My son attended the Major League Baseball Owners Meeting that was hosted by the Minnesota Twins at their spring training facility in Fort Meyer, Florida and was presented with the ball. Rob Manfred began working for Major League Base (MLB) in 1994-1995 as outside counsel to the owners during collective bargaining.  He joined MLB full time in 1998 as an Executive VP.  In 2013 he was named COO and on January 25, 2015 became the 10th Commissioner of Baseball.