For all the fuss, righteous and otherwise, over what Rob Manfred could do to clean up Major League Baseball's biggest mess in more than a decade, I can condense it to two simple steps, both eminently within his control as commissioner:
1. Vacate the Astros' 2017 title.
2. Resign.
Oh, still want to keep reading?
All right, then, but I'll warn that all else is detail. Because there's no other way out. Not that I can see. Not for Manfred, and not for the diminished-by-the-day national pastime.
This cheating scandal isn't like other cheating scandals.