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Just hours after finally firing assistant general manager Brandon Taubman, Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow made just made things worse for the organization on Thursday night. “Our initial investigation led us to believe that Brandon Taubman’s inappropriate comments were not directed toward any reporter,” the Astros statement continued.

this postseason. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow David Samson reacted to the Astros decision to move in another direction The Astros organization had the gall to pat itself on the back in a statement for "pro-actively" helping the MLB investigation—after it spent three days stone-walling and flat-out lying to protect Taubman, writes Brennan. Apstein said none of the women had questioned Taubman about Osuna so the timing seemed odd. Here's the full statement: pic.twitter.com/4TslyAeOW1. "If the powers that be in MLB don’t throw the book at the Astros, far beyond the firing of Taubman, it will perpetuate this storyline, showing millions of women, men, and their families that baseball really doesn’t care all that much about them," writes Brennan. The Houston Astros do the right thing by firing assistant GM Brandon Taubman New, 167 comments They’ve issued a new statement after the incident involving their … Osuna was suspended for 75 games last year by Major League Baseball for assaulting his domestic partner and mother of their then 3-year-old child. ), What about the GM who approved the team's initial lies, asks Christine Brennan. The Astros lost the opening two games of the best-of-seven series to the Nationals at Minute Maid Park with all this transpiring in the background. Luhnow is supervisor of Hinch and Brandon Taubman, the assistant GM dismissed Thursday. Luhnow is supervisor of Hinch and Brandon Taubman, the assistant GM dismissed Thursday. RELATED: Astros GM says we may never know assistant GM's intent of Osuna comment, RELATED: Astros Assistant GM disputes Sports Illustrated article on Osuna comments. The Astros took heat in 2018 for adding Osuna to their roster. My national reports and columns appeared on MLB.com from 2002-18. If so, how does Luhnow escape punishment?" Hinch said it hadn’t been a distraction, but clearly the American League champion Astros didn’t play their best, particularly in a 12-3 loss to the Nationals Wednesday night. The Astros have, at last, done the right thing. In the top of the ninth of Game 6, Osuna allowed the tying two-run homer by DJ LeMahieu, the first runs he surrendered to the Yankees in more than three years. “We were wrong. White Sox reliever Jimmy Cordero suspended three games for throwing at Willson Contreras, On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Marlins Wild Card series preview, MLB announces postseason times and TV schedule and the Cubs’ first game is a day game, Outside The Confines: The NL postseason starts today, 2020 Cubs postseason: Kyle Hendricks will start Game 1. It was almost a textbook example of how not to handle PR, with the Astros accusing Sports Illustrated writer Stephanie Apstein of making up a story, then doubling down on the actions of Taubman.
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That includes the team's PR flacks as well as Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, who acknowledged seeing the initial response before it went out. Fox News host to Trump: Are you willing to condemn white supremacists? By Clicking "OK" or any content on this site, you agree to allow cookies to be placed. Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. (Newser) Anyone involved in crafting those "lies" for the team and approving their release should be fired immediately. But Hinch was clearly the club’s voice of reason as the controversy swirled around the front office. “Our initial investigation led us to believe that Brandon Taubman’s inappropriate comments were not directed toward any reporter. I’m so bleeping glad we got Osuna!” Taubman reportedly yelled at least a half-dozen times. The Astros released the following statement: “During the past two days, the Astros pro-actively assisted Major League Baseball in interviewing Astros employees as part of MLB’s investigation of the events published in the recent Sports Illustrated article.
Thursday, that investigation had its inevitable outcome after the club and MLB interviewed a number of Astros officials and media members. It seems unlikely any other team would hire him in an executive role at this point, given the high profile of this incident.

Prosecutors dropped the charges in a plea bargain but Osuna was suspended for 75 games by MLB. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said the organization was wrong for issuing its initial statement following assistant general manager Brandon Taubman's clubhouse outburst during the … For good reason, the reporters thought those remarks were directed at them. Are you really serious about this issue?

This is another lesson, this time in public relations, for baseball management and PR teams. The Houston Astros do the right thing by firing assistant GM Brandon Taubman, Marlins 5, Cubs 1: That’s not the way I’ve always heard it should be.

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