LOS ANGELES -- MLB commissioner Rob Manfred called major league player involvement in the 2028 Olympics "a unique opportunity to market the sport worldwide" and sounded optimistic while talking through the logistics of how that might work when the Games come to L.A. in the summer of 2028.

"The way we're thinking about it is it would be an extension of the All-Star break," Manfred said Monday in an interview on ESPN Radio ahead of Game 3 of the World Series. "The All-Star break would begin, we'd play the All-Star Game, and then roll right into the Olympics thereafter. So it'd be probably 11 days of break, all in, something like that."

MLB's All-Star Game, traditionally on a Tuesday, would likely take place July 11 in 2028. Baseball in the Olympics is currently scheduled to be played July

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