Bob Costas: “The general feeling among players is that 29 teams were the victims and one team was the perpetrator… Just like Barry Bonds’ 762 home runs, people have a mental asterisk next to that and they view Hank Aaron differently from how they view Bonds. People will view the 2017 world championship differently, but as this outcry continued and became more and more fervent, I’m open to the idea – and maybe Rob Manfred considers it too late and not necessary – but some sort of official record book notation that the 2017 World Series was not entirely authentic.” (Full Video Above)
Listen to famed MLB broadcaster and baseball historian Bob Costas join The Herd and explain why he thinks Major League Baseball needs to officially acknowledge the Houston Astros World Series title in 2017 as 'not entirely authentic'.
The MLB refused to vacate the Astros' World Series for their unprecedented role in one of the biggest cheating scandals in sports history, but Costas believes even though baseball might not elect to take away their title at this point, they still need to recognize in their record book that the 2017 World Series was a tained season.
Check out the full interview above.