It’s almost as if the Astros apologizing for their cheating scandal do not actually feel much regret.
. According to the Washington Post’s Sam Fortier, on Thursday Verlander was asked directly how this was different from his strong opinions on Dee Gordon, who tested positive for PEDs, and he replied that “I guess my only answer would be
.” So for Verlander, if Altuve had been the only player banging on a trash can, he should’ve been banned. But since the whole team participated, who can really say?justice. The Astros’ talking points all had heavy overlap. The players said most of them didn’t speak out earlier because they wanted to get together and address it as a team. They were sorry that they didn’t do more to stop it. They hoped to move on and be better in the future. They also didn’t specify what exactly they were supposed to be sorry for.
Was this exercise supposed to convince anyone but themselves? The Astros aren’t being asked to get on their knees and throw themselves at the mercy of the public—well, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers fans might find such demands fair—but there was no sincerity to be found. Bregman and Altuve’s statements of contrition had a veneer of bullshit, sinceThere was a clear difference in mea culpas from current and former Astros. Thursday’s apologies were fine-tuned and repetitive.
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