Houston Astros owner Jim Crane opens up on sign-stealing scandal: “We broke the rules. We got penalized. We were punished. There’s no doubt it weighs on all of us every single day.'
Crane paused during lunch, took a bite of the salmon on his plate, and said, “If we had to re-run it, we would have had tried to do a better job of apologizing and tried to be more sincere. But you’re under the gun. You try to answer the same question 18 times. It’s not a spot I ever want to be in again.’’Crane may be villain to most, but he has done some good during the pandemic.
The Astros and Hinch negotiated a settlement on the remainder of his contract. Luhnow and the Astros never agreed on a buyout, Crane said, leaving the Astros to argue he was fired with “just cause,’’ in a case that could lead to a grievance and decided by the courts. “After that, it was fine. That’s with the players. Not so much with the public. It was just a lightning rod of a subject.’’MLB’s investigative report on the Astros’ cheating scandal specifically mentioned that the organization had an “insular culture’’ problem.
Crane, a two-time All-American pitcher at Missouri Central, said he believes his team didn’t need to cheat to win in 2017. The roster was talented and deep. The Astros won 101 games, and improved on that in each of the next two seasons, including 107 wins in 2019. Then again, maybe the hatred is so deep that folks outside Houston never want to see the Astros back in the postseason, which could happen with Verlander’s forearm strain sidelining him indefinitely.
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