 say we cheated we were wrong we apologize for that then I can believe it then I feel like you got a pound of plush they never really admitted it and then they have the audacity to sit there and painstakingly tell us that it may not have helped now you're really embarrassing yourself here's where he really embarrasses stuff with what what we're talking about he was asked what his response to the angies would be listen yeah the angies have had a few comments out there you know our opinion is you know that this didn't impact the game we had a good team we won the World Series and we'll leave it back well what an insult it didn't impact the game and then he went on with this I didn't say it didn't impact the game basically you know what he's seen now in his report he's not going to go backwards like it's hard to determine how it impacted game if it impacted the game and that's what we're gonna leave it now remember if you've listened to the show for a long time how long we've been on the air 1947 it it it's it's like the guy that I said about name it's knee injury well hey hey listen to this hey this is Marley Rivera pressing Jim Crane on it didn't help I didn't say it didn't impact the game basically no that's alright this is the Marley one here we go Jim science dealing is a distinct advantage for the hitter so how is it that doesn't affect competition so then what are you guys apologizing for we're apologizing because we broke the rules but it's in science dealing a distinct advantage for the hitter so doesn't it automatically impact competition it could possibly do that it could possibly not see that's why everything is empty because you're leaving that slither of a hope or a possibility that it didn't matter that one anyway we really didn't do anything wrong because it didn't impact it may not have impacted and all this would be a moot point if they had vacated the title and don't tell me never done before you can't rewrite history they took two NCAA appearances away from John Calipari they took over a hundred wins away from Jim Bayheim they took the Heisman Trophy away from Reggie Bush it's been done it's not a new thing the title away they cheated they admitted they cheated the people that hate the rule changes that have been suggested by Major League Baseball all seem to take the tact baseball is above it like baseball doesn't have to play the reindeer games all the other sports have to play so why do they worry about what has or hasn't happened in other sports you you dictate what you should do so it's the first time you did it but you know what it's deserved now Larry Brooks who's a Hall of Fame hockey writer but a very underrated baseball writer yeah he loves baseball he loves baseball and he and he and he fills in and he covers sometimes he's down at spring training and he's a really big baseball fan how about this tweet tell me if tell me if he's not spot-on I don't believe there has been a more repugnant culture in sports than the one in Houston with the Astros harassing females lying rampant full scale cheating absence of accountability from ownership it's a cesspool he's right he's not he's not even close to and I have said this over and over on the show because I'm lucky enough that when the Yankees play the Astros I'm there either at the stadium or in Houston it's just a different feel in that place and that's why every other team hates the Astros and the lack of accountability and their maneuverability in the media their whole PR department has to be redone this is what they came up with today this is what they came up with today I think PR did exactly what Crane wanted them to do but that's why Crane spit a big part of the problem right I mean so I think yeah they probably regret it now because of how you know the backlash but I think they did everything that they wanted to do today because they think they're so big like what are you even talking about this for let's move on and I wonder the quiet moment if Rob Manfred says to himself you know what I should have taken the title away and please yes before anybody gives the Yankee boy nonsense because Don certainly not that no here's the deal babes I under no circumstance think the Yankee should be given the American League title or the Dodgers should be given the world title no vacate the title nobody won and it and it it's something that he could do he doesn't need approval from the Players Association and because he couldn't touch the players it would be the perfect thing to do yeah and I really honestly Michael the only negative is the embarrassment that you probably would have to do it to the Red Sox in 2018 and it'll look like a stain on Major League Baseball that you had to vacate back-to-back titles but the stains already there Michael no already there a guy who definitely is not going to be looked at the same because he's so hypocritical as Justin Verlander you know the Paragon of Virtue you know he's against PDs he's against the bestic violence and you know it kept his mouth shut through all this what did you think when you came to Houston then you saw what was going on you know I don't want to get into many specifics you know I think we're here today to apologize and the team and you know I think this is what you expressed by everybody Mr. Chad he got very quiet all of a sudden he was asked is what Houston did outside the norm you know I can't speak for for anyone else or any other organizations the only thing I can do is sit here and speak for the Astros and my teammates and myself you know we crossed a boundary I think we broke the rules and we're sorry it's funny he can't speak for other teams that's all he ever does he rips other teams about PDs and things like that rips other players today he can't speak for other teams if you and I said this at the beginning of the show so I'm gonna give the Astros a little bit of a break there is nothing that they could have done today that would have been enough but they could have come close that's right harder I think everybody wants a real bloodletting that's not gonna happen so there's sorry doesn't fix the lamp the whole deal but they didn't crane is the one who messed things up they saved themselves with their club house access where they answered more questions and they said we didn't use buzzers they came out and said we didn't you and there's a guy on Twitter that I don't know if he's an Astro fan or not hey bottom line the Astros better than the Yankees in 2019 yeah maybe they were I'm not saying but 2019 not even a point the buzzers are going to be forever in history a big fat question mark but buddy we know in 2017 they cheated they cheated were they better than the Dodgers were they better than the Yankees if they didn't cheat that's the question that's always gonna be asked always that's never ever gonna go because of 2017 that leaves 2019 up for debate is anything they did on the up and up anything now the question is how much does this affect the bottom line of baseball like could this tick people off where if they were on the fence to begin with will they walk away from the sport now they never have they never really have for any length of time like they got mad after the the lockouts and the strikes and the PDs and stuff and they always find a way to get back but will we see a drop in attendance will we see a drop in ratings will this integrity hit really affect the bottom line of the sport I know it's on the table this is this will surprise you I think it's gonna help the sport because every single Astro game on the road is gonna be must-watch TV it is gonna be a story that is not going to die it is going to make them the villains and it's always good when a sport has a villain and they now are the villain of Major League Baseball they're more of a villain than any other team in baseball they looked upon universally as the villain because they cheat it I think it helps the sport I really do I think it helps 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