Detroit — When commissioner Rob Manfred released his nine-page report detailing the findings and sanctions following Major League Baseball’s investigation of the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing escapades in 2017 and 2018, he cited a failure to establish a culture where, “adherence to the rules is ingrained in the fabric of the organization.”
It was, in other words, an organization big on ambition and light on integrity; big on analytics and technology, short on humanity; big on intelligence, short on wisdom.