What are you taking responsibility for?

You know, it happened on my watch, and I'm not proud of that.

I'll never be proud of it.

I didn't like it.

I mean, the commissioner's office made it very, very clear the GM and the manager were in position to make sure that nothing like this happened, and we fell short.

That was former Astros manager, A.J. Hinch on MLB Network,

giving his first public comments since he was fired for his role in the sign-stealing scandal.

As pitchers and catchers report this week,

Houston's shenanigans are still the talk of the league.

But so is a new playoff format,

a terrifying Dodgers roster, and a Boston fan base that may have to root for a guy named Jeter.

Today, as spring training begins, we break down the storylines that will define the upcoming

MLB season. I'm Minikheims. It's Wednesday, February 12th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.

Jeff, hello. Let's break some codes, Minikimes.

Jeff Passon is an MLB insider for ESPN.

He's in West Palm Beach at the Astro Spring Training Facility.

I keep thinking we're done talking about the Astros, and then this story keeps roaring right on back.

So the latest is we have AJ Hinch, the former manager, making his first public statement, then Jared

Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, published a story with evidence that the Houston front office

laid the groundwork for some cheating with a system called Codebreaker. Can you bring us up to

date on this? Major League Baseball would love it if this story went away. And the Houston Astros would

love it if this story went away. And yet, this is the onion with seemingly endless layers.

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