JIM CRANE KNEW & MADE MILLIONS OFF OF ASTROS CHEATING ANTICS

There is no way a smart baseball guy like Jim Crane, owner of the Houston Astros, didn't know of the sign-stealing mechanism that his team was using and created.  He not only knew, he ignored it, because that franchise was making him more money than ever by the 2018 season.  And when money talks, things don't seem do bad, even though they are... even though they go against the rules... even though those bad things are ruining the integrity of the game. This guy's a greedy scumbag.

 In short, when you are raking in big dollars for cheating and if you don't speak about it publicly and instead keep internal in the confines of the clubhouse walls... ANYTHING goes.  That's what moron Jessica Mendoza, the Mets adviser was suggesting when she went after Mike Fiers for exposing it... and that's what Jim Crane was doing when he acted like he knew nothing about it.

The bottom line is this though... Crane knew, because he had to fire his GM Luhnow and manger AJ Hinch to show face.  Some can say that they were involved in the daily baseball operations and Crane's just the money guy. But that's my point. It goes much deeper than Hinch and Luhnow.

Jim Crane needs to be investigated. The players need to be investigated and so does Reid Ryan, the Astros president of operations. You know... the one that moved the camera in centerfield "to get a better view for advertising during home games." I'm paraphrasing there, but that's basically what he said.

In essence, the advertisers came, they filled Jim Crane's pockets with a ton of jack, and at the same time, Astros players were concocting schemes to wait on certain pitches against their opponent to make their own big money at the end of each season with big numbers for home games.

The problem runs deep in Houston. It's disgusting and the King cheater in all of this is Jim Crane.  Rob Manfred and MLB needs to make a statement that is two-fold over the next few days. IT'S A MUST. If Manfred doesn't, we know it's a coverup.

1. Manfred needs to speak to the buzzer scandal that has spread like wildfire across the media and the league, tainting the game and destroying the integrity of it.

2. Manfred must force Jim Crane to sell his team. They are trash. They have no respect for the game or their opponent. They don't come to play hard... they come to cheat a win whenever they can.  That has become clear over the past 24 hours watching players like Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa block comments on their Instagram. The Astros are hiding and are on the run. 

They are guilty... EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. But it starts at the top, folks.  MLB must remove Jim Crane too.