Well, I guess the best way Thio say that is we had some very nervous days.

好吧，我想最好的方式Thio說，是我們有一些非常緊張的日子。

Um, early on, obviously well documented the issues we had with the Marlins and the Cardinals.

嗯，早期，顯然很好地記錄了我們與馬林隊和紅雀隊的問題。

Uh, obviously, when you're talking about people's health, um, you have to be cautious.

呃，很明顯，當你在談論人們的健康時，嗯，你必須要謹慎。

And it was a genuine concern for May, with all the bickering over the amount of games that would to be played, the money to be divvied up.

而對於梅來說，要打多少場比賽，要分多少錢，吵得不可開交，這也是梅真正的擔心。

How tough personally for you was it to get the season started?

對你個人來說，本賽季的開局有多艱難？

Look, the beginning of the season, um, was getting to the beginning of the season was not a great chapter for the game.

你看，賽季初，嗯，是到了賽季初不是一個偉大的遊戲章節。

Um, you know, I am sorry that we subjected our fans to that, um, but it was a very, very difficult situation.

嗯，你知道，我很抱歉，我們讓我們的球迷受到了， 嗯，但這是一個非常，非常困難的情況。

Um, I think some of the expectations as toe what could be accomplished in the context of the pandemic were just too high.

嗯，我覺得有些人對這場大流行病的期望值太高了。

And, um, we did resist the temptation to try to bite off too much.

而且，嗯，我們確實抵擋住了誘惑，試圖咬掉太多的東西。

Um and, um, got, I think, a season that was reasonable and obviously one that we were able to complete.

嗯，嗯，得到了，我想，一個合理的賽季，顯然我們能夠完成。

We're being joined by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, just hours away from Game one of the World Siri's tonight in Arlington between the Tampa Bay Rays in the Los Angeles Dodgers, which you can hear keys Dodgers you can here on ESPN radio with pre game coverage starting at 7 30 p.

我們正在加入由美國職業棒球大聯盟專員羅布-曼弗雷德，只是幾個小時，從遊戲一的世界Siri的今晚在阿靈頓之間的坦帕灣光線在洛杉磯道奇隊，你可以聽到鍵道奇隊你可以在這裡在ESPN電臺與遊戲前的報道開始在7 30 p。

M.

M.

Eastern Commissioner Manfred.

東部專員曼弗雷德。

Given that we've made it this far with all of the acrimony between your side and Tony Clark in the Major League Baseball Players Association, how would you describe the relationship you have with the MLB P A right now?

既然我們已經走到了這一步，貴方和託尼-克拉克在美國職業棒球大聯盟球員協會的尖銳衝突，你如何形容你和MLB P A現在的關係？

Well, I think that, you know, it's important to take the perspective, labor relations.

好吧，我覺得，你知道，重要的是要把視角，勞動關係。

You're gonna have your ups and downs.

你會有你的起伏。

You're not gonna see eye to eye on every issue.

你們不會在每個問題上都有相同的看法。

Um, I think, um, once I announced the 60 game season, the cooperation that we've gotten from Tony and the Players Association has been really, really good.

嗯，我想，嗯，當我宣佈60場比賽的賽季後，我們從託尼和球員協會得到的合作真的非常非常好。

Um, they helped us tremendously, um, after the initial outbreaks, in terms of tightening the protocols and and, you know, speaking to players encouraging players how important it was to adhere to those protocols and then you know, later on in the summer.

嗯，他們幫助我們巨大的， 嗯，在最初的爆發， 在收緊協議和，你知道，說話的球員 鼓勵球員如何重要的是 堅持這些協議，然後你知道， 後來在夏天。

Um, they agreed with us that that we should get in tow a single site, you know, bubble type format.

嗯，他們同意我們， 我們應該得到在拖一個單一的網站， 你知道，保麗龍型格式。

For the postseason.

對於季後賽。

We were able to reach that agreement.

我們能夠達成這個協議。

We're through the, You know, the logistics of that was really difficulty and, you know, required additional sacrifice for players.

我們通過了，你知道，後勤工作真的很困難，你知道，需要玩家額外的犧牲。

So, you know, we've had great cooperation from the union once we got going, Commissioner, What led to the decision to allow fans in the stadium for both the NLCS as well as the world?

所以，你知道，我們一開始就得到了工會的大力配合，局長，是什麼原因導致我們決定讓球迷進入球場參加國聯杯和世界盃？

Siri's?

Siri的？

Well, um number one.

嗯，嗯，第一。

We were in any jurisdiction that allowed, um, gatherings of the numbers that that we're talking about.

我們是在任何司法管轄區，允許，嗯， 聚集的數字，我們正在談論的。

Um, obviously, we were never going to do anything that was contrary.

嗯，很明顯，我們從來沒有打算做任何違背的事情。

Thio What?

什麼？

The public health officials, um, believed what was appropriate.

公共衛生官員，嗯，認為什麼是合適的。

Um, once we had that flexibility, I we went to our experts.

嗯，一旦我們有了這種靈活性，我... ...我們就去找我們的專家。

Um, we had extensive conversations about how we could have fans in the ballpark.

嗯，我們有廣泛的對話 關於如何我們可以有球迷在球場。

How many we could have, what protocols we needed to follow in order to make sure that, uh, it was safe.

我們可以有多少人，我們需要遵循什麼協議 以確保，呃，它是安全的。

And once those experts, um, came back with a plan that that that we thought was sound.

而一旦這些專家，嗯，回來 與計劃，我們認為是健全的。

We really didn't believe it was important, um, to try toe move towards a more normal environment, Um, where people could get back in the ball park and enjoy Major League Baseball.

我們真的不相信這是很重要的，嗯， 試圖走向一個更正常的環境， 嗯，在那裡人們可以得到 回到球場，享受美國職業棒球大聯盟。

Commissioner.

專員。

I wanted to ask you the initial outbreaks with the Marlins and the Cardinals, which threw everything into a tizzy.

我想問你最初馬林隊和紅雀隊的爆發，讓一切都陷入混亂。

Schedule wise, if I'm not mistaken at the end of the day, all but two teams actually completed their 60 regular season games.

賽程方面，如果我沒有記錯的話，到了最後，除了兩支球隊之外，其他球隊實際上都完成了60場常規賽。

So pretty much almost the entire regular season was played.

所以幾乎幾乎整個常規賽都在打。

And now I mentioned the nearly two months without a positive test for Cove in 19 because of your great players.

而現在我提到19年庫夫近兩個月沒有陽性測試，是因為你們的優秀球員。

As you said, I wonder, what does that mean for possibly getting back toe 162 games next season?

正如你所說，我想知道，這對下賽季可能回到腳趾162場比賽意味著什麼？

Here?

這裡嗎？

Wow.

哇哦

Look, one thing that I've learned, um, during this pandemic, um, the prediction business is a dangerous business.

你看，有一件事，我已經學會了，嗯，在這個流行病，嗯，預測業務是一個危險的業務。

Obviously, we would love to play 1 62.

很明顯，我們很想玩62號。

Um, you know, it is our business.

嗯，你知道，這是我們的業務。

It's the season that our fans, um expect in love.

這是我們的球迷，嗯期待在愛情的季節。

Um, and you know, the only caveat on it is what's gonna happen with respect to, um, what has proven to be a very unpredictable virus?

嗯，你知道，唯一的警告它是什麼 會發生什麼方面，嗯， 什麼已經證明是一個非常不可預測的病毒？

Are you confident that the season will start on time in 2021.

你是否有信心在2021年準時開始這個賽季。

You know, I have Thio.

你知道，我有Thio.

I have to give you the same answer.

我必須給你同樣的答案。

Our plan is Thio.

我們的計劃是Thio。

Um, start on our regular schedule.

嗯，開始我們的正常時間表。

We've issued a schedule for next year.

我們已經發布了明年的時間表。

Um, but, um, I think that the reality is all planning for 2021 for us and for, you know, every other business in America has to have an asterisk next to it in terms of what the course of the virus is going to be.

嗯，但是，嗯，我認為，現實是所有的規劃為2021年，我們和，你知道，每一個其他企業在美國必須有一個星號旁邊的病毒的過程是什麼將是。

Indeed, obviously the virus is in control.

的確，很明顯，病毒已經控制了。

Lastly, this is something I always wonder when I see Commissioner Bettman, Commissioner Goodell, Commissioner Silver And, of course, yourself, um, it's a long, hard road to get here.

最後，當我看到貝特曼委員、古德爾委員、西爾弗委員，當然，還有你自己，嗯，這是一條漫長而艱難的道路。

Pandemic labor.

大規模的勞動。

Obviously you have a labor lawyer background.

很明顯，你有勞動律師的背景。

What's it just like for you to be able to as a fan, like millions of us do sit back and watch the world?

對你來說，作為一個球迷，就像我們千千萬萬的人一樣，能夠坐下來看著這個世界是什麼感覺？

Siri's knowing that you'll be handing out that trophy.

Siri的知道你會發獎盃。

I know you're a professional.

我知道你是專業的。

You run Major League baseball a $10 billion a year industry.

你經營的美國職業棒球大聯盟是一年100億美元的產業。

But what's it just like for you at this time of year?

但是，這個時候的你又是什麼樣子呢？

I think that, um the greatest thing about the postseason, actually, in the world, Siri's being the culmination of it is it is the one time a year, Um, when I really get back to being a fan, I watch a ton of both season baseball.

我認為，嗯，最偉大的事情 關於季後賽，其實，在世界上，Siri的是它的高潮是它是一個時間一年，嗯，當我真正回到是一個球迷，我看了一大堆的兩個賽季的棒球。

I try to see a ZMA much of it live as I possibly can.

我儘可能地去看ZMA的現場直播。

Um, and it is, um, a welcome respite from the business side of the game just to go to the ballpark, be a fan and enjoy what we regard to be, um, the greatest game in the world real quick.

嗯，這是，嗯，一個受歡迎的喘息 從業務方面的比賽 只是去球場，是一個球迷和享受 我們認為是，嗯，最偉大的比賽在世界上真正的快。

Before I let you go, you will be attending the games, Correct?

在我讓你走之前，你要參加比賽，對嗎？

Oh, yeah, I'll be in.

哦，是的，我會在。

I actually attended, um, a game at each of the division Siri's sites so I could see the bubbles.

實際上，我參加了，嗯，師Siri的每個站點的遊戲，所以我可以看到保麗龍。

And I will be in Texas tonight and therefore the duration.

而我今晚將在德州，是以持續時間。

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感謝您在YouTube上觀看ESPN的體育直播和優質內容。