Evan Gattis Gives Refreshing NSFW Admission and Takes Some Responsibility for Astros Sign-Stealing Scandal

The Houston Astros have set the standard on how not to conduct yourself after getting caught cheating. After a league investigation proved them to be guilty of electronically stealing signs throughout the 2017 season, the majority of Astros players were more combative than apologetic for their actions.

Former catcher Evan Gattis made the news last week for sharing a photo of a pilsner glass that featured the likeness of Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers with the slogan "snitches get stitches." After the backlash for his tone-deaf tweet, Gattis finally found it in himself to hold himself accountable for his and his teammates actions.

"Everybody wants to be the best player in the f---ing world, man…and we cheated that, for sure, and we obviously cheated baseball and cheated fans," Gattis said, via the New York Post. "I'm not asking for sympathy or anything like that. If our punishment is being hated by everybody forever, just like whatever. I don't know what should be done, but something had to f---ing be done. I do agree with that, big-time. I do think it's good for baseball that we're cleaning it up…And I understand that it's not f---ing good enough to say sorry. I get it."

As is the case with any member of the 2017 Astros, an apology now isn't going to be universally accepted, genuine or not. We've seen the amount of backlash they've faced throughout Spring Training, where opposing fans booed the team, while also mocking them with trash cans. It even happened on their own home turf in spring ball.

Gattis continued by talking about Fiers, saying he doesn't have a problem with him coming forward to The Athletic about the team's incessant use of electronics to steal signs at Minute Maid Park. He even said that the news was going to come out eventually, and the earlier it happened, the better.

According to SignStealingScandal.com, Gattis received 71 trash can bangs in 462 pitches faced (16.6%) during his 2017 campaign.

Gattis was finally held accountable for his actions, but only for the sake of doing damage control after sending out a really dumb tweet.