El comisionado de MLB, Rob Manfred, habla sobre el crecimiento del béisbol en Asia

Diario Libre

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00:00We are definitely going global and we're definitely on air with the commissioner of Major League Baseball.

00:06Rob Manfred joins us.

00:08And Rob, thanks so much for coming on. Really appreciate it. And this, this is fun.

00:16You know, the excitement in the ballpark I kind of expected.

00:20It's just amazing how much excitement around the city.

00:23Really kind of taken over for a few days. It's been great.

00:27Ground ball to short, throw to first and it gets Miguel Amaya.

00:31And you're talking about the excitement in the city.

00:34It's a big city and you see a lot of Dodger jerseys, a lot of Cubs jerseys.

00:39And people just psyched for baseball, Major League Baseball here at the Tokyo Dome.

00:42Yeah, it really has been interesting.

00:44We came down to the store here in the stadium for the opening this morning.

00:49It was an hour and a half wait to get in.

00:51And just absolutely packed with people and stuff flying off the shelves.

00:56Just people really interested in the game.

01:00Grounded to first and John Birdie is retired two away.

01:06So, what's next internationally speaking?

01:09Well, you know, next year will be the WBC.

01:12I'm sure we'll play one of the early rounds here.

01:15We traditionally have. We're excited about that.

01:18We had a qualifier in Taiwan just about a month ago.

01:24We had 35,000 seats. We sold out all three days.

01:27So, I mean, I think it's an indication of how popular it's going to be next year.

01:31And I'm sure we're going to have a great tournament.

01:33And that was at the Taipei Dome, correct?

01:35Exactly.

01:36And that's a new dome.

01:37I mean, you guys coming out here and Cubs, Dodgers.

01:40It's a great pick with all the Japanese players.

01:42But just to see it up close in person and see the response that Shohei Otani gets

01:47and the response of the fans, I mean, I'm sure it just encourages you.

01:50It's like we have to do more stuff like this and try to grow the game more.

01:53Absolutamente.

01:54You know, it was interesting.

01:55We met with both the Korean and the Japanese commissioner's offices while we were here.

02:00All three, Korea, Japan, and the U.S., all had record attendances last year.

02:05And it just shows you the momentum that the game has right now.

02:13With the commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred.

02:16And, Rob, you came here.

02:18What's been your favorite non-baseball part of the week?

02:21I'll tell you.

02:22I went to a place this morning that people were talking about for pancakes.

02:27Sounds like an odd thing to do in Tokyo.

02:30The pancakes are about that thick.

02:33And they are the most unbelievable things you've ever eaten.

02:37Really?

02:38Yeah.

02:39Pancakes in Tokyo.

02:40Yeah.

02:41It was something.

02:42All the, you know, the ambassador, former players that travel with us a lot,

02:45they're all going at 7.30 tomorrow morning.

02:47There was a woman next to us.

02:49It's just a kind of counter.

02:51We got there at 11.30.

02:53She'd been waiting since 7.30 in the morning to get into this place.

02:56It was unbelievable.

02:57That sounds delicious.

02:59Yeah.

03:00I'll show you a little picture afterward.

03:03It's pretty good.

03:04They're made of pancake.

03:05I didn't like it.

03:06Yeah.

03:07Well, these are special.

03:08They really are.

03:09But it's been fun.

03:10I mean, we really have been out and about a lot.

03:12I was surprised, actually.

03:14The exhibition games, the atmosphere in here was unbelievable.

03:18Even for the exhibition.

03:19It's been really special.

03:21Commissioner Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred, thanks so much for coming on.

03:24It's been a great week so far.

03:26We're looking forward to the rest of the season.

03:27Thanks.

03:28Well, thanks for having me.

03:29Great to see you both.

03:30All right, Cameron, nothing like Cubs baseball before school.

03:33So father-son time, that's awesome.

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