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Evan & Tiki

Evan’s Manfred Question Gets Spiked

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Evan explains how he was promised a chance to ask Rob Manfred a question on the air, only to have it pulled at the last second for being “too disrespectful.” The show finally reveals the question about a salary cap, debates whether it crossed the line, and argues if it would have forced a real answer from the commissioner. Craig Carton explains why it never aired, while Tiki Barber compares his version of a Manfred question to how it was actually asked on the show. The segment then spirals into total confusion when Manfred discusses MLB realignment, geography, and keeping the New York Yankees and New York Mets out of the same division. Evan and Tiki try to decode what he actually meant, whether MLB is moving toward an East vs West conference model, and why the explanation left more questions than answers. The segment wraps with listener calls, World Baseball Classic timing debates, and breaking news that Ketel Marte is not being traded after weeks of rumors.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So Craig came into our show at the very end and said, hey, I'll offer you something, Evan.

0:05.5

Pre-record a question for Rob Manfred and we'll play it on the air.

0:09.2

And I said that's a great gesture.

0:10.9

And Craig said you can ask anything you want except why do you hate baseball, which of course I would never ask.

0:17.0

It's more of a joke.

0:18.3

So when the show ended, I went back in a back studio, and I did record

0:22.0

a question. I listened to Rob Manfred's interview with Craig and Big Mac, and I never heard

0:28.5

my question. Never heard it. So I was curious, are they ever going to bring this?

0:33.0

Yeah. He promised. He made a promise. He didn't do it. I was incredibly frustrating if somebody

0:37.4

else who was waiting for the question.

0:38.7

I think a lot of people were.

0:40.3

So Craig did address it after the interview was over.

0:43.9

Here is his explanation for those that missed it on why he wouldn't play his favorite partner he's ever had in radio's question for Rob Manfred.

0:52.7

I was told by our producer, you cannot air the question.

0:58.3

He said it was too disrespectful, that Evan broke the rules kind of of being respectful.

1:02.9

Okay, so again, I have still not heard the question.

1:06.6

All right?

1:07.8

I'm not going to listen to the question now either, because I don't care.

1:11.0

But I want Evan to know, and Tiki now either, because I don't care. Right.

1:16.8

But I want Evan to know, and Tiki and Evan, who will be on tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock after Boomer and G.O., that the only reason I did not allow his question to be played is that I was told, as Rob Manfred was walking in, do not play that

1:29.1

question. So I can only imagine

1:31.2

what type of

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