Ag_07 said:
It's of no concern to Crane what other teams did.
We cheated and we got punished. It's his job to now deal with it.
What other teams did means nothing to him. It doesn't make what we did OK. It doesn't decrease our punishment. It doesn't help the public perception. Those teams don't make him money.
There's no benefit to him to raise hell about other teams.
I respectfully disagree as well. The points you make about having to deal with the fans Houston are valid.
But, his investment in the club has been hurt by the cheating, which the team is to blame, but also by MLB with the punishment. The punishment is warranted.
But if cheating is known to be done by other teams as well, and the MLB refuses to investigate, if I were Crane, I'd be pissed. MLB choosing to just hold the Astros accountable? MLB deciding to hurt only my brand? Crane needs to make sure other teams are also helps accountable for their misdeeds.
The Astros have likely lost advertisers and merchandise sales. Again, that is their doing, but other teams should also have something consequences.
I put it this way. In Texas, say 3 guys rob a store. Two go into the store, and one is a getaway driver. The store clerk is shot and killed. All can be charged with capital murder. In this case, several teams are also committing the cheating "crime." Their amount of involvement may differ, but it is still the same "crime." They all know it is wrong. In this analogy, the Astros are the shooter. I don't think the shooter should be the only one punished.