Astros owner Jim Crane says cheating didn’t cost the Yankees a World Series: ‘This didn’t impact the game’

MY Daily News ^ | 13 February 2020 | N/A

[oh8eleven]

Astros owner Jim Crane spoke Thursday morning as the franchise trotted out several players and execs to try to apologize for the sign-stealing scandal that has rocked the baseball world for the last few months.

But when directly asked if his team’s cheating cost the Yankees a shot at winning a World Series title in 2017, Crane said "Our opinion is this didn’t impact the game. We had a good team. We won the World Series and we’ll leave it at that.”

[oh8eleven]

"Our opinion is this didn’t impact the game ..."

BS BS BS.

[TexasKamaAina]

Did it affect the outcome of the game? I suppose it could be argued either way. But what can’t be argued is that it was intended to affect the outcome of the game.

[Ingtar]

I kept waiting for someone to ask, “If it did not impact the game, why did they risk breaking the rules to do it?”

[The Free Engineer]

We will see if Altuve bats .265 this year...

[HombreSecreto]

If their conduct didn’t (or wansn’t designed) to impact the game, why did they do it? Astros need to be stripped of the WS title and perhaps the pennant. Send a message.

[scouter]

And we should believe a cheater... why?

[Don Corleone]

Christos! Stealing signs is as old as prostitution. Get over it.

[ilgipper]

I thought he had handled this fairly well until now. That’s total crap. Both the Yankees and Dodgers got screwed.

In a seven game series, one team signaling pitches in real time certainly had an impact. Period. They would not have done it if there wasn’t an impact and in a close series there is no way I did not affect the outcome.

[redshawk]

“Our opinion is this didn’t impact the game ...”

BS BS BS.
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And voter fraud by the rats don’t impact elections. This guy deserves some Harry Reid exercise equipment time. ...lots of time. ..

[ilgipper]

I don’t recall any instances of using real time camera feeds and audible signals to batters back in the era of Babe or Mantle. This is completely different.

[Michael.SF.]

So he is really saying that they cheated, but weren’t very good at it.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Perhaps I'm naive, but I always thought that stealing the other team's signs was part of the game.

[ThunderSleeps]

So if it doesn’t impact the outcome of the game, but is unethical and sets a bad example for young fans, gives the team a PR black eye... Why do it?

[redshawk]

Christos! Stealing signs is as old as prostitution. Get over it.
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Yeah it’s not like being guilty of “rape-rape”.

[oh8eleven]

Astros need to be stripped of the WS title and perhaps the pennant.
Can't happen soon enough. If they can cancel the WS (1994), they can strip a WS too.

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

"This didn't impact the game." is the new "This is fine."

And, Epstein didn't kill himself.

[oh8eleven]

Stealing signs is as old as prostitution.
And just as illegal too. They got caught and should pay the price.

[max americana]

He will if I wire him up with a buzzer..

[max americana]

The story about cora helping the nats win was karma.

[oh8eleven]

I always thought that stealing the other team's signs was part of the game.
Looking for the catcher's fingers between his legs with your eyes is one thing ... but using a camera crew and sophisticated electronics is another.