CHICAGO—With the franchise on observe to have what could be the single worst season within the fashionable historical past of the game, Main League Baseball sought to remind the Chicago White Sox on Friday that the group’s video games had been televised. “Based mostly on the way in which you’re taking part in, we simply wished to ensure you perceive that there are individuals watching you—that just about anybody can go on TV and see what you’re doing on the sphere,” mentioned MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, explaining that many, many People have cable and web connections and may watch all of the video games the group is dropping, in addition to highlights of each White Sox batter who strikes out, each fielder who drops the ball, and each pitcher who, as soon as once more, permits the bases to turn out to be loaded. “The truth that there are individuals within the stands watching, nonetheless few, needs to be sufficient to make your group do one thing to get its act collectively, however that hasn’t occurred. A few of these individuals really paid to look at you, which—baffling as that could be—ought to supply some form of motivation. Proper? Does any of what I’m saying making sense to you? We’re simply making an attempt to assist right here.” Reached for added remark, Manfred emphasised that whereas nobody really wished to look at the White Sox play, that wasn’t the purpose.
