FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Ron Roenicke is like the rest of us. He waits and waits and waits for Major League Baseball to finally come down with a verdict when it comes to its investigation into the 2018 season.
Tuesday morning, the Sox interim manager admitted that despite the distractions of getting his team ready for the upcoming season the impending verdict looms large.
"Absolutely," he said when asked if it would be a weight off to find out MLB's ruling. "I know you kind of push it off because you have all this other stuff to do, but it's still always there. It would be nice to get it done."
Commissioner Rob Manfred surmised that his report on the matter would be released sometime this week, with the need to re-interview some members of the Red Sox before finalizing the judgment.
"So I guess there are some things … They're obviously being very thorough on what they're doing and who they are talking to," he said. "It sounds like he had to revisit with a couple of people. It's hard to say why and what the outcome could be."
While Roenicke declined to confirm how many times he might have been interviewed, he was confident in his dealings when it came to matter in question.
"I'm not, not for me," he said when asked if he was nervous. "I don't know what is going to come out of this. But I'm not … I know what I do. I know how I go about my job and I take what you're supposed to do seriously."
