Dave Roberts and Andrew Friedman Vent to Media About Dodgers Frustration From Astros Sign-Stealing Scandal
By Evan Wolff
With each passing day, the rest of the MLB is beginning to share their opinions on the Astros cheating scandal. Despite the MLB and Rob Manfred seemingly wanting to brush it under the rug so fans forget about it, players and staff who were affected are not willing to let this go.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, and Andrew Friedman, who is the president of the baseball operations for the Dodgers, refuse to keep their lips sealed. Typically, as a form of courtesy, an apology would be in order from the Astros to the rest of the MLB, and especially to the Dodgers, for their unsportsmanlike actions. Friedman claims that hasn't happened as of yet, which is truly unbelievable.
Friedman seems to be echoing a common sentiment across the league, that none of the Astros players, or the organization, actually feel sorry for what they did. Dallas Keuchel, who is now on the Chicago White Sox, was the first player from the 2017 team to issue a public apology, and he rarely swung a bat!
Roberts is more concerned about the impact that 2017 World Series had on the legacy of his players. For a lot of guys on that team, the World Series was the beginning of the "choke" label bestowed upon many of them, including Clayton Kershaw, and that could have been eradicated.
"Frustrating is kind of the floor," is an extremely diplomatic way of saying guys from the team, including himself, are furious at how the Astros and their cheating caused many to be unfairly criticized.
Would we be looking at this team the same way if they won that World Series? Of course not.