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Manfred: Reporters Will Have Clubhouse Access In 2022

By Anthony Franco | March 10, 2022 at 5:54pm CDT

At today’s press conference announcing the end of the lockout, Commissioner Rob Manfred stated that reporters would have access to major league clubhouses in 2022 (relayed by Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat). Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post noted last month that MLB had expressed its support for the return of clubhouse access but that had been subject to approval from the MLB Players Association.

Apparently, the union is on-board with the development. For the past two seasons, reporters haven’t had clubhouse access on account of the COVID-19 health and safety protocols. As with the pandemic inspired on-field rules changes, the ban on media personnel in clubhouses will be dropped this year as concerns about the virus’ impact on the sport have lessened.

The return of clubhouse access figures to be a welcome development for reporters. Expanding individual access to players and avoiding possible technological difficulties associated with speaking over video chat are among the potential benefits for reporters speaking with players and staff for stories. Shortly after MLB first suspended clubhouse access, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote about the advantages he felt it afforded reporters, which he opined has a trickle-down benefit for fans consuming their stories.

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  1. sjwil1

    11 months ago

    NBA will do away with locker room access soon

    Reply
    • Steve Nebraska

      11 months ago

      I guess all the talk about “teams making back channel deals so they could get a contract signed 5 minutes after the lockout ended” was a waste of time. A lot of people spent months talking about that. The transaction freeze was lifted about an hour ago and still no deal to speak of.

      Reply
      • 48-team MLB

        11 months ago

        @Steve Nebraska

        It’s possible that they just don’t want to make it look so obvious…

        Reply
        • Steve Nebraska

          11 months ago

          That sounds like a conspiracy theory. This has been over an hour that players have been able to freely talk with other teams with no restrictions. If there were some deal set up weeks or months ago it would be signed by now. Many players have signed faster than this from the start of normal free agency. If they were trying to cover it up they did that over half an hour ago.

        • Halo11Fan

          11 months ago

          I think 48 team is right.

          I expect a lot of signings within the next 30 hours.

        • larry48

          11 months ago

          don’t forget the physical required before signing can be announced.

        • YankeesBleacherCreature

          11 months ago

          @Larry48 This.

      • LordD99

        11 months ago

        Was anyone serious about that? It always struck me as more of a joke.

        I do think there was some talk going on, but teams would likely wait at least 24 hours before announcing any deal.

        Reply
      • Pilgrim

        11 months ago

        Steve, it is a bit anticlimactic.

        Reply
      • Not a clever name

        11 months ago

        I think they are just waiting on the A’s to trade half their infield to the dodgers for Pujols.

        Reply
  2. aragon

    11 months ago

    that’s bad in pandemic. build interview rooms.

    Reply
    • Catuli Carl

      11 months ago

      pAnDeMiC!!!

      Reply
  3. 8ManLineupNoPitcherNoDH

    11 months ago

    yawn

    Reply
  4. sotaguchi

    11 months ago

    I always loved dropping my towel accidentally

    Reply
  5. 48-team MLB

    11 months ago

    This was likely the one issue holding up the entire CBA.

    Reply
    • ldoggnation

      11 months ago

      It looks like the Executive committee voted 8 to 0 rejecting this contract. The teams told their “golden boys” to screw off, and then voted 26 to 4 to accept.

      Looks like they had the wrong players in that committee.

      Reply
      • gbs42

        11 months ago

        Those “golden boys” led the players to get a pretty decent deal. Had the reps been more pliable, the players would have been worse off. As someone else posted in another comment section, the executive committee fought for the best deal possible, which is their job, and they presented it to the player reps who largely – but not unanimously – decided it was acceptable and time to play ball.

        Reply
  6. Dispostion

    11 months ago

    I missed the club house interviews. The ones on the field just don’t hit the same.

    Reply
    • 5TUNT1N

      11 months ago

      On field interviews are always so knee jerk and often generic, the time to reflect is what really makes the clubhouse interviews that much better imo.

      Reply
  7. LetThereBeBaseball

    11 months ago

    Where are the transactions?

    Reply
  8. LordD99

    11 months ago

    Good for the reporters. Many of their stories require direct access to players and clubhouses. As fans, we’ll benefit.

    Reply
  9. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    11 months ago

    Is it just me or has the quality of the commentary on MLBTR been slashed about 3 letter grades and 90 IQ points since the lockout first started??

    Reply
    • LordD99

      11 months ago

      It’s easy to create free accounts here, so that does benefit the low-IQ set. There have been a few pro-owner accounts that showed up with the lockout. I suspect some were the same person, but my guess is many of those will quickly fade away now. (Note: I’m not saying anyone who was pro-owner is low-IQ. It was the type of commentary coming from those accounts that was suspect.)

      Reply
      • LetThereBeBaseball

        11 months ago

        The_Voice_Of_REASON has entered the chat.

        Reply
        • Pilgrim

          11 months ago

          @LetThereBeBaseball,, I just muted Voice of Reason, and the world seems like a better place now.

  10. FSF

    11 months ago

    Are we sure? I mean this is the guy who said the MLBPA had a deadline, and then another one, and then another one and then another one still? Did I miss any?

    Reply
  11. ldoggnation

    11 months ago

    Does anybody think Bauer comes back ( with time served) and do the Dodgers keep him.?

    Reply
    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      11 months ago

      The Dodgers have been done with him a while ago.

      Reply
      • metsie1

        11 months ago

        The Dodgers may be “done” with Bauer but that contract and money owed are not done with them!

        Reply
    • DonnyDownvote

      11 months ago

      I think his teammates should all get a punch in before he’s accepted back…
      after his 100 game suspension.

      Reply
  12. Mickey Steverman

    11 months ago

    Thank goodness. Please tell me broadcasters will be able to go on the road again too. What a disgrace it was having them call games from the studio. They weren’t fooling anyone.

    Reply
    • gbs42

      11 months ago

      A disgrace? That seems to be overstating things.

      Reply
  13. bobtillman

    11 months ago

    Some team will sign somebody, or make a major trade, and there’ll be a big investigation that leads nowhere. I suspect about 40 signings are just waiting for the weekend, and about 10 decent sized trades.

    What’s Manfred going to do, give them a good talking-to?

    Assuming that they weren’t talking about this stuff during the lockout is truly bizarre.

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