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Evan Gattis was a much beloved figure during the Astros' championship run in 2017. The former catcher and DH dubbed "El Oso Blanco"belted 12 home runs in that 2017 season over just 84 games, and his rags-to-riches story of redemption is one for the baseball history books.
But then the sign-stealing allegations came out and turned all of baseball upside down. The Astros players never seemed truly remorseful for their actions until Thursday, when Gattis went on The Athletic's and spilled his guts.
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Everybody wants to be the best player in the fing world, man and we cheated that, for sure, and Clayton Kershaw Jersey we obviously cheated baseball and cheated fans, Gattis told hosts David O'Brien and Eric O'Flaherty.Fans felt duped. I feel bad for fans.
Im not asking for sympathy or anything like that. If our punishment is being hated by everybody forever, just like, whatever," Gattis continued. "I dont know what should be done, but something had to fing be done. I do agree with that, big time. I do think its good for baseball that were cleaning it up. And I understand that its not fing good enough Maury Wills Jersey to say sorry. I get it.
Gattis' me sage, of course, is a little perplexing, considering he spent some time in the news just last week after posting this gla s to his Twitter feed.
Evan Gattis (@BulldogBeing)
That "snitch" is the image of Mike Fiers, the former Astros player who blew the lid off Houston's sign-stealing ways from the 2017 championship season. Gattis would clarify Jackie Robinson Jersey the image, saying he harbors no will will towards the pitcher. He would also say in the podcast that Fiers did what he had to do and that baseball will be better off once it's all cleaned up.
For the record I have zero bad feelings towards Fiers. We have actually texted and I hoped he didnt get too much hate/ (actual scary hate mail, threats etc.) he was our teammate. I just thought the gla s was funny
Evan Gattis (@BulldogBeing)
Still, the picture was an odd thing to send out to the world if he, in fact, doesn't have any harsh Justin Turner Jersey feelings towardFiers (which, to be fair, it seems like a genuine response).
So, let's ask the question then: If the Astros' apology is not "fing good enough" for fans, then what is? This is the more interesting discu sion to have. Gattis is the first Astros player, current or former, to appear to sound truly remorseful for his part in the whole thing. So what is the proper punishment?
A.J. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow are not only both out of jobs, but they're out of baseball and understandably so. Carlos Beltran lost his job before he managed an inning with the Mets. Red Sox managerAlex Corawasalso sent out on his butt. But the players, who supposedly ran the whole scheme, according to MLB, got off scot-free in the ordeal.
To be honest, that's fine, because at the end of the day a manager has to manage because it's his job. Whether that's the lineup, the personalities or a sign-stealing scandal that MLB is having a hard time putting Kenley Jansen Jersey back in the bottle. But whatwouldbe good enough?
Would Gattis turn in his championship ring? Erase the title from existence? Suspensions for all the players on the team? Who knows? Clearly, Gattis doesn't feel good about his role on a team thatcheated.
Baseball, after all, was put in a near-impo sible spot when it came to Chris Taylor Jersey punishment for this. Vacating a title seems something empty in nature. Suspensions would be difficult to levy out fairly and evenly amongst players, especially if everyone was in on it.
But at least Gattis knows an apology isn't good enough even if the rest of the baseball world is still searching for what is.
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