MLB and Commi sioner Manfred bothneed to do a better job of marketing their sport, that's not exactly a secret, and while theyve tried to come up with different ways to make the games more appealing to a broader audience, theyve also just put band-aids on problems they,along with the Commi sioner's predece sor,had themselves created.MLB and Manfred's predece sor made it difficult for baseball fans
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