NEWSLETTER
I think we’re gonna have a lot of Bullet-style stuff this morning, and you’re just gonna have to tolerate it! There are a few topics where there are so many disparate things we wanted to get into that this was the best way to convey the information.
OK, so this one is a whole lot of after-effect stuff from the bombshell punishment for the Astros, as well as the associated firings, and now what looms for the Red Sox (and Mets?) …
Statement from Luhnow pic.twitter.com/RO8m8Rd7Pw
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 13, 2020
AJ Hinch has released a statement:
“As a leader and ML manager, it is my responsibility to lead players and staff with integrity…
While the evidence consistently showed I didn’t endorse or participate in sign stealing practices, I failed to stop them and I an deeply sorry.” pic.twitter.com/yUeUa1oaU8— Ari Alexander (@KPRC2Ari) January 13, 2020
After firing the only GM he’s ever hired, Astros owner Jim Crane is now tasked with deciding the direction of the team’s baseball operations department.
His next move could go any number of directions: https://t.co/tCB4DHZS8U
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) January 14, 2020
News story from @Joelsherman1 and me: With the #Astros and #RedSox having taken care of business in the wake of TrashCanGate, the industry's eyes turn to the #Mets and Carlos Beltran. https://t.co/cZKDFsTjTZ
— Ken Davidoff (@KenDavidoff) January 15, 2020
Here’s video of the Alex Cora soundbite we just played on @WFANmornings. This was following the Yankees’ sweep of Boston in the 2019 London Series. Check out the wink after he brings up Carlos Beltran’s name around :27 and unprovoked usage of the word “devices.” (h/t @Pacmangrig) pic.twitter.com/HgkglIoB7O
— Chris Lopresti (@CLoprestiWFAN) January 15, 2020
Over the last two months, some members of the Astros reached out to friends with other teams to assure them they didn't cheat to win. In wake of the Commissioner's Report, some of those friendships are fractured. Lots of anger.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) January 15, 2020
People at every level of the sport bear responsibility for the sign-stealing mess. Column: https://t.co/UqU8qxyx5D
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 14, 2020
A look inside the sausage factory of power: How Astros owner Jim Crane navigated a cheating scandal and emerged with a penalty that left other owners biting their tongues after Rob Manfred told them not to say anything about it.
Column at ESPN: https://t.co/JUERIMjtOk pic.twitter.com/hQAXckyNMT
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 14, 2020
