The Astros will give you contrition. They will not give you their championship.
Addressing the public for the first time since the revelation of their sport-rattling sign-stealing system, Astros owner Jim Crane said the team’s 2017 World Series title should have no asterisks despite his team’s elaborate and long-running scheme.
“Our opinion is this didn’t impact the game,” Crane said Monday morning. “We had a good team. We won the World Series. We’ll leave it at that.”
When a reporter dutifully wouldn’t leave it at that, Crane attempted to backtrack.
“It’s hard to say how it impacted the game, if it impacted the game,” the owner said.
Crane also fought back against assertions that he should have taken more responsibility for the actions, but he hid behind claims that the whole operation was occurring without his knowledge.
“I don’t think I should be held accountable,” Crane said.
Representing a roster filled with players who won’t be punished, Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman claimed to feel remorse for their role in cheating.
“I am really sorry about the choices were made by my team, the organization and by me,” Bregman said. “I’ve learned from this and I hope to regain the trust of baseball fans. I’d like to thank the Astros fans for all their support. We, as a team, are totally focused on moving forward to the 2020 season.”
Altuve briefly touched on the 2017 title run, which included a seven-game ALCS victory over the Yankees.
“The whole team feels bad about what happened in 2017,” said Altuve, who was named AL MVP that season. “We especially bad for impacting our fans and the game of baseball. Our plan is to play with intensity and bring back a championship in 2020.”
The players did not take any press conference questions, but did make themselves available in the clubhouse.
Crane placed all blame on since-fired manager A.J. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow, acting as if his players were simply helpless pawns in the scheme.
“It could have been stopped and it wasn’t stopped,” Crane said. “Our players should not be punished. … These are a great group of guys who did not receiver proper guidance from their leaders.”
Crane also said he is “confident” the players did not wear electronic devices during games.
“I truly believe there was no buzzers ever,” Crane said. “I don’t know where that came from.”
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