 29, 2015
Re the Reinsdorf quote: I take it to be glib and simplistic,(and funny), but it speaks to a truth about how Manfred manages.
— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) January 29, 2015
Quinn offered this after reading Ken Rosenthal’s interview with Manfred in which it was revealed that Manfred’s management style is different than Selig’s inasmuch as Manfred does not do, to use Quinn’s phrase, “one-on-one politicking.”
Given how prickly, petty and arrogant a lot of baseball owners happen to be -- and given that Manfred does not have the in that Selig had with them as a former owner himself -- one wonders if he’s going to have trouble building consensus like Selig did without smoking their “f*****g cigars.”
