OC Register: Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve apologize for Astros’ sign-stealing scheme

[AngelsWin.com]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and José Altuve said Thursday the team is sorry for its sign-stealing scheme that was investigated and punished by Major League Baseball.

“I am really sorry,” Bregman said.

Astros owner Jim Crane and new manager Dusty Baker – who replaced the fired AJ Hinch – also spoke at a news conference at the team’s spring training facility.

“We cannot take back what happened,” Crane said.

MLB did not punish any players for the cheating and Crane said he stood by that.

We’re not going to do anything to the players,” the owner said.

Altuve said there was a full team meeting Wednesday to discuss what happened.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred disciplined the Astros after he found the team broke rules by using electronics to steal signs during its run to the 2017 World Series championship and again in the 2018 season.

The Astros were fined $5 million, the maximum allowed under major league rules, and forfeited their next two first- and second-round amateur draft picks.

The investigation found that the Astros used the video feed from a center field camera to view and decode opposing catcher’s signs. Players banged on a trash can to signal to batters what was coming, believing it would improve chances of getting a hit.

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[Vlad27Trout27]

A joke.

[floplag]

We might need to work on the definition of "apology" here.

[notherhalo]

Imagine if Bregman won the MVP

[Angelsfan1984]

"apologized" Sounds more like were sorry we got caught. 

[failos]

[JustATroutFan]

22 minutes ago, notherhalo said:

Imagine if Bregman won the MVP

You thought Trout gettting robbed of the 2012 AL MVP is bad? Bregman winning the MVP over Trout last season would have made 2012 seem like it's nothing. 

[ukyah]

altuve has been the worst of all of them. i am so unimpressed by his attitude, and his quotes are shameful, since the scandal broke. i see him clearly now, and admit i was taken in by his nice guy persona. he's a bonafide liar and his image is a facade. 

[Lou]

12 minutes ago, ukyah said:

altuve has been the worst of all of them. i am so unimpressed by his attitude, and his quotes are shameful, since the scandal broke. i see him clearly now, and admit i was taken in by his nice guy persona. he's a bonafide liar and his image is a facade. 

[Angel Oracle]

8 hours ago, failos said:

Eleanor says Altuve and Bregman should go to the Bad Place.

Edited February 14, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[ukyah]

7 minutes ago, Lou said:

 

 

edit: napolean complex?

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, ukyah said:

edit: napolean complex?

[bloodbrother]

[tdawg87]

[ukyah]

4 hours ago, bloodbrother said:

at least that would have been relatable.

[ukyah]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

 

it was the tdawg looking penguin that threw me off.

[Ochocinco!]

Altuve is a fucking bitch. All the more clarification that this pussy has been wearing buzzers for years. Hope gets beamed 100 times this season that mother fker

[arch stanton]

I just hope he declines miserably and Crane puckers up as he pays out that $29 mil for the next 5 years 

[Jay]

Those apologies from Bregman and Altuve weren't the greatest...

[Stradling]

I just hope the umpires let the players police this themselves, but sadly they won’t.  

[2112]

I just hope that every visiting team makes the Asterisks be strip searched before every game.  And insist that every time a player goes through tunnel that they get strip searched again.

[nate]

They took several minutes to say "we cheated, but only cheated for the period when we got caught cheating and definitely not after, and our cheating was cheating but it didn't help us win"

What a waste of time.  Still irritated that no players have been suspended.

[ScottT]

It sounds like some people heard the press conference, but not the interviews afterwards.  

Jim Crane sounded silly and Alex Bregman is a twat, but other than that,  a bunch of them apologized..... move on.  It's crazy how badly people want apologies, but are never satisfied with them. Personally, I just don't want it to happen again.  

[tdawg87]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

I just hope the umpires let the players police this themselves, but sadly they won’t.  

It's funny because the first guy who throws at Bregman will get suspended, yet not a single Astros player will be suspended for a significantly greater offense. 

Manfred is a c*nt nugget.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, ScottT said:

It sounds like some people heard the press conference, but not the interviews afterwards.  

Jim Crane sounded silly and Alex Bregman is a twat, but other than that,  a bunch of them apologized..... move on.  It's crazy how badly people want apologies, but are never satisfied with them. Personally, I just don't want it to happen again.  

Oh come on. These quotes aren't being taken out of context. None of these guys has apologized for anything other than getting caught. Share with me one quote from any Astros player that sounds like a reasonable apology sans mayyyybeee Correa.