Awkward Rob Manfred-CC Sabathia moment follows Yankees icon's mercy rule question

Netflix managed to secure MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for exactly one-half inning during the Yankees-Giants Opening Night showdown. Unfortunately, no one told Max Fried he wouldn't stick around past the third out. Fried buzzed through the Giants' 8-9-1, giving the booth very little time to grill Manfred on the finer points of the game. Unfortunately, there was just enough time for CC Sabathia to get the cold shoulder.

After a pair of softball questions, Sabathia got a crack in at Manfred, enthusiastically bugging him about when he planned to institute a 10-run mercy rule in regular-season play, inspired by recent electric "walk-off" moments in the World Baseball Classic.

To Manfred's credit, he answered directly, laughing as he noted that it wasn't really in consideration alongside his other game-speeding efforts.

Unfortunately, Manfred then had to bolt before getting much deeper into his future plans for baseball — but not before he shook the hands of Matt Vasgersian and Hunter Pence, then removed his headphones instead of showing Sabathia some love.

But he eventually got to him, right? ...right?

Shoutout to CC for not mentioning it whatsoever during the next half-inning of the broadcast. If this happened to me, it would be the only thing I ever talked about.

CC Sabathia asks hardest-hitting question of Rob Manfred interview during Yankees vs. Giants Opening Night

Vasgersian teed Sabathia up by priming Manfred for a tough question (through giggles), but ... yeah, he really wasn't exaggerating, compared to the rest of the panel. Matty V got a question off about his first ever Opening Day out (Mets, '88 or '89). Hunter Pence asked about how he fell in love with the game (the Yankees and Mickey Mantle). Sabathia, with a chuckle, really went for it after thoroughly enjoying the World Baseball Classic. Manfred didn't appear to be offended, getting in a self-dig about how traditionalists seemed to hate his last WBC-flavored rule change (extra innings ghost runner), despite both announcers (yes) and fans (jury's out) loving it (I'll add baseball writers). Still ... mere seconds later, after a grounder to Ben Rice, it was apparent snub time.

We'll give Manfred the benefit of the doubt and say that, while Netflix quickly cut to a streaming commercial, he actually completed the handshake before rushing off to the Dodgers' ring ceremony tomorrow. But what we saw was supremely awkward, and came directly after a light grilling from Sabathia.

Another half-inning would have killed you, Commish?