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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

Posted on 02/13/2020 7:16:08 AM PST by 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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: astros; cheating; yankees
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"Our opinion is this didn’t impact the game ..."

BS BS BS.
1 posted on 02/13/2020 7:16:08 AM PST by oh8eleven
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To: oh8eleven

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.


2 posted on 02/13/2020 7:21:48 AM PST by TexasKamaAina
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I kept waiting for someone to ask, “If it did not impact the game, why did they risk breaking the rules to do it?”


3 posted on 02/13/2020 7:24:44 AM PST by Ingtar (Bedbugs, thy name is Democrat.)
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To: oh8eleven

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


4 posted on 02/13/2020 7:25:16 AM PST by The Free Engineer
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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.


5 posted on 02/13/2020 7:26:06 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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And we should believe a cheater... why?


6 posted on 02/13/2020 7:26:35 AM PST by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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Christos! Stealing signs is as old as prostitution. Get over it.


7 posted on 02/13/2020 7:28:37 AM PST by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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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.


8 posted on 02/13/2020 7:29:03 AM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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“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. ..


9 posted on 02/13/2020 7:29:59 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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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.


10 posted on 02/13/2020 7:30:33 AM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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So he is really saying that they cheated, but weren’t very good at it.


11 posted on 02/13/2020 7:32:53 AM PST by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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Perhaps I'm naive, but I always thought that stealing the other team's signs was part of the game.
12 posted on 02/13/2020 7:34:41 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Takedown My Duly Elected President and You're Attacking The Constitution! IT WILL BE DEFENDED!)
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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?


13 posted on 02/13/2020 7:34:41 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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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”.


14 posted on 02/13/2020 7:34:44 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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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.
15 posted on 02/13/2020 7:35:58 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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"This didn't impact the game." is the new "This is fine."

And, Epstein didn't kill himself.

16 posted on 02/13/2020 7:36:27 AM PST by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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Stealing signs is as old as prostitution.
And just as illegal too. They got caught and should pay the price.
17 posted on 02/13/2020 7:38:48 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: The Free Engineer

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


18 posted on 02/13/2020 7:43:14 AM PST by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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The story about cora helping the nats win was karma.


19 posted on 02/13/2020 7:44:47 AM PST by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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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.
20 posted on 02/13/2020 7:46:39 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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