Ron DeSantis: “Commissioner Manfred, who's here with us, you know, he came…”

“But there's also just been some growing pains with making sure that this franchise was something that was really viable for the long term. And Commissioner Manfred, who's here with us, you know, he came to Tallahassee, we had a meeting about a year, year and a half ago, and he basically reiterated to me, he's like, look, we're committed to being in Florida. This is an important state. The state's growing so much, it would be bad look for Major League Baseball if we couldn't succeed in a place where there's a lot of interest in baseball.” (01:49–02:01)

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