Everybody Hates Houston
The Lead
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🗓️ 19 February 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Things are bad for the Houston Astros. Players from around the league have been going on camera over the past few days to criticize Astros players and owner Jim Crane for not fully owning up to their role in the sign stealing controversy. Commissioner Rob Manfred has also come under fire for his botched handling of the case. The Athletic’s Marc Carig joins us from spring training in Arizona to talk about why player rage has reached a boiling point and what comes next for the troubled team.
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| 0:00.0 | The situation with the Houston Astros is getting worse by the minute. |
| 0:10.4 | You know, it's anger. |
| 0:14.0 | I feel like every single guy over there needs a beating. |
| 0:16.9 | With spring training now underway, players across the league are speaking their minds about |
| 0:21.1 | the Astros sign stealing scheme, and they are not happy. |
| 0:25.2 | The athletics Mark Karig has been at spring training in Arizona. |
| 0:28.7 | He joins us today to talk about why player rage has reached a boiling point. |
| 0:33.6 | All the ways in which the Astros have completely mishandled the situation, and what comes next |
| 0:39.2 | for the troubled team. |
| 0:40.6 | You know, those fans are going to line up to get their licks in. |
| 0:43.5 | They're going to line up to let them know that what they did was wrong. |
| 0:49.9 | From wondering in the athletic, I'm Kabyt the Davidson. |
| 0:52.1 | And I'm Anders Kultow. |
| 0:53.4 | It's Wednesday, February 19th, and this is the lead. |
| 0:58.5 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:02.5 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the team. |
| 1:06.5 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this stuff. |
| 1:09.5 | You can't pay. |
| 1:10.5 | I never see anything like that. |
| 1:12.5 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:16.5 | It stays with you. |
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