Rob Manfred, MLB commissioner, recently underwent surgery for a detached retina, reflecting on the passage of time and his decade-long leadership. Despite health challenges, he celebrates MLB's record revenues of $12.1 billion and a more harmonious relationship with players and fans. Over his tenure, Manfred's approach has evolved from confrontation to a calmer demeanor, aided by experience and media training. As he looks forward to retirement in four years, he acknowledges the league's current health and his personal growth through adversity.
For weeks, he had to spend much of his days lying down. It's not an optimal position to run a league that last year reached record revenues of $12.1 billion.
Manfred's first eight years on the job were full of quarrels: with players and their union, with minor league owners and towns, with reporters.
As he enters his second decade in office, something unexpected has happened. For a year and a half now, he has been visibly calmer.
Manfred talks about the ordeal now mostly as an inconvenience. The recovery also came with a doctor's orders not to fly.
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