Good god.... I wouldn’t have thought it even remotely possible but the Astros just made it worse. Possibly the worst attempt at a press conference I’ve ever seen. You want to understand why it happened listen to Jim Crane’s comments and understand that their owner is just as big of a piece of [ Cumbie’s red zone playcalling ] as everyone else over there.
funny thing about crane is mlb knew what type of person they were letting buy the astros and shouldn't really be surprised by anything that happens in that organization.
here is a link to a 2011 article in forbes titled "Why Jim Crane Could Be Baseball's Most Controversial Owner"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sports...eballs-most-controversial-owner/#3c8b57f1c3d4
here is a link to a 2000 houston chronicle article about an eeoc complaint filled against eagle usa airfreight
https://www.chron.com/business/amp/EEOC-report-assails-Eagle-hiring-practices-4526260.php
baseball knew what type of guy jim crane was before they approved his buying the astros, and what did the commissioner do about it?
crane was a guy flush with cash and bud selig used the opportunity to address an issue to some of the two leagues being imbalanced when selig's own brewers moved from the american league to the national league.
crane was the perfect morally bankrupt guy who could have cared less the astros had 50 years of history in the national league and merely wanted to own a mlb team.
why would it be a surprise that a guy who the two articles was written about above and agreed to switch leagues to gain approval of the owners would hire some of the truly bad people he has hired in the astros' front office or push the envelop on an accepted form of cheating in baseball in order to win a championship?