The owner's comments were utter bullshit. "Our opinion is that this didn't impact the game" One minute lafer: "I didn't say it didn't impact the game." Another one: "No, I don't think I should be held accountable."
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ic-non-apology
All owners of a professional team live in their ivory towers. This guy is smoking angel dust in his.