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Rob Manfred Confident MLB Doing

Enough To Market Stars Like Mike Trout
And The Japanese Guy
Yesterday 12:10PM • SEE MORE: VOL 56 ISSUE 38
NEW YORK—Downplaying reports that youth interest in the sport was steadily declining,
commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters Thursday that he was confident that the MLB was
doing enough to market its star players such as Mike Trout and “Japanese guy.” “We know that
stars help sell the sport and that’s why we’re putting all our resources behind that Dominican
dude, Aaron something, and that guy with the beard who is real good,” said Manfred, crediting
Clayton Kershaw and “some of the other Dodgers” as bonafide superstars who can help grow the
game on a global scale. “Some people might say that we no longer have household names, but
that clearly isn’t true when you look at a guy like the second or third baseman of the Mets. We
can definitely do more community outreach projects to put that one guy in front of young
people, but we’re doing just fine. I’m always encouraged to see how many Number 55 jerseys are
flying off the shelves these days. Plus, I just saw a somebody holding a bat in a Nike commercial,
so that’s a pretty good sign.” Manfred ended his press conference by saying that as long as
Derek Jeter was still playing, baseball would always have a recognizable face of the sport.

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