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2C ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 ❚ USA TODAY E3 SPORTS Fired Astros GM still doesn’t get it

room for introspection. For anyone to raise their hand if and when he or she Nancy Armour saw a problem with how the Astros were Columnist doing things. USA TODAY It also created a permissive atmos- phere where no one below Luhnow would have felt the need to inform the Jeffrey Luhnow seems to think the boss about the sign-stealing caper, fig- rules of upper management don’t apply uring he’d be OK with their any-means- to him. necessary approach. The disgraced former general man- “They just did it,” Luhnow said. ager of the Houston Astros, fired for fos- “Whether it’s the players or the video tering the frat boy culture that spawned staffers, they just decided on their own the cheating scandal involving the 2017 to do it, and that’s a shame, because had World Series champions, is now whin- they come and asked me for permission ing about how unfairly he was treated. I would have said no. Had they gone and Luhnow didn’t know about the trash asked (owner Jim Crane) for permis- can banging or the text messages, he in- sion, he would have said no. There’s just sisted in his first interview since he was no reason why that should have hap- fired, and he’s only the fall guy because pened.” Major League Baseball and Commis- He’s right. But that is the culture Luh- sioner Rob Manfred wanted a high-pro- now created. Celebrated, really. file head to roll. Former Astros general manager Jeffrey Luhnow was fired by the team in January The Astros did things differently and Well, yeah. That’s how it works. after being suspended by Major League Baseball. JOHN GLASER/USA TODAY SPORTS if you didn’t like it, that was your prob- When you run a team, or a company, lem, not theirs. If they got caught skirt- you get to take credit for its successes. ing the bounds of decency, well, surely “Taking a terrible organization and ball operations department’s insular “During the season in 2018, about five their success would protect them. That, turning it into a dominant organiza- culture – one that valued and rewarded different times, either because I noticed or they’d find someone else to take the tion,” as Luhnow himself put it in the in- results over other considerations, com- it myself or because MLB called me and fall. terview, which aired Monday night. bined with a staff of individuals who of- said, ‘We think there might be a poten- Either way, the damage would be The flip side is that when things go ten lacked direction or sufficient over- tial violation here,’ I followed up quickly, minimized and it wouldn’t be long be- south, you own that, too. And Luhnow, sight, led, at least in part, to (this).” I followed up vigorously, I talked to the fore everyone moved on and Luhnow despite his tone-deaf attempt at revi- Luhnow’s attempts to evade respon- coaching staff, I talked to the video room and his crew could go back to doing sionist history, owns every bit of the sibility are, simply, laughable. He ac- staff,” Luhnow said. “And I told them, what they did best. toxic mess that disgraced baseball. knowledges that someone at MLB ‘We’ve been accused of a violation, let’s Luhnow still doesn’t seem to under- Contrary to how Luhnow is trying to reached out to him twice – not once, make sure we’re doing everything stand that that is what got him fired. It spin it, he wasn’t suspended and subse- twice – in 2018 to raise the possibility right.’ ” wasn’t the sign stealing. It was that the quently fired because the Astros were that the Astros were stealing signs. That’s the problem with thinking Astros actively and enthusiastically un- caught cheating in 2017 and 2018. “But I wasn’t asked to follow-up on it, you’re untouchable. The lies feel like dermined the integrity of the game. Or because of the aggressive misogy- they weren’t asking me to do anything,” truth and the moral compromises seem “My integrity is being questioned ny of his underlings. Luhnow said. “It was sort of a heads-up, more like starting points in the negotia- here,” Luhnow said. Or the win-at-any-cost arrogance and I didn’t think we were doing any- tions. “Everything I worked for for the past that turned pretty much everyone in thing so I didn’t pursue it.” That Luhnow is portraying himself as 16 years is being questioned here. And baseball outside of Houston off the As- Now that just begs credibility. Hous- the victim, throwing everyone else un- it’s wrong. I was accused of something I tros. ton’s success stemmed from its parsing der the bus, is not a surprise. He and his didn’t do. I’ll take my punishment be- He was fired for all of it. of the tiniest morsel of data, and we’re team might have been the smartest peo- cause I was the general manager. But “It is very clear to me that the culture to believe Luhnow would just ignore ple in the room, taking their analytics, I’m not going to let people label me as a of the baseball operations department something like this? Of course not. technology and operations know-how cheater.” … has been very problematic,” Manfred Sure enough, Luhnow contradicted from the business world and applying He might not be a cheater. But he is wrote in his January report on the sign- himself. While still answering the same them to baseball. more than deserving of the punishment stealing. “At least in my view, the base- question, no less. But that cut-throat world view left no he got.

ed, including identifying information of Fans ticket purchasers.” Tickets to the World Series sold out Continued from Page 1C the day they went on sale, and all NLCS games eventually sold out, the crowds season shortened from 162 to 60 games ranging from 10,800 to the low 11,000s. and took in zero game-day revenue. The combination of a baseball-starved With teams in 28 markets, MLB will populace, the stakes of the playoffs and have to abide by – or cut a deal with – a new, $1.1 billion stadium that even health departments across the country hardcore aficionados had never seen to ensure fans in every stadium. were all significant lures. That’s a significant reason why the Come April, a far wider swath of fans, NL Division Series, NLCS and World Se- including casual ones, will be in play. To ries are in the Lone Star State – Texas that end, MLB sent out an extensive Gov. Greg Abbott flung the door open for survey to ticket buyers that gauged their fans in stands at sporting events in willingness to accept risk, which virus June, just before a summer spike in CO- mitigation procedures (masks, hand- VID-19 cases and deaths in the state. washing, distancing) they valued most, MLB’s Texas test case could poten- and even their political affiliations. tially provide a path to fans on a wider Naturally, progress on a vaccine scale in 2021. would greatly affect any fan’s calculus. “Thus far the Rangers have executed But the production line and distribution the protocols well,” MLB said in a state- of the vaccine will likely unfold over ment, “and the hard work of their staff is much of 2021, which means these play- providing a road map for other Clubs to Fans with face coverings sit in the stands Tuesday before Game 1 of the World off games’ look, sound and feel to paying host fans next season.” Series at Globe Life Field. TIM HEITMAN/USA TODAY SPORTS customers may last for at least another It has been an interesting sight, see- season. ing fans spread about the stadium in “It’s going to be exciting,” says Rays pods of four. It’s clear many are families states that masks must be worn “except able to hang a “Mission Accomplished” shortstop Willy Adames, whose club and close friends, as MLB intended while eating or drinking,” which could banner once every fan has left the final played in fan-less San Diego in the when selling the tickets in quartets that serve as a Texas-sized loophole for non- game of the World Series. If there is a American League Championship Se- can’t be individually resold. Mask com- compliance, particularly at an event case of community spread at a playoff ries, “to play again in front of fans.” pliance appears strong, at least on con- where alcohol is sold. game, it likely will be weeks or even In a few weeks, we may learn how courses and other common areas. “I like to call it the Starbucks effect – months before it is discovered, what likely that is in 2021. “The masks, the distancing and the people take their masks off and sit there with fans returning to towns across Tex- (hand-washing) ports – they have soap for two hours, sipping a beverage,” says as and to home markets in California, and everything. We’re OK. We feel safe,” USF’s Roberts. “As long as you have al- Georgia and Florida. says Albert Leza of Laredo, who attend- cohol in your hands, you can take your Roberts said the Centers for Disease Corrections & Clarifications ed Game 7 of the NLCS with his wife, mask off. My concern would be getting Control and Prevention tracks data Roxy. “We’re used to having more people into arguments, getting closer than you across states and likely would connect A story on Dick Vitale that ran in Tues- around. We’d like to see more fans, but need to be. the dots back to Globe Life Field. MLB day’s editions misspelled the given you can still have fun like this.” “As long as you have beverages of any did not request specific information name of the Tampa Bay Lightning Perhaps too much fun. sort, people will have them to take their from ticket buyers for the purpose of coach. It is Jon Cooper. The Lezas were wearing their masks masks off. And the longer you take them contact tracing but said in a statement in their seats, but that piece of the equa- off, the more dangerous you are.” to USA TODAY that it will “assist public USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us at any time, call 800-872-7073 or email tion has been much more hit-or-miss. The coronavirus’ delayed and insid- health authorities in any contact tracing [email protected]. Please indicate whether you’re MLB’s ticket policy this postseason ious nature means the league won’t be by providing any information request- responding to content online or in the newspaper.

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